Giratina @ Assault Vest
Ability: Pressure
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 92 HP / 212 Atk / 204 SpD
Careful Nature
- Shadow Sneak
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Poltergeist
I wanted to mess w/ this. I guess partly to sneak up on caly s. That's ofc not it...I could run lots of things for sneak. It also can snipe ho ohs often enough(burns ugh, go fire?,)and takes a pittance from kyogre...bar like specs ice/stellar lol, or ofc sheer cold if 20%(for non ice) works somehow. EQ helps quite a bit w/ mir, who is rarely grass or bug, and essentially a useless flying tera. I DON'T get the point of tina o. Unlike dialga o, the stats aren't plainly better, just flipped offenses and defenses(which is even worse cause you use both bulks but only 1 offense sometimes, but nvm.) This way is fat, taking mir, caly, ogre hits ok to great, depending. It's so fat it USUALLY is ok ghost tera for the damage. This w/ the atk should take out fairy caly s w/ ghost polt into sneak, at least if they don't heal t1 or have bulk evs. his is crap to zacian, and can be dubious at best into kor, but I just love it. The fat is pretty unreal, you just can't usually go at caly w/ ghost bar like tera or faster(mirror luck or BE flutter mainly, both of which are/can be much weaker to sash.) Normal caly has taken off some unsurprisingly, this sucks vs that, but I have others for it ofc. I mostly adore this, and kept it instead of dialga o, both of which worked ok, but not together. I'm not 100% sure about eq, though(Stone edge migt be the generally worse move cause acc, but it gets ho oh switch ins or ones that fail to burn asap.)
Sinistcha @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Heatproof
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 244 HP / 252 Def / 12 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Matcha Gotcha
- Strength Sap
- Iron Defense
Now I REALLY tried to move away from this due to strong urging uhhh. I do think dozo, the suggested improvement, is great and has its place. BU it isn't fun to have dozo into leech seed, kyu b, etc. This has done quite a bit for me, not least of which is sniping greedy caly s switch ins. Burns are infrequent sadly off matcha, but 20% more burn rate than dozo will deal, and dispatches the likes of ursh rs easily. Ursh can maaybe be trouble for dozo, any tera starts eating crits, and before cc is used and ignored drop wise. This can usually handle kor, it varies ofc but esp w/ ogre and tera it should be fine. Electric stuff isn't unheard of for dozo ofc, and then there's cb cc(combat not course.) Dozo can't do much vs caly at all, this can take an unboosted hit terad anyway. This is pretty grim into kyogre, but I can't see dozo doing a thing regardless of...anything, bar a fissure hitting. I like this vs ho oh, I def have taken brave bird sometimes unterad, and terad is funny as it flounders. It's not perfect, but unless I'm hallucinating, dozo w/ max hp/def didn't dispose of ho oh, it got me somehow before I woke up(wasn't curse.) This and dozo are both generaly good into Scizor and landog, but this is better into(photon geyser) NDM. I suppose it's the item that gets garg and sneasler, mainly. Dozo could run that...but it can be more trouble into waterpon I think. Firepon is tricky, mold breaker affects both these mons, but I slightly give the nod to cha if I have to pick, non sd is still sapped, and should it tera for another mon, cha's heatproof kicks into gear. Oh, sometimes ghost not getting trapped and grass not getting spored matter, dozo can get stuck there. I think there's enough reason(for me) to run this. I did take it away briefly...but just didn't like not having a grass to take caly i(those seed ones. There also aren't too many grasses for this role...) Simple EVs, just to take Kor CB iirc w/ odd hp. Somewhat unsure of 12 SpD or 4/4/4 on the last three stats. idk. Fairy for that and pao, could easily go fire or water but idk(these get zacian, and fire gets firepon. Also better into sneasler....) Iron def's useful pretty often, w/ kor and pao type stuff, sucks to have to try to keep pace w/ sd, though sometimes I can, but dd is beaten at least(bar crits.)
Chi-Yu @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 244 HP / 12 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Snarl
- Nasty Plot
- Taunt
Ok so this um. Was put partly for glis, hence the bug. That can help w/ ting lu too, who was yucky but less now w/ ogre...this is max Spe on the chance I can taunt slow tern. They are among my worst mu(here's hopng...,) though I see it rarely enough. Bug gets two weaknesses mainly, though I should PROBABLY give this rock weak mon the HDB. Idk why it's on tenta uh. I DID want helmet for zacian though, and it has mattered some...EVs give odd hp and much bulk, w/ max spe for mirror spe tier, but mainly to take a shot w/ tern. Lava Plume has been helpful and strong enough, it's ofc still weaker in rain like any fire, BUT retains a great effect, as opposed to a negligible or negative one. Snarl goes through subs(huge for me,) compliments burns, and isn't EXACTLY weak, for once. Taunt is for tern and stuff, glis ofc if I'm a bug, and NP has been good(some stuff likes to protect to see what's up, and it's a good mobve besides. Shores up the mediocre dmg.) I like this, baiting fighting from kor is fine, then I can put in cha and tera before the fire hit, obviously they won't usually use fire on reg chi yu. I'm less sure about this as I'm(once again) trying ogre, but if no replacing it I want to keep much of the set(frankly maybe even more bulk.)
Tentacruel @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Level: 50
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 236 HP / 116 Def / 156 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Icy Wind
- Sludge Wave
- Hex
- Dazzling Gleam
NVM the boots, that was put on a whim. But I've had this idea, dark liquid ooze mon, on the brain for a while. Caly S will want to Draining Kiss the tera, which is disastrous for them. It also takes on the odd annihilape, punishing drain punch and thus preventing healing, and it can even mess up e seed mir(pre tera, or gleam gets me. As a poison, I take gleams easy, and punish parabolic.) Oh but even though those are mostly great benefits, far and away the MAIN thing is a rarer mon I wasn't touching w/ hardly anything, leech(well, naturally) Wo-Chien. By any logic that's screwed if it leeches me. Also I THINK, but am unsure, this can get firepon w/ ooze, idk cause MB again, but I now have tools for that so it ok either way I hope. So that's the dark. EVs help take Kor Jolly outrage just slightly more than 252 hp, given I want 153(jump point, 154 vs 152 w/ 8 less evs) spe for...well idk if I need it, but I def wanted to outspeed 151 stuff like 85s. So 1 higher in case bax pops up, or non BE tusk. I put Icy Wind on here for spe control, idk for sure, but I do like to make them slower. Could maybe get kor w/ gleam after. Sludge Wave is mainly for the BP and STAB, 5 more than surf I guess. I'll probably eventually go surf though, w/ rain. Gets ting vaguely. Hex is for caly. This was dozo, but I feel like this has a leg to stand on w/ kor sorta, and that was the main thing I was getting there. The type and tera w/ it can kinda try to take on pao if sash is gone or w/e, so that helps like dozo did w/ most pao. Really it boils down to JUST wo chien, I don't think I can take them w/ dozo, since they'll have a teammate like cal I bet. This might get both fairly well.
Arboliva @ Leftovers
Ability: Seed Sower
Level: 50
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 36 SpA / 220 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Alluring Voice
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Mirror Coat
This has been great for Caly, Mir, and Ogre mainly. I may or may not need things like those and flutter, but I DEFINITELY have cashed in on the lugia mu through tera. This also tends to hurt ting lu badly, meaning it has serious applications into the top 3, for starters. Voice is funny when they boost or esp when zacian comes in, I HAVE lived kor flame charge before iirc, and the evs try to catch it for the ohko on switch in, while mostly being for Mir or w/e mainly(not av anymore, that was ofc fatter w/ more option to run SpA.) Leech seed is great, largely for those psychic noise lugia that get blocked. Mirror Coat has also saved me a bunch, flutter's moonblast is a pretty good chunk of hp these days, so I like to deal double that for an ohko on non sash ones. Can get psyshock caly if unboosted and I can't tera, and is ofc useful into others like ogre sometimes and mir, it all depends. Lefties have been great, I generally will switch enough to not like G seed(anymore.) Used o use Leaf Storm eject pack, that kinda needs a terrain abuser though(besides this itsefl ofc..)
Kyogre @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Ice Beam
- Origin Pulse
Ting LU is kinda gross, and Kor is often beaten though too much sun, so here we are. This can often get ho ohs, which zamazenta was dubious w/. Seems strong enough even for terapagos, and outspeeds some stuff like zacian cause scarf. Have really liked scarf, t wave can be fussy...90% isn't always enough ofc. I need a new ogre, mine was grass av, but I want boring water for he damage, at leas on scarf. EVs are regular for tying the mirror and ofc the SpA is obligatory enough, origin pulse over surf for 110:85>90:100(20 BP for 15 acc is a least kinda ok...it isn't 20 for 20 like hydro would be.) I really like this, and plan to use it for now at least.
I have yet to make this on cart(as I said,) cause of tera shards(just used all dark on arb, need for tenta I guess,) and kyogre(another shard issue sorta, except in reality I want a new one cause I never-I think-use shards to re-acquire a base type,) BUT I have tested copiously on PS since...well nvm but I have been doing that instead recently. I'm slightly in the green so, yay me. Not bad given my track record for like all gen lol. If I had to pick something I find to work less often, it may be chi yu(on rain at least, also not a very simple glis answer.) I am also open to changing tenta, if it beats wo easily still. So maybe something w/ bug buzz?