Choice Band Goodra Hisui
Goodra-Hisui @ Choice Band
Ability: Sap Sipper
Tera Type: Ground/Dragon
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
Despite being out for less than a week, there have been a few sets that have popped up as standouts. AV, Specs and AcidPress (though acidpress is a bit meh compared to the first two) are all the main sets people have been running. However, a set that hasn't talked much, if at all, about is Choice Band Hoodra.
This set decides to suprise special walls that think they can either completely wall it or temporarily wall it depending on the set (and not sometimes flop like acid press does when its revealed) by hitting them for big damage and still having good wallbreaking potential after the set has been revealed. Hoodra can pressure quite a few of the physical walls in the tier through sheer damage or crippling them with knock. Only really hippo and forretress are safe against all of hoodra's moves, but that's where a few suprises can come in handy.
The ability chosen is sap sipper, which while usually mediocre on normal hoodra sets, is excellent here. By switching into something like a stun spore from amoonguss or leech seed from wo chien, hoodra can gain a +1 attack boost which allows it to 2hit or OHKO things it usually couldn't. For example, hippowdon is probably the best switch in to hoodra (though it can get overwhelmed) as it avoids the 2hit ko from outrage. However, at +1, this is not the case and the opponent now doesn't really feel comfortable using these status moves otherwise they could boost up hoodra.
The tera types are flexible I feel. Tera ground boosts the power of e-quake to deal more damage and remove your ground and fighting weaknesses, potentially letting you take a hit and respond with a ko. Tera dragon removes said weaknesses, but boosts the power of outrage to stupifying levels.
Calcs:
252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Outrage vs. 252 HP / 204+ Def Chesnaught: 175-207 (46 - 54.4%) -- 53.1% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Neutralizing Gas Weezing-Galar: 342-404 (102.3 - 120.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 181-214 (45.9 - 54.3%) -- 53.1% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Hippowdon: 172-204 (40.9 - 48.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Hippowdon: 259-306 (61.6 - 72.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Goodra-Hisui Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Jirachi: 300-354 (74.2 - 87.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery