[OVERVIEW]
Shift Gear Revavroom is one of the most threatening late-game sweepers of the tier. With access to Shift Gear and great defensive typing in Poison and Steel, all Revavroom needs is one boost to be able to offensively overwhelm most of the tier. Setting up is made easier with access to ability Filter, which allows it to take a Flamethrower from defensive Moltres, Slowbro-Galar, and Overheat from Cyclizar. Revavroom also has access to useful coverage moves, which allows it to threaten Steel, Poison, and Fire-types in the tier. Nevertheless, Revavroom is quite frail, as its poor Special Defense stat and reliance to run Air Balloon to set up can be exploited.
[SET]
Shift Gear (Revavroom) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Filter
Tera Type: Ground / Fire / Grass / Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shift Gear
- Gunk Shot
- High Horsepower / Temper Flare
- Iron Head / Temper Flare / Tera Blast / Taunt
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Revavroom is a one dimensional Pokemon that focuses solely on setting up with Shift Gear and proceed to sweep the opposing team. This explains the max Atk and Speed EV investments, with an Adamant Nature due to a single Shift Gear making Revavroom outspeed all the relevant Choice Scarf users in the tier barring Noivern. Revavroom has access to Gunk Shot and High Horsepower, which gives it excellent coverage; Gunk Shot is a strong STAB move which nearly (or entirely) KOs defensive staples like Moltres, Fezandipiti, Chesnaught, and Rotom-Heat, while High Horsepower hits Steel- and Poison-types such as Cobalion, Jirachi, Klefki, Okidogi, Magnezone, and Empoleon. Iron Head gives it a reliable STAB move, which also hits Ground-types respectively, such as Hippowdon, Palossand, Krookodile, and Rhyperior. One could also bypass this by running Tera Blast Grass, which also threatens Water-types such as Slowbro, Quagsire, and Milotic. Temper Flare is also an option to take down ground immune Steel-types such as Bronzong, Tera Steel Rotom-Heat, Tera Steel Moltres. Finally, Taunt is a solid option to completely wall and set up on Hippowdon with Air Balloon if Hippowdon is running Whirlwind.
Revavroom is a staple on hyper offense teams, and its role is usually the late game cleaner. Therefore it prefers wallbreakers and other setup sweepers such as Shell Smash Blastoise, Booster Energy Iron Leaves, Enamorus-Therian, Basculegion-F, Terrakion, and Yanmega. Due to Revavroom's frail stats, Pokemon such as Jirachi, Cyclizar, and Moltres can make it easier for Revavroom to switch in with U-Turn. This also helps due to Cyclizar and Jirachi inviting Hippowdon to switch in, which is a setup fodder for Air Balloon Revavroom. Revavroom also appreciates Spikes stacking, so teammates such as Chesnaught, Klefki, Gastrodon, and Quagsire is a good option. Finally, bulky Water- and Fire-types are good teammates for Revavroom, as they can switch on to defensive Fire-types which handle Revavroom well. This is why Pokemon such as Volcanion, Moltres, Slowbro, and Milotic are good partners for Revavroom.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Revavroom can opt to run Leftovers + Magnet Rise to get rid of the Ground-type weakness and allow it to set up on Ground-types more easily. Clear Amulet can also be used to block Intimidate from Krookodile and Salamence. Toxic can be used to put bulky Fire- and Water-type switchins on a timer. Toxic Spikes can take advantage of the free turns Revavroom generates.
Checks and Counters
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**Levitating Steel-types**: Temper Flare is not very strong and such Pokemon such as Bronzong and Orthworm can take them quite well. Tera Steel Rotom-Heat and Moltres can also take a boosted Temper Flare and attempt to KO Revavroom back.
**Cobalion**: Tera Ghost Iron Defense Cobalion is a solid check to Revavroom, resisting all attacks and threaten Revavroom with Body Press. Even if Cobalion does not Terastallize, a boosted High Horsepower fails to KO it.
**Bulky Fire-types**: Bulky Fire-types such as Moltres, and Volcanion survive a boosted Gunk Shot and High Horsepower and can threaten to KO Revavroom back.
**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Slowbro, Quagsire, and Gastrodon deal with Revavroom quite well, threatening burn with Scald for Slowbro's case, or outright KO Revavroom with Ground-type STAB from Quagsire or Gastrodon. They do lose to Tera Grass variants, however.
[SET CREDITS]
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Shift Gear Revavroom is one of the most threatening late-game sweepers of the tier. With access to Shift Gear and great defensive typing in Poison and Steel, all Revavroom needs is one boost to be able to offensively overwhelm most of the tier. Setting up is made easier with access to ability Filter, which allows it to take a Flamethrower from defensive Moltres, Slowbro-Galar, and Overheat from Cyclizar. Revavroom also has access to useful coverage moves, which allows it to threaten Steel, Poison, and Fire-types in the tier. Nevertheless, Revavroom is quite frail, as its poor Special Defense stat and reliance to run Air Balloon to set up can be exploited.
[SET]
Shift Gear (Revavroom) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Filter
Tera Type: Ground / Fire / Grass / Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shift Gear
- Gunk Shot
- High Horsepower / Temper Flare
- Iron Head / Temper Flare / Tera Blast / Taunt
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Revavroom is a one dimensional Pokemon that focuses solely on setting up with Shift Gear and proceed to sweep the opposing team. This explains the max Atk and Speed EV investments, with an Adamant Nature due to a single Shift Gear making Revavroom outspeed all the relevant Choice Scarf users in the tier barring Noivern. Revavroom has access to Gunk Shot and High Horsepower, which gives it excellent coverage; Gunk Shot is a strong STAB move which nearly (or entirely) KOs defensive staples like Moltres, Fezandipiti, Chesnaught, and Rotom-Heat, while High Horsepower hits Steel- and Poison-types such as Cobalion, Jirachi, Klefki, Okidogi, Magnezone, and Empoleon. Iron Head gives it a reliable STAB move, which also hits Ground-types respectively, such as Hippowdon, Palossand, Krookodile, and Rhyperior. One could also bypass this by running Tera Blast Grass, which also threatens Water-types such as Slowbro, Quagsire, and Milotic. Temper Flare is also an option to take down ground immune Steel-types such as Bronzong, Tera Steel Rotom-Heat, Tera Steel Moltres. Finally, Taunt is a solid option to completely wall and set up on Hippowdon with Air Balloon if Hippowdon is running Whirlwind.
Revavroom is a staple on hyper offense teams, and its role is usually the late game cleaner. Therefore it prefers wallbreakers and other setup sweepers such as Shell Smash Blastoise, Booster Energy Iron Leaves, Enamorus-Therian, Basculegion-F, Terrakion, and Yanmega. Due to Revavroom's frail stats, Pokemon such as Jirachi, Cyclizar, and Moltres can make it easier for Revavroom to switch in with U-Turn. This also helps due to Cyclizar and Jirachi inviting Hippowdon to switch in, which is a setup fodder for Air Balloon Revavroom. Revavroom also appreciates Spikes stacking, so teammates such as Chesnaught, Klefki, Gastrodon, and Quagsire is a good option. Finally, bulky Water- and Fire-types are good teammates for Revavroom, as they can switch on to defensive Fire-types which handle Revavroom well. This is why Pokemon such as Volcanion, Moltres, Slowbro, and Milotic are good partners for Revavroom.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Revavroom can opt to run Leftovers + Magnet Rise to get rid of the Ground-type weakness and allow it to set up on Ground-types more easily. Clear Amulet can also be used to block Intimidate from Krookodile and Salamence. Toxic can be used to put bulky Fire- and Water-type switchins on a timer. Toxic Spikes can take advantage of the free turns Revavroom generates.
Checks and Counters
====
**Levitating Steel-types**: Temper Flare is not very strong and such Pokemon such as Bronzong and Orthworm can take them quite well. Tera Steel Rotom-Heat and Moltres can also take a boosted Temper Flare and attempt to KO Revavroom back.
**Cobalion**: Tera Ghost Iron Defense Cobalion is a solid check to Revavroom, resisting all attacks and threaten Revavroom with Body Press. Even if Cobalion does not Terastallize, a boosted High Horsepower fails to KO it.
**Bulky Fire-types**: Bulky Fire-types such as Moltres, and Volcanion survive a boosted Gunk Shot and High Horsepower and can threaten to KO Revavroom back.
**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Slowbro, Quagsire, and Gastrodon deal with Revavroom quite well, threatening burn with Scald for Slowbro's case, or outright KO Revavroom with Ground-type STAB from Quagsire or Gastrodon. They do lose to Tera Grass variants, however.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/feen.231398/
Quality checked by:
Grammar checked by:
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