SV OU Offensive Palossand + Avalugg BO

MeeMoon78

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Explaining the team:

Slowking is there due to it having a good movepool, access to the ability regenerator and good bulk. I'm specifically running it so I can hit Clefable for super effective damage and so I can bait Great Tusk into a tera water surf. It has defense evs since it already has good sp defense without investment which will be boosted by assault vest so i didn't feel like giving it max special defense was neccessary and the defense evs can help me tank physical hits vs waterpon and physical dragapult possibly.

Palossand is there because its the highest defense ghost type with recovery and because ground + ghost is a good offensive typing. So I can run a tanky pokemon to block rapid spin which can also be good offensively. Its max defense since i need a second physical wall on the team and max special attack so i can have a second wallbreaker. I gave it giga drain for dondozo and for a 2nd recovery move. Giga drain also lets me hit Great Tusk and Greninja for super effective damage which will one shot them both.

Blissey is there to support with heal bell and healing wish its also a good special wall alongside AV slowking. I gave it max special defense since I wanted it to be as tanky as possible on the special side since i already have 2 physical walls which can help swap in for physical attacks. I gave it healing wish so i can heal up any pokemon on my team if i feel the need to. Also gave it heal bell to deal with stall and pokemon such as toxapex or glimmora with toxic spikes. I gave it seismic toss since thats just the most reliable damaging movie on Blissey.

Avalugg is there as my hazard removal, i'm using him because he's very tanky with 184 base defense, has access to recovery, and because he's my favorite pokemon. I gave it crunch to hit Gholdengo for super effective damage. Crunch also lets me hit other pokemon such as ceruledge, galar slowking, dragapult for super effective damage. I gave it ice spinner over avalanche because ice spinner is just the most reliable ice damaging move it has and i'd rather have that over avalanche potentially dealing good damage.

Lastly I have ditto and clefable which are both there to just deal with setup sweepers. Clefable is max defense and max special defense because I want both defensive stats to be as high as possible so they can be boosted well by cosmic power and I didn't feel like hp investment would be necessary since clefable already has good hp without investment. I gave it charge beam to help me boost my special attack and give me coverage and then I lastly have stored power to nuke anything it fights. I gave it tera poison because i didnt like the idea of tera steel being weak to ground and fighting when Great Tusk is one of the most popular pokemon in the metagame Tera Steel also lets Samurott hisui hit me with sacred sword which i don't like so i just gave it tera poison. I put ditto on the team as backup incase clefable ever dies and I need another pokemon to deal with a setup sweeper or so I can potentially sweep the enemy team if they setup. I gave it tera water because tera water is generally the best defensive type for most pokemon and tera steel would be a bad choice with Great Tusk being so popular. I also made it a nature which doesn't subtract any points so I don't get any of my stats weakened for no reason.
 
Kingambit seems like a really big issue for your team (unless you terastilize, but still), the only pokemon being able to maybe out play it would be ditto. Defensive Great Tusk > Avalugg seems better as a spinner and a good defensive wall as well as a kingambit counter
 
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