Project NU Next Best Thing [Week 35: Gastrodon]

[Elias PSY]

Calm Mind



Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate / Heatproof
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Body Press*
- Extrasensory
- Flash Cannon

Same as standard physically defensive bronzong,checking tyrantrum,flygon,glastrier,aerodactyl,braviary,copperajah...
Calm mind let zong setup on passive threats or some mons who attempt to get free turns on bronzong.The mains one being defog flygon,wish/heal bell vaporeon,toxic spikes dragalge,id glastrier... while keeping standard defensive utility .Extrasensory is prefered for the higher pp amount against wish users.


Options : Heatproof let bronzong stay on salazzle,talonflame or some random fire coverage while setting up.
No item let bronzong to check golurk but make zong more weak to burn.
Grass Knot hits mantine (while roosting),blastoise and golurk harder when unboosted.


*This is mandatory to hit copperajah !

 

[Danny]

Resttalk ID

 

[A Welcome Guest]

Bronzong @ Macho Brace
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Brave Nature
- Trick Room
- Gyro Ball
- Earthquake
- Explosion

Due to the combination of Macho Brace, and Bronzong's very low speed, it is able to make use of its strong STAB Gyro Ball. Earthquake hits Pokémon such as Copperajah, and Arcanine super effectively, while Explosion can be used against something such as Vaporeon that would usually wall it. This set pairs well with slow wallbreakers that can take advantage of Trick Room's effect such as Glastrier and Golurk.

Enjoy!​

 

[Xerche]

Meteor Beam + Rock Polish


Bronzong @ Power Herb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Psychic
- Flash Cannon
- Rock Polish​

With a useable special attack as well as great natural bulk, bronzong can be a decent cleaner after opposing steels are removed. Due to it's bulk, it makes it very likely that you will be able to get at least 1 rock polish off, allowing you to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame. Despite how low bronzong's base speed is, at +2 speed it is able to outspeed base 100s like flygon or celebi, and at +4 it is outspeeding most common scarfers not named heliolisk. Is this set good? probably not. Is it fun? yes.

 

[iceblazer]

Bronzong @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Heatproof
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rock Polish
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Heavy Slam

Bronzong’s good natural bulk lets it tank damage with ease, with even super effective hits only managing to chunk it. This set aims to make use of that, with Zong stomaching a super effective hit and boosting with RP afterwards. You hit 362 speed after Rock Polish, and while that may be underwhelming elsewhere, NU doesn’t have many decent Scarfers and there’s only a handful of mons that surpass 360 speed, making it a handy option for late game cleaning. Heatproof is used to soften blows from Salazze & Talonflame, but Levitate can be of use if you really want to fuck over Flygon.

 

[Katy]

offensive occa berry


Bronzong @ Occa Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 232 HP / 252 Atk / 12 Def / 12 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Earthquake
- Explosion​

Occa Berry Bronzong can make use of Levitate and this Berry so it has a one-time ability to be less prone to fire-moves as well from Arcanines Flare Blitz, Talonflames fire-attacks, and also fire-attacks from Salazzle and also Mystical Fire from Choice Specs Sylveon and Copperajash Heat Crash.
Gyro Ball hits fairy- and rock-types pretty hard, whereas Earthquake is effective against Copperajah and Arcanine and Salazzle. Explosion can cause alot of damage and can take down a Pokemon with Bronzong.

 

[TailGlowVM]

Hypnosis Bronzong

Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Psychic
- Body Press
- Hypnosis

It's well known that whatever Bronzong does and wherever it ends up, it can never prevent itself from being very passive, allowing dangerous threats to switch into it easily. Although unreliable, Hypnosis allows Bronzong to lure in and cripple stuff like Dark- and Ghost-types that might try to switch into it, which could be useful if your team is weak to them.

 

[Zangoose5000]

Reserving Calm Mind + Rock Polish

 

[nameless90]

Rain supporter Bronzong

Bronzong @ Damp Rock
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rain Dance
- Body Press
- Toxic
- Psychic


With that bulk and with a Damp Rock, Bronzong can be a nice weather supporter (Swift Swim, Hydration, Hurricane and so on) or simply to cover better a Fire-type weakness of your team. Also, it allows to get rid of the opposing weather such as the Sandstorm.
Rain Dance can be useful to check better Fire attack, but also leaves you free to play Bronzong as a standard one although the loss of Leftovers is huge.

Psychic + Body Press are chosen to keep some minimal offensive presence and a way to circumvent Taunt, whereas Toxic is still the good move we all know when we want to put a timer on a bulky threat.

 

[roxie]

Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate / Heatproof
EVs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 Spe or 252 HP / 228 SpD / 28 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Imprison
- Stealth Rock / Toxic

Imprision prevents opposing Bronzong and Glastrier from using Iron Defense and Body Press. I also have Stealth Rock with 28 Speed which outspeeds Mudsdale to prevent Stealth Rock (works best with Levitate of course) or alternatively, Toxic, to hit Ghost-types like Decidueye and Golurk.

 

[roxie]

Voting ends on Monday at 11:00 pm GMT-4/ET for Bronzong! Thank you for all submissions Please be reminded that: Voting for your own set is not allowed and advertising for people to vote for your set will result in disqualification in your submission.

Choice Band by HaaiL
ID + Rocks + Toxic by xerovis
Trick + Toxic Orb by Aawin
Calm Mind by Elias PSY
Offensive Trick Room by kalifguest22
Meteor Beam + Polish by Xerche
Physical Rock Polish by iceblazer
Offensive Occa Berry by Katy
Hypnosis by TailGlowVM
Rain Support by nameless90
Imprison by roxiee​

 

[TailGlowVM]

Imprison by Roxiee

 

[Latias]

Rain Support by nameless90

 

[OnArceus]

Physical rock polish

 

[Elias PSY]

Imprison

 

[iceblazer]

There’s a lot of good options this week, but my vote’s going to Imprison.

 

[xerovis]

Elias Calm mind

 

[nameless90]

Trick + Toxic Orb by Aawin

 

[turtledoggo1]

Calm mind

 

[A Welcome Guest]

Offensive Occa Berry

 

[Lost Soul]

Imprison

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

Rock Polish

 

[Xerche]

Imprison

 

[Corthius]

Congrats Imprison by roxiee! You won the Cycle for Bronzong!

Cycle 29: Don't touch me, I'm scared

Druddigon is the new pokemon you have to find the Next Best Thing for! With cool utility options in Stealth Rock, Glare and basically three nice abilities, the amount of things Druddigon can do is only limited by what you have in mind!
Submissions for Druddigon will end on Friday, June 18th. Have fun!

banned sets

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[Zangoose5000]

STABless Sheer Force

Druddigon @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Gunk Shot
- Sucker Punch​

STABlees Sheer Force Druddigon. Earthquake is pretty good coverage for Copperajah and Heatproof Bronzong. Fire Punch is for hitting Glastrier and Levitate Bronzong super effectively. Gunk Shot is for getting rid of those pesky fairy types like Sylveon. Sucker Punch is for priority that's useful for revenge killing weakened Pokémon. 156 Speed EVs is for speed creeping 236 Speed EV Jolly Glastrier. 100 HP EVs are leftover EVs that are invested in HP. Some other options are Aqua Tail for 2HKOing Mudsdale if you get a good amount of chip damage to it, Iron Head for an alternative way to deal with fairy types and also allows you to OHKO Diancie, Rock Slide for dealing with Talonflame, and Thunderpunch for 2HKOing Vaporeon.