[OVERVIEW]
Wo-Chien excellent bulk, typing, and great ability gives it a unique place in NU allowing Wo-Chien to consistently handle powerful wallbreakers such as Basculegion-M, Flygon, and Barraskewda. Additionally, it can also exploit common walls like Vaporeon, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro. Unfortunately, Wo-Chien awful typing makes it weak to many common threats such as Flamigo and Chandelure while the Pokemon it was supposed to check like Flygon and Decidueye can threaten Wo-Chien by hitting back with U-turn. Wo-Chien struggles to do anything against certain walls like Amoonguss and Poison Heal Breloom due to them being immune to its Leech Seed and access to recovery.
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Foul Play / Ruination / Giga Drain
move 3: Protect / Rest
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Talk
item: Leftovers / Heavy Duty Boots
ability: Tablets of Ruin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 240 SpD / 16 Spe
tera type: Poison / Ghost / Fairy / Dragon
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Foul Play gives Wo-Chien a great advantage against physical wallbreakers like Swords Dances Rhyperior and Basculegion-M while Ruination can be used for solid chip damage and threaten walls such as Galarian Slowbro and Diancie. Giga Drain can also be used to answer Rhyperior most effectively. Protect allows it to scout out any Choice-item users like Flamigo and Chandelure while giving it extra leftovers recovery. Wo-Chien can run a RestTalk set letting it consistently handle foes like Barraskewda, Flygon, and Cinccino as well as dealing with any status attempts. Leech Seed can worn down foes such as Overqwil and Scrafty that Wo-Chien struggles to make progress versus otherwise. Leftovers provides Wo-Chien extra recovery, whereas Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not be worn down by repeatedly switching into hazards. 16 Speed EVs let Wo-Chien outrun Adamant Rhyperior and potentially threaten it with Foul Play or Giga Drain. Tera Poison offers Wo-Chien a better resistance against both Fighting- and Poison-types like Flamingo, Toxicroak, and Overqwil. Tera Ghost gives it a useful immunity against Fighting-types like Infernape and Paldean Tauros-W while Tera Fairy offers a Fighting-type resistance with a trade off for better handling foes like Flygon, Heracross, and Incineroar. Alternatively, Tera Dragon lets Wo-Chien better handle Fire-types such as Chandelure, Infernape, and Arcanine.
Wo-Chien best partners with defensive teammates such as Bellibolt, Rhyperior, and Galarian Slowbro since they can better handle threats like Flamigo, Arcanine, and Toxicroak. Pokemon like Toxtricity, Basculegion-M, and Kilowattrel appreciate its Knock Off for threatening opponents that heavily rely on their item like Porygon2, Rhyperior, and Klefki. Additionally, Wo-Chien struggles to breakthrough Pokemon like Amoonguss, Goodra, and Poison Heal Breloom thus it pairs with teammates like Kilowattrel, Scrafty, and Diancie to handle them. Hazard removers like Altaria and Cramorant are crucial for helping Wo-Chien to better switch in against Pokemon like Basculegion-M and Barraskewda without getting worn down by hazards.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Stun Spore can be used for slowing down faster foes like Flamigo and Overqwil but it prefers to run other utility options. Wo-Chien can run a fully physically defensive spread letting it better handle foes like Flygon, Drednaw, and Rhyperior; however, it makes Wo-Chien worse against threats like Inteleon and Amoonguss. Tera Water maintains the Water-type resistance while gives it a better matchup against Fire- and Ice-types like Paldean Tauros-F and Alolan Ninetales but gives it a weakness to Electric- and Grass-type weakness.
Checks and Counters
====
**Fighting-types**: Toxicroak, Flamigo, Breloom, and the Paldean Tauros forms easily destroy Wo-Chien with their Fighting-type attacks, but they must be cautious about switching into Leech Seed and Ruination. Scrafty can also used Wo-Chien as complete setup fodder while forcing it to used up its Tera. However, Scrafty must be cautious about switching into its Leech Seed and Ruination.
**Fire-types**: Chandelure, Arcanine, and Rotom-H can do major damage against Wo-Chien with their Fire-type attacks and the latter two can use it as setup fodder. However, none of them enjoy switching into its Knock Off, Leech Seed, and Ruination.
**Fairy- and Poison-types**: Sylveon, Alolan Ninetales, and Diancie can overwhelm Wo-Chien with their attacks, but they need to cautious about switching into Leech Seed and Knock Off. Poison-types such as Galarian Slowbro and Overqwil can all threaten Wo-Chien with status while the latter can tank its STAB attacks; however, both of them can’t repeatedly switch into Leech Seed and Ruination.
**Bulky Grass-types**: Amoonguss completely walls Wo-Chien thanks to its access to Synthesis and Regenerator allows Amoonguss to repeatedly switch in against Wo-Chien giving it the advantage to threaten Wo-Chien with Toxic or Sludge Bomb poison. Tsareena and Poison Heal Breloom can be major roadblocks for Wo-Chien, since Tsareena can threaten it with Knock Off and U-turn while Breloom can used it a free setup fodder. However, the former must be cautious about switching into Ruination.
[CREDITS]
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Wo-Chien excellent bulk, typing, and great ability gives it a unique place in NU allowing Wo-Chien to consistently handle powerful wallbreakers such as Basculegion-M, Flygon, and Barraskewda. Additionally, it can also exploit common walls like Vaporeon, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro. Unfortunately, Wo-Chien awful typing makes it weak to many common threats such as Flamigo and Chandelure while the Pokemon it was supposed to check like Flygon and Decidueye can threaten Wo-Chien by hitting back with U-turn. Wo-Chien struggles to do anything against certain walls like Amoonguss and Poison Heal Breloom due to them being immune to its Leech Seed and access to recovery.
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Foul Play / Ruination / Giga Drain
move 3: Protect / Rest
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Talk
item: Leftovers / Heavy Duty Boots
ability: Tablets of Ruin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 240 SpD / 16 Spe
tera type: Poison / Ghost / Fairy / Dragon
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Foul Play gives Wo-Chien a great advantage against physical wallbreakers like Swords Dances Rhyperior and Basculegion-M while Ruination can be used for solid chip damage and threaten walls such as Galarian Slowbro and Diancie. Giga Drain can also be used to answer Rhyperior most effectively. Protect allows it to scout out any Choice-item users like Flamigo and Chandelure while giving it extra leftovers recovery. Wo-Chien can run a RestTalk set letting it consistently handle foes like Barraskewda, Flygon, and Cinccino as well as dealing with any status attempts. Leech Seed can worn down foes such as Overqwil and Scrafty that Wo-Chien struggles to make progress versus otherwise. Leftovers provides Wo-Chien extra recovery, whereas Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not be worn down by repeatedly switching into hazards. 16 Speed EVs let Wo-Chien outrun Adamant Rhyperior and potentially threaten it with Foul Play or Giga Drain. Tera Poison offers Wo-Chien a better resistance against both Fighting- and Poison-types like Flamingo, Toxicroak, and Overqwil. Tera Ghost gives it a useful immunity against Fighting-types like Infernape and Paldean Tauros-W while Tera Fairy offers a Fighting-type resistance with a trade off for better handling foes like Flygon, Heracross, and Incineroar. Alternatively, Tera Dragon lets Wo-Chien better handle Fire-types such as Chandelure, Infernape, and Arcanine.
Wo-Chien best partners with defensive teammates such as Bellibolt, Rhyperior, and Galarian Slowbro since they can better handle threats like Flamigo, Arcanine, and Toxicroak. Pokemon like Toxtricity, Basculegion-M, and Kilowattrel appreciate its Knock Off for threatening opponents that heavily rely on their item like Porygon2, Rhyperior, and Klefki. Additionally, Wo-Chien struggles to breakthrough Pokemon like Amoonguss, Goodra, and Poison Heal Breloom thus it pairs with teammates like Kilowattrel, Scrafty, and Diancie to handle them. Hazard removers like Altaria and Cramorant are crucial for helping Wo-Chien to better switch in against Pokemon like Basculegion-M and Barraskewda without getting worn down by hazards.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Stun Spore can be used for slowing down faster foes like Flamigo and Overqwil but it prefers to run other utility options. Wo-Chien can run a fully physically defensive spread letting it better handle foes like Flygon, Drednaw, and Rhyperior; however, it makes Wo-Chien worse against threats like Inteleon and Amoonguss. Tera Water maintains the Water-type resistance while gives it a better matchup against Fire- and Ice-types like Paldean Tauros-F and Alolan Ninetales but gives it a weakness to Electric- and Grass-type weakness.
Checks and Counters
====
**Fighting-types**: Toxicroak, Flamigo, Breloom, and the Paldean Tauros forms easily destroy Wo-Chien with their Fighting-type attacks, but they must be cautious about switching into Leech Seed and Ruination. Scrafty can also used Wo-Chien as complete setup fodder while forcing it to used up its Tera. However, Scrafty must be cautious about switching into its Leech Seed and Ruination.
**Fire-types**: Chandelure, Arcanine, and Rotom-H can do major damage against Wo-Chien with their Fire-type attacks and the latter two can use it as setup fodder. However, none of them enjoy switching into its Knock Off, Leech Seed, and Ruination.
**Fairy- and Poison-types**: Sylveon, Alolan Ninetales, and Diancie can overwhelm Wo-Chien with their attacks, but they need to cautious about switching into Leech Seed and Knock Off. Poison-types such as Galarian Slowbro and Overqwil can all threaten Wo-Chien with status while the latter can tank its STAB attacks; however, both of them can’t repeatedly switch into Leech Seed and Ruination.
**Bulky Grass-types**: Amoonguss completely walls Wo-Chien thanks to its access to Synthesis and Regenerator allows Amoonguss to repeatedly switch in against Wo-Chien giving it the advantage to threaten Wo-Chien with Toxic or Sludge Bomb poison. Tsareena and Poison Heal Breloom can be major roadblocks for Wo-Chien, since Tsareena can threaten it with Knock Off and U-turn while Breloom can used it a free setup fodder. However, the former must be cautious about switching into Ruination.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pika134.609709/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rabia.336073/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
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