[OVERVIEW]
With an incredible typing, fantastic bulk, and an amazing ability in Vessel of Ruin, Ting-Lu is one of the best special walls in the tier, being able to check threats like Raging Bolt, Gholdengo, and Iron Moth. With access to Stealth Rocks, Spikes, and Whirlwind, compounded by its absurd bulk, Ting-Lu is one of the tier’s most reliable hazard setters and phazers. Ruination is used to apply consistent pressure and make progress by chipping down defensive Pokemon without access to recovery, like Landorus-Therian and Great Tusk. Unfortunately, without any recovery moves outside of Rest, Ting-Lu is usually reliant on Leftovers for passive healing, making it especially weak to knock off, unlike similar bulky grounds like Gliscor. Rest is an option to provide Ting-Lu with recovery, usually seen with Sleep Talk, but is often tough to fit. Ting-Lu can choose to run other items like Rocky Helmet, particularly to punish Rapid Spin Pokemon removing its hazards, like Great Tusk and Iron Treads, or U-turn from Pokemon like Corviknight. Ting-Lu often runs Red Card, utilizing Ting-Lu's gargantuan bulk to eat a hit and to phaze out the opposing Pokemon. Red Card can also bring in Booster Energy Pokemon, like Iron Moth or Iron Valiant, earlier than your opponent would like to and wasting their Booster Energy. While Ting-Lu is an amazing defensive Pokemon, many Pokémon Ting-Lu would otherwise beat run techs to overcome it, like Will-O-Wisp or Knock Off Darkrai, Taunt Deoxys-Speed, Solar Beam Raging Bolt, and Close Combat Great Tusk. Additionally, Ting-Lu's lack of reliable recovery makes it highly susceptible to chip damage and can be overwhelmed by the number of strong special attackers it must face. As a hazard setter, reliable hazard control options like Magic Bounce Hatterene and Defog Galarian-Weezing can prevent Ting-Lu from keeping hazards on the field.
Other Options
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Ting-Lu can utilize its bulk, 110 attack stat, and solid offensive typing with a Weakness Policy set, activating Weakness Policy against Pokemon like Hatterene, Clefable, and Dragonites running Ice Spinner, and launching a +2 Earthquake, Stone Edge, Payback, or Heavy Slam in return. Weakness Policy Ting-Lu is most appreciated on faster-paced teams that would appreciate Ting-Lu trading with certain offensive or defensive Pokemon that can be problematic for the rest of your team, catching your opponent by surprise. In a similar sense, Custap Berry is a tech option on faster teams, utilizing the increased priority to lay an additional layer of Spikes or surprise your opponent with an attack like Ruination or Earthquake. With speed investment, Ting-Lu can run Taunt to prevent Pokemon like Weezing, Corviknight, and Clefable from using Defog to clear Ting-Lu's hazards or using recovery moves. Ting-Lu occasionally runs Heavy-Slam to hit Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus super-effectively. For another option that hits fairies, Ting-Lu can run Tera Blast Poison, also hitting grass-type Pokemon like Ogerpon-W and Hydrapple super-effectively, which is useful for teams weak to either of those Pokemon. Even with lower base power, Ting-Lu can choose to run Throat Chop over Payback since Payback does not deal its full damage if the opposing Pokemon switches out. Additionally, Ting-Lu sometimes runs Tera Grass to resist Ogerpon-W's attacks and get hazards up against it.
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With an incredible typing, fantastic bulk, and an amazing ability in Vessel of Ruin, Ting-Lu is one of the best special walls in the tier, being able to check threats like Raging Bolt, Gholdengo, and Iron Moth. With access to Stealth Rocks, Spikes, and Whirlwind, compounded by its absurd bulk, Ting-Lu is one of the tier’s most reliable hazard setters and phazers. Ruination is used to apply consistent pressure and make progress by chipping down defensive Pokemon without access to recovery, like Landorus-Therian and Great Tusk. Unfortunately, without any recovery moves outside of Rest, Ting-Lu is usually reliant on Leftovers for passive healing, making it especially weak to knock off, unlike similar bulky grounds like Gliscor. Rest is an option to provide Ting-Lu with recovery, usually seen with Sleep Talk, but is often tough to fit. Ting-Lu can choose to run other items like Rocky Helmet, particularly to punish Rapid Spin Pokemon removing its hazards, like Great Tusk and Iron Treads, or U-turn from Pokemon like Corviknight. Ting-Lu often runs Red Card, utilizing Ting-Lu's gargantuan bulk to eat a hit and to phaze out the opposing Pokemon. Red Card can also bring in Booster Energy Pokemon, like Iron Moth or Iron Valiant, earlier than your opponent would like to and wasting their Booster Energy. While Ting-Lu is an amazing defensive Pokemon, many Pokémon Ting-Lu would otherwise beat run techs to overcome it, like Will-O-Wisp or Knock Off Darkrai, Taunt Deoxys-Speed, Solar Beam Raging Bolt, and Close Combat Great Tusk. Additionally, Ting-Lu's lack of reliable recovery makes it highly susceptible to chip damage and can be overwhelmed by the number of strong special attackers it must face. As a hazard setter, reliable hazard control options like Magic Bounce Hatterene and Defog Galarian-Weezing can prevent Ting-Lu from keeping hazards on the field.
Other Options
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Ting-Lu can utilize its bulk, 110 attack stat, and solid offensive typing with a Weakness Policy set, activating Weakness Policy against Pokemon like Hatterene, Clefable, and Dragonites running Ice Spinner, and launching a +2 Earthquake, Stone Edge, Payback, or Heavy Slam in return. Weakness Policy Ting-Lu is most appreciated on faster-paced teams that would appreciate Ting-Lu trading with certain offensive or defensive Pokemon that can be problematic for the rest of your team, catching your opponent by surprise. In a similar sense, Custap Berry is a tech option on faster teams, utilizing the increased priority to lay an additional layer of Spikes or surprise your opponent with an attack like Ruination or Earthquake. With speed investment, Ting-Lu can run Taunt to prevent Pokemon like Weezing, Corviknight, and Clefable from using Defog to clear Ting-Lu's hazards or using recovery moves. Ting-Lu occasionally runs Heavy-Slam to hit Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus super-effectively. For another option that hits fairies, Ting-Lu can run Tera Blast Poison, also hitting grass-type Pokemon like Ogerpon-W and Hydrapple super-effectively, which is useful for teams weak to either of those Pokemon. Even with lower base power, Ting-Lu can choose to run Throat Chop over Payback since Payback does not deal its full damage if the opposing Pokemon switches out. Additionally, Ting-Lu sometimes runs Tera Grass to resist Ogerpon-W's attacks and get hazards up against it.
[CREDITS]
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