The Underrated Turt
- By prof.essional
Move 1:Body Press
Move 2:Will-O-Wisp
Move 3:Flamethrower / Overheat / Shell Trap
Move 4:Rest / Dragon Pulse
Description
Turtonator is an extremely useful mon in Hardcore mode. With an excellent defensive typing and access to one of the very few abilities that can increase a stat, Turtonator's 135 base Defense goes extremely far. Body Press will be your most commonly clicked move, as it demolishes most mons it's supereffective against and deals massive chip to anything else. Will-O-Wisp is great both for making your physical bulk even stronger and weakening a threat enough to allow another one of your mons to switch in and take it out safely. Plus, with the move never missing when the user is a fire type, you don't have to worry at all about a pesky 15% miss ruining your strategy. --- Those two moves are staples of any Turt set, but the remaining two are quite flexible. Generally you'll want to prioritize a Fire STAB, but later in the game, Dragon types become quite common, so a Dragon STAB is occasionally preferred. Its signature move, Shell Trap, has a massive 150 base power and even hits both enemies in double battles, but it does require your opponent to target it with a physical move, which doesn't always happen. If that annoys you, I would run Flamethrower for consistency, but Overheat is also a great option. Since your primary move will be Body Press, you can click Overheat with little downside. Plus, Hardcore mode generally requires a lot of switching, so the penalty is negated even further.