Ting-Lu @ Leftovers  
Ability: Vessel of Ruin  
Tera Type: Poison  
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Stealth Rock  
- Earthquake  
- Ruination  
- Whirlwind

Skarmory (F) @ Rocky Helmet  
Ability: Sturdy  
Tera Type: Fighting  
EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 96 Spe  
Impish Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Body Press  
- Iron Defense  
- Spikes  
- Roost

Ting-Lu + Skarmory Defensive Core

Ting-Lu and Skarmory form a hazard stacking defensive core, with Ting-Lu is able to set up stealth rocks and Skarmory able to set spikes (or vise versa). Ting-Lu is able to reliably switch into electric types that would threaten Skarmory such as Raging Bolt and Zapdos or special attacks as a whole. Skarmory is able to switch into fighting attacks that threaten Ting-Lu and either roost off the damage or setup an iron defense. For tera types you can run Ghost, Poison or Water on Ting-Lu and Fighting or Water on Skarmory. Ghost is great for spin blocking, Poison to become immune to Toxic (also removes Grass, Fighting and Bug weaknesses) or Water to help with an overall water weakness for this core. Tera Fighting on Skarmory to power up its Body Press or Water for the same reason as Ting-Lu. The EVs on Ting-Lu are very standard to maximize special bulk. For Skarmory we run 96 speed EVs to outspeed max speed Adamant Kingambit and threaten back with Body Press, the rest are put into bulk to maximize survivability.

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