when you need to Tera to 2HKO a weakness with a STAB specs 95 BP move, there is something going wrong
perhaps they’ve learned…
Remember that Vessel of Ruin is a thing
It is what I think, its coverage is on par with Valiant's, yeah, with the protean nerf you need to get predictions right but so does your rival in the early game, getting a ko or doing a lot of damage to wall and force it to switch because your opponent got the wrong mon is nice. The meta doesn't have special walls as good as the physical walls and they suffer a lot when the mon they are trying to wall has coverage for them.
Bro Paldean Tauros is fine, that gimmick is just ass
Anyways time to Covert Cloak sd torrent gren
That is correct, Protean + Torrent only
Grass knot Green is very good, Tusk, Dondozo and Garg get obliterated if they don't tera to a type that resist it, while also punishes other tera water abusers.
Both fairy and water garg are going to appreciate gren, although possibly water garg more imo
against water garganacl
The thing is, your also neutralizing physical attackers, while i do like the combination of Shadow Ball + Earth Power for luring, WoW lets you become a team suporter who aside from dishin damage, it makes everything safer
I lean toward sb most of the time bc i like to use dirge aggressively on most teams, as a tank rather than wall. if a team relies on dirge as one of its main walls, or has a bunch of other status users like washtom or clod, then i might run hex instead
I can see the arguments for Shadow Ball (especially against frailer teams or Gholdengo), but Hex is better for longer games where you're likely throwing out a ton of Wisps anyway.
I mean I still run Wil-O-Wisp, just that I prefer shadow ball over hex on the standard set.
To be fair does Paldean Tauros really have an OU niece other than checking a soon-to-be-banned weasel?
It beats some other phys attackers like Scizor, Breloom and Kingambit to a degree (Meow and Cinder too but those usually just UTurn out), and Intim+Wisp lets it emergency cripple physical setuppers that cannot oneshot it in a pinch. Being one of a single-digit count of weasel switchins is the most notable part of its niche but it's rarely deadweight even when it doesn't show up.
Regardless of which tera, though, Grass Knot absolutely smokes even Tera-Fairy Garg. And Great Tusk. And Dondozo, for good measure.
You know what, im going to do an investigation Specs Grass Knot, give me an hour and ill see what do we have
Okay so Im back after the investigation of
87.5% chance to OHKO (outdamages Hydro Pump)
8.6 - 10% against bulky sets, yikes
38 - 44.7% its a 3HKO, but Ice beam and Dark Pulse do more (both 2HKO)
139.6 - 164.6% (outdamages everything by a mile)
38.8 - 46% it gets outdamage by Ice Beam and Hydro Pump, but Clodsire could be water absorb so ill make it orange
57.8 - 68.2% this calcs are against AV defensive treads, it gets outdamaged by Hydro Pump (clean OHKO)
95.5 - 112.8% Max Hp max spedef carefull it outdamages everything
104.7 - 124.2% max hp max spedef carefull, outdamages everything
168.9 - 198.8% it outdamages Hydro Pump but both archieve OHKO 
58.4 - 68.8% it gets outdamaged by hydro (clean KO) but its enough to force the Berry 
80.6 - 95.3% against max hp max spedef carefull AV included, it outdamages Hydro pump
26.2 - 30.9% with a 248 HP / 252+ SpD, Hydro has a 75% of OHKO
35 - 41.3% it outdoes Hydro but not Ice Beam, who KOs clean
56.1 - 66.1% against a no hp max spedef hands, it outdamages everything and secures the 2HKO
60.7 - 71.5% max hp max spedef carefull, it outdamages hydro although both archieve 2HKO status
83.6 - 98.5% its the most damaging move, altough hydro and dark pulse have a 2HKO range, unless rocks are in play then its a Hydro/grass tieIt's not that important, but just for coverage / thoroughness:Okay so Im back after the investigation of
"Is Grass Knot worth it in this meta?"
In case somebody doesn't, know, Grass Knot is a move that deals damage based on weight
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This here is the Bulbapedia stats, so what im going to do is list all the Pokémon who weight 200 kilograms or more and see how worth it is on the end, green is good damage, orange is meh damage, purple is bad damage
Greninja @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Grass Knot
- Hydro Pump
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
This is the set I'm using for testing (the order of the list is weight based) and im using mons that are on the viability rankings
So these are all the 200 kilogram mons that you wanna use Grass Knot on, now, to answer the question, is grass knot viable?
the answer is: figure it out yourself, im tired, give me likes
152.5 - 180% - outdamages everything is 95.5 - 112.8% with your set against Rock and Water, and 47.7 - 56.4% against fairy (though still your best move by a decent bit). My gut says it's probably not worth it to change your speed tier just for one matchup, but if you care more about Garg than the speed tiers you'd be losing.. Maybe?
