
[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Accelerock
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Band
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Terrakion is a devastating wallbreaker. It has high-powered STAB moves in Close Combat and Diamond Storm and an incredibly high Attack stat, further boosted by Choice Band, making it incredibly difficult to switch into safely. Close Combat allows Terrakion to blow past walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn, with even Pokemon resisting it like Tornadus-T and Clefable taking heavy damage. Diamond Storm reliably threatens the aforementioned Fighting-resistant Pokemon, but also others in Toxapex and Thundurus-T. Potential Defense boosts also make it harder for Pokemon like Cinderace and Zeraora to revenge kill it. Accelerock provides valuable revenge killing against the likes of Gyarados, Cinderace, and Aerodactyl. Earthquake hits Pokemon like Toxapex, Galarian Slowking, and Gengar harder than Diamond Storm does. Terrakion appreciates pivots like Slowking and Seismitoad that can bring it in safely. Clefable and Melmetal appreciate how well Terrakion pressures Steel-types. Clefable checks physically defensive Buzzwole, while Melmetal can wear down Terrakion checks like Mudsdale with Toxic, making it even more difficult to switch into. Future Sight and Doom Desire support from Slowking and Heatran compound this difficulty, dissuading switch-ins like Toxapex and Clefable, respectively. Late-game cleaners like Aerodactyl, No Retreat Urshifu-R, and Weavile are also solid partners, taking advantage of how well Terrakion breaks through opposing walls.
[SET]
name: No Retreat
move 1: No Retreat
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Diamond Storm
move 4: Swords Dance / Earthquake
item: Life Orb
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
No Retreat makes Terrakion a solid wincon, boosting bulk and Speed to make it harder to revenge kill. Being able to switch moves, as well as compounding No Retreat's Attack boost with Life Orb, also lets it break past would-be checks like Clefable, Mudsdale, Corviknight, and Toxapex. Swords Dance alongside No Retreat makes Terrakion immensely more threatening, but if the rest of the team does not pressure Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and Toxapex well enough, Earthquake is generally the better option. Shuca Berry is an option over Life Orb to set up on Pokemon like Mudsdale, and Lum Berry can be used to avoid status from Clefable and Toxapex. Wallbreakers like Gengar and Thundurus-T appreciate how well Terrakion pressures their checks in Tyranitar, Blissey, and Assault Vest Toxapex. In return, Gengar and Thundurus-T can soften up Terrakion checks like Seismitoad and physically defensive Buzzwole, letting it sweep late-game. Setup sweepers like Salamence and Mimikyu overwhelm opposing physical walls alongside Terrakion, forming dangerous attacking cores.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
- Quality checked by: [[pannuracotta, 517892], [in the hills, 324242]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
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