[SET]
Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Tera Type: Fire / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer / High Horsepower
- U-turn / High Horsepower
[SET COMMENTS]
[SET CREDITS]
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Rillaboom @ Assault Vest
Ability: Grassy Surge
Tera Type: Fire / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer / High Horsepower
- U-turn / High Horsepower
[SET COMMENTS]
- Rillaboom is a strong offensive pivot that can threaten large amounts of damage; it also provides Fake Out support for setup users like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Raging Bolt and create free turns for Pokemon such as Tornadus and Diancie to use their speed control options.
- Grassy Glide is a priority option that lets Rillaboom pick up KOs on chipped foes throughout the game and notably 2HKOes Chien-Pao and Ursaluna-B. Wood Hammer 2HKOes foes that do not resist grass, including bulky Pokemon such as Volcanion, Landorus-T, and Iron Hands, as well as OHKOing non-Defense boosted Diancie and potentially uninvested Landorus.
- U-turn provides Rillaboom with an opportunity to pivot throughout the game and make heavy use of its support options. This allows it to keep Grassy Terrain in play, as well as cycle Fake Out turns to support its teammates. Rillaboom's offensive presence and Fake Out support enables it to force more defensive plays from opponents, allowing it to pivot and flip matchups.
- High Horsepower can be brought instead of Wood Hammer or U-turn, which allows Rillaboom to hit Pokemon which often wall it, such as Archaludon, Gholdengo, Volcanion, and Chi-Yu. However, losing Wood Hammer or U-turn comes at the cost of being able to threaten less OHKOs and pivot less, respectively.
- Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain provides recovery for bulky partners like Raging Bolt and Volcarona, enables setup sweepers like Grassy Seed Chi-Yu and Kingambit, and removes Psychic Terrain for priority attackers like Chien-Pao and Kingambit. Due to Rillaboom's immense bulk and U-turn pivoting, its terrain is able to be setup multiple times per battle easily.
- Assault Vest boosts Rillaboom's Special Defense, allowing it to switch in often and make it more effective against Pokemon like Gholdengo and Archaludon. Assault Vest allows Rillaboom to live one Sludge Bomb from Landorus, as well as one Bleakwind Storm from offensive Tornadus.
- The choicee Tera types for Rillaboom are Fire or Grass. Tera Fire allows it to flip matchups against prolific Fire- and Grass-types, such as Chi-Yu, Incineroar, Ogerpon-H, and Chien-Pao, which it struggles to combat defensively without using Tera. Tera Grass can also be used on teams where Rillaboom is needed to perform more offensively, boosting its STAB Grassy Glide and Wood Hammer. Tera Grass guarantees an OHKO with Wood Hammer and a 2HKO with Grassy Glide against Ting-Lu, Ogerpon-W, Landorus, and Walking Wake.
- Rillaboom has the flexibility to fit on almost any team because of its immense utility, power, and bulk, which are often appreciated on many archetypes. Key teammates include bulky setup Pokemon such as Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Gholdengo, which appreciate its Grassy Terrain and Fake Out support, providing opportunities to set up and additional recovery. Priority attackers like Chien-Pao, Kingambit, and Dragonite appreciate the removal of Psychic Terrain that Rillaboom provides. Landorus and Chi-Yu appreciate Rillaboom's offensive presence to threaten their common checks like Ogerpon-W, as well as Fake Out support to deliver more turns of devastating attacks.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/logice.617069/
Quality checked by:
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