Cynthia'sGoodBoy (Garchomp) (F) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Rough Skin
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Stone Edge
Have you ever used ChainChomp and found its longevity lacking? Life Orb too easy to play around? Difficult to switch in? Behold, the new Heat
Assault Vest Garchomp.
Due to Chomp's typing and natural bulk, assault vest makes it a great offensive pivot/wall breaker, capable of getting 2HKOs on most of the tier's defensive cores
even without life orb.
First what does it survive?
+2 252 SpA Polteageist Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 204-241 (57.1 - 67.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Tera Psychic Armarouge Expanding Force (120 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp in Psychic Terrain: 278-328 (77.8 - 91.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 126-148 (35.2 - 41.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Zapdos Hurricane vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 135-159 (37.8 - 44.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Tera Fairy Enamorus Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Tera Fire Garchomp: 204-240 (57.1 - 67.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 SpA Moltres Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 45-53 (12.6 - 14.8%) -- possible 7HKO (LOL)
0 SpA Slowking-Galar Future Sight vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 108-127 (30.2 - 35.5%) -- 30% chance to 3HKO
+1 252 SpA Quark Drive Iron Moth Dazzling Gleam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Garchomp: 274-324 (76.7 - 90.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
What does it Kill?
4 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Iron Moth: 816-964 (270.1 - 319.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
4 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 284-336 (90.1 - 106.6%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
4 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 224 HP / 0 Def Cinderace: 344-408 (96.3 - 114.2%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Garchomp Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Baxcalibur: 384-452 (103.5 - 121.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Garchomp Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 280-330 (75.4 - 88.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Corviknight: 216-256 (54.1 - 64.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 Atk Garchomp Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Enamorus: 242-286 (83.7 - 98.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
4 Atk Garchomp Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Moltres: 280-332 (73.1 - 86.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Garchomp Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Dondozo: 237-280 (47 - 55.5%) -- 76.2% chance to 2HKO
How to use?
Bring in Chomp via switch or Pivot on a pivot, or wall such as Slowking-Galar, Gholdengo, or Cinderace. They will USUALLY switch out to a physical wall like Tusk, or Moltres. Lead with Fire Blast and if Tusk, finish with Draco Meteor. If Molt, click Stone Edge. They Bring in Iron Valiant, Enam, or Bax to revenge kill, you can tera fire and finish them if they have chip with EQ or Stone Edge. Draco on Bax, but watch out for Tera Fairy. Also Note, many of the 2HKOs turn into OHKOs with rocks.
TLDR:
-ChainChomp doesnt really NEED LO to get most of the 2HKO's it wants.
-Breaks through Glowking, Great Tusk + Bird cores.
-Emergency Check to powerful breakers like Polteageist, Specs Pult, NP Dengo, Specs Enam
Replays:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1942292521
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1942259395
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1942291683-e012q8j4vzb5hr751l5ne8wjipnekx7pw
Forgive the low ladder- I realized I downloaded my replays instead of saving and uploading so I got very tilted trying to find games where Chomp could shine. Probably forced the issue a few times too.