[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Headlong Rush
move 2: Close Combat / Ice Spinner
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Booster Energy
ability: Protosynthesis
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Steel
[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk is the best offensive Rapid Spin user and a fantastic wallbreaker thanks to its typing, bulk, and high-Base Power STAB attacks. Great Tusk takes on a plethora of physical attackers in the tier, including Kingambit, Garchomp, and Scizor while also threatening entry hazard setters such as Glimmora, Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Garganacl. Knock Off prevents Air Balloon Gholdengo from completely spinblocking Great Tusk, and it also removes items such as Rocky Helmet, Leftovers, and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon that commonly switch into Great Tusk such as Dondozo, Corviknight, and Hatterene. Ice Spinner lets Great Tusk take on Dragonite, Roaring Moon, and Garchomp more easily, though the lack of Close Combat leaves Great Tusk walled by Corviknight and Rotom-W. Maximum Speed investment paired with a Jolly nature ensures that Great Tusk is able to outspeed Rotom-W, non-Choice Scarf Gholdengo, and Jolly Dragonite. Tera Fighting makes Great Tusk much better at taking on Water- and Ice-types such as Chien-Pao and Quaquaval while making Close Combat significantly harder to switch into; alternatively, Tera Steel lets Great Tusk flip its type weaknesses and take on Pokemon like Iron Valiant, Chien-Pao, and Tera Flying Roaring Moon. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Great Tusk from being worn down by Toxic Spikes and Spikes, letting it remove entry hazards consistently throughout a match; however, Leftovers provides Great Tusk with a form of recovery. Booster Energy is a niche option that provides Great Tusk with a one-time boost to its Attack, making it an immediately threatening wallbreaker without the use of Terastallization.
Great Tusk takes on Dark-type Pokemon such as Kingambit, and Ting-Lu, so Pokemon weak to Dark such as Dragapult, Gholdengo, Slowking, and Skeledirge appreciate Great Tusk; Slowking and Dragapult in particular are able to pivot in Great Tusk with Chilly Reception and U-turn, respectively. Great Tusk is also able to take on entry hazard setters such as Ting-Lu and Garchomp and remove entry hazards from the field, so Pokemon that can be overwhelmed by hazards such as Chien Pao, Dondozo, Ting-Lu, and Garganacl appreciate Great Tusk's presence. Great Tusk struggles to take on faster special attackers such as Iron Valiant, Espathra, Dragapult, and Volcarona, so special walls such as Clodsire, Ting-Lu, and Toxapex are great partners. Great Tusk also has difficulty with physical walls such as Dondozo, Tera Water and Tera Fairy Garganacl, and Tera Fairy Skeledirge. Spikes support from Ting-Lu, Glimmora, and Garchomp wears down these checks into range of Great Tusk's attacks, especially when paired with Knock Off. Wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, Iron Hands, and Breloom make for good partners by being able to overwhelm shared checks; Gholdengo is a noteworthy wallbreaker for also blocking opposing hazard removal, which wears down Great Tusk’s checks and limits Chien-Pao’s entry. Chien-Pao is difficult for Great Tusk to take on, forcing Great Tusk to Terastallize, so partners such as Quaquaval, Iron Hands, and Garganacl help take it on. Torkoal is also an excellent partner for Great Tusk, setting up the sun to activate Protosynthesis and weaken Water-type attacks, while supporting other wallbreakers that can pressure the aforementioned physical walls, such as Choice Band Roaring Moon, Scovillain, and Slither Wing.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Takatk, 595062]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [Tysonslayer, 349443]]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]]
name: Offensive
move 1: Headlong Rush
move 2: Close Combat / Ice Spinner
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Booster Energy
ability: Protosynthesis
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Steel
[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk is the best offensive Rapid Spin user and a fantastic wallbreaker thanks to its typing, bulk, and high-Base Power STAB attacks. Great Tusk takes on a plethora of physical attackers in the tier, including Kingambit, Garchomp, and Scizor while also threatening entry hazard setters such as Glimmora, Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Garganacl. Knock Off prevents Air Balloon Gholdengo from completely spinblocking Great Tusk, and it also removes items such as Rocky Helmet, Leftovers, and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon that commonly switch into Great Tusk such as Dondozo, Corviknight, and Hatterene. Ice Spinner lets Great Tusk take on Dragonite, Roaring Moon, and Garchomp more easily, though the lack of Close Combat leaves Great Tusk walled by Corviknight and Rotom-W. Maximum Speed investment paired with a Jolly nature ensures that Great Tusk is able to outspeed Rotom-W, non-Choice Scarf Gholdengo, and Jolly Dragonite. Tera Fighting makes Great Tusk much better at taking on Water- and Ice-types such as Chien-Pao and Quaquaval while making Close Combat significantly harder to switch into; alternatively, Tera Steel lets Great Tusk flip its type weaknesses and take on Pokemon like Iron Valiant, Chien-Pao, and Tera Flying Roaring Moon. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Great Tusk from being worn down by Toxic Spikes and Spikes, letting it remove entry hazards consistently throughout a match; however, Leftovers provides Great Tusk with a form of recovery. Booster Energy is a niche option that provides Great Tusk with a one-time boost to its Attack, making it an immediately threatening wallbreaker without the use of Terastallization.
Great Tusk takes on Dark-type Pokemon such as Kingambit, and Ting-Lu, so Pokemon weak to Dark such as Dragapult, Gholdengo, Slowking, and Skeledirge appreciate Great Tusk; Slowking and Dragapult in particular are able to pivot in Great Tusk with Chilly Reception and U-turn, respectively. Great Tusk is also able to take on entry hazard setters such as Ting-Lu and Garchomp and remove entry hazards from the field, so Pokemon that can be overwhelmed by hazards such as Chien Pao, Dondozo, Ting-Lu, and Garganacl appreciate Great Tusk's presence. Great Tusk struggles to take on faster special attackers such as Iron Valiant, Espathra, Dragapult, and Volcarona, so special walls such as Clodsire, Ting-Lu, and Toxapex are great partners. Great Tusk also has difficulty with physical walls such as Dondozo, Tera Water and Tera Fairy Garganacl, and Tera Fairy Skeledirge. Spikes support from Ting-Lu, Glimmora, and Garchomp wears down these checks into range of Great Tusk's attacks, especially when paired with Knock Off. Wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, Iron Hands, and Breloom make for good partners by being able to overwhelm shared checks; Gholdengo is a noteworthy wallbreaker for also blocking opposing hazard removal, which wears down Great Tusk’s checks and limits Chien-Pao’s entry. Chien-Pao is difficult for Great Tusk to take on, forcing Great Tusk to Terastallize, so partners such as Quaquaval, Iron Hands, and Garganacl help take it on. Torkoal is also an excellent partner for Great Tusk, setting up the sun to activate Protosynthesis and weaken Water-type attacks, while supporting other wallbreakers that can pressure the aforementioned physical walls, such as Choice Band Roaring Moon, Scovillain, and Slither Wing.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Takatk, 595062]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [Tysonslayer, 349443]]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]]
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