VGC Dondozo-Commander tatsugiri team

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Scream Tail @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 220 HP / 156 Def / 4 SpA / 28 SpD / 100 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Perish Song
- Encore
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
Perish setter, I usually lead with Tatsu and Scream Tail, set perish song, and then stall until 1 turn before perish.

Tatsugiri (Tatsugiri-stretchy) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Commander
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Draco Meteor
- Helping Hand
- Muddy Water

usually leads with murkrow, I am open to tips on how to make this work for use without dondozo.

Dondozo (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Atk / 76 Def / 52 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Body Press
- Protect
- Order Up
- Waterfall

Bulky Sweeper unfortunately slower than I'd like, but with 2x speed after commander it becomes very average, so trick room doesn't really work.

Flamigo @ Life Orb
Ability: Costar
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Roost
- Throat Chop

Another sweeper, has costar to copy Dondozo's stat changes after commander.

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Surging Strikes
- Taunt
- Close Combat
- Aqua Jet

Not much here, basically just a filler for use if I see any direct threats to using Tatsugiri.

Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 20 Def / 12 SpD / 196 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Sacred Sword
- Protect
 
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If you want your Tatsugiri to faint, you could consider final gambit on your own Tatsugiri and giving it a toxic orb. (strategy from WolfeyVGC) With this strategy, you could also take a gamble and use the final gambit mon to final gambit an opponent's mon if you think that their other mon will finish off Tatsugiri for you. With this set, you would give Tatsugiri endure so that it will endure the final gambit or any other attack if u decide to final gambit a different mon.
For the final gambit mon, you should use Annihilape with choice scarf, so that you can move first before an opposing mon can do damage to Annihilape, making the final gambit useless. Annihilape is a pretty versitile mon that you can use even when you don't want to use commaner.
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A few things:

Some of the Teras don't seem to be set.

Rocky Helmet isn't great on Flamigo, who isn't going to be taking very many hits even with the Defense and Sp. Defense boost, I recommend changing it to a more offensive item(maybe Life Orb)

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Taunt ---> U-turn. You don't want to be locked in to Taunt, if you want to use it, a Mystic Water set is better here.

Calyrex-Shadow-Rider ---> Zacian-Crowned, to take on Fairy and Dragon Type Pokemon that might threaten Tatsugiri, as well as provide a secondary sweeper after Dondozo has taken out all of the Fire and Ground type Pokemon.

https://pokepast.es/ccd798c15655e0f7 (The Zacian)

Murkrow ---> Scream Tail, who has better survivability, and can help Tatsugiri survive as well.

https://pokepast.es/7dcf88509d39ed3b (The Scream Tail)
 
Im999 said:
A few things:

Some of the Teras don't seem to be set.

Rocky Helmet isn't great on Flamigo, who isn't going to be taking very many hits even with the Defense and Sp. Defense boost, I recommend changing it to a more offensive item(maybe Life Orb)

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Taunt ---> U-turn. You don't want to be locked in to Taunt, if you want to use it, a Mystic Water set is better here.

Calyrex-Shadow-Rider ---> Zacian-Crowned, to take on Fairy and Dragon Type Pokemon that might threaten Tatsugiri, as well as provide a secondary sweeper after Dondozo has taken out all of the Fire and Ground type Pokemon.

https://pokepast.es/ccd798c15655e0f7 (The Zacian)

Murkrow ---> Scream Tail, who has better survivability, and can help Tatsugiri survive as well.

https://pokepast.es/7dcf88509d39ed3b (The Scream Tail)
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Thanks so much, I'll make the suggested swaps, I'm really embarrassed I forgot to set the teras. Thank you so much for the suggestion of Scream Tail, I've tried a lot of perish setters, and murkrow wasn't really good for much, though I have changed the item to covert cloak, as dondozo already has leftovers, and it helps prevent throat chop and fake out.
 
IMO I would only use solo Dondozo next to Zacian-C, Dondozo+Tatsu should really only be considered next to Miraidon (beats Grounds) or Calyrex-S (good breaker for csr to sweep). Dondozo+Tastu just doesn't provide much offensively for Zacian-C, so I don't recommend it.

Although I adore Flamigo, it just isn't good. The power level is just too high for it tbh.
 
I've played some games with this team, while laddering to 1217, I found that:

The Game Plan generally goes as follows:

Leads: Scream Tail + Tatsugiri

T1: Perish Song + Protect, Perish Count drops to 3

T2: Switch in Dondozo, Perish Count drops to 2

T3: Protect with Dondozo, Perish Count drops to 1 (Perish next turn)

T4: Either attack or go for the double Protect, depending on the situation. Perish Count drops to 0, Tatsugiri faints, and you can bring in an alternate sweeper.

Covert Cloak on Scream Tail feels better than Leftovers, because, as you said, it will stop Fake Out and Throat Chop, but also speed drops from moves like Icy Wind.

Tatsugiri-Curly is more helpful, because Dondozo doesn't need speed, but Order Up now acts as insurance against Incineroar, especially Tera Dragon Incineroar

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike feels redundant on a team with both a Fighting type sweeper and a Water type sweeper, so I'm replacing it with Landorus-Incarnate to help against Fairy, Grass and Electric Types.

Since I'm moving the Life Orb to Landorus-Incarnate, Flamigo's item is changed to Clear Amulet. I also traded out Roost for Wide Guard, as I wasn't using it at all.

Replays:

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2323455477
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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2324185055
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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2324196373
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9vgc2025regg-2324203426-0ne3idkdduw6jnu9wci6jl4x79y8o3rpw

Proof of Peak:
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The New Team:

https://pokepast.es/fcb78e6e89dc36a7
 
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