Unstoppable Behemoth
- By MT Enjoyer
Move 1:Headlong Rush
Move 2:Close Combat
Move 3:Knock Off / Rapid Spin / Rock Tomb
Move 4:Play Rough / Ice Spinner / Head Smash
Item:
Choice Band / Coba Berry / Heavy-Duty BootsDescription
Great Tusk is a great mon for Hardcore as it has insane physical bulk, brutal damage and very good lead potential vs stealth rock leads, very reminicent of Buzzwole but with better typing combination, slightly better stat spread and better as a lead. Headlong Rush and Close Combat are the STAB moves you will be clicking, coming from a 131 attack stat it is very spammable alongside Choice Band for insane damage output vs anything that isn't a flying type. Knock Off serves as both utility to get rid of items and coverage for Psychic/Ghost types that can resist Headlong Rush, which is very unlikely. Rapid Spin can be used otherwise as utility vs stealth rock leads for both Agatha, Bruno and Sun Champ as it matches well for all of the previously mentioned leads and Rock Tomb serves as a speed control tool to deal chip damage to proceed to nuke the opposition. Play Rough, Ice Spinner and Head Smash are all coverage options for very specific match ups. Play Rough serves as an option for enemy fighting and dragon types, Ice Spinner serves as the weaker coverage for flying and dragon types but stronger for mons with the two previous types and Head Smash works as the all out full on damage option for flying types. Choice Band is to turn Great Tusk into Great Truck, Coba Berry is to lower the damage from flying moves directed to the user to let Great Tusk deliver a key move if needed and Heavy Duty Boots is to make Tusks job of spinning the rocks away even better and Jolly as the nature to generally make Tusk faster, although Adamant also works if the speed isn't needed. Overall, this prehistorical version of Donphan still proves himself to be tough and useful even with the rough and restrictive nature of Hardcore.