UU Tornadus [GP 2/2]

[Band]

[OVERVIEW]

Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack, and powerful and diverse coverage make it a good setup sweeper in UU. Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its power even further and muscle through walls like Chansey and Celesteela. It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening the opposing team by spamming perfectly accurate Hurricanes. Rain also gives it reliable coverage for Rhyperior, Nihilego, and Rotom-H in Water-type Weather Ball. However, Tornadus's Hurricane is too unreliable to spam outside of rain. Tornadus also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses, cannot consistently pressure foes like Primarina, fails to remove certain Flying-resistant Pokemon like Celesteela, and falls prey to threats like Nihilego, Raikou, and Lycanroc-D.

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey. Hurricane hits Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina. Weather Ball in rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful outside of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively. Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela. Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively, but it is generally inferior. Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority is generally inferior. However, Prankster has a minor use to let Tornadus boost before Azelf's Taunt.

Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokemon like Tangrowth and Amoonguss. Electric-types like Rotom-W also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego. Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus; in return, it disposes of Grass-types for them. On non-rain teams, Fire-types like Moltres pressure Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Amoonguss with U-turn and deal with Rotom-W, while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Grass Knot can be run over Weather Ball to grant a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but it fails to OHKO the former and makes Tornadus unable to hit Aegislash. A physical Defiant set with Acrobatics, Knock Off, U-turn, and Superpower without an item can be used to punish Intimidate users like Krookodile and Defoggers like Salamence. Acrobatics destroys Grass-types like Amoonguss and hits a lot of the tier extremely hard at +2. However, this set can't run Heavy-Duty Boots and gets worn down quite quickly by Stealth Rock. Tornadus can use utility moves like Defog and Taunt with Prankster to help its teammates, but it has very little bulk and longevity to consistently pull off these moves.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes multiple +2 Hurricanes and only fears +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, and Chansey can wear down Tornadus with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into it relatively comfortably if unboosted, but they have to be wary of Weather Ball in rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but it folds to Water-type Weather Ball and boosted Focus Blast.

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela can comfortably switch into Hurricane, really only fearing Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn and bring in an answer to it, and Celesteela can take Hurricane very easily and heal back with Leech Seed.

**Electric-types**: Rotom-W and Rotom-H can comfortably switch into Tornadus's Hurricane and retaliate, but they get hit hard by its boosted coverage moves. Raikou and Thundurus-T OHKO it with their Electric-type STAB moves, and the former even outspeeds it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [KM, 180416], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [Finland, 517429]]

 

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[Monky25]

genie in a bottle

[OVERVIEW]

• Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack and powerful and diverse coverage let it act as a good setup sweeper in UU. It's access to Nasty Plot lets it boost its power even further, letting it muscle through special walls like Rhyperior and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro.
• Tornadus's main niche over Thundurus is its STAB Hurricane along with amazing Speed, (this makes it sound like torn is fast while thundurus isn't, try to reword this a bit) hitting the tier's main defensive Grass-types in Amoonguss and Tangrowth extremely hard and outspeeding offensive foes like Keldeo, Mienshao, and Zarude.
• It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening opposing team by spamming 100% accurate Hurricanes. It also gains reliable coverage for Rhyperior and Rotom-H in a Water-type Weather Ball.
• However, Its typing serves it basically no defensive utility, and its STAB move is too unreliable to spam outside of rain, unlike its competition in Thundurus. twin Thundurus's. I'd also emphasize how its poor defensive utility means it has a hard time setting up, meaning it cannot bypass its checks with a boost.
• It can't constantly pressure common threats like Celesteela and Primarina like Thundurus, and fails to cripple special walls like Chansey without the ability to run Knock Off.
• It falls prey to foes like Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Lycanroc-D, the former being able to comfortably switch into its STAB move.

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey and Rhyperior.
• Hurricane is used to hit Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina.
• Weather Ball under rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful out of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively.
• Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela.
• Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively, but pressuring foes like Rotom-W and Rotom-H becomes harder. not really since blast still does a ton to them, and you struggle to beat the latter anyway. try to make this point clearer by saying since torn is mostly run on rain and the power of heat wave is weakened and thus less preferred
• Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority isn't needed.

• Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokémon like Tangrowth and Amoonguss.
• Electric-types like Heliolisk and Regieleki also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch, and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego.
• Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus, and in return it disposes of Grass-types for them.
• On non rain teams, Ground- and Fire-types like Krookodile and Moltres pressure the Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. The former can set Stealth Rock to help Tornadus wallbreak, and can remove Rock-types that stop Tornadus's sweep, notably Nihilego and Lycanroc-D.
• Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Tapu Bulu with U-turn while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Grass Knot grants a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but fails to OHKO the former. Opting for it in place of Focus Blast leaves Tornadus walled by Chansey and Celesteela, while opting for it in place of Weather Ball or Dark Pulse leaves it walled by Steel-types. ??? it still has blast. I read this is as cane / gknot / focus blast which hits steels apart from aegi. Make this clearer
-add a mention of offensive pivot, make sure to say how its just inferior to thundurus
-add a mention of a prankster utility set with tailwind and defog

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes +2 Hurricanes and only fears a +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, (it still has a chance to 2HKO so I added the reliably bit to have it more accurate) and Chansey can wear down Tornadus in the process with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego outspeed and nihilego does not outspeed tornadus OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into relatively comfortably if unboosted, but it has to be wary of Weather Ball under rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but folds to Water-type Weather Ball, Grass Knot, (since grass knot is an OO it shouldnt be mentioned here) and boosted Focus Blast.

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela comfortably switch into Hurricane and really only fear Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, while Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn against to bring an answer to it. Celesteela can ??? finish this

electric-types should get their own section, raikou outspeeds while thundy forms and rotom-w can take a hit and deal heavy damage back

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

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[KM]

qc 2/3 !!

[OVERVIEW]

• Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack and powerful and diverse coverage let it act as a good setup sweeper in UU. It's access to Nasty Plot lets it boost its power even further, letting it muscle through special walls like Rhyperior and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro. Not sure if these are the best examples -- Rhyperior isn't 100% KO'd by +2 focus blast and easily OHKOs back, and NP doesn't really define any interactions with GBro either. I think it's better to focus on stuff like Umbreon that Nasty Plot lets you boost to outdamage their healing.
• Tornadus's main niche over Thundurus is its STAB Hurricane and equally amazing Speed hitting the tier's main defensive Grass-types in Amoonguss and Tangrowth extremely hard and outspeeding offensive foes like Keldeo, Mienshao, and Zarude. Awkward phrasing because "having the same speed" isn't a niche over Thundurus. maybe rephrase as "like Thundurus, Tornadus' speed tier lets it outspeed x y z, but it sets itself apart with stab hurricane hitting grass types etc"
• It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening opposing team by spamming 100% accurate Hurricanes. It also gains reliable coverage for Rhyperior and Rotom-H and Nihilego in a Water-type Weather Ball.
• However, Its typing serves it basically no defensive utility, and its STAB move is too unreliable to spam outside of rain, unlike its competition in Thundurus. It also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses. pure flying typing is not that bad defensively -- it's really more its stats.
• It can't constantly pressure foes such as Celesteela and Primarina like Thundurus, and fails to cripple special walls like Chansey without the ability to run Knock Off. +2 torn OHKOs offensive prim and more defensive sets fail to OHKO it so I'd choose a different example.
• It falls prey to foes like Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Lycanroc-D, the former being able to comfortably switch into its STAB move.

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey and Rhyperior. see above note on rhyp
• Hurricane is used to hit Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina.
• Weather Ball under rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful out of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively.
• Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela.
• Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively. However, Tornadus should be used on rain teams, so Heat Wave is often times not worth it.
• Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority isn't needed. not sure how i feel about this. prankster does have applications -- for instance, letting you NP before you get taunted by zelf. it's pretty minor, so I think you can justify defiant for bluffing still, but i think you should say that Prankster's applications are limited, not unnecessary.

• Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokémon like Tangrowth and Amoonguss.
• Electric-types like Heliolisk and Regieleki also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch, and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego. there is no world in which we should be mentioning helio and regi and not rotom wash
• Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus, and in return it disposes of Grass-types for them. this feels in contrast with the multiple places you cite rhyperior as something torn can break through
• On non rain teams, Ground- and Fire-types like Krookodile and Moltres pressure the Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. The former can set Stealth Rock to help Tornadus wallbreak, and can remove Rock-types that stop Tornadus's sweep, notably Nihilego and Lycanroc-D. On non-rain teams, you're running dark pulse, so you don't need support to check Aegislash.
• Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Tapu Bulu with U-turn while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it. amoonguss not bulu

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

• Grass Knot can be run over Weather Ball to grant a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but fails to OHKO the former, and it makes Tornadus unable to hit Aegislash.
• An physical pivot set with Acrobatics, Knock Off, U-turn, and Superpower without an item can be used to pressure switch-ins like Aegislash with Knock Off while also hitting checks like Nihilego and Chansey with Superpower and Grass-types like Amoonguss with Acrobatics. However, this set can't run Heavy-Duty Boots, so it gets worn down quite quickly by Stealth Rock, unlike pivot Thundurus. the crux and point of this set is defiant allowing you to punish krook / mence structures and defog, as well as the general lack of switchins to physical flying type moves in the tier. should be stressed.
• Tornadus can use priority utility moves like Defog and Taunt with its Prankster ability to help its teammates, but it has very little bulk and longevity, so pulling these moves off constantly is hard.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes +2 Hurricanes and only fears a +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, and Chansey can wear down Tornadus in the process with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into relatively comfortably if unboosted, but it has to be wary of Weather Ball under rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but folds to Water-type Weather Ball and boosted Focus Blast. see above for rhyp

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela comfortably switch into Hurricane and really only fear Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, while Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn against to bring an answer to it.

**Electric-types**: Rotom-W and Rotom-H can comfortably switch into Tornadus's STAB move and hit it back for big damage, but they get hit hard by its boosted coverage moves. Raikou and Thundurus OHKO it with their Electric-type STAB moves and the former outspeeds it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

 

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Done

 

[Twilight]

Bandkrook write this up

 

[Band]

Done, sorry

 

[Twilight]

Bandkrook, post: 8923926, member: 301217

[OVERVIEW]

Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack, and powerful and diverse coverage let it act as a good setup sweeper in UU. It's access to Nasty Plot lets it boost its power even further, letting it muscle through walls like Chansey and Celesteela. Tornadus's main niche over Thundurus is its STAB Hurricane and more options for coverage, hitting the tier's main defensive Grass-types in Amoonguss and Tangrowth extremely hard and outspeeding offensive foes like Keldeo, Mienshao, and Zarude. This sentence implies Thundurus doesn't do any of this. It is also faster than these. 'More coverage options' is also vague and based on the set it is barely any more special than Thundurus's coverage. STAB Hurricane is basically the big difference between the two to remove Grass-types with ease. It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening opposing team by spamming 100% accurate Hurricanes. It also gains reliable coverage for Rhyperior, Nihilego, and Rotom-H in a Water-type Weather Ball. However, its STAB move is too unreliable to spam outside of rain, unlike its competition in Thundurus. It also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses. It can't constantly pressure foes such as Celesteela like Thundurus, and fails to cripple special walls like Chansey without the ability to run Knock Off. You don't need to compare it to Thundy in this point. Just say that it isn't reliable at removing common flying resists like Cele and Washtom. It falls prey to foes like Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Lycanroc-D, the former being able to comfortably switch into its STAB move. I mean if it's at +2 only Lycan is revenging it, these other two will lose to Weather Ball or take more than half from its other coverage. You'd be better off with an example like Raikou

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey. Hurricane is used to hit Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina. Weather Ball under rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful out of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively. Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela. Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively. However, Tornadus should be used on rain teams, so Heat Wave is often times not worth it. I would just say how it can cover most targets Heat Wave hits with Hurricane and its other coverage options instead. Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority is generally inferior. It has a minor use, however, letting Tornadus boost before having Azelf use Taunt on it.

Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokémon like Tangrowth and Amoonguss. Electric-types like Rotom-W and Regieleki replace eleki for something not garbo also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch, and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego. Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus, and in return it disposes of Grass-types for them. On non-rain teams, Fire-types like Moltres pressure the Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Amoonguss with U-turn while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it. Mention how Zarude deals with Rotom-W

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Grass Knot can be run over Weather Ball to grant a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but fails to OHKO the former, and it makes Tornadus unable to hit Aegislash. A physical Defiant set with Acrobatics, Knock Off, U-turn, and Superpower without an item can be used to punish Intimidate users like Krookodile and Defog users like Salamence. Acrobatics destroys Grass-types like Amoonguss, and +2, hits a lot of the tier extremely hard. However, this set can't run Heavy-Duty Boots, so it gets worn down quite quickly by Stealth Rock, unlike pivot Thundurus. Tornadus can use priority utility moves like Defog and Taunt with its Prankster ability to help its teammates, but it has very little bulk and longevity, so pulling these moves off constantly is hard.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes +2 Hurricanes and only fears a +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, and Chansey can wear down Tornadus in the process with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into relatively comfortably if unboosted, but it has to be wary of Weather Ball under rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but folds to Water-type Weather Ball and boosted Focus Blast.

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela comfortably switch into Hurricane and really only fear Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, while Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn against to bring an answer to it.

**Electric-types**: Rotom-W and Rotom-H can comfortably switch into Tornadus's STAB move and hit it back for big damage, but they get hit hard by its boosted coverage moves. Raikou and Thundurus OHKO it with their Electric-type STAB moves and the former outspeeds it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

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[OVERVIEW]

Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack,(remove bold) and powerful and diverse coverage let it act as a good setup sweeper in UU. Its access to Nasty Plot lets it Tornadus boost its power even further,(RC) letting it and muscle through walls like Chansey and Celesteela. It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening the opposing team by spamming 100% perfectly accurate Hurricanes. It also gains reliable coverage for Rhyperior, Nihilego, and Rotom-H in a Water-type Weather Ball. However, its STAB move Tornadus's Hurricane is too unreliable to spam outside of rain. It also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses. It can't constantly pressure foes such as Primarina like Thundurus-T, and fails to remove Flying-type resists like Celesteela. It falls prey to foes like Nihilego, Raikou, and Lycanroc-D, the former being able to comfortably switch into its STAB move before boosting. Tornadus also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses, cannot consistently pressure foes like Primarina, fails to remove Flying-resistant Pokemon like Celesteela, and falls prey to threats like Nihilego, Raikou, and Lycanroc-D.(Combined the choppy sentences.)

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey. Hurricane is used to hits Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina. Weather Ball under in rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful outside of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively. Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela. Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively, but it is generally inferior. Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority is generally inferior. It has a minor use, however, letting Tornadus boost before having Azelf use Taunt on it. However, it has a minor use to let Tornadus boost before Azelf's Taunt.

Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokemon(removed accented e) like Tangrowth and Amoonguss. Electric-types like Rotom-W also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch,(RC) and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego. Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus;(comma to semicolon) and in return,(AC) it disposes of Grass-types for them. On non-rain teams, Fire-types like Moltres pressure the Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Amoonguss with U-turn and deal with Rotom-W,(AC) while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Grass Knot can be run over Weather Ball to grant a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but it fails to OHKO the former,(RC) and it makes Tornadus unable to hit Aegislash. A physical Defiant set with Acrobatics, Knock Off, U-turn, and Superpower without an item can be used to punish Intimidate users like Krookodile and Defog users Defoggers like Salamence. Acrobatics destroys Grass-types like Amoonguss,(RC) and +2,(RC) hits a lot of the tier extremely hard at +2. However, this set can't run Heavy-Duty Boots,(RC) so it and gets worn down quite quickly by Stealth Rock. Tornadus can use priority utility moves like Defog and Taunt with Prankster to help its teammates, but it has very little bulk and longevity,(RC) so pulling these moves off constantly is hard to consistently pull off these moves.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes multiple +2 Hurricanes and only fears a +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, and Chansey can wear down Tornadus in the process with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into relatively comfortably if unboosted, but it has they have to be wary of Weather Ball under in rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but it folds to Water-type Weather Ball and boosted Focus Blast.

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela can comfortably switch into Hurricane and really only fear Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, while Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn against to and bring in an answer to it.(What about Celesteela?)

**Electric-types**: Rotom-W and Rotom-H can comfortably switch into Tornadus's STAB move and hit it back for big damage retaliate, but they get hit hard by its boosted coverage moves. Raikou and Thundurus-T OHKO it with their Electric-type STAB moves,(AC) and the former even outspeeds it.(repetition of hit)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [KM, 180416], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

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Tornadus's blistering Speed, high Special Attack, and powerful and diverse coverage let it act as make it a good setup sweeper in UU. Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its power even further and muscle through walls like Chansey and Celesteela. It shines mainly on rain teams, severely threatening the opposing team by spamming perfectly accurate Hurricanes. It also gains Rain also gives it reliable coverage for Rhyperior, Nihilego, and Rotom-H in Water-type Weather Ball. However, Tornadus's Hurricane is too unreliable to spam outside of rain. Tornadus also struggles to boost safely because of its terrible defenses, cannot consistently pressure foes like Primarina, fails to remove certain (bc eg rhyperior with water weather ball) Flying-resistant Pokemon like Celesteela, and falls prey to threats like Nihilego, Raikou, and Lycanroc-D.

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Weather Ball / Dark Pulse
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Defiant
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nasty Plot lets Tornadus boost its Special Attack to muscle through checks like Chansey. Hurricane hits Grass- and Fighting-types like Amoonguss and Keldeo. It's also a good neutral hit on foes like Primarina. Weather Ball in rain destroys Rotom-H and Rhyperior, while Dark Pulse is more useful outside of rain teams to hit Jirachi and Aegislash super effectively. Focus Blast hits Chansey, Rhyperior, and Celesteela. Heat Wave is an option over Dark Pulse to maintain coverage for Aegislash and Jirachi and hit Celesteela super effectively, but it is generally inferior. Defiant is used to bluff a physical set, as Prankster's priority is generally inferior. However, it Prankster has a minor use to let Tornadus boost before Azelf's Taunt.

Pelipper is a mandatory teammate if running Weather Ball, providing rain and a slow U-turn to get Tornadus in safely against Pokemon like Tangrowth and Amoonguss. Electric-types like Rotom-W also get Tornadus in safely against the aforementioned Grass-types with Volt Switch and can remove or wear down checks like Celesteela and Nihilego. Barraskweda and Keldeo are good at pressuring Rhyperior and Chansey for Tornadus; in return, it disposes of Grass-types for them. On non-rain teams, Fire-types like Moltres pressure Steel-types that check Tornadus, like Aegislash and Celesteela. Zarude can get Tornadus in safely against Grass-types like Amoonguss with U-turn and deal with Rotom-W, while Tornadus destroys Grass- and Fighting-types like Tangrowth and Mienshao for it.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Grass Knot can be run over Weather Ball to grant a more reliable hit on Krookodile, Rhyperior, and Gastrodon, but it fails to OHKO the former and makes Tornadus unable to hit Aegislash. A physical Defiant set with Acrobatics, Knock Off, U-turn, and Superpower without an item can be used to punish Intimidate users like Krookodile and Defoggers like Salamence. Acrobatics destroys Grass-types like Amoonguss and hits a lot of the tier extremely hard at +2. However, this set can't run Heavy-Duty Boots and gets worn down quite quickly by Stealth Rock. Tornadus can use utility moves like Defog and Taunt with Prankster to help its teammates, but it has very little bulk and longevity to consistently pull off these moves.

Checks and Counters
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**Chansey**: Chansey easily takes multiple +2 Hurricane Hurricanes and only fears +2 Focus Blast. Even then, the move fails to 2HKO it reliably, and Chansey can wear down Tornadus with Toxic + Seismic Toss or bring in a teammate with Teleport.

**Rock-types**: Lycanroc-D and Nihilego OHKO Tornadus with their Rock-type STAB attacks, and the latter can switch into it relatively comfortably if unboosted, but they have to be wary of Weather Ball in rain. Rhyperior can take an unboosted Focus Blast and OHKO Tornadus back, but it folds to Water-type Weather Ball and boosted Focus Blast.

**Steel-types**: Aegislash, Jirachi, and Celesteela can comfortably switch into Hurricane and really only fear Hurricane, really only fearing Tornadus's coverage moves. Aegislash hits Tornadus very hard with Shadow Ball, Jirachi can generate momentum with U-turn and bring in an answer to it, and Celesteela can take Hurricane very easily and heal back with Leech Seed.

**Electric-types**: Rotom-W and Rotom-H can comfortably switch into Tornadus's STAB move Hurricane and retaliate, but they get hit hard by its boosted coverage moves. Raikou and Thundurus-T OHKO it with their Electric-type STAB moves, and the former even outspeeds it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Bandkrook, 301217]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [KM, 180416], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [Finland, 517429]]

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