GG do you like how i walk (NP Landorus) [QC 1/2] [GP 0/1]

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Nasty Plot (Landorus) (SpAtk) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Tera Type: Poison / Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave / Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Nasty Plot

Landorus acts as a powerful wallbreaker and late-game cleaner utilizing a combination of decent Speed, excellent Ability, and decent movepool. Earth Power is Landorus's most spammable STAB move, while Sludge Wave serves as a consistent coverage option to nail targets such as Ogerpon-Wellspring and Arceus-Fairy. Alternatively, Psychic can be used instead to hit Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Focus Blast is a less accurate option to hit Pokemon such as Skarmory and Arceus. Lastly, Nasty Plot enables Landorus to act as a setup sweeper that can clean through teams. Sheer Force synergizes well with Life Orb, granting Landorus's moves substantial boosts with no drawback. Tera Poison is utilized to boost the power of Sludge Wave, while Tera Steel is a generally good defensive Tera type that also allows Landorus to flip its weakness to Ice-type moves into a resistance. Tera Psychic can be used on sets running Psychic as a way to boost its damage output.

Landorus appreciates Gods with decent Special Attack stats such as Kyurem-W and Eternatus to amplify its damage output. Kyurem-White notably breaks Water-types like Ogerpon-W thanks to Freeze-Dry and Flying-types like opposing Landorus-T and Mandibuzz that Landorus can struggle into, while Landorus breaks Steel-types such as Zacian-C and Heatran in return. Also, Landorus' bulk is average at best, therefore having bulky pivots such as Rotom-Wash and Pecharunt is appreciated. Rotom-W is especially helpful, switching into the Ice- and Water-type moves that Landorus is vulnerable to. Furthermore, Landorus, despite having a slightly above average Speed tier, can struggle into faster threats like Meowscarada, Weavile, and Ogerpon-W, making faster teammates such as Zamazenta and Choice Scarf Kyurem-W nearly mandatory. Lastly, as Landorus serves as a wallbreaker and cleaner, hazard support from Pokemon like Ting-Lu and Skarmory is appreciated to chip foes into OHKO range while also disrupting Sturdy and Focus Sash.

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Nasty Plot (Landorus) (SpAtk) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Tera Type: Poison / Steel / Psychic
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave / Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Nasty Plot

Landorus acts as a powerful setup sweeper utilizing a combination of decent Speed, excellent Ability, and decent movepool I would switch the focus from setup sweeper to wallbreaker since Landorus is faster than most walls but sadly falls to the faster threats of the meta. Earth Power is Landorus's most spammable STAB move, while Sludge Wave serves as a consistent coverage option to nail targets such as Ogerpon-Wellspring and Arceus-Fairy. Alternatively, Psychic could can be used instead to hit Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Focus Blast is a less accurate option to hit Pokemon such as Skarmory and Arceus. Lastly, Nasty Plot enables Landorus to act as a setup sweeper that can clean through teams. Sheer Force synergizes well with Life Orb, granting Landorus's moves substantial boosts with no drawbcak drawback. Tera Poison is utilized to boost the power of Sludge Wave, while Tera Steel is a generally good defensive Tera type that also allows Landorus to flip its weakness to Ice-type moves into a resistance. Tera Psychic can be used on sets running Psychic as a way to boost its damage output. I would argue that Tera Psychic is a good mention here but disagree on it being slashed as it is not as important as the other 2.

Landorus appreciates gods Gods with decent Special Attack stats such as Kyurem-White and Eternatus to amplify its damage output. Kyurem-White notably breaks Water-types like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Hisuian Samurott thanks to Freeze-Dry and Flying-types like opposing Landorus-T and Mandibuzz that Landorus can struggle into, while Landorus breaks Steel-types such as Zacian-C and Heatran in return. Also, while Landorus' (AA) is by no means frail, it is not too bulky is average at best, thus making therefore having bulky pivots such as Rotom-Wash and Pecharunt are somewhat appreciated. Rotom-W is especially helpful, switching into the Ice- and Water-type moves that Landorus is vulnerable to. Furthermore, Landorus, despite having a decent Speed tier I would argue rewording this to "average" rather than decent especially in this generation lol, can struggle into faster threats like Meowscarada, Weavile, and Ogerpon-Wellspring, making faster teammates such as Zamazenta and Choice Scarf Kyurem-White appreciated I would also reword this to fit the "average" change above. Maybe also changing "appreciated" as well to "key to Landorus' success" or something like that. Lastly, as Landorus serves as a sweeper wallbreaker, hazard support from Pokemon like Ting-Lu and Skarmory is appreciated to chip foes into OHKO range while also disrupting breaking Sturdy and Focus Sash.

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