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[SET]
Terapagos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Offensive Entry Hazard Remover
Ability: Tera Shift
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Tera Starstorm
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
[SET COMMENTS]
Terapagos acts as a great form of entry hazard removal due to its ability to immediately threaten and outspeed most entry hazard setters like Gliscor, Skarmory, Forretress, and Great Tusk. Tera Starstorm removes weakened threats like Keldeo and Ogerpon-W and OHKOes Iron Valiant. Flamethrower roasts Steel-types, especially Gholdengo, which can come into Terapagos to spinblock it. Ice Beam OHKOes Landorus and Gliscor after Stealth Rock damage, allowing Terapagos to exert pressure against Flying teams. Heavy-Duty Boots lets Terapagos retain its ability in spite of entry hazards, letting it be a one-time check to threats like Hisuian Lilligant, Ursaluna-B, and Zamazenta. A Modest nature is preferred to hit as hard as possible, as it already outspeeds most relevant entry hazard setters without a Speed-boosting nature.
It's vital for Terapagos to have teammates that can that can wall strong attackers, meaning Terapagos does not have to give up its ability to emergency check a foe using Tera Shell. Blissey and Braviary fulfill these roles, with Blissey dealing with special attackers like Raging Bolt, Latios, and Flutter Mane, and Braviary dealing with strong physical attackers like Sneasler and Kingambit. Blissey also provides Stealth Rock and Healing Wish to support Terapagos, and Braviary appreciates Terapagos taking Braviary's job of removing entry hazards, as it lets Braviary run Close Combat for the aforementioned Kingambit. Ursaluna-B loves Terapagos's ability to take down Corviknight and Gliscor and break Gholdengo's Air Balloon. In return, Ursaluna-B deals with Steel- and Ghost-types like Archaludon, Heatran, and Sableye. Additionally, Ursaluna-B has Vacuum Wave to pick off threats like Chien-Pao and Hisuian Lilligant, as Terapagos does not OHKO them. Hisuian Zoroark provides a Fighting immunity and deals with Keldeo and Archaludon. Furthermore, Hisuian Zoroark can disguse itself as Terapagos, forcing out foes that cannot break its Tera Shell and survive an attack, which brings in walls like Iron Hands and Hisuian Goodra that Hisuian Zoroark can inconvenience with Will-O-Wisp or Trick. Porygon2 is a defensive wall that can be run alongside Terapagos to further improve the Flying and Dragon matchup, and it has Foul Play to deal with Ceruledge and Choice Band Excadrill. Ditto is able to check threats like Gouging Fire and Ceruledge that Terapagos does not have coverage for.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Normal (Offensive Entry Hazard Remover)
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Terapagos has no shortage of moves it can run, such as Earth Power, which lets it deal with Archaludon and Ceruledge; Scorching Sands, which lets it fish for burns against Alolan Muk and Clodsire; and Dazzling Gleam for Sableye. However, Terapagos would lose the coverage needed to OHKO Gliscor or threaten Corviknight and Gholdengo, in addition to Tera Starstorm's damage being comparable with super effective coverage if the opposing Pokemon is not 4x weak to Terapagos's coverage. Even though Calm Mind is tempting to use with Rapid Spin, losing crucial coverage hampers Terapagos ability to keep entry hazards off.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sasha.510532/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sapphiree.567354/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Terapagos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Offensive Entry Hazard Remover
Ability: Tera Shift
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Tera Starstorm
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
[SET COMMENTS]
Terapagos acts as a great form of entry hazard removal due to its ability to immediately threaten and outspeed most entry hazard setters like Gliscor, Skarmory, Forretress, and Great Tusk. Tera Starstorm removes weakened threats like Keldeo and Ogerpon-W and OHKOes Iron Valiant. Flamethrower roasts Steel-types, especially Gholdengo, which can come into Terapagos to spinblock it. Ice Beam OHKOes Landorus and Gliscor after Stealth Rock damage, allowing Terapagos to exert pressure against Flying teams. Heavy-Duty Boots lets Terapagos retain its ability in spite of entry hazards, letting it be a one-time check to threats like Hisuian Lilligant, Ursaluna-B, and Zamazenta. A Modest nature is preferred to hit as hard as possible, as it already outspeeds most relevant entry hazard setters without a Speed-boosting nature.
It's vital for Terapagos to have teammates that can that can wall strong attackers, meaning Terapagos does not have to give up its ability to emergency check a foe using Tera Shell. Blissey and Braviary fulfill these roles, with Blissey dealing with special attackers like Raging Bolt, Latios, and Flutter Mane, and Braviary dealing with strong physical attackers like Sneasler and Kingambit. Blissey also provides Stealth Rock and Healing Wish to support Terapagos, and Braviary appreciates Terapagos taking Braviary's job of removing entry hazards, as it lets Braviary run Close Combat for the aforementioned Kingambit. Ursaluna-B loves Terapagos's ability to take down Corviknight and Gliscor and break Gholdengo's Air Balloon. In return, Ursaluna-B deals with Steel- and Ghost-types like Archaludon, Heatran, and Sableye. Additionally, Ursaluna-B has Vacuum Wave to pick off threats like Chien-Pao and Hisuian Lilligant, as Terapagos does not OHKO them. Hisuian Zoroark provides a Fighting immunity and deals with Keldeo and Archaludon. Furthermore, Hisuian Zoroark can disguse itself as Terapagos, forcing out foes that cannot break its Tera Shell and survive an attack, which brings in walls like Iron Hands and Hisuian Goodra that Hisuian Zoroark can inconvenience with Will-O-Wisp or Trick. Porygon2 is a defensive wall that can be run alongside Terapagos to further improve the Flying and Dragon matchup, and it has Foul Play to deal with Ceruledge and Choice Band Excadrill. Ditto is able to check threats like Gouging Fire and Ceruledge that Terapagos does not have coverage for.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Normal (Offensive Entry Hazard Remover)
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Terapagos has no shortage of moves it can run, such as Earth Power, which lets it deal with Archaludon and Ceruledge; Scorching Sands, which lets it fish for burns against Alolan Muk and Clodsire; and Dazzling Gleam for Sableye. However, Terapagos would lose the coverage needed to OHKO Gliscor or threaten Corviknight and Gholdengo, in addition to Tera Starstorm's damage being comparable with super effective coverage if the opposing Pokemon is not 4x weak to Terapagos's coverage. Even though Calm Mind is tempting to use with Rapid Spin, losing crucial coverage hampers Terapagos ability to keep entry hazards off.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sasha.510532/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sapphiree.567354/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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