Team of the Week: [Gen 9] OU Choice Specs Gholdengo

[Gen 9] OU Team of the Week: Choice Specs Gholdengo

Team by Baloor | Description by dex | Grammar checked by CryoGyro

Baxcalibur @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Thermal Exchange  
Tera Type: Dragon  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Icicle Crash  
- Glaive Rush  
- Earthquake  
- Dragon Dance  

Gholdengo @ Choice Specs  
Ability: Good as Gold  
Tera Type: Flying  
EVs: 108 HP / 252 SpA / 148 Spe  
Modest Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Shadow Ball  
- Make It Rain  
- Power Gem  
- Thunderbolt  

Great Tusk @ Booster Energy  
Ability: Protosynthesis  
Tera Type: Ghost / Water  
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Close Combat / Knock Off  
- Rapid Spin  
- Stealth Rock  

Iron Valiant @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Quark Drive  
Tera Type: Fairy  
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe  
Naive Nature  
- Moonblast  
- Close Combat  
- Knock Off  
- Trick  

Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers  
Ability: Levitate  
Tera Type: Steel  
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 196 SpD / 12 Spe  
Calm Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Thunder Wave  
- Hydro Pump  
- Volt Switch  
- Protect  

Kingambit @ Leftovers / Lum Berry  
Ability: Supreme Overlord  
Tera Type: Fairy  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
- Kowtow Cleave  
- Tera Blast  
- Sucker Punch  
- Swords Dance  

This team was built during SPL to experiment with Choice Specs Gholdengo and Tera Blast Kingambit, and it has seen usage in WCOP. Baxcalibur provides the team with an important resistance to Water and a sweeping option should Kingambit not get the chance; Tera Dragon allows it to burst through physically defensive Volcarona in a pinch. Gholdengo punches holes in the opposition for Kingambit to sweep late-game; Power Gem makes it a Volcarona lure and Thunderbolt is an excellent midground option for Corviknight, Toxapex, and Tera Water Pokemon like Skeledirge and Garganacl. Great Tusk provides the team with entry hazard control and a reliable switch-in to Kingambit. With Booster Energy, it can outspeed threatening Pokemon like Dragapult. Tera Ghost allows Great Tusk to spinblock, while Tera Water improves its defensive profile against Cinderace. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant is additional speed control and a soft Kingambit check should Great Tusk need to Terastallize. Knock Off and Trick improve the team's matchup against bulkier teams. Rotom-W gives a Ground immunity to the squad while importantly spreading paralysis with Thunder Wave, making it easier for Baxcalibur or Kingambit to sweep; Tera Steel helps it against non-Fire Punch Dragonite and Iron Valiant. Finally, Tera Fairy + Tera Blast Kingambit is the team's main sweeper. Tera Fairy turns its Fighting weakness into a resistance without giving it any weakness to Iron Valiant's common coverage moves, plus giving it a super effective coverage move of its own to hit Iron Valiant and Great Tusk.