klawf (Great Tusk) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Knock Off
- Stealth Rock
Classic regen tusk, he's here to get rocks up and knock off items. Regen also gives it longevity allowing him to switch into threats and force them out, racking up more and more hazard damage. Rapid spin is a nice bonus although this team has pretty good matchup versus hazard stack due to boots spam and levitate.
hydrapple (Goodra-Hisui) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 27 Spe
- Dragon Tail
- Draco Meteor
- Knock Off
- Flamethrower / Heavy Slam
What he lacks in strength he makes up in ability to survive everything. Can switch into pretty much any special attacker in the tier, force them out, and heal up any damage taken with regen. Dragon tail is perfect for stopping setup sweepers in their tracks and phasing things around for hazard damage. Knock off to get rid of boots. I've found the most success with flamethrower in the final move slot as gholdengo is so common and getting rid of him frees up scarf sneasler & iron defense chesnaught
lycanroc-dusk (Sneasler) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Dire Claw
- Switcheroo
- U-turn
Sneasler gives this team the offensive presence it needs to be able to function in this metagame. Like I mentioned previously this thing revenge kills every major threat to the team. It can also sweep late game, stop dangerous setup sweepers with switcheroo, and u-turn around for momentum. Nothing can switch into close combat/dire claw + hazards unless they're fluffy, which brings me to my next pokemon:
latias (Gholdengo) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Shadow Ball
- Make It Rain
- Recover
This thing is deceptively fast, bulky, and strong, while performing the critical role of blocking defog. It wreaks havoc on the bulkier/balance teams once hazards up, outspeeding and killing tusk, primarina, alo, heatran, mamoswine, opposing gholdengo, pecharunt, corv/skarm, dnite etc. It easily switches into to corv/skarm and can set up or throw off attacks to wear things down, which is what this team is all about. Max HP investment allows it to take any non super-effective hits from faster pokemon after which it can kill them in return. Bonus points for latias donor which can trick people into thinking it's levitate
coalossal/houndstone (Chesnaught) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body / Fluffy
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Spikes
- Synthesis
Like I mentioned previously I opted for chesnaught as the spike setter mainly because of prevalence of rain. I prefer flame body over fluffy because it's literally game over if the opponents main wallbreaker(s) get crippled. It's also nice versus u-turn/flip turn/knock off spammers. Iron defense + STAB body press gives chesnaught sneaky offensive capabilities, in fact I've had many late games where the opponents ghost types/special attackers are dead and nothing can stop chesnaught from cleaning up.
latios (Pecharunt) @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 104 SpA / 48 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
- Malignant Chain
Finally I have pecharunt as the dedicated spin blocker. I opted for colbur berry because this thing gets knocked off 99% of the games I play anyways, so might as well take less damage. Weird EV spread because ghost types, like opposing gholdengo and pecharunt, are annoying for this team so I like to outspeed and have enough damage to be able to threaten them. Strong malignant chain is also good versus fairy types which goodra can struggle against since it doesn't have any moves to hit them. But overall this thing is really just here for spin blocking- it offers a little added defensive/offensive value but the other pokemon on this team do those things way better.