[SET]
Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Name: Gravity breaker (Ground)
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Gravity
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Wave / Psychic
[SET COMMENTS]
Landorus serves as Ground's premier special wallbreaker and Gravity setter, capable of making otherwise-problematic Flying-types such as Skarmory and Moltres easy prey for both itself and its teammates. Earth Power nails threats such as Hippowdon, Gholdengo, and Avalugg along with removing Skarmory and Corviknight after Gravity. Focus Blast hits Ice-, Dark-, and Normal-types like Kyurem, Scrafty, and Porygon2. Sludge Wave threatens Grass- and Fairy-types like Sinistcha, Hydrapple, and Primarina. Alternatively, Psychic allows Landorus to check Fighting-types like Urshifu-R and Sneasler along with popping Gholdengo's Air Balloon.
Mamoswine and Landorus form a great wallbreaking core, with Mamoswine appreciating Gravity to prevent Icicle Crash from missing and, (AC) in return, using Icicle Crash to remove Grass- and Flying-types like Amoonguss, Gliscor, and Tornadus-T. Mamoswine can also use Ice Shard to handle faster threats like Meowscarada and Dragonite. Water Absorb Clodsire can assist against powerful special threats like Keldeo, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane while also providing Toxic and Toxic Spikes to wear down special walls such as Assault Vest Gallade and Swampert. Hippowdon provides Stealth Rock to wear down Flying-types like Choice Band Dragonite and Enamorus, (AC) along with setting sand to further wear down targets. Sand Rush Excadrill can outspeed and check faster foes like Meowscarada and Ogerpon formes for Landorus, along with using Iron Head to handle Ice-types such as Mamoswine and Weavile. Mixed Garchomp can use Draco Meteor to threaten opposing Dragon-types like Kyurem and Dragonite, along with being able to use Fire Blast to remove Bug-types like Scizor. Choice Scarf Great Tusk can outspeed and use Close Combat to handle Dark-type threats like Darkrai and Choice Band Meowscarada, along with using coverage like Knock Off to hit Dragapult and Latios.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Ground
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Nasty Plot can allow Landorus to become nearly unwallable, as even the bulkiest special wall, Blissey, will collapse to Landorus's attacks after a single Nasty Plot and minor chip damage. However, this requires giving up either valuable coverage or Gravity, which can hurt Landorus's teammates.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pengairxan.622813/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rio-vidal.305839/
Grammar checked by:
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Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Name: Gravity breaker (Ground)
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Gravity
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Wave / Psychic
[SET COMMENTS]
Landorus serves as Ground's premier special wallbreaker and Gravity setter, capable of making otherwise-problematic Flying-types such as Skarmory and Moltres easy prey for both itself and its teammates. Earth Power nails threats such as Hippowdon, Gholdengo, and Avalugg along with removing Skarmory and Corviknight after Gravity. Focus Blast hits Ice-, Dark-, and Normal-types like Kyurem, Scrafty, and Porygon2. Sludge Wave threatens Grass- and Fairy-types like Sinistcha, Hydrapple, and Primarina. Alternatively, Psychic allows Landorus to check Fighting-types like Urshifu-R and Sneasler along with popping Gholdengo's Air Balloon.
Mamoswine and Landorus form a great wallbreaking core, with Mamoswine appreciating Gravity to prevent Icicle Crash from missing and, (AC) in return, using Icicle Crash to remove Grass- and Flying-types like Amoonguss, Gliscor, and Tornadus-T. Mamoswine can also use Ice Shard to handle faster threats like Meowscarada and Dragonite. Water Absorb Clodsire can assist against powerful special threats like Keldeo, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane while also providing Toxic and Toxic Spikes to wear down special walls such as Assault Vest Gallade and Swampert. Hippowdon provides Stealth Rock to wear down Flying-types like Choice Band Dragonite and Enamorus, (AC) along with setting sand to further wear down targets. Sand Rush Excadrill can outspeed and check faster foes like Meowscarada and Ogerpon formes for Landorus, along with using Iron Head to handle Ice-types such as Mamoswine and Weavile. Mixed Garchomp can use Draco Meteor to threaten opposing Dragon-types like Kyurem and Dragonite, along with being able to use Fire Blast to remove Bug-types like Scizor. Choice Scarf Great Tusk can outspeed and use Close Combat to handle Dark-type threats like Darkrai and Choice Band Meowscarada, along with using coverage like Knock Off to hit Dragapult and Latios.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Ground
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Nasty Plot can allow Landorus to become nearly unwallable, as even the bulkiest special wall, Blissey, will collapse to Landorus's attacks after a single Nasty Plot and minor chip damage. However, this requires giving up either valuable coverage or Gravity, which can hurt Landorus's teammates.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pengairxan.622813/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rio-vidal.305839/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ethanlac.391343/
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