PU Perrserker (Rocks)

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PUPL Champion
[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: U-turn
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Tough Claws
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
tera type: Dragon / Water

[SET COMMENTS]
Perrserker carves a solid niche in PU by being a Stealth Rock setter with solid offensive capability after setting Stealth Rock, being the only setter in the tier that can pivot with U-turn, and having a great ability. Close Combat is good coverage, hitting Pokemon such as Zangoose, Dunsparce, and opposing Perrserker for super effective damage. Perrserker's item slot is interchangable; Leftovers can be used for consistent recovery, while Heavy-Duty Boots allows Perrserker to switch in more often when entry hazards such as Spikes are on the field. Likewise, Perrserker's Tera type is also flexible. Tera Dragon can be used to gain a resistance to Fire-type attacks that would otherwise scare out Perrserker, letting it better deal with Pokemon such as Charizard, as well as being a generally good defensive type. However, Tera Water does the same, exchanging a bad matchup against Dragon-types such as Gabite for one against Electric- and Grass-types such as Raichu, Electrode, and Flapple.

Perrserker's best teammates are ones that appreciate having Stealth Rock set up and being able to enter the game safel. As such, strong sweepers that stuggle to switch in safely otherwise such as Quiver Dance Masquerain, Swords Dance Charizard, and Zangoose are excellent partners. Fire- and Ground-type switch-ins such as Carbink, the aforementioned Charizard, and Gabite are also good partners. Electric-types such as Ampharos, Raichu, and Electrode can create a threatening VoltTurn combination with Perrserker. Pokemon such as Gabite and Pyroar appreciate having Perrserker come in on Pokemon that would normally threaten them out, such as Articuno, Lycanroc-N Choice-locked into Stone Edge, and Daschbun, and force them to switch out while setting Stealth Rock to support the rest of its teammates.

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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: U-turn
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Tough Claws
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
tera type: Dragon / Water

[SET COMMENTS]
Perrserker carves a solid niche in PU by being a Stealth Rock setter with solid offensive capability after setting Stealth Rock, being the only setter in the tier that can pivot with U-turn, and a great ability. Close Combat is good coverage, hitting Pokemon such as Zangoose, Dunsparce, and opposing Perrserker for super effective damage. U-turn allows Perrserker to pivot into a partner Pokemon after setting up Stealth Rock (you mention that Perrserker can pivot in the first sentence, there's no need to mention it here). Perrserker's item slot is interchangable; Leftovers can be used for consistent recovery, however Heavy-Duty Boots can allow Perrserker to switch in more often when entry hazards such as Spikes are on the field. Likewise, Perrserker's Tera Type is also flexible, as Tera Dragon can be used for a resistance to the Fire-type attacks that scare out Perrserker (such as?) aswell as being a generally good defensive type. However, Tera Water does the same, exchanging a weakness to Dragon-types such as Gabite for a weakness to Electric- and Grass-types such as Raichu, Electrode, and Flapple.

Perrserker's best teammates are ones that appreciate having Stealth Rock set up and being able to enter the game safely on the field. As such, strong sweepers that stuggle to switch in safely otherwise such as Quiver Dance Masquerain, Swords Dance Charizard, and Zangoose are excellent partners. Fire and Ground-type switchins such as Carbink, the aforementioned Charizard, and Whiscash (pretty sure whiscash loses to like all the grounds in the tier bar camerupt, maybe something else would be a better mention) are also good partners (you should also mention how they can help perrserker out). Electric-types such as Ampharos, Raichu, and Electrode can create a threatening VoltTurn combination with Perrserker. Pokemon such as Gabite and Pyroar appreciate having Perrserker come in on Pokemon that would normally threaten them out, such as Daschbun and choiced locked Lycanroc-M (personally i would not be bringing in my steel type on a mon that could potentially be locked into a fighting move. i think you're reffering to it being locked into stedge but that's not super clear to the reader) and threaten them out while setting Stealth Rock to support the rest of its teammates.
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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: U-turn
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Tough Claws
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
tera type: Dragon / Water

[SET COMMENTS]
Perrserker carves a solid niche in PU by being a Stealth Rock setter with solid offensive capability after setting Stealth Rock, being the only setter in the tier that can pivot with U-turn, and a great ability. Close Combat is good coverage, hitting Pokemon such as Zangoose, Dunsparce, and opposing Perrserker for super effective damage. U-turn allows Perrserker to pivot into a partner Pokemon after setting up Stealth Rock (you mention that Perrserker can pivot in the first sentence, there's no need to mention it here). Perrserker's item slot is interchangable; Leftovers can be used for consistent recovery, however Heavy-Duty Boots can allow Perrserker to switch in more often when entry hazards such as Spikes are on the field. Likewise, Perrserker's Tera Type is also flexible, as Tera Dragon can be used for a resistance to the Fire-type attacks that scare out Perrserker (such as?) aswell as being a generally good defensive type. However, Tera Water does the same, exchanging a weakness to Dragon-types such as Gabite for a weakness to Electric- and Grass-types such as Raichu, Electrode, and Flapple.

Perrserker's best teammates are ones that appreciate having Stealth Rock set up and being able to enter the game safely on the field. As such, strong sweepers that stuggle to switch in safely otherwise such as Quiver Dance Masquerain, Swords Dance Charizard, and Zangoose are excellent partners. Fire and Ground-type switchins such as Carbink, the aforementioned Charizard, and Whiscash (pretty sure whiscash loses to like all the grounds in the tier bar camerupt, maybe something else would be a better mention) are also good partners (you should also mention how they can help perrserker out). Electric-types such as Ampharos, Raichu, and Electrode can create a threatening VoltTurn combination with Perrserker. Pokemon such as Gabite and Pyroar appreciate having Perrserker come in on Pokemon that would normally threaten them out, such as Daschbun and choiced locked Lycanroc-M (personally i would not be bringing in my steel type on a mon that could potentially be locked into a fighting move. i think you're reffering to it being locked into stedge but that's not super clear to the reader) and threaten them out while setting Stealth Rock to support the rest of its teammates.
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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: U-turn
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Tough Claws
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
tera type: Dragon / Water

[SET COMMENTS]
Perrserker carves a solid niche in PU by being a Stealth Rock setter with solid offensive capability after setting Stealth Rock, being the only setter in the tier that can pivot with U-turn, and having a great ability. Close Combat is good coverage, hitting Pokemon such as Zangoose, Dunsparce, and opposing Perrserker for super effective damage. Perrserker's item slot is interchangable; Leftovers can be used for consistent recovery, however while Heavy-Duty Boots can (this is something boots always does by design, rather than something it can theoretically do) allow allows Perrserker to switch in more often when entry hazards such as Spikes are on the field. Likewise, Perrserker's Tera Type type is also flexible. (full stop) , as Tera Dragon can be used for to gain a resistance to the Fire-types Fire-type attacks that would otherwise scare out Perrserker, letting it better deal with Pokemon such as Charizard, as well as (space it like this) being a generally good defensive type. However, Tera Water does the same, exchanging a weakness to bad matchup against Dragon-types such as Gabite for a weakness to one against Electric- and Grass-types such as Raichu, Electrode, and Flapple. (you don't resist / aren't weak to the Pokemon; you're weak to the moves they use. hopefully my changes preserve what you meant originally)

Perrserker's best teammates are ones that appreciate having Stealth Rock set up and being able to enter the game safely on the field. As such, strong sweepers that stuggle to switch in safely otherwise such as Quiver Dance Masquerain, Swords Dance Charizard, and Zangoose are excellent partners. Fire- (add hyphen) and Ground-type switchins switch-ins such as Carbink, the aforementioned Charizard, and Gabite are also good partners. Electric-types such as Ampharos, Raichu, and Electrode can create a threatening VoltTurn combination with Perrserker. Pokemon such as Gabite and Pyroar appreciate having Perrserker come in on Pokemon that would normally threaten them out, such as Articuno, Lycanroc-M choice locked Lycanroc-N Choice-locked into Stone Edge, and Daschbun, (add comma) and threaten them out force them to switch out (you say the same thing twice. adding some variety) while setting Stealth Rock to support the rest of its teammates.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/aurora.109385/

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