Clear Amulet (Groudon) @ Clear Amulet
Level: 50
Ability: Drought
EVs: 188 HP / 132 Atk / 92 Def / 28 SpD / 68 Spe
Tera Type: Fire
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- Heat Crash
- Swords Dance / Thunder Punch / Helping Hand
- Protect
Groudon's role is that of a powerful attacker that uses Drought to power up Heat Crash and Precipice Blades for a STAB spread move. Its Ground typing gives it an immunity to Miraidon's Electric-type STAB moves and a super effective STAB move into some of the top Restricted Pokemon such as Miraidon, Zacian-C, and Zamazenta-C. Groudon uses Swords Dance to set up and be able to OHKO foes such as Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I. Groudon can also utilize Thunder Punch to hit rain setters like Tornadus, Pelipper, and Kyogre. Helping Hand allows lets Groudon to further boost its teammate's damage output. Groudon's ability to set sun benefits Pokemon such as Flutter Mane or and Raging Bolt. Groudon uses Clear Amulet mainly to block Incineroar's Intimidate and Parting Shot. The Speed investment allows Groudon to outspeed -1 Ogerpon and Calyrex-S in Tailwind. The Defense EVs let Groudon live two Urshifu-R Mystic Water-boosted Surging Strikes in sun, as well as surviving a Wood Hammer from Rillaboom and the Ogerpon formes and +1 Zamazenta-C Body Press. The Attack investment allows Heat Crash to OHKO Amoonguss, Flutter Mane, and Tornadus with sun up, as well as almost always OHKO Miraidon with Precipice Blades. Groudon will also be able to OHKO Urshifu-R with +2 Precipice Blades. The Special Defense EVs let Groudon survive a Choice Specs Tera Fairy Flutter Mane Moonblast and a +1 Spell Tag Calyrex-S Astral Barrage.
Some counters to Groudon include Kyogre and Terapagos, which can remove Groudon's weather. Lunala is another bad matchup for Groudon, as it can easily take a boosted Precipice Blades while moving before it in Trick Room. Groudon has to be very careful around Calyrex-I, since it threatens to OHKO Groudon if it doesn't Terastallize. Some good non-Restricted Pokemon counters such as Pelipper and Landorus can work because of their immunity to Precipice Blades. Pelipper can additionally remove the sun from Groudon, significantly weakening its Heat Crash. Some good teammates for Groudon are Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, and Walking Wake because the Protosynthesis ability allows them to get faster or stronger, and Groudon setting sun allows for these abilities to be activated. Raging Bolt helps Groudon deal with Kyogre and Pelipper, while Flutter Mane deals with the Ogerpon formes. Other good teammates for Groudon are Incineroar, which provides Fake Out and Intimidate, Amoonguss, which provides Spore and Rage Powder support, and Rillaboom, which is another Fake Out user that provides Grassy Terrain recovery so Groudon can stay on the field longer and set up with Swords Dance. Amoonguss also helps in the Trick Room matchup against Calyrex-I.
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Level: 50
Ability: Drought
EVs: 188 HP / 132 Atk / 92 Def / 28 SpD / 68 Spe
Tera Type: Fire
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- Heat Crash
- Swords Dance / Thunder Punch / Helping Hand
- Protect
Groudon's role is that of a powerful attacker that uses Drought to power up Heat Crash and Precipice Blades for a STAB spread move. Its Ground typing gives it an immunity to Miraidon's Electric-type STAB moves and a super effective STAB move into some of the top Restricted Pokemon such as Miraidon, Zacian-C, and Zamazenta-C. Groudon uses Swords Dance to set up and be able to OHKO foes such as Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I. Groudon can also utilize Thunder Punch to hit rain setters like Tornadus, Pelipper, and Kyogre. Helping Hand allows lets Groudon to further boost its teammate's damage output. Groudon's ability to set sun benefits Pokemon such as Flutter Mane or and Raging Bolt. Groudon uses Clear Amulet mainly to block Incineroar's Intimidate and Parting Shot. The Speed investment allows Groudon to outspeed -1 Ogerpon and Calyrex-S in Tailwind. The Defense EVs let Groudon live two Urshifu-R Mystic Water-boosted Surging Strikes in sun, as well as surviving a Wood Hammer from Rillaboom and the Ogerpon formes and +1 Zamazenta-C Body Press. The Attack investment allows Heat Crash to OHKO Amoonguss, Flutter Mane, and Tornadus with sun up, as well as almost always OHKO Miraidon with Precipice Blades. Groudon will also be able to OHKO Urshifu-R with +2 Precipice Blades. The Special Defense EVs let Groudon survive a Choice Specs Tera Fairy Flutter Mane Moonblast and a +1 Spell Tag Calyrex-S Astral Barrage.
Some counters to Groudon include Kyogre and Terapagos, which can remove Groudon's weather. Lunala is another bad matchup for Groudon, as it can easily take a boosted Precipice Blades while moving before it in Trick Room. Groudon has to be very careful around Calyrex-I, since it threatens to OHKO Groudon if it doesn't Terastallize. Some good non-Restricted Pokemon counters such as Pelipper and Landorus can work because of their immunity to Precipice Blades. Pelipper can additionally remove the sun from Groudon, significantly weakening its Heat Crash. Some good teammates for Groudon are Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, and Walking Wake because the Protosynthesis ability allows them to get faster or stronger, and Groudon setting sun allows for these abilities to be activated. Raging Bolt helps Groudon deal with Kyogre and Pelipper, while Flutter Mane deals with the Ogerpon formes. Other good teammates for Groudon are Incineroar, which provides Fake Out and Intimidate, Amoonguss, which provides Spore and Rage Powder support, and Rillaboom, which is another Fake Out user that provides Grassy Terrain recovery so Groudon can stay on the field longer and set up with Swords Dance. Amoonguss also helps in the Trick Room matchup against Calyrex-I.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/glowbrogang.632040/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lovelyluna.641287/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Grammar checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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