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[SET] Clangorous Booster
Kommo-o @ Throat Spray / Kommonium Z
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Steel
Timid Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Clanging Scales
- Boomburst
- Flamethrower

[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a fearsome wallbreaker with its capability to omniboost as soon as it gets an opportunity with Clangorous Soul. Its ability to set up on common Pokemon like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Volcarona and to potentially use Tera Steel to ignore Toxic from defensive Pokemon like Heatran and Toxapex allows it to start wallbreaking very early with its powerful coverage. Throat Spray grants an extra Special Attack boost when using Clangorous Soul, whereas Kommonium Z gives it Clangorous Soulblaze, which allows it to deal heavy damage while boosting its stats. Boomburst lets Kommo-o neutrally hit much of the metagame for large damage, which, when coupled with STAB Clanging Scales and Flamethrower as coverage for Steel-types, can easily break cores featuring the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Gliscor, Landorus-T, and more. Bulletproof along with Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to wall Choice Scarf Tapu Lele looking to revenge kill it as well as set up in front of Gholdengo and Choice Specs Dragapult. Tera Normal gives Kommo-o a stronger Boomburst, while Tera Steel gives it a Toxic immunity and useful resistances to all of its weaknesses, allowing Kommo-o to take would-be checks, such as Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur, and Iron Valiant, by surprise and set up in front of them. However, Kommo-o likes to use its Tera and thus denies its teammates this option, and it can be checked by a well-timed Tera from Pokemon such as Tera Steel Garchomp and subsequently be revenge killed. It is also walled by the likes of Heatran, Garganacl, and Clodsire, which can tank its coverage options even without Terastallizing and cripple it with Toxic or Salt Cure or simply force it out and deny future setup opportunities. Finally, due to the nature of Kommo-o’s setup, it can only reasonably do so once per game, making Kommo-o more suited for offensive teams. Thus, having allies that can take care of Kommo-o’s defensive checks before it sets up can allow it to do its job much more effectively; physical attackers like Iron Valiant, offensive Landorus-T, and Samurott-H can pressure and remove checks for Kommo-o to break and potentially sweep. Hazard support is also valuable in preventing opponents from switching back and forth between Pokemon in a Regenerator core; in particular, Assault Vest Tornadus + Toxapex; Pokemon like Great Tusk and Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to pressure switches.

[SET] Belly Drum
Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
With Belly Drum, Kommo-o becomes a fearsome sweeper capable of wiping unprepared teams with relative ease. The HP cuts from Substitute and Belly Drum will immediately activate Salac Berry, giving Kommo-o maximum Attack along with increased Speed to sweep offensive and defensive teams alike. Substitute also allows Kommo-o to dodge status moves like Ferrothorn’s Leech Seed, Garganacl's Salt Cure, Landorus-T's Toxic, and Rotom-W's Will-O-Wisp that could potentially ruin Kommo-o’s sweep, instead giving it a free set up opportunity. Drain Punch is chosen over heavier hitting moves like Close Combat, as the extra damage is not needed, and Drain Punch can heal off the HP lost through Belly Drum and Substitute, making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill. Thunder Punch is used to dent and possibly KO common defensive tanks that can survive Drain Punch, like Skarmory, Toxapex, Tera Water Garganacl, Gholdengo, and Tera Flying Kingambit. Bulletproof stacked on top of Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to surprise opponents like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Specs Dragapult looking to revenge kill it. Although Soundproof blocks moves such as Roar from defensive Garchomp and Bug Buzz from Volcarona, it is generally not preferred due to the lack of relevant sound-based moves in comparison to the bevy of aforementioned qualities gained from Bulletproof. Tera Electric can power up Thunder Punch with STAB to score KOs on the likes of Gholdengo, Tapu Lele, and Tera Fairy Kingambit, while Tera Steel gives it useful resistances that may allow it to reach Salac Berry range without Substitute by tanking a resisted hit from the likes of Tapu Lele or Mega Diancie. Belly Drum Kommo-o fits on hyper offensive teams that appreciate its ability to sweep or clean up teams once its checks are removed. Therefore, it appreciates partners that can lure and remove Pokemon like Clodsire, Tera Grass Heatran, Gliscor, and Landorus-T that check it; Tapu Koko in particular is good, as it can run Hidden Power Ice to bait and KO the latter two and badly chip the former two potentially into Kommo-o’s range while also boosting the power of its Thunder Punch by setting Electric Terrain. Belly Drum Kommo-o also has trouble setting up, as it mainly uses the element of surprise to get up a Substitute —namely, it exploits the opponent's fear of Clangorous Soulblaze and thus forces them to switch. Thus, it appreciates dual screens support from the likes of Grimmsnarl in order to more consistently set up Belly Drum.

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ready for QC, except i dont know what the focus blast + eq slash is for on the first set so i didn't mention it in the writeup, could someone explain it? thanks
 
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[SET]
Kommo-o @ Kommonium Z / Throat Spray Throat Spray / Kommonium Z (just making sure the item choice aligns with the moves that should be used correspondingly)
Ability: Soundproof / Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Steel
Timid / Modest Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Clanging Scales
- Boomburst / Focus Blast
- Flamethrower / Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a fearsome wallbreaker with its capability to omniboost as soon as it gets an opportunity. Its ability to set up on common pokemon like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Volcarona, as well as potentially utilizing Steel Tera to ignore Toxic and set up on defensive pokemon like Heatran and Toxapex, allow it to start wallbreaking very early and break through common defensive cores with its powerful coverage. Kommonium Z gives it Clangorous Soulblaze which allows it to deal heavy damage while omniboosting, whereas Throat Spray coupled with Clangorous Soul grants an omniboost with an extra Special Attack boost at the cost of 1/3 of its HP. Modest can be chosen over Timid for more damage, but it will then get outsped by Dragapult and Zamazenta in particular. (modest isnt rly usable, losing ou on mlop, zama, pult is dire) Boomburst lets Kommo-o neutrally hit much of the metagame for large damage, which when coupled with STAB Clanging Scales, along with Flamethrower coverage for Steel-types, can easily break cores featuring the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Gliscor, Landorus-T and more. Soundproof and Bulletproof are interchangeable depending on your team’s needs, for instance Bulletproof along with Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to wall Choice Scarf Tapu Lele looking to revenge kill it, as well as setting up in front of Gholdengo and Choice Specs Dragapult. locked into Moonblast (moonblast isnt a projectile move) and Soundproof prevents Roar from Hippowdon and allows it to wall Volcarona. (if ur using a phasing move on hippo, its whirlwind for this very reason, a lot of volc dont even pack bug buzz nowadays) Tera Normal gives Kommo-o a stronger Boomburst, while Steel gives it Toxic immunity and useful resistances to all of its weaknesses, namely Psychic-, Fairy-, Flying-, Ice-, and Dragon-, type moves from the likes of Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant, allowing Kommo-o to take would-be checks by surprise and set up in front of them. However, Kommo-o likes to use its Tera and thus deny its teammates of it, and can itself be checked by a well-timed Tera from Pokemon such as Tera Fairy Kingambit and subsequently be revenge killed. (you have to be pretty chipped for this example to work) It is also walled by the likes of Heatran, Garganacl and Clodsire, who can tank its coverage options even without Tera and cripple it with Toxic or Salt Cure or simply force it out and deny future set up opportunities. Finally, due to the nature of Kommo-o’s set up setup, it can only reasonably do so once per game, making Kommo-o more suited for offensive teams. Thus, having allies that can take care of Kommo-o’s defensive checks before it sets up can allow it to do its job much more effectively; physical attackers like Iron Valiant, offensive Landorus-T or Samurott-H can pressure and remove checks for Kommo-o to break and potentially sweep. Hazard support is also valuable in preventing opponents from switching back and forth between Regenerator cores; Pokemon like Great Tusk or Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to pressure switches. (AV TornT + Pex is a regen core that gives it trouble, so list it more specifically)

[SET]
Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof / Soundproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
With Belly Drum, Kommo-o becomes a fearsome sweeper capable of wiping unprepared teams with relative ease. The HP cuts from Substitute and Belly Drum will immediately activate Salac Berry, giving Kommo-o a large spike to its Attack along with increased Speed to sweep offensive and defensive teams alike. Substitute in particular also allows Kommo-o to dodge status moves like Ferrothorn’s Leech Seed or any Toxic that could potentially ruin Kommo-o’s sweep, and instead give Kommo-o a free set up opportunity. Drain Punch is chosen over heavier hitting moves like Close Combat as the extra damage is not needed, and Drain Punch can heal off the HP lost through Belly Drum making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill. Thunder Punch is used to dent and possibly kill common defensive tanks that can live Drain Punch, like Skarmory, Toxapex, Tera Water Garganacl, Gholdengo and Tera Flying Kingambit. Bulletproof stacked on top of Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to surprise opponents like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Specs Dragapult looking to revenge kill it. while Soundproof prevents opponents from hitting through a Substitute to score a kill on the Belly Drum turn. Tera Electric can power up Thunder Punch with STAB to score KOs on the likes of Gholdengo, Tapu Lele, and Tera Fairy Kingambit, while Tera Steel gives it useful resistances that allow it to reach Salac Berry range without Substitute by tanking a resisted hit from the likes of Tapu Lele or Mega Diancie. Belly Drum Kommo-o fits on hyper-offensive teams that appreciate its ability to unstoppably sweep or clean up teams once its checks are removed. Therefore, it appreciates partners that can lure and remove its checks like Clodsire, Tera Grass Heatran, Gliscor, and Landorus-T; Tapu Koko in particular is good as it can run Hidden Power Ice to bait and kill the latter two and badly chip the former two potentially into Kommo-o’s range, while also boosting the power of its Thunder Punch naturally with Electric Surge. Belly Drum Kommo-o also has trouble setting up, as it mainly uses the element of surprise to force switches and get up a Substitute, thus it appreciates Screens support from the likes of Grimmsnarl in order to more consistently set up Belly Drum. (include more specifically about how the perputual fear of the Z move lets you find opportunities on switches to fairies)

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Nice work, implement and 1/1!

PS: Focus Blast is used for a consistent OHKO on ferro/tran and generally being stronger, eq threatens Pex/Ghold notably but tbh you could just slash it off, idt its very applicable.

(Trial qc approved by hidin )
 
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[SET]
Kommo-o @ Throat Spray / Kommonium Z
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Steel
Timid Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Clanging Scales
- Boomburst
- Flamethrower

[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a fearsome wallbreaker with its capability to omniboost get a +1 boost to all of its stats as soon as it gets an opportunity with Clangorous Soul. "Omniboost" is not mentioned in Grammar Standards, but no instances of Smogdex entries I've seen with similar situations used it, so I opted to change it to be more in line with what is used. I do recognize that "omniboost" is a common shorthand for this however, so I would ask whoever on the GP Team sets the Standards to please look into this at their earliest convenience. Its ability to set up on common pPokemon like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Volcarona, as well as potentially utilizing Steel Tera Steel to ignore Toxic and set up on defensive pPokemon like Heatran and Toxapex, allow it to start wallbreaking very early and break through common defensive cores with its powerful coverage. "Pokemon" is capitalized, the type goes after the word "Tera," and added a space between period and next sentence. Also noting for myself on rereads that both uses of "set up" were correct. Throat Spray coupled with Clangorous Soul grants an omniboost with an extra Special Attack boost at the cost of 1/3 of its HP when using Clangorous Soul, whereas Kommonium Z gives it Clangorous Soulblaze which allows it to deal heavy damage while omniboosting its stats. Sentence was redundant with first sentence of the paragraph, and wording implied that Throat Spray was removing HP instead of the move. Also again removing "omniboost." Boomburst lets Kommo-o neutrally hit much of the metagame for large damage, which when coupled with STAB Clanging Scales, along with (RC) and Flamethrower as coverage for Steel-types, can easily break cores featuring the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Gliscor, Landorus-T, (AC) and more. Removed unneeded comma and reworded sentence to fit the removal, as well as adding an Oxford Comma between "T" and "and." Bulletproof along with Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to wall Choice Scarf Tapu Lele looking to revenge kill it, as well as setting up in front of Gholdengo and Choice Specs Dragapult. Made second part of sentence consistent with first. While it may not read like it, from a grammatical standpoint, the sentence as originally written would be perceived as "...Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to setting up..." because "allows" applies to both parts of the sentence. Tera Normal gives Kommo-o a stronger Boomburst, while Tera Steel gives it a Toxic immunity and useful resistances to all of its weaknesses, namely Psychic-, Fairy-, Flying-, Ice-, and Dragon-, type moves from the likes of Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant, allowing Kommo-o to take would-be checks, (AC) such as Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant, by surprise and set up in front of them. You do not need to list out all of the types Tera Steel resists. Also restructured the sentence to accommodate the removal. However, Kommo-o likes to use its Tera and thus deny its teammates of it, and can itself be checked by a well-timed Tera from Pokemon such as Tera Steel Garchomp and subsequently be revenge killed. It is also walled by the likes of Heatran, Garganacl, (AC) and Clodsire, who can tank its coverage options even without Tera and cripple it with Toxic or Salt Cure or simply force it out and deny future setup opportunities. Removed the space in "setup" because "setup opportunities" is a compound noun, and "setup" is one word when used as a noun. Finally, due to the nature of Kommo-o’s setup, it can only reasonably do so once per game, making Kommo-o more suited for offensive teams. Thus, having allies that can take care of Kommo-o’s defensive checks before it sets up can allow it to do its job much more effectively; physical attackers like Iron Valiant, offensive Landorus-T, (AC) or Samurott-H can pressure and remove checks for Kommo-o to break and potentially sweep. Hazard support is also valuable in preventing opponents from switching back and forth between Pokemon in a Regenerator cores, particularly Assault Vest Tornadus + Toxapex; Pokemon like Great Tusk or Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to pressure switches.

[SET]
Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
With Belly Drum, Kommo-o becomes a fearsome sweeper capable of wiping unprepared teams with relative ease. The HP cuts from Substitute and Belly Drum will immediately activate Salac Berry, giving Kommo-o a large spike to its maxed out Attack along with increased Speed to sweep offensive and defensive teams alike. Probably not a necessary change, but I think being more specific is good. Substitute in particular also allows Kommo-o to dodge status moves like Ferrothorn’s Leech Seed or any Toxic that could potentially ruin Kommo-o’s sweep, and instead give Kommo-o a free set up opportunity. This is definitely more of a QC thing, so I didn't make any edits, but really any status condition in the game would probably ruin Kommo-o's sweep. So I think expanding this sentence to talk about how Substitute protects Kommo-o both from both status moves and attacking moves with secondary status effects would be for the best. Drain Punch is chosen over heavier hitting moves like Close Combat as the extra damage is not needed, and Drain Punch can heal off the HP lost through Belly Drum and Substitute, (AC) making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill. "making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill" isn't necessary for the sentence to function, but is still worth being present, so it should be preceded by a comma. Thunder Punch is used to dent and possibly kill KO common defensive tanks that can live Drain Punch, like Skarmory, Toxapex, Tera Water Garganacl, Gholdengo, (AC) and Tera Flying Kingambit. Bulletproof stacked on top of Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to surprise opponents like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Specs Dragapult looking to revenge kill it. Again, this is QC so I'm not going to actually change anything, but on a set largely facilitated by Substitute, I think Soundproof is worth a mention. Even if only to say why it isn't worth using despite the benefits. Tera Electric can power up Thunder Punch with STAB to score KOs on the likes of Gholdengo, Tapu Lele, and Tera Fairy Kingambit, while Tera Steel gives it useful resistances that may allow it to reach Salac Berry range without Substitute by tanking a resisted hit from the likes of Tapu Lele or Mega Diancie. Bit of a nitpick, but Tera Steel doesn't guarantee getting Salac range without a Substitute, so I added "may" to reflect that. Belly Drum Kommo-o fits on hyper- (RH)offensive teams that appreciate its ability to unstoppably sweep or clean up teams once its checks are removed. Therefore, it appreciates partners that can lure and remove its checks like Pokemon like Clodsire, Tera Grass Heatran, Gliscor, and Landorus-T that check it; The original text created some confusion as to whether the Pokemon listed were the checks or the recommended partners. Tapu Koko in particular is good as it can run Hidden Power Ice to bait and kill KO the latter two and badly chip the former two potentially into Kommo-o’s range, while also boosting the power of its Thunder Punch naturally with by setting Electric Surge Terrain. Electric Surge in and of itself does not provide the boost to Kommo-o's Thunder Punch, it's the Terrain that the ability creates that does. The sentence was edited to reflect that. I also assume that "naturally" was meant to mean "without using Tera," but that isn't necessary. A boost is a boost. It probably isn't wrong if you want to leave it in though. Belly Drum Kommo-o also has trouble setting up, as it mainly uses the element of surprise, namely having opponents fear Clangorous Soulblaze and thus forcing them to switch, in order to get up a Substitute, thus it appreciates Sscreens support from the likes of Grimmsnarl in order to more consistently set up Belly Drum. The phrase "dual screens" is not capitalized, so presumably "screens" on its own would be lowercase as well.

Not certain if the different sets need names, but if they do, or if you would like to add them, I would recommend something like "Clangorous Booster" for the first set, and "SubSalac + Belly Drum" for the second.

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Implementing sometime soon, after that could someone on the QC team please look at the two things Deezcastforms mentioned about the subdrum set since I intend to edit those, thanks
 
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im silly and didnt realize u already implemented oops

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[SET]
Kommo-o @ Throat Spray / Kommonium Z
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Steel
Timid Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Clanging Scales
- Boomburst
- Flamethrower

[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a fearsome wallbreaker with its capability to get a +1 boost to all of its stats as soon as it gets an opportunity with Clangorous Soul. Its ability to set up on common Pokemon like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Volcarona, as well as potentially utilizing Tera Steel to ignore Toxic and set up on defensive from (deleting that section makes it more clear that Tera Steel ignores Toxic from tran/pex, and that they arent separate clauses) Pokemon like Heatran and Toxapex, allow it to start wallbreaking very early and break through common defensive cores with its powerful coverage. Throat Spray grants an extra Special Attack boost when using Clangorous Soul, whereas Kommonium Z gives it Clangorous Soulblaze which allows it to deal heavy damage while boosting its stats. Boomburst lets Kommo-o neutrally hit much of the metagame for large damage, which when coupled with STAB Clanging Scales and Flamethrower as coverage for Steel-types, can easily break cores featuring the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Gliscor, Landorus-T, and more. Bulletproof along with Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to wall Choice Scarf Tapu Lele looking to revenge kill it, as well as set up in front of Gholdengo and Choice Specs Dragapult. Tera Normal gives Kommo-o a stronger Boomburst, while Tera Steel gives it a Toxic immunity and useful resistances to all of its weaknesses, allowing Kommo-o to take would-be checks, such as Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant, by surprise and set up in front of them. However, Kommo-o likes to use its Tera and thus deny its teammates of it, and can itself be checked by a well-timed Tera from Pokemon such as Tera Steel Garchomp and subsequently be revenge killed. It is also walled by the likes of Heatran, Garganacl, and Clodsire, who can tank its coverage options even without Tera and cripple it with Toxic or Salt Cure or simply force it out and deny future setup opportunities. Finally, due to the nature of Kommo-o’s setup, it can only reasonably do so once per game, making Kommo-o more suited for offensive teams. Thus, having allies that can take care of Kommo-o’s defensive checks before it sets up can allow it to do its job much more effectively; physical attackers like Iron Valiant, offensive Landorus-T, or Samurott-H can pressure and remove checks for Kommo-o to break and potentially sweep. Hazard support is also valuable in preventing opponents from switching back and forth between Pokemon in a Regenerator core, particularly Assault Vest Tornadus + Toxapex; Pokemon like Great Tusk or Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to pressure switches.

[SET]
Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
With Belly Drum, Kommo-o becomes a fearsome sweeper capable of wiping unprepared teams with relative ease. The HP cuts from Substitute and Belly Drum will immediately activate Salac Berry, giving Kommo-o maxed out Attack along with increased Speed to sweep offensive and defensive teams alike. Substitute in particular also allows Kommo-o to dodge status like Ferrothorn’s Leech Seed, Garganacl's Salt Cure, or any Toxic or Paralysis etc. and status conditions such as Landorus-T's Toxic and Rotom-W's Will-O-Wisp (chose to exclude paralysis in here bc nothing relevant rly uses twave frequently, the most common form of paralysis is zapdos static which obviously doesnt apply here) that could potentially ruin Kommo-o’s sweep, and instead give giving Kommo-o it (sounds less wordy when put like this since you just said Kommo-o a few words prior) a free set up opportunity. Drain Punch is chosen over heavier hitting moves like Close Combat as the extra damage is not needed, and Drain Punch can heal off the HP lost through Belly Drum and Substitute, making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill. Thunder Punch is used to dent and possibly KO common defensive tanks that can live Drain Punch, like Skarmory, Toxapex, Tera Water Garganacl, Gholdengo, and Tera Flying Kingambit. Bulletproof stacked on top of Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to surprise opponents like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Specs Dragapult looking to revenge kill it. Although Soundproof could block moves like hyper voice from KOing through Substitute, there are very few relevant sound moves that would warrant its use. Although Soundproof blocks moves such as Roar from defensive Garchomp and Bug Buzz from Volcarona, it is generally not preferred due to the lack of relevant sound-based moves in comparison to the bevy of aforementioned qualities gained from Bulletproof. (i like the idea, but hyper voice is definitely not the best example) Tera Electric can power up Thunder Punch with STAB to score KOs on the likes of Gholdengo, Tapu Lele, and Tera Fairy Kingambit, while Tera Steel gives it useful resistances that may allow it to reach Salac Berry range without Substitute by tanking a resisted hit from the likes of Tapu Lele or Mega Diancie. Belly Drum Kommo-o fits on hyper offensive teams that appreciate its ability to unstoppably sweep or clean up teams once its checks are removed. Therefore, it appreciates partners that can lure and remove Pokemon like Clodsire, Tera Grass Heatran, Gliscor, and Landorus-T that check it; Tapu Koko in particular is good as it can run Hidden Power Ice to bait and kill KO the latter two and badly chip the former two potentially into Kommo-o’s range, while also boosting the power of its Thunder Punch by setting Electric Terrain. Belly Drum Kommo-o also has trouble setting up, as it mainly uses the element of surprise, namely having opponents fear Clangorous Soulblaze and thus forcing them to switch, in order to get up a Substitute, thus it appreciates dual screens support from the likes of Grimmsnarl in order to more consistently set up Belly Drum.

Not certain if the different sets need names, but if they do, or if you would like to add them, I would recommend something like "Clangorous Booster" for the first set, and "SubSalac + Belly Drum" for the second. (Clangorous Booster & Belly Drum sounds fine to me)



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implement and shouldddddd be solid, nice work. make sure to change back the italicized parts yadayadayada
 
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[SET] Clangorous Booster
Kommo-o @ Throat Spray / Kommonium Z
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Steel
Timid Nature
- Clangorous Soul
- Clanging Scales
- Boomburst
- Flamethrower

[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a fearsome wallbreaker with its capability to get a +1 boost to all of its stats omniboost (omniboost is a perfectly okay term) as soon as it gets an opportunity with Clangorous Soul. Its ability to set up on common Pokemon like Kingambit, Gholdengo, and Volcarona, (RC) as well as potentially utilizing Tera Steel and to potentially use Tera Steel to ignore Toxic from defensive Pokemon like Heatran and Toxapex, (RC) allows it to start wallbreaking very early and break through common defensive cores with its powerful coverage. Throat Spray grants an extra Special Attack boost when using Clangorous Soul, whereas Kommonium Z gives it Clangorous Soulblaze, (AC) which allows it to deal heavy damage while boosting its stats. Boomburst lets Kommo-o neutrally hit much of the metagame for large damage, which, (AC) when coupled with STAB Clanging Scales and Flamethrower as coverage for Steel-types, can easily break cores featuring the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Toxapex, Gliscor, Landorus-T, and more. Bulletproof along with Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to wall Choice Scarf Tapu Lele looking to revenge kill it, (RC) as well as set up in front of Gholdengo and Choice Specs Dragapult. Tera Normal gives Kommo-o a stronger Boomburst, while Tera Steel gives it a Toxic immunity and useful resistances to all of its weaknesses, allowing Kommo-o to take would-be checks, such as Dragapult, Tapu Lele, Baxcalibur, (AC) and Iron Valiant, by surprise and set up in front of them. However, Kommo-o likes to use its Tera and thus deny denies its teammates of it this option, and it can itself be checked by a well-timed Tera from Pokemon such as Tera Steel Garchomp and subsequently be revenge killed. It is also walled by the likes of Heatran, Garganacl, and Clodsire, who which can tank its coverage options even without Terastallizing and cripple it with Toxic or Salt Cure or simply force it out and deny future setup opportunities. Finally, due to the nature of Kommo-o’s setup, it can only reasonably do so once per game, making Kommo-o more suited for offensive teams. Thus, having allies that can take care of Kommo-o’s defensive checks before it sets up can allow it to do its job much more effectively; physical attackers like Iron Valiant, offensive Landorus-T, or and Samurott-H can pressure and remove checks for Kommo-o to break and potentially sweep. Hazard support is also valuable in preventing opponents from switching back and forth between Pokemon in a Regenerator core; (semicolon), (RC) particularly in particular, (AC) Assault Vest Tornadus + Toxapex; Pokemon like Great Tusk or and Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to pressure switches.

[SET] Belly Drum
Kommo-o @ Salac Berry
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Belly Drum
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
With Belly Drum, Kommo-o becomes a fearsome sweeper capable of wiping unprepared teams with relative ease. The HP cuts from Substitute and Belly Drum will immediately activate Salac Berry, giving Kommo-o maxed out maximum Attack along with increased Speed to sweep offensive and defensive teams alike. Substitute in particular also allows Kommo-o to dodge status moves like Ferrothorn’s Leech Seed, Garganacl's Salt Cure, and status conditions such as Landorus-T's Toxic, (AC) and Rotom-W's Will-O-Wisp that could potentially ruin Kommo-o’s sweep, instead giving it a free set up opportunity. Drain Punch is chosen over heavier hitting moves like Close Combat, (AC) as the extra damage is not needed, and Drain Punch can heal off the HP lost through Belly Drum and Substitute, making Kommo-o harder to revenge kill. Thunder Punch is used to dent and possibly KO common defensive tanks that can live survive Drain Punch, like Skarmory, Toxapex, Tera Water Garganacl, Gholdengo, and Tera Flying Kingambit. Bulletproof stacked on top of Tera Steel allows Kommo-o to surprise opponents like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Specs Dragapult looking to revenge kill it. Although Soundproof blocks moves such as Roar from defensive Garchomp and Bug Buzz from Volcarona, it is generally not preferred due to the lack of relevant sound-based moves in comparison to the bevy of aforementioned qualities gained from Bulletproof. Tera Electric can power up Thunder Punch with STAB to score KOs on the likes of Gholdengo, Tapu Lele, and Tera Fairy Kingambit, while Tera Steel gives it useful resistances that may allow it to reach Salac Berry range without Substitute by tanking a resisted hit from the likes of Tapu Lele or Mega Diancie. Belly Drum Kommo-o fits on hyper offensive teams that appreciate its ability to unstoppably sweep or clean up teams once its checks are removed. Therefore, it appreciates partners that can lure and remove Pokemon like Clodsire, Tera Grass Heatran, Gliscor, and Landorus-T that check it; Tapu Koko in particular is good, (AC) as it can run Hidden Power Ice to bait and kill KO the latter two and badly chip the former two potentially into Kommo-o’s range, (RC) while also boosting the power of its Thunder Punch by setting Electric Terrain. Belly Drum Kommo-o also has trouble setting up, as it mainly uses the element of surprise to get up a Substitute, (RC) —namely, (AC) (Note that the emdash is formatted like this on purpose and there should be no spaces before or after it; it should be: "Substitute—namely" and it'll show up right on dex) having it exploits the opponent's (apostrophe) fear of Clangorous Soulblaze and thus forcing forces them to switch. (period), (RC) in order to get up a Substitute, (RC) thus Thus, (AC) it appreciates dual screens support from the likes of Grimmsnarl in order to more consistently set up Belly Drum.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/red-fintans.637479/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sealoo.514772/
Grammar checked by:
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