VGC Dondozo + TatsugirI

[Choruto]

[OVERVIEW]
* Dondozo is a formidable threat thanks to its stats being doubled when combined with Tatsugiri's Commander ability. Due to its immense bulk, Dondozo is difficult to remove without adequate answers, easily sweeping through entire teams on its own.

* Dondozo performs best with offensive threats that can break apart teams for it and still function independently without needing to pivot. Examples include Chien-Pao and Dragonite, as well as Tornadus and a sweeper such as Urshifu-S or Flutter Mane. The two cores utilize strong speed control and get off massive damage early, allowing Dondozo to clean up. Glimmora is another excellent partner, as its ability and signature move put foes on a timer, forcing them to burn through Dondozo before fainting to Toxic poison.

* Dondozo struggles against Pokemon that can ignore its stat boosts, either by neutralizing or bypassing it entirely. Both Urshifu formes and Chien-Pao with Sacred Sword ignore Dondozo's Defense boost, with Chien-Pao both outspeeding and threatening Dondozo if it uses Tera Grass, and Urshifu-S dealing big damage with Wicked Blow and removing Dondozo's ability to stall with Protect. Incineroar and Gouging Fire are able to consistently weaken Dondozo with Breaking Swipe and Intimidate cycling respectively. A combination of Incineroar and Amoonguss is particularly difficult to handle, as Amoonguss can keep Incineroar safe with redirection and Incineroar is free to cycle Parting Shot and Intimidate.

* Dondozo requires much more experience to properly play compared to other sweepers, due to only making plays with one Pokemon for most of the game. While its not impossible to play into certain difficult matchups, especially with a strong composition and much practice, it necessitates significant reads and good positioning of Dondozo to win.

[SET]

Offensive Sweeper (Dondozo) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Clear Amulet
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Order Up
- Earthquake
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

* Wave Crash is Dondozo's strongest Water-type move, OHKOing Pokemon like Tornadus and Gholdengo. Earthquake bypasses Follow Me from Ogerpon-W, and provides it a strong spread move thats picks off weakened foes.

* Rocky Helmet breaks Focus Sash on Chien-Pao and Urshifu, allowing for an OHKO. It also allows for big damage on Urshifu-R using Surging Strikes. Leftovers allows Dondozo to recover swathes of health, even more so by stalling with Protect. However, its harder to use now, as most threats to Dondozo can outdamage Leftovers recovery, especially so considering the Urshifu formes ignore Protect. Clear Amulet can be used to remove ways to weaken Dondozo, primarily Incineroar and Gouging Fire.

* 20 Defense EVs ensure that Sacred Sword from Chien-Pao is a 4HKO and allow Dondozo to survive two Wicked Blows from Urshifu-S. 76 Special Defense EVs allow Dondozo to survive two Moonblasts from Tera Fairy Choice Specs Flutter Mane. The Attack investment ensures Wave Crash OHKOes Urshifu-S after Rocky Helmet damage and that Order Up 2HKOes Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to Grass- and Electric-type attacks, as well as giving an immunity to Spore from Amoonguss, which is otherwise difficult to deal with.

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[OVERVIEW]
* Tatsugiri is solely used to combine with Dondozo, and shouldn't be picked outside of that purpose.

[SET]

Choice Scarf Support (Tatsugiri) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Commander
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 140 Def / 76 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse / Sleep Talk / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
* Icy Wind is used as a late-game speed control option. Dragon Pulse is a more consistent STAB move compared to Draco Meteor and Muddy Water, at the cost of damage. Sleep Talk allows Tatsugiri to better answer Amoonguss, while Tera Blast hits Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao in the rare circumstances where Tatsugiri is Terastallized.

* Choice Scarf allows Tatsugiri to clean up late-game once Dondozo is down, either serving as speed control with Icy Wind to support its partner or dealing damage with Muddy Water and Draco Meteor.

* The given EVs allow Tatsugiri to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T and survive an Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao and a Wicked Blow from Urshifu-S.

* Tera Steel gives Tatsugiri a resistance to Steel and Fairy and a generally better defensive profile. Tera Water can be used to boost Muddy Water's damage and remove its weakness to Flutter Mane's Fairy-type STAB moves, which is useful in some end-game scenarios.

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[Choruto]

This took way too long. QC Team ready (Not sure why I say this knowing Leo is the only one that will get to it).

 

[LovelyLuna]

Yes, I will. Great job, you can mark this as QC 1/1 once implemented!

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Big Fish

[OVERVIEW]
* Dondozo has been a mainstay since its introduction in Gen 9 thanks to its stats being doubled when combined with Tatsugiri's Commander ability. Due to its immense bulk, Dondozo is difficult to remove without adequate answers. With good positioning and play, Dondozo can easily sweep through entire teams on its own.

* Dondozo performs best with offensive threats that can function well on their own without needing pivoting to pivot, and can break apart teams for Dondozo. Examples include Chien-Pao and Dragonite, as well as Tornadus and a sweeper such as Urshifu, Glimmora, or Flutter Mane. The two cores utilize strong speed control and get off massive damage early, allowing Dondozo to clean up. Glimmora is another excellent partner, as its ability and signature move put opponents on a timer, as they have to burn through Dondozo before fainting to Toxic. (You already mentioned Glimmora, try and add it as a second reason to use Glimmora or replace it with another duo like FlutterYu if not remove it.)

* Dondozo struggles against Pokemon that can ignore its stat boosts, either by neutralizing Dondozo or bypassing it entirely. Both Urshifu formes (Makes it seem like one Urshifu forme and Chien-Pao.) and Chien-Pao with Sacred Sword ignore Dondozo's Defense boost, with. (Sentence can get long.) Chien-Pao both outspeeding and threatening Dondozo if it Terastalizes into Grass, and Urshifu-S dealing big damage with Wicked Blow and removing Dondozo's ability to stall with Protect. Incineroar and Gouging Fire are able to consistently weaken Dondozo with Breaking Swipe and Intimidate cycling respectively. A combination of Incineroar and Amoonguss are is particularly difficult to handle, as Amoonguss can keep Incineroar safe with redirection and Incineroar is free to cycle Parting Shot and Intimidate.

* Dondozo requires much more experience to properly play compared to other archetypes due to only making plays with one Pokemon for most of the game. While it's not impossible to play into certain difficult matchups, especially with a strong composition and much practice, It necessities significant reads and good positioning of Dondozo to win.

[SET]

Offensive Sweeper (Dondozo) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Clear Amulet
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Order Up
- Earthquake
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

* Wave Crash is the highest base power Water-type move available, allowing for an OHKO on most Pokemon, even on neutral targets such as Tornadus and Gholdengo. Earthquake bypasses Follow Me from Ogerpon-W, and provides a strong spread move thats useful in picking off low health opponents.

* Rocky Helmet is used to break Focus Sash on Chien-Pao and Urshifu, allowing for an OHKO. It also allows for big chip damage on Urshifu-R. Leftovers has historically been the premier item as it allows Dondozo to recover swatches of health, even more so by stalling with Protect. However, its more difficult to use now as most threats to Dondozo can out damage Leftovers recovery, especially so considering the Urshifu-S break through formes ignore Protect (Both are relevant, as Rapid resists Wave Crash, and they don't literally break protect so it can be misleading.). Clear Amulet can be used to remove ways to weaken Dondozo, primarily Incineroar and Gouging Fire.

* The investment into Defense ensures that Sacred Sword from Chien-Pao is a 4HKO, and allows Dondozo to survive two Wicked Blows from Urshifu-S. On the special side, Dondozo can survive two Moonblasts from a Tera Fairy Choice Specs Flutter Mane, as well as giving a high chance to survive two Thunderbolts from Raging Bolt (Need the Raging Bolt to not be fully invested and specific calcs like that are generally discouraged as it encourages people to run more of a certain stat for a certain purpose.). The Attack EVs ensure that Dondozo will always OHKO Urshifu-S with Wave Crash after Rocky Helmet damage, as well as 2HKOing Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R with Order Up.

* Tera Grass is used to resist the Grass- and Electric-type attacks that would otherwise hit Dondozo for super effective, as well as giving an immunity to Spore from Amoonguss, which is otherwise difficult to deal with.

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[OVERVIEW]
Tatsugiri is solely used to combine with Dondozo, and shouldn't be picked outside of that purpose.

[SET]

Choice Scarfed Support (Tatsugiri) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Commander
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 140 Def / 76 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse / Sleep Talk / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
* Icy Wind is used as a Speed control option in the late game. Dragon Pulse is a more consistent STAB option compared to Draco Meteor and Muddy Water, which are inaccurate. Sleep Talk allows Tatsugiri to move even after being spored by better answer Amoonguss (Both cases of dex info.), while Tera Blast can be nice to hit Flutter Mane (Didn't explain why it's exactly good.) in the rare circumstances where Tatsugiri is terastalized.

* Choice Scarf allows Tatsugiri to serve as a late game clean up late-game once Dondozo is down, either serving as Speed control with Icy Wind to support its partner, or straight damage with Muddy Water and Draco Meteor.

* The invested bulk allows Tatsugiri to survive an Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao and Wicked Blow from Urshifu-S. With Scarf, Tatsugiri out-speed's common Adamant Choice Scarfed Urshifu-R and Landorus-T spreads. (See the Raging Bolt point.)

* Tera Steel gives Tatsugiri a resistance to Steel and Fairy, and a generally better defensive profile. Tera Water can be used to boost its Muddy Water damage and remove its weakness to Flutter Mane's Fairy STAB, (Pretty huge factor late-game.) which is useful in some end-game scenarios.

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[Choruto]

Implemented ty, GP Team

Yes, I will. Great job, you can mark this as QC 1/1 once implemented!

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Big Fish

[OVERVIEW]
* Dondozo has been a mainstay since its introduction in Gen 9 thanks to its stats being doubled when combined with Tatsugiri's Commander ability. Due to its immense bulk, Dondozo is difficult to remove without adequate answers. With good positioning and play, Dondozo can easily sweep through entire teams on its own.

* Dondozo performs best with offensive threats that can function well on their own without needing pivoting to pivot, and can break apart teams for Dondozo. Examples include Chien-Pao and Dragonite, as well as Tornadus and a sweeper such as Urshifu, Glimmora, or Flutter Mane. The two cores utilize strong speed control and get off massive damage early, allowing Dondozo to clean up. Glimmora is another excellent partner, as its ability and signature move put opponents on a timer, as they have to burn through Dondozo before fainting to Toxic. (You already mentioned Glimmora, try and add it as a second reason to use Glimmora or replace it with another duo like FlutterYu if not remove it.)

* Dondozo struggles against Pokemon that can ignore its stat boosts, either by neutralizing Dondozo or bypassing it entirely. Both Urshifu formes (Makes it seem like one Urshifu forme and Chien-Pao.) and Chien-Pao with Sacred Sword ignore Dondozo's Defense boost, with. (Sentence can get long.) Chien-Pao both outspeeding and threatening Dondozo if it Terastalizes into Grass, and Urshifu-S dealing big damage with Wicked Blow and removing Dondozo's ability to stall with Protect. Incineroar and Gouging Fire are able to consistently weaken Dondozo with Breaking Swipe and Intimidate cycling respectively. A combination of Incineroar and Amoonguss are is particularly difficult to handle, as Amoonguss can keep Incineroar safe with redirection and Incineroar is free to cycle Parting Shot and Intimidate.

* Dondozo requires much more experience to properly play compared to other archetypes due to only making plays with one Pokemon for most of the game. While it's not impossible to play into certain difficult matchups, especially with a strong composition and much practice, It necessities significant reads and good positioning of Dondozo to win.

[SET]

Offensive Sweeper (Dondozo) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Clear Amulet
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Order Up
- Earthquake
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

* Wave Crash is the highest base power Water-type move available, allowing for an OHKO on most Pokemon, even on neutral targets such as Tornadus and Gholdengo. Earthquake bypasses Follow Me from Ogerpon-W, and provides a strong spread move thats useful in picking off low health opponents.

* Rocky Helmet is used to break Focus Sash on Chien-Pao and Urshifu, allowing for an OHKO. It also allows for big chip damage on Urshifu-R. Leftovers has historically been the premier item as it allows Dondozo to recover swatches of health, even more so by stalling with Protect. However, its more difficult to use now as most threats to Dondozo can out damage Leftovers recovery, especially so considering the Urshifu-S break through formes ignore Protect (Both are relevant, as Rapid resists Wave Crash, and they don't literally break protect so it can be misleading.). Clear Amulet can be used to remove ways to weaken Dondozo, primarily Incineroar and Gouging Fire.

* The investment into Defense ensures that Sacred Sword from Chien-Pao is a 4HKO, and allows Dondozo to survive two Wicked Blows from Urshifu-S. On the special side, Dondozo can survive two Moonblasts from a Tera Fairy Choice Specs Flutter Mane, as well as giving a high chance to survive two Thunderbolts from Raging Bolt (Need the Raging Bolt to not be fully invested and specific calcs like that are generally discouraged as it encourages people to run more of a certain stat for a certain purpose.). The Attack EVs ensure that Dondozo will always OHKO Urshifu-S with Wave Crash after Rocky Helmet damage, as well as 2HKOing Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R with Order Up.

* Tera Grass is used to resist the Grass- and Electric-type attacks that would otherwise hit Dondozo for super effective, as well as giving an immunity to Spore from Amoonguss, which is otherwise difficult to deal with.

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[OVERVIEW]
Tatsugiri is solely used to combine with Dondozo, and shouldn't be picked outside of that purpose.

[SET]

Choice Scarfed Support (Tatsugiri) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Commander
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 140 Def / 76 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse / Sleep Talk / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
* Icy Wind is used as a Speed control option in the late game. Dragon Pulse is a more consistent STAB option compared to Draco Meteor and Muddy Water, which are inaccurate. Sleep Talk allows Tatsugiri to move even after being spored by better answer Amoonguss (Both cases of dex info.), while Tera Blast can be nice to hit Flutter Mane (Didn't explain why it's exactly good.) in the rare circumstances where Tatsugiri is terastalized.

* Choice Scarf allows Tatsugiri to serve as a late game clean up late-game once Dondozo is down, either serving as Speed control with Icy Wind to support its partner, or straight damage with Muddy Water and Draco Meteor.

* The invested bulk allows Tatsugiri to survive an Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao and Wicked Blow from Urshifu-S. With Scarf, Tatsugiri out-speed's common Adamant Choice Scarfed Urshifu-R and Landorus-T spreads. (See the Raging Bolt point.)

* Tera Steel gives Tatsugiri a resistance to Steel and Fairy, and a generally better defensive profile. Tera Water can be used to boost its Muddy Water damage and remove its weakness to Flutter Mane's Fairy STAB, (Pretty huge factor late-game.) which is useful in some end-game scenarios.

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[Sulo]

GP 1/1

i legit sat here for so long because i'm unable to focus on anything

[OVERVIEW]
* Dondozo is a potent threat has been a mainstay since its introduction in Gen 9 or like anything else that describes it adequately; we just can't put huge emphasis on changes by generation in analysis writing thanks to its stats being doubled when combined with Tatsugiri's Commander ability. Due to its immense bulk, Dondozo is difficult to remove without adequate answers. With good positioning and play, Dondozo can easily sweep through entire teams on its own. this last sentence feels like fluff?

* Dondozo performs best with offensive threats that can break apart teams for it and still function independently well on their own without needing to pivot. add period and can break apart teams for Dondozo. Examples include Chien-Pao and Dragonite, as well as Tornadus and a sweeper such as Urshifu-R or the other forme as appropriate or Flutter Mane. The two cores utilize strong speed control and get off massive damage early, allowing Dondozo to clean up. Glimmora is another excellent partner, as its ability and signature move put foes opponents on a timer, forcing them as they have to burn through Dondozo before fainting to Toxic poison.

* Dondozo struggles against Pokemon that can ignore its stat boosts, either by neutralizing Dondozo or bypassing it entirely. Both Urshifu formes and Chien-Pao with Sacred Sword ignore Dondozo's Defense boost, (ac) with Chien-Pao both outspeeding and threatening Dondozo if it uses Tera Grass Terastalizes into Grass, and Urshifu-S dealing big damage with Wicked Blow and removing Dondozo's ability to stall with Protect. Incineroar and Gouging Fire are able to consistently weaken Dondozo with Breaking Swipe and Intimidate cycling respectively. A combination of Incineroar and Amoonguss is particularly difficult to handle, as Amoonguss can keep Incineroar safe with redirection and Incineroar is free to cycle Parting Shot and Intimidate.

* Dondozo requires much more experience to properly play compared to other sweepers, archetypes due to only making plays with one Pokemon for most of the game. While its not impossible to play into certain difficult matchups, removed space between matchups especially with a strong composition and much practice, it necessitates It necessities significant reads and good positioning of Dondozo to win.

[SET]

Offensive Sweeper (Dondozo) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Clear Amulet
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes does this matter?
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Order Up
- Earthquake
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

* Wave Crash is Dondozo's strongest Water-type move, OHKOing Pokemon is the highest base power Water-type move available, allowing for an OHKO on most Pokemon, such as Tornadus and Gholdengo. Earthquake bypasses Follow Me from Ogerpon-W, and it provides a strong spread move that picks thats useful in picking off weakened foes. low health opponents.

* Rocky Helmet breaks is used to break Focus Sash on Chien-Pao and Urshifu, allowing for an OHKO. It also allows for big damage on Urshifu-R using Surging Strikes. for clarity Leftovers has historically been the premier item as it allows Dondozo to recover swathes swatches of health, even more so by stalling with Protect. However, its harder more difficult to use now, (ac) as most threats to Dondozo can outdamage remove space Leftovers recovery, especially so considering the Urshifu formes ignore Protect. Clear Amulet can be used to remove ways to weaken Dondozo, primarily Incineroar and Gouging Fire.

* 20 Defense EVs ensure The investment into Defense ensures that Sacred Sword from Chien-Pao is a 4HKO (rc) and allow allows Dondozo to survive two Wicked Blows from Urshifu-S. 76 Special Defense EVs allow Dondozo to survive two Moonblasts from On the special side, Dondozo can survive two Moonblasts from a Tera Fairy Choice Specs Flutter Mane. 156 Attack EVs The Attack EVs ensure that Wave Crash OHKOes Urshifu-S after Rocky Helmet damage and that Order Up 2HKOes Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R. Dondozo will always OHKO Urshifu-S with Wave Crash after Rocky Helmet damage, as well as 2HKOing Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R with Order Up.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to is used to resist the Grass- and Electric-type attacks and that would otherwise hit Dondozo for super effective, as well as giving an immunity to Spore from Amoonguss, which is otherwise difficult to deal with.

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[OVERVIEW]
* should this be a bullet point? Tatsugiri is solely used to combine with Dondozo, and shouldn't be picked outside of that purpose.

[SET]

Choice Scarf Scarfed Support (Tatsugiri) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Commander
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes does this matter too
Tera Type: Steel / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 140 Def / 76 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse / Sleep Talk / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
* Icy Wind is used as a late-game speed control option. Speed control option in the late game. Dragon Pulse is a more consistent STAB move option compared to Draco Meteor and Muddy Water. Sleep Talk allows Tatsugiri to better answer Amoonguss, while Tera Blast hits can be nice to hit Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao in the rare circumstances where Tatsugiri is Terastallized. terastalized.

* Choice Scarf allows Tatsugiri to clean up late-game once Dondozo is down, either serving as speed control Speed control with Icy Wind to support its partner (rc) or dealing damage straight damage with Muddy Water and Draco Meteor.

* The given EVs allow invested bulk allows Tatsugiri to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T and survive an Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao and a Wicked Blow from Urshifu-S. With Scarf, Tatsugiri out-speed's common Choice Scarf Landorus-T.

* Tera Steel gives Tatsugiri a resistance to Steel and Fairy (rc) and a generally better defensive profile. Tera Water can be used to boost Muddy Water's damage its Muddy Water damage and remove its weakness to Flutter Mane's Fairy-type STAB moves, Fairy STAB, which is useful in some end-game add hyphen scenarios.

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GP Team done

 

[Choruto]

I can't believe I forgot to remove the shines again. Also implemented, ty.

GP 1/1

i legit sat here for so long because i'm unable to focus on anything

[OVERVIEW]
* Dondozo is a potent threat has been a mainstay since its introduction in Gen 9 or like anything else that describes it adequately; we just can't put huge emphasis on changes by generation in analysis writing thanks to its stats being doubled when combined with Tatsugiri's Commander ability. Due to its immense bulk, Dondozo is difficult to remove without adequate answers. With good positioning and play, Dondozo can easily sweep through entire teams on its own. this last sentence feels like fluff?

* Dondozo performs best with offensive threats that can break apart teams for it and still function independently well on their own without needing to pivot. add period and can break apart teams for Dondozo. Examples include Chien-Pao and Dragonite, as well as Tornadus and a sweeper such as Urshifu-R or the other forme as appropriate or Flutter Mane. The two cores utilize strong speed control and get off massive damage early, allowing Dondozo to clean up. Glimmora is another excellent partner, as its ability and signature move put foes opponents on a timer, forcing them as they have to burn through Dondozo before fainting to Toxic poison.

* Dondozo struggles against Pokemon that can ignore its stat boosts, either by neutralizing Dondozo or bypassing it entirely. Both Urshifu formes and Chien-Pao with Sacred Sword ignore Dondozo's Defense boost, (ac) with Chien-Pao both outspeeding and threatening Dondozo if it uses Tera Grass Terastalizes into Grass, and Urshifu-S dealing big damage with Wicked Blow and removing Dondozo's ability to stall with Protect. Incineroar and Gouging Fire are able to consistently weaken Dondozo with Breaking Swipe and Intimidate cycling respectively. A combination of Incineroar and Amoonguss is particularly difficult to handle, as Amoonguss can keep Incineroar safe with redirection and Incineroar is free to cycle Parting Shot and Intimidate.

* Dondozo requires much more experience to properly play compared to other sweepers, archetypes due to only making plays with one Pokemon for most of the game. While its not impossible to play into certain difficult matchups, removed space between matchups especially with a strong composition and much practice, it necessitates It necessities significant reads and good positioning of Dondozo to win.

[SET]

Offensive Sweeper (Dondozo) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Clear Amulet
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes does this matter?
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Order Up
- Earthquake
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

* Wave Crash is Dondozo's strongest Water-type move, OHKOing Pokemon is the highest base power Water-type move available, allowing for an OHKO on most Pokemon, such as Tornadus and Gholdengo. Earthquake bypasses Follow Me from Ogerpon-W, and it provides a strong spread move that picks thats useful in picking off weakened foes. low health opponents.

* Rocky Helmet breaks is used to break Focus Sash on Chien-Pao and Urshifu, allowing for an OHKO. It also allows for big damage on Urshifu-R using Surging Strikes. for clarity Leftovers has historically been the premier item as it allows Dondozo to recover swathes swatches of health, even more so by stalling with Protect. However, its harder more difficult to use now, (ac) as most threats to Dondozo can outdamage remove space Leftovers recovery, especially so considering the Urshifu formes ignore Protect. Clear Amulet can be used to remove ways to weaken Dondozo, primarily Incineroar and Gouging Fire.

* 20 Defense EVs ensure The investment into Defense ensures that Sacred Sword from Chien-Pao is a 4HKO (rc) and allow allows Dondozo to survive two Wicked Blows from Urshifu-S. 76 Special Defense EVs allow Dondozo to survive two Moonblasts from On the special side, Dondozo can survive two Moonblasts from a Tera Fairy Choice Specs Flutter Mane. 156 Attack EVs The Attack EVs ensure that Wave Crash OHKOes Urshifu-S after Rocky Helmet damage and that Order Up 2HKOes Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R. Dondozo will always OHKO Urshifu-S with Wave Crash after Rocky Helmet damage, as well as 2HKOing Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R with Order Up.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to is used to resist the Grass- and Electric-type attacks and that would otherwise hit Dondozo for super effective, as well as giving an immunity to Spore from Amoonguss, which is otherwise difficult to deal with.

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[OVERVIEW]
* should this be a bullet point? Tatsugiri is solely used to combine with Dondozo, and shouldn't be picked outside of that purpose.

[SET]

Choice Scarf Scarfed Support (Tatsugiri) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Commander
Level: 50
Shiny: Yes does this matter too
Tera Type: Steel / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 140 Def / 76 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse / Sleep Talk / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
* Icy Wind is used as a late-game speed control option. Speed control option in the late game. Dragon Pulse is a more consistent STAB move option compared to Draco Meteor and Muddy Water. Sleep Talk allows Tatsugiri to better answer Amoonguss, while Tera Blast hits can be nice to hit Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao in the rare circumstances where Tatsugiri is Terastallized. terastalized.

* Choice Scarf allows Tatsugiri to clean up late-game once Dondozo is down, either serving as speed control Speed control with Icy Wind to support its partner (rc) or dealing damage straight damage with Muddy Water and Draco Meteor.

* The given EVs allow invested bulk allows Tatsugiri to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T and survive an Icicle Crash from Chien-Pao and a Wicked Blow from Urshifu-S. With Scarf, Tatsugiri out-speed's common Choice Scarf Landorus-T.

* Tera Steel gives Tatsugiri a resistance to Steel and Fairy (rc) and a generally better defensive profile. Tera Water can be used to boost Muddy Water's damage its Muddy Water damage and remove its weakness to Flutter Mane's Fairy-type STAB moves, Fairy STAB, which is useful in some end-game add hyphen scenarios.

[CREDITS]
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