OU Iron Moth

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Iron Moth @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 124 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Fiery Dance
- Sludge Wave
- Tera Blast

Iron Moth is one of OU's strongest cleaners thanks to its massive Special Attack, great Speed, and excellent coverage, as well as Substitute, which helps it avoid being revenge killed by Thunderclap and Sucker Punch. Fiery Dance raises its Special Attack to terrifying heights while OHKOing top-tier threats like Gholdengo and Kingambit after a single boost. Sludge Wave OHKOes Fairy-types like Enamorus and Iron Valiant, as well as Clefable with minor chip damage. Tera Ground and Tera Blast allow Iron Moth to threaten Pokemon like Heatran and Galarian Slowking that would otherwise easily wall it while also immunizing it from Thunderclap and Thunder Wave. The EV spread lets Iron Moth live Sucker Punch from Kingambit with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts and raise its Speed with Quark Drive. Iron Moth struggles against dedicated special walls like Blissey and Ting-Lu, so it appreciates physically offensive teammates like Roaring Moon that can help break through them. Additionally, Iron Moth has very little Defense and is 4x weak to the common Earthquake, so allies like Landorus-T and Zamazenta can help it by switching into physical hits from the likes of Gliscor and Dragonite.

Character Count: 995
 
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124 Defense EVs lets Iron Moth live Sucker Punch from Kingambit with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts.
I actually didn't know this, but the spread is also for moth to get a speed boost from quark drive. If you need to take something out, then I think you could remove the part about Great Tusk being a teammate to break through ting-lu + blissey, mostly because CC isn't that common on tusk, but also because most tusk variants aren't purely offensive while roaring moon is always offensive.

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This was well-written as is, so I just tried to find ways to condense it down to the suggested character count w/o changing the meaning behind the words.

Iron Moth @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 124 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Fiery Dance
- Sludge Wave
- Tera Blast

Iron Moth is one of OU's strongest cleaners thanks to its massive Special Attack, great Speed tier, and excellent coverage, as well as Substitute, which helps it avoid being revenge killed by Thunderclap and Sucker Punch. Fiery Dance lets Iron Moth raises its Special Attack to terrifying heights while OHKOing top-tier threats like Gholdengo and Kingambit after a single boost. Sludge Wave OHKOes Fairy-types like Enamorus and Iron Valiant, as well as Clefable with minor chip damage. Tera Ground and Tera Blast allows Iron Moth to threaten Pokemon like Heatran and Galarian Slowking that would otherwise easily wall it while also granting immunizing it immunity to from Thunderclap and Thunder Wave. 124 Defense EVs The EV spread lets Iron Moth live Sucker Punch from Kingambit with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, while full Speed investment gives Iron Moth and raise an its Speed boost from with Quark Drive. Iron Moth struggles against dedicated special walls like Blissey and Ting-Lu, so it appreciates physically offensive teammates like Roaring Moon that can help break through them. Additionally, Iron Moth has very little in the way of Defense while being and is 4x weak to the common Earthquake, so it benefits from teammates allies like Landorus-Therian and Zamazenta that can help it by switching into physical hits from the likes of Gliscor and Dragonite.

Character Count: 1077 995

GP Check 1/1

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GP Team done

add remove
This was well-written as is, so I just tried to find ways to condense it down to the suggested character count w/o changing the meaning behind the words.

Iron Moth @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 124 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Fiery Dance
- Sludge Wave
- Tera Blast

Iron Moth is one of OU's strongest cleaners thanks to its massive Special Attack, great Speed tier, and excellent coverage, as well as Substitute, which helps it avoid being revenge killed by Thunderclap and Sucker Punch. Fiery Dance lets Iron Moth raises its Special Attack to terrifying heights while OHKOing top-tier threats like Gholdengo and Kingambit after a single boost. Sludge Wave OHKOes Fairy-types like Enamorus and Iron Valiant, as well as Clefable with minor chip damage. Tera Ground and Tera Blast allows Iron Moth to threaten Pokemon like Heatran and Galarian Slowking that would otherwise easily wall it while also granting immunizing it immunity to from Thunderclap and Thunder Wave. 124 Defense EVs The EV spread lets Iron Moth live Sucker Punch from Kingambit with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, while full Speed investment gives Iron Moth and raise an its Speed boost from with Quark Drive. Iron Moth struggles against dedicated special walls like Blissey and Ting-Lu, so it appreciates physically offensive teammates like Roaring Moon that can help break through them. Additionally, Iron Moth has very little in the way of Defense while being and is 4x weak to the common Earthquake, so it benefits from teammates allies like Landorus-Therian and Zamazenta that can help it by switching into physical hits from the likes of Gliscor and Dragonite.

Character Count: 1077 995

GP Check 1/1

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Implemented, thank you!
 
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