name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
Nasty Plot Tornadus-Therian's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Bleakwind Storm is used over Hurricane for both its accuracy and chance to slow down faster opponents. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can exorcize Dragapult, Pecharunt and Gholdengo, while also nuking Galarian Slowking out of the planet. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. This also has the perk of turning the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap, all at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Rock, Ice, Psychic and Dragon-type moves, this is important because a lot of the pokemon that are faster than Tornadus-Therian like Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta carry these. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB.
This set lives in offense teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. This means that Pokémon that benefit from seeing these walls gone appreciate the help from the wind genie. Examples of this are Iron Moth who loves watching enemies number 1 and 2 Ting Lu and Galarian Slowking perish. The former can free both Raging Bolt and Gholdengo from a major roadblock, while the latter benefits Iron Valiant. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. This is where the offensive pokemon that Tornadus-T have helped come back to return the favor. Iron Moth has STAB Fiery Dance to melt Weavile and Meowscarada, Sludge Wave for Ogerpon-W, and Dazzling Gleam for Dragapult and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant can also make all of them disappear thanks to its devastating Moonblast. Kingambit can go against the aforementioned Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Dragonite helps the cause with its powerful Extreme Speed, scaring away Ogerpon-W and Iron Valiant. Raging Bolt resists both Zapdos's STABS so it can be used as a point of entry to cause havoc. If using Knock Off, pair it with both hazard users and extra Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner since it has both moves and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and the metal birds. Clefable has Knock Off too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels and Galarian Slowking out of the way. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, Weavile's Ice Shard and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. Gholdengo can also do this outside of Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Landorus-T exchanges its inability to take on Weavile for the ability to take on Raging Bolt, bonus points for having U-turn, baiting in Ogerpon-W, Dondozo and the metal birds. In return, Tornadus-Therian can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta.
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move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
Nasty Plot Tornadus-Therian's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Bleakwind Storm is used over Hurricane for both its accuracy and chance to slow down faster opponents. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can exorcize Dragapult, Pecharunt and Gholdengo, while also nuking Galarian Slowking out of the planet. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. This also has the perk of turning the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap, all at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Rock, Ice, Psychic and Dragon-type moves, this is important because a lot of the pokemon that are faster than Tornadus-Therian like Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta carry these. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB.
This set lives in offense teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. This means that Pokémon that benefit from seeing these walls gone appreciate the help from the wind genie. Examples of this are Iron Moth who loves watching enemies number 1 and 2 Ting Lu and Galarian Slowking perish. The former can free both Raging Bolt and Gholdengo from a major roadblock, while the latter benefits Iron Valiant. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. This is where the offensive pokemon that Tornadus-T have helped come back to return the favor. Iron Moth has STAB Fiery Dance to melt Weavile and Meowscarada, Sludge Wave for Ogerpon-W, and Dazzling Gleam for Dragapult and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant can also make all of them disappear thanks to its devastating Moonblast. Kingambit can go against the aforementioned Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Dragonite helps the cause with its powerful Extreme Speed, scaring away Ogerpon-W and Iron Valiant. Raging Bolt resists both Zapdos's STABS so it can be used as a point of entry to cause havoc. If using Knock Off, pair it with both hazard users and extra Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner since it has both moves and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and the metal birds. Clefable has Knock Off too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels and Galarian Slowking out of the way. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, Weavile's Ice Shard and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. Gholdengo can also do this outside of Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Landorus-T exchanges its inability to take on Weavile for the ability to take on Raging Bolt, bonus points for having U-turn, baiting in Ogerpon-W, Dondozo and the metal birds. In return, Tornadus-Therian can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta.
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