[SET]
Stealth Rock (Golurk) @ Colbur Berry
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Tera Type: Dark
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Poltergeist
- Ice Punch / Dynamic Punch
[SET COMMENTS]
Golurk can leverage its usable bulk, defensive and offensive typing, and more importantly, its great power to become an offensive Stealth Rock user, one of the few in the tier. This set is also good at bluffing Choice Band, which can be taken advantage of when setting up Stealth Rock. Ice Punch is optimal coverage for Golurk on this set, letting it hit Pokemon like Wo-Chien and Altaria, who would otherwise be great checks to Golurk. Dynamic Punch is also an option for its higher base power and Confusion chance being annoying to deal with. Colbur Berry's main draw is reversing the matchup on Dark-type checks Skuntank and Bombirdier, always tanking a Knock Off from them while OHKOing Skuntank back with Earthquake. The EV spread lets it outspeed -1 Arcanine and defensive Alolan Sandslash, while the rest is put into bulk, which lets it live two consecutive Overheats from Rotom-H and two Moonblasts from defensive Florges. Tera Dark sheds its many weaknesses and even turns some of them, like Dark and Ghost, into resistances; namely, it lets it check opposing Ghost-types like Hoopa and Houndstone as well as Dark-types like Scrafty and Zoroark after its Colbur Berry has been used up.
As an offensive Stealth Rock user, it should be used on more offensive teams that do not want to lose momentum from their entry hazard user, but not hyper offense teams that rely on leads like Lycanroc and Froslass to get their entry hazards up. Thus, Golurk should prioritize offensive pivots that can bring it in. Pokemon like Ambipom and Hisuian Electrode are great for this, bringing Golurk in on their switch-ins like Bellibolt and Assault Vest Copperajah; in return, Golurk provides a way to break past them as well as entry hazards to help wear these switch-ins down. Golurk also appreciates defensive partners that help it deal with Dark-types, such as Paldean Tauros-F and Choice Scarf Florges, which are great at forcing out most Dark-types. Bulky Water- and Grass-types to switch into the Water- and Grass-types that force Golurk out, like Cramorant and Wo-Chien, are also appreciated; Cramorant can also spread paralysis to help Golurk outspeed its offensive checks.
[SET CREDITS]
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