[SET]
name: Sun Support
move 1: Lava Plume
move 2: Stealth Rock
move 3: Rapid Spin
move 4: Toxic / Body Press
Item: Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
As one of the two Pokémon with access to Drought, Torkoal has a unique niche within the tier as a Drought setter. With strong utility options, it is almost always a go-to lead and has great physical bulk. Lava Plume is chosen over more damaging moves like Flamethrower because of its ability to spread burns. The combination of Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin lets it set its own hazards and remove them in one teamslot. Toxic is able to cripple common switchins to Torkoal, such as Mantine and Vaporeon, while Body Press nails Snorlax and Gigalith, 2HKOing the former and having a good chance to 2HKO the latter after Stealth Rocks. Explosion is also an option to maintain momentum and maximizes Sun turns. Heat Rock is preferred on Sun teams due to lengthening the amount of turns to abuse sun. However, Eject Button gives instant momentum once at the cost of less Sun turns overall, and has a more niche use of making Torkoal immune to Poltergeist. A Bold nature and maximum investment in HP and Defense allow Torkoal to be as physically bulky as possible, and the remaining EVs go into Speed to creep uninvested Escavalier.
Torkoal doesn't like opposing weather setters, such as Gigalith, so teammates able to deal with those are crucial. Rhydon and Golurk force Gigalith out, and combined with prior chip from Torkoal, can wear down Gigalith to the point where Torkoal can shine again. In return, Torkoal can provide them with boosted Fire Punches or Heat Crashes via Drought to help them break through their standard checks, such as itemless Bronzong and Escavalier. Solar Power users, particularly Charizard and Heliolisk, heavily appreaciate the Sun boosting their special attack, which allows them to break through their standard checks, such as Vaporeon. Torkoal also synergies well with Chlorophyll sweepers, such as Vileplume and Leafeon, which can easily clean a weakened team or break through walls early on. Leafeon's defensive utility is also useful for dealing with Rhydon, which Sun teams and Torkoal can struggle with. Xatu also heavily benefits Torkoal by being able to keep hazards off the field, and gets a boosted Heat Wave to threaten those that resist its STAB moves.
CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Heracross2.0, 414072]]
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name: Sun Support
move 1: Lava Plume
move 2: Stealth Rock
move 3: Rapid Spin
move 4: Toxic / Body Press
Item: Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
As one of the two Pokémon with access to Drought, Torkoal has a unique niche within the tier as a Drought setter. With strong utility options, it is almost always a go-to lead and has great physical bulk. Lava Plume is chosen over more damaging moves like Flamethrower because of its ability to spread burns. The combination of Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin lets it set its own hazards and remove them in one teamslot. Toxic is able to cripple common switchins to Torkoal, such as Mantine and Vaporeon, while Body Press nails Snorlax and Gigalith, 2HKOing the former and having a good chance to 2HKO the latter after Stealth Rocks. Explosion is also an option to maintain momentum and maximizes Sun turns. Heat Rock is preferred on Sun teams due to lengthening the amount of turns to abuse sun. However, Eject Button gives instant momentum once at the cost of less Sun turns overall, and has a more niche use of making Torkoal immune to Poltergeist. A Bold nature and maximum investment in HP and Defense allow Torkoal to be as physically bulky as possible, and the remaining EVs go into Speed to creep uninvested Escavalier.
Torkoal doesn't like opposing weather setters, such as Gigalith, so teammates able to deal with those are crucial. Rhydon and Golurk force Gigalith out, and combined with prior chip from Torkoal, can wear down Gigalith to the point where Torkoal can shine again. In return, Torkoal can provide them with boosted Fire Punches or Heat Crashes via Drought to help them break through their standard checks, such as itemless Bronzong and Escavalier. Solar Power users, particularly Charizard and Heliolisk, heavily appreaciate the Sun boosting their special attack, which allows them to break through their standard checks, such as Vaporeon. Torkoal also synergies well with Chlorophyll sweepers, such as Vileplume and Leafeon, which can easily clean a weakened team or break through walls early on. Leafeon's defensive utility is also useful for dealing with Rhydon, which Sun teams and Torkoal can struggle with. Xatu also heavily benefits Torkoal by being able to keep hazards off the field, and gets a boosted Heat Wave to threaten those that resist its STAB moves.
CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Heracross2.0, 414072]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1] , [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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