National Dex Dondozo

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[SET]
Dondozo @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy / Dragon
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Curse / Body Press
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

[SET COMMENTS]
Dondozo is a sturdy physical wall on defensive teams, with its nigh unbreakable Defense combined with Unaware letting it wall an array of terrifying threats such as Sneasler, Mega Swampert, and Urshifu-R. However, passivity and reliance on Rest for recovery limits its usefulness outside of incredibly defensive teams. Liquidation is Dondozo's primary STAB move of choice for its slightly higher Base Power being more capable of 2HKOing targets such as Heatran and Landorus-T after Stealth Rock, while Waterfall is appreciated for its higher PP. Curse aids Dondozo in taking even less damage from physical attackers while potentially turning it into a late-game win conditoin, while Body Press is an option to hit Water-resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-W. Rest is Dondozo's only option for recovery, while Sleep Talk allows Dondozo to damage Pokemon while asleep, preventing it from being completely passive. Heavy-Duty Boots are the preferred item, ensuring Dondozo avoids damage from entry hazards and minimizing its need to use Rest. Leftovers are an alternative on teams with fantastic entry hazard removal to grant it passive longevity. Tera Fairy is the ideal Tera Type to resist Fighting-type attacks such as Close Combat from Zamazenta and Mega Medicham, as well as Dark-type attacks such as Mega Gyarados and Hisuian Samurott's Dark-type STAB moves. Dondozo fits best on fat balance or stall teams that appreciate its unparalleled ability to check physical threats. Special walls such as Ting-Lu, Clodsire, Gliscor, and Blissey check special attackers that Dondozo struggles with, such as Volcarona, Zapdos, and Rotom-W; the aforementioned Ground-types also provide an immunity to Volt Switch from Zapdos and Rotom-W, which Dondozo would otherwise grant free pivoting opportunities to. Solid Knock Off absorbers such as Gliscor and Tornadus-T pair well with Dondozo, as it dislikes absorbing a Knock Off, which would open up to it taking entry hazard damage. However, if Dondozo opts to use Leftovers, the aforementioned absorbers act as Defoggers to alleviate entry hazard pressure. Electric Terrain offense teams trouble Dondozo by cutting off its recovery, so teammates such as Toxapex and Gliscor aid it against common threats on such teams, including Iron Valiant and Sneasler. On stall teams, Wish passers such as Alomomola and Clefable give Dondozo recovery, allowing it to switch into such attackers and regain its lost HP.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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ChrisPBacon said:
[SET]
Dondozo @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy consider Dragon asw, Fairy probably the premier option as long as bax is around but Dragon deserves niche mention
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Curse / Body Press
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

[SET COMMENTS]
Dondozo is a sturdy physical wall on defensive teams with its nigh unbreakable Defense combined with Unaware to wall an array of terrifying threats such as Sneasler, Baxcalibur, and Urshifu-R. bax is probably in QBVille soon, might wanna find a diff mon here so u dont have to edit down the line However, its reliance on Rest for recovery and passivity limits its usefulness outside of incredibly defensive teams. Liquidation is Dondozo's primary STAB of choice for its slightly higher power being more capable of 2HKOing targets such as Heatran and Landorus-T after Stealth Rock, while Waterfall is appreciated for its higher PP. Curse aids Dondozo in taking even less damage from Physical attackers while potentially turning it into a late-game wincon, while Body Press is an option to hit Water-resistant Pokemon, including Baxcalibur, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-Wellspring more immediately. ferro too Rest is Dondozo's only option for recovery, while Sleep Talk allows Dondozo to damage Pokemon while asleep, preventing it from being completely passive. Heavy-Duty Boots are the preferred item, ensuring Dondozo avoids damage from entry hazards and minimising its need to use Rest. Leftovers are an alternative on teams with fantastic hazard removal to grant it passive longevity. Tera Fairy is the ideal Tera Type to resist Fighting, Dark, and Dragon-type attacks such as Zamazenta and Mega Medicham's Close Combat, Mega Gyarados's and Samurott-Hisui's Dark STAB, and Baxcalibur's Scale Shot same as above, but if you wanna keep this add Glaive too. Dondozo fits best on Fat Balance or Stall teams which appreciate its unparalleled ability to check physical threats. Special sponges such as Ting-Lu, Clodsire, Gliscor, and Blissey check special attackers that Dondozo struggles with such as Volcarona, Zapdos, and Rotom-Wash, with the former three acting as an immunity to the latter two's Volt Switch that Dondozo would otherwise grant free pivoting opportunities to. Solid Knock Off absorbers such as Gliscor and Tornadus-T pair well with Dondozo, as it dislikes absorbing Knock Off that would open up to it taking entry hazard damage. Meanwhile, if Dondozo opts to use Leftovers, the aforementioned absorbers act as Defoggers to alleviate hazard pressure. On stall teams, Wish passers such as Alomomola and Clefable give Dondozo recovery, allowing it to switch into attackers and regain HP, minimising its reliance on rest. mention somewhere in this how eterrain gives it trouble which can lead to it being overwhelmed by shifu/mmedi and friends who r pretty common on them

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[SET]
Dondozo @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy / Dragon
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Curse / Body Press
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

[SET COMMENTS]
Dondozo is a sturdy physical wall on defensive teams,(AC) with its nigh unbreakable Defense combined with Unaware to letting it wall an array of terrifying threats such as Sneasler, Mega Swampert, and Urshifu-R. However, its reliance on Rest for recovery and passivity passivity and reliance on Rest for recovery limits its usefulness outside of incredibly defensive teams. Liquidation is Dondozo's primary STAB move of choice for its slightly higher power Base Power being more capable of 2HKOing targets such as Heatran and Landorus-T after Stealth Rock, while Waterfall is appreciated for its higher PP. Curse aids Dondozo in taking even less damage from Physical physical attackers while potentially turning it into a late-game wincon win condition, while Body Press is an option to hit Water-resistant Pokemon,(RC) including such as Ferrothorn, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-Wellspring more immediately. Rest is Dondozo's only option for recovery, while Sleep Talk allows Dondozo to damage Pokemon while asleep, preventing it from being completely passive. Heavy-Duty Boots are the preferred item, ensuring Dondozo avoids damage from entry hazards and minimizing its need to use Rest. Leftovers are an alternative on teams with fantastic entry hazard removal to grant it passive longevity. Tera Fairy is the ideal Tera Type to resist Fighting and Dark-type attacks such as Zamazenta and Mega Medicham's Close Combat and Mega Gyarados's and Samurott-Hisui's respective Dark STAB Fighting-type attacks such as Close Combat from Zamazenta and Mega Medicham, as well as Dark-type attacks such as Mega Gyarados and Hisuian Samurott's Dark-type STAB moves. Dondozo fits best on Fat Balance or Stall fat balance or stall teams which that appreciate its unparalleled ability to check physical threats. Special sponges walls such as Ting-Lu, Clodsire, Gliscor, and Blissey check special attackers that Dondozo struggles with,(AC) such as Volcarona, Zapdos, and Rotom-Wash,(RC) with the former three acting as an immunity to the latter two's Volt Switch that Dondozo would otherwise grant free pivoting opportunities to;(AS) the aforementioned Ground-types also provide an immunity to Volt Switch from Zapdos and Rotom-W, which Dondozo would otherwise grant free pivoting opportunites to. Solid Knock Off absorbers such as Gliscor and Tornadus-T pair well with Dondozo, as it dislikes absorbing a Knock Off,(AC) which would that would open up to it taking entry hazard damage. Meanwhile However, if Dondozo opts to use Leftovers, the aforementioned Knock Off absorbers can act as Defoggers to alleviate entry hazard pressure. Electric Terrain offense teams trouble Dondozo by cutting off its recovery, so teammates such as Toxapex and Gliscor aid it against common threats on such teams,(AC) including Iron Valiant and Sneasler. On stall teams, Wish passers such as Alomomola and Clefable give Dondozo recovery, allowing it to switch into such attackers and regain its lost HP.

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[SET]
Dondozo @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy / Dragon
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Curse / Body Press
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

[SET COMMENTS]
Dondozo is a sturdy physical wall on defensive teams, with its nigh-unbreakable (AH) Defense combined with Unaware letting it wall an array of terrifying threats such as Sneasler, Mega Swampert, and Urshifu-R. However, passivity and reliance on Rest for recovery limits limit its usefulness outside of incredibly defensive teams. Liquidation is Dondozo's primary STAB move of choice for its slightly higher Base Power being more capable increasing its odds of 2HKOing targets such as Heatran and Landorus-T after Stealth Rock, while Waterfall is appreciated for its higher PP. Curse aids Dondozo in taking even less damage from physical attackers while potentially turning it into a late-game win conditoin wincon, while Body Press is an option to hit Water-resistant Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-W. Rest is Dondozo's only option for recovery, while Sleep Talk allows Dondozo to damage Pokemon while asleep, preventing it from being completely passive. Heavy-Duty Boots are is the preferred item, ensuring Dondozo avoids damage from entry hazards and minimizing its need to use Rest. Leftovers are is an alternative on teams with fantastic entry hazard removal to grant it passive longevity. Tera Fairy is the ideal Tera Type to resist Fighting-type attacks such as Close Combat from Zamazenta and Mega Medicham (RC) as well as Dark-type attacks such as Mega Gyarados and Hisuian Samurott's Dark-type STAB moves. Dondozo fits best on fat bulky balance or stall teams that appreciate its unparalleled ability to check physical threats. Special walls such as Ting-Lu, Clodsire, Gliscor, and Blissey check special attackers that Dondozo struggles with, such as Volcarona, Zapdos, and Rotom-W; the aforementioned Ground-types also provide an immunity to Volt Switch from Zapdos and Rotom-W, which Dondozo would otherwise grant free pivoting opportunities to. Solid Knock Off absorbers such as Gliscor and Tornadus-T pair well with Dondozo, as it dislikes absorbing a Knock Off, which losing its item would open up to it taking entry hazard damage. However, if Dondozo opts to use Leftovers, the aforementioned absorbers Gliscor and Tornadus-T can act as Defoggers to alleviate entry hazard pressure. Electric Terrain offense teams trouble Dondozo by cutting off its recovery, so teammates such as Toxapex and Gliscor aid it against common threats on such teams, including Iron Valiant and Sneasler. On stall teams, Wish passers such as Alomomola and Clefable give Dondozo recovery, allowing it allow Dondozo to switch into such attackers and regain its lost HP.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chrispbacon.544502/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sealoo.514772/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kinetic1000.552227/
 
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