Turtonator [QC 2/2]

[Sectonia]

[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Dragon Pulse / Stone Edge
item: White Herb
ability: Shell Armor
nature: Timid / Naive
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Turtonator finds a niche on hyper offense teams that may struggle with certain pokemon like Ninetales and Charizard due to the defensive typing that allows it to resist their main STAB and set up on them; however, its low speed means it needs either Sticky Web support or two Shell Smashes to sweep successfully. Shell Smash allows it to set up quickly, and White Herb is used to reset the stat drops from Shell Smash so it can take hits better. It should set up on Pokemon like Rotom-Mow, Charizard, and Ninetales, although it must be wary of Toxic from the former two. Dragon Pulse is run along with Draco Meteor to have a STAB that won't drop Turtonator's Special Attack stat, which allows it to save Draco Meteor for an important KO later on. Stone Edge allows Turtonator to take advantage of the attack boost from Shell Smash, and allows Turtonator to easily take out Ninetales and Charizard without risking a drop from Draco Meteor before they can cripple Turtonator with Toxic. If running Stone Edge, Naive should be run over Timid, and an EV spread of 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe should be run instead. Lum Berry can be ran to prevent status effects from crippling it so it can set up easier. However, this is situational, and White Herb helps ease set up against far more targets. Turtonator can use a Rapid Spin set, with Rapid Spin and Will-O-Wisp over Shell Smash and Dragon Pulse with a specially defensive EV spread and Heavy-Duty Boots over White Herb, but it faces competition with other removers and is better offensively.

Turtonator beats Fire-types such as Ninetales, Salazzle, and Charizard so hyper offense teams that struggle with them will appreciate having Turtonator. Vanilluxe appreciates Turtonator more than most, since Turtonator can deal with Ninetales blocking Aurora Veil. In exchange, Vanilluxe can ease Turtonator's set up with Aurora Veil, and can deal with Ground-types, like Rhydon, Gastrodon, and Claydol while also chipping Snorlax for Turtonator. Turtonator's speed is impressive after a Shell Smash, but isn't enough to outspeed any scarfer, so Sticky Web support from Galvantula or Vikavolt is appreciated. Turtonator appreciates partners that can take out resists to Fire Blast, and can shrug off Draco Meteor, such as Vaporeon and Snorlax, so pokemon like Drednaw, Choice Band Mudsdale, or Indeedee with Trick or Psyshock can rid of those pokemon, and pave the way for a Turtonator sweep. Partners such as Silvally-Fairy, Duraludon, and Frosmoth that can threaten out opposing Dragon-types before Turtonator attempts to sweep can be good partners. Linoone fits on the type of teams that Turtonator would go on too, and can threaten out Pokemon like Snorlax that would attempt to wall Turtonator. In exchange, Turtonator can soften up the opposing team to allow Linoone to sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[SectoniaServant, 400313]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mavis, 469610], [Expulso, 202058]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Sectonia]

Ready for QC. I didn't add the Power Herb with Solar Beam in the set because afaik, only Aldo uses it, but if QC wants it to be added, I'll add it.

 

[Sectonia]

Scrubbed out the Slurpuff mentions, and updated the set after seeing some questions about it

 

[Mavis]

volcano

[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Dragon Pulse / Stone Edge
item: White Herb
ability: Shell Armor
nature: Timid / Naive
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Turtonator finds a niche on hyper offense teams that may struggle with certain pokemon like Ninetales and Charizard due to the defensive typing that allows it to resist the main STAB from the two. Shell Smash allows it to set up quickly, and White Herb is used to reset the stat drops from Shell Smash so it can take hits better. Dragon Pulse is run along with Draco Meteor to have a STAB that won't drop Turtonator's Special Attack stat, which allows it to save Draco Meteor for an important KO later on. Stone Edge allows Turtonator to take advantage of the attack boost from Shell Smash, and allows Turtonator to easily take out Ninetales and Charizard without risking a drop from Draco Meteor. If running Stone Edge, Naive should be run over Timid, and an EV spread of 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe should be run instead. Turtonator can use a Rapid Spin set, with Rapid Spin and Will-O-Wisp over Shell Smash and Dragon Pulse with a physically defensive EV spread and Heavy-Duty Boots over White Herb, but it faces competition with other removers and is better offensively.

Turtonator beats Ninetales Fire-types such as Ninetales, Salazzle, and Charizard, so hyper offense teams that struggle with Ninetales them will appreciate having Turtonator. Vanilluxe appreciates Turtonator more than most, since Turtonator can deal with Ninetales blocking Aurora Veil. In exchange, Vanilluxe can ease Turtonator's set up with Aurora Veil, and can deal with Ground-types, like Rhydon, Gastrodon, and Claydol. Turtonator's speed is impressive after a Shell Smash, but isn't enough to outspeed any scarfer, so Sticky Web support from Galvantula or Vikavolt is appreciated. Turtonator appreciates partners that can take out resists to Fire Blast, and can shrug off Draco Meteor, such as Vaporeon and Snorlax, so pokemon like Hitmonlee or Galvantula can rid of those pokemon, and pave the way for a Turtonator sweep. Partners such as x, y, z that can threaten out opposing Dragon-types before Turtonator attempts to sweep can be good partners. Linoone fits on the type of teams that Turtonator would go on too, and can threaten out pPokemon like Snorlax that would attempt to wall Turtonator. In exchange, Turtonator can soften up the opposing team to allow Linoone to sweep.

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[Sectonia]

mavis goat, implemented and ready for the next

 

[Expulso]

SectoniaServant qc 2/2 once implemented. :D

add remove comments

akuma pose on em like turtonator

[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Dragon Pulse / Stone Edge
item: White Herb
ability: Shell Armor
nature: Timid / Naive
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Turtonator finds a niche on hyper offense teams that may struggle with certain Pokemon like Ninetales and Charizard due to the defensive typing that allows it to resist the their main STABs from the two and set up on them; however, its extremely low base Speed means that it needs Sticky Web support or two Shell Smashes to successfully sweep. Shell Smash allows it to set up quickly, and White Herb is used to reset the stat drops from Shell Smash so it can take hits better. [mention Pokemon it can set up on; Rotom-Mow comes to mind, think of a few others. mention how, although u resist tales/zard and can nominally set up on them, they cripple u with Toxic]. Dragon Pulse is run along with Draco Meteor to have a STAB that won't drop Turtonator's Special Attack stat, which allows it to save Draco Meteor for an important KO later on. Stone Edge allows Turtonator to take advantage of the attack boost from Shell Smash, and allows Turtonator to easily take out Ninetales and Charizard without risking a drop from Draco Meteor before they can cripple Turtonator with Toxic. [important to add this because it doesn't take much damage from their attacks]. If running Stone Edge, Naive should be run over Timid, and an EV spread of 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe should be run instead. [maybe mention Lum to stop status from crippling you, making it easier to get the two Smashes that are often necessary. no slash needed tho]. Turtonator can use a Rapid Spin set, with Rapid Spin and Will-O-Wisp over Shell Smash and Dragon Pulse with a physically defensive [feel like SpDef is better for Charizard, Tales, and Rotom-Mow, no?] EV spread and Heavy-Duty Boots over White Herb, but it faces competition with other removers and is better offensively.

Turtonator beats Fire-types such as Ninetales, Salazzle, and Charizard so hyper offense teams that struggle with them will appreciate having Turtonator. Vanilluxe appreciates Turtonator more than most, since Turtonator can deal with Ninetales blocking Aurora Veil. In exchange, Vanilluxe can ease Turtonator's set up with Aurora Veil, and can deal with Ground-types, like Rhydon, Gastrodon, and Claydol while also chipping Snorlax for Turtonator. Turtonator's speed is impressive after a Shell Smash, but isn't enough to outspeed any scarfer, so Sticky Web support from Galvantula or Vikavolt is appreciated. Turtonator appreciates partners that can take out resists to Fire Blast, and can shrug off Draco Meteor, such as Vaporeon and Snorlax, so pokemon like Hitmonlee or Galvantula can rid of those pokemon, and pave the way for a Turtonator sweep. [the opponent can often just keep these in the back for turtonator. thus, emphasize mention mons that lure them in and chip them to pave the way for Turt, such as Drednaw [double turtle!!] or CB Mudsdale for Vaporeon and Indeedee (trick/Psyshock) for Snorlax]. Partners such as Silvally-Fairy, Duraludon, and Frosmoth that can threaten out opposing Dragon-types before Turtonator attempts to sweep can be good partners. Linoone fits on the type of teams that Turtonator would go on too, and can threaten out Pokemon like Snorlax that would attempt to wall Turtonator. In exchange, Turtonator can soften up the opposing team to allow Linoone to sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[SectoniaServant, 400313]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mavis, 469610], [Expulso, 202058]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Sectonia]

Implemented above, will send to GP soon. Sorry for the wait!