Approved by the OU council
Abilitys
Overgrowth: At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokémon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Grass attacks.
Bulletproof (HA): This Pokémon is immune to bullet moves.
STATS
88 HP
107 Atk
122 Def
74 SpA
75 SpD
64 Spe
Moves of interest
Body Press
Bulk Up
Close Combat
Curse
Drain Punch
Earthquake
Iron Defense
Leech Seed
Spikes
Spiky Shield
Super Fang
Synthesis
Taunt
Tera Blast
Wood Hammer
Pros:
1) its access to spikes + a grass type lets it keep them up against the pretty common Great Tusk, the rare iron treads and the even rarer Quaquaval, this by its grass stab moves like Wood Hammer to keep him at bay, and even Leech Seed to sap its health
2) while statistically outclassed by Dondozo as a pure physical wall thanks to Unaware, its typing, ability and move pool allows it to fulfill the niche different enough, Dondozo for example cannot check Breloom, while Chesnaught walls anything except a tera fire tera blast, Chesnaught also packs reliable recovery in moves like Leech Seed, Drain Punch and Synthesis, while Dondozo is forced to use rest, Chesnaught also does stuff like naturally forcing Kingambit to tera to not die to Drain punch, and not only decently walls Dragonite, but keeps it from tera normal
3) Bulletproof allows chesnaught to pivot in specific attacks, like Shadow Balls, Focus Blasts, Aura Spheres, Sludge Bombs, Pyro ball etc. giving the team certain defensive utility
4) Grass/Fighting gives it valuable resistances to Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Rock and Dark
5) At the time of writing, the pool of flying types is incredibly low, which means that Chesnaught doesn't have too much immediate danger to handle
Cons:
1) Chesnaught is a much more specific mon for bulky teams, offensive teams would rather use Meowscarada as a Spikes user with grass typing, that has similar utility to chesnaught, but It's much faster (It's important to note that any Meowscarada not packing Play Rough gets walled badly by Chesnaught). Dondozo, is a general blank check to most physical set up sweepers in case you want a more gereral physical wall
2) While a good physical defensive mon, its typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying types, allowing mons like Corviknight and Talonflame to easily counter him and defogging his hazards away
3) its special defense is bad, plain and simple, and while grass/fighting gives it common resistances, its weaknesses to fire, ice, psychic, poison and fairy cannot be ignored
4) Its the only current mon with access to Bulletproff, which block stuff like
tera potential:
Steel: Steel allows it to flip the scrip on most typings, it not only resists flying, ice, poison, psychic and fairy, but it keeps the Grass and Rock resistances and gains much more
Water: Tera water Chesnaught helps with a neutrality to most stuff, and it helps particularly with the fire weakness it would maintain with steel
Fairy (Shoutouts to AndViet for selling me on this one) it suddenly walls specs dragapult and helps a lot with the dragon types
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tera Fairy Chesnaught: 156-184 (41 - 48.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
potential sets:
1) Spikes setter
Chesnaught @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
Tera Type: Steel / Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 Spe
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Drain Punch
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Synthesis / Taunt / Leech Seed / Spiky Shield
28 Spe to out speed 0 spe Corviknight and Skeledirge, the rest of the eves are to maximize bulk. As for its moves, Spikes are always a valuable niche in any meta, Drain Punch allows it to keep itself healthy while brawling with mons that resist grass like Roaring Moon, Kingambit and meowscaradas that lack Play Rough. Grass moves like Wood Hammer and Seed Bomb are a good stab option to hit great tusk, water types, both options hit Garganacl for SE damage. Its last move can be varied, Taunt allows it to have interesting utility alongside Spikes, Leech Seed allows it to ruin attackers thanks to the health drain, Spiky Shield allows for chesnaught to have a protect that also punishes physical attackers, Synthesis is weather dependent but overall decent recovery option, especially with sun being a staple of the meta. Rocky Helmet allows chesnaught to punish attempts at attacking him, this is recommended when running Synthesis or Taunt, Leftovers are always a good recovery option, especially combined with Leech Seed or Spiky Shield
2) Garganacl type sweeper?
Chesnaught @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
Tera Type: Steel / Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 228 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Bulk Up / Curse / Iron Defense
- Body Press / Drain Punch
- Synthesis
- Earthquake / Wood Hammer
This set takes a more offensive approach, like garganacl does it right now, thanks to the new Body press on his arsenal, alongside Bulk Up/Curse/Iron Defense, Synthesis, while overall worse than Recover, It's still a good way to stay on the fight, Drain Punch is more damage dependent but can work with the attack boosts if running Bulk up or Curse, making it a decent side grade of Body Press, Drain Punch is also something that Garganacl lacks. The last move goes to either Earthquake or Wood Hammer, as ways to hit Ghost types, and both have different targets. The eves are for maximum survivability overall. tera steel is a good option for defense, BUT, tera Ghost allows chesnaught to do a good amount of trolling with tera ghost curse, but this is a more risky version of the set
Closing thoughts:
While not a flashy mon at all and filled with flaws that cannot be denied, its combination of tools lets him have a potential interesting niche in the meta that no other mon can replicate, so give the spiky boy a try. Thank you for reading
I have done this a million times, so I just copy and pasted, still, I hope you all like this
Abilitys
Overgrowth: At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokémon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Grass attacks.
Bulletproof (HA): This Pokémon is immune to bullet moves.
STATS
88 HP
107 Atk
122 Def
74 SpA
75 SpD
64 Spe
Moves of interest
Body Press
Bulk Up
Close Combat
Curse
Drain Punch
Earthquake
Iron Defense
Leech Seed
Spikes
Spiky Shield
Super Fang
Synthesis
Taunt
Tera Blast
Wood Hammer
Pros:
1) its access to spikes + a grass type lets it keep them up against the pretty common Great Tusk, the rare iron treads and the even rarer Quaquaval, this by its grass stab moves like Wood Hammer to keep him at bay, and even Leech Seed to sap its health
0 Atk Chesnaught Wood Hammer vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Great Tusk: 164-194 (37.7 - 44.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Chesnaught Seed Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Great Tusk: 110-132 (25.3 - 30.4%) -- 0.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Chesnaught Seed Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Great Tusk: 110-132 (25.3 - 30.4%) -- 0.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
2) while statistically outclassed by Dondozo as a pure physical wall thanks to Unaware, its typing, ability and move pool allows it to fulfill the niche different enough, Dondozo for example cannot check Breloom, while Chesnaught walls anything except a tera fire tera blast, Chesnaught also packs reliable recovery in moves like Leech Seed, Drain Punch and Synthesis, while Dondozo is forced to use rest, Chesnaught also does stuff like naturally forcing Kingambit to tera to not die to Drain punch, and not only decently walls Dragonite, but keeps it from tera normal
3) Bulletproof allows chesnaught to pivot in specific attacks, like Shadow Balls, Focus Blasts, Aura Spheres, Sludge Bombs, Pyro ball etc. giving the team certain defensive utility
4) Grass/Fighting gives it valuable resistances to Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Rock and Dark
5) At the time of writing, the pool of flying types is incredibly low, which means that Chesnaught doesn't have too much immediate danger to handle
Cons:
1) Chesnaught is a much more specific mon for bulky teams, offensive teams would rather use Meowscarada as a Spikes user with grass typing, that has similar utility to chesnaught, but It's much faster (It's important to note that any Meowscarada not packing Play Rough gets walled badly by Chesnaught). Dondozo, is a general blank check to most physical set up sweepers in case you want a more gereral physical wall
252 Atk Choice Band Protean Meowscarada U-turn vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 97-115 (25.5 - 30.2%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Meowscarada Flower Trick vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught on a critical hit: 72-86 (18.9 - 22.6%) -- possible 5HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Meowscarada Flower Trick vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo on a critical hit: 300-354 (59.5 - 70.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Protean Meowscarada U-turn vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 100-118 (19.8 - 23.4%) -- possible 5HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Glaive Rush vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 204-240 (53.6 - 63.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 56-67 (14.7 - 17.6%) -- possible 6HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Glaive Rush vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 208-246 (41.2 - 48.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 116-137 (23 - 27.1%) -- 54.5% chance to 4HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Dragon Darts (2 hits) vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 164-194 (43.1 - 51%) -- approx. 2% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Phantom Force vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 147-174 (38.6 - 45.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Dragon Darts (2 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 168-198 (33.3 - 39.2%) -- approx. 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Phantom Force vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 150-177 (29.7 - 35.1%) -- 15.3% chance to 3HKO
Breloom Bullet Seed vs. Bulletproof Chesnaught: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ Atk Choice Band Technician Breloom Bullet Seed (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 660-780 (130.9 - 154.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Roaring Moon Dragon Claw vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 144-171 (37.8 - 45%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Roaring Moon Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 148-175 (29.3 - 34.7%) -- 8.3% chance to 3HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 129-153 (25.5 - 30.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 127-150 (33.4 - 39.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. Bulletproof Chesnaught: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 59-70 (11.7 - 13.8%) -- possible 8HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Meowscarada Flower Trick vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught on a critical hit: 72-86 (18.9 - 22.6%) -- possible 5HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Meowscarada Flower Trick vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo on a critical hit: 300-354 (59.5 - 70.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Protean Meowscarada U-turn vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 100-118 (19.8 - 23.4%) -- possible 5HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Glaive Rush vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 204-240 (53.6 - 63.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 56-67 (14.7 - 17.6%) -- possible 6HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Glaive Rush vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 208-246 (41.2 - 48.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Baxcalibur Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 116-137 (23 - 27.1%) -- 54.5% chance to 4HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Dragon Darts (2 hits) vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 164-194 (43.1 - 51%) -- approx. 2% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Phantom Force vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 147-174 (38.6 - 45.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Dragon Darts (2 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 168-198 (33.3 - 39.2%) -- approx. 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Phantom Force vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 150-177 (29.7 - 35.1%) -- 15.3% chance to 3HKO
Breloom Bullet Seed vs. Bulletproof Chesnaught: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ Atk Choice Band Technician Breloom Bullet Seed (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 660-780 (130.9 - 154.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Roaring Moon Dragon Claw vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 144-171 (37.8 - 45%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Roaring Moon Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 148-175 (29.3 - 34.7%) -- 8.3% chance to 3HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Headlong Rush vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 129-153 (25.5 - 30.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
252 Atk Great Tusk Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 228+ Def Chesnaught: 127-150 (33.4 - 39.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. Bulletproof Chesnaught: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 59-70 (11.7 - 13.8%) -- possible 8HKO
2) While a good physical defensive mon, its typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying types, allowing mons like Corviknight and Talonflame to easily counter him and defogging his hazards away
3) its special defense is bad, plain and simple, and while grass/fighting gives it common resistances, its weaknesses to fire, ice, psychic, poison and fairy cannot be ignored
4) Its the only current mon with access to Bulletproff, which block stuff like
Acid Spray from Pex
Aura Sphere from Valiant
Energy Ball from Iron moth and Glimmora
Focus Blast from Valiant and Gholdengo
Pyro Ball from Cinderace
Rock Blast from Tyranitar
Seed Bomb and Bullet Seed from Breloom
Shadow Ball from the Ghost Types and Valiant
Sludge Bomb from Pex and Amoonguss
Aura Sphere from Valiant
Energy Ball from Iron moth and Glimmora
Focus Blast from Valiant and Gholdengo
Pyro Ball from Cinderace
Rock Blast from Tyranitar
Seed Bomb and Bullet Seed from Breloom
Shadow Ball from the Ghost Types and Valiant
Sludge Bomb from Pex and Amoonguss
tera potential:
Steel: Steel allows it to flip the scrip on most typings, it not only resists flying, ice, poison, psychic and fairy, but it keeps the Grass and Rock resistances and gains much more
Water: Tera water Chesnaught helps with a neutrality to most stuff, and it helps particularly with the fire weakness it would maintain with steel
Fairy (Shoutouts to AndViet for selling me on this one) it suddenly walls specs dragapult and helps a lot with the dragon types
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tera Fairy Chesnaught: 156-184 (41 - 48.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
potential sets:
1) Spikes setter
Chesnaught @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
Tera Type: Steel / Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 Spe
Impish Nature
- Spikes
- Drain Punch
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Synthesis / Taunt / Leech Seed / Spiky Shield
28 Spe to out speed 0 spe Corviknight and Skeledirge, the rest of the eves are to maximize bulk. As for its moves, Spikes are always a valuable niche in any meta, Drain Punch allows it to keep itself healthy while brawling with mons that resist grass like Roaring Moon, Kingambit and meowscaradas that lack Play Rough. Grass moves like Wood Hammer and Seed Bomb are a good stab option to hit great tusk, water types, both options hit Garganacl for SE damage. Its last move can be varied, Taunt allows it to have interesting utility alongside Spikes, Leech Seed allows it to ruin attackers thanks to the health drain, Spiky Shield allows for chesnaught to have a protect that also punishes physical attackers, Synthesis is weather dependent but overall decent recovery option, especially with sun being a staple of the meta. Rocky Helmet allows chesnaught to punish attempts at attacking him, this is recommended when running Synthesis or Taunt, Leftovers are always a good recovery option, especially combined with Leech Seed or Spiky Shield
2) Garganacl type sweeper?
Chesnaught @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof
Tera Type: Steel / Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 228 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Bulk Up / Curse / Iron Defense
- Body Press / Drain Punch
- Synthesis
- Earthquake / Wood Hammer
This set takes a more offensive approach, like garganacl does it right now, thanks to the new Body press on his arsenal, alongside Bulk Up/Curse/Iron Defense, Synthesis, while overall worse than Recover, It's still a good way to stay on the fight, Drain Punch is more damage dependent but can work with the attack boosts if running Bulk up or Curse, making it a decent side grade of Body Press, Drain Punch is also something that Garganacl lacks. The last move goes to either Earthquake or Wood Hammer, as ways to hit Ghost types, and both have different targets. The eves are for maximum survivability overall. tera steel is a good option for defense, BUT, tera Ghost allows chesnaught to do a good amount of trolling with tera ghost curse, but this is a more risky version of the set
Closing thoughts:
While not a flashy mon at all and filled with flaws that cannot be denied, its combination of tools lets him have a potential interesting niche in the meta that no other mon can replicate, so give the spiky boy a try. Thank you for reading
I have done this a million times, so I just copy and pasted, still, I hope you all like this
