so the good things about ditto- it allows the team to set up spikes vs spikestack. it gives the team some means of keeping sd low kick decidueye in line. it lets u scout opponents sets. thats about it.
super good mon on any team, and stall is no exception. resttalk w boots is fantastic in general and gives cof good sustainability. im running psychic > body press w sp def investment bc fuck specs croak, basically. thing is a nightmare for stall. super good blanket check for half the tier, not much else to say other than a more dedicated croak check and phys def w body press is probably more optimal.
also feels like a kinda mandatory pick for stall atm, it keeps the ghosts and grasses in line. boots is definitely an option for teams running decidueye + spikes bc goss will not be able to get the hazards off until decid is gone. another good blanket check for a lot of the tier. ideally this would be sp def w timid nature to outpace timid decid but with cof and quag heavily invested in sp def running phys def is kinda needed to help keep kangaskhan in line.
spin + cleric + water resist. specs basc can still be a pain bc ice beam 2hkos, but as long as u dont play this recklessly in that mu you should be fine. i like protect a lot here bc it lets you scout what move specs croak and decid lock themselves into, as making one wrong prediction vs those two can mean miltank or cof get damaged beyond repair. also can be useful to rack up tox damage on some things.
insert unaware mon. im much more invested in sp def bc skuntank can present an issue otherwise. the evs + protect should help insure skunk isnt able to just flinch you down. obviously the chance is still there, but your opp will need 2 or possibly 3 in a row instead of just one. tect is also nice for scouting specs decid, and w the evs, it makes magneton easier to deal with and you can possibly take on a toxic'd rotom-frost at full, if necessary. you can maybe run curse here as well to make the malamar matchup easier but its not a particularly good mon rn and as such i feel less need to prep for it specifically. if you end up going phys def on cof its completely unnecessary imo
ice resist was crucial for the last since abomasnow and rotom-frost kinda just run through the team otherwise, and this does the best job available.
First and foremost, Cursola is the team's dedicated lead, setting Stealth Rock for the team and deterring opposing hazard setters. You'll generally want to lead with Cursola in most games, unless you suspect that your opponent will try to anti-lead you with something like Dual Wingbeat Ninjask.
Abomasnow supports the team's wallbreakers via Aurora Veil. With it in play, all 4 of them have more breathing room to set up. Abomasnow will usually come out immediately after Cursola to keep up the offensive tempo.
The star of the show, and the mon your request centered around! In contrast to the other set up sweepers, Golurk aims to leverage its already-great offense and boost its speed to become a real threat. A Colbur Berry is used to stop strong Dark-type attacks like Sawk's Knock Off from fainting Golurk before it can set up. Running a Jolly nature is an option to outrun scarf Sawk, Toxicroak, and the occasional Rotom appliances after a Rock Polish, though this comes with a notable loss in power.
Silvally-Dragon provides some much-needed defensive utility to the team, eating an assortment of common attacks like Basculin's Hydro Pump under Aurora Veil.
Skuntank is one of the team's 2 special sweepers, and it brings with it the nifty ability to remove Toxic Spikes. I opted for a bulkier spread made by Ho3nConfirm3d (shoutout to him!) to take attacks a little better while still outrunning slower mons. Of course, max speed is still a perfectly fine option if a little more offensive presence is desired.
Last but most certainly not least, Lilligant is still just as deadly a sweeper as it was in ORAS, even with the loss of Hidden Power. Nature Power is an option over Pollen Puff for better neutral coverage at the cost of making it harder to deal with opposing Grass-types.
(poison) removes tspikes, switches into croak (which frees cof up a bit), and defogs away hazards. multi/defog/uturn/filler with spdef and enough speed for timid croak is your best bet imo.
gives you a dark resist and another ghost resist. good check to silvallys and physical mons in general. can help make progress by spreading knock and tox around.
thievul 6-0s so that helps with this i guess. also helps w specs aboma and decid. probably not the best option here but its there. using this basically makes this pif stall tho
can be put over quag or ditto. double unaware cores have seen some use on the ladder and gotten high up. i would advise a sp def set since that can potentially help w croak and basically makes basculin a nonissue. it also prevents np croak from being a massive issue, and it can potentially pp stall skuntank as well. it also makes special silvallys and the occasional sd grass pledge silvally much easier to deal with (although this is nowhere near as common to see compared to a few months ago)
w neutralizing gas u can soak up tspikes and set them up yourself. w levitate u add another golurk check. w psybeam you add another croak check as well. lotta good utility options here.
possibly helps with croak if u have haze and knock. soaks up tspikes. i havent used this mon tho so can't really add much here.
