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OU Break This Core!
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co-host SLDR
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Hello and welcome to OU Break This Core! Pokemon rely on offensive and defensive synergy to function. Cores of Pokemon are units within teams that are built specifically to take advantage of these synergies between Pokemon, many teams are built around such cores. The premise of this thread is to analyse the best threats to common and powerful OU cores, with the aim to support teambuilding by providing a list of cores that may threaten your team and suggest viable Pokémon that can be added in response
Procedure:
1. Each round I will post a core of 2 Pokemon, be it offensive or defensive. Rounds will last about 5 days.
2. Posters will have the chance to post threats to the core, note that Pokemon only ranked on the VR are allowed!
This is one Pokemon that can counter/check at least one member of the core, while not being itself countered by either member.
3. At the end of the round, I will archive all viable threats listed in the below post and post a new core, highlighting the most effective and creative threats, as well as explaining why others don't make the cut.
Rules:
1. Please follow up on any reservations! I will allow 48 hours after a reservation to make the post. After 2 days are up, if you have not made your post, then someone else may reserve that Pokemon.
3. Each poster may post up to 2 threats. Each set counts as a different threat.
4. When posting, please explain yourself! Calcs are not necessary, but please list more reasons than something simple like type synergy. Be descriptive so that other posters and I can fully understand your reasoning behind your nomination. Please paste the full set of your threat, moves, EVs, ability, Showdown importable is preferred.
5. Different sets can be posted for the same Pokemon so long as they serve a different purpose from the other set.
6. Be respectful to others. Constructive criticism is allowed, as long as it is done in a proper and non-hostile manner.
OU Break This Core!
hosted by Tysonslayer and Windingsss !
co-host SLDR
INCREDIBLE art by cleffa! please go check out their art thread here!
Hello and welcome to OU Break This Core! Pokemon rely on offensive and defensive synergy to function. Cores of Pokemon are units within teams that are built specifically to take advantage of these synergies between Pokemon, many teams are built around such cores. The premise of this thread is to analyse the best threats to common and powerful OU cores, with the aim to support teambuilding by providing a list of cores that may threaten your team and suggest viable Pokémon that can be added in response
Procedure:
1. Each round I will post a core of 2 Pokemon, be it offensive or defensive. Rounds will last about 5 days.
2. Posters will have the chance to post threats to the core, note that Pokemon only ranked on the VR are allowed!
This is one Pokemon that can counter/check at least one member of the core, while not being itself countered by either member.
3. At the end of the round, I will archive all viable threats listed in the below post and post a new core, highlighting the most effective and creative threats, as well as explaining why others don't make the cut.
Rules:
1. Please follow up on any reservations! I will allow 48 hours after a reservation to make the post. After 2 days are up, if you have not made your post, then someone else may reserve that Pokemon.
3. Each poster may post up to 2 threats. Each set counts as a different threat.
4. When posting, please explain yourself! Calcs are not necessary, but please list more reasons than something simple like type synergy. Be descriptive so that other posters and I can fully understand your reasoning behind your nomination. Please paste the full set of your threat, moves, EVs, ability, Showdown importable is preferred.
5. Different sets can be posted for the same Pokemon so long as they serve a different purpose from the other set.
6. Be respectful to others. Constructive criticism is allowed, as long as it is done in a proper and non-hostile manner.
Clarifications Regarding Threats:
A threat to the core must check or counter at least one member and cannot be countered by the other. A threat does not necessarily need to be able to switch into both members of the core, but it should be difficult/annoying to switch into for the members of the core. Of course, the biggest threats can counter both members of the core.
> Pokémon A checks Pokémon B if, when Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
> Addtionally, Pokemon A also checks Pokemon B if, Pokemon A is able to deal with a particular set of Pokemon B, and Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, while Pokemon B is using that particular set, then Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
> Pokémon A counters Pokémon B if Pokémon A can manually switch into Pokémon B and still win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
A threat to the core must check or counter at least one member and cannot be countered by the other. A threat does not necessarily need to be able to switch into both members of the core, but it should be difficult/annoying to switch into for the members of the core. Of course, the biggest threats can counter both members of the core.
> Pokémon A checks Pokémon B if, when Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
> Addtionally, Pokemon A also checks Pokemon B if, Pokemon A is able to deal with a particular set of Pokemon B, and Pokémon A is given a free switch into Pokémon B, while Pokemon B is using that particular set, then Pokémon A can win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
> Pokémon A counters Pokémon B if Pokémon A can manually switch into Pokémon B and still win every time, even under the worst case scenario, without factoring in hax.
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,why are you surprised?
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core. Most boomers are banded or sd, and while ursh will never stay in, pult almost always will, unless its not weakened a bunch. And with this set, you can surprise kill it, and then type in the chat - 
Threats of the Round: 
: While both sets of Tapu Fini can handle this core well, the Choice Scarf set being able to outsped Dragapult, the bulk in order to switch into Urshifu-R and Shadow Ball, and can effectively revenge kill both of them with Moonblast.
: Zeraora doesn't really want to switch into any of them but after a bit of chip into both of them it can easily revenge kill them with the proper move against them, not much to say about this.
: These three get paired together which unlike Tapu Fini who can defensively switch into the main core these three all can revenge the core thanks to Choice Scarf leaving you faster than Dragapult making it easy in revenge killing them.
Additional Notes 
: While with Choice Scarf it does make you faster than Dragapult to click Knock Off, it seems questionable to do so when Choice Band Grassy Glide can 2HKO after Stealth Rocks despite resisting, a threat indeed but not on the same level with the other Scarf users, especially when another item does the job, but better.
: Dracozolt is indeed threatening to this core though it has to be used in Sand teams exclusively especially in the state that team archetype is in right now, nonetheless a threat to the core.
: Corviknight is able to keep both of them in check separately to relief pressure for the team, though it could get overwhelmed especially how common Flamethrower or Electric coverage is on Dragapult when paired with an Urshifu-R, still a nice submission.
Round Two: Hippowdon
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obviously destroys 
but is easily walled by 
, hence it cannot break the core.
