Hoopa-Unbound Semi-Stall - Peak #36
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-I originally started wanting to build a double Defog build. However, the original team was too passive and lacked a way to make progress and a Knock Off user.
-Since the original team was too passive, I added
instead of 
so I could use Toxic. Also, I swapped for 
to provide a Knock Off user while still having a 
switch-in. This team, however, still felt kind of mid and a tad too passive for my liking, so I did some experimentation.
-I wanted to experiment with a semi-stall, so I tried
because it provided another Knock Off user and a phaser. However, it felt like it didn’t have much of an impact and was just another fatmon.
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Finally, I tried
. The Dark typing was nice for handling Psychic-type moves, and it seemed great for forcing progress and dealing with annoying balance teams. Since I now had a Dark-type with a 4x weakness to U-turn, it didn’t seem smart to keep so I swapped it for to have a Ground-type and a Pokémon to check physical setup sweepers. However, the final six had some major set experimentation I tried spikes on and Covert Cloak on . Also, I tried mono toss and Flamethrower on .There is nothing really unique about the sets on mon's I've picked. So these sections talk about their roles and why I picked certain Pokemon over others (
has the same job she's been doing the all generation. is responsible for walling the majority of special attackers. opts for Shadow Ball over Flamethrower for better matchups into 
and 
. Leftovers grant better longevity and is enabled by double Defog. Tera Dark grants immunity to Psyshock and Stored Power. was selected to provide the team with a second pink blob. is for forcing progress and breaking bulky cores. Due to it's dark typing and psychic noise it also has some weird defensive applications.For example, for
with Draining Kiss as the only fairy type attack can temporarily wall it and threaten to kill. can also come in on 
and force it out or kill it with Knock Off. If healthy it also tends to be the best switch-in to was selected over 
for being cute! Just kidding, plays several important roles for this team. It serves as the team's Ground-type and synergizes well with , as it tends to lure in Pokémon like and 
so their teammates can avoid Toxic. If a good read is made, this allows to enter the field and threaten progress or outright KO or if they are chipped. Additionally, prevents free entry for , which is threatening as this team lacks a dedicated Future Sight absorber.Counter was chosen on
as it provides an answer to 
and helps deal with most threatening physical attackers. can also wall 
unless it has Tera Dark, Black Glasses, five fallen allies, or gets flinched one too many times by Iron Head.Tera Grass was chosen on
to wall Swords Dance . was chosen to provide the team with a third pink blob. It serves as the team’s primary Knock Off absorber. It opts for mixed defenses, allowing it to scout a wider range of Pokémon, tank various random hits, and pivot into . also synegrizes well with as it is able to wish pass granting more health for to trade with.Play Rough and Tera Dragon were selected so
can handle pivot variants of . However, Play Rough also allows to serve as a soft check to . was chosen in order to enable Assault Vest with defog but also allows this team to not be a boots spam.Tera Ghost helps with the
matchup. While Will-O-Wisp and Strange Steams is annoys physical attackers like and 
. Heavy-Duty boots allows to defog with the the fear of taking hazard chip. was chosen to give the team a Ground immunity as well as a secondary form of removal. 196 Speed EVs were chosen to outspeed Jolly , however, it can be dropped to 120 Speed EVs if more bulk is preferred while still outspeeding Adamant . also serves as a secondary Knock Off absorber if needed.Leftovers was selected so
can more effectively sit on and click Defog while healing off Ruination damage. Tera Fighting provides a stronger Body Press and allows to survive a Kotow Cleave at lower health.(Nothing here is 100% true all of the time because Pokémon is a dynamic game.)
This team operates best when hazards are off and can fully commit to winning the hazard war, as Pressure can trade two Spikes or Stealth Rock PP from for one Defog PP. It also does not fear Ruination damage because of Leftovers.
However, Taunt
can be annoying, as it can prevent from using Defog. It is worth chipping down with Flip Turns.
It is generally best to keep in the back for most of the game. While is the primary check to set-up physical attackers :Quagsire's: bulk is barely acceptable and is very susepctible to dying if even a little chip is taken to strong neutral hits. A funny thing about Quagsire is that it can 1v1 and win in the endgame.
This team is extremely vulnerable to VoltTurn-style offense, as it may struggle to keep up with special-attacking pivots or physically attacking pivots if gets Knocked Off. In those matchups, do your best to keep 's Helmet intact to punish U-turns.
Also, does a lot of work for this team, so it may be necessary to aggressively switch it in to keep it healthy with Regenerator.
is the only true special wall on the team, if goes down too early, the game is likely lost. Under no circumstances should you let get Tricked early in the game.
has some really weird stuff it can do and things it can force from the opponent so I'm going to just list them here.
- If you click Psychic Noise on
you complete shut it down for two turns and can click attacks into it.
- You wall that only carry Draining Kiss as fairy STAB
- Since most people try to preserve their against stall if you switch in you can force them to hard swap to something else or to Tera. Sometimes you can make some reads on what's coming in and score a free kill.
- The set lives a
Headlong Rush so you can click Psychic Noise into it free of risk if they swap into a knock off or something.
You can live a hit early game Kingambit so you can press drain punch into it
- is the best switch in to if healthy
- Generally the best thing to kill with is their rock setter or removal
The most frequent tera in order from most to least are, , , , ,
This team has a bad match-ups into Hyper Offense but is good into other stall and some annoying balances/fat builds.
This team operates best when hazards are off and can fully commit to winning the hazard war, as Pressure
can trade two Spikes or Stealth Rock PP from for one Defog PP. It also does not fear Ruination damage because of Leftovers.However, Taunt
can be annoying, as it can prevent from using Defog. It is worth chipping down with Flip Turns.It is generally best to keep
in the back for most of the game. While is the primary check to set-up physical attackers :Quagsire's: bulk is barely acceptable and is very susepctible to dying if even a little chip is taken to strong neutral hits. A funny thing about Quagsire is that it can 1v1 and win in the endgame.This team is extremely vulnerable to VoltTurn-style offense, as it may struggle to keep up with special-attacking pivots or physically attacking pivots if
gets Knocked Off. In those matchups, do your best to keep 's Helmet intact to punish U-turns.Also,
does a lot of work for this team, so it may be necessary to aggressively switch it in to keep it healthy with Regenerator. is the only true special wall on the team, if goes down too early, the game is likely lost. Under no circumstances should you let get Tricked early in the game. has some really weird stuff it can do and things it can force from the opponent so I'm going to just list them here.- If you click Psychic Noise on
you complete shut it down for two turns and can click attacks into it.- You wall
that only carry Draining Kiss as fairy STAB- Since most people try to preserve their
against stall if you switch in you can force them to hard swap to something else or to Tera. Sometimes you can make some reads on what's coming in and score a free kill.- The set lives a
Headlong Rush so you can click Psychic Noise into it free of risk if they swap into a knock off or something.You can live a hit early game Kingambit so you can press drain punch into it
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is the best switch in to if healthy- Generally the best thing to kill with
is their rock setter or removalThe most frequent tera in order from most to least are
, , , , , This team has a bad match-ups into Hyper Offense but is good into other stall and some annoying balances/fat builds.
Air Balloon
Wow, crazy, the anti-stall mon farms stall. Wow, even crazier, the mon famous for breaking stall can beat stall. Just soul-read it, ez.
Tera and click Toxic then Counter and hope for the best. Tera Dark + Black Glasses is scary. You're heavily relying on good luck.
I hate this mon with a burning passion. If you see it, 9/10 times you're forced to burn Tera on or you lose the game. You also kinda auto-lose to Tera Fighting Focus Blast. Tera . If your opponent is that one guy with Tera Steel Luna on ladder, try to get in safely and click Counter. (Pivot Variants) Rough matchup, aggressive reads are needed. Hopefully, it's not the Taunt variant.
Banded variants put heavy pressure on , especially if hazards are up on your side. It's very important to keep hazards off, and you might have to swap in aggressively to get off Regenerator healing.
is high-key scary for this team. Use a combination of and to remove it from the game. If it's Tera Ghost Taunt, find a nice corner to cry in and then shut off the game. If not counter or can put it in it's place.
Learn how to judge the most likely set. If it's mixed DD, use . If it's physical DD, you'll probably have to Tera . Specs/Boots is walled by . Since you have no dedicated future sight absorber you need to keep pressured with and .(Insert multiple stall breakers here) or that one guy that uses SD U-turn Pivot Wellspring, just soul-read them, bro.
Sun - Sun farms lmao
I forgot to save most of them but here's some random replays that I've collected that are 1700+ from random points in time:
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Banded
+ Weird 
+:Meowscarda
Hazard Stack
++ Tera Dark
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sun (I have no idea why they gave up)
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Tera ghost
+ Tera Fairy 
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+ Weird +:Meowscarda Hazard Stack++ Tera Dark + sun (I have no idea why they gave up) + + Tera ghost+ Tera Fairy Thanks to Stallcord and the Stall Bible for helping to build this team.
Checks out these RMTs for inspiring the team
Quagsire Stall by SupaGmoney
Wo-Chien - Triple Removal by ihbst
Checks out these RMTs for inspiring the team
Quagsire Stall by SupaGmoney
Wo-Chien - Triple Removal by ihbst
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