Milo
I'm Your Man
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Make It Rain
move 3: Trick
move 4: Focus Blast / Nasty Plot / Recover
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Fighting / Flying
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Gholdengo utilizes its high Special Attack and its great offensive typing to become a fast revenge killer. Gholdengo can effectively hit offensive threats such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Espathra with its STAB moves. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Dodonzo, Corviknight, and Clodsire. Its typing also allows it to switch into foes such as Iron Valiant and Iron Hands in a pinch, as it either resists or is immune to most of their attacks. Focus Blast is ideal for Gholdengo to hit Kingambit and other foes such as a weakened Ting-Lu, but Nasty Plot can be run instead to take advantage of stopping defensive Pokemon with Trick and having a free turn to set up and do a great amount of damage. Recover can also be run, taking a more defensive approach to give Gholdengo a free turn to heal. Gholdengo prefers Fighting as a Tera type, as it removes its prior weaknesses, meaning it is not threatened by Chien-Pao's and Kingambit's Sucker Punch, or Skeledirge's Torch Song. It also boosts the power of Focus Blast, reliably removing the latter. To counter different foes, Gholdengo can instead opt for Tera Flying to have better ground against Great Tusk and Iron Treads.
Teammates such as Kingambit and Iron Valiant appreciate Gholdengo's offensive pressure, as it can help against shared checks such as Great Tusk and Amoonguss. With this role, Gholdengo prefers to have a clean switch after a teammate has fainted in order to pressure the opponent. Similarly, entry hazard setters such as Garchomp, Garganacl, and Ting-Lu appreciate Gholdengo for its Good as Gold ability and its Ghost typing, preventing all forms of hazard removal excluding Court Change. Gholdengo is mainly vulnerable to priority moves such as Kingambit's and Chien-Pao's Sucker Punch. Dragonite also presents an issue for it with Multiscale in conjunction with Earthquake, not to mention it can set up twice in front of Gholdengo. This can be avoided with a carefully timed Trick or help from defensive Great Tusk and Skeledirge. Similarly, depending on its Choice lock, Roaring Moon and Cinderace can take advantage of Gholdengo with Crunch and Sucker Punch, respectively. As a result of this, Garchomp and Garganacl pair well with Gholdengo, acting as a defensive backbone with type advantage and great bulk. Iron Valiant can be a great revenge killer against these threats with great Speed and coverage.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540138]]
- Quality checked by: [[Coolcodename, 554264]], [[chimp, 197439]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lunaflare, 430518]], [[autumn, 384270]]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Make It Rain
move 3: Trick
move 4: Focus Blast / Nasty Plot / Recover
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Fighting / Flying
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Gholdengo utilizes its high Special Attack and its great offensive typing to become a fast revenge killer. Gholdengo can effectively hit offensive threats such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Espathra with its STAB moves. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Dodonzo, Corviknight, and Clodsire. Its typing also allows it to switch into foes such as Iron Valiant and Iron Hands in a pinch, as it either resists or is immune to most of their attacks. Focus Blast is ideal for Gholdengo to hit Kingambit and other foes such as a weakened Ting-Lu, but Nasty Plot can be run instead to take advantage of stopping defensive Pokemon with Trick and having a free turn to set up and do a great amount of damage. Recover can also be run, taking a more defensive approach to give Gholdengo a free turn to heal. Gholdengo prefers Fighting as a Tera type, as it removes its prior weaknesses, meaning it is not threatened by Chien-Pao's and Kingambit's Sucker Punch, or Skeledirge's Torch Song. It also boosts the power of Focus Blast, reliably removing the latter. To counter different foes, Gholdengo can instead opt for Tera Flying to have better ground against Great Tusk and Iron Treads.
Teammates such as Kingambit and Iron Valiant appreciate Gholdengo's offensive pressure, as it can help against shared checks such as Great Tusk and Amoonguss. With this role, Gholdengo prefers to have a clean switch after a teammate has fainted in order to pressure the opponent. Similarly, entry hazard setters such as Garchomp, Garganacl, and Ting-Lu appreciate Gholdengo for its Good as Gold ability and its Ghost typing, preventing all forms of hazard removal excluding Court Change. Gholdengo is mainly vulnerable to priority moves such as Kingambit's and Chien-Pao's Sucker Punch. Dragonite also presents an issue for it with Multiscale in conjunction with Earthquake, not to mention it can set up twice in front of Gholdengo. This can be avoided with a carefully timed Trick or help from defensive Great Tusk and Skeledirge. Similarly, depending on its Choice lock, Roaring Moon and Cinderace can take advantage of Gholdengo with Crunch and Sucker Punch, respectively. As a result of this, Garchomp and Garganacl pair well with Gholdengo, acting as a defensive backbone with type advantage and great bulk. Iron Valiant can be a great revenge killer against these threats with great Speed and coverage.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540138]]
- Quality checked by: [[Coolcodename, 554264]], [[chimp, 197439]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lunaflare, 430518]], [[autumn, 384270]]
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