Gen 3 [ADV] Offensive Rhyhorn [DONE]

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Megahorn
item: Leftovers
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Rhyhorn is the premier physical tank of ADV ZU, forgoing the sheer walling prowess of competition such as Lileep and Nosepass to become an exceptionally dangerous wallbreaker once it sets up a Substitute, something it can easily do due to the tier's plethora of Normal- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's high Attack allows its STAB Earthquake to threaten Pokemon that do not resist Ground or have huge physical bulk, which is complemented by its STAB Rock Slide targeting Bug- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's coverage is further augmented by Megahorn, which threatens Grass-types, such as Lileep, Bayleef, and Exeggcute. Maximum Attack investment coupled with an Adamant nature maximizes Rhyhorn's offensive presence, crucially 2HKOing the otherwise unbreakable Lileep. Maximum Speed investment lets Rhyhorn outpace certain walls, such as Nosepass and Exeggcute, while also maximizing its odds against opposing Rhyhorn.

Offensive Rhyhorn best fits on offensive and balance teams looking for both a wallbreaker and a check to certain physical wallbreakers, such as Aipom, Taillow, and Pidgeotto. Due to Rhyhorn's lack of reliable recovery and the risk of heavy damage from the coverage of the aforementioned wallbreakers, another Rock- or Steel-type, such as Nosepass or Magnemite, can pick up Rhyhorn's slack if it gets KOed prematurely. Given Rhyhorn's low Special Defense and weaknesses to Water, Grass, and Ice, special walls such as Dustox, Sunflora, Grimer, and Delcatty are essential. The latter also provides Heal Bell support in case Rhyhorn gets statused. Castform is another notable partner, as its high special bulk and strong offensive presence provides great synergy with Rhyhorn's own offensive presence and physical bulk. Paralysis support from Pokemon such as Butterfree and Chinchou greatly aids Rhyhorn by helping to mitigate its low speed as an issue. Finally, special wallbreakers such as Cyndaquil, Chinchou, and Growlithe appreciate Rhyhorn breaking through many of their switch-ins, such as Grimer, while in return they can break past its one true counter, Koffing.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Due to Rhyhorn's abysmal Speed, offensive Rhyhorn sets can run an EV spread with more HP than Speed investment in order to better tank hits from threats such as Aipom and Taillow, though this comes at the risk of being outsped by opposing Rhyhorn. Toxic can be used to cripple switch-ins, though Megahorn is generally superior due to it immediately threatening Grass-types. Swords Dance can allow Rhyhorn to act as a sweeper, but its terrible Speed leaves it threatened by way too many foes, and it remains countered by Koffing. Choice Band may be used with Double-Edge to maximize Rhyhorn's immediate power, though without Substitute Rhyhorn is much more reliant on prediction, and without Leftovers Rhyhorn is worn down very quickly.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types and Grass-type Moves**: Grass-types such as Bayleef and Exeggcute easily OHKO Rhyhorn, though they must be wary of switching into Megahorn. Other threats such as Butterfree and Delcatty can easily do their same with the Grass-type coverage unless Rhyhorn invests heavily in Special Defense.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Staryu and Seaking easily outspeed and OHKO Rhyhorn. Staryu is notable due to its access to Recover, allowing it to switch in and recover off any sustained damage repeatedly.

**Koffing**: Koffing's combination of high physical bulk, immunity to Earthquake, neutrality to Rock Slide, resistance to Megahorn, and immunity to the rare Toxic make it the perfect Rhyhorn switch-in. Once on the field, it instantly threatens Rhyhorn with Hidden Power Water or Grass, Will-O-Wisp, or Toxic. However, Koffing must use Hidden Power with caution, as Rhyhorn can threaten heavy damage in return with Counter.

**Cubone**: Cubone outspeeds Rhyhorn, easily tanks an Earthquake, and can OHKO Rhyhorn with Bonemerang, which even threatens Rhyhorn behind a Substitute due to it hitting twice.

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Megahorn
item: Leftovers
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Rhyhorn is the premier physical tank of ADV ZU, exchanging the sheer walling prowess of competition such as Lileep and Nosepass by instead being an exceptionally dangerous wallbreaker once it sets up a Substitute, something it can easily do due to the tier's plethora of Normal- and Flying-type Choice Band users. Rhyhorn's huge attack allows its STAB Earthquake to threaten every Pokemon in the tier that does not resist Ground or have huge physical bulk, which is complemented by its STAB Rock Slide targeting Bug- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's coverage is further augmented by Megahorn which threatens Grass-types such as Lileep, Bayleef, and Exeggcute. With A maximum Attack investment and an Adamant nature coupled with an Adamant nature allows Rhyhorn to threaten a hand full of defensive Pokemon. crucially 2HKOing the otherwise unbreakable physically defensive Lileep. Maximum Speed investment lets Rhyhorn outpace certain walls such as Nosepass and Exeggcute while also maximizing its odds against opposing Rhyhorn.

Offensive Rhyhorn best fits on Offensive and Balance teams looking for a wallbreaker and a check to certain physical wallbreakers such as Aipom, Taillow, and Pidgeotto. Due to Rhyhorn's lack of reliable recovery, and the risk that it takes heavy damage from the coverage of the aforementioned wallbreakers, another Rock- or Steel-type such as Nosepass or Bulky Magnemite can pick up Rhyhorn's slack in the event it gets KOed prematurely. Given Rhyhorn's low Special Defense and weaknesses to Water, Grass, and Ice, a special wall such as Dustox or Delacatty are essential. The latter also provides Heal Bell support incase Rhyhorn gets statused. Paralysis support from the threats such as Butterfree and Chinchou greatly aid Rhyhorn by eliminating its low speed as an issue. Finally, special wallbreakers such as Cyndaquil, Chinchou Castform and Growlithe appreciate Rhyhorn being able to break through many of their switch-ins, while in return they can break past its one true counter, Koffing. Split this last sentence up so you can give examples of special walls like Griimer and Stox.

Mention Castform and Rhyhorn's defensive synergy
Mention other specially defensive mons other then walls that compliment Rhyhorn like Grimer Sunflora


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Due to Rhyhorn's abysmal Speed, Offensive Rhyhorn can invest in bulk in order to better tank hits, though this comes at the risk of being outsped by opposing Rhyhorn. Toxic can be used to cripple switch-ins, though Megahorn is generally superior. Swords Dance can be used to help break past Koffing, though even at +2 Rhyhorn cannot OHKO it. Choice Band may be used to maximize Rhyhorn's immediate power, though without Substitute Rhyhorn is much more reliant on perdiction, and without Leftovers Rhyhorn is worn down very quickly.

Mention why you'd run bulk on Rhyhorn as to differentiate that OO from the Lure Horn set.
Talk about SD from a sweepers perspective. There's nothing SD does against Koffing bar chip it for Pain Split ranges. When you do this mention how Rhyhorn is generally outclassed in this regard


Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types and Grass-type Moves**: Grass-types such as Bayleef and Exeggcute easily OHKO Rhyhorn, though they must be wary of switching into Megahorn. Other threats such as Butterfree and Dustox can easily do their same with the Grass-type coverage unless Rhyhorn invests heavily in Special Defense.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Staryu and Seaking easily outspeed and OHKO Rhyhorn.

**Koffing**: Koffing's high physical bulk, immunity to Earthquake, neutrality to Rock Slide, and resistance to Megahorn make it the perfect Rhyhorn counter.

**Cubone**: Cubone outspeeds Rhyhorn, easily takes an Earthquake, and can OHKO Rhyhorn with Bonemerang, with the move even able to threaten Rhyhorn behind a Substitute due to it hitting twice.



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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Megahorn
item: Leftovers
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Rhyhorn is the premier physical tank of ADV ZU, exchanging the sheer walling prowess of competition such as Lileep and Nosepass by instead being an exceptionally dangerous wallbreaker once it sets up a Substitute, something it can easily do due to the tier's plethora of Normal- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's huge attack allows its STAB Earthquake to threaten every Pokemon in the tier that does not resist Ground or have huge physical bulk, which is complemented by its STAB Rock Slide targeting Bug- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's coverage is further augmented by Megahorn which threatens Grass-types, such as Lileep, Bayleef, and Exeggcute. Maximum Attack investment coupled with an Adamant nature maximizes Rhyhorn's offensive presence while crucially 2HKOing the otherwise unbreakable Lileep, while Maximum Speed investment lets Rhyhorn outpace certain walls such as Nosepass and Exeggcute while also maximizing its odds against opposing Rhyhorn.

Offensive Rhyhorn best fits on Offensive and Balance teams looking for a wallbreaker and a check to certain physical wallbreakers such as Aipom, Taillow, and Pidgeotto. Due to Rhyhorn's lack of reliable recovery, and the risk that it takes heavy damage from the coverage of the aforementioned wallbreakers, another Rock- or Steel-type such as Nosepass or Magnemite can pick up Rhyhorn's slack in the event it gets KOed prematurely. Given Rhyhorn's low Special Defense and weaknesses to Water, Grass, and Ice, special walls such as Dustox, Sunflora, Grimer, and Delacatty are essential. The latter also provides Heal Bell support incase Rhyhorn gets statused. Castform is another notable partner, as its high special bulk and strong offensive presence provdies great synergy with Rhyhorn's own. Paralysis support from the threats such as Butterfree and Chinchou greatly aid Rhyhorn by eliminating its low speed as an issue. Finally, special wallbreakers such as Cyndaquil, Chinchou, and Growlithe appreciate Rhyhorn being able to break through many of their switch-ins, such as Grimer, while in return they can break past its one true counter, Koffing.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Due to Rhyhorn's abysmal Speed, Rhyhorn can run a set with more HP than Speed investment in order to better tank hits from threats such as Aipom and Taillow, though this comes at the risk of being outsped by opposing Rhyhorn. Toxic can be used to cripple switch-ins, though Megahorn is generally superior due to it immediately threatening Grass-types. Gives Rhyhorn significantly better matchups vs Lileep and Eggy, while heavily damaging Bayleef when switching in, forcing it to Synthesis (8 pp being problematic longterm) Swords Dance can allow Rhyhorn to act as a sweeper, though its terrible Speed leaves it threatened by way too much of the tier, and it remains countered by Koffing. Choice Band may be used with Double-Edge to maximize Rhyhorn's immediate power, though without Substitute Rhyhorn is much more reliant on perdiction, and without Leftovers Rhyhorn is worn down very quickly.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types and Grass-type Moves**: Grass-types such as Bayleef and Exeggcute easily OHKO Rhyhorn, though they must be wary of switching into Megahorn. Other threats such as Butterfree and Dustox Delcatty Dustox's HP Grass teeters on a roll to KO Rhyhorn, Delcatty better reflects the wording an easily do their same with the Grass-type coverage unless Rhyhorn invests heavily in Special Defense.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Staryu and Seaking easily outspeed and OHKO Rhyhorn. Staryu is notable due to its access to Recover, allowing it to switch in and recover off any sustained damage repeatedly.

**Koffing**: Koffing's high physical bulk, immunity to Earthquake, neutrality to Rock Slide, and resistance to Megahorn make it the perfect Rhyhorn counter. Although it's broadly mentioned above, HP Grass/Water should be mentioned here as well due to its importance, otherwise Koffing cannot do anything to Rhyhorn behind a Substitute. Koffing's Toxic immunity may also be mentioned due to Toxic being in OO

**Cubone**: Cubone outspeeds Rhyhorn, easily takes an Earthquake, and can OHKO Rhyhorn with Bonemerang, with the move even able to threaten Rhyhorn behind a Substitute due to it hitting twice.

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Megahorn
item: Leftovers
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Rhyhorn is the premier physical tank of ADV ZU, exchanging forgoing the sheer walling prowess of competition such as Lileep and Nosepass by instead being an exceptionally dangerous wallbreaker once it sets up a Substitute, something it can easily do due to the tier's plethora of Normal- and Flying-types. Subjective. The word "exchanging" doesn't pair as well linguistically with "by instead being" as "forgoing" does. But this nitpick is also pedantic as hell, so ignore it if you wish. Rhyhorn's huge high aAttack allows its STAB Earthquake to threaten every Pokemon in the tier that does not resist Ground or have huge physical bulk, which is complemented by its STAB Rock Slide targeting Bug- and Flying-types. Avoiding repetition of "huge." Rhyhorn's coverage is further augmented by Megahorn which threatens Grass-types, such as Lileep, Bayleef, and Exeggcute. Maximum Attack investment coupled with an Adamant nature maximizes Rhyhorn's offensive presence while crucially 2HKOing the otherwise unbreakable Lileep, (RC) . (AP) wWhile Mmaximum Speed investment lets Rhyhorn outpace certain walls such as Nosepass and Exeggcute while also maximizing its odds against opposing Rhyhorn.

Offensive Rhyhorn best fits on Ooffensive and Bbalance teams looking for both a wallbreaker and a check to certain physical wallbreakers such as Aipom, Taillow, and Pidgeotto. Due to Rhyhorn's lack of reliable recovery, and the risk that it takes heavy damage from the coverage of the aforementioned wallbreakers, another Rock- or Steel-type such as Nosepass or Magnemite can pick up Rhyhorn's slack in the event it gets KOed prematurely. Given Rhyhorn's low Special Defense and weaknesses to Water, Grass, and Ice, special walls such as Dustox, Sunflora, Grimer, and Delacatty are essential. The latter also provides Heal Bell support in case Rhyhorn gets statused. Space added to separate "in" and "case" Castform is another notable partner, as its high special bulk and strong offensive presence provdies provides great synergy with Rhyhorn's own. Paralysis support from the threats Pokemon such as Butterfree and Chinchou greatly aid Rhyhorn by helping to mitigate eliminating its low speed as an issue. Unless you paralyze an entire opposing team, I doubt you're ever truly eliminating the issues that come with a base Speed of 25. Finally, special wallbreakers such as Cyndaquil, Chinchou, and Growlithe appreciate Rhyhorn being able to break through many of their switch-ins, such as Grimer, w (RC) . (AP) While in return they can break past its one true counter, Koffing.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Due to Rhyhorn's abysmal Speed, Ooffensive Rhyhorn sets can run an EV spread set with more HP than Speed investment in order to better tank hits from threats such as Aipom and Taillow, though this comes at the risk of being outsped by opposing Rhyhorn. Toxic can be used to cripple switch-ins, though Megahorn is generally superior due to it immediately threatening Grass-types. Swords Dance can allow Rhyhorn to act as a sweeper, though its terrible Speed leaves it threatened by way too much of the tier, and it remains countered by Koffing. Choice Band may be used with Double-Edge to maximize Rhyhorn's immediate power, though without Substitute Rhyhorn is much more reliant on perdiction prediction, and without Leftovers Rhyhorn is worn down very quickly.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types and Grass-type Moves**: Grass-types such as Bayleef and Exeggcute easily OHKO Rhyhorn, though they must be wary of switching into Megahorn. Other threats such as Butterfree and Delcatty can easily do their same with the Grass-type coverage unless Rhyhorn invests heavily in Special Defense.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Staryu and Seaking easily outspeed and OHKO Rhyhorn. Staryu is notable due to its access to Recover, allowing it to switch in and recover off any sustained damage repeatedly.

**Koffing**: Koffing's combination of high physical bulk, immunity to Earthquake, neutrality to Rock Slide, resistance to Megahorn, and immunity to the rare Toxic make it the perfect Rhyhorn switch-in. Once on the field, it instantly threatens Rhyhorn with Hidden Power Water or Grass, Will-o-Wisp, or Toxic. However, Koffing must use Hidden Power with caution as Rhyhorn can threaten heavy damage in return by using Counter.

**Cubone**: Cubone outspeeds Rhyhorn, easily tanks an Earthquake, and can OHKO Rhyhorn with Bonemerang, with the move which even threatens even able to threaten Rhyhorn behind a Substitute due to it hitting twice. Subjective, I think it reads better.

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Megahorn
item: Leftovers
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Rhyhorn is the premier physical tank of ADV ZU, exchanging forgoing (optional) the sheer walling prowess of competition such as Lileep and Nosepass by instead being to become an exceptionally dangerous wallbreaker once it sets up a Substitute, something it can easily do due to the tier's plethora of Normal- and Flying-types. Rhyhorn's huge high aAttack allows its STAB Earthquake to threaten every Pokemon in the tier that does not resist Ground or have huge physical bulk, which is complemented by its STAB Rock Slide targeting Bug- and Flying-types. Avoiding repetition of "huge." Rhyhorn's coverage is further augmented by Megahorn, (AC) which threatens Grass-types, such as Lileep, Bayleef, and Exeggcute. Maximum Attack investment coupled with an Adamant nature maximizes Rhyhorn's offensive presence, (AC) while crucially 2HKOing the otherwise unbreakable Lileep. (period) , (RC) while Maximum Speed investment lets Rhyhorn outpace certain walls, (AC) such as Nosepass and Exeggcute, (AC) while also maximizing its odds against opposing Rhyhorn.

Offensive Rhyhorn best fits on Ooffensive and Bbalance teams looking for both (optional) a wallbreaker and a check to certain physical wallbreakers, (AC) such as Aipom, Taillow, and Pidgeotto. Due to Rhyhorn's lack of reliable recovery, (RC) and the risk that it takes of heavy damage from the coverage of (unless this context is necessry, cut it) the aforementioned wallbreakers, another Rock- or Steel-type, (AC) such as Nosepass or Magnemite, (AC) can pick up Rhyhorn's slack in the event if it gets KOed prematurely. Given Rhyhorn's low Special Defense and weaknesses to Water, Grass, and Ice, special walls such as Dustox, Sunflora, Grimer, and Delacatty Delcatty are essential. The latter also provides Heal Bell support in case Rhyhorn gets statused. Space added to separate "in" and "case" Castform is another notable partner, as its high special bulk and strong offensive presence provdies provides great synergy with Rhyhorn's own. Paralysis support from the threats Pokemon such as Butterfree and Chinchou greatly aids Rhyhorn by helping to mitigate eliminating its low speed as an issue. Unless you paralyze an entire opposing team, I doubt you're ever truly eliminating the issues that come with a base Speed of 25. (changes after "aids" are optional)Finally, special wallbreakers such as Cyndaquil, Chinchou, and Growlithe appreciate Rhyhorn being able to breaking through many of their switch-ins, such as Grimer, while in return they can break past its one true counter, Koffing.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Due to Rhyhorn's abysmal Speed, Ooffensive Rhyhorn sets can run an EV spread set (optional) with more HP than Speed investment in order to better tank hits from threats such as Aipom and Taillow, though this comes at the risk of being outsped by opposing Rhyhorn. Toxic can be used to cripple switch-ins, though Megahorn is generally superior due to it immediately threatening Grass-types. Swords Dance can allow Rhyhorn to act as a sweeper, though but its terrible Speed leaves it threatened by way too much of the tier many foes, and it remains countered by Koffing. Choice Band may be used with Double-Edge to maximize Rhyhorn's immediate power, though without Substitute Rhyhorn is much more reliant on perdiction prediction, and without Leftovers Rhyhorn is worn down very quickly.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types and Grass-type Moves**: Grass-types such as Bayleef and Exeggcute easily OHKO Rhyhorn, though they must be wary of switching into Megahorn. Other threats such as Butterfree and Delcatty can easily do their same with the Grass-type coverage unless Rhyhorn invests heavily in Special Defense.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Staryu and Seaking easily outspeed and OHKO Rhyhorn. Staryu is notable due to its access to Recover, allowing it to switch in and recover off any sustained damage repeatedly.

**Koffing**: Koffing's combination of high physical bulk, immunity to Earthquake, neutrality to Rock Slide, resistance to Megahorn, and immunity to the rare Toxic make it the perfect Rhyhorn switch-in. Once on the field, it instantly threatens Rhyhorn with Hidden Power Water or Grass, Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp, or Toxic. However, Koffing must use Hidden Power with caution, (AC) as Rhyhorn can threaten heavy damage in return by using with Counter.

**Cubone**: Cubone outspeeds Rhyhorn, easily tanks an Earthquake, and can OHKO Rhyhorn with Bonemerang, with the move which even threatens even able to threaten Rhyhorn behind a Substitute due to it hitting twice. Subjective, I think it reads better. (agree, keep this)

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