[OVERVIEW]
* Thundurus has a supportive role in Regulation F, as it's capable of lowering foes' stats with Thunder Wave and Eerie Impulse. It can notably help its team versus Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt, being able to use Eerie Impulse to heavily weaken them before they attack. Wildbolt Storm allows it to do considerable damage against Water-types like Urshifu-R with a decent chance to inflict paralysis. Additionally, Thundurus has the freedom to use either Thunder Wave or Eerie Impulse on Flutter Mane, slowing it down for a teammate to deal with it or making it considerably weaker.
* Priority denial such as Farigiraf's Armor Tail or Indeedee-F's Psychic Surge stops Thundurus's supportive toolkit. Dark-type special attackers like Chi-Yu are immune to Eerie Impulse and can threaten Thundurus's team unfettered. Dark-types in general are immune to its disruption moves; notably, Chien-Pao threatens it with an OHKO. Ground-types such as Ursaluna are immune to its only damaging move and Thunder Wave, and the aforementioned Ground-type threatens it with an OHKO.
* Thundurus can never output enough damage to win on its own; thus, offensive teammates like Urshifu-R and Chien-Pao are required to pick up its slack. Urshifu-R also has the benefit of hitting Prankster-immune Dark-types like Incineroar with Close Combat. A notable partner is Gouging Fire, as its Breaking Swipe can reduce foes' Attack stats; when combined with Thundurus's Eerie Impulse, they can weaken the damage output of all foes. Thundurus also threatens the Water-types that Gouging Fire cannot hit effectively with Heat Crash. Ting-Lu's Vessel of Ruin can weaken special attackers further while using Earthquake to target both foes without hitting Thundurus. Dragonite's Multiscale combined with Eerie Impulse can heavily limit how much damage foes can inflict on it, and it can combine Iron Head's flinch chance with paralysis to improve the chance they cannot move.
[SET]
Disruptive Support (Thundurus) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 12 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wildbolt Storm
- Thunder Wave
- Eerie Impulse
- Taunt / Electric Terrain
[SET COMMENTS]
* This Thundurus set is mainly used to reduce foes' Speed and Special Attack. Prankster Thunder Wave can be used as speed control, allowing teammates with middling Speed such as Urshifu-R and Dragonite to move first, while introducing the chance to fully paralyze the foe. Eerie Impulse can weaken almost any special attacker, saving its teammates from threats like Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt.
* Taunt is useful for shutting down Spore from Amoonguss and Trick Room setters like Porygon2. It can also be used to stop Flutter Mane from using its own Thunder Wave to slow down Thundurus's team and fish for full paralysis. Electric Terrain can be used to enable Raging Bolt to do heavy damage with Rising Voltage or deny Spore from Amoonguss even if it has Mental Herb or Tera Dark.
* Covert Cloak prevents Thundurus from being double targeted by Fake Out and a strong attack, ensuring it can get off a key Thunder Wave or Eerie Impulse.
* This spread lets Thundurus survive a Tera Water Mystic Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R and a Tera Normal Extreme Speed from Choice Band Dragonite with Sword of Ruin active. It also almost always survives an Ice Spinner from Jolly Chien-Pao. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to maximize bulk.
* Tera Water is used to resist Ice-type attacks like Icicle Crash and Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and Water-type attacks like Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R. It also helps against common attacks like Ivy Cudgel from Ogerpon-H and Ogerpon-W, as well as Heat Wave from Chi-Yu. Tera Steel similarly provides a resistance to Ice-type attacks, as well as a generally solid defensive profile that grants resistances to Flutter Mane's Fairy-type attacks and Iron Crown's STAB attacks.
[SET CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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* Thundurus has a supportive role in Regulation F, as it's capable of lowering foes' stats with Thunder Wave and Eerie Impulse. It can notably help its team versus Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt, being able to use Eerie Impulse to heavily weaken them before they attack. Wildbolt Storm allows it to do considerable damage against Water-types like Urshifu-R with a decent chance to inflict paralysis. Additionally, Thundurus has the freedom to use either Thunder Wave or Eerie Impulse on Flutter Mane, slowing it down for a teammate to deal with it or making it considerably weaker.
* Priority denial such as Farigiraf's Armor Tail or Indeedee-F's Psychic Surge stops Thundurus's supportive toolkit. Dark-type special attackers like Chi-Yu are immune to Eerie Impulse and can threaten Thundurus's team unfettered. Dark-types in general are immune to its disruption moves; notably, Chien-Pao threatens it with an OHKO. Ground-types such as Ursaluna are immune to its only damaging move and Thunder Wave, and the aforementioned Ground-type threatens it with an OHKO.
* Thundurus can never output enough damage to win on its own; thus, offensive teammates like Urshifu-R and Chien-Pao are required to pick up its slack. Urshifu-R also has the benefit of hitting Prankster-immune Dark-types like Incineroar with Close Combat. A notable partner is Gouging Fire, as its Breaking Swipe can reduce foes' Attack stats; when combined with Thundurus's Eerie Impulse, they can weaken the damage output of all foes. Thundurus also threatens the Water-types that Gouging Fire cannot hit effectively with Heat Crash. Ting-Lu's Vessel of Ruin can weaken special attackers further while using Earthquake to target both foes without hitting Thundurus. Dragonite's Multiscale combined with Eerie Impulse can heavily limit how much damage foes can inflict on it, and it can combine Iron Head's flinch chance with paralysis to improve the chance they cannot move.
[SET]
Disruptive Support (Thundurus) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 12 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wildbolt Storm
- Thunder Wave
- Eerie Impulse
- Taunt / Electric Terrain
[SET COMMENTS]
* This Thundurus set is mainly used to reduce foes' Speed and Special Attack. Prankster Thunder Wave can be used as speed control, allowing teammates with middling Speed such as Urshifu-R and Dragonite to move first, while introducing the chance to fully paralyze the foe. Eerie Impulse can weaken almost any special attacker, saving its teammates from threats like Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt.
* Taunt is useful for shutting down Spore from Amoonguss and Trick Room setters like Porygon2. It can also be used to stop Flutter Mane from using its own Thunder Wave to slow down Thundurus's team and fish for full paralysis. Electric Terrain can be used to enable Raging Bolt to do heavy damage with Rising Voltage or deny Spore from Amoonguss even if it has Mental Herb or Tera Dark.
* Covert Cloak prevents Thundurus from being double targeted by Fake Out and a strong attack, ensuring it can get off a key Thunder Wave or Eerie Impulse.
* This spread lets Thundurus survive a Tera Water Mystic Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R and a Tera Normal Extreme Speed from Choice Band Dragonite with Sword of Ruin active. It also almost always survives an Ice Spinner from Jolly Chien-Pao. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to maximize bulk.
* Tera Water is used to resist Ice-type attacks like Icicle Crash and Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and Water-type attacks like Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R. It also helps against common attacks like Ivy Cudgel from Ogerpon-H and Ogerpon-W, as well as Heat Wave from Chi-Yu. Tera Steel similarly provides a resistance to Ice-type attacks, as well as a generally solid defensive profile that grants resistances to Flutter Mane's Fairy-type attacks and Iron Crown's STAB attacks.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/prossettivgc.528197/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rausakura.589964/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pengu.650323/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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