AG Bulk Up Great Tusk [Done]

[Guard]

[SET]
Offensive Bulk Up (Great Tusk) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush / Earthquake
- Close Combat / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up pushes Great Tusk's physical stats into the stratosphere, magnifying its capabilities as a wincon that can brute force through traditional checks like Corviknight and defensive Great Tusk lacking Bulk Up. While boasting less firepower than Headlong Rush, Earthquake has more PP and avoids defense drops, Toxapex's Baneful Bunker, and Rocky Helmet damage from defensive Great Tusk and Alomomola. Boosted Close Combat hits Corviknight for massive amounts of damage and OHKOes Breloom lacking Focus Sash. Alternatively, boosted Knock Off OHKOes offensive Air Balloon Gholdengo and cripples Pelipper and Dondozo. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to outpace the entire unboosted metagame after one use and remove entry hazards from Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Alternatively, Substitute can set up a buffer against revenge killers—especially special variants such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane—in the process of boosting past a check like Corviknight. It also allows Great Tusk to avoid status, easing setup against Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire. Tera Ground powers up Great Tusk's main STAB move, notably securing an OHKO on Iron Bundle with Headlong Rush and Toxapex with +1 Earthquake. Tera Steel grants resistances to Ice-, Flying-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type moves instead, potentially flipping the matchup against Chien-Pao, Brave Bird Corviknight, Flutter Mane, and Miraidon. It also allows Headlong Rush variants to avoid Baneful Bunker's poison. Paired with Knock Off, Tera Steel can even allow Great Tusk to overwhelm Pelipper lacking Surf. A Jolly nature may be used to outspeed Modest Chi-Yu, but is generally inferior to an Adamant nature due to a noticeable drop in power. Great Tusk fits well on both balance and offensive teams as a threatening wincon that can compress entry hazard removal. It is imperative to pair Great Tusk with teammates that can take advantage of obstacles like Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo; Breloom on hyper offense, Gothitelle and Walking Wake on balance, and Miraidon and Iron Bundle on both archetypes can help in this regard. Similarly, Koraidon and Chien-Pao can lure in or overwhelm these shared obstacles on both balance and hyper offense; the former also activates Great Tusk's Protosynthesis. Focus Sash Breloom especially appreciates Great Tusk removing entry hazards, overwhelming Corviknight, and potentially luring Air Balloon Gholdengo in and punishes it with Knock Off. Great Tusk requires a defensive backbone on balance teams against the likes of Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, and Flutter Mane. A core consisting of Clodsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight can help check these threats. Defog Corviknight is especially crucial in case Rapin Spin is forgone for Substitute. Moreover, both Clodsire and Toxapex can absorb Toxic Spikes, alleviating a lot of pressure from Rapid Spin variants.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/taxfraud.584685/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/royalfluxh.493260/

 

[Rose]

add comment remove

Guard, post: 9605194, member: 360582

Offensive Bulk Up (Great Tusk) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush / Earthquake
- Close Combat / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up pushes Great Tusk into the stratosphere on the physical spectrum, magnifying its capabilities as a win condition that can now brute force through traditional checks in Corviknight and defensive Great Tusk. While boasting less firepower, Earthquake can be used over Headlong Rush to avoid defense drops, bypass Baneful Bunker Toxapex, and ignore Rocky Helmet damage from defensive Great Tusk and Alomomola. Boosted Close Combat hits Corviknight for massive amounts of damage. Alternatively, boosted Knock Off OHKOes offensive Air Balloon Gholdengo and removes Leftovers from opposing Great Tusk, swinging a potential Bulk Up war in your favour. It is also Great Tusk's best option to cripple Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo. Is it really the best option to cripple Alomomola? Because boosted Headlong Rush/Close Combat can break through it. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to outpace the entire unboosted metagame after one use, while simultaneously removing entry hazards from Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Alternatively, Substitute can set up a buffer against revenge killers in the process of boosting past a check like Corviknight. It also allows Great Tusk to avoid status conditions, meaning you are able to Bulk Up in front of Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire. This is especially useful against specially offensive revenge killers such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane. Tera Ground powers up Great Tusk's main STAB move, notably securing an OHKO on Iron Bundle with Headlong Rush and Toxapex with +1 Earthquake. Tera Steel grants resistances to Ice-, Flying-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type moves instead, potentially flipping the matchup against Chien-Pao, Brave Bird Corviknight, Flutter Mane, and Miraidon. It also allows Headlong Rush variants to avoid Baneful Bunker's poison. Paired with Knock Off, Tera Steel can even allow Great Tusk to overwhelm Pelipper lacking Surf. A Jolly nature may be used to outspeed Modest Chi-Yu, but is generally inferior to Adamant due to a noticeable drop in power. Great Tusk fits well on both balanced and offensive teams as a threatening win condition that can compress entry hazard removal. It is imperative to pair Great Tusk with teammates that can take advantage of obstacles in Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo; Breloom on hyper offense, Gothitelle and Walking Wake on balance, and Miraidon and Iron Bundle on both archetypes can help in this regard. Similarly, Koraidon and Chien-Pao can lure in or overwhelm these shared obstacles on both balance and hyper offense. Focus Sash Breloom especially appreciates Great Tusk removing entry hazards, overwhelming Corviknight, and potentially luring Air Balloon Gholdengo with Knock Off. Probably worth specifying since you wouldn't really be luring sets lacking balloon. Great Tusk requires a defensive backbone on balanced teams in case it finds itself forced out by the likes of Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, or Flutter Mane. A core consisting of Clodsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight can help check these threats. Defog Corviknight is especially crucial in case Rapin Spin is forgone for Substitute. Moreover, Clodsire and Toxapex can both absorb Toxic Spikes, alleviating a lot of pressure from Rapid Spin variants.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

QC 1/2

 

[Glory]

AMQC

add remove comment



[SET]
Offensive Bulk Up (Great Tusk) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush / Earthquake
- Close Combat / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up pushes Great Tusk into the stratosphere on the physical spectrum Great Tusk's Attack into the stratosphere, magnifying its capabilities as a win condition that can now brute force through traditional checks in Corviknight and defensive Great Tusk lacking Bulk Up. While boasting less firepower, Earthquake can be used over Headlong Rush to avoid defense drops, bypass Baneful Bunker Toxapex, and ignore Rocky Helmet damage from defensive Great Tusk and Alomomola maybe mention PP, especially against Pressure Corviknight. Boosted Close Combat hits Corviknight and Ting-Lu for massive amounts of damage, as well as OHKOing Breloom once its Focus Sash is broken. Alternatively, boosted Knock Off OHKOes offensive Air Balloon Gholdengo and removes Leftovers from opposing Great Tusk, swinging a potential Bulk Up war in your favour defensive Great Tusk is usually going to be running Knock Off too, and offensive Great Tusk is already 2HKOd. It is also Great Tusk's best option to cripple Pelipper and Dondozo I'm not a big fan of how this is phrased, you can probably combine it with the previous sentence. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to outpace outpaces the entire unboosted metagame after one use of Rapid Spin, while simultaneously removing entry hazards from Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Alternatively, Substitute can set up a buffer against revenge killers in the process of boosting past a check like Corviknight. This is especially useful against specially offensive revenge killers such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane. It also allows Great Tusk to avoid status conditions, easing setup against Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire. Tera Ground powers up Great Tusk's main STAB move, notably securing an OHKO on Iron Bundle with Headlong Rush and Toxapex with +1 Earthquake. Tera Steel grants resistances to Ice-, Flying-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type moves instead, potentially flipping the matchup against Chien-Pao, Brave Bird Corviknight, Flutter Mane, and Miraidon. It also allows Headlong Rush variants to avoid Baneful Bunker's poison. Paired with Knock Off, Tera Steel can even allow Great Tusk to overwhelm Pelipper lacking Surf. A Jolly nature may be used to outspeed Modest Chi-Yu, but is generally inferior to Adamant due to a noticeable drop in power. Great Tusk fits well on both balanced and offensive teams as a threatening win condition that can compress entry hazard removal. It is imperative to pair Great Tusk with teammates that can take advantage of obstacles in Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo; Breloom on hyper offense, Gothitelle and Walking Wake on balance, and Miraidon and Iron Bundle on both archetypes can help in this regard. Similarly, Koraidon and Chien-Pao can lure in or overwhelm these shared obstacles on both balance and hyper offense. Koraidon should be given more emphasis as a partner, as it can lure Pelipper with Wild Charge, and sun boosts Great Tusk to staggering levels, 2HKOing Dondozo with tera ground Focus Sash Breloom especially appreciates Great Tusk removing entry hazards, overwhelming Corviknight, and potentially luring Air Balloon Gholdengo with Knock Off. maybe bring up Breloom popping Gholdengo's balloon and Mach Punch hitting Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle. Great Tusk requires a defensive backbone on balanced teams in case it finds itself forced out by the likes of Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, or Flutter Mane. A core consisting of Clodsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight can help check these threats. Defog Corviknight is especially crucial in case Rapin Spin is forgone for Substitute. Moreover, Clodsire and Toxapex can both absorb Toxic Spikes, alleviating a lot of pressure from Rapid Spin variants.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

 

[Geysers]

AMQC

add remove comment



[SET]
Offensive Bulk Up (Great Tusk) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush / Earthquake
- Close Combat / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up pushes Great Tusk into the stratosphere on the physical spectrum Great Tusk's Attack into the stratosphere, magnifying its capabilities as a win condition that can now brute force through traditional checks in Corviknight and defensive Great Tusk lacking Bulk Up. While boasting less firepower, Earthquake can be used over Headlong Rush to avoid defense drops, bypass Baneful Bunker Toxapex, and ignore Rocky Helmet damage from defensive Great Tusk and Alomomola maybe mention PP, especially against Pressure Corviknight. Boosted Close Combat hits Corviknight and Ting-Lu for massive amounts of damage, as well as OHKOing Breloom once its Focus Sash is broken. Alternatively, boosted Knock Off OHKOes offensive Air Balloon Gholdengo and removes Leftovers from opposing Great Tusk, swinging a potential Bulk Up war in your favour defensive Great Tusk is usually going to be running Knock Off too, and offensive Great Tusk is already 2HKOd. It is also Great Tusk's best option to cripple Pelipper and Dondozo I'm not a big fan of how this is phrased, you can probably combine it with the previous sentence. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to outpace outpaces the entire unboosted metagame after one use of Rapid Spin, while simultaneously removing entry hazards from Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Alternatively, Substitute can set up a buffer against revenge killers in the process of boosting past a check like Corviknight. This is especially useful against specially offensive revenge killers such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane. It also allows Great Tusk to avoid status conditions, easing setup against Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire. Tera Ground powers up Great Tusk's main STAB move, notably securing an OHKO on Iron Bundle with Headlong Rush and Toxapex with +1 Earthquake. Tera Steel grants resistances to Ice-, Flying-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type moves instead, potentially flipping the matchup against Chien-Pao, Brave Bird Corviknight, Flutter Mane, and Miraidon. It also allows Headlong Rush variants to avoid Baneful Bunker's poison. Paired with Knock Off, Tera Steel can even allow Great Tusk to overwhelm Pelipper lacking Surf. A Jolly nature may be used to outspeed Modest Chi-Yu, but is generally inferior to Adamant due to a noticeable drop in power. Great Tusk fits well on both balanced and offensive teams as a threatening win condition that can compress entry hazard removal. It is imperative to pair Great Tusk with teammates that can take advantage of obstacles in Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo; Breloom on hyper offense, Gothitelle and Walking Wake on balance, and Miraidon and Iron Bundle on both archetypes can help in this regard. Similarly, Koraidon and Chien-Pao can lure in or overwhelm these shared obstacles on both balance and hyper offense. Koraidon should be given more emphasis as a partner, as it can lure Pelipper with Wild Charge, and sun boosts Great Tusk to staggering levels, 2HKOing Dondozo with tera ground Focus Sash Breloom especially appreciates Great Tusk removing entry hazards, overwhelming Corviknight, and potentially luring Air Balloon Gholdengo with Knock Off. maybe bring up Breloom popping Gholdengo's balloon and Mach Punch hitting Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle. Great Tusk requires a defensive backbone on balanced teams in case it finds itself forced out by the likes of Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, or Flutter Mane. A core consisting of Clodsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight can help check these threats. Defog Corviknight is especially crucial in case Rapin Spin is forgone for Substitute. Moreover, Clodsire and Toxapex can both absorb Toxic Spikes, alleviating a lot of pressure from Rapid Spin variants.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

Stamping this. I'm not 100% sure what the process is but I think you just credit TaxFraud.
QC 2/2

 

[Guard]

GP Team

 

[Marnie]

Add
Remove

why is this mini so long ;_; (jk good read tho)

[SET]
Offensive Bulk Up (Great Tusk) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush / Earthquake
- Close Combat / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up pushes Great Tusk's physical stats into the stratosphere, magnifying its capabilities as a wincon win condition that can now brute force through traditional checks in like Corviknight and defensive Great Tusk lacking Bulk Up. While boasting less firepower than Headlong Rush, Earthquake has more PP and avoids defense drops, Toxapex's Baneful Bunker, and Rocky Helmet damage from defensive Great Tusk and Alomomola. Boosted Close Combat hits Corviknight for massive amounts of damage and OHKOes Breloom lacking Focus Sash. Alternatively, boosted Knock Off OHKOes offensive Air Balloon Gholdengo and cripples Pelipper and Dondozo. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to outpace the entire unboosted metagame after one use and remove entry hazards from Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Alternatively, Substitute can set up a buffer against revenge killers—especially special variants such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane—in the process of boosting past a check like Corviknight. This is especially useful against specially offensive revenge killers such as Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Flutter Mane. It also allows Great Tusk to avoid status conditions, easing setup against Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire. Tera Ground powers up Great Tusk's main STAB move, notably securing an OHKO on Iron Bundle with Headlong Rush and Toxapex with +1 Earthquake. Tera Steel grants resistances to Ice-, Flying-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type moves instead, potentially flipping the matchup against Chien-Pao, Brave Bird Corviknight, Flutter Mane, and Miraidon. It also allows Headlong Rush variants to avoid Baneful Bunker's poison. Paired with Knock Off, Tera Steel can even allow Great Tusk to overwhelm Pelipper lacking Surf. A Jolly nature may be used to outspeed Modest Chi-Yu, but is generally inferior to an Adamant nature due to a noticeable drop in power. Great Tusk fits well on both balanced and offensive teams as a threatening win condition wincon that can compress entry hazard removal. It is imperative to pair Great Tusk with teammates that can take advantage of obstacles in like Pelipper, Alomomola, and Dondozo; Breloom on hyper offense, Gothitelle and Walking Wake on balance, and Miraidon and Iron Bundle on both archetypes can help in this regard. Similarly, Koraidon and Chien-Pao can lure in or overwhelm these shared obstacles on both balance and hyper offense; the former also activates Great Tusk's Protosynthesis. Focus Sash Breloom especially appreciates Great Tusk removing entry hazards, overwhelming Corviknight, and potentially luring Air Balloon Gholdengo in and punishes it with Knock Off. Great Tusk requires a defensive backbone on balanced teams in case it finds itself forced out by against the likes of Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, or and Flutter Mane. A core consisting of Clodsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight can help check these threats. Defog Corviknight is especially crucial in case Rapin Spin is forgone for Substitute. Moreover, both Clodsire and Toxapex can both absorb Toxic Spikes, alleviating a lot of pressure from Rapid Spin variants.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/taxfraud.584685/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

GP Team done
GP 1/1

 

[Theia]

Uploaded, thank you!

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/pokemon/great-tusk/ag/