
Tinkaton @ Air Balloon
Ability: Pickpocket / Mold Breaker
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 24 SpD / 232 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Gigaton Hammer
- Encore
- Thunder Wave / Knock Off
While Tinkaton has made a name for itself in OU for quite some time now, its rise in the most recent tier shifts has finally validated it as a proper mainstay of the tier. It's adept at checking dangerous foes like Darkrai, Weavile, and, with Air Balloon intact, even Kyurem and Enamorus. On top of providing the all-important Stealth Rock, it irritates the opposition further with its disruptive tools in Encore, Thunder Wave, and Knock Off; setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Kingambit, entry hazard control like Corviknight and Cinderace, and walls like Moltres, Zapdos, and Ting-Lu are among the ones that get severely hindered by them. Tinkaton's choice of ability cranks its level of annoyance even further: Pickpocket particularly improves its matchup in balance mirrors by punishing attacks from Heavy-Duty Boots users like Dragapult, Hisuian Samurott, and Weavile, which can be extremely hard to chip down otherwise, while Mold Breaker lets it cripple Gholdengo, Garganacl, and Hatterene, even setting Stealth Rock freely in the face of the latter. Tera Ghost lets it spinblock Great Tusk and Iron Treads while serving as an emergency check to Zamazenta in conjunction with Encore.
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