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[SET]
Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and solid overall bulk, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU, capable of checking and setting up on offensive Pokemon like Zamazenta, Weavile, and Walking Wake. Calm Mind makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like Iron Valiant, Kyurem, and Enamorus. Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch-ins that would be able to beat it one-on-one, such as Dondozo, Unaware Clefable, and Clodsire. Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams due to it's higher Base Power while being run with Torrent, which can power it up in a pinch. It notably is useful against Gholdengo and Gouging Fire as well as threatening the 2HKO on bulky Kingambit after a Calm Mind. Substitute prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves such as Thunder Wave from Clefable and Toxic from Clodsire. It also punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. Substitute is also useful to avoid being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Meowscarada while blocking Trick from Pokemon like Choice Scarf Gholdengo. It is also a safe way to bring Primarina to Torrent range. This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds uninvested Clefable and avoids the 2HKO from Protosynthesis-boosted Choice Specs Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom while also turning the tables on Galarian Slowking. With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make it Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefable. With Tera Poison, Primarina gains a great neutral typing against threats like Iron Moth and Giga Drain Volcarona while preserving its resistance to Fighting-type attacks from Zamazenta and Iron Valiant.

Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams that appreciate the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threatening sweeper itself. Primarina can support teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom, and Great Tusk by switching in on Zamazenta, Weavile, and Walking Wake. Rillaboom is particulary good, as Primarina covers threats to it like Volcarona, Cinderace, and Skeledirge while appreciating the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. Great Tusk, Rillaboom, and Weavile can threaten Pokemon that would otherwise be annoying for Primarina, such as Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, and Serperior, respectively. Due to Primarina's lack of reliable recovery, it struggles against entry hazards, especially hazard stacking teams. The aforementioned Great Tusk helps it by removing them with Rapid Spin while also being a switch-in to Kingambit that can threaten a weakened Primarina out. Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, Rillaboom, and Serperior can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out; Pokemon that can switch in on these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory, and Corviknight make for great teammates. Kingambit is also a huge help, as it beats one of the most common checks to Primarina in Galarian Slowking while appreciating Primarina's ability to safely switch in and beat Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, and Skarmory.


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[SET]
Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and a solid physical bulk when invested, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU. Calm Mind is a key part of Primarina as it makes it able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like Raging Bolt, Kyurem and Enamorus. Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch in that would want to outstall it such as Dondozo, Clefable, Blissey, Skeledirge (Skeledirge cannot outstall Primarina unless it Teras) and Slack Off Galarian Slowking (Johtonian Slowking isn't relevant in this meta). Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams by having a higher base power STAB. It notably is useful against Gholdengo, Gouging Fire and Kingambit. Substitute is used as an option to prevent Primarina to be affected by status moves. It also uses the numerous switches that bulky CM Primarina forces to scout safely what the opponents bring to try and stop it. (I'd add information about what your EV spread does here. The 4 speed is for Clefable and the 8 spdef is to avoid the 2hko from Choice Specs Walking Wake's Hydro Steam. 252 SpA Choice Specs Protosynthesis Walking Wake Hydro Steam vs. 252 HP / 8 SpD Primarina in Sun: 162-192 (44.5 - 52.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery.) Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom, but each also have their own unique advantages. Tera Steel let it turn the tables and set up on Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, Kyurem, Hatterene and Clefable. Tera Poison can also be used to keep the Fighting resist while also resisting fairy (This is dex info, list relevant metagame examples you should use this for). Both Tera Poison and Steel are useful against the Grass types of OU : Meowscarada, Serperior and Rillaboom.

Due to it's excellent typing, Primarina can switch in multiple times during the battle to check OU staples such as Hisuian Samurott-Hisui, Weavile, Dragonite, Heatran, Ting-Lu and Walking Wake meaning it's teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom or Great Tusk don't need to worry about beeing revengekilled by those. (This part is true, but what teamstyles does bulky CM Prim fit on? Balance? Bulky offense? This should be the very first thing you list about it in the second paragraph) Primarina suffers from the fact that its struggles against hazards especially hazard stacking teams. Great Tusk is a very good teammate helping it by using Rapid Spin while also offering an electric immunity notable for Raging Bolt. An other struggle is the lack of power of Primarina before it gets a boost or two meaning Pokemon like Nasty Plot Gholdengo, Ogerpon-Wellspring, Rillaboom and Serperior can come out while threatening it with powerful attacks either forcing the tera or the switch. Pokemon that can take advantage of these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory or Corviknight make for great teammates. Rillaboom is particularly good as Primarina covers the Ice, Bug, and Fire weaknesses while abusing of the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. (I'd also add Kingambit as a teammate worth mentioning since its checks like Great Tusk and Zamazenta have poor matchups into Primarina, and Kingambit beats Galarian Slowking for Primarina)

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[SET]
Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and a solid physical bulk when invested, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU. (you don't need to say with investment when this set always runs def investment) Calm Mind is a key part of Primarina as it makes it makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like Raging Bolt, Kyurem and Enamorus. (Bolt isn't really the best example because at +1, Thunderbolt is still doing 75) Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch in that would want to outstall it such as Dondozo, Clefable, Blissey, Tera Skeledirge and Slack Off Galarian Slowking. (Cut this list of examples down to 3; more than that can make the point hard to follow and too overwhelming) Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams by having a higher base power STAB. (It also should be run alongside Torrent, which can help power it up in a pinch) It notably is useful against Gholdengo, Gouging Fire and Kingambit. Substitute is used as an option to prevent Primarina to be prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves. (Saying 'as an option' implies you can drop Sub, which isn't the case, Make sure to give some examples of sttaus users it can beat with Sub too) It also uses the numerous switches that bulky CM Primarina forces to scout safely what the opponents bring to try and stop it punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds standard Clefable while the 8 SpD EV is to avoids the 2HKO from Protosynthesis SpA Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under the sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom, but each also have their own unique advantages. (Cutting out fluff phrase; the next sentences explain the unique advantages already) Tera Steel can also be used to beat or threaten out some of OU scariest Pokemons. It notably makes it resist Gholdengo's Make it Rain meaning it can beat it 1V1. It is also usefull for absorbing Galarian Slowking's Futur Sight while being immune to Sludge Bomb. It can also abuse a Choice Specs Kyurem locked into Freeze-Dry to start setting up. Hatterene and Clefable are also notable set-up fodders once Primarina did use Tera Steel. (It would be good to compress this information into 1 or 2 sentences, like 'With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make It Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry, as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefab;e') Tera Poison is used to be more widespread neutral to attacks while having a defensive type that is less abusable than Steel. It notably means that Primarina conserves a good matchup against Close Combat Iron Valiant even after it used it's Tera. Other examples include non Tera Blast Ground Volcarona, Zamazenta and Low Kick Kingmabit. (Combining this into one sentence would also be good; talk about how it has a more neutral typing and then examples of what that typing lets it resist)

Primarina is a Pokemon that will notably fit on more offensive teams. It can be used in Hyper Offense screens as it provides a defensive value while being to get multiple Calm Minds. (Bulky CM Primarina doesn't really fit too well on offenses because it's really weak unboosted, and the offensive CM set with SpA investment can do similar things without being as weak) Moreover, it is also very good in Bulky Offense Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams, which appreciates the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threat with a late game sweep. It can be used on Balance but needs to be supported as it would lack the immediate firepower of a breaker while having no reliable recovery. Due to it's exellent typing, Primarina can switch in multiple times during the battle to check OU staples such as Hisuian Samurott, Weavile, Dragonite, Heatran, Ting-Lu and Walking Wake (Would cut this list of examples down to 3 as well) meaning it's teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom or Great Tusk don't need to worry about beeing revengekilled by those. (Talk about how these teammates can support Primarina too - Rillaboom provides Grassy Terrain recovery that stacks well with Leftovers, and all 3 of these examples can provide more of an offensive presence to compensate for the fact that Primarina is weak unboosted) Primarina suffers from the fact that its struggles against hazards especially hazard stacking teams. Great Tusk is a very good teammate helping it by using Rapid Spin while also offering an electric immunity notable for Raging Bolt. An other struggle is the lack of power of Primarina before it gets a boost or two meaning Pokemon like Nasty Plot Gholdengo, Ogerpon-Wellspring, Rillaboom and Serperior can come out while threatening it with powerful attacks either forcing the tera or the switch can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out. Pokemon that can take advantage of these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory or Corviknight make for great teammates. Rillaboom is particulary good as Primarina covers the Ice, Bug and Fire weaknesses while abusing of the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. (This part could be moved up after the first mention or Rillaboom so you talk about synergy earlier on) Kingambit is also a huge help as it beat one of the most common checks to Primarina being Galarian Slowking while appreciating that Primarina can safely switch in and beat Zamazenta and Great Tusk.

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Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and a solid physical bulk, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU. Calm Mind makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like special Iron Valiant, Kyurem and Enamorus. (A long explanation of Calm Mind isn't too necessary as you've already re) Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch in that would want to outstall be able to 1v1 it such as Dondozo, Clefable and Slack Off Galarian Slowking. (Primarina sets up on and beats Clefable 1v1 without Psychic Noise, while Slowking-G loses to Tera'd Primarina - a better answer that Psychic Noise helps against could be something like Clodsire. "outstall it" is probably the wrong phrase here since most of these don't PP stall it but rather just beat it 1v1) Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams by having a higher base power STAB while being run with Torrent which can power it up in a pinch. It notably is useful against Gholdengo, Gouging Fire and Kingambit. (Why is it useful, what does the extra base power do to them that Psychic Noise doesn't?) Substitute prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves such as Thunder Wave's from Clefable and Blissey. (Thunder Wave is not listed in Blissey's dex entry and doesn't really have any usage. Clodsire's Toxic could be a better thing to note here) It also punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds standard Clefable while the 8 SpD EVs is to avoid the 2HKO from Protosynthesis SpA Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under the sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom. (Note that both Tera types let it set up on Slowking-G) With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make it Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It is can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Futur Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry, as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefable. With Tera Poison, Primarina gains a typing that is neutral to a more widespread range of attacks while gaining some key resistances to Fighting and fairy meaning it conserves a good matchup against Close Combat Iron Valiant even after it used it's Tera, beats non Tera Blast Ground Volcarona, Zamazenta and Low Kick Kingmabit. great neutral typing into threats like Iron Moth and Giga Drain Volcarona, while preserving its resistance to Fighting-type attacks from Zamazenta and Iron Valiant. (Just rephrased this a little to condense it. Also note that Tera Poison's Fairy-type resistance isn't super noteworthy, as Tera Steel has this resistance too)

Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams which appreciates the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threat with a late game sweep. threatening sweeper itself. (It's worth phrasing a little differently, as it's not always something you'd want to position as a late-game wincon rather than have it find value over the course of the game) It can be used on Balance but needs to be supported as it would lack the immediate firepower of a breaker (Can remove this, it's not trying to fill the role of a breaker so it doesn't really matter that it lacks that firepower) while having no reliable recovery. (Could use this to talk about hazard removal, merging this with the later discussion of Rapid Spin Great Tusk and maybe other hazard control as a good teammate) Due to it's exellent excellent typing, Primarina can switch in multiple times during the battle to check OU staples such as Hisuian Samurott, Weavile and Walking Wake meaning it's support teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom or Great Tusk by switching in on Hisuian Samurott, Weavile and Walking Wake. don't need to worry about beeing revengekilled by those. (Rephrased this to make it clear what Primarina's doing for them. However, I think it's worth double checking some of these examples - Hisuian Samurott doesn't revenge kill Rillaboom for obvious reasons and it's not the most common revenge killer to either of the other two. I'd either say to remove Samu-H here or instead talk about Primarina's partners that it does commonly revenge kill like Gholdengo) Rillaboom is particulary good as Primarina covers the Ice, Bug and Fire weaknesses (Feels a little type chart-y, it's better to include which Pokemon Primarina checks for Rillaboom) while abusing of appreciating the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. while these These three Pokemon's add somefirepower to an otherwise weak Pokemon if unboosted. (Clarify which three Pokemon are being talked about here as it's been a little while since you mentioned them. Also, I don't think it's worth emphasising so heavily how weak Primarina is unboosted as it is still pretty strong and it's not being tasked with breaking. Instead, you can talk here about what walls these 3 Pokemon break that Primarina appreciates) Primarina suffers from the fact that its struggles against hazards especially hazard stacking teams. (Could move this up to where you talk about it having no reliable recovery, or move that down to here) Great Tusk is a very good teammate helping it by using Rapid Spin while also offering an electric immunity notable for Raging Bolt. (It switches in on the Electric move but doesn't kill it without max Attack and dies to Draco or Dpulse if it Headlongs, something else like Treads does this better. Tusk is still a great partner worth mentioning, it's just worth looking at the picture more than Ground-type beats Electric-type.) An other struggle is the lack of power of Primarina before it gets a boost or two meaning Pokemon like Nasty Plot Gholdengo, Ogerpon-Wellspring, Rillaboom and Serperior can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out. (Double check all of these examples - the other three are fine but Offensive Gholdengo loses 1v1 if it comes in on a Calm Mind, as even Psychic Noise 2HKOs while Make it Rain does ~70% back even after a Nasty Plot) Pokemon that can take advantage of switch in on these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory or Corviknight make for great teammates. (I think take advantage of isn't strictly true here, Kingambit can use a free turn to set up and Skarm can get a Spike but the other two just attack or pivot.) Kingambit is also a huge help as it beat one of the most common checks to Primarina being Galarian Slowking while appreciating that Primarina can safely switch in and beat Zamazenta and Great Tusk. (Max attack Tusk has a roll to 2HKO with Headlong Rush so idk if it's the best example here, Skarmory or something else that Prima walls could be better)

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Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and solid physical bulk, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU. Calm Mind makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like special Iron Valiant, Kyurem and Enamorus. Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch in that would be able to one-on-one it such as Dondozo, Unaware Clefable and Clodsire. Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams by having a higher base power STAB while being run with Torrent which can power it up in a pinch. It notably is useful against Gholdengo, Gouging Fire and can threathen the 2HKO after a Calm Mind on bulky Kingambit. Substitute prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves such as Thunder Wave from Clefable and Toxic from Clodsire. It also punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds standard Clefable while the 8 SpD EV is to avoids the 2HKO from Protosynthesis SpA Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under the sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom while also turning the tables on Galarian Slowking. With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make it Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It is can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry, as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefable. With Tera Poison, Primarina gains a great neutral typing ionto into threats like Iron Moth and Giga Drain Volcarona, while preserving its resistance to Fighting-type attacks from Zamazenta and Iron Valiant.

Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams which appreciates the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threatening sweeper itself. Due to it's excellent typing, Primarina can support teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom or Great Tusk by switching in on Gholdengo, (It's not the best Gholdengo check, you could say something like Zamazenta instead) Weavile and Walking Wake. Rillaboom is particulary good as Primarina covers threats to it like Weavile, (You already mention switching in on Weavile ^^) Volcarona and Gouging Fire (Could maybe include Cinderace / Skeledirge or something over Gouging - you beat Gouging from neutral, but if you come in on a DD it's actually pretty shaky since they're neutral to your Water-type attacks) while appreciating the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. Rillaboom, Great Tusk, Rillaboom and Weavile can break threaten (Threaten is better here, as break would usually refers to walls which these Pokemon force in and weaken) Pokemon's that would otherwise be annoying for Primarina such as Galarian Slowking, Serperior and Ogerpon-Wellspring, and Serperior, respectively. (It's good to clarify it's in this order, as Tusk threatens Slowking-G but loses to the other two - I'd reorder it too as Rilla beats Wellspring while Weavile beats Serp) Due to Primarina's lack of no reliable recovery, it struggles against hazards especially hazard stacking teams. Great Tusk is a very good teammate helping it by using Rapid Spin while also being a switch in to Kingambit that can threaten a weakened Primarina out. (Kingambit isn't actually a super safe revenge killer to Primarina as Iron Head only guaranteed 2HKOs with 5 Fallen, this isn't a bad connection to make as it does force out a weakened Prima but yeah) Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring, Rillaboom and Serperior can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out. Pokemon that can switch in on these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory or Corviknight make for great teammates. Kingambit is also a huge help as it beat one of the most common checks to Primarina being Galarian Slowking while appreciating that Primarina can safely switch in and beat Zamazenta, Iron Valiant and Skarmory.

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[SET]
Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and solid physical bulk, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU. (add another sentence here to emphasize the defensive utility more imo, giving BO a solid check into mons like zama, weavile, and sun consisting of moon + wake is very valuable, since they can be very troublesome otherwise) Calm Mind makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like special Iron Valiant, Kyurem, (ac) and Enamorus. Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch-ins (hyphen) that would be able to beat it one-on-one, (ac) it such as Dondozo, Unaware Clefable, (ac) and Clodsire. Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams by having a due to its higher Base Power base power STAB while being run with Torrent, (ac) which can power it up in a pinch. It notably is useful against Gholdengo, (rc) and Gouging Fire and can threathen as well as threatening the 2HKO after a Calm Mind on bulky Kingambit after a Calm Mind. Substitute prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves such as Thunder Wave from Clefable and Toxic from Clodsire. It also punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. (mention how it prevents prim from being revenge killed by stuff like rilla and meow, and also blocks trick from mons like scarf dengo. also add how it works well with torrent variants since u can then safely go into torrent range) This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds standard uninvested Clefable while the 8 SpD EV is to and avoids the 2HKO from Protosynthesis-boosted Choice Specs SpA Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under the sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom while also turning the tables on Galarian Slowking. With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make it Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It is can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry, (rc) as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefable. With Tera Poison, Primarina gains a great neutral typing against into threats like Iron Moth and Giga Drain Volcarona, (rc) while preserving its resistance to Fighting-type attacks from Zamazenta and Iron Valiant.

Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams which appreciates that appreciate the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threatening sweeper itself. Due to it's excellent typing, (covered in the intro) Primarina can support teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom, (ac) and or Great Tusk by switching in on Zamazenta, Weavile, (ac) and Walking Wake. Rillaboom is particulary good, (ac) as Primarina covers threats to it like Volcarona, Cinderace, (ac) and Skeledirge while appreciating the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. Rillaboom, Great Tusk, Rillaboom, (ac) and Weavile can threaten Pokemon's that would otherwise be annoying for Primarina, (ac) such as Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W, (ac) and Serperior, (ac) respectively. Due to Primarina's lack of no reliable recovery, it struggles against entry hazards, (ac) especially hazard stacking teams. The aforementioned Great Tusk is a very good teammate helping helps it by removing them with using Rapid Spin while also being a switch-in (hyphen) to Kingambit that can threaten a weakened Primarina out. Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring, Rillaboom, (ac) and Serperior can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out; (period->semicolon) Pokemon that can switch in on these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory, (ac) and or Corviknight make for great teammates. Kingambit is also a huge help, (ac) as it beats one of the most common checks to Primarina being in Galarian Slowking while appreciating that Primarina's ability to can safely switch in and beat Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, (ac) and Skarmory.


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same colors as above. I notice you missed out on some stuff from my previous check; I recommend watching the video in this post to implement checks correctly and much more easily.
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[SET]
Bulky Calm Mind (Primarina) @ Leftovers
Ability: Liquid Voice / Torrent
Tera Type: Steel / Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Psychic Noise / Surf
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great typing and solid physical overall bulk, Primarina is one of the most dangerous set up sweepers in OU, capable of checking and setting up on offensive Pokemon OU. It gives a solid check for Bulky Offense to Pokemon's (tying in both sentences together + BO will be covered by the 2nd paragraph) like Zamazenta, Weavile, and Walking Wake. Calm Mind makes Primarina able to threaten the opposing team while also making itself harder to KO for potential revenge killers like Iron Valiant, Kyurem, and Enamorus. Psychic Noise can be used in combination with Liquid Voice to cripple defensive switch-ins that would be able to beat it one-on-one, such as Dondozo, Unaware Clefable, and Clodsire. Surf is also an option to put more pressure on offensive teams due to it's its higher Base Power while being run with Torrent, which can power it up in a pinch. It notably is useful against Gholdengo and Gouging Fire as well as threatening the 2HKO on bulky Kingambit after a Calm Mind. Substitute prevents Primarina from being affected by status moves such as Thunder Wave from Clefable and Toxic from Clodsire. It also punishes switches that Primarina forces and allows it to scout opposing Pokemon. Substitute is also usefull usfeul to avoid being Revenge Killed revenge killed by Rillaboom and Meowscarada while blocking tricks Trick from Pokemon's Pokemon like Choice Scarf Gholdengo. It is also a safe way to bring Primarina to Torrent range. synergises well with Torrent powering up Surf. This EV spread ensures that it outspeeds uninvested Clefable and avoids the 2HKO from Protosynthesis-boosted Choice Specs Walking Wake's Hydro Steam under sun. Both Tera Poison and Steel flip the matchup against Grass-types like Meowscarada, Serperior, and Rillaboom while also turning the tables on Galarian Slowking. With Tera Steel, Primarina resists Gholdengo's Make it Rain and can beat it one-on-one. It can also absorb Galarian Slowking's Future Sight and Choice Specs Kyurem's Freeze-Dry as well as being able to set up on Hatterene and Clefable. With Tera Poison, Primarina gains a great neutral typing against threats like Iron Moth and Giga Drain Volcarona while preserving its resistance to Fighting-type attacks from Zamazenta and Iron Valiant.

Primarina fits best on bulky offense teams that appreciate the natural defensive utility that Primarina brings to the table while also being a threatening sweeper itself. Primarina can support teammates such as Weavile, Rillaboom, and Great Tusk by switching in on Zamazenta, Weavile, and Walking Wake. Rillaboom is particulary good, as Primarina covers threats to it like Volcarona, Cinderace, and Skeledirge while appreciating the extra healing of Grassy Terrain. Great Tusk, Rillaboom, and Weavile can threaten Pokemon that would otherwise be annoying for Primarina, such as Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, and Serperior, respectively. Due to Primarina's lack of reliable recovery, it struggles against entry hazards, especially hazard stacking teams. The aforementionned aforementioned Great Tusk helps it by removing them with Rapid Spin while also being a switch-in to Kingambit that can threaten a weakened Primarina out. Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, Rillaboom, and Serperior can safely switch into Primarina and threaten it with powerful attacks, forcing it to Terastallize or switch out; Pokemon that can switch in on these threats like Kingambit, Rillaboom, Skarmory, and Corviknight make for great teammates. Kingambit is also a huge help, as it beats one of the most common checks to Primarina in Galarian Slowking while appreciating Pimarina's Primarina's ability to safely switch in and beat Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, and Skarmory.

[SET CREDITS]
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