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Project NU Break This Core! (Week N/A: All cores are unviable; ban Flamigo)
- Thread starter PowerOfMemes
- Start date
Orthworm
Orthworm
Diancie
Be13costa's Diancie won this week and will be added to the archive. Next up is GBro + Umby
Submissions for Pokemon that beat the core end Friday, September 20th 10 p.m. GMT-5!
Slowbro-Galar @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Bold Nature
- Psyshock
- Surf
- Calm Mind
- Slack Off
Umbreon @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Steel
Careful Nature
- Foul Play
- Toxic
- Wish
- Protect
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Bold Nature
- Psyshock
- Surf
- Calm Mind
- Slack Off
Umbreon @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Steel
Careful Nature
- Foul Play
- Toxic
- Wish
- Protect
Submissions for Pokemon that beat the core end Friday, September 20th 10 p.m. GMT-5!
your core has found
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Muk-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Knock Off
- Clear Smog
Slowbro can't do enough damage to muk to break it and clear smog removes any attempt at boosting and it can't tera out of the knock weakness else it become vulnerable to poison touch, umbreon also can't break you and has to burn tera steel to avoid getting poison touched if it didn't already get poisoned on switch in.
4 Atk Tera Steel Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Muk-Alola: 67-80 (16.1 - 19.3%) -- possible 8HKO
0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 47-56 (11.3 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever - LOL
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 93-110 (22.4 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO
they have to get lucky with calling your rest turn and you getting bad sleep talk rng just to hit this ONCE
THE WALL
Muk-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Knock Off
- Clear Smog
Slowbro can't do enough damage to muk to break it and clear smog removes any attempt at boosting and it can't tera out of the knock weakness else it become vulnerable to poison touch, umbreon also can't break you and has to burn tera steel to avoid getting poison touched if it didn't already get poisoned on switch in.
4 Atk Tera Steel Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Muk-Alola: 67-80 (16.1 - 19.3%) -- possible 8HKO
0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 47-56 (11.3 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever - LOL
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 93-110 (22.4 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO
they have to get lucky with calling your rest turn and you getting bad sleep talk rng just to hit this ONCE
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Brute Bonnet @ Life Orb/Lum Berry
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Steel/Poison
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Seed Bomb
- Sucker Punch/Crunch
- Close Combat
- Growth
Despite falling to PU recently, Brute Bonnet is still great in NU. It absolutely rips up this core, as these mons can't do much to it. Glowbro at +6 does 37% max with surf... Which shows how easy of a setup opportunity its for brute bonnet. Sucker is better against faster paced teams, but still works fine against glowbro as +2 sucker ko's glowbro from full pretty reliably. Crunch does better into this core though. If glowbro decides to tera water, then seed bomb OHKO's it at +2. As for umbreon, LO CC has a chance to OHKO umbreon from full, while umbreon can't do much in return. Lum berry can be used to give bonnet an opportunity to setup on umbreon, and tera steel/poison gives it an immunity to toxic to setup a growth. (if the glowbro is flamethrower, then you can tera poison and beat it still lol)
Calcs:
+6 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 172 HP / 0 SpD Brute Bonnet: 130-153 (32 - 37.6%) -- 92.7% chance to 3HKO
+6 0 SpA Tera Water Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 172 HP / 0 SpD Brute Bonnet: 195-229 (48 - 56.4%) -- 85.9% chance to 2HKO
+2 252+ Atk Brute Bonnet Sucker Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 368-434 (93.4 - 110.1%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Brute Bonnet Seed Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tera Water Slowbro-Galar: 422-498 (107.1 - 126.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Brute Bonnet Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Umbreon: 338-400 (85.7 - 101.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 172 HP / 0 Def Brute Bonnet: 127-150 (31.2 - 36.9%) -- 79.1% chance to 3HKO
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Scrafty @ Leftovers
Ability: Shed Skin
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature (Jolly if you want, you basically get the same results but Knock Off isn't guaranteed OHKO on Glowbro at +2)
- Dragon Dance/Swords Dance (if you feel like it I guess)
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Taunt/Encore
Scrafty OHKOs (as long as the target isn't tera'd) at +2 & outspeeds both of the mons in the core - lets talk about that. When set up, Scrafty proves to be an absolute menace to this core, as it's able to freely set up on Umbreon, & go buck wild after doing so. Taunt stops the recovery the two have (even though it does more damage than the recovery if they were to Tera & live another hit anyways) & encore lets Scrafty set up more if needed. Shed skin is to not be hindered by status effects like Umbreon's toxic (or any others, which is nice), to continue to sweep teams even after deleting the core. As a bonus, it also 2HKOs the fairy type with the highest defense in the tier, Diancie (+2 252+ Atk Tera Poison Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Diancie: 180-213 (59.2 - 70%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery), & can 3HKO Dachsbun, the PURE fairy type with the highest defense (you have to tera though or else you get OHKOed by Play Rough, +2 252+ Atk Tera Poison Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dachsbun: 109-129 (34.2 - 40.5%) -- 50.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery), so you don't have ANY counterplay against Scrafty whatsoever if you were against a full team.
Calcs:
Glowbro:
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 404-476 (102.5 - 120.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tera Water Slowbro-Galar: 249-294 (63.1 - 74.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Scrafty: 114-135 (42 - 49.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Umbreon:
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Umbreon: 614-726 (155.8 - 184.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tera Poison Umbreon: 249-294 (63.1 - 74.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252+ Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scrafty: 58-69 (21.4 - 25.4%) -- possible 5HKO
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Wo-Chien @ Leftovers
Ability: Tablets of Ruin
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Taunt
Glowbro can’t do squat to you even at +6 on account of your typing and naturally obscene SpDef. Meanwhile, Taunt shuts down Umbreon’s only way of making progress against Wo-Chien in Toxic as well as its recovery, letting you beat it 1v1 with Leech Seed. Tera Steel is for the Toxic immunity without becoming weak to Bro’s Psyshock, but you really don’t need to Tera to beat this core.
+6 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Wo-Chien: 75-89 (20 - 23.7%) -- possible 6HKO
0 Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 33-39 (8.8 - 10.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 33-39 (8.8 - 10.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
welp, seeing as this is a defensive core, I'm going to use a defensive mon
this fat duck sits on everything those two can throw at it. Umbreon....well
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 78-92 (17.6 - 20.7%) -- possible 5HKO
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 19-23 (4.2 - 5.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
and glowbro....
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 44-52 (9.9 - 11.7%) -- possible 9HKO
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 84-99 (18.9 - 22.3%) -- possible 5HKO
Even at +6 coming in clean it struggles to 2HKO with surf, and psyshock is a joke
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 117-138 (26.4 - 31.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 221-261 (49.8 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
Now, all this is wonderful, but what is this doing back. Well now is the reason I put +1 calcs there (even though it's a bit unnecessary as cress is faster than both of them)
I give you, sub CM cress
Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power/Psyshock (If you hate stored power for whatever reason)
- Moonblast
This set completely sits on everything: sub for toxic, calm mind to stop glowbro from muscling through, and two attacking moves that completely destroy the core.
Cress can just sub in front of umbreon, possibly Using tera fairy to really stop foul play doing anything, and then proceed to calm mind til it can muscle through the wish protects, which doesn't take too long
+2 0 SpA Tera Fairy Cresselia Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Umbreon: 194-230 (49.2 - 58.3%) -- 64.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
For glowbro, if it has already used the tera, it can be a touch more troublesome, but not much
4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 58-70 (13 - 15.8%) -- possible 7HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 234-276 (52.8 - 62.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and once cress sets up even one calm mind, surf does nothing, and from there it's just a matter of time before cress builds enough power to muscle through those sp def raises
+4 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (180 BP) vs. +4 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 204-241 (51.7 - 61.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (220 BP) vs. +5 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 250-295 (63.4 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (260 BP) vs. +6 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 295-348 (74.8 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If you're using psyshock, it's a little bit less damage, but it can try to 2HKO a turn earlier
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 178-210 (45.1 - 53.2%) -- 32.8% chance to 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 202-238 (51.2 - 60.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
this fat duck sits on everything those two can throw at it. Umbreon....well
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 78-92 (17.6 - 20.7%) -- possible 5HKO
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 19-23 (4.2 - 5.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
and glowbro....
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 44-52 (9.9 - 11.7%) -- possible 9HKO
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 84-99 (18.9 - 22.3%) -- possible 5HKO
Even at +6 coming in clean it struggles to 2HKO with surf, and psyshock is a joke
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 117-138 (26.4 - 31.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 221-261 (49.8 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
Now, all this is wonderful, but what is this doing back. Well now is the reason I put +1 calcs there (even though it's a bit unnecessary as cress is faster than both of them)
I give you, sub CM cress
Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power/Psyshock (If you hate stored power for whatever reason)
- Moonblast
This set completely sits on everything: sub for toxic, calm mind to stop glowbro from muscling through, and two attacking moves that completely destroy the core.
Cress can just sub in front of umbreon, possibly Using tera fairy to really stop foul play doing anything, and then proceed to calm mind til it can muscle through the wish protects, which doesn't take too long
+2 0 SpA Tera Fairy Cresselia Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Umbreon: 194-230 (49.2 - 58.3%) -- 64.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
For glowbro, if it has already used the tera, it can be a touch more troublesome, but not much
4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 58-70 (13 - 15.8%) -- possible 7HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 234-276 (52.8 - 62.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and once cress sets up even one calm mind, surf does nothing, and from there it's just a matter of time before cress builds enough power to muscle through those sp def raises
+4 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (180 BP) vs. +4 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 204-241 (51.7 - 61.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (220 BP) vs. +5 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 250-295 (63.4 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (260 BP) vs. +6 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 295-348 (74.8 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If you're using psyshock, it's a little bit less damage, but it can try to 2HKO a turn earlier
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 178-210 (45.1 - 53.2%) -- 32.8% chance to 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 202-238 (51.2 - 60.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Voting Options:
Diamonds_realm's Alolan Muk
your core has found
THE WALL
Muk-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Knock Off
- Clear Smog
Slowbro can't do enough damage to muk to break it and clear smog removes any attempt at boosting and it can't tera out of the knock weakness else it become vulnerable to poison touch, umbreon also can't break you and has to burn tera steel to avoid getting poison touched if it didn't already get poisoned on switch in.
4 Atk Tera Steel Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Muk-Alola: 67-80 (16.1 - 19.3%) -- possible 8HKO
0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 47-56 (11.3 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever - LOL
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 93-110 (22.4 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO
they have to get lucky with calling your rest turn and you getting bad sleep talk rng just to hit this ONCE
THE WALL
Muk-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Knock Off
- Clear Smog
Slowbro can't do enough damage to muk to break it and clear smog removes any attempt at boosting and it can't tera out of the knock weakness else it become vulnerable to poison touch, umbreon also can't break you and has to burn tera steel to avoid getting poison touched if it didn't already get poisoned on switch in.
4 Atk Tera Steel Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Muk-Alola: 67-80 (16.1 - 19.3%) -- possible 8HKO
0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 47-56 (11.3 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever - LOL
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Muk-Alola: 93-110 (22.4 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO
they have to get lucky with calling your rest turn and you getting bad sleep talk rng just to hit this ONCE
Heatranator's Brute Bonnet
Brute Bonnet @ Life Orb/Lum Berry
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Steel/Poison
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Seed Bomb
- Sucker Punch/Crunch
- Close Combat
- Growth
Despite falling to PU recently, Brute Bonnet is still great in NU. It absolutely rips up this core, as these mons can't do much to it. Glowbro at +6 does 37% max with surf... Which shows how easy of a setup opportunity its for brute bonnet. Sucker is better against faster paced teams, but still works fine against glowbro as +2 sucker ko's glowbro from full pretty reliably. Crunch does better into this core though. If glowbro decides to tera water, then seed bomb OHKO's it at +2. As for umbreon, LO CC has a chance to OHKO umbreon from full, while umbreon can't do much in return. Lum berry can be used to give bonnet an opportunity to setup on umbreon, and tera steel/poison gives it an immunity to toxic to setup a growth. (if the glowbro is flamethrower, then you can tera poison and beat it still lol)
Calcs:
+6 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 172 HP / 0 SpD Brute Bonnet: 130-153 (32 - 37.6%) -- 92.7% chance to 3HKO
+6 0 SpA Tera Water Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 172 HP / 0 SpD Brute Bonnet: 195-229 (48 - 56.4%) -- 85.9% chance to 2HKO
+2 252+ Atk Brute Bonnet Sucker Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 368-434 (93.4 - 110.1%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Brute Bonnet Seed Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tera Water Slowbro-Galar: 422-498 (107.1 - 126.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Brute Bonnet Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Umbreon: 338-400 (85.7 - 101.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 172 HP / 0 Def Brute Bonnet: 127-150 (31.2 - 36.9%) -- 79.1% chance to 3HKO
ShroomiumThyGreat's Scrafty
Scrafty @ Leftovers
Ability: Shed Skin
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature (Jolly if you want, you basically get the same results but Knock Off isn't guaranteed OHKO on Glowbro at +2)
- Dragon Dance/Swords Dance (if you feel like it I guess)
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Taunt/Encore
Scrafty OHKOs (as long as the target isn't tera'd) at +2 & outspeeds both of the mons in the core - lets talk about that. When set up, Scrafty proves to be an absolute menace to this core, as it's able to freely set up on Umbreon, & go buck wild after doing so. Taunt stops the recovery the two have (even though it does more damage than the recovery if they were to Tera & live another hit anyways) & encore lets Scrafty set up more if needed. Shed skin is to not be hindered by status effects like Umbreon's toxic (or any others, which is nice), to continue to sweep teams even after deleting the core. As a bonus, it also 2HKOs the fairy type with the highest defense in the tier, Diancie (+2 252+ Atk Tera Poison Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Diancie: 180-213 (59.2 - 70%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery), & can 3HKO Dachsbun, the PURE fairy type with the highest defense (you have to tera though or else you get OHKOed by Play Rough, +2 252+ Atk Tera Poison Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dachsbun: 109-129 (34.2 - 40.5%) -- 50.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery), so you don't have ANY counterplay against Scrafty whatsoever if you were against a full team.
Calcs:
Glowbro:
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 404-476 (102.5 - 120.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tera Water Slowbro-Galar: 249-294 (63.1 - 74.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Scrafty: 114-135 (42 - 49.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Umbreon:
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Umbreon: 614-726 (155.8 - 184.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Scrafty Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tera Poison Umbreon: 249-294 (63.1 - 74.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252+ Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scrafty: 58-69 (21.4 - 25.4%) -- possible 5HKO
Seed Sower's Wo-Chien
Wo-Chien @ Leftovers
Ability: Tablets of Ruin
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Taunt
Glowbro can’t do squat to you even at +6 on account of your typing and naturally obscene SpDef. Meanwhile, Taunt shuts down Umbreon’s only way of making progress against Wo-Chien in Toxic as well as its recovery, letting you beat it 1v1 with Leech Seed. Tera Steel is for the Toxic immunity without becoming weak to Bro’s Psyshock, but you really don’t need to Tera to beat this core.
+6 0 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Wo-Chien: 75-89 (20 - 23.7%) -- possible 6HKO
0 Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 33-39 (8.8 - 10.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Umbreon Foul Play vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 33-39 (8.8 - 10.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
coolio1223's Cresselia
welp, seeing as this is a defensive core, I'm going to use a defensive mon
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this fat duck sits on everything those two can throw at it. Umbreon....well
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 78-92 (17.6 - 20.7%) -- possible 5HKO
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 19-23 (4.2 - 5.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
and glowbro....
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 44-52 (9.9 - 11.7%) -- possible 9HKO
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 84-99 (18.9 - 22.3%) -- possible 5HKO
Even at +6 coming in clean it struggles to 2HKO with surf, and psyshock is a joke
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 117-138 (26.4 - 31.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 221-261 (49.8 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
Now, all this is wonderful, but what is this doing back. Well now is the reason I put +1 calcs there (even though it's a bit unnecessary as cress is faster than both of them)
I give you, sub CM cress
Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power/Psyshock (If you hate stored power for whatever reason)
- Moonblast
This set completely sits on everything: sub for toxic, calm mind to stop glowbro from muscling through, and two attacking moves that completely destroy the core.
Cress can just sub in front of umbreon, possibly Using tera fairy to really stop foul play doing anything, and then proceed to calm mind til it can muscle through the wish protects, which doesn't take too long
+2 0 SpA Tera Fairy Cresselia Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Umbreon: 194-230 (49.2 - 58.3%) -- 64.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
For glowbro, if it has already used the tera, it can be a touch more troublesome, but not much
4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 58-70 (13 - 15.8%) -- possible 7HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 234-276 (52.8 - 62.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and once cress sets up even one calm mind, surf does nothing, and from there it's just a matter of time before cress builds enough power to muscle through those sp def raises
+4 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (180 BP) vs. +4 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 204-241 (51.7 - 61.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (220 BP) vs. +5 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 250-295 (63.4 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (260 BP) vs. +6 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 295-348 (74.8 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If you're using psyshock, it's a little bit less damage, but it can try to 2HKO a turn earlier
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 178-210 (45.1 - 53.2%) -- 32.8% chance to 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 202-238 (51.2 - 60.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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this fat duck sits on everything those two can throw at it. Umbreon....well
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 78-92 (17.6 - 20.7%) -- possible 5HKO
0- Atk 0 IVs Umbreon Foul Play vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 19-23 (4.2 - 5.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
and glowbro....
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 44-52 (9.9 - 11.7%) -- possible 9HKO
+1 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 84-99 (18.9 - 22.3%) -- possible 5HKO
Even at +6 coming in clean it struggles to 2HKO with surf, and psyshock is a joke
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 117-138 (26.4 - 31.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Surf vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 221-261 (49.8 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
Now, all this is wonderful, but what is this doing back. Well now is the reason I put +1 calcs there (even though it's a bit unnecessary as cress is faster than both of them)
I give you, sub CM cress
Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power/Psyshock (If you hate stored power for whatever reason)
- Moonblast
This set completely sits on everything: sub for toxic, calm mind to stop glowbro from muscling through, and two attacking moves that completely destroy the core.
Cress can just sub in front of umbreon, possibly Using tera fairy to really stop foul play doing anything, and then proceed to calm mind til it can muscle through the wish protects, which doesn't take too long
+2 0 SpA Tera Fairy Cresselia Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Umbreon: 194-230 (49.2 - 58.3%) -- 64.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
For glowbro, if it has already used the tera, it can be a touch more troublesome, but not much
4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 58-70 (13 - 15.8%) -- possible 7HKO
+6 4 SpA Slowbro-Galar Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tera Fairy Cresselia: 234-276 (52.8 - 62.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and once cress sets up even one calm mind, surf does nothing, and from there it's just a matter of time before cress builds enough power to muscle through those sp def raises
+4 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (180 BP) vs. +4 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 204-241 (51.7 - 61.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (220 BP) vs. +5 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 250-295 (63.4 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Stored Power (260 BP) vs. +6 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro-Galar: 295-348 (74.8 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
If you're using psyshock, it's a little bit less damage, but it can try to 2HKO a turn earlier
+5 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 178-210 (45.1 - 53.2%) -- 32.8% chance to 2HKO
+6 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro-Galar: 202-238 (51.2 - 60.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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Coolio1223s Cresselia
scrafty
Scrafty
ShroomiumThyGreat's Scrafty wins this week, and due to incoming tier shifts, this thread will be on hiatus for a bit for the metagame to adapt, settle, etc.
We’re finally back after shifts with a duo from Stories:
Submissions for Pokemon that beat the core end Friday, October 25th 10 p.m. GMT-6!
Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Haze
- Wish
- Protect
Gligar @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Stealth Rock
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Haze
- Wish
- Protect
Gligar @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Stealth Rock
Submissions for Pokemon that beat the core end Friday, October 25th 10 p.m. GMT-6!
Easiest core I've ever beaten
Porygon-Z @ Heavy-Duty Boots/Life Orb
Ability: Download
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Nasty Plot
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
come in on ANYTHING, take the hit, get a sp atk raise and go to town
+1 252+ SpA Tera Electric Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 518-612 (111.6 - 131.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252+ SpA Tera Electric Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 628-740 (188 - 221.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Nasty plot is just there for tera basically, otherwise I'd put agility for other team members
(calcs are without life orb, can run boots for hazards or basically any item)
Porygon-Z @ Heavy-Duty Boots/Life Orb
Ability: Download
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Nasty Plot
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
come in on ANYTHING, take the hit, get a sp atk raise and go to town
+1 252+ SpA Tera Electric Porygon-Z Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 518-612 (111.6 - 131.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252+ SpA Tera Electric Porygon-Z Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 628-740 (188 - 221.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Nasty plot is just there for tera basically, otherwise I'd put agility for other team members
(calcs are without life orb, can run boots for hazards or basically any item)
Oricorio-Pom-Pom @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Dancer
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 24 Def / 232 Spe
Timid Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Air Slash
- Taunt
- Roost
Oricorio Pom-Pom eviscerates this core. It takes nothing damage from gligar (losing boots is rough, but getting 2 qd boosts is absolutely worth it), and can start to set up. With taunt, it shuts down vapo's haze and the special defense boosts from qd means it takes little damage from scald. Oricorio can even tera steel in a last ditch moment if gligar is somehow toxic in order to get a qd off or hit it with air slash. Eventually, it can get to +6, meaning it can sweep the opposing team, which is not something you want from a mon that is controversial at worst.
Calcs:
0 SpA Vaporeon Scald vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Oricorio-Pom-Pom: 126-148 (35.5 - 41.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
0 SpA Vaporeon Scald vs. +1 252 HP / 0 SpD Oricorio-Pom-Pom: 84-100 (23.7 - 28.2%) -- 92.7% chance to 4HKO
+1 0 SpA Oricorio-Pom-Pom Air Slash vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 114-135 (34.1 - 40.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+2 0 SpA Oricorio-Pom-Pom Air Slash vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 151-178 (45.2 - 53.2%) -- 34.4% chance to 2HKO
0 Atk Gligar Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 24 Def Oricorio-Pom-Pom: 72-85 (20.3 - 24%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
+2 0 SpA Oricorio-Pom-Pom Air Slash vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 165-195 (35.5 - 42%) -- 84.8% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
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Toxtricity @ Choice Specs
Ability: Punk Rock
Tera type: Normal
Evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest nature
-Overdrive
-Sludge Wave
-Volt Switch
-Boomburst
Choice Specs Boomburst does a lot of damage that they are in range for a 2HKO. Tera Normal Boomburst just destroys them.
Ability: Punk Rock
Tera type: Normal
Evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest nature
-Overdrive
-Sludge Wave
-Volt Switch
-Boomburst
Choice Specs Boomburst does a lot of damage that they are in range for a 2HKO. Tera Normal Boomburst just destroys them.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Toxtricity Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 309-364 (66.5 - 78.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Toxtricity Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 282-332 (84.4 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Tera Normal Toxtricity Overdrive vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 530-626 (114.2 - 134.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Tera Normal Toxtricity Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 423-498 (126.6 - 149.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Toxtricity Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 282-332 (84.4 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Tera Normal Toxtricity Overdrive vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 530-626 (114.2 - 134.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Punk Rock Tera Normal Toxtricity Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 423-498 (126.6 - 149.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
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I gonna break this core with a mon with 2 moves and no items.
Lapras
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 204 HP / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic Noise
- Freeze-Dry
Vapo cant touch you and cant heal.
And the best Gligar can do to you is 0 Atk Tera Water Gligar Earthquake vs. 204 HP / 0 Def Lapras: 102-121 (22.5 - 26.7%) -- 31.4% chance to 4HKO
Wile you at 252+ SpA Lapras Freeze-Dry vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Tera Water Gligar: 180-212 (53.8 - 63.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO if it teras out of the 4x
Lapras
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 204 HP / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic Noise
- Freeze-Dry
Vapo cant touch you and cant heal.
And the best Gligar can do to you is 0 Atk Tera Water Gligar Earthquake vs. 204 HP / 0 Def Lapras: 102-121 (22.5 - 26.7%) -- 31.4% chance to 4HKO
Wile you at 252+ SpA Lapras Freeze-Dry vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Tera Water Gligar: 180-212 (53.8 - 63.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO if it teras out of the 4x
Abomasnow @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
You resist/ don’t take meaningful damage from most of the attacks coming, and you get to set up a sub/ scare them out with your stabs. Your sub doesn’t break to anything they can do, and sets up leech seed before whittling them down or attacking. Tera grass gives you some power to hit higher ranges, making it a roll on tera Gliscor.
252+ SpA Abomasnow Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon: 222-264 (47.8 - 56.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Leech Seed damage
252+ SpA Abomasnow Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Gligar: 484-576 (144.9 - 172.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Abomasnow Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Vaporeon: 111-132 (23.9 - 28.4%) -- 12.2% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery and Leech Seed damage
252+ SpA Abomasnow Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Tera Water Gligar: 204-240 (61 - 71.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Tera Grass Abomasnow Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Tera Water Gligar: 272-320 (81.4 - 95.8%) -- 50% chance to OHKO after Leech Seed damage
0 SpA Vaporeon Scald vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Abomasnow: 54-63 (14 - 16.4%) -- possible 7HKO
0 Atk Gligar Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Abomasnow in Snow: 36-42 (9.3 - 10.9%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Gligar Knock Off vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Abomasnow in Snow: 32-38 (8.3 - 9.8%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Gligar U-turn vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Abomasnow in Snow: 68-82 (17.7 - 21.3%) -- possible 9HKO
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Arboliva @ Choice Specs
Ability: Seed Sower
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 40 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 212 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
-Leaf Storm/Tera Blast
-Earth Power
-Giga Drain/Hyper Voice
-Terrain Pulse
offensive arboliva time :)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Vaporeon in Grassy Terrain: 708-834 (152.5 - 179.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Vaporeon in Grassy Terrain: 354-417 (76.2 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Gligar in Grassy Terrain: 321-378 (96.1 - 113.1%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Vaporeon in Grassy Terrain: 354-417 (76.2 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Gligar in Grassy Terrain: 321-378 (96.1 - 113.1%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Gligar in Grassy Terrain: 214-253 (64 - 75.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Vaporeon in Grassy Terrain: 237-279 (51 - 60.1%) -- 35.5% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
252+ SpA Arboliva Terrain Pulse (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Vaporeon in Grassy Terrain: 237-279 (51 - 60.1%) -- 35.5% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
both of them can't really do much back, and gligar u-turning will just lead to something getting blasted lolol. bronzong and muk-a are pretty good into arboliva, so perhaps pair this with roar pert