OU AV Hoopa-U

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Assault Vest
tera type: Poison
ability: Magician
nature: Lonely
evs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 40 Def / 84 SpA / 92 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipping Hoopa-U with an Assault Vest makes the most of its excellent coverage and surprisingly high special bulk, letting it trade with various special attackers like Dragapult and Walking Wake. Strong Knock Off is a large reason to use this set, as it is an excellent progress maker, particularly against bulkier teams. Psychic is run over Zen Headbutt for its higher accuracy and better damage against physically defensive Pokemon like Zapdos and Great Tusk. Drain Punch provides Hoopa-U with adequate recovery and logevity, and it is largely used to hit Kingambit and other Dark-types, which otherwise walls this set. Gunk Shot provides important coverage for Fairy-types like Enamorus and Tera Fairy foes like Garganacl while potentially poisoning checks like Ting Lu. Tera Poison not only empowers its Gunk Shot but also gives it a crucial Fairy and U-turn resistance. 248 HP and 40 Defense investment with a Lonely Nature allows Hoopa-U to survive one Sucker Punch from Adamant Kingambit with a maximum Supreme Overlord boost and gives it an easier time against weaker physical attacks from Pokemon like Garganacl and Clodsire. Meanwhile, 84 SpA EVs give Hoopa-U a guaranteed OHKO on Iron Moth with Psychic and 92 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Jolly Kingambit. Hoopa-U is best utilized on bulky offense teams that can support a slow, powerful wallbreaker like it while still appreciating its ability to trade hits with common special attackers. It is incredibly physically frail, so pairing it with physically bulky Pokemon like Garganacl and Great Tusk is a good idea, as it will often be forced out by physical attackers. Additionally, pivot support from Cinderace and Zapdos can put Hoopa-U in favorable positions to dish out damage with its strong attacks, something that is necessary given its aforementioned physical frailty. Because Hoopa-U often makes great progress with Knock Off, entry hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T are great teammate options. Hoopa-U excels at punching holes in the opposition, so faster offensive teammates like Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Enamorus are good ideas to take advantage of the resultant weakened foes. Teammates like Amoonguss and Galarian Slowking also deserve consideration for checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus without having to expend Terastallization.

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Assault Vest
tera type: Poison
ability: Magician
nature: Lonely
evs: 248 HP / 20 Atk / 40 Def / 64 SpA / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipping Hoopa-U with an Assault Vest makes the most of its excellent coverage and surprisingly high special bulk. Strong Knock Off is a large reason to use this set, as it is an excellent progress maker, particularly against bulkier teams. Drain Punch is largely used to hit Kingambit, which otherwise walls this set. Gunk Shot provides important coverage for Fairy-types like Enamorus and Tera Fairy foes like Garganacl. Additionally, if Hoopa-U Terastallizes, its Gunk Shot becomes exceedingly strong, threatening Pokemon like Moltres even though they are neutral to it. (expand ore on tera poison here and its defensive benefits like checking valiant/enam etc - you've explained it offensively but idt thats the main reason its used) 248 HP and 40 Defense, accounting for the Lonely Nature, allow Hoopa-U to survive one Sucker Punch from Adamant Kingambit with a maximum Supreme Overlord boost. Meanwhile, 64 SpA EVs give Hoopa-U a favorable chance to 2HKO defensive Zapdos with Psychic, (is this not a guaranteed calc? that kinda means theres 2 dump stats that dont have calcs) 136 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Jolly Kingambit, and the remaining EVs are put into Attack to hit as hard as possible. (mention what team styles it fits on here) Hoopa-U is incredibly physically frail, so pairing it with physically bulky Pokemon like Garganacl and Great Tusk is a good idea, as it will often be forced out by physical attackers. Additionally, pivot support from Cinderace and Zapdos can put Hoopa-U in favorable positions to dish out damage with its strong attacks, something that is necessary given its aforementioned physical frailty. Because Hoopa-U often makes great progress with Knock Off, entry hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T are great teammate options. Hoopa-U excels at punching holes in the opposition, so faster offensive teammates like Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Enamorus are good ideas to take advantage of the resultant weakened foes. (might be worth mentioning teammates that can check valiant/fairies in general bc running this usually means glowking is hard to fit so valiant mu can end up worse)

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Assault Vest
tera type: Poison
ability: Magician
nature: Lonely
evs: 248 HP / 4 Atk / 40 Def / 124 SpA / 92 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipping Hoopa-U with an Assault Vest makes the most of its excellent coverage and surprisingly high special bulk (i'd also mention how it lets you trade with the metagame's numerous offensive threats [which the more offensive sets like cb/specs tend to struggle with]). Strong Knock Off is a large reason to use this set, as it is an excellent progress maker, particularly against bulkier teams. (add a sentence to explain why you run psychic over something like zen [and by extension, not go fully physical all the way]. something like hitting tusk harder and a reliable move to hit zapdos moltres without their contact, but if there's more reasonings feel free to put it here too) Drain Punch is largely used to hit Kingambit, which otherwise walls this set. (say it hits dark types in general, and then you can emphasize the kingambit. also mention the recovery too, pretty valuable for a bulky mon like this [which is also a reason why you would run it over like focus blast and brick break lol]) Gunk Shot provides important coverage for Fairy-types like Enamorus and Tera Fairy foes like Garganacl. (the poison is kinda annoying against checks like tinglu too) Tera Poison not only empowers its Gunk Shot but also gives it a crucial Fairy resistance (u-turn resist in a pinch is nice too). 248 HP and 40 Defense, accounting for the Lonely Nature, allow Hoopa-U to survive one Sucker Punch from Adamant Kingambit with a maximum Supreme Overlord boost. Meanwhile, 124 SpA EVs give Hoopa-U a guaranteed 2HKO on physically defensive Moltres with Psychic, 92 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Jolly Kingambit, and the remaining EVs are put into Attack to hit as hard as possible. (i feel like with 3 physical attacks, i'd rather invest more in atk rather than spa. how about running 84 SpA & dump 44 Atk instead for this benchmark? 84 SpA Hoopa-Unbound Psychic vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Iron Moth: 302-356 (100.3 - 118.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO, can always discuss further if you so choose to) Hoopa-U is best utilized on bulky offense teams that can support a slow, powerful wallbreaker like it (+ 'while still capable of taking on hits' or whatnot, something to differentiate from the more offensive variants). It is incredibly physically frail, so pairing it with physically bulky Pokemon like Garganacl and Great Tusk is a good idea, as it will often be forced out by physical attackers. Additionally, pivot support from Cinderace and Zapdos can put Hoopa-U in favorable positions to dish out damage with its strong attacks, something that is necessary given its aforementioned physical frailty. Because Hoopa-U often makes great progress with Knock Off, entry hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T are great teammate options. Hoopa-U excels at punching holes in the opposition, so faster offensive teammates like Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Enamorus are good ideas to take advantage of the resultant weakened foes. Teammates like Amoonguss and Galarian Slowking also deserve consideration for checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus. (just click tera poison loool i'd add something like 'without having to expend its tera' in here)

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mostly just minor changes, but feel free to discuss in (OU)cord if you want further clarifications (especially the proposed EV spread)
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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Assault Vest
tera type: Poison
ability: Magician
nature: Lonely
evs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 40 Def / 84 SpA / 92 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipping Hoopa-U with an Assault Vest makes the most of its excellent coverage and surprisingly high special bulk, letting it trade with Pokemon like Dragapult and Walking Wake. Strong Knock Off is a large reason to use this set, as it is an excellent progress maker, particularly against bulkier teams. Psychic is run over Zen Headbutt for its higher accuracy and better damage against physically defensive Pokemon like Zapdos and Great Tusk. Drain Punch is largely used to hit Kingambit, which otherwise walls this set. Gunk Shot provides important coverage for Fairy-types like Enamorus and Tera Fairy foes like Garganacl while potentially poisoning checks like Ting Lu. Tera Poison not only empowers its Gunk Shot but also gives it a crucial Fairy and U-turn resistance. 248 HP and 40 Defense,(RC) accounting for the investment with a Lonely Nature,(RC) allow allows Hoopa-U to survive one Sucker Punch from Adamant Kingambit with a maximum Supreme Overlord boost and give gives it an easier time against weaker physical attacks from Pokemon like Garganacl and Clodsire. Meanwhile, 84 SpA EVs give Hoopa-U a guaranteed OHKO on Iron Moth with Psychic, 92 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Jolly Kingambit, and the remaining EVs are put into Attack to hit as hard as possible with its other moves. Hoopa-U is best utilized on bulky offense teams that can support a slow, powerful wallbreaker like it. It is incredibly physically frail, so pairing it with physically bulky Pokemon like Garganacl and Great Tusk is a good idea, as it will often be forced out by physical attackers. Additionally, pivot support from Cinderace and Zapdos can put Hoopa-U in favorable positions to dish out damage with its strong attacks, something that is necessary given its aforementioned physical frailty. Because Hoopa-U often makes great progress with Knock Off, entry hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T are great teammate options. Hoopa-U excels at punching holes in the opposition, so faster offensive teammates like Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Enamorus are good ideas to take advantage of the resultant weakened foes. Teammates like Amoonguss and Galarian Slowking also deserve consideration for checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus without having to expend terastallizing Terastallization.

[SET CREDITS]

GP Team done