FayaWizard
Amnesia
[SET]
Defensive (Clodsire) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Steel / Dark
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Recover
- Toxic / Poison Jab
- Spikes / Stealth Rock / Amnesia
[SET COMMENTS]
With high special bulk, a useful typing, and an excellent ability in Unaware, Clodsire is one of the best special walls in OU, checking threats like Volcarona and Raging Bolt. Although Earthquake is its preferred STAB move, Bulldoze trades power for greater PP, allowing Clodsire to continually chip away at Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and Clefable during longer games. Similarly, Poison Jab trades the reliable status of Toxic for greater PP and actual damage, as well as offering a way for Clodsire to spread status while Taunted and against Pokemon with Magic Bounce, valuable against threats like Enamorus, Hatterene, and Raging Bolt. A niche alternative is Poison Sting, which trades some power for even higher PP, useful for stalling out Latias, and a lack of contact, useful against Pokemon like Rocky Helmet Landorus-T and Flame Body Volcarona. For its last moveslot, Clodsire can choose between Spikes or Stealth Rock as its entry hazard, as its special bulk allows it many opportunities to lay hazards after checking a threat. However, teams that already have both hazards prefer Amnesia, which bolsters Clodsire's Special Defense to staggering heights, ensuring powerful special attackers like Raging Bolt and Gholdengo or Stored Power users like Latias and Hatterene cannot break through. For Tera types, Clodsire can choose between Tera Steel and Dark. Tera Steel allows Clodsire to keep its valuable Toxic immunity while still giving it valuable resistances that allow it to check foes like Psyshock Gholdengo, Primarina, and Walking Wake. Alternatively, Tera Dark gives Clodsire a Psychic immunity, crucial for checking Stored Power, Psychic Noise, Future Sight, and Psyshock users like Latias, Galarian Slowking, and Hatterene.
Due to Clodsire's passive nature, it slots best onto stall and bulkier balance teams, which appreciate the defensive capabilities it brings. Teammates like Dondozo and Alomomola appreciate Clodsire's ability to check threatening sweepers like Raging Bolt and Volcarona, while Clodsire can rely on them to check physical attackers like Great Tusk and Landorus-T. Another teammate that Clodsire pairs especially well with is Blissey, as together they form an extremely potent defensive core that can wall almost any special attacker. Clodsire covers threats like Serperior and Gholdengo that can boost past Blissey's sheer bulk, while Blissey beats special attackers like Walking Wake and Kyurem that can hit Clodsire for super effective damage. Gliscor and Clefable can serve as Knock Off absorbers, as well as setting entry hazards, allowing Clodsire to run Amnesia. On bulkier balance teams, Clodsire pairs well with Skarmory as the defensive backbone of the team, setting hazards and forcing switches to chip down offensive threats like Great Tusk, Darkrai, and especially Gliscor, which Clodsire is completely helpless against. Corviknight also excels as a partner, absorbing Knock Off and clearing hazards that cripple Clodsire, as well as beating Gliscor, Skarmory, and opposing Corviknight, all of which Clodsire struggles against. Garganacl can soak up status from threats like Hex Dragapult and Cinderace and threaten Kyurem and Walking Wake with Salt Cure chip damage after Terastallizing. Offensive partners like Dragapult and Zamazenta threaten Clodsire's checks in Walking Wake and Kyurem, while Clodsire walls threats like Iron Valiant and Enamorus that its partners would otherwise struggle against. Another good teammate is Kingambit, which can absorb Future Sight and other Psychic-type attacks that would threaten Clodsire, while Clodsire beats Pokemon that Kingambit struggles against, like Raging Bolt, Volcarona, and Iron Moth.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
FayaWizard
Quality checked by:
veti
Magcargo
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zinnias.569291/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
Defensive (Clodsire) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Steel / Dark
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Recover
- Toxic / Poison Jab
- Spikes / Stealth Rock / Amnesia
[SET COMMENTS]
With high special bulk, a useful typing, and an excellent ability in Unaware, Clodsire is one of the best special walls in OU, checking threats like Volcarona and Raging Bolt. Although Earthquake is its preferred STAB move, Bulldoze trades power for greater PP, allowing Clodsire to continually chip away at Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and Clefable during longer games. Similarly, Poison Jab trades the reliable status of Toxic for greater PP and actual damage, as well as offering a way for Clodsire to spread status while Taunted and against Pokemon with Magic Bounce, valuable against threats like Enamorus, Hatterene, and Raging Bolt. A niche alternative is Poison Sting, which trades some power for even higher PP, useful for stalling out Latias, and a lack of contact, useful against Pokemon like Rocky Helmet Landorus-T and Flame Body Volcarona. For its last moveslot, Clodsire can choose between Spikes or Stealth Rock as its entry hazard, as its special bulk allows it many opportunities to lay hazards after checking a threat. However, teams that already have both hazards prefer Amnesia, which bolsters Clodsire's Special Defense to staggering heights, ensuring powerful special attackers like Raging Bolt and Gholdengo or Stored Power users like Latias and Hatterene cannot break through. For Tera types, Clodsire can choose between Tera Steel and Dark. Tera Steel allows Clodsire to keep its valuable Toxic immunity while still giving it valuable resistances that allow it to check foes like Psyshock Gholdengo, Primarina, and Walking Wake. Alternatively, Tera Dark gives Clodsire a Psychic immunity, crucial for checking Stored Power, Psychic Noise, Future Sight, and Psyshock users like Latias, Galarian Slowking, and Hatterene.
Due to Clodsire's passive nature, it slots best onto stall and bulkier balance teams, which appreciate the defensive capabilities it brings. Teammates like Dondozo and Alomomola appreciate Clodsire's ability to check threatening sweepers like Raging Bolt and Volcarona, while Clodsire can rely on them to check physical attackers like Great Tusk and Landorus-T. Another teammate that Clodsire pairs especially well with is Blissey, as together they form an extremely potent defensive core that can wall almost any special attacker. Clodsire covers threats like Serperior and Gholdengo that can boost past Blissey's sheer bulk, while Blissey beats special attackers like Walking Wake and Kyurem that can hit Clodsire for super effective damage. Gliscor and Clefable can serve as Knock Off absorbers, as well as setting entry hazards, allowing Clodsire to run Amnesia. On bulkier balance teams, Clodsire pairs well with Skarmory as the defensive backbone of the team, setting hazards and forcing switches to chip down offensive threats like Great Tusk, Darkrai, and especially Gliscor, which Clodsire is completely helpless against. Corviknight also excels as a partner, absorbing Knock Off and clearing hazards that cripple Clodsire, as well as beating Gliscor, Skarmory, and opposing Corviknight, all of which Clodsire struggles against. Garganacl can soak up status from threats like Hex Dragapult and Cinderace and threaten Kyurem and Walking Wake with Salt Cure chip damage after Terastallizing. Offensive partners like Dragapult and Zamazenta threaten Clodsire's checks in Walking Wake and Kyurem, while Clodsire walls threats like Iron Valiant and Enamorus that its partners would otherwise struggle against. Another good teammate is Kingambit, which can absorb Future Sight and other Psychic-type attacks that would threaten Clodsire, while Clodsire beats Pokemon that Kingambit struggles against, like Raging Bolt, Volcarona, and Iron Moth.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
FayaWizard
Quality checked by:
veti
Magcargo
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zinnias.569291/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
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