UU Tinkaton (QC 2/2) (GP 0/1)

Lily

Banned deucer.
[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
move 2: Gigaton Hammer
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Encore
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker / Pickpocket
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 12 Atk / 180 Def / 64 SpD
tera type: Flying / Ghost / Dark / Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
Tinkaton's good matchup against Mandibuzz makes it a strong Stealth Rock setter that uses its typing to get plenty of entry hazard-setting chances. Certain teams prefer Tinkaton to use Thunder Wave, though, since they can fit another Stealth Rock setter; this can help significantly when dealing with foes like Iron Crown, Latios, and Spiky Shield Ogerpon-C. Knock Off is excellent utility that prevents Tinkaton from being passive, removing items from Excadrill, Zapdos, and Hisuian Arcanine. Encore is Tinkaton's most useful asset, letting it use its typing and bulk to checkmate foes like Latios, Hydrapple, and Iron Crown. Leftovers is preferred on Mold Breaker sets so that Tinkaton has some longevity, with Mold Breaker proving useful to let it OHKO Ogerpon-C and Mimikyu despite their abilities. Pickpocket with an Air Balloon can let it steal items from Excadrill, Ogerpon, and Lokix, which can help immensely in fending these threats off. The given EVs allow Tinkaton to KO Latios with Knock Off followed by Gigaton Hammer while surviving a +2 Superpower from Ogerpon-C. Play Rough is a niche option that lets Tinkaton more directly pressure Greninja and Latios, but it is extremely weak against foes it doesn't hit super effectively. Tera Flying lets Tinkaton use Encore after Excadrill's Earthquake, while Tera Ghost in combination with Air Balloon lets it wall Ursaluna. Tera Dark helps Tinkaton against strong Psychic-type attackers like Iron Crown and Choice Specs Latios, while Tera Dragon lets it check Greninja and Belly Drum Azumarill.

Tinkaton's incredible typing and utility let it fit on all kinds of bulky offense and balance teams, using Stealth Rock to support teammates like Tyranitar and Lokix that love to weaken checks with Knock Off. It's also a good partner for teammates like Sandy Shocks and Rotom-W that dislike dealing with Latios. Tinkaton's flexibility lets it use its bulk to tank huge attacks and lock foes into them with Encore; for example, it often needs to lock Greninja into Surf or Okidogi into Drain Punch. As such, teammates that can handle these attacks like Slowking and Hydrapple can be very useful to have. They also help signficantly against Excadrill, which Tinkaton tends to let in for free. Teams that use Tinkaton should aim to make progress fairly quickly; while it's a great stopgap to all kinds of threats, its lack of reliable recovery prevents it from lasting forever, so it needs progress-making teammates like Hisuian Arcanine and Mamoswine, which can help it create favorable game states.

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[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
move 2: Gigaton Hammer
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Encore
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker / Pickpocket
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 12 Atk / 180 Def / 64 SpD
tera type: Flying / Ghost / Dark / Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
Tinkaton's good matchup against Mandibuzz makes it a strong Stealth Rock setter that uses its typing to get plenty of chances to set up the hazard. Knock Off is excellent utility that prevents Tinkaton from being passive, removing items from Excadrill, Zapdos, and Hisuian Arcanine. Encore is Tinkaton's most useful asset, letting it use its typing and bulk to checkmate foes like Latios, Hydrapple, and Iron Crown. Leftovers are preferred on Mold Breaker sets so that Tinkaton has some longevity, with Mold Breaker proving useful to let it OHKO Ogerpon-C and Mimikyu despite their abilities. Pickpocket with an Air Balloon can let it steal items from Excadrill, Ogerpon, and Lokix, which can help immensely in fending these threats off. The given EVs allow Tinkaton to KO Latios with Knock Off into Gigaton Hammer while surviving a +2 Superpower from Ogerpon-C. Tera Flying lets Tinkaton Encore Excadrill's Earthquake, while Tera Ghost in combination with Air Balloon lets it wall Ursaluna. Tera Dark helps against strong Psychic-type attackers like Iron Crown and Choice Specs Latios, while Tera Dragon lets it check Greninja and Belly Drum Azumarill.

I'd mention what Twave helps with like Spiky Shield Rockpon.
Also, I would throw in a mention of Play Rough if you need it to better check Kommo-o and Gren + lets it punish Keld pivot

Tinkaton's incredible typing and utility lets it fit on all kinds of bulky offense and balance teams, using its entry hazard to support teammates like Tyranitar and Lokix that love to weaken checks with Knock Off. It's a good partner for teammates like Sandy Shocks and Rotom-W that dislike dealing with Latios. Tinkaton's flexibility in-battle lets it use its bulk to tank huge attacks and Encore the foe into them; for example, it will often need to lock a Greninja into Surf or a Kommo-o into Drain Punch. As such, teammates that can handle these attacks like Slowking and Hydrapple can be very useful to have. I would definitely mention how they help check Excadrill as Tink can struggle to keep rocks up against it. Add a partner like Latios in that forces damage on it. It should tie in nicely with this point anyway. Teams that use Tinkaton should aim to make progress fairly quickly; while it's a great stopgap to all kinds of threats, its lack of reliable recovery prevents it from lasting forever, so it needs progress-making teammates like Hisuian Arcanine and Mamoswine that can help it create favourable game states.

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[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
move 2: Gigaton Hammer
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Encore
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker / Pickpocket
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 12 Atk / 180 Def / 64 SpD
tera type: Flying / Ghost / Dark / Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
Tinkaton's good matchup against Mandibuzz makes it a strong Stealth Rock setter that uses its typing to get plenty of chances to set up the hazard. Knock Off is excellent utility that prevents Tinkaton from being passive, removing items from Excadrill, Zapdos, and Hisuian Arcanine. (Torn-T is another pretty big one, would arguably even mention it over Hisuian Arcanine) Encore is Tinkaton's most useful asset, letting it use its typing and bulk to checkmate foes like Latios, Hydrapple, and Iron Crown. Leftovers are preferred on Mold Breaker sets so that Tinkaton has some longevity, with Mold Breaker proving useful to let it OHKO Ogerpon-C and Mimikyu despite their abilities. Pickpocket with an Air Balloon can let it steal items from Excadrill, Ogerpon, and Lokix, which can help immensely in fending these threats off. (also somewhat noteable that the Ground immunity lets you pressure Exca into spinning more because they have to hit you before they can quake, which is also pretty good at generating turns) The given EVs allow Tinkaton to KO Latios with Knock Off into Gigaton Hammer while surviving a +2 Superpower from Ogerpon-C. (If there's another benchmark this hits feel free to mention it, but specifically CornerPon Superpower feels weird since you take big damage from +2 Cudgel anyway, they can run Tantrum to fuck with you and still hit other things Superpower hits, and 3a variants much more commonly run Play Rough to nail Kommo-o or Knock for general utility.) Tera Flying lets Tinkaton Encore Excadrill's Earthquake, while Tera Ghost in combination with Air Balloon lets it wall Ursaluna. Tera Dark helps against strong Psychic-type attackers like Iron Crown and Choice Specs Latios, while Tera Dragon lets it check Greninja and Belly Drum Azumarill. (Do you not just get Play Rough'd here? Hammer is doing like, 57% max)

Tinkaton's incredible typing and utility lets it fit on all kinds of bulky offense and balance teams, using its entry hazard to support teammates like Tyranitar and Lokix that love to weaken checks with Knock Off. It's also a good partner for teammates like Sandy Shocks and Rotom-W that dislike dealing with Latios. Tinkaton's flexibility in-battle lets it use its bulk to tank huge attacks and Encore the foe into them; for example, it will often need to lock a Greninja into Surf or a Kommo-o into Drain Punch. As such, teammates that can handle these attacks like Slowking and Hydrapple can be very useful to have. Teams that use Tinkaton should aim to make progress fairly quickly; while it's a great stopgap to all kinds of threats, its lack of reliable recovery prevents it from lasting forever, so it needs progress-making teammates like Hisuian Arcanine and Mamoswine that can help it create favourable game states.

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2/2, good job :)

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[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
move 2: Gigaton Hammer
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Encore
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker / Pickpocket
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 12 Atk / 180 Def / 64 SpD
tera type: Flying / Ghost / Dark / Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
Tinkaton's good matchup against Mandibuzz makes it a strong Stealth Rock setter that uses its typing to get plenty of chances to set it up the hazard. Certain teams will prefer Tinkaton to use using Thunder Wave (rc) though, since they can fit another Stealth Rock setter; this can help significantly when dealing with foes like Iron Crown, Latios, and Spiky Shield Ogerpon-C. Knock Off is excellent utility that prevents Tinkaton from being passive, removing items from Excadrill, Zapdos, and Hisuian Arcanine. Encore is Tinkaton's most useful asset, letting it use its typing and bulk to checkmate foes like Latios, Hydrapple, and Iron Crown. Leftovers are preferred on Mold Breaker sets so that Tinkaton has some longevity, with Mold Breaker proving useful to let it OHKO Ogerpon-C and Mimikyu despite their abilities (we can remove this since its already implied that mold breaker lets it ohko said mons). Pickpocket with an Air Balloon can let lets it it steal items from Excadrill, Ogerpon, and Lokix, which can help immensely in fending these threats off. The given EVs allow Tinkaton to KO Latios with Knock Off into followed by (changed so it could be understood more clearly) Gigaton Hammer while surviving a +2 Superpower from Ogerpon-C. Play Rough is a niche option that lets Tinkaton more directly pressure Kommo-o, Greninja, and Latios, but it is extremely weak against foes it doesn't hit super effectively. Tera Flying lets Tinkaton use Encore on Excadrill's Earthquake, while Tera Ghost in combination with Air Balloon lets it wall Ursaluna. Tera Dark helps Tinkaton against strong Psychic-type attackers like Iron Crown and Choice Specs Latios, while Tera Dragon lets it check Greninja and Belly Drum Azumarill.

Tinkaton's incredible yping typing and utility lets it fit on all kinds of bulky offense and balance teams, using its entry hazard to support teammates like Tyranitar and Lokix that love to weaken checks with Knock Off. It's also a good partner for teammates like Sandy Shocks and Rotom-W that dislike dealing with Latios. Tinkaton's flexibility in-battle lets it use its bulk to tank huge attacks and Encore lock the foe foes into them with Encore; for example, it will often need to lock a Greninja into Surf or a Kommo-o into Drain Punch. As such, teammates that can handle these attacks like Slowking and Hydrapple can be very useful to have. They also help signficantly against Excadrill, which Tinkaton tends to let in for free. Teams that use Tinkaton should aim to make progress fairly quickly; while it's a great stopgap to all kinds of threats, its lack of reliable recovery prevents it from lasting forever, so it needs progress-making teammates like Hisuian Arcanine and Mamoswine, which that (ac) can help it create favourable game states.

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[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
move 2: Gigaton Hammer
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Encore
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker / Pickpocket
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 12 Atk / 180 Def / 64 SpD
tera type: Flying / Ghost / Dark / Dragon

[SET COMMENTS]
Tinkaton's good matchup against Mandibuzz makes it a strong Stealth Rock setter that uses its typing to get plenty of entry hazard-setting chances to set up the hazard (awk). Certain teams will prefer Tinkaton to use Thunder Wave, though, since they can fit another Stealth Rock setter; this can help significantly when dealing with foes like Iron Crown, Latios, and Spiky Shield Ogerpon-C. Knock Off is excellent utility that prevents Tinkaton from being passive, removing items from Excadrill, Zapdos, and Hisuian Arcanine. Encore is Tinkaton's most useful asset, letting it use its typing and bulk to checkmate foes like Latios, Hydrapple, and Iron Crown. Leftovers are is preferred on Mold Breaker sets so that Tinkaton has some longevity, with Mold Breaker proving useful to let it OHKO Ogerpon-C and Mimikyu despite their abilities. Pickpocket with an Air Balloon can let it steal items from Excadrill, Ogerpon, and Lokix, which can help immensely in fending these threats off. The given EVs allow Tinkaton to KO Latios with Knock Off into followed by (changed so it could be understood more clearly) Gigaton Hammer while surviving a +2 Superpower from Ogerpon-C. Play Rough is a niche option that lets Tinkaton more directly pressure Kommo-o, Greninja, and Latios, but it is extremely weak against foes it doesn't hit super effectively. Tera Flying lets Tinkaton use Encore after Excadrill's Earthquake, while Tera Ghost in combination with Air Balloon lets it wall Ursaluna. Tera Dark helps Tinkaton against strong Psychic-type attackers like Iron Crown and Choice Specs Latios, while Tera Dragon lets it check Greninja and Belly Drum Azumarill.

Tinkaton's incredible yping typing and utility lets let it fit on all kinds of bulky offense and balance teams, using its entry hazard Stealth Rock to support teammates like Tyranitar and Lokix that love to weaken checks with Knock Off. It's also a good partner for teammates like Sandy Shocks and Rotom-W that dislike dealing with Latios. Tinkaton's flexibility in-battle lets it use its bulk to tank huge attacks and Encore the foe lock foes into them with Encore; for example, it will often need needs to lock a Greninja into Surf or a Kommo-o into Drain Punch. As such, teammates that can handle these attacks like Slowking and Hydrapple can be very useful to have. They also help signficantly against Excadrill, which Tinkaton tends to let in for free. Teams that use Tinkaton should aim to make progress fairly quickly; while it's a great stopgap to all kinds of threats, its lack of reliable recovery prevents it from lasting forever, so it needs progress-making teammates like Hisuian Arcanine and Mamoswine, which that (ac) can help it create favourable favorable game states.

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Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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