name: Taunt Wallbreaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Hyper Voice / Tera Blast
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: Taunt
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Unnerve
nature: Timid
eves: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Grass
[SET COMMENTS]
Pyroar's excellent Speed and solid movepool make it a great wallbreaker that checks setup sweepers. Taunt allows Pyroar to prevent bulky Pokemon like Blissey, Muk, and Ursaring from getting free switch-in to use their utility moves while also stopping setup sweepers such as Bulk Up Braviary, Coil Eelektross, and Nasty Plot Mesprit. Will-O-Wisp threatens Pyroar switch-ins like Samurott, Muk, and Assault Vest Eelektross. Tera Blast is most commonly run with Tera Grass, allowing Pyroar to destroy threats like Floatzel, Sandaconda, and Veluza. Endeavor can be used over Will-O-Wisp to severely weaken special walls like Blissey, Appletun, and Ursaring if they attempt to trade damage after Pyroar uses Taunt versus them. Tera Ghost allows Pyroar to turn the tables against common Fighting-types such as Toxicroak, Medicham, and Hisuian Sneasel that would usually destroy it. Alternatively, Tera Grass allows Pyroar to tank powerful Water- and Ground-type attacks from Bruxish, Floatzel, and Sandaconda.
Pyroar can't reliably defeat walls such as Blissey, Umbreon, and Appletun; it best pairs with physical wallbreakers like Toxicroak, Scyther, and Samurott that can deal with these threats. If Pyroar loses its Heavy-Duty Boots, it becomes susceptible to entry hazards, so hazard removers such as Avalugg, Drifblim, and Lurantis or a hazard deterrent like Hattrem are great partners. Grass-types like Cacturne, Appletun, and Lurantis appreciate Pyroar for checking threats such as Scyther, Avalugg, and Vivillon; in return, they check Water-types like Bruxish, Clawitzer, and Samurott. Fighting-types like Hisuian Sneasel and Choice Scarf Medicham can threaten out Pyroar, so it pairs best with Psychic- and Ghost-types such as Mesprit, Bruxish, and Drifblim.
[CREDITS]
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