- Mega Diancie is a fantastic breaker that beats most defoggers in the tier, most notably
,
, and
. An ability in Magic Bounce upon Mega Evolving and Fairy-typing and STAB Moonblast grants it a great role in beating other rockers in the tier like
and
(although has to be wary of an Earthquake switching in) by bouncing Stealth Rock back. Coverage with Earth Power grants it a great way to pressure Mega Diancie's checks like
and
. Encore is interesting tech that can lock certain Pokemon like
into a move like Defog and let
come in to kill it. It also locks most set-up sweepers into repeating the move, granting free turns for the team.
- Magnezone packs a heavy punch with Steelium Z to pressure many checks to this team while under Substitute. Not only does it trap and kill off
,
,
, and
, which the other Pokemon on this team can struggle to break (or be heavily threatened by in the case of
, it can also pick off unsuspecting Ground-type switch-ins, such as
,
, and
, all of which become unsafe checks due to Magnezone's safety under a Substitute.
- Slowking is a great mon with room for mixed bulk that grants a great synergy of Future Sight and Teleport to support the rest of the team. Slowking's typing and bulk helps it wall big threats to this team like
and
and force them out. Future Sight can help pressure
for
to secure a kill and can be immediately capitalized upon with a Teleport.
- Ferrothorn acts as the main Spikes-setter for the team and provides key support with Knock Off. Leech Seed improves Ferrothorn's longevity and ability to set Spikes for longer throughout the battle. Knock Off removes items off of many bulky Pokemon like
,
,
, and non-Heat Wave
(Ferrothorn must Knock Off Heat Wave
on the switch) to rid them of their Heavy-Duty Boots, making them susceptible to Spikes and Stealth Rocks.
- As the team's Ground-type, Landorus-Therian helps ease the matchup against
from endlessly Volt Switching and pressuring
with Dazzling Gleam. A Choice Scarf set provides speed control for the team to improve match-ups against faster, offensive teams. Stone Edge helps pressure
to prevent it from using Defog and removing the hazard stack. Defog on Landorus-Therian helps rid hazards on the player's side in case there's too much build-up.
- Kommo-o is the Stealth Rocks-user of the team and also soft-checks threats like
and
as Kommo-o resists most of their moves. Leftovers as an item is used to improve its longevity to be more stable as a check to the aforementioned Pokemon and overall keep Stealth Rocks up. As an offensive rocker, Close Combat is its primary stab to pressure Pokemon like
,
, and
. Poison Jab helps it pressure checks like
and
and prevent them from switching in too much. Rock Slide is used mainly to hit
and OHKO it, but it can also pressure non-Hurricane
and try to minimize the times it can Defog.