Pelipper + Archaludon + Barraskewda Offensive Core

Let The Birds Fly (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Surf
- Hurricane / Knock Off
- Roost
- U-turn

Let The Birds Fly (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Surf
- Hurricane / Knock Off
- Roost
- U-turn

Metal Knight (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 200 HP / 252 SpA / 56 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Flash Cannon
- Body Press
- Electro Shot

Barraskewda @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Close Combat
- Aqua Jet / Psychic Fangs / Crunch

Pelipper + Archaludon + Barraskewda Offensive Core

Surf is a standard choice of Water move on Pelipper, giving it strong Rain-boosted STAB; Hydro Pump and Weather Ball are both slightly stronger options, but inconsistent due to accuracy and reliance on Rain. Hurricane can be used as a dual STAB option that hits Grass types, while Knock Off is a good utility option that can make permanent progress against switch-ins. Roost grants longevity, which is particularly helpful due to Pelipper's Stealth Rock weakness not helped by its held Damp Rock item used to extend the Rain turns given by Drizzle. U-turn is a great pivoting option that allows Pelipper to bring in frailer Swift Swim teammates for free, particularly helpful with a -Speed nature and 0IVs on a spread that maximises bulk on either side, and a Ground tera can let Pelipper survive a one-time Electric or Rock attack in a pinch. Draco Meteor is Archaludon's best STAB option, giving it a one-time nuke into defensive switch-ins. Flash Cannon makes this an even scarier threat by giving super effective coverage into Fairy types, while Body Press ignores SpAtk drops and scales off of Archa's great PhysDef and boosts from Stamina to make this mon a scary mixed breaker that can even live hits from and break through weaker Ground and Fighting types while being very hard to consistently wall. Electro Shot rounds out the set by giving Archaludon a 1 turn Electric Meteor Beam with Rain up that makes this a threatening mon that can snowball out of control fast. A resistance to Stealth Rock means that Assault Vest is a good choice on a 4 attack set, making Archa nearly impossible to take down in one hit and letting it trade vs most threats to Rain, while also giving it the ability to come in on weaker resisted special attacks to proc Stamina boosts and become even harder to kill. The given spread maximises Special Attack, while having enough speed to outrun Jolly Kingambit and 0 speed Landorus-T with the rest invested in bulk. Barraskewda rounds out the core as a Swift Swimmer, providing it with speed control and threatening Ground-types like Ting-Lu and Iron Treads that might give trouble to Archaludon.

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