National Dex Monotype Torkoal [Fire]

[Harpp]

[SET]
name: Utility Support
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Rapid Spin
move 3: Lava Plume
move 4: Yawn
item: Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Torkoal's ability Drought, good physical bulk, and utility moves like Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin make it a premier support Pokemon on Fire-type teams. Stealth Rock lets Torkoal wear down opposing teams, making it easier for its offensive teammates to wallbreak. Rapid Spin keeps troublesome entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Sticky Web away,which can plague the entire team. Lava Plume is the only attacking move on the set, hits decently hard with sun support, and is used to fish for burns against physical attackers like Mimikyu, Urshifu-S, and Zeraora. Yawn is a good move to force foes to switch out, letting Torkoal set up Stealth Rock or clear hazards with Rapid Spin. It also threatens setup sweepers like Dragonite and Mega Gallade and gives opportunities to teammates like Volcarona and Mega Charizard X to set up. Due to the role compression that Torkoal provides, it is essential to keep it around for its Drought and hazard removal support. Maximum HP and Defense investment with a Bold nature makes Torkoal as bulky as possible, allowing it to take on physical attackers like Mega Lopunny, Mega Gallade, and Dragonite a lot better. Heat Rock increases the number of active sun turns for Torkoal's teammates to use boosted Fire-type moves.

Any Fire-type team appreciates the support Torkoal brings to the team. Pokemon like Cinderace, Blacephalon, Victini, Volcarona, and Mega Charizard X benefit massively from sun support, since it lets them use boosted, hard-to-wall Fire-type attacks. They also appreciate Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin support to have an easier time wallbreaking and safely setting up. Specially defensive Heatran is also a good partner to Torkoal because it can sponge special hits for it from the likes of Latios and Tapu Lele and check Nihilego for the team thanks to its Rock neutrality. Volcanion provides an important immunity to Water-type attacks, which lets it check Belly Drum Azumarill, and secondary hazard removal with Defog, taking pressure off from Torkoal. Alolan Marowak can cover Electric-type attacks for Torkoal from threats like Tapu Koko, Regieleki, and Alolan Raichu. It can also break apart defensive types like Poison with sun support and a Swords Dance boost. Mega Charizard Y is also a decent teammate that brings in secondary Drought support to the team and helps improve matchups like Water and Ground.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fire
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Body Press can be used to take on Rock-type threats like Mega Tyranitar and Terrakion. Toxic is an option over Yawn and helps against foes like Swampert, Porygon2, and Mantine. Heavy-Duty Boots as item is an option to keep Torkoal more healthy throughout the battle, especially when Mega Charizard Y is a teammate for additional Drought support.

Checks and Counters
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Fire
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**Special Attackers**: Owing to its mediocre Special Defense stat, Torkoal is easily overwhelmed by special attackers such as Latios, Blacephalon, Hydreigon, and Gengar, which can heavily dent or KO it.

**Special Walls**: Special walls and defensive Pokemon like Blissey and Toxapex have no trouble taking on Torkoal, as they can whittle it down with Seismic Toss and Scald + Toxic , respectively. Blissey can also use Teleport to go into an appropriate teammate to deal with Torkoal and gain momentum. On the other hand, Toxapex can set up Toxic Spikes.

**Wallbreakers**: Insanely strong wallbreakers like Landorus and Diggersby can easily break apart Torkoal, and it cannot switch in against them safely during battle.

**Dragon-types**: Since Torkoal's only commonly run attack is Lava Plume, it struggles to do anything meaningful against Dragon-type Pokemon like Hydreigon, Kyurem, and Latios that can deal heavy damage to it in return or use setup moves to exploit this.

**Water-types** Water-type Pokemon like Pelipper, Swampert, and Kingdra have almost nothing to fear from Torkoal and can effectively take it down.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Harpp, 320110]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [Maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073]]

 

[Harpp]

Ready for QC.

 

[DugZa]

[SET COMMENTS]
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- Mention how yawn threatens setup sweepers and how it helps your own setup users (volcarona, mega charizard-x etc) when yawn puts opponents to sleep and even forces switches allowing you to hard switch your own setup mons
- Mention that Heatran's neutrality against rock type moves helps against threats like Nihilego
- Add that Mega Charizard-Y is a decent teammate that provides immunity against Ground type attacks and appreciates Torkoal's ability to remove hazards and together do well against rain water and sand ground teams

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Add Heavy Duty Boots as an option over Heat Rock but mention it should only be utilized on Mega Charizard-Y teams coz second sun setter
- Toxic is also an option over Yawn and helps against stuff like Swampert, Porygon2, Mantine etc

QC 1/2!

 

[Harpp]

Implemented QC 1. Ready for QC 2.

 

[maroon]

[Set Comments]
- this is nitpicky, but i would reword the lava plume part to fish for burns against physical attackers x. i feel like this also somewhat gives them a better idea of what lava plume does on torkoal
- feel like you talking about drought reducing water attacks feels like dex info, just focus on it extending the sun
- spd heatran can somewhat check mega diancie, drops to any variant with earth power
- would also include regieleki as something alolan marowak beats for electric teams, as they never really run ancient power and only spam electric attacks

[Strategy Comments]
Other Options
- i don't like rest because it prevents torkoal from being able to use spin, sr, or lava plume and feels more like a liability.

Checks and Counters
- remove the mega medicham mention in wallbreakers

QC 2/2

 

[Harpp]

Implemented QC 2. Ready for GP.

 

[Rabia]

add remove comments

gp

[SET]
name: Utility Support
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Rapid Spin
move 3: Lava Plume
move 4: Yawn
item: Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Bold
evs: 248HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Its Torkoal's ability Drought, good physical bulk,(AC) and utility moves like Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin makes Torkoal it a premiere choice for premier support Pokemon on Fire-type teams. Stealth Rock lets Torkoal wear down opposing teams, making it easier for its offensive teammates to wallbreak(spacing). Rapid Spin is important utility move as it can keeps troublesome entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Sticky Web away,(AC) which can plague the entire team. Lava Plume is the only attacking move on the set,(AC) and hits decently hard with Drought sun support,(AC) and is used to fish for burns against physical attackers like Mimikyu, Urshifu-S,(AC) and Zeraora. Yawn is a good move to force opponent foes to switch out, letting Torkoal set up(spacing) Stealth Rock or clear hazards away with Rapid Spin. It also threatens setup sweepers like Dragonite and Mega Gallade and gives opportunities to teammates like Volcarona and Mega Charizard X to set up(spacing). Due to the role compression that Torkoal provides, it is essential to keep it around for its Drought and hazard removal support. Maximum HP investment and Defense investment with a Bold nature makes Torkoal as bulky as possible,(AC) allowing it to take on physical attackers like Mega Lopunny, Mega Gallade,(AC) and Dragonite a lot better. Heat Rock is used as item to increases the number of active Drought sun turns for its Torkoal's teammates to utilize and use boosted Fire-type moves.

Entirety of Any Fire-type team appreciates the support Torkoal brings to the team. Pokemon like Cinderace, Blacephalon, Victini, Volcarona,(AC) and Mega Charizard X benefit massively from Drought sun support,(AC) since it lets them use boosted, hard-to-wall Fire-type attacks which can be hard to wall. They also appreciate Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin support to have an easier time wallbreaking and safely setting up. Specially defensive Heatran is also a good partner to Torkoal as because it can sponge special hits for it from the likes of Latios and Tapu Lele and its neutrality to Rock-type attacks lets it check Nihilego for the team thanks to its Rock neutrality. Volcanion provides an important immunity from to Water-type attacks,(period -> comma) It can check a threat like Belly Drum Azumarill and provide which lets it check Belly Drum Azumarill, and secondary hazard removal with Defog, taking pressure off from Torkoal. Alolan Marowak can cover Electric-type attacks for Torkoal from threats like Tapu Koko, Regieleki, and Alolan Raichu. It can also break apart defensive types like Poison with Drought sun support and a Swords Dance boost. Mega Charizard Y is also a decent teammate that brings in secondary Drought support to the team and helps improve matchups like Water and Ground.

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

Fire
====

Body Press can also be used to take on Rock-type threats like Mega Tyranitar and Terrakion. Toxic is also an option over Yawn and helps against stuff foes like Swampert, Porygon2,(AC) and Mantine. Heavy-Duty Boots as item is an option to keep Torkoal more healthy throughout the battle,(AC) especially when Mega Charizard Y is a teammate for additional Drought support.

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

Fire
====

**Special Attackers**: Owing to its mediocre Special Defense stat, Torkoal is easily overwhelmed by special attackers such as Latios, Blacephalon, Hydreigon,(AC) and Gengar,(AC) which can heavily dent it or KO it.

**Special Walls**: Special walls and defensive Pokemon like Blissey and Toxapex have no trouble taking on Torkoal,(AC) as they can whittle it down with Seismic Toss or Scald / Toxic and Scald + Toxic (if you mean one of Scald and Toxic, then do "... Seismic Toss and Scald or Toxic), respectively. Blissey can also use Teleport to go into an appropriate teammate to deal with Torkoal and gain momentum for its team. On the other hand,(AC) Toxapex can set up(spacing) Toxic Spikes.

**Wallbreakers**: Insanely strong wallbreakers like Landorus and Diggersby can easily break apart Torkoal,(AC) easily and it cannot switch in against them safely during battle. (is this second part really worth including? seems obvious to me that you wouldn't switch the Ground-weak Pokemon into a strong Ground-type attacker)

**Dragon-types**: Since Torkoal's only commonly run attack is Lava Plume on the set, it struggles to do anything meaningful against Dragon-type Pokemon like Hydreigon, Kyurem, and Latios that can deal heavy damage to it in return or use setup moves to exploit this.

**Water-types** Water-type Pokemon like Pelipper, Swampert, and Kingdra have almost nothing to fear from Torkoal and can effectively take it down.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Harpp, 320110]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [Maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

gp 1/1 when done

 

[Harpp]

Implemented GP check, this is now done, thank you.