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[SET]
Physically Defensive (Hippowdon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Fairy / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon is an uncommon defensive Pokemon that checks Pokemon like Koraidon, Great Tusk, and Kingambit thanks to its impressive bulk and Sand Stream. While it can set Stealth Rock, it struggles to do so reliably because of its inability to pressure Corviknight and Great Tusk. Whirlwind phazes foes that attempt to set up in front of Hippowdon, such as Swords Dance Koraidon, Bulk Up Great Tusk, and Swords Dance Tera Flying Kingambit, while also potentially deterring setup attempts by attackers that could expect to force it out, like Miraidon and Chien-Pao. Tera Fairy resists Koraidon's Fighting-type STAB moves and is immune to Koraidon's Outrage and Miraidon's Draco Meteor. Alternatively, Tera Water provides a resistance to attacks such as Koraidon's Flare Blitz, Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Ice Spinner, and Palafin's Wave Crash. Hippowdon benefits from being paired with Pokemon able to take on Chien-Pao for it, such as Toxapex and Garganacl, with the former also being able to absorb Toxic Spikes for Hippowdon and the latter benefitting from a Special Defense boost from sand. Special walls such as Clodsire, specially defensive Corviknight, and Blissey are essential to take on dangerous special attackers like Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, and Walking Wake for Hippowdon. Teammates able to set entry hazards are also appreciated to allow chip damage to quickly rack up when paired with sand, Rocky Helmet, and Whirlwind. Between Earthquake and Whirlwind, Hippowdon is unable to touch Air Balloon Gholdengo, so counterplay to it, such as Ruination Ting-Lu and Kingambit, is recommended. Offensive Houndstone is a very niche potential partner that notably benefits from being paired with Hippowdon thanks to Sand Rush, which somewhat offsets the issue of its low Speed, potentially allowing a boosted Last Respects to clean up an opponent's team.

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nice and concise, good job!

just be sure to mention that it's a mediocre Stealth Rock setter (can't do anything about Rapid Spin Tusk and Corviknight), and mention Whirlwind being useful for Tera Flying Kingambit as well. Suggest some counterplay to Gholdengo as well for obvious reasons.

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[SET]
Physically Defensive (Hippowdon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Fairy / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon is an uncommon defensive Pokemon that can check the likes of Koraidon, Great Tusk, and Kingambit thanks to its impressive bulk and Sand Stream ability in the case of the former. While it can set Stealth Rock, it struggles to do so reliably because of its inability to pressure Corviknight and Great Tusk. It is notably a mediocre Stealth Rock setter due to its inability to do anything against Rapid Spin Great Tusk and Corviknight. Whirlwind phazes foes that attempt to setup in front of Hippowdon, such as Swords Dance Koraidon, Bulk Up Great Tusk, and Swords Dance Tera Flying Kingambit, while also potentially deterring setup attempts by attackers that could expect to force it out, like Miraidon and Chien-Pao. It also annoys Pokemon attempting to switch in to Hippowdon, accruing sand chip and hazard damage on the opponent's team. Tera Fairy resists Koraidon's Fighting-type STAB moves and is immune to Koraidon's Outrage and Miraidon's Draco Meteor. Alternatively, Tera Water provides a resistance to attacks such as Koraidon's Flare Blitz, Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Ice Spinner, and Palafin's Wave Crash. Hippowdon benefits from being paired with Pokemon able to take on Chien-Pao for it, such as Toxapex and Garganacl, with the former being able to absorb Toxic Spikes for Hippowdon and the latter benefitting from a Special Defense boost via its sand. Special walls such as Clodsire, specially defensive Corviknight, and Blissey are essential to take on dangerous special attackers like Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, and Walking Wake for Hippowdon. Teammates able to set hazards are also appreciated to allow chip damage to quickly rack up when paired with sand, Rocky Helmet, and Whirlwind. Between Earthquake and Whirlwind, Hippowdon has no way of touching Air Balloon Gholdengo, so counterplay to it such as Ruination Ting-Lu or Kingambit is recommended. Offensive Houndstone is a very niche potential partner that notably benefits from being paired with Hippowdon thanks to its Sand Rush ability which somewhat offsets the issue of its low speed, potentially allowing a boosted Last Respects to clean up an opponent's team.

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[SET]
Physically Defensive (Hippowdon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Fairy / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Whirlwind

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon is an uncommon defensive Pokemon that checks Pokemon like Koraidon, Great Tusk, and Kingambit thanks to its impressive bulk and Sand Stream ability in the case of the former. While it can set Stealth Rock, it struggles to do so reliably because of its inability to pressure Corviknight and Great Tusk. Whirlwind phazes foes that attempt to set up in front of Hippowdon, such as Swords Dance Koraidon, Bulk Up Great Tusk, and Swords Dance Tera Flying Kingambit, while also potentially deterring setup attempts by attackers that could expect to force it out, like Miraidon and Chien-Pao. It also annoys Pokemon attempting to switch into Hippowdon, accruing sand chip and entry hazard damage on the opponent's team. Tera Fairy resists Koraidon's Fighting-type STAB moves and is immune to Koraidon's Outrage and Miraidon's Draco Meteor. Alternatively, Tera Water provides a resistance to attacks such as Koraidon's Flare Blitz, Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Ice Spinner, and Palafin's Wave Crash. Hippowdon benefits from being paired with Pokemon able to take on Chien-Pao for it, such as Toxapex and Garganacl, with the former also being able to absorb Toxic Spikes for Hippowdon and the latter benefitting from a Special Defense boost from sand. Special walls such as Clodsire, specially defensive Corviknight, and Blissey are essential to take on dangerous special attackers like Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, and Walking Wake for Hippowdon. Teammates able to set entry hazards are also appreciated to allow chip damage to quickly rack up when paired with sand, Rocky Helmet, and Whirlwind. Between Earthquake and Whirlwind, Hippowdon is unable to touch Air Balloon Gholdengo, so counterplay to it, such as Ruination Ting-Lu or and Kingambit, is recommended. Offensive Houndstone is a very niche potential partner that notably benefits from being paired with Hippowdon thanks to its Sand Rush ability, which somewhat offsets the issue of its low Speed, potentially allowing a boosted Last Respects to clean up an opponent's team.

[CREDITS]
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