[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Dragon Tail
move 4: Iron Defense / Poison Jab
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Regenerator / Dauntless Shield
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o's great bulk, alongside its unique typing, allows it to check a wide variety of Pokemon in the AAA metagame. It can reliably switch into several prominent attackers like Zarude and Barraskewda, often punishing their attacks with Rocky Helmet, while also staying healthy with Regenerator. Dauntless Shield can be used instead to better soft check foes like Terrakion, but it makes Kommo-o very dependent on Leftovers or team support to stay healthy. Running no item is another option to nullify Poltergeist to check Dhelmise. Kommo-o also has good offensive presence with its powerful STAB Body Press, potentially boosted by Dauntless Shield, which can threaten many offensive and defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn and Zarude. It also threatens common Defoggers and Magic Bounce users like Corviknight and Blissey, allowing it to reliably set Stealth Rock. Dragon Tail phazes setup Pokemon that resist Body Press, and racks up Stealth Rock damage. Iron Defense can be used to effectively give it +2 Attack and Defense, notably allowing it to beat Corviknight one-on-one. Poison Jab is another option to threaten Fairy-types such as Tapu Fini and Tapu Koko, which are immune to Dragon Tail and take very little damage from Body Press, as well as fishing for poison on Pokemon that resist Body Press like Zapdos. Toxic is yet another option to reliably cripple Pokemon such as Tapu Fini.
This set fits well in bulky offense and balance teams, which enjoy Kommo-o's longevity and ability to reliably set up Stealth Rock. Offensive Pokemon that are forced out by Zarude and Barraskewda such as Heatran and Sheer Force Tapu Lele greatly appreciate Kommo-o coming in on them and chipping them with Rocky Helmet. Defensively, Kommo-o and Tapu Fini cover each other's weaknesses and can check most physical attackers together. Despite its decent special bulk, Kommo-o can't usually take hits from special threats, so partners like Blissey and RegenVest Silvally-Dragon are often required. Kommo-o is particularly weak to Flying- and Fairy-types as they don't fear Body Press; thus, good answers to threats like Zapdos, Tapu Koko, and Tapu Lele are needed, for example Heatran and RegenVest Jirachi. Lastly, Kommo-o is completely unable to threaten Talonflame, so answers to it such as Zapdos are also good teammates.
[SET]
name: Belly Drum + Unburden
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Thunder Punch / Poison Jab
move 4: X-Scissor / Dragon Claw / Substitute
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Unburden
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Belly Drum + Unburden turns Kommo-o into a deadly sweeper. Activating its Sitrus Berry with Belly Drum, Kommo-o can have +6 Attack and doubled Speed in a single turn, making it very hard to stop. Kommo-o can use its great bulk to set up on passive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn lacking Thunder Wave and defensive Landorus-T, or on a Choice item user such as Zarude that is locked into a resisted move. Drain Punch is a reliable STAB option that also helps keep Kommo-o healthy, making revenge killing it more difficult. Thunder Punch helps beat Corviknight and Tapu Fini, which can survive a Drain Punch, while Poison Jab helps KO Fairy-types like Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu. For the last moveslot, X-Scissor is its best option to pass through bulky Psychic-types, such as Dauntless Shield Mew, even if it doesn't OHKO it. Dragon Claw instead gives a strong neutral hit on many threats such as Zapdos. Substitute is another option to ease setup and avoid status from various defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Swampert, Blissey, and Mew, as well as allowing Kommo-o to survive a Triage Draining Kiss. 4 HP EVs allow it to activate Sitrus Berry after Belly Drum, and a Jolly nature allows it to outspeed Choice Scarf Azelf, a common revenge killer that beats Adamant Kommo-o.
Belly Drum Kommo-o fits best in hyper offense teams, but it can also be used in bulky offense and balance teams as a late-game sweeper. It can also blow holes in the opposite team to help other teammates sweep instead. Thus, other physical threats such as Garchomp and Talonflame make great partners to overwhelm defensive cores. Tapu Koko can set up dual screens on hyper offense to facilitate Kommo-o's setup or bring it on foes like Blissey and Heatran to set up. Corviknight and Swampert can also bring it onto the field. Kommo-o's susceptibility to Triage Draining Kiss means that a strong answer to Togekiss and Tapu Lele is needed; Azelf's Psychic Terrain nullifies the move, while Jirachi takes hits from both Pokemon well. Wandering Spirit can also cripple Kommo-o, as Pokemon like Corviknight can remove the Unburden boost and make Kommo-o easier to revenge kill. Lastly, this set struggles to pass through Prankster Toxapex and Unaware walls such as Mandibuzz and Mew, so Pokemon that can threaten them such as Zapdos and Tapu Koko are good partners.
[SET]
name: Galvanize
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Boomburst
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Dragon Dance / Clanging Scales / Taunt
item: Life Orb / Magnet
ability: Galvanize
nature: Rash
evs: 28 Atk / 252 SpA / 228 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set exploits Kommo-o's good offensive stats and Boomburst to make it a powerful and reliable mixed Stealth Rock setter that can threaten almost all the Defoggers in the metagame. Thanks to Galvanize, Boomburst is even stronger and threatens the metagame's most common Defoggers, Tapu Fini and Corviknight. This set acts as a great lure to important foes expecting another set, OHKOing common Kommo-o answers like Toxapex, Mandibuzz, and Tapu Fini. Close Combat hits common Magic Bounce users such as Blissey and contributes to its strong offensive presence, threatening Ferrothorn and Heatran. The last moveslot is relatively flexible; Dragon Dance boosts Close Combat and turns Kommo-o into a dangerous sweeper, Clanging Scales hits opposing Kommo-o harder while threatening Ground-type such as Swampert, and Taunt shuts down recovery from Pokemon like Volt Absorb Corviknight, as well as blocking setup and entry hazards. Life Orb is usually preferred, but Magnet lets it do high damage to Tapu Fini and Corviknight without recoil. The given Speed EVs allow Kommo-o to outspeed Pokemon with 70 or less base Speed such as Bisharp, and a Rash nature alongside to the 28 EVs Attack EVs secure the 2HKO against RegenVest Swampert, while keeping its ability to take physical hits relatively well.
This set works the best in offensive teams to lure in common answers to Kommo-o such as Toxapex and Corviknight. As such, Pokemon countered by these answers like Terrakion and Garchomp make great partners. Pivots such as Barraskewda appreciate entry hazards chipping their switch-ins. Despite being able to come in on Zarude one or two times, this Kommo-o set lacks longevity, and a secondary check to Zarude and Barraskewda is often required. Due to Kommo-o's weakness to common attackers such as Zapdos, Azelf, and Tapu Lele, strong answers to them like so RegenVest Jirachi and Blissey make great teammates; moreover, they can bring Kommo-o on the field to help it set up Stealth Rock.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Due to its great stats, Kommo-o can use a wide variety of sets to surprise the opponent, with a great movepool including Flamethrower, Earthquake, and the powerful boosting move Clangorous Soul. Many other abilities, including Tough Claws, are possible too; however, these sets are usually worse than those listed, and Galvanize Kommo-o already brings heavy surprise factor. On defensive sets, Kommo-o can also run Magic Bounce, which allows it to completely deny some Stealth Rock setters such as Swampert, as well as avoiding Toxic and still checking for Zarude and Barraskewda. Lastly, defensive variants can use Substitute over Dragon Tail alongside Iron Defense, avoiding Scald burns from Toxapex and Toxic from Swampert and while becoming very hard to stop as Body Press sweepers.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Flying-types**: Flying-type Pokemon such as Zapdos and Landorus-T resist Kommo-o's Fighting-type STAB moves and hit back with a powerful Flying-type STAB move or pivot out into a revenge killer.
**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Tapu Fini are a major nuisance for Kommo-o, as they resist or are immune to its STAB moves; moreover, they can threaten it with powerful Fairy-type moves, and Tapu Lele and Togekiss even revenge kill it thanks to Draining Kiss and Triage. However, Tapu Fini fears Galvanize Boomburst.
**Unaware and Haze**: Users of Unaware and Toxapex with Prankster + Haze can easily deny Kommo-o's sets that rely on stats boosts, such as Belly Drum. However, most of them can be lured in and beaten by Galvanize sets.
**Dauntless Shield Mew**: Dauntless Shield Mew avoids the OHKO from any attack of Kommo-o and can threaten it back with Will-O-Wisp and Ice Beam, or just pivot out into a revenge killer.
**Volt Absorb**: Volt Absorb users such as Toxapex or Coviknight can prevent Boomburst Kommo-o from surprise KOing them. Volt Absorb Toxapex is particularly efficient, as it can also stop Belly Drum Kommo-o with Haze and its immunity to Thunder Punch.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [UT, 523886]]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Dragon Tail
move 4: Iron Defense / Poison Jab
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Regenerator / Dauntless Shield
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o's great bulk, alongside its unique typing, allows it to check a wide variety of Pokemon in the AAA metagame. It can reliably switch into several prominent attackers like Zarude and Barraskewda, often punishing their attacks with Rocky Helmet, while also staying healthy with Regenerator. Dauntless Shield can be used instead to better soft check foes like Terrakion, but it makes Kommo-o very dependent on Leftovers or team support to stay healthy. Running no item is another option to nullify Poltergeist to check Dhelmise. Kommo-o also has good offensive presence with its powerful STAB Body Press, potentially boosted by Dauntless Shield, which can threaten many offensive and defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn and Zarude. It also threatens common Defoggers and Magic Bounce users like Corviknight and Blissey, allowing it to reliably set Stealth Rock. Dragon Tail phazes setup Pokemon that resist Body Press, and racks up Stealth Rock damage. Iron Defense can be used to effectively give it +2 Attack and Defense, notably allowing it to beat Corviknight one-on-one. Poison Jab is another option to threaten Fairy-types such as Tapu Fini and Tapu Koko, which are immune to Dragon Tail and take very little damage from Body Press, as well as fishing for poison on Pokemon that resist Body Press like Zapdos. Toxic is yet another option to reliably cripple Pokemon such as Tapu Fini.
This set fits well in bulky offense and balance teams, which enjoy Kommo-o's longevity and ability to reliably set up Stealth Rock. Offensive Pokemon that are forced out by Zarude and Barraskewda such as Heatran and Sheer Force Tapu Lele greatly appreciate Kommo-o coming in on them and chipping them with Rocky Helmet. Defensively, Kommo-o and Tapu Fini cover each other's weaknesses and can check most physical attackers together. Despite its decent special bulk, Kommo-o can't usually take hits from special threats, so partners like Blissey and RegenVest Silvally-Dragon are often required. Kommo-o is particularly weak to Flying- and Fairy-types as they don't fear Body Press; thus, good answers to threats like Zapdos, Tapu Koko, and Tapu Lele are needed, for example Heatran and RegenVest Jirachi. Lastly, Kommo-o is completely unable to threaten Talonflame, so answers to it such as Zapdos are also good teammates.
[SET]
name: Belly Drum + Unburden
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Thunder Punch / Poison Jab
move 4: X-Scissor / Dragon Claw / Substitute
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Unburden
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Belly Drum + Unburden turns Kommo-o into a deadly sweeper. Activating its Sitrus Berry with Belly Drum, Kommo-o can have +6 Attack and doubled Speed in a single turn, making it very hard to stop. Kommo-o can use its great bulk to set up on passive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn lacking Thunder Wave and defensive Landorus-T, or on a Choice item user such as Zarude that is locked into a resisted move. Drain Punch is a reliable STAB option that also helps keep Kommo-o healthy, making revenge killing it more difficult. Thunder Punch helps beat Corviknight and Tapu Fini, which can survive a Drain Punch, while Poison Jab helps KO Fairy-types like Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu. For the last moveslot, X-Scissor is its best option to pass through bulky Psychic-types, such as Dauntless Shield Mew, even if it doesn't OHKO it. Dragon Claw instead gives a strong neutral hit on many threats such as Zapdos. Substitute is another option to ease setup and avoid status from various defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Swampert, Blissey, and Mew, as well as allowing Kommo-o to survive a Triage Draining Kiss. 4 HP EVs allow it to activate Sitrus Berry after Belly Drum, and a Jolly nature allows it to outspeed Choice Scarf Azelf, a common revenge killer that beats Adamant Kommo-o.
Belly Drum Kommo-o fits best in hyper offense teams, but it can also be used in bulky offense and balance teams as a late-game sweeper. It can also blow holes in the opposite team to help other teammates sweep instead. Thus, other physical threats such as Garchomp and Talonflame make great partners to overwhelm defensive cores. Tapu Koko can set up dual screens on hyper offense to facilitate Kommo-o's setup or bring it on foes like Blissey and Heatran to set up. Corviknight and Swampert can also bring it onto the field. Kommo-o's susceptibility to Triage Draining Kiss means that a strong answer to Togekiss and Tapu Lele is needed; Azelf's Psychic Terrain nullifies the move, while Jirachi takes hits from both Pokemon well. Wandering Spirit can also cripple Kommo-o, as Pokemon like Corviknight can remove the Unburden boost and make Kommo-o easier to revenge kill. Lastly, this set struggles to pass through Prankster Toxapex and Unaware walls such as Mandibuzz and Mew, so Pokemon that can threaten them such as Zapdos and Tapu Koko are good partners.
[SET]
name: Galvanize
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Boomburst
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Dragon Dance / Clanging Scales / Taunt
item: Life Orb / Magnet
ability: Galvanize
nature: Rash
evs: 28 Atk / 252 SpA / 228 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set exploits Kommo-o's good offensive stats and Boomburst to make it a powerful and reliable mixed Stealth Rock setter that can threaten almost all the Defoggers in the metagame. Thanks to Galvanize, Boomburst is even stronger and threatens the metagame's most common Defoggers, Tapu Fini and Corviknight. This set acts as a great lure to important foes expecting another set, OHKOing common Kommo-o answers like Toxapex, Mandibuzz, and Tapu Fini. Close Combat hits common Magic Bounce users such as Blissey and contributes to its strong offensive presence, threatening Ferrothorn and Heatran. The last moveslot is relatively flexible; Dragon Dance boosts Close Combat and turns Kommo-o into a dangerous sweeper, Clanging Scales hits opposing Kommo-o harder while threatening Ground-type such as Swampert, and Taunt shuts down recovery from Pokemon like Volt Absorb Corviknight, as well as blocking setup and entry hazards. Life Orb is usually preferred, but Magnet lets it do high damage to Tapu Fini and Corviknight without recoil. The given Speed EVs allow Kommo-o to outspeed Pokemon with 70 or less base Speed such as Bisharp, and a Rash nature alongside to the 28 EVs Attack EVs secure the 2HKO against RegenVest Swampert, while keeping its ability to take physical hits relatively well.
This set works the best in offensive teams to lure in common answers to Kommo-o such as Toxapex and Corviknight. As such, Pokemon countered by these answers like Terrakion and Garchomp make great partners. Pivots such as Barraskewda appreciate entry hazards chipping their switch-ins. Despite being able to come in on Zarude one or two times, this Kommo-o set lacks longevity, and a secondary check to Zarude and Barraskewda is often required. Due to Kommo-o's weakness to common attackers such as Zapdos, Azelf, and Tapu Lele, strong answers to them like so RegenVest Jirachi and Blissey make great teammates; moreover, they can bring Kommo-o on the field to help it set up Stealth Rock.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Due to its great stats, Kommo-o can use a wide variety of sets to surprise the opponent, with a great movepool including Flamethrower, Earthquake, and the powerful boosting move Clangorous Soul. Many other abilities, including Tough Claws, are possible too; however, these sets are usually worse than those listed, and Galvanize Kommo-o already brings heavy surprise factor. On defensive sets, Kommo-o can also run Magic Bounce, which allows it to completely deny some Stealth Rock setters such as Swampert, as well as avoiding Toxic and still checking for Zarude and Barraskewda. Lastly, defensive variants can use Substitute over Dragon Tail alongside Iron Defense, avoiding Scald burns from Toxapex and Toxic from Swampert and while becoming very hard to stop as Body Press sweepers.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Flying-types**: Flying-type Pokemon such as Zapdos and Landorus-T resist Kommo-o's Fighting-type STAB moves and hit back with a powerful Flying-type STAB move or pivot out into a revenge killer.
**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Tapu Fini are a major nuisance for Kommo-o, as they resist or are immune to its STAB moves; moreover, they can threaten it with powerful Fairy-type moves, and Tapu Lele and Togekiss even revenge kill it thanks to Draining Kiss and Triage. However, Tapu Fini fears Galvanize Boomburst.
**Unaware and Haze**: Users of Unaware and Toxapex with Prankster + Haze can easily deny Kommo-o's sets that rely on stats boosts, such as Belly Drum. However, most of them can be lured in and beaten by Galvanize sets.
**Dauntless Shield Mew**: Dauntless Shield Mew avoids the OHKO from any attack of Kommo-o and can threaten it back with Will-O-Wisp and Ice Beam, or just pivot out into a revenge killer.
**Volt Absorb**: Volt Absorb users such as Toxapex or Coviknight can prevent Boomburst Kommo-o from surprise KOing them. Volt Absorb Toxapex is particularly efficient, as it can also stop Belly Drum Kommo-o with Haze and its immunity to Thunder Punch.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [UT, 523886]]
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