Project National Dex OU: Break This Core (Week 57 voting: Gouging Fire + Dragonite)

[boppydop!]

Gouging Gyatt

 

[sh0shin]

Dragonite cuz I was gonna do it

 

[sluGGy]

roar-or w/e sounds dinosaurs make

 

[K302]

Congratulations to BrisingrDraconis for winning this week of Break this Core!

Our new core will be Landorus-Therian + Garganacl + Ferrothorn!
Credit for the core:@boppydop!



How will YOU break this core? Submissions end Friday!

Sets

Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Recover
- Salt Cure
- Protect
- Stealth Rock

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 152 HP / 64 Atk / 176 Def / 116 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Defog

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
- Spikes

 

[Ineros]

Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Moonblast
- Calm Mind

Pretty easy stuff here. Calm mind on a forced switch on Garg / Ferro and then go to town. Booster is here as well because that allows you to outspeed Lando. Tera ghost shadow ball is here to 1. Not get worn down by salt cure as easily + get rkilled by a scarf Lando but also helps against ghost Ferro. Checkmate, boppy.

+1 252 SpA Iron Valiant Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 408-482 (115.9 - 136.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 SpA Tera Ghost Iron Valiant Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 272-324 (77.2 - 92%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Power Whip vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Ghost Iron Valiant: 135-159 (46.7 - 55%) -- 64.5% chance to 2HKO

+1 252 SpA Iron Valiant Moonblast vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 264-312 (73.9 - 87.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

68 Atk Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Valiant: 171-202 (59.1 - 69.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Although it may seem like Tera ghost Ferro may win after Lando chips it, note that Ival can then setup, kill the Lando at +2, and then make a very risky 50/50 that can just end the game.

 

[Wellhell]

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Protective Pads
Ability: Unseen Fist
Tera Type: Grass / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Trailblaze / Substitute / Aqua jet
- Close Combat
- Surging Strikes

Spoiler

+2 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def Tera Ghost Ferrothorn on a critical hit: 261-309 (74.1 - 87.7%) -- approx. 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

+2 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tera Dragon Garganacl: 312-367 (77.2 - 90.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

64 Atk Tera Water Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 156-184 (45.7 - 53.9%) -- 46.1% chance to 2HKO

+1 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Trailblaze vs. 152 HP / 176 Def Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 148-176 (41.4 - 49.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

+1 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 152 HP / 176 Def Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 267-315 (74.7 - 88.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

If u truly struggle to get setup opportunity then substitute over trailblaze should solve all ur issues . Happy gaming

 

[SoapierMage5794]

Damn didn't realise it was scarf lando otherwise
Meowscarada @ Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
Hidden Power: Fire
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpA
Naughty Nature
- Flower Trick
- Triple Axel
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Knock Off

Can clear the board here I'm pretty sure sadly you are just ohkoed by lando U turn

 

[sh0shin]

Archaludon @ Leftovers
Ability: Stamina
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dragon Pulse
- Flash Cannon
- Substitute
- Body Press

non-rain arch use case?
i did not maximize EVs i just dumped everything into defense while keeping the standard 220 speed total.
tera type could be ghost or anything else that at least neutral to steel. fairy seems good for more broad applications than this, though, such as bp/knock ferro.
i tested it multiple ways with multiple 1v1 scenarios. you PP stall gyro ball pretty easily and nothing else can touch you except landorus EQ. you can muscle through anything if landorus hits you at all when you fairy tera. garg is borderline useless here and just gets set up on. salt cure probably won't do enough tick damage unless garg gets a lucky double protect and your sub is down while on super low HP. if garg teras dragon you will do more damage with body press once at +3 and up from stamina vs dragon pulse. otherwise, you can comfortably PP stall it behind sub with flash/pulse.

defense

0 Atk Salt Cure vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def : 13-16 (3.3 - 4.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
64 Atk Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def Tera Fairy : 97-115 (25.3 - 30%) -- 0.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
64 Atk Earthquake vs. +1 248 HP / 204+ Def Tera Fairy : 66-78 (17.2 - 20.3%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Gyro Ball (138 BP) vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def : 44-52 (11.4 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever

offense

0 SpA Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD : 162-192 (40 - 47.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 4 Def : 222-262 (54.9 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Dragon : 170-204 (42 - 50.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD : 135-159 (37.8 - 44.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def : 130-154 (36.9 - 43.7%) -- 99.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def : 194-230 (55.1 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost : 82-97 (23.2 - 27.5%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

 

[BigForretressGuy]

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flame Body
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dragon Pulse/Stealth Rock
- Magma Storm/Taunt
- Flash Cannon/Tera Blast/Earth Power
- Eruption/Tera Blast/Taunt

Pretty self- explanatory here, Eruption/Magma Storm on heatran is a forced switch/ Tera on Ferrothorn, Magma Storm chip does decent damage on lando after the attack. Air balloon to not get ko’d by EQ. Tera grass to stop leech seed, reduce chip from salt cure and resist EQ. flashcannon for the garganacl. Dpulse for dragon Tera. if you don’t think two fire moves are necessary use Tera grass tera blast for super effective dmg on garganacl and tera water lando T. you might need rocks if you want to make sure you get the KO. Taunt to stop garg and ferro from functioning. Taunt is also to stop protect and recover allowing Dragon Pulse to 3HKO tera dragon garganacl. You might want eruption AND magma storm in case magma storm isn’t strong enough or in case the HP is too low to use eruption. Flame Body can burn lando on its u-turn and burn ferrothorn. Rocks for the hazards that’s all. Earth Power is more helpful for your team but STAB boosted flash cannon is stronger.

offense

252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 216-255 (60.5 - 71.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after trapping damage
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Tera Blast (80 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 348-410 (97.4 - 114.8%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 324-382 (90.7 - 107%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 324-382 (90.7 - 107%) -- Guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rocks
252+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 222-264 (54.9 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Tera Blast (80 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 222-264 (54.9 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Dragon Garganacl: 158-186 (39.1 - 46%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 792-936 (225 - 265.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Possible
252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 528-624 (150 - 177.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 132-156 (37.5 - 44.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery and trapping damage
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 198-234 (56.2 - 66.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 106-126 (30.1 - 35.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 168-198 (41.5 - 49%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

defense

0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (119 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 117-138 (30.3 - 35.7%) -- 33.1% chance to 3HKO
0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (107 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 26-31 (6.7 - 8%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Garganacl Salt Cure vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 42-49 (10.8 - 12.6%) -- guaranteed 5HKO after Salt Cure
64 Atk Landorus-Therian U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 140-166 (36.2 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Salt Cure
64 Atk Landorus-Therian U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 140-166 (36.2 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
64 Atk Landorus-Therian Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 99-117 (25.6 - 30.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
64 Atk Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 74-87 (19.1 - 22.5%) -- possible 5HKO

 

[K302]

Voting is up! Ends Monday!

Heatran @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flame Body
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dragon Pulse/Stealth Rock
- Magma Storm/Taunt
- Flash Cannon/Tera Blast/Earth Power
- Eruption/Tera Blast/Taunt

Pretty self- explanatory here, Eruption/Magma Storm on heatran is a forced switch/ Tera on Ferrothorn, Magma Storm chip does decent damage on lando after the attack. Air balloon to not get ko’d by EQ. Tera grass to stop leech seed, reduce chip from salt cure and resist EQ. flashcannon for the garganacl. Dpulse for dragon Tera. if you don’t think two fire moves are necessary use Tera grass tera blast for super effective dmg on garganacl and tera water lando T. you might need rocks if you want to make sure you get the KO. Taunt to stop garg and ferro from functioning. Taunt is also to stop protect and recover allowing Dragon Pulse to 3HKO tera dragon garganacl. You might want eruption AND magma storm in case magma storm isn’t strong enough or in case the HP is too low to use eruption. Flame Body can burn lando on its u-turn and burn ferrothorn. Rocks for the hazards that’s all. Earth Power is more helpful for your team but STAB boosted flash cannon is stronger.

offense

252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 216-255 (60.5 - 71.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after trapping damage
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Tera Blast (80 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 348-410 (97.4 - 114.8%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 324-382 (90.7 - 107%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 324-382 (90.7 - 107%) -- Guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rocks
252+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 222-264 (54.9 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Tera Blast (80 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 222-264 (54.9 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Tera Grass Heatran Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Dragon Garganacl: 158-186 (39.1 - 46%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 792-936 (225 - 265.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Possible
252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 528-624 (150 - 177.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 132-156 (37.5 - 44.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery and trapping damage
252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 198-234 (56.2 - 66.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 106-126 (30.1 - 35.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 168-198 (41.5 - 49%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

defense

0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (119 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 117-138 (30.3 - 35.7%) -- 33.1% chance to 3HKO
0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (107 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 26-31 (6.7 - 8%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 Atk Garganacl Salt Cure vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 42-49 (10.8 - 12.6%) -- guaranteed 5HKO after Salt Cure
64 Atk Landorus-Therian U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 140-166 (36.2 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Salt Cure
64 Atk Landorus-Therian U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 140-166 (36.2 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
64 Atk Landorus-Therian Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 99-117 (25.6 - 30.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
64 Atk Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Grass Heatran: 74-87 (19.1 - 22.5%) -- possible 5HKO

Archaludon @ Leftovers
Ability: Stamina
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dragon Pulse
- Flash Cannon
- Substitute
- Body Press

non-rain arch use case?
i did not maximize EVs i just dumped everything into defense while keeping the standard 220 speed total.
tera type could be ghost or anything else that at least neutral to steel. fairy seems good for more broad applications than this, though, such as bp/knock ferro.
i tested it multiple ways with multiple 1v1 scenarios. you PP stall gyro ball pretty easily and nothing else can touch you except landorus EQ. you can muscle through anything if landorus hits you at all when you fairy tera. garg is borderline useless here and just gets set up on. salt cure probably won't do enough tick damage unless garg gets a lucky double protect and your sub is down while on super low HP. if garg teras dragon you will do more damage with body press once at +3 and up from stamina vs dragon pulse. otherwise, you can comfortably PP stall it behind sub with flash/pulse.

defense

0 Atk Salt Cure vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def : 13-16 (3.3 - 4.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
64 Atk Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def Tera Fairy : 97-115 (25.3 - 30%) -- 0.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
64 Atk Earthquake vs. +1 248 HP / 204+ Def Tera Fairy : 66-78 (17.2 - 20.3%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Gyro Ball (138 BP) vs. 248 HP / 204+ Def : 44-52 (11.4 - 13.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever

offense

0 SpA Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD : 162-192 (40 - 47.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 4 Def : 222-262 (54.9 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Dragon : 170-204 (42 - 50.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD : 135-159 (37.8 - 44.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def : 130-154 (36.9 - 43.7%) -- 99.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 204+ Def Body Press vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def : 194-230 (55.1 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost : 82-97 (23.2 - 27.5%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

Damn didn't realise it was scarf lando otherwise
Meowscarada @ Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
Hidden Power: Fire
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpA
Naughty Nature
- Flower Trick
- Triple Axel
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Knock Off

Can clear the board here I'm pretty sure sadly you are just ohkoed by lando U turn

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike @ Protective Pads
Ability: Unseen Fist
Tera Type: Grass / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Trailblaze / Substitute / Aqua jet
- Close Combat
- Surging Strikes

Spoiler

+2 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 252 HP / 40+ Def Tera Ghost Ferrothorn on a critical hit: 261-309 (74.1 - 87.7%) -- approx. 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

+2 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tera Dragon Garganacl: 312-367 (77.2 - 90.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

64 Atk Tera Water Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 156-184 (45.7 - 53.9%) -- 46.1% chance to 2HKO

+1 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Trailblaze vs. 152 HP / 176 Def Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 148-176 (41.4 - 49.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

+1 252 Atk Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Close Combat vs. 152 HP / 176 Def Tera Water Landorus-Therian: 267-315 (74.7 - 88.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

If u truly struggle to get setup opportunity then substitute over trailblaze should solve all ur issues . Happy gaming

Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Moonblast
- Calm Mind

Pretty easy stuff here. Calm mind on a forced switch on Garg / Ferro and then go to town. Booster is here as well because that allows you to outspeed Lando. Tera ghost shadow ball is here to 1. Not get worn down by salt cure as easily + get rkilled by a scarf Lando but also helps against ghost Ferro. Checkmate, boppy.

+1 252 SpA Iron Valiant Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Ferrothorn: 408-482 (115.9 - 136.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+1 252 SpA Tera Ghost Iron Valiant Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 216 SpD Tera Ghost Ferrothorn: 272-324 (77.2 - 92%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

0 Atk Tera Ghost Ferrothorn Power Whip vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Ghost Iron Valiant: 135-159 (46.7 - 55%) -- 64.5% chance to 2HKO

+1 252 SpA Iron Valiant Moonblast vs. 152 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 264-312 (73.9 - 87.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

68 Atk Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Valiant: 171-202 (59.1 - 69.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Although it may seem like Tera ghost Ferro may win after Lando chips it, note that Ival can then setup, kill the Lando at +2, and then make a very risky 50/50 that can just end the game.

 

[sh0shin]

Urshifu

 

[BigForretressGuy]

archaludon

 

[sluGGy]

the val

 

[PowerOfMemes]

urshifu

 

[Sami]

Ursh

 

[Hittite Jumpscare]

archaludon

 

[RunicPower413]

Voting for the boxing bear (red panda?)

 

[Dead by Daylight]

Congrats to Wellhell for winning this week of Break This Core with their submission of Swords Dance Urshifu-R!

Your core this week will be the fearsome priority duo of Raging Bolt + Mega Scizor.

Sets

Scizor @ Scizorite
Ability: Light Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 112 Def / 128 SpD / 20 Spe
Tera Type: Bug
Impish Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Close Combat
- Roost

Raging Bolt @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 76 HP / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 132 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Flying
Modest Nature
- Thunderclap
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Draco Meteor

How will you break this core? Submissions end on Friday, August 16th. Best of luck.

 

[sluGGy]

"The 'Fearsome Priority Duo'? Huh, never heard of 'em."

Tapu Lele @ Assault Vest
Ability: Psychic Surge
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 80 HP / 44 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 116 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]

(The spread is to eat a Wetpon's Cudgle after rocks, and speed to outcreep modest Tran, which are two common partners for the core. Thx Ineros.)

This is as linear as you can get with a submission, tbh. What is a more obvious answer to a core that banks off their priority than the priority blocking, psychic spamming queen of NDOU. AV allows Lele to stomach a few raw Tbolts from Bolt, and knowing that MSciz is CC it can come in on it as freely as possible (srsly, CC does 14% max).

After you come in on any of them, just click the move that is super effective into them and watch them get utterly evaporated as they desperatly try to lay a finger on you.

DEF numbers

0 Atk Close Combat vs. 80 HP / 44 Def 36-43 (11.9 - 14.2%) -- possible 7HKO
252+ SpA Thunderbolt vs. 80 HP / 16 SpD 99-117 (32.8 - 38.8%) -- 99.3% chance to 3HKO

OFF numbers

252+ SpA Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD 374-444 (95.6 - 113.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252+ SpA Hidden Power Fire vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD 256-304 (74.6 - 88.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO -- 6.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Slay queen, slay~

 

[BrisingrDraconis]

Gouging Fire @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 76 SpD / 136 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz / Heat Crash
- Earthquake
- Morning Sun

I personally like heat crash on gouging just because I don't like the recoil, either works well enough for this though.

You just have to click big buttons.

Get Gouging in on msciz, dd once, then click fire move if msciz stays in. Then bolt comes out, tera ground eq. If msciz switched out, tera ground eq then fire move on msciz when it comes back in.

Offensive Calcs

+1 44+ Atk Tera Ground Gouging Fire Earthquake vs. 76 HP / 48 Def Raging Bolt: 426-504 (103.9 - 122.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
44+ Atk Gouging Fire Heat Crash (100 BP) vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 348-412 (101.4 - 120.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
44+ Atk Gouging Fire Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 420-496 (122.4 - 144.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Defensive Calcs

Raging Bolt Thunderclap vs. Tera Ground Gouging Fire: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderclap vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Gouging Fire: 64-76 (15.4 - 18.3%) -- possible 6HKO
0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Gouging Fire: 39-46 (9.4 - 11.1%) -- possible 9HKO
0 Atk Scizor-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Gouging Fire: 104-123 (25.1 - 29.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Ground Gouging Fire: 78-93 (18.8 - 22.4%) -- possible 5HKO

Bolt can never attack you because you outspeed and ohko, and it can't tera because of z. The most damage they can do is cc into gouging for 30% while you dd, hard bolt on hcrash/flare blitz, bolt dies to tera ground eq next turn, then msciz comes back in and does 22 to ground gouging with bpunch and dies to fire move.

Might not even need to tera if you manage to get +1 gouge in front of bolt with bolt having <70% hp and gouging being able to take 18% chip from tclap.

Common Gouging Fire W

 

[Hittite Jumpscare]

Skeledirge @ Leftovers / Heavy Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Torch Song
- Slack Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex

Tera Fairy and win. Boosts don't do anything to Skeledirge. Even M-Scizor can't take down Tera Fairy Skeledirge, as after tanking one Bullet Punch, and can willow, and then survive the next one and Slack Off.

Calcs!

- 0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Skeledirge: 46-54 (11.1 - 13.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
- 0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 186-218 (45.2 - 53%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
- 0 Atk Technician burned Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 93-109 (22.6 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
- 252+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 145-172 (35.2 - 41.8%) -- 85.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

- 0 SpA Tera Fairy Skeledirge Torch Song vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD Scizor-Mega: 336-396 (97.9 - 115.4%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
- 252 SpA Tera Fairy Skeledirge Hex (130 BP) vs. 76 HP / 0 SpD Raging Bolt: 208-246 (50.7 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after burn damage

 

[Wellhell]

Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Booster Energy / Icium-Z
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Rapid Spin
- Temper Flare
- Ice Spinner

Pick item based on the team .

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252 Atk Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 76 HP / 48 Def Raging Bolt: 408-480 (99.5 - 117%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Tera Fire Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 124-147 (36.1 - 42.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Temper Flare vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 208-248 (60.6 - 72.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO ( follow up after headlong to lure as they get comfortable staying in )
252 Atk Tera Fire Great Tusk Temper Flare vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 312-372 (90.9 - 108.4%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO ( emergency case )

 

[K302]

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Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Booster Energy / Icium-Z
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Rapid Spin
- Temper Flare
- Ice Spinner

Pick item based on the team .

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252 Atk Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 76 HP / 48 Def Raging Bolt: 408-480 (99.5 - 117%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Tera Fire Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 124-147 (36.1 - 42.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Temper Flare vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 208-248 (60.6 - 72.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO ( follow up after headlong to lure as they get comfortable staying in )
252 Atk Tera Fire Great Tusk Temper Flare vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 312-372 (90.9 - 108.4%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO ( emergency case )

Skeledirge @ Leftovers / Heavy Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Torch Song
- Slack Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex

Tera Fairy and win. Boosts don't do anything to Skeledirge. Even M-Scizor can't take down Tera Fairy Skeledirge, as after tanking one Bullet Punch, and can willow, and then survive the next one and Slack Off.

Calcs!

- 0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Skeledirge: 46-54 (11.1 - 13.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
- 0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 186-218 (45.2 - 53%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
- 0 Atk Technician burned Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 93-109 (22.6 - 26.5%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
- 252+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tera Fairy Skeledirge: 145-172 (35.2 - 41.8%) -- 85.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

- 0 SpA Tera Fairy Skeledirge Torch Song vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD Scizor-Mega: 336-396 (97.9 - 115.4%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
- 252 SpA Tera Fairy Skeledirge Hex (130 BP) vs. 76 HP / 0 SpD Raging Bolt: 208-246 (50.7 - 60%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after burn damage

Gouging Fire @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 76 SpD / 136 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz / Heat Crash
- Earthquake
- Morning Sun

I personally like heat crash on gouging just because I don't like the recoil, either works well enough for this though.

You just have to click big buttons.

Get Gouging in on msciz, dd once, then click fire move if msciz stays in. Then bolt comes out, tera ground eq. If msciz switched out, tera ground eq then fire move on msciz when it comes back in.

Offensive Calcs

+1 44+ Atk Tera Ground Gouging Fire Earthquake vs. 76 HP / 48 Def Raging Bolt: 426-504 (103.9 - 122.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
44+ Atk Gouging Fire Heat Crash (100 BP) vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 348-412 (101.4 - 120.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
44+ Atk Gouging Fire Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Scizor-Mega: 420-496 (122.4 - 144.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Defensive Calcs

Raging Bolt Thunderclap vs. Tera Ground Gouging Fire: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ SpA Raging Bolt Thunderclap vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Gouging Fire: 64-76 (15.4 - 18.3%) -- possible 6HKO
0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Gouging Fire: 39-46 (9.4 - 11.1%) -- possible 9HKO
0 Atk Scizor-Mega Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Gouging Fire: 104-123 (25.1 - 29.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Ground Gouging Fire: 78-93 (18.8 - 22.4%) -- possible 5HKO

Bolt can never attack you because you outspeed and ohko, and it can't tera because of z. The most damage they can do is cc into gouging for 30% while you dd, hard bolt on hcrash/flare blitz, bolt dies to tera ground eq next turn, then msciz comes back in and does 22 to ground gouging with bpunch and dies to fire move.

Might not even need to tera if you manage to get +1 gouge in front of bolt with bolt having <70% hp and gouging being able to take 18% chip from tclap.

Common Gouging Fire W

"The 'Fearsome Priority Duo'? Huh, never heard of 'em."

Tapu Lele @ Assault Vest
Ability: Psychic Surge
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 80 HP / 44 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 116 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]

(The spread is to eat a Wetpon's Cudgle after rocks, and speed to outcreep modest Tran, which are two common partners for the core. Thx Ineros.)

This is as linear as you can get with a submission, tbh. What is a more obvious answer to a core that banks off their priority than the priority blocking, psychic spamming queen of NDOU. AV allows Lele to stomach a few raw Tbolts from Bolt, and knowing that MSciz is CC it can come in on it as freely as possible (srsly, CC does 14% max).

After you come in on any of them, just click the move that is super effective into them and watch them get utterly evaporated as they desperatly try to lay a finger on you.

DEF numbers

0 Atk Close Combat vs. 80 HP / 44 Def 36-43 (11.9 - 14.2%) -- possible 7HKO
252+ SpA Thunderbolt vs. 80 HP / 16 SpD 99-117 (32.8 - 38.8%) -- 99.3% chance to 3HKO

OFF numbers

252+ SpA Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD 374-444 (95.6 - 113.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252+ SpA Hidden Power Fire vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD 256-304 (74.6 - 88.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO -- 6.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Slay queen, slay~

 

[Hittite Jumpscare]

Gouging Fire

 

[Ineros]

Av lele