M&M Defensive Eternatus [Done]

[Slither Wing]

[SET]
Defensive (Eternatus) @ Rocky Helmet / Black Sludge / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Sludge Bomb
- Dynamax Cannon / Toxic / Dragon Tail
- Flamethrower / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging excellent stats in combination with a great defensive typing, Eternatus stands as one of the tier's most flexible walls, being able to be tailored to take on the majority of the metagame. Dynamax Cannon acts as a great secondary STAB move, letting Eternatus more reliably threaten foes that resist Sludge Bomb such as Great Tusk and Landorus, whereas Toxic lets it pressure bulky setup sweepers such as Lunala, Lugia, and Arceus formes looking to set up on it while also annoying other defensive switch-ins like Mega-Evolved Garganacl, Ho-Oh, and Hippowdon. Dragon Tail also halts bulky setup sweepers like the aformentinoed ones and Arceus-Poison while having the benefit of racking up entry hazard chip. Flamethrower threatens foes that resist Sludge Bomb, notably targeting Steel-types such as Magearna, non-Venusaurite Corviknight, and Solgaleo. Toxic Spikes is a niche alternative, letting Eternatus pressure teams lacking a Poison-type, although it is less common due to the prevalence of Eternatus and Galarian Slowking. The given EVs let Eternatus outspeed maximum Speed Lunala and Lucarionite Raging Bolt; alternatively, it can forgo Defense EVs for more Speed. Rocky Helmet is preferred on physically defensive variants, as it lets Eternatus punish foes such as Urshifu-R, Hisuian Arcanine, and Hisuian Samurott more. Black Sludge grants it more longevity, while Heavy-Duty Boots gives it a permanent immunity to entry hazards. Thanks to Eternatus's well-rounded stats and typing, it finds itself a place on almost all balance or bulkier teams, soft checking common threats such as Regieleki and Hisuian Arcanine. Specially defensive walls such as Ho-Oh, Mandibuzz, and most Arceus formes make great partners, as they can take on strong special wallbreakers such as Walking Wake, Landorus, and setup Solgaleo that Eternatus struggles against. Eternatus also pairs well with Latiasite Steel-types such as Solgaleo and Magearna, as they are able to take on Dragon- and Ground-types such as opposing Eternatus, Arceus-Ground, and Great Tusk. In return, Eternatus takes on Red Orb users such as Raikou and Raging Bolt, as well as Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Galarian Zapdos. Eternatus also struggle versus Psychic-types such as Solgaleo and Deoxys-S, which makes teammates such as Lunala and Mandibuzz appreciated.

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[Quantum Tesseract]

Mostly pretty good content, though I would list eg Deoxys-speed over Azelf. Red orb raikou is slower than arceus, so I think there you mean while still being able to wall red orb raikou?

In terms of contents, I have some issues with the set slashings. This would seem to suggest you could make a set of dragon tail / toxic spikes / sludge bomb, which really isn't true? I'm very skeptical of Dragon tail as a first slash in general, honestly, especially when the set has sludge bomb as optional; you 100% need either dynamax or sludge bomb on a set. I would put a revised set as looking something like

- Recover
- Sludge Bomb
- Dynamax Cannon / Toxic / Dragon Tail
- Flamethrower / Toxic

and tspikes only in OO as they're significantly worse than anything else on the set.

 

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[SET]
Defensive (Eternatus) @ Rocky Helmet / Black Sludge / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spe 96 HP / 192 Def / 220 Spe I'll leave this choice to u whether u want to do the ugly 'OR slash' / just keep 96 hp variant as OO (what i did) / make my variant OO and keep the current one
IVs: 0 Atk
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Sludge Bomb
- Dynamax Cannon / Toxic / Dragon Tail
- Flamethrower / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging excellent stats in combination with a great defensive typing, Eternatus stands as one of the tiers most flexible walls, being able to be tailored to take on the majority of the metagame. Dynamax Cannon acts as a great secondary STAB, letting Eternatus more reliably threaten foes that resist Sludge Bomb such as Great Tusk and Landorus, while Toxic lets Eternatus pressure bulky setup sweepers such as Lunala, Lugia, and Arceus formes (that may try to use it as setup fodder), while also annoying other defensive switch-ins like Post-mega Garganacl, Ho-Oh, and Lugia Hippowdon. Dragon Tail is an option that also halters bulky setup sweepers like those mentioned before (esp those that don't care about toxic, such as poisonceus), while also having the benefit of racking up hazard chip. Flamethrower also threatens foes that resist Sludge Bomb, this time targeting Steel-types such as Magearna, non-Venusaurite Corviknight and Solgaleo. Toxic Spikes is a niche alternative, letting Eternatus pressure teams lacking a Poison-type, although it is less common due to the prevalence of Eternatus and Galarian Slowking. The given EVs let Eternatus survive two uses of Ice Spinner from Metagrossite Urshifu-R, with the remaining EVs are put into Speed, notably letting it outpace and get off a potential Toxic on Lugia, although it's possible to forgo Speed EVs in order to increase your bulk (fix this accordingly). Rocky Helmet is preferred on physically defensive variants, as it lets Eternatus punish foes such as Urshifu-R, Hisuian Arcanine, and Hisuian Samurott more. Black Sludge grants it more longevity, while Heavy-Duty Boots gives it a permanent immunity to entry hazards. Eternatus pairs well with Latiasite Steel-types such as Solgaleo or Magearna, as they are able to take on Dragon- and Ground-types such as opposing Eternatus, Arceus-Ground, and Great Tusk. In return, Eternatus takes on Red Orb users such as Raikou and Raging Bolt, as well as Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Lopunnite Barraskewda Galarian Zapdos. Specially defensive variants also struggle Eternatus also struggles versus Psychic-Types such as Solgaleo and Deoxys-S, which makes teammates such as Lunala and Mandibuzz appreciated.
(ure only talking about etern's weaknesses-- talk about what positives defensive etern brings to the team. mention these points:
-defensive etern's synergy with special walls like uh idk, lugia/ho-oh/even gking stuff, very good defensive backbone for all sorts of teams. etern is a great glue cuz of it checking UrshOrb.
-mons like lets say hamu/boulder/shifu like its ability to act as an espeed check)

[SET CREDITS]
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QC 2/2, almost been a month lol thanks for waiting

 

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[SET]
Defensive (Eternatus) @ Rocky Helmet / Black Sludge / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Sludge Bomb
- Dynamax Cannon / Toxic / Dragon Tail
- Flamethrower / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging excellent stats in combination with a great defensive typing, Eternatus stands as one of the tiers tier's most flexible walls, being able to be tailored to take on the majority of the metagame. Dynamax Cannon acts as a great secondary STAB move, letting Eternatus more reliably threaten foes that resist Sludge Bomb such as Great Tusk and Landorus, while whereas Toxic lets Eternatus it pressure bulky setup sweepers such as Lunala, Lugia, and Arceus formes looking to set up on it, (comma) while also annoying other defensive switch-ins like Post-mega Mega-Evolved Garganacl, Ho-Oh, and Hippowdon. Dragon Tail is an option that also halters bulky setup sweepers like those mentioned before as well as also halts bulky setup sweepers like the aforementioned ones and Arceus-Poison, (comma) while also having the benefit of racking up entry hazard chip damage. Flamethrower also threatens foes that resist Sludge Bomb, notably targeting Steel-types such as Magearna, non-Venusaurite Corviknight, (comma) and Solgaleo. Toxic Spikes is a niche alternative, letting Eternatus pressure (double space) teams lacking a Poison-type, although it is less common due to the prevalence of Eternatus and Galarian Slowking. The given EVs let Eternatus outspeed max maximum Speed Lunala and Lucarionite Raging Bolt, alternatively you Bolt; alternatively, it can forgo Defense EVs for more Speed. Rocky Helmet is preferred on physically defensive variants, as it lets Eternatus punish foes such as Urshifu-R, Hisuian Arcanine, and Hisuian Samurott more. Black Sludge grants it more longevity, while Heavy-Duty Boots gives it a permanent immunity to entry hazards. Thanks to Eternatus's well-rounded stats and typing, it finds itself a place on almost all balance or bulkier teams, as well as soft-checking soft checking common threats such as Regieleki and Hisuian Arcanine. Specially Defensive defensive walls such as Ho-Oh, Mandibuzz, and most Arceus formes make a great pairing great partners, as they can take on strong special wallbreakers such as Walking Wake, Landorus, and Setup setup Solgaleo that Eternatus struggles against. Eternatus also pairs well with Latiasite Steel-types such as Solgaleo or and Magearna, as they are able to take on Dragon- and Ground-types such as opposing Eternatus, Arceus-Ground, and Great Tusk. In return, Eternatus takes on Red Orb users such as Raikou and Raging Bolt, as well as Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Galarian Zapdos. Eternatus also struggle versus Psychic-Types Psychic-types such as Solgaleo and Deoxys-S, which makes teammates such as Lunala and Mandibuzz appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slither-wing.603931/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/quantum-tesseract.297239/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zastra.558636/
Grammar checked by:
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1/1 GP Team done