SV OU Cornerstone Smash! Cornerstone Offense!(1907 ELO #17)

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Hi everyone. I present a team that sent me to the 1900s.
Ivy Fury (
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) (F) @ Cornerstone Mask
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Power Whip
- Knock Off

Main star of the team. Great at wallbreaking and punching holes. Why not
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though? Simple. It can actually damage flying types, Sturdy is nice for clutching hits, and its STAB combination is very strong. Used Knock Off over Low Kick for hitting
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extra hard. Fits well into the offence playstyle, since it doesn't need to last so long, and has to be stopped immeditely due to its strength. Tera Rock does ludicrous damage it any switch in, and does heavy damage to
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and
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.
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usually doesn't run Teras for
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, so it gets blasted with +2 Power Whip or Ivy Cudgel. Pinkacross suggested Adamant to be used for the extra power, like ohkoing offensive
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, and i do not regret that change at all. In addition, its great against sticky webs, cuz
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and
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crumple to ivy cudgel.


Lord's Gambit (
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) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Low Kick
- Iron Head

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is used for its endgame sweeps, and general revenge killing with Sucker Punch. Low Kick is used to stop opposing
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and
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quickly, leaving more Health for other teammates to manage bigger threats. Tera Fire is used to have a burn immunity, and resist Fairies like
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. Jolly is used to have at worst a speedtie with opposing
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, and chunk things like
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or
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using only 200 Speed. Also helps wear down shared checks with Cornerstone like
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. Air Balloon is used to be safer into
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, and a free setup against
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.

Draconic Anomaly (
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) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Dragon Darts
- Hex
- Thunder Wave
- U-turn

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is used for speed control, and status spreading abilities, while also still hitting very hard with Hex. Hasty is the nature here, since
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carries knock off like 90% of the time, so the MU doesn't really matter. Darts is nice even with little investment, since it can chip
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or
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enough to force some healing. Thunder Wave is best for this set, as it helps limit offensive threats like
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or
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. Tera Ghost is used to turn into a decent breaker with status.

Great Mustache (
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) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power
- U-turn
- Taunt

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is used to check threats like
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and
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, and hit back with solid power against things like
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. Pretty standard set and EVs, with Tera Water and Rocky Helmet to be a better hit taker. Used to pivot for
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and lay hazard chip on the opposing side, making it easier to smash through with
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. Taunt is also useful to prevent recovery, meaning it can force a switch, letting it U-turn into
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.

Century Tank (
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)@ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Psyshock
- Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
The GOAT AND MVP BABY!!! I needed to have a solid mixed wall, though primarily on the special side. I looked for a while, then found a set Shaymin Sky sent. I was skeptical at first, but oh my god this thing can tank anything. It's typing is just so nice for my team, cuz it'll take things like Headlong Rush from
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, to Ivy Cudgel from
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. It is a absolute tank, with amazing coverage for my team, so hitting not hard isn't too much of an issue.
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,
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, and
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are basically non issues as long as
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stays alive. Tera Fairy is just as another insurance against
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and to have a solid defensive typing for the rest of the metagame.

Kick To Heaven (
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) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Blaze
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 16 HP / 240 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pyro Ball
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
- Court Change

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is back in action with utility and power. Great at spreading burns and hazard control, letting
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preserve Sturdy more effectively. Also great at pivoting with U-turn, and being a solid check to many threats. Found this set from Professor Suicune, which was the perfect set for me. Quick run down, it takes
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Wood Hammer, and Earth Power from
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. Tera Bug is actually really nice, since not only is it nice to resist attacks from
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, but having stab U-turn is neat as well for chunking something hard like
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or
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.


GAMEPLAN OF THE CENTURY!
I'd say nearly any one of these mons besides
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can lead, since a lot of these mons can easily pivot, deal out huge amounts of damage, or both. In case of a
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or
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, I'd recommend either saving tera fire on
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, or spamming Sludge Bomb on
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until they get poisoned, or using Thunder Wave from
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for some paraflinch cheese, which heavily cripples them. Against
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,
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, or
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,
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should at least be in decent shape to at minimum chip them to a good degree. It's best to preserve
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as a emergency check to
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or something, since it'll definitely wipe that sweeper. And at the end,
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can do its thing and sweep.

Some replays that seem cool:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2243016214-b22rt4w39cq7qjenaao40h5d5mg7z1jpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2242156876-tgno8diyvoffniuo3o20uo220b90nzvpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2241663914-8dk2qpz74g3o7yxnmsf83h4w2jlkto4pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2243018948-0a1k1m0lh1uaa4f8s1p3cqkpv4xqenjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2243023890-9hetbq13963f0h67g322iirnyyx2svepw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2243026522

Thank you for reading this thread. Hope you enjoy this team, and give feedback on what to do next.
 
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Love a good ogerpon-cornerstone team this guy rocks :D
I also like your gambit set, unorthodox with no Kowtow but it gets the job done and I love having the coverage.
Here's my edits

The team could stand to be a little more offensive, with ogerpon-c applying a lot of pressure but not having the defensive switch in opportunities that other breakers might have. With the offensive pivot core of all your switchers you could use a little more pressure so you don't end up just u-turning into your own death as they stay in for free. So:
:Cinderace: Offensive set instead of bulky set. I find Cinderace is your most important option vs Iron Valiant and as such it kind of needs to be able to actually kill valiant instead of just doing 70% and dying to close combat. I even went with gunk shot instead of wisp as I felt wisp was often a waste of a turn. Kept court change though.
:Primarina: -> :Slowking-Galar: Now this might not seem like an offensive change but it is. Assault Vest Slowking is a great lure for a lot of things and a way sturdier check to special attackers like Raging Bolt and Darkrai than tera grass primarina. Psyshock ignores calm mind boosts, sludge bomb hits pretty hard and I subbed in ice beam to mess with gliscor.

:Ogerpon-Cornerstone::Kingambit::Dragapult::Landorus-Therian::Slowking-Galar::Cinderace: <- click for paste
 
big bump(does deleting my bump still count since i remade the whole rmt? Eh, i'll have someone tell me if thats the case. Sorry if it is).
 
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