Swords Dance
Ogerpon-Wellspring @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Power Whip / Play Rough / Trailblaze
- Play Rough / Synthesis / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Ogerpon-W can utilize the explosive power boost gifted to it by Swords Dance to become truly unwallable, with its primary STAB combination lacking proper answers. Acting as an absurdly powerful wallbreaker, Ogerpon-W’s able to keep many walls in check due to its sheer power, as it can easily take advantage of the passive nature of most of these walls, including the likes of Alomomola, Dondozo, and Ting-Lu, to freely set up with Swords Dance. Ogerpon-W is notably also one of the few physical attackers that doesn’t mind Moltres. It also acts as one of the few checks for Gliscor in the tier, being able to exploit Gliscor’s tendency to spam Protect to set up. On paper, regular Dragon-types may come in as checks; however, Ogerpon-W has properly adapted its arsenal for them by using Play Rough to hit foes like Dragonite and Walking Wake. Ogerpon-W may also run the uncommon but sweep-starting Trailblaze to get the jump on otherwise faster Pokemon such as Dragapult, Darkrai, Zamazenta, and some Choice Scarf users like Enamorus and Gholdengo. It is also commonly found wielding Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Zapdos, Pecharunt, Dragonite, and Kyurem, as well to threaten Ghost-types like Dragapult, Sinistcha, and Gholdengo. Synthesis may also be used to gain a consistent form of recovery and to utilize Ogerpon-W’s nature to frequently force switches. Encore isn’t common, though is usable, being able to take full advantage of passive walls to set up Swords Dance and threaten absurd damage while also punishing Kingambit’s Sucker Punch or Raging Bolt’s Thunderclap. Horn Leech is also notable: it’s not as powerful as Power Whip but does provide a form of longevity outside of Synthesis.
Despite the fact that Ogerpon-W is locked into Tera Water, it still makes incredible use of it by making quick work of everything that doesn’t resist Ivy Cudgel, and even at that, many Water-resistant foes still struggle to tank it. Notably, +2 Attack Tera Water Ivy Cudgel always OHKOs Pokemon like Zapdos. The Special Defense boost warranted by Embody Aspect also helps in handling some Darkrai sets and special attacking Iron Valiant while also being able to take one Freeze-Dry from even Choice Specs Kyurem. Not to forget the fact that it shedding its Grass typing also allows it to take Sludge Wave from Iron Moth and Sludge Bomb from the likes of Galarian Slowking and Darkrai more comfortably. An Adamant nature is still very much usable: while Ogerpon-W losing out on a good chunk of its Speed for more power usually isn’t ideal, it’s definitely noteworthy. For example, +2 Attack Adamant Tera Water Ivy Cudgel always OHKOs Galarian Weezing, which otherwise may come off as a problem for it being able to burn Ogerpon-W while also OHKOing Corviknight after rocks. However, the Speed drop is noticeable, as Ogerpon-W is no longer able to outspeed Pokemon like Enamorous, Iron Crown, and Iron Treads.
Ogerpon-W finds itself commonly used on hyper offense, bulky offense, and sometimes even balance-oriented playstyles. On most teams, it has great synergy with special attacking Iron Valiant and Raging Bolt : it deals with special walls like Clodsire and Blissey that might trouble them, as well as Assault Vest Alomomola in the case of Iron Valiant. Iron Valiant, in turn, deals with Pokemon that can outspeed and revenge kill Ogerpon-W for it like Zamazenta, Choice Band Weavile, and Darkrai, while Raging Bolt returns the favor by dealing with Zapdos. Common Pokemon used as cleaners, such as Enamorous and Darkrai, also highly appreciate Ogerpon-W's presence, as it’s able to enable them for late-game cleaning. If Swords Dance hasn’t already ended the game, Ogerpon-W itself is often used as a late-game cleaner. Swords Dance also allows it to efficiently cover for teams with poor stall matchups, often on its own, by applying great pressure due to its positive matchup against common Pokemon such as Gliscor, Dondozo, and Blissey. Ogerpon-W itself doesn’t have many direct counters; however, particular Pokemon like Kyurem can take an unboosted Play Rough and OHKO a non-Terastallized Ogerpon-W with Freeze-Dry. Because of this, Ogerpon-W likes having partners like Galarian Slowking and Tinkaton that can chip Kyurem down a little while being able to take a few hits from it. Galarian Slowking can provide safe pivots, while Tinkaton can set up Stealth Rock and threaten massive damage onto Kyurem with Gigaton Hammer. In return, Ogerpon-W helps by dealing with problematic Ground-types like Ting-Lu, Great Tusk, Gliscor, and Iron Treads. Raging Bolt may be a nuisance against Ogerpon-W lacking Play Rough, so once again, Great Tusk comes in as a great partner. Likewise, Dragonite is quite troublesome for Ogerpon-W lacking Play Rough: if Dragonite is running an unfavorable Tera type, then teammates like Zapdos and are quite helpful. Ogerpon-W, when paired with Zamazenta and Dragonite, overlap offensively, overwhelming shared checks like Pecharunt, Zapdos, and Galarian Weezing. Amoongus notably has a niche in OU for being able to wall Ogerpon-W effectively, so partners like Moltres, Kyurem, and Gholdengo lend a hand in breaking it. Pecharunt can also wall Ogerpon-W, as it can reliably stomach hits from even +2 Attack Ivy Cudgel, paired with the presence of Sinistcha also being unignorable by Ogerpon-W, partners such as Gholdengo, Darkrai, and Kingambit show themselves to be very beneficial. Dragapult can easily burn Ogerpon-W or chip it down with U-turn; though Kingambit also hates being burnt, it still very much helps against Dragapult. Ogerpon-W returns the favor by removing Kingambit’s checks like Dondozo, Great Tusk, and Moltres. Ogerpon-W by no means is bulky; thus, it highly appreciates being able to be safely brought onto the field, so partners like Galarian Slowking, Landorus-T, and Cinderace are extremely useful, with Ogerpon-W being able to threaten Pokemon that threaten them like Great Tusk or Gliscor. Ogerpon-W generally prospers in the absence of entry hazards, as it’s vulnerable to chip damage. Hazard removers such as Great Tusk really come in handy here, for which Ogerpon-W in turn helps by dealing with bulky Water-types like Alomomola and Dondozo. On a similar note, Ogerpon-W also appreciates hazards being up on the opponent’s side, so Pokemon like Hisuian Samurott, Ting-Lu, and Deoxys-S help it out by letting Ogerpon-W OHKO Kingambit with a +2 Attack Ivy Cudgel after 1 layer of Spikes or OHKO Raging Bolt with a +2 Play Rough.
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Ogerpon-Wellspring @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Power Whip / Play Rough / Trailblaze
- Play Rough / Synthesis / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Ogerpon-W can utilize the explosive power boost gifted to it by Swords Dance to become truly unwallable, with its primary STAB combination lacking proper answers. Acting as an absurdly powerful wallbreaker, Ogerpon-W’s able to keep many walls in check due to its sheer power, as it can easily take advantage of the passive nature of most of these walls, including the likes of Alomomola, Dondozo, and Ting-Lu, to freely set up with Swords Dance. Ogerpon-W is notably also one of the few physical attackers that doesn’t mind Moltres. It also acts as one of the few checks for Gliscor in the tier, being able to exploit Gliscor’s tendency to spam Protect to set up. On paper, regular Dragon-types may come in as checks; however, Ogerpon-W has properly adapted its arsenal for them by using Play Rough to hit foes like Dragonite and Walking Wake. Ogerpon-W may also run the uncommon but sweep-starting Trailblaze to get the jump on otherwise faster Pokemon such as Dragapult, Darkrai, Zamazenta, and some Choice Scarf users like Enamorus and Gholdengo. It is also commonly found wielding Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Zapdos, Pecharunt, Dragonite, and Kyurem, as well to threaten Ghost-types like Dragapult, Sinistcha, and Gholdengo. Synthesis may also be used to gain a consistent form of recovery and to utilize Ogerpon-W’s nature to frequently force switches. Encore isn’t common, though is usable, being able to take full advantage of passive walls to set up Swords Dance and threaten absurd damage while also punishing Kingambit’s Sucker Punch or Raging Bolt’s Thunderclap. Horn Leech is also notable: it’s not as powerful as Power Whip but does provide a form of longevity outside of Synthesis.
Despite the fact that Ogerpon-W is locked into Tera Water, it still makes incredible use of it by making quick work of everything that doesn’t resist Ivy Cudgel, and even at that, many Water-resistant foes still struggle to tank it. Notably, +2 Attack Tera Water Ivy Cudgel always OHKOs Pokemon like Zapdos. The Special Defense boost warranted by Embody Aspect also helps in handling some Darkrai sets and special attacking Iron Valiant while also being able to take one Freeze-Dry from even Choice Specs Kyurem. Not to forget the fact that it shedding its Grass typing also allows it to take Sludge Wave from Iron Moth and Sludge Bomb from the likes of Galarian Slowking and Darkrai more comfortably. An Adamant nature is still very much usable: while Ogerpon-W losing out on a good chunk of its Speed for more power usually isn’t ideal, it’s definitely noteworthy. For example, +2 Attack Adamant Tera Water Ivy Cudgel always OHKOs Galarian Weezing, which otherwise may come off as a problem for it being able to burn Ogerpon-W while also OHKOing Corviknight after rocks. However, the Speed drop is noticeable, as Ogerpon-W is no longer able to outspeed Pokemon like Enamorous, Iron Crown, and Iron Treads.
Ogerpon-W finds itself commonly used on hyper offense, bulky offense, and sometimes even balance-oriented playstyles. On most teams, it has great synergy with special attacking Iron Valiant and Raging Bolt : it deals with special walls like Clodsire and Blissey that might trouble them, as well as Assault Vest Alomomola in the case of Iron Valiant. Iron Valiant, in turn, deals with Pokemon that can outspeed and revenge kill Ogerpon-W for it like Zamazenta, Choice Band Weavile, and Darkrai, while Raging Bolt returns the favor by dealing with Zapdos. Common Pokemon used as cleaners, such as Enamorous and Darkrai, also highly appreciate Ogerpon-W's presence, as it’s able to enable them for late-game cleaning. If Swords Dance hasn’t already ended the game, Ogerpon-W itself is often used as a late-game cleaner. Swords Dance also allows it to efficiently cover for teams with poor stall matchups, often on its own, by applying great pressure due to its positive matchup against common Pokemon such as Gliscor, Dondozo, and Blissey. Ogerpon-W itself doesn’t have many direct counters; however, particular Pokemon like Kyurem can take an unboosted Play Rough and OHKO a non-Terastallized Ogerpon-W with Freeze-Dry. Because of this, Ogerpon-W likes having partners like Galarian Slowking and Tinkaton that can chip Kyurem down a little while being able to take a few hits from it. Galarian Slowking can provide safe pivots, while Tinkaton can set up Stealth Rock and threaten massive damage onto Kyurem with Gigaton Hammer. In return, Ogerpon-W helps by dealing with problematic Ground-types like Ting-Lu, Great Tusk, Gliscor, and Iron Treads. Raging Bolt may be a nuisance against Ogerpon-W lacking Play Rough, so once again, Great Tusk comes in as a great partner. Likewise, Dragonite is quite troublesome for Ogerpon-W lacking Play Rough: if Dragonite is running an unfavorable Tera type, then teammates like Zapdos and are quite helpful. Ogerpon-W, when paired with Zamazenta and Dragonite, overlap offensively, overwhelming shared checks like Pecharunt, Zapdos, and Galarian Weezing. Amoongus notably has a niche in OU for being able to wall Ogerpon-W effectively, so partners like Moltres, Kyurem, and Gholdengo lend a hand in breaking it. Pecharunt can also wall Ogerpon-W, as it can reliably stomach hits from even +2 Attack Ivy Cudgel, paired with the presence of Sinistcha also being unignorable by Ogerpon-W, partners such as Gholdengo, Darkrai, and Kingambit show themselves to be very beneficial. Dragapult can easily burn Ogerpon-W or chip it down with U-turn; though Kingambit also hates being burnt, it still very much helps against Dragapult. Ogerpon-W returns the favor by removing Kingambit’s checks like Dondozo, Great Tusk, and Moltres. Ogerpon-W by no means is bulky; thus, it highly appreciates being able to be safely brought onto the field, so partners like Galarian Slowking, Landorus-T, and Cinderace are extremely useful, with Ogerpon-W being able to threaten Pokemon that threaten them like Great Tusk or Gliscor. Ogerpon-W generally prospers in the absence of entry hazards, as it’s vulnerable to chip damage. Hazard removers such as Great Tusk really come in handy here, for which Ogerpon-W in turn helps by dealing with bulky Water-types like Alomomola and Dondozo. On a similar note, Ogerpon-W also appreciates hazards being up on the opponent’s side, so Pokemon like Hisuian Samurott, Ting-Lu, and Deoxys-S help it out by letting Ogerpon-W OHKO Kingambit with a +2 Attack Ivy Cudgel after 1 layer of Spikes or OHKO Raging Bolt with a +2 Play Rough.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/firstlyme.655217/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/mcribs.677476/
Grammar checked by:
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