Scarf Dazzle Bruxish BO
https://pokepast.es/121d7f1efb865183
Band Arc+Heasel BO
https://pokepast.es/500f888ef9ca2568
Above are two teams I built which I believe to be strong standard options into the torterra meta we currently find ourselves in. I think Arcanine+Arcanine Answer+Florges is a really strong starting point right now in the current meta, and I usually make my Arc answer the team's ground type. My motto is you cannot go wrong running florges in sv pu, so you will find it on all of my teams. Of the two I think the scarf bruxish team is the strongest, because I managed to top ladder pretty easily with that one, but both felt pretty consistent and I never really found myself autolosing unless it was bad luck. the snorlax feature in that one btw is because I wanted a ghost resist that could take special attacks if i had to, and was still threatening back. This ended up becoming snorlax, who is actually really impressing me right now. Off of band, double edge and earthquake is really threatening, and body slam can be a nice midground at times that offers paralysis chance, and crunch I find to be good coverage midground as well. I run tera dark to deal with psyshock mons in a pinch, as I forgo defense evs for special defense on this snorlax.
Anyways, just wanted to drop some teams that have a good matchup into a lot of stuff that's strong rn for those who may be suffering like I was initially with the rises. I think tort+arcanine makes building pretty restrictive rn if you want consistency but it is at least still achievable!
https://pokepast.es/121d7f1efb865183
Band Arc+Heasel BO
https://pokepast.es/500f888ef9ca2568
Above are two teams I built which I believe to be strong standard options into the torterra meta we currently find ourselves in. I think Arcanine+Arcanine Answer+Florges is a really strong starting point right now in the current meta, and I usually make my Arc answer the team's ground type. My motto is you cannot go wrong running florges in sv pu, so you will find it on all of my teams. Of the two I think the scarf bruxish team is the strongest, because I managed to top ladder pretty easily with that one, but both felt pretty consistent and I never really found myself autolosing unless it was bad luck. the snorlax feature in that one btw is because I wanted a ghost resist that could take special attacks if i had to, and was still threatening back. This ended up becoming snorlax, who is actually really impressing me right now. Off of band, double edge and earthquake is really threatening, and body slam can be a nice midground at times that offers paralysis chance, and crunch I find to be good coverage midground as well. I run tera dark to deal with psyshock mons in a pinch, as I forgo defense evs for special defense on this snorlax.
Anyways, just wanted to drop some teams that have a good matchup into a lot of stuff that's strong rn for those who may be suffering like I was initially with the rises. I think tort+arcanine makes building pretty restrictive rn if you want consistency but it is at least still achievable!
Zoroark serves as your main source of Special Damage. Its excellent speed tier means it can outrun any variant of Melo apart from Scarf and Night Daze is a great option in terms of both power and hax. The accuracy drop chance can come in massive handy for momentum and also puts dents in teams that aren't ready for it. It has amazing coverage in sludge bomb and grass knot, meaning that Mudsdale, Gastrodon and Rhydon all suffer at the hands of Zoroark when unprepared for it. It can also deal significant damage to fairy types and pivot reliably with U turn, meaning that even Wo Chien isn't a safe check. The main strength lies in Illusion. You can gain the upper hand by choosing a weak phys attacker as your last mon to trick the opponent into a false sense of security and hit for massive damage with specs.
Goodra serves as your special wall. Super strong and can easily build momentum with Acid Spray. Draco Meteor hits very hard and the coverage can be tweaked for your needs. This thing can even run Knock Off as well as Power Whip for Gastro. Gooey can come in clutch for revenging and is an excellent ability late game for slowing things down. I would also recommend adding tbolt for flamethrower if you're having problems playing around Cramorant.
Mudsdale is your physical wall as well as rocks setter. Consistent switch in to tons of mons in the tier. Walls Tauros F, tanks psyshocks, walls Ambipom, deals well with Rhydon etc. It can also deal a lot of damage with its high attack stat as well as stop sweeps in their tracks with roar. Overall it's incredibly versatile and covers tons of bases as well as stopping a ton of mons in their tracks!
Sandslash is great for walling key threats such as Meloetta, Braviary-H and Articuno Galar and Florges. Psychic Types hate this thing! It has access to Spikes which can apply tons of hazard pressure and Tera Ghost can stop people removing those hazards efficiently. It has very nice defensive typing as well as being able to deal decent damage with Ice Spinner and Iron Head. Overall, it's a utility mon for setting spikes but functions nicely as a check to special attackers.
