Torkoal @ Heat Rock
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 248 Def / 12 SpD
Tera Type: Flying
Bold Nature
- Lava Plume
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
- Will-O-Wisp

Walking Wake @ Choice Specs
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 12 HP / 244 SpA / 252 Spe OR 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Timid Nature
- Hydro Steam
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- Flip Turn

Gouging Fire @ Choice Band
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 88 HP / 168 Atk / 252 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fire
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Raging Fury
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw / Outrage / Heat Crash
- Earthquake

Torkoal + Gouging Fire + Walking Wake Offensive Core

This weather-based offensive core hits insanely hard on both ends of the spectrum, and both Gouging Fire and Walking Wake can mix and match Speed-boosting or offense-boosting Protosynthesis EV spreads to make the core even more difficult to play around. Torkoal sets up the mandatory sun with Drought and sets up Stealth Rock to force chip damage against opposing teams. Gouging Fire's boosted Raging Fury and Flare Blitz 2HKO the vast majority of the tier, and with an Adamant nature, Attack Protosynthesis, and Tera Fire it 2HKOs literally everything in the tier besides Breaking Swipe Gouging Fire, Pelipper, and Flash Fire users like Heatran with Raging Fury alone. Walking Wake offers a better Speed tier, can nuke physical walls like Alomomola and Dondozo with Specs Draco Meteor, and can even use Flip Turn to get Gouging Fire in safely against would-be Wake answers like Blissey and AV Galarian Slowking where Gouging Fire can follow up by KOing something on the switch. This core is dependent on hazard control from Great Tusk/Iron Treads and Hatterene since sun teams are naturally very prone to being worn down by hazards, and sweepers like Kingambit, Chlorophyll users like Venusaur and H-Lilligant, and CM Raging Bolt can capitalize on any sort of gaping holes blown open by Wake+Gouging.

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