GG monke (CB Rillaboom) [QC 1/2]

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[SET]
Choice Band (Atk) (Rillaboom) @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Grass
Adamant Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Rillaboom is an incredibly strong wallbreaker that threatens almost all defensive cores thanks to terrain-boosted Wood Hammer and its synergy with entry hazard setters thanks to Knock Off. Grassy Glide provides Rillaboom with speed control, threatening faster Pokemon like the Ogerpon formes, Weavile, and Bulk Up Great Tusk alongside some potential prior chip. U-turn provides Rillaboom with the ability to make progress by forcing in counters like Skarmory and Pecharunt for another teammate to pressure. Tera Grass boosts the damage of Wood Hammer and Grassy Glide to absurd levels, including the ability to 2HKO physically bulky resists like Necrozma-DM and Mandibuzz with Wood Hammer.

Choice Band Rillaboom best fits on offense and balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with priority. High Attack gods like Necrozma-DM and Rayquaza are mandatory, as Rillaboom's base Attack is not enough to overwhelm cores. Teammates that can make use of Grassy Terrain like Sneasler, Hisuian Electrode, and Pecharunt make for good partners, with Sneasler being able to activate Unburden, Hisuian Electrode gaining significant power on its Leaf Storm damage, and Pecharunt both taking less from Earthquake and gaining extra recovery while providing pivoting with Parting Shot. Pivots that can pressure Grass resists like Sandy Shocks, Hisuian Electrode, and Iron Moth make for great teammates as they can pressure the few switch-ins to Rillaboom, especially Skarmory, Moltres, and Hydrapple, while also creating Volt-Turn cores. Slow pivots like Slowking, Mandibuzz, and Pecharunt help Rillaboom switch in more safely thanks to the innate scouting ability provided, allowing Rillaboom to wallbreak more effectively. and Spikes setters like Skarmory, Ting-Lu, and Sandy Shocks make for fantastic teammates, as they can allow Rillaboom to more effectively wallbreak while it removes opponents' Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off. Similarly, Stealth Rock setters like Landorus-T, Clefable, and Necrozma-DM make for great teammates, with the former having U-turn while the latter two also having Knock Off to reduce the necessity for Rillaboom to use Knock Off itself.

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[SET]
Choice Band (Atk) (Rillaboom) @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Grass
Adamant Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Rillaboom is an incredibly strong wallbreaker that threatens almost all defensive cores thanks to terrain-boosted Wood Hammer and its synergy with entry hazard setters thanks to Knock Off. Grassy Glide provides Rillaboom with speed control, threatening faster Pokemon like the Ogerpon formes and Weavile Would probably mention speed invested bu tusk asw, as it's one of the more common targets for rilla to hit with glide with some chip. U-turn provides Rillaboom with the ability to make progress by forcing in a counter like Skarmory, Pecharunt, and Tera Steel users like Clefable I'm pretty sure that we should avoid mentioning tera mons out of principle because then it becomes very abstract as to where the limit goes for another teammate to pressure. Tera Grass boosts the damage of Wood Hammer and Grassy Glide to absurd levels.

Choice Band Rillaboom best fits on offense and balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with priority. High Attack gods like Necrozma-DM and Rayquaza are mandatory, as Rillaboom's base Attack is not enough to overwhelm cores. Teammates that can make use of Grassy Terrain like Sneasler, Hisuian Electrode, and Pecharunt make for good partners, with Sneasler being able to activate Unburden, Hisuian Electrode gaining significant power on its Leaf Storm damage, and Pecharunt both taking less from Earthquake and gaining extra recovery while providing pivoting with Parting Shot. Pivots that can pressure Grass resists like Sandy Shocks, Hisuian Electrode, Iron Moth, and Rayquaza Rayquaza rarely, rarely ever uses a moveset that includes u turn, and it doesn't really threaten many common grass resists make for great teammates as they can pressure the few switch-ins to Rillaboom, especially Skarmory, Moltres, and Hydrapple, while also creating Volt-Turn cores. I'd also mention slow pivots that help get Rillaboom onto the field Spikes setters like Skarmory, Greninja, and Sandy Shocks Would definetly mention ting lu instead of these two make for fantastic teammates, as they can allow Rillaboom to more effectively wallbreak while it removes opponents' Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off. Similarly, Stealth Rock setters like Landorus-T, Clefable, and Necrozma-DM make for great teammates, with the former having U-turn while the latter two also having Knock Off to reduce the necessity for Rillaboom to use Knock Off itself.

[SET CREDITS]
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Pretty straightforward and there isn't much to say, stamping QC 1/2 and as always lmk if you have any questions.