Torterra @ Shell Bell
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature
- Tera Blast
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
Vitamins: 25 Protein (or Muscle Mochi), 25 Iron (or Resist Mochi)
Feathers: 6 Health Feathers, 2 Muscle Feathers, 2 Resist Feathers
* The last 2 EVs of the 510 total do not affect stats but are included so that the EV diagram in game shows the EVs as maxed
Stats at lvl 100 w/ perfect IVs:
HP : 332
Attack: 348
Defense: 309
Sp.Def.: 206
Speed : 148
NPC Advantages: gardevoir (life dew), burners (drifblim, arcanine), and paralyzers (bellibolt, umbreon, and dudunsparce) help. sylveon (charm) and intimidators (tauros, staraptor) may or may not help much depending on how much the sceptile AI decides to spam dragon dance. arboliva is harmful because it lays terrain with its ability which boosts sceptile's leaf blade.
Strategy: wait for your stats to reset before taking your first turn. 3x iron defense, synthesis when HP drops to half. 3x swords dance, 3x tera blast, terastalize, tera blast to victory.
Notes: the purpose of waiting for your stats to reset is to ensure that after the stat reset, sceptile's stats start at at 0 like yours, rather than having it reset you to 0 with him at +6. 3x iron defense ensures he never gets far ahead. this also makes it safe to get hit with a critical hit on the turn where shell armor is suppressed.
Pros: supereffective tera type, decent HP stat, excellent atk and def stats, immune to breaking swipe after terastalizing. synthesis heals half of HP bar. shell bell heals when attacking, proportional to damage dealt. iron defense buffs 2 def stages. swords dance buffs 2 atk stages. shell armor grants critical hit immunity which is immensely valuable given that neutral leaf blade critical hits at +6 atk can 1HKO most species and normally have a 1 in 8 chance of happening. tera blast has 80 base power, 100 accuracy, and deals supereffective STAB damage when terastalized.
Cons: tera type mismatches base type, outsped by sceptile, mediocre spdef sat
Overall Rating: 9/10
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