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[Overview]
<p> Tornadus is one of the three "genies" of the 5th generation and is usually overlooked because of its inferior typing and movepool. However, when using Tornadus, it is important to utilize its strengths. Although it is almost completely outclassed by its Electric-Flying type counterpart, Thunderus, with the exception of having access to Hurricane, a 120 base power STAB Flying-type move with a 30% chance of inflicting confusion, Tornadus can wreak havoc with rain support. Pure Flying-type grants it good neutral STAB and a total of three weaknesses to the very common types of Electric, Rock, and Ice. Amazing offensive stats including an excellent 125 base Special Attack, a trolly 111 base Speed, and a decent 115 base Attack, allowing for a mixed set to be viable. In addition, it also has access to Focus Blast, giving it amazing coverage with powerful Flying- and Fighting-type moves. It also has a great ability in the form of Prankster which grants +1 priority to non-attacking moves such as Taunt and Substitute. Tornadus can make great use of its ability by having access to a priority Rain Dance, which allows it to quickly regain the weather if the opposing weather changer has been defeated. In addition, it can take away Excadrill's boost in speed as it means nothing to a move with priority. </p>
<p> Unfortunately, its less than stellar HP and defenses mean it won’t be taking strong priority attacks bar Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, and even then, a +1 Mach Punch from Conkeldurr does upwards of 50%. Another downside to using Tornadus is that it has no useful boosting moves. The only viable boosting moves it has access to are limited to Agility and Bulk Up as compared to Thundurus' Nasty Plot and access to the same boosting moves. However, underestimate Tornadus at your own peril, as a Life Orb boosted Hurricane can 2HKO Ferrothorn and Forretress as well as Reuniclus, even with defensive investment. </p>
<p>One of the genies introduced in BW, Tornadus is often overlooked because of its inferior typing and movepool. Although it is almost completely outclassed by Thundurus, Tornadus has access to Hurricane, with which it can wreak havoc in the rain. Its pure Flying typing also grants it a good neutral STAB attack, albeit giving it weaknesses to common Electric-, Rock-, and Ice-type attacks. Torndaus's amazing offensive stats also allow it to run a mixed set with ease. Its ability, Prankster, is a massively useful tool to have, giving +1 priority to non-attacking moves such as Taunt. However, Tornadus is let down by its sub-par defensive stats, which means that it won't be taking any powerful priority attacks barring those it resists. It also has no boosting moves barring Bulk Up, which is a shame when considering its wonderful offensive stats. Still, underestimate Tornadus at your own peril, as a Life Orb- boosted Hurricane can hurt even the bulkiest of Pokemon.</p>
(Whoa, don't write such massive Overviews. You don't need to go into detail about every single thing Tornadus can achieve. I have condensed it for this reason.)
[Set]
name: Rain Abuser
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Hammer Arm
move 3: Rain Dance
move 4: Taunt / U-turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Prankster
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[Set Comments]
[Additional Comments]
<p> The preferred move in the last moveslot is Taunt, to prevent status and set up as it prevents status and setup; however, U-turn is a completely viable option to escape unwanted situations. Life Orb is also the item of choice as it provides a nice power boost to Tornadus's attacks. Leftovers can be used to increase survivability, but there is will be a significant decrease in power output the power of Tornadus's moves. The EV spread is very straightforward, with maximum investment in SpA and Spe stats Special Attack. A Naive nature is used to maximize damage from Hammer Arm, but no Attack investment is needed to OHKO Tyranitar. Hidden Power Ice is an option over Taunt / or U-turn, but is generally inferior since it does negligible damage even to super effective targets bar Garchomp and Gliscor. </p>
<p>Politoed with Drizzle is an excellent teammate to provide a 100% accurate Hurricane. Magnezone has good synergy with Tornadus, resisting its Electric-, Ice-, and Rock-type weaknesses, while Tornadus resists Fighting-type attacks and is immune to Ground-type moves. Forretress is a good candidate for setting up Toxic Spikes and other entry hazards as well as spinning away Stealth Rock which is quite detrimental to Tornadus's health, stripping 25% away each time it switches in.</p>
[Set]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Hammer Arm
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Taunt / U-turn
item: Life Orb / Expert Belt
ability: Prankster
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 224 SpA / 252 Spe
[Set Comments]
<p>The Mixed Attacker set is similar to the Rain Abuser set with the exception of Hidden Power Ice over Rain Dance for more coverage against Garchomp and friends. Like As with the Rain Abuser set, Hammer Arm is recommended over Focus Blast for the its better accuracy and the more effective hit on Blissey and other special walls ability to 2HKO special walls such as Blissey. With the given EV spread, a Naive or Hasty nature, and in conjunction with Taunt, Tornadus completely destroys Blissey. Hammer Arm also allows Tornadus to OHKO all Tyranitar without Chople Berry, as Focus Blast is much too unreliable and can cause the game to end very quickly with an untimely miss. Hidden Power Ice is the best option for coverage, as Flying/Fighting already covers many things Hammer Arm Hammer Arm and Hurricane already cover many Pokemon.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>An Expert Belt is an option over Life Orb to possibly bluff a Choice item, but the power output from Life Orb's power boost is usually more important against non-supereffective neutral targets. U-turn can also be used to deal damage while scouting, but priority Taunt is excellent to stop faster threats from setting up and sweeping the rest of your team. Once again, rain support from Politoed aids Tornadus immensely, as it can fire powerful Hurricanes without any fear of missing.</p> (Mention Politoed since you use Hurricane)
[Other Options]
<p>The boosting moves that Tornadus has access to are ridiculously useless, since Agility is pointless with Prankster and Tornadus's already fast high Speed stat, and Tornadus is much too frail and has poor typing to take advantage of Bulk Up, despite its 115 base Attack stat. Choice sets are possible, although but Choice Scarf is outclassed by Thundurus and Choice Specs is unreliable unless rain is up because of Hurricane's poor accuracy. An alternative Rain Dance support set as Rain support with Rain Dance / Taunt / U-turn / Hurricane and Damp Rock could be utilized with Prankster to help set up Swift Swim sweepers Swift Swim users such as Kingdra sweep, but Tornadus is still quite frail, even with defensive investment. Tailwind is also a viable option, as Prankster will usually make it go first and it can support the rest of the team grants it priority, allowing Tornadus to support slower teammates. However, it is usually an inferior option as Tailwind only lasts four turns.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Ironically, its counterpart Thundurus resists its STAB and Hammer Arm / Focus Blast and can hit it with a supereffective STAB Thunderbolt Ironically, Thundurus, Tornadus's genie counterpart, is one of its best checks, resisting both Hurricane and Focus Blast and KOing it with STAB Thunderbolt. Even Hidden Power Ice will usually not OHKO a Thundurus at full health unless Tornadus is equipped with Choice Specs. Zapdos also resists the Fighting / Flying combination two moves, and is also much bulkier than Thundurus while still having a powerful STAB Thunderbolt to maim Tornadus with. Blissey and Chansey with Eviolite counter any set lacking Hammer Arm, but must be wary of Taunt. Reuniclus takes little damage from any of Tornadus's moves bar a Life Orb-boosted Hurricane, and even then if Reuniclus has set up a few Calm Minds, there is little Tornadus can do to destroy it. Scarfed Pokemon that wield powerful attacks such as ScarfChomp and Scarfed Latios / Latias Scarf users such as Garchomp and Terrakion can easily revenge Tornadus with their powerful Outrage and Draco Meteors respectively STAB attacks.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Tornadus receives the ability Defiant from the Dream World which raises its Attack stat sharply whenever another stat is forcibly lowered by the opponent. Overall, this is a decent ability, but is wasted on something like Tornadus which already has access to a much better ability in the form of Prankster which grants priority to non-attacking moves.</p>
<p> Tornadus is one of the three "genies" of the 5th generation and is usually overlooked because of its inferior typing and movepool. However, when using Tornadus, it is important to utilize its strengths. Although it is almost completely outclassed by its Electric-Flying type counterpart, Thunderus, with the exception of having access to Hurricane, a 120 base power STAB Flying-type move with a 30% chance of inflicting confusion, Tornadus can wreak havoc with rain support. Pure Flying-type grants it good neutral STAB and a total of three weaknesses to the very common types of Electric, Rock, and Ice. Amazing offensive stats including an excellent 125 base Special Attack, a trolly 111 base Speed, and a decent 115 base Attack, allowing for a mixed set to be viable. In addition, it also has access to Focus Blast, giving it amazing coverage with powerful Flying- and Fighting-type moves. It also has a great ability in the form of Prankster which grants +1 priority to non-attacking moves such as Taunt and Substitute. Tornadus can make great use of its ability by having access to a priority Rain Dance, which allows it to quickly regain the weather if the opposing weather changer has been defeated. In addition, it can take away Excadrill's boost in speed as it means nothing to a move with priority. </p>
<p> Unfortunately, its less than stellar HP and defenses mean it won’t be taking strong priority attacks bar Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, and even then, a +1 Mach Punch from Conkeldurr does upwards of 50%. Another downside to using Tornadus is that it has no useful boosting moves. The only viable boosting moves it has access to are limited to Agility and Bulk Up as compared to Thundurus' Nasty Plot and access to the same boosting moves. However, underestimate Tornadus at your own peril, as a Life Orb boosted Hurricane can 2HKO Ferrothorn and Forretress as well as Reuniclus, even with defensive investment. </p>
<p>One of the genies introduced in BW, Tornadus is often overlooked because of its inferior typing and movepool. Although it is almost completely outclassed by Thundurus, Tornadus has access to Hurricane, with which it can wreak havoc in the rain. Its pure Flying typing also grants it a good neutral STAB attack, albeit giving it weaknesses to common Electric-, Rock-, and Ice-type attacks. Torndaus's amazing offensive stats also allow it to run a mixed set with ease. Its ability, Prankster, is a massively useful tool to have, giving +1 priority to non-attacking moves such as Taunt. However, Tornadus is let down by its sub-par defensive stats, which means that it won't be taking any powerful priority attacks barring those it resists. It also has no boosting moves barring Bulk Up, which is a shame when considering its wonderful offensive stats. Still, underestimate Tornadus at your own peril, as a Life Orb- boosted Hurricane can hurt even the bulkiest of Pokemon.</p>
(Whoa, don't write such massive Overviews. You don't need to go into detail about every single thing Tornadus can achieve. I have condensed it for this reason.)
[Set]
name: Rain Abuser
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Hammer Arm
move 3: Rain Dance
move 4: Taunt / U-turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Prankster
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[Set Comments]
<p>This set takes advantage of the fact that Tornadus has access to a nice priority Rain Dance, and can wreak havoc with a perfectly accurate STAB Hurricane once the rain has been set up. Hurricane does insane amounts of damage to things that don't resist it, and even sometimes to Steel-types. It also has that handy 30% to confuse, which may cost the opponent despite its haxy chance dearly. Hammer Arm as the second move provides amazing type coverage, as well as OHKOing Tyranitar even without investment and with a lesser chance of missing than Focus Blast, which is an option over Hammer Arm. Rain Dance is present for obvious reasons, and can completely halt Sunny Day teams or Sandstorm teams.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p> The preferred move in the last moveslot is Taunt, to prevent status and set up as it prevents status and setup; however, U-turn is a completely viable option to escape unwanted situations. Life Orb is also the item of choice as it provides a nice power boost to Tornadus's attacks. Leftovers can be used to increase survivability, but there is will be a significant decrease in power output the power of Tornadus's moves. The EV spread is very straightforward, with maximum investment in SpA and Spe stats Special Attack. A Naive nature is used to maximize damage from Hammer Arm, but no Attack investment is needed to OHKO Tyranitar. Hidden Power Ice is an option over Taunt / or U-turn, but is generally inferior since it does negligible damage even to super effective targets bar Garchomp and Gliscor. </p>
<p>Politoed with Drizzle is an excellent teammate to provide a 100% accurate Hurricane. Magnezone has good synergy with Tornadus, resisting its Electric-, Ice-, and Rock-type weaknesses, while Tornadus resists Fighting-type attacks and is immune to Ground-type moves. Forretress is a good candidate for setting up Toxic Spikes and other entry hazards as well as spinning away Stealth Rock which is quite detrimental to Tornadus's health, stripping 25% away each time it switches in.</p>
[Set]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Hammer Arm
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Taunt / U-turn
item: Life Orb / Expert Belt
ability: Prankster
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 224 SpA / 252 Spe
[Set Comments]
<p>The Mixed Attacker set is similar to the Rain Abuser set with the exception of Hidden Power Ice over Rain Dance for more coverage against Garchomp and friends. Like As with the Rain Abuser set, Hammer Arm is recommended over Focus Blast for the its better accuracy and the more effective hit on Blissey and other special walls ability to 2HKO special walls such as Blissey. With the given EV spread, a Naive or Hasty nature, and in conjunction with Taunt, Tornadus completely destroys Blissey. Hammer Arm also allows Tornadus to OHKO all Tyranitar without Chople Berry, as Focus Blast is much too unreliable and can cause the game to end very quickly with an untimely miss. Hidden Power Ice is the best option for coverage, as Flying/Fighting already covers many things Hammer Arm Hammer Arm and Hurricane already cover many Pokemon.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>An Expert Belt is an option over Life Orb to possibly bluff a Choice item, but the power output from Life Orb's power boost is usually more important against non-supereffective neutral targets. U-turn can also be used to deal damage while scouting, but priority Taunt is excellent to stop faster threats from setting up and sweeping the rest of your team. Once again, rain support from Politoed aids Tornadus immensely, as it can fire powerful Hurricanes without any fear of missing.</p> (Mention Politoed since you use Hurricane)
[Other Options]
<p>The boosting moves that Tornadus has access to are ridiculously useless, since Agility is pointless with Prankster and Tornadus's already fast high Speed stat, and Tornadus is much too frail and has poor typing to take advantage of Bulk Up, despite its 115 base Attack stat. Choice sets are possible, although but Choice Scarf is outclassed by Thundurus and Choice Specs is unreliable unless rain is up because of Hurricane's poor accuracy. An alternative Rain Dance support set as Rain support with Rain Dance / Taunt / U-turn / Hurricane and Damp Rock could be utilized with Prankster to help set up Swift Swim sweepers Swift Swim users such as Kingdra sweep, but Tornadus is still quite frail, even with defensive investment. Tailwind is also a viable option, as Prankster will usually make it go first and it can support the rest of the team grants it priority, allowing Tornadus to support slower teammates. However, it is usually an inferior option as Tailwind only lasts four turns.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Ironically, its counterpart Thundurus resists its STAB and Hammer Arm / Focus Blast and can hit it with a supereffective STAB Thunderbolt Ironically, Thundurus, Tornadus's genie counterpart, is one of its best checks, resisting both Hurricane and Focus Blast and KOing it with STAB Thunderbolt. Even Hidden Power Ice will usually not OHKO a Thundurus at full health unless Tornadus is equipped with Choice Specs. Zapdos also resists the Fighting / Flying combination two moves, and is also much bulkier than Thundurus while still having a powerful STAB Thunderbolt to maim Tornadus with. Blissey and Chansey with Eviolite counter any set lacking Hammer Arm, but must be wary of Taunt. Reuniclus takes little damage from any of Tornadus's moves bar a Life Orb-boosted Hurricane, and even then if Reuniclus has set up a few Calm Minds, there is little Tornadus can do to destroy it. Scarfed Pokemon that wield powerful attacks such as ScarfChomp and Scarfed Latios / Latias Scarf users such as Garchomp and Terrakion can easily revenge Tornadus with their powerful Outrage and Draco Meteors respectively STAB attacks.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Tornadus receives the ability Defiant from the Dream World which raises its Attack stat sharply whenever another stat is forcibly lowered by the opponent. Overall, this is a decent ability, but is wasted on something like Tornadus which already has access to a much better ability in the form of Prankster which grants priority to non-attacking moves.</p>
Issues:
- "super effective" is two words, and not one.
- Please don't leave spaces between words and the <p></p> tags. I have fixed this to the best of my knowledge, but please correct it if I have missed out anywhere.
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