OU Ferrothorn

[Jordy]

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 24 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball / Knock Off

Ferrothorn is the premier Spikes user in the OU metagame. It combines the role of a bulky Steel-type and that of a bulky Grass-type into one slot, allowing it to check metagame-defining Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Ash-Greninja, and Tapu Koko. Thanks to the many Pokemon Ferrothorn can switch into and check, it gets many opportunities to set Spikes and harass the opposition with Leech Seed and Knock Off. Additionally, it can pressure Defoggers like Tornadus-T and Tapu Koko with Gyro Ball, which lets it keep up Spikes. Ferrothorn can form hazard stacking cores with Pokemon like Heatran and Clefable to support Pokemon like Mega Alakazam and Zygarde. Tapu Fini is also a good teammate for its ability to check Heatran and act as a secondary Ash-Greninja check.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-396139 This replay from the official Smogon Snake Draft II shows what Ferrothorn is capable of.

 

[Gross Sweep]

It's a little short as it is, so potentially finding a game from snake or the starting smog tour playoffs with Ferro being used could be nice to just add some length / details. Other than that this covers all the basics without any glaring holes. I'd specify that it pressures Torn and Koko with Gyro Ball, just to be a bit more specific. Also I would probably use something else over Gliscor for set up sweepers that pair with Ferrothorn as Gliscor isn't exactly an amazing sweeper rn I'd prefer something like Zygarde.

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Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 24 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball / Knock Off

Ferrothorn is the premier Spikes user in the OU metagame. It combines the role of a bulky Steel-type and that of a bulky Grass-type into one slot, allowing it to check metagame defining metagame-defining Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Ash-Greninja, and Tapu Koko. Thanks to the many Pokemon Ferrothorn can switch into and check, it gets many opportunities to set Spikes and harass the opposition with Leech Seed and Knock Off. Additionally, it can pressure Defoggers like Tornadus-T and Tapu Koko with Gyro Ball, allowing Ferrothorn to which lets it keep up Spikes. (This was kinda jarring upon reading it at first in that it makes it sound like ferro is different from the "it" you originally talked about, flows better this way imo) Ferrothorn can form hazard stacking cores with Pokemon like Heatran and Clefable to support Pokemon like Mega Alakazam and Zygarde. Tapu Fini is also a good teammate for its ability to check Heatran and act as a secondary Ash-Greninja check.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-396139 This replay from the official Smogon Snake Draft II shows what Ferrothorn is capable of.

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