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With its outstanding power, good speed, and variety of coverage and utility moves, Ogerpon-W is one of OU's premier physical attackers. Moves such as Spikes, Synthesis, Taunt, and Encore allow Ogerpon-W to act as an Utility attacker able to further support its teammates beyond attacking, making the most out of the many switches it forces to progress the game. The high power of Ivy Cudgel and Power Whip, the option to trade the latter with Trailblaze to boost its Speed, and the option for coverage in Play Rough to nail Dragon-types such as Kyurem and Raging Bolt, come together alongside Swords Dance to make Ogerpon-W a potent wallbreaker. In addition to the aforementioned Play Rough, Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from the likes of Pecharunt, Zapdos, and Dragonite, and U-turn to pivot on predicted switches and bring teammates in safely, means that Ogerpon-W can also run an all out attacker set rather effectively. However, Dragon- and Grass-types such as Raging Bolt, Kyurem, Hydrapple, and Sinistcha, as well as Pecharunt can prove hard for Ogerpon-W to make progress against if it is not running the adequate coverage. Despite its good Speed, Ogerpon-W is still outsped and threatened by the likes of Tornadus-T, Dragapult, and Zamazenta. As Ogerpon-W does not have the option to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it is often forced to be ran on highly offensive teams that do not make use of entry hazard removal, or alongside partners that can provide it such as Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Cinderace.
Other Options
Swords Dance sets may use Grassy Glide alongside Rillaboom, granting Ogerpon-W with the opportunity to get the jump on and threaten to OHKO the likes of Darkrai and Deoxys-S after a Swords Dance boost. Substitute is another option on Swords Dance sets, allowing Ogerpon-W to block status moves such as Galarian Weezing's Will-O-Wisp and Toxapex's Toxic, as well as absorb Garganacl's Salt Cure, and it is usually ran alongside Horn Leech to offset the HP loss. Ogerpon-W may opt to run bulky spreads alongside Synthesis on its Swords Dance and Utility sets, such as investing 252 EVs on HP, making it a sturdier check against the likes of Ting-Lu, Great Tusk, and Iron Treads, and avoid OHKOs from the likes of Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor, Life Orb Zamazenta's Close Combat. and +2 Gholdengo's Shadow Ball. Spiky Shield may be used to scout attacks from Choiced users such as Dragapult, Walking Wake, and Darkrai, while also chipping at physical attackers to put them in range of Ogerpon-W's attack, as offensive Great Tusk is in Ivy Cudgel's range after one round of Spiky Shield. Quick Attack and Wood Hammer are similarly niche options, with Quick Attack providing a priority move that does not rely on Grassy Terrain unlike Grassy Glide and that can revenge kill severely weakened foes such as Iron Moth and Cinderace, while Wood Hammer may be opted for over Power Whip thanks to its accuracy.
With its outstanding power, good speed, and variety of coverage and utility moves, Ogerpon-W is one of OU's premier physical attackers. Moves such as Spikes, Synthesis, Taunt, and Encore allow Ogerpon-W to act as an Utility attacker able to further support its teammates beyond attacking, making the most out of the many switches it forces to progress the game. The high power of Ivy Cudgel and Power Whip, the option to trade the latter with Trailblaze to boost its Speed, and the option for coverage in Play Rough to nail Dragon-types such as Kyurem and Raging Bolt, come together alongside Swords Dance to make Ogerpon-W a potent wallbreaker. In addition to the aforementioned Play Rough, Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from the likes of Pecharunt, Zapdos, and Dragonite, and U-turn to pivot on predicted switches and bring teammates in safely, means that Ogerpon-W can also run an all out attacker set rather effectively. However, Dragon- and Grass-types such as Raging Bolt, Kyurem, Hydrapple, and Sinistcha, as well as Pecharunt can prove hard for Ogerpon-W to make progress against if it is not running the adequate coverage. Despite its good Speed, Ogerpon-W is still outsped and threatened by the likes of Tornadus-T, Dragapult, and Zamazenta. As Ogerpon-W does not have the option to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it is often forced to be ran on highly offensive teams that do not make use of entry hazard removal, or alongside partners that can provide it such as Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Cinderace.
Other Options
Swords Dance sets may use Grassy Glide alongside Rillaboom, granting Ogerpon-W with the opportunity to get the jump on and threaten to OHKO the likes of Darkrai and Deoxys-S after a Swords Dance boost. Substitute is another option on Swords Dance sets, allowing Ogerpon-W to block status moves such as Galarian Weezing's Will-O-Wisp and Toxapex's Toxic, as well as absorb Garganacl's Salt Cure, and it is usually ran alongside Horn Leech to offset the HP loss. Ogerpon-W may opt to run bulky spreads alongside Synthesis on its Swords Dance and Utility sets, such as investing 252 EVs on HP, making it a sturdier check against the likes of Ting-Lu, Great Tusk, and Iron Treads, and avoid OHKOs from the likes of Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor, Life Orb Zamazenta's Close Combat. and +2 Gholdengo's Shadow Ball. Spiky Shield may be used to scout attacks from Choiced users such as Dragapult, Walking Wake, and Darkrai, while also chipping at physical attackers to put them in range of Ogerpon-W's attack, as offensive Great Tusk is in Ivy Cudgel's range after one round of Spiky Shield. Quick Attack and Wood Hammer are similarly niche options, with Quick Attack providing a priority move that does not rely on Grassy Terrain unlike Grassy Glide and that can revenge kill severely weakened foes such as Iron Moth and Cinderace, while Wood Hammer may be opted for over Power Whip thanks to its accuracy.
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