Cetitan

[Kizaco]

170/113/65/55/45/73
Abilities: slush rush, sheer power, thick fat.

Notable moves

Belly drum
Tera blast
Yawn
Ice shard
Body slam
Icicle crash
Eathquake
Heavy slam
Substitute
Ice Spinner

Tera blast: 80bp, special, normal, if Tera changes to higher attacking stat and matches Tera type
PROS
Ice spinner: 80bp, phys, ice, ends terrain

1. Massive hp and attack
2. Access to one of the best boosting moves in the game
3. Decent coverage w/o Tera blast
4. STAB priority (ice shard)

CONS

1. Ice type is absolutely horrid defensivly
2. low defenses
3. Only OK speed

I think this is solid UU or RU material, it’s a great mon but it feels balanced in the current meta game. I hope this post can bring it it’s much needed spotlight and show it’s a good mon in the alpha meta game. While I don’t think you should Tera this, it’s not your worst option. It’s also decently bulky enough to live most non boosted neutral hits.

SETS
Belly drum (Cetitan) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Sheer Force
Tera type: Ice/Water/Dark/grass
- Ice Shard
- Icicle Crash/ice spinner
- Tera Blast/earthquake/heavy slam/yawn
- Belly Drum
This set is what I would consider to be the main set. It’s good bulk as a belly drum mon combined with sheer force makes it similar to azumaril, if you use this set, you would use ice Tera if your not running Tera blast, but water, dark, and grass if you are. Dark for pre set up espethra, water for extra coverage, grass against spore. Yawn is to give you a set up turn against a switching out mon.


Hail life orb(Cetitan) @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Water/grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
IVs: 26 HP
- Ice Shard
- Body Slam/Tera blast/belly drum
- Earthquake/ice spinner
- Heavy Slam
This is a much more niche set, as hail is a niche team archetype. But if you are using hail, this set is probably your best bet, slush rush combined with ice shard for priority and good coverage. Grass Tera for immunity to spore.

GOOD PARTNERS
Any sticky web user to help with its ok speed
Any tailwind user for a similar reason
sets up hail
able to safely switch it in with chilly reception and scares of fighting and fire types (suggested by Mugenman88)

Feel free to suggest anything else and thank you for reading :) please do discuss so more people see the icy little ball of murder

 

[Mugenman88]

I'd also mention Slowking as a great partner, it's an incredible fit as it scares off any fighting or fire types looking to give Cetitan trouble before it Teras and can pivot into Cetitan with snow via Chilly Reception

 

[Kizaco]

I'd also mention Slowking as a great partner, it's an incredible fit as it scares off any fighting or fire types looking to give Cetitan trouble before it Teras and can pivot into Cetitan with snow via Chilly Reception

Added, thank you :)

 

[ddwrh69]

Seems very odd to not mention Belly Drum on the weather set, +1 defense is super prime time to set up (especially given the large health pool), and it's worth noting as well that this is the fastest slush rush user that Pokemon has seen, stuck previously with Arctozolt and Alolan Sandslash. Can definitely run screens with this thing too given how priority is one of the best answers to its drum set if given any leeway with speed, and if you take the Indeedee route you get to drop Ice Shard for specific coverage while never fearing priority itself. Maxes out at 538 speed in snow which is echelons above anything else in the tier bar rain abusers or niche sets like scarf noivern.

From the outset this tier doesn't have many consistent ice checks, there's eviolite bisharp, magnezone, qwilfish and others but they get blown up by +6 eq, you have to keep something like slowbro healthy in the back and I could unironically see people running thick fat defensive hariyama for this thing because without rain (a playstyle as niche as snow given the dex cut of good abusers), snow seems very dominant and it echoes tiers like SwSh OU and even SM PU with how potentially devasting even a couple snow turns can be for offensive teams.

 

[Loginator]

Why is Body Slam listed? That’s a normal type move, so it provides no extra coverage, and the chance of paralysis isn’t relevant on such an offensive set. Ice Spinner (which is never mentioned) or Icicle Crash should be listed instead as a stronger Ice STAB move than Ice Shard.

 

[Kizaco]

Why is Body Slam listed? That’s a normal type move, so it provides no extra coverage, and the chance of paralysis isn’t relevant on such an offensive set. Ice Spinner (which is never mentioned) or Icicle Crash should be listed instead as a stronger Ice STAB move than Ice Shard.

It’s mentioned as a move against checks that would resist the other coverage moves, but your right, and I will add ice spinner it, thank you.

 

[Kizaco]

Seems very odd to not mention Belly Drum on the weather set, +1 defense is super prime time to set up (especially given the large health pool), and it's worth noting as well that this is the fastest slush rush user that Pokemon has seen, stuck previously with Arctozolt and Alolan Sandslash. Can definitely run screens with this thing too given how priority is one of the best answers to its drum set if given any leeway with speed, and if you take the Indeedee route you get to drop Ice Shard for specific coverage while never fearing priority itself. Maxes out at 538 speed in snow which is echelons above anything else in the tier bar rain abusers or niche sets like scarf noivern.

From the outset this tier doesn't have many consistent ice checks, there's eviolite bisharp, magnezone, qwilfish and others but they get blown up by +6 eq, you have to keep something like slowbro healthy in the back and I could unironically see people running thick fat defensive hariyama for this thing because without rain (a playstyle as niche as snow given the dex cut of good abusers), snow seems very dominant and it echoes tiers like SwSh OU and even SM PU with how potentially devasting even a couple snow turns can be for offensive teams.

Agreed. I mentioned a different move set because it was more interesting, but either set could probably run either ability. I do think thick fat is unviable in most situations, however. It’s not really built for defenses despite its large HP stat.

 

[STEELDRAGON]

With the right team support Cetitan is excellent sweeper and can easily snowball ot of control. The recent additions of Orthworm and Tyrannitar make it much harder to break through the opponents team though. It can also function outside of Hail with a Assault Vest and check things like Iron Juglis and Sandy Shocks. Cetitan loves being pared with screens or Shed Tail and becomes near unstoppable after a BD. Underestimate Cetitan at your own peril.