The Dragon Master
So you have chosen, Death
[SET]
name:Sun setter
move 1:Lava Plume
move 2:Stealth Rock / Toxic
move 3:Yawn
move 4:Body Press / Toxic / Rapid Spin
item:Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: bold
evs:252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spdef
[SET COMMENTS]
Torkoal's ability Drought, along with its high defence stat and access to Stealth Rock gives it a spot on sun teams due to the valuable role compression it provides. It's high defence lets it check dangerous physical threats like Marshadow, Zekrom and most importantly, Zacian-C from full hp so it can be used as emergency check to these Pokemon but it's complete lack of recovery means that it can easily be chipped into ko range for a late game assualt, so you must keep it relatively healthy if these threats are present on the opposing team. Lava plume is the STAB move on this set, chosen for its ability to spread burn and ruin physical attackers completely. Burning jealousy is a very niche option in this slot as it has 100% chance to burn Pokemon who have just set up preventing physical set-up mons like Necrosma-DM from freely setting up. Torkoal is a decent Stealth Rock setter as it can beat some deffoggers like Corviknight and Stealth Rock also pressures Pelipper preventing it from safely switching in to reset the weather. Yawn is a great move on Torkoal as it prevents Eternatus from freely coming in on it and it also prevents Pokemon from setting up in its face .Body Press hits quite hard with Torkoal's high defence and it can OHKO Tyranitar and it breaks Zekrom's substitute, preventing it from setting up. Alternatively, Toxic is a good option on this set, as it can threaten both Pelipper and Tyranitar while annoying everything that isnt immune to it and can also be used over Stealth Rock if your team has another user for the move. Rapid Spin is another choice, as it can remove the opponents hazards while maintaining your own .Heat rock is the preffered item to prolong sun turns for your abusers.
As Torkoal is only to be used on sun teams as it's only really good trait is drought, it's partners have to be able to abuse sun well. Gigantamax Charizard stands out as an obvious teammate for this reason, as it is a threatning wallbreaker enabled by sun, and it also likes Torkoal's access to Stealth Rock and Yawn to let it wallbreak more easily. Venusaur is another good partner, as it can be a good cleaner and revenge killer under sun. Zacian-C is a good teammate as it appreciates sun to let it break past it's checks like Quagsire and Necrosma-DM with Solar Blade and Fire Fang respectively. Choice Scarf Eternatus is a great partner as it can revenge kill many threats to sun teams like Zekrom and Kyurem-B. Dugtrio is a good partner, as it can trap and eliminate Tyranitar which lets Torkoal beat it in the weather war. Mandibuzz is a great teammate for Torkoal, as its high Special Defence lets it tank special hits that would threaten Torkoal due to its poor Special Defence and it also provides Defog support, which is heavily appreciated as Torkoal is susceptible to all forms of hazards.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[TheDragonMaster,521275]]
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name:Sun setter
move 1:Lava Plume
move 2:Stealth Rock / Toxic
move 3:Yawn
move 4:Body Press / Toxic / Rapid Spin
item:Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: bold
evs:252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spdef
[SET COMMENTS]
Torkoal's ability Drought, along with its high defence stat and access to Stealth Rock gives it a spot on sun teams due to the valuable role compression it provides. It's high defence lets it check dangerous physical threats like Marshadow, Zekrom and most importantly, Zacian-C from full hp so it can be used as emergency check to these Pokemon but it's complete lack of recovery means that it can easily be chipped into ko range for a late game assualt, so you must keep it relatively healthy if these threats are present on the opposing team. Lava plume is the STAB move on this set, chosen for its ability to spread burn and ruin physical attackers completely. Burning jealousy is a very niche option in this slot as it has 100% chance to burn Pokemon who have just set up preventing physical set-up mons like Necrosma-DM from freely setting up. Torkoal is a decent Stealth Rock setter as it can beat some deffoggers like Corviknight and Stealth Rock also pressures Pelipper preventing it from safely switching in to reset the weather. Yawn is a great move on Torkoal as it prevents Eternatus from freely coming in on it and it also prevents Pokemon from setting up in its face .Body Press hits quite hard with Torkoal's high defence and it can OHKO Tyranitar and it breaks Zekrom's substitute, preventing it from setting up. Alternatively, Toxic is a good option on this set, as it can threaten both Pelipper and Tyranitar while annoying everything that isnt immune to it and can also be used over Stealth Rock if your team has another user for the move. Rapid Spin is another choice, as it can remove the opponents hazards while maintaining your own .Heat rock is the preffered item to prolong sun turns for your abusers.
As Torkoal is only to be used on sun teams as it's only really good trait is drought, it's partners have to be able to abuse sun well. Gigantamax Charizard stands out as an obvious teammate for this reason, as it is a threatning wallbreaker enabled by sun, and it also likes Torkoal's access to Stealth Rock and Yawn to let it wallbreak more easily. Venusaur is another good partner, as it can be a good cleaner and revenge killer under sun. Zacian-C is a good teammate as it appreciates sun to let it break past it's checks like Quagsire and Necrosma-DM with Solar Blade and Fire Fang respectively. Choice Scarf Eternatus is a great partner as it can revenge kill many threats to sun teams like Zekrom and Kyurem-B. Dugtrio is a good partner, as it can trap and eliminate Tyranitar which lets Torkoal beat it in the weather war. Mandibuzz is a great teammate for Torkoal, as its high Special Defence lets it tank special hits that would threaten Torkoal due to its poor Special Defence and it also provides Defog support, which is heavily appreciated as Torkoal is susceptible to all forms of hazards.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[TheDragonMaster,521275]]
- Quality checked by: [[], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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