VGC 21 Choice Banded Rillaboom

[zee]

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer
move 3: U-turn
move 4: High Horsepower / Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
in-battle alt: Gmax

[SET COMMENTS]

* Choice Banded Rillaboom is one of the most threatening priority users in the metagame, threatening insane damage with its powerful Grassy Terrain-boosted attacks. It is typically reluctant to Dynamax to make full use of its Choice Band, but it can do so in a pinch.

* Grassy Glide is Rillaboom's main STAB move, being easily spammable in Grassy Terrain thanks to its priority and solid power. Should Rillaboom need to Dynamax, it provides access to G-Max Drum Solo, allowing it to OHKO offensive Gigantamax Lapras.

* Wood Hammer is a more powerful option useful for hitting slower targets like Tapu Fini and bulkier Landorus-T variants.

* U-turn lets Rillaboom function as a hard-hitting pivot and is excellent for wearing down opposing Rillaboom.

* High Horsepower lets Rillaboom dent Fire- and Steel-types like Incineroar and Metagross, though Superpower can hit the latter harder, as well as Kartana and Ferrothorn for super effective damage, at the cost of dropping its Attack and Defense.

* An Adamant nature with 252 Attack EVs ensures Rillaboom can strike as hard as possible, OHKOing the likes of Tapu Fini and Urshifu-R with its Grassy Glide. A Jolly nature can be used to outspeed Adamant Landorus-T and max Speed Heatran at the cost of damage output.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Bananers7, 527416]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Bananers]

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer
move 3: U-turn
move 4: High Horsepower / Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Jolly Adamant / Adamant Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
in-battle alt: Gmax

(more players run Adamant so I think it should reflect it)
[SET COMMENTS]

* Choice Banded Rillaboom is one of the most threatening priority users in the metagame, threatening insane damage with its powerful Grassy Terrain-boosted attacks. It is typically reluctant to Dynamax to make full use of its Choice Band, but can do so in a pinch.

* Grassy Glide is Rillaboom's main STAB-move (RH), being easily spammable in Grassy Terrian thanks to its priority and solid power. Should Rillaboom need to Dynamax, it provides access to G-Max Drum Solo, allowing it to OHKO offensive Gigantamax Lapras.

* Wood Hammer is a more powerful option useful for hitting slower targets like Tapu Fini and bulkier Landorus-T variants.

* U-turn gives Rillaboom the ability to function as a hard-hitting pivot and is excellent for wearing down opposing Rillaboom.

* High Horsepower lets Rillaboom dent Fire- and Steel-types like Incineroar and Metagross, though Superpower can hit the latter harder, as well as Kartana and Ferrothorn for super effective at the cost of dropping its Attack and Defense.

* A Jolly nature with 252 Speed EVs ensures Rillaboom can strike as fast as possible. An Adamant nature can be useful for a stronger priority Grassy Glide, but leaves it outsped by Adamant Landorus-T and max Speed Heatran.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Bananers7, 527416]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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Great write Zee, not many changes I would make here.

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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer
move 3: U-turn
move 4: High Horsepower / Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
in-battle alt: Gmax

[SET COMMENTS]

* Choice Banded Rillaboom is one of the most threatening priority users in the metagame, threatening insane damage with its powerful Grassy Terrain-boosted attacks. It is typically reluctant to Dynamax to make full use of its Choice Band, but it can do so in a pinch.

* Grassy Glide is Rillaboom's main STAB move, (removed hyphen) being easily spammable in Grassy Terrian Terrain thanks to its priority and solid power. Should Rillaboom need to Dynamax, it provides access to G-Max Drum Solo, allowing it to OHKO offensive Gigantamax Lapras.

* Wood Hammer is a more powerful option useful for hitting slower targets like Tapu Fini and bulkier Landorus-T variants.

* U-turn gives Rillaboom the ability to lets Rillaboom function as a hard-hitting pivot and is excellent for wearing down opposing Rillaboom.

* High Horsepower lets Rillaboom dent Fire- and Steel-types like Incineroar and Metagross, though Superpower can hit the latter harder, as well as Kartana and Ferrothorn for super effective damage, (AC) at the cost of dropping its Attack and Defense.

* An Adamant nature with 252 Attack EVs ensures Rillaboom can strike as hard as possible, OHKOing the likes of Tapu Fini and Urshifu-R with its Grassy Glide. A Jolly nature can be used to outspeed Adamant Landorus-T and max Speed Heatran at the cost of damage output.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Bananers7, 527416]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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