Balanced Core
Balanced/Offensive Core set on my + 
core being updated to run wish, protect, scald, flip turn, thanks!
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in particular has a ton of options now that can tailored to your team’s needs, even if sticking to specs. I would suggest that ’s ability to support as well as it does is contingent on being specs since the checks it shores up really well are generally those that specs wake has to worry about (mainly, what happens when you thud into an immunity), while the mons that check something like lefties may not be so easily handled with . just got several notable buffs after already being one of the best breakers in the tier. Access to flip turn, scald, and knock off make it much harder to counter. For the purposes of this core I will be looking specifically at the use of knock off on hazard stacking teams in order to break down would-be checks such as 
, 
, 
, spdef 
, and WA 
., , , WA , etc have a much harder time maintaining high health once their boots are gone. Even has to be pretty wary of hydro pump, which has a 91.4% chance to 2HKO (58.5% acc adjusted) lefties max spdef and a guaranteed 2HKO (64% chance acc adjusted) if lefties are gone. This said sometimes you’re just gonna click the wrong move and hit a fairy or water absorb. in particular is on a ton of teams at the moment in no small part due to water absorb—while it’s already a quad resist, blocking flip turn, not worrying about scald, and downright disincentivizing water moves as a whole by healing off them has proven incredibly useful. And it can’t be knocked off, so you have to click draco to threaten it, which could let in one of the many powerful fairies. That’s where comes in: spent quite a while in the SV OU limelight for being an excellent pivot for offense teams, thanks to its ability to neutralize a heavy hitter once or twice per game (even more if your opponent is overly passive) while threatening sleep as a manner by which it can itself break holes in the opposing team. While its usage has fallen off some as 
and hazard stack in general have seen increased usage (the former being a counter to it and the latter making it harder for it to take knock off or run an item other than boots), it is still an incredibly useful mon for bulky offense teams and in particular for , being able to blank almost every immunity or bulky resist to . Stomping tantrum is anti- tech as non-balloon offensive switching into spore will take 62.2-73.6% from the following stomping tantrum, while physdef will take 37-43.9%—nothing crazy, but enough to motivate a recover. Clear smog is necessary to consistently check , though. Giga drain is preferred over grass knot in this case because grass knot is only 60 BP against and 
, both of which can check , but the latter does more against 
, , and 
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shadow ball barring crits/spdef drops. This can be done with just 68 spdef EVs though, and you can drop 12 HP EVs, and because your nature is +def you even get an extra stat point in defense when you jump from 172 to 176, to top it off. Thus the given spread provides the maximum physical bulk possible while avoiding 2HKO from specs shadow ball. If you want to max HP instead then 252/188+/68 is still perfectly reasonable. is certainly a useful extension of this core. As far as monsthat you may want further help beating, opposing , , 
, 
, psychic (as opposed to FS), and 
could all be problematic for you—mons like spdef , AV 
, amnesia especially with tera steel or dark, 
, and can act as potential answers to multiple of these threats at a time, although depending on your offensive structure trying to fit a defensive check to multiple of these threats at once may be unnecessary.’s tera type, fixed!
brings this, while also completing the trifecta of u-turn mons and being the second one on your team that is relatively slow, while also meaning that you're less reliant on gliscor's u-turn to pop gholdengo's air balloon. You also have the option of your own although I'm not over the moon about the idea due to having half a team that's afraid of kingambit sounding like a good way to die it does a good job at keeping hazards up while being threatening against slower teams due to the incredible power of boosted make it rain. Speaking of wallbreakers and rain, does a good job of being another secondary wallbreaker with a setup move that allows it to threaten large swathes of the metagame that are slower than it - similarly to 
another option that can set up another hazard in stealth rocks itself, though it is reliant on super effective hits due to a lack of boosting, but does actually resist ice, which this core is weak to. Maybe you want role compression, and for that is your best bet, with spD heatran being capable of absorbing special attacks such as those attacks from gholdengo, while also threatening just about everything defensive - magma storm and taunt are incredible ways of wallbreaking, it was in contention for best mon in ss ou for a reason after all. The last mon I'll be mentioning is 
, as being strong, bulky and a fighting type is appreciated by this core - especially so when it comes to dealing with gambit (until it clicks tera fairy).
Thanks, kindly specify the type of core please!
Edited the post to specify the types. While I feel Ogerpon + Ace would fit more onto Offensive cores, the presence of Glowking + Zamazenta on Balanced cores make for a solid argument for placing the core on the latter. Honestly there's no wrong answer of where it would fit bestThanks, kindly specify the type of core please!
Btw this core is outdated, Bax is banned.
Thanks a lot for the cores! The Hall of Fame hasn't been updated, since we don't have enough cores to put in there! It will be updated pretty soon!
Offensive Core
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Rilla-Sneasler is a fantastic offensive core, can attest to using it myself on a lot of my builds even pre-DLC, would like to submit a great mon that I think can be easily tacked onto this:
Rilla-Sneasler-Zamazenta
Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 128 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 124 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- U-turn
Sneasler @ Grassy Seed
Ability: Unburden
Tera Type: Dark / Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dire Claw / Gunk Shot
- Close Combat
- Lash Out / Shadow Claw
- Swords Dance
Zamazenta @ Leftovers
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 44 HP / 252 Def / 40 SpD / 172 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Body Press
- Heavy Slam / Stone Edge
- Crunch
- Iron Defense
More traditional Max-Max/Sample EV spreads can be run, these are just my personal spreads (Rilla outspeeds min speed Zap and the rest in bulk, Zama has a significantly stronger press than the sample set and maximises lefties + terrain % healed at the expense of some special bulk).
These mons all break for one another and provide fantastic offensive synergy, I got reqs for the Gambit, Bloodmoon and Roaring Moon suspect with builds all using this core and used it in one of July's featured RMTs. All 3 apply heavy pressure to Flying types like Zapdos and Moltres that are tasked with switching in on Fighting attacks and Wood Hammer, and possibly the #1 hard stop to Sneasler and Zamazenta is Dondozo; Rillaboom is one of the very few physical attackers that can OHKO Dozo with its banded Hammer while Tera Grass Hammer even has a 75% chance to OHKO a max Phys.Def Gliscor from full.
Move Choices:
Drain Punch can be used on Rillaboom to hit Kingambit, but this core has Zamazenta to deal with Gambit, while Sneasler OHKOs and resists Sucker Punch, so Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from Flying types and deal huge damage to Gholdengo and Slowking-Galar is preferred. High Horsepower is a niche option to hit Heatran while also hitting Ghold and Gking, but Knock Off is usually better and forces progress against the opposing team.
Although Acrobatics is a strong option on Sneasler, I find that this core does not struggle with Great Tusk and a move to hit Slowking-Galar, Gholdengo and Dragapult, mons that can be a significant roadblock to Zamazenta in particular, is much more valuable. Lash Out is my preferred option, maintaining your resistance to Kingambit's Sucker Punch even post-Tera, while Shadow Claw hits the same targets and gives you an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed at the expense of a weakness to Sucker. Sneasler also has the option to run Gunk Shot as a non-contact option that OHKOs Zapdos at +2, but I personally enjoy the consistency of and chance to get bailed by Dire Claw.
Stone Edge is an option on Zama to act as a lure to either KO or significantly damage Zapdos and Moltres, paving the way for Rillaboom and Sneasler to be a problem for the enemy team. However, I personally prefer Tera Steel Heavy Slam for the OHKO on Valiant and Enamorus and the 2HKO on Clefable.
General Set Choices:
Choice Banded Rilla is a fantastic breaker able to muscle through the main Phys.Def Unaware mon in the tier in Dondozo, while also enabling Unburden on Sneasler and providing Zamazenta with extra passive recovery that it greatly appreciates. Knock Off is very effective too with Stealth Rock support, as Flying types that load well into this core do not appreciate having to take heavy hazard chip.
Grassy Seed SD Sneasler pairs excellently with Rillaboom, able to activate its Unburden on demand and deal heavy damage or eliminate key targets that are also tasked with checking Rilla like Zapdos and Moltres. Often, Sneasler will not even need to set up an SD before it accomplishes its task of breaking those targets, but it can also be preserved as an endgame cleaner into a team weakened by the other members of this core.
Leftovers with Iron Defence allows Zama to function as a potent wincon that can sweep through teams with weakened Ghost, Psychic and Flying types, which makes it a fantastic pairing with Dark/Ghost coverage Sneasler in particular. Terrain support lets this mon 1v1 almost any physical attacker in the tier, and Tera Steel resists Moonblast and grants a crucial immunity to Gliscor's Toxic, letting you set up Iron Defences on it and take almost nothing from EQ especially with terrain up.
Threats:
Gliscor hard walls Sneasler, takes very little from any of Zama's attacks and while Rilla can almost guaranteed OHKO it with Tera'd Hammer, unless you are playing against stall where Rilla has a fantastic matchup with Tera Grass you may often want to save Tera for one of your other mons on the team. Zamazenta can set up on Gliscor and beat it 1v1 with Tera, but this is again reliant on you having that to play around Toxic; Slam-less Zama with Substitute feels almost unusable in the current meta with Val and Clef. Good teammates that can deal with this mon include Hatterene, who can also make use of Terrain to run Grassy Seed or simply get more passive recovery, and your own Gliscor, who can use this mirror matchup as an opportunity to get up your own entry hazards.
Both of these mons wall all 3, with Moltres in particular being a threat due to Flame Body. However, with offensive pressure you can often break through them and allow for another member of the core to sweep; I've often sacrificed Sneasler for a large amount of chip on Zapdos so that later it cannot take a Grassy Glide from Rillaboom, or I only have to risk one Static proc while attacking with my Zama. I have previously used Gliscor and Ting-Lu to answer the two and use them to get up hazards, but a more offensive build can even forego this for more mons which pressure and can remove these defensive Flying types.
Amoonguss can tank most of this core's attacks, and a mon that can take advantage of it like Heatran is often a good pick with Grassy Terrain. If you do let it Spore one of your other mons though, Sneasler and Tera Steel Zama can use it as setup fodder, with the latter notably blocking Clear Smog and taking very little from Foul Play. Pex is a similar story, able to force out Sneasler and Haze both it and Zamazenta, but Wood Hammer deals massive damage and Sneasler will often drain enough Recovers with its ability to hax with Dire Claw to leave Pex unable to handle the rest of the team.
While Dondozo drops to Wood Hammer, if they Tera into a Grass resist they wall all 3 mons, and even without Tera it's not a good feeling to have it force out your Sneasler and burn your Unburden. Mons that can force progress with Knock Off like Great Tusk, Samurott-H and Roaring Moon are good picks for teams with hazards that are able to pressure it with that, while strong special attackers like Iron Valiant and Dragapult that can force it out are also valuable teammates.
Speed Booster Moth is one of very few offensive mons that this core cannot out-offence, as Sneasler, even when outspeeding it, cannot KO it and in return is OHKOd by Psychic variants or takes massive damage from Fiery Dance, while Rillaboom cannot touch it with Grassy Glide. Zamazenta lives any hit from full, but needs +6 to kill it with Body Press, although +4 is enough after rocks. Heatran, Sp.Def Gliscor and Ting-Lu are again good picks defensively into Moth, while other noteworthy options include Empoleon and Garganacl.
Opposing ID Zama can take advantage of your own Grassy Terrain to set up, on paper able to 1v1 all three members of this build after a single ID. Knock Off from Rillaboom can severely limit this, and they are unable to switch in hard on Hammer, while Sneasler can often fish for hax as they need several IDs to KO with press and I run 172 Spe Zama specifically to outrun and 1v1 the sample Zamazenta spread. Mons that can handle Zama even if it sets up like Cresselia, Gholdengo and Dragapult are useful picks to help with this matchup, and Gliscor can assist here too if they aren't Tera Steel or Poison.
Notes:
Other good teammates that I've found useful for this core are Cinderace, Great Tusk and Kingambit, with all three appreciating the chip healing of terrain while providing utility in hazard removal in the case of the first two, and alternative sweepers in the latter two. This build also invites a lot of Fairy and Flying type attacks, and so a solid Steel type or alternative resist is appreciated so as not to be too reliant on Tera Steel Zama. Many mons that lack reliable recovery like Manaphy, Volcanion and Heatran enjoy making a home on Terrain teams, and for a HO build with this core alternative support in Aurora Veil from Ninetales-A or even Sticky Web from Ribombee can be considered. Lastly, powerful breakers with poor longevity can be considered as more niche picks; Guts Ursaluna appreciates being able to maintain and actually leverage its bulk, and even Life Orb attackers like Greninja are able to get more turns from the gradual healing of terrain.
Rilla-Sneasler is definitely the more common element of this core, with those two in particular being the overall highest-usage combo of two mons in SCL as of Week 4. However, despite its much lower usage in tandem with these two, I think that Zamazenta is at least worth consideration as a third pick to support and complement the pair, and the underutilisation of this is more due to a reluctance to build around mons with shared weaknesses when those can instead be turned into shared checks.
is that useful but thank you for your core !
Thanks, and yeah that’s totally fair! Just noticed that it’s been something I’ve included on almost all of my post-DLC offence builds, has been one of the best performing cores for me though that might just speak to how good Zamazenta is as a sweeper when paired with mons that can weaken its checks.I was doing a similar post lol, great core ! I don't think Zamazenta
I Think Bascu should have Ice Fang to deal with Dragonite and Clodsire+
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We may even consider Head Smash instead of Liquidation!! Psychic Fangs easily handles Clodsire!!
+(ohko both With a good offensive set)
Nice core, but the thread seems a lil messed up!! If you don't mind, could you please use Spoilers for the calcs??Balanced Core
this, is heat. gliscor's access to spikes, to eq, its passive heal, Ground immunity and its koff-absorbing status gives ghold a very valuable ally. ghold also can switch in Ice moves, can recover All by itself, take avantage of gliscor's hazards While preventing from removing em, and the offensive options of this pokemon lets It hit hard Even not invested (we speak of 133spaatk mon w/ access to nasty plot and a steel-and-better draco meteor). While you may think hamurott is Too muchwaterpressure on this core, no no no, ghold can run Tera water, fairy, flying, and gliscor can Also run water, fairy, etc. Now let me create the sets and prepare theemotionaldamage calculator.
The sets:
The teambuilder won't load for Now, be patient please.
The calcs:
See there is that fun option of select All moves' calcs at the same time So here we go
Gliscor's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Earthquake 38.6 - 45.7%
Toxic 0 - 0%
Protect 0 - 0%
Spikes 0 - 0%
Samurott-Hisui's Moves (select one to show detailed results)0 Atk Tera Water Gliscor Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Samurott-Hisui: 124-147 (38.6 - 45.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after 3 layers of Spikes
Ceaseless Edge 24.7 - 29.2%
Razor Shell 14.2 - 16.7%
Knock Off 24.7 - 29.2%
Aqua Jet 5.1 - 5.9%
252 Atk Sharpness Samurott-Hisui Ceaseless Edge vs. 244 HP / 252+ Def Tera Water Gliscor: 87-103 (24.7 - 29.2%) -- possible 6HKO after Poison Heal
As for the most important ones as Tera water is the way to go to beat hamurott.
Gliscor's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Earthquake 38.7 - 46%
Toxic 0 - 0%
Protect 0 - 0%
Spikes 0 - 0%
Iron Valiant's Moves (select one to show detailed results)252 SpA Iron Valiant Moonblast vs. 244 HP / 12 SpD Gliscor: 184-217 (52.2 - 61.6%) -- 62.9% chance to 2HKO after Poison Heal So count on gholdengo to deal With It.
Moonblast 52.2 - 61.6%
Close Combat 14.4 - 17%
Thunderbolt 0 - 0%
Psyshock 14.4 - 17.3%
obviously, as this is a balanced core, gliscor also takes the win against ghold counters.
Gliscor's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Earthquake 47.6 - 56.9%
Toxic 0 - 0%
Protect 0 - 0%
Spikes 0 - 0%
Kingambit's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Iron Head 26.4 - 30.9%
Kowtow Cleave 27.5 - 32.6%
Sucker Punch 23 - 27.2%
Swords Dance 0 - 0%
+2 252+ Atk Kingambit Kowtow Cleave vs. 244 HP / 252+ Def Gliscor: 195-229 (55.3 - 65%) -- 96.9% chance to 2HKO after Poison Heal be careful, gliscor is not orthworm, but protect helps in that matchupwe miss you, roost.
Gliscor's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Earthquake 102.5 - 121.2%
Toxic 0 - 0%
Protect 0 - 0%
Spikes 0 - 0%
Heatran's Moves (select one to show detailed results)0 Atk Gliscor Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Heatran: 396-468 (102.5 - 121.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO yeah it's funny How specially defensive heatran lacks phydef.
Magma Storm 48 - 56.5%
Earth Power 0 - 0%
Stealth Rock 0 - 0%
Taunt 0 - 0%
Now, gholdengo calcs.
Gholdengo's Moves (select one to show detailed results)
Shadow Ball 25.5 - 30.1%
Nasty Plot 0 - 0%
Recover 0 - 0%
Make It Rain 82.7 - 97.6%
Zamazenta's Moves (select one to show detailed results)0 Atk Zamazenta Crunch vs. 252 HP / 220+ Def Gholdengo: 104-124 (27.5 - 32.8%) -- 74.4% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
Body Press 0 - 0%
Crunch 27.5 - 32.8%
Substitute 0 - 0%
Iron Defense 0 - 0%
Guess Who wins.
0 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain over 3 turns vs. 244 HP / 12 SpD Gliscor: 448-530 (127.2 - 150.5%) -- guaranteed KO in 3 turns after Poison Heal While gliscor is So dumb, the more consistent recovery i. recover of gholdengo lets It win the duel.
Core has threats. that's mainly Why we have 6 members in our teams Uh? this core is very good to me, Even more now that roaring moon's gone. Mainly, we have water Type. I promise a grass and a water type would be a good addition to a team If based on this core. As main threats we have:
And prob more that I can't think of now. These threats need Tera or support from team members to be stopped, but like nO core is flwless. Even pex+corv+tinglu is flawed: boltbeam.
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Going to mess with you a bit, Imma post a core that counters this one >:)Gonna post a real common core that works separated and together, allowing for combinations
Offensive core
Iron Moth @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Grass / Ghost
EVs: 124 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Fiery Dance
- Sludge Wave
- Energy Ball
Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Ivy Cudgel
- Power Whip
- Encore
Rillaboom (F) @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
Rilla provides wallbreaking power + Priority + U-turn to bring moth and oger + to weaken the opposing team, the most luxurious benefit comes from grassy terrain, which benefits oger in making her stab grass move, and benefits moth in laughing at his ground weakness with tera, you can also use it to boost energy ball damage and also get some healing to spam subs. Grassy stab will force either a sack into donzo tera or straight up donzo tera, from which you can capitalize later depending on the tera
Oger brings anti kingambit tech in Encore, which can save Iron Moth's live by stunning one of its better checks, oger also shits on heatran and ceruledge, mons that can answer to both rilla and moth thanks to its typing and Magma Storm + Earth Power on the former and Flash Fire / Weak armor + sd + bitter blade on the latter, not to mention that with encore + water absorb, she can safely check manaphy, which would otherwise have no problem in dispatching moth and rilla with tera and coverage
Moth brings speed control with booster energy, benefiting from grassy terrain by rilla and or having gambit on speed dial with encore or its own sub, which can also easy prediction and allows you to farms boost, moth can also help in pack watch common physical walls such as corviknight, tusk and zapdos, dispatching gholdengo safely is also pretty cool
: Zapdos is a great "check everything" mon. Its Static ability discourages U-turn spam, as well as spamming physical moves. On this core is full Def, with enough speed for the "Slow" speed tier (Defensive Ghold, Tusk etc..) Also helps with being a slow pivot. This is a pretty standard moveset, just Discharge over Twave if you want damage, and U-turn over Volt-Switch for Ting-Lu and getting good chip vs Blissey. Tera Fairy is for a Dragon Immunity, and a Dark resist. It checks pretty much every Physical attacker in the tier, with exceptions being Ogerpon of all forms. Just a general tip, you want to use Amoonguss as a Knock Asorber instead of this, as Amooguss is less vulnerable to hazard chip and matches up well vs the Knockers of the tier. This is also your check to Sneasler if it has Acro. You can also make this SpD, for a better Hatterene and Heatran matchup.: Toxapex is here to give support to great burst damage. Think of things like Specs Draco Metor from Dragapult. Its general bulk allows it to take most neutral hits (on top of resists). It stops setup with Haze so it beats things like IronPress Zamazenta and with correct play, Manaphy. Not much to explain this is just the standard SpD Pex set. Just as much bulk as possible, but 24 Def to survive an offensive Great Tusk's Earthquake. Surf over Baneful Bunker or Psn Jab for Sneasler. This mon also checks all variants of Sneasler, but make sure you don't let it get out of hand. With Tera Steel, it beats Hatterene and other Stored Power users like Polteageist.: Amoonguss is the "Glue" for our core, as it counters Ogerpon-Wellspring and Rillaboom which this core is very weak too. 4x resistance to grass prevent Rillaboom from brute forcing through Zapdos (Tera + Terrain + Band Wood Hammer is a 2HKO on Zapdos). Max Def to eat as much as possible, and Foul Play over Clear Smog to deal big damage to Ogerpon and other strong attackers. This checks Sneasler too, but you need to watch out for Acrobatics on it. You can bait the Acro with Amoonguss then go to Zapdos to fish for the Para. It also checks Val with no Psyshock and will force it to tera. Tera Dark for a stronger Foul Play, but to also resist Dark from Kingambit. Flying can also be used to avoid Spikes, which abuses Regenerator to the fullest. You want to use this as your main Knock-Off asorber.remove this core gliscor is banned
