[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Dondozo) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 4 Atk / 196 Def / 148 SpD / 156 Spe
Impish Nature
- Order Up
- Body Press
- Protect
- Substitute / Earthquake / Wave Crash
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Dondozo is a great mid-game tool, able to utilize its bulk to stay on the battlefield for large swaths of the game, chip down opponents, and set up a favorable late-game for Tatsugiri-D and a partner restricted.
- Dondozo matches up well into many physical attackers, including Incineroar, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon, as its Defense stat already keeps it healthy, all the while using Order Up to continue to raise its Defense, when combined with Tatsugiri, and threaten huge damage with Body Press.
- Substitute further increases Dondozo’s longevity, which buys critical time to damage key threats.
- Earthquake provides you with strong spread damage, enabling you to chip both targets at a time, while Wave Crash offers massive single target damage. Earthquake is notably good into targets like Miraidon and Raging Bolt, harder matchups for Dondozo to handle.
- Leftovers recovery, combined with the bulk that Commander offers, makes Dondozo extremely hard to kill without a super effective hit. Alternating Protect and an attack can often take Dondozo out of rolls that would otherwise kill due to previous damage, using the HP regained while using Protect.
- All of this Dondozo's investment is done with the Commander boost in mind, as gaining those boosts is the only way that Dondozo will be of value. The Special Defense investment allows Dondozo to always live two Draco Meteors from Assault Vest Miraidon, while the Defense investment often OHKOes Incineroar and 2HKOes Zamazenta-C with Body Press after one Order Up Defense boost. Glacial Lance also becomes a 5HKO after Dondozo terastalizes and gets off one Order Up. This Dondozo set is also able to outspeed maximum Speed Adamant Urshifu.
- Tera Grass on Dondozo removes critical weaknesses to the Electric- and Grass-type moves from Miraidon, Rillaboom, and Raging Bolt, while also giving Dondozo a Spore immunity.
Teambuilding
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- The biggest threat to Dondozo is Miraidon, as most sets often OHKO Dondozo with Electro Drift, even with the Commander boost, and Draco Meteor often threatens 2HKOs on Choice Specs sets. Lunala also poses an issue, as it offers consistent damage unfazed by the Order Up boosts, is naturally bulky, and depending on the Dondozo set, sometimes cannot even be touched. The Calyrex-I matchup is potentially dangerous, as Leech Seed sets cripple Dondozo’s recovery and make Calyrex-I very hard to kill, so it is encouraged to terastallize and accept being weak to Glacial Lance, since Order Up boosts can help you to endure the attacks.
- Any teams that can cycle Fake Out can be disastrous for Dondozo, as being the only Pokemon on the field, preventing it from dealing damage is extremely brutal. Urshifu-R is also threatening, as Choice Band sets with Surging Strikes do huge damage due to the critical hits ignoring the Commander boosts. Ursaluna is another big threat, since it often uses Tera Ghost to escape being weak to Body Press and does huge damage with Guts-boosted Facades, even with Commander and Order Up boosts. It is also powerful in a Dondozo mirror match, as Neutralizing Gas prevents opposing Tatsugiris from activating their Commander ability, allowing you to chip down the Dondozo with status conditions.
- Calyrex-S is a great ally for Dondozo, as it can capitalize off of the damage Dondozo has done to sweep in the late-game. Calyrex-S can also support Dondozo earlier on by outspeeding and dealing huge damage to opposing Miraidon. Koraidon is another good partner restricted, as it can use its Speed to threaten Miraidon as well, while using its Fire- and Fighting-type moves to threaten other opponents such as Rillaboom, Amoonguss, Incineroar, and Calyrex-I.
- Tatsugiri-D is a mandatory partner for Dondozo, as the Commander boosts allow Dondozo to reach nearly all of its KOs and gain critical bulk. Galarian Weezing is a natural ally to Dondozo, as its ability to spread status via Toxic Spikes and Poison Gas help Dondozo to chip things down, as well as further gives Dondozo a reason to click Protect for passive recovery via Leftovers.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ducktile.646017/
Quality checked by:
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Bulky Attacker (Dondozo) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 4 Atk / 196 Def / 148 SpD / 156 Spe
Impish Nature
- Order Up
- Body Press
- Protect
- Substitute / Earthquake / Wave Crash
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Dondozo is a great mid-game tool, able to utilize its bulk to stay on the battlefield for large swaths of the game, chip down opponents, and set up a favorable late-game for Tatsugiri-D and a partner restricted.
- Dondozo matches up well into many physical attackers, including Incineroar, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon, as its Defense stat already keeps it healthy, all the while using Order Up to continue to raise its Defense, when combined with Tatsugiri, and threaten huge damage with Body Press.
- Substitute further increases Dondozo’s longevity, which buys critical time to damage key threats.
- Earthquake provides you with strong spread damage, enabling you to chip both targets at a time, while Wave Crash offers massive single target damage. Earthquake is notably good into targets like Miraidon and Raging Bolt, harder matchups for Dondozo to handle.
- Leftovers recovery, combined with the bulk that Commander offers, makes Dondozo extremely hard to kill without a super effective hit. Alternating Protect and an attack can often take Dondozo out of rolls that would otherwise kill due to previous damage, using the HP regained while using Protect.
- All of this Dondozo's investment is done with the Commander boost in mind, as gaining those boosts is the only way that Dondozo will be of value. The Special Defense investment allows Dondozo to always live two Draco Meteors from Assault Vest Miraidon, while the Defense investment often OHKOes Incineroar and 2HKOes Zamazenta-C with Body Press after one Order Up Defense boost. Glacial Lance also becomes a 5HKO after Dondozo terastalizes and gets off one Order Up. This Dondozo set is also able to outspeed maximum Speed Adamant Urshifu.
- Tera Grass on Dondozo removes critical weaknesses to the Electric- and Grass-type moves from Miraidon, Rillaboom, and Raging Bolt, while also giving Dondozo a Spore immunity.
Teambuilding
=========
- The biggest threat to Dondozo is Miraidon, as most sets often OHKO Dondozo with Electro Drift, even with the Commander boost, and Draco Meteor often threatens 2HKOs on Choice Specs sets. Lunala also poses an issue, as it offers consistent damage unfazed by the Order Up boosts, is naturally bulky, and depending on the Dondozo set, sometimes cannot even be touched. The Calyrex-I matchup is potentially dangerous, as Leech Seed sets cripple Dondozo’s recovery and make Calyrex-I very hard to kill, so it is encouraged to terastallize and accept being weak to Glacial Lance, since Order Up boosts can help you to endure the attacks.
- Any teams that can cycle Fake Out can be disastrous for Dondozo, as being the only Pokemon on the field, preventing it from dealing damage is extremely brutal. Urshifu-R is also threatening, as Choice Band sets with Surging Strikes do huge damage due to the critical hits ignoring the Commander boosts. Ursaluna is another big threat, since it often uses Tera Ghost to escape being weak to Body Press and does huge damage with Guts-boosted Facades, even with Commander and Order Up boosts. It is also powerful in a Dondozo mirror match, as Neutralizing Gas prevents opposing Tatsugiris from activating their Commander ability, allowing you to chip down the Dondozo with status conditions.
- Calyrex-S is a great ally for Dondozo, as it can capitalize off of the damage Dondozo has done to sweep in the late-game. Calyrex-S can also support Dondozo earlier on by outspeeding and dealing huge damage to opposing Miraidon. Koraidon is another good partner restricted, as it can use its Speed to threaten Miraidon as well, while using its Fire- and Fighting-type moves to threaten other opponents such as Rillaboom, Amoonguss, Incineroar, and Calyrex-I.
- Tatsugiri-D is a mandatory partner for Dondozo, as the Commander boosts allow Dondozo to reach nearly all of its KOs and gain critical bulk. Galarian Weezing is a natural ally to Dondozo, as its ability to spread status via Toxic Spikes and Poison Gas help Dondozo to chip things down, as well as further gives Dondozo a reason to click Protect for passive recovery via Leftovers.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ducktile.646017/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rausakura.589964/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
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