Ahh Throh, the partner of Generation V's Sawk. Unlike it's brother, it has extraordinary bulk, the largest bulk of all Fighting types for that matter(barring Arceus Fighting of course). 125/85/85 defenses are scary, and an attack stat at 100 is not exactly low either. So why doesn't everyone use this Fighting Type Tank? Lack of recovery mainly, having to rely on the shady Rest. It's also slow, with a miniscule base 45 speed. But, with a fantastic phazing move in Circle Throw AND great bulk, Throh is a top threat in the Underused tier, and is even usable in Standard play!
Abilities
Inner Focus- Pretty useless since Throh won't take very much damage from most flinching moves AND the fact that Throh doesn't take down opponents at a very fast rate.
Guts- This on the other hand CAN be extremely useful, especially in Trick Room. With an Adamant nature, after a Guts boost, in Trick Room, nothing is faster than it, few can OHKO it AND it has a huge 494 attack WITHOUT set up!
Mold Breaker- Despite how highly I speak of Guts, Mold Breaker is more useful. Hitting threats like Bronzong and Gengar is more important when using Rest, which you will be.
No thanks Grandma, if i have another berry, I might THROH up!
-Circle Throw
-Rest
-Payback/Earthquake/Bide/Toxic
-Bulk Up
Items- Chesto Berry
Ability- Guts/Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 HP/252 Defense/6 Attack
Impish (+Defense, -Special Attack) or Careful (+Special Defense, -Special Attack)
So this is the set that relies on Throh's ONLY healing move, Rest. Combined with a Chesto Berry, and you get ChestoRest, although this name was more fun to make. Rest is there... obviously. Earthquake... only use it if using Mold Breaker. If you're using Throh in UU, it's useless, but hits Gengar and Bronzong in OU! Payback is the preferred option for hitting Psychic types, like Alakazam and the extremely dangerous in UU, Musharna! Toxic wears down Chansey if you want to cripple it before you die, but Toxic Spikes support is better. Bide MAY seem gimmicky... it actually is. Use it against Noobs if you seem them a lot. Circle Throw phazes potential sweeps, in UU, it's mainly threats like Venemoth or Mew, but in OU, it's the Dancing Dragon Trio (Salamence, Dragonite and Haxorus), who could easily destroy your whole team! Cloyster is there as well, and the good thing is, after a Shell Smash, Cloyster will take an absurdly massive amount of damage from the Phazing move, making it useless for the rest of the match! Bulk Up is there to boost Defense, more importantly than attack, making you immovable to physical moves!
Would you like some butter on your Throast?
-Bulk Up
-Payback/Poison Jab
-Storm Throw/Circle Throw
-Taunt/Rest/Stone Edge/Bulldoze
Ability- Guts/Mold Breaker
Item- Leftovers
EVs: 252 HP/200 S.Defense/56 Defense
Nature: Careful (+S.Defense -S.Attack) or Impish (+Defense -S.Attack)
This is a Bulky Sweeper set, REAAALLLY Bulky to be frank. After one or two bulk ups, no unboosted physical move can hurt you. Bulk Up is your boosting move, simply because Throh has no other viable ones. Payback hits Psychic types nicely, but if you want, go with Poison Jab to hit Grass types hard. The problem with Jab is that most Grass types are neutral to it or immune to it, Roserade, Venasaur and Ferrothorn for example. The next move is really and truly preference. Storm Throw is always a critical hit, and thus is extremely powerful. There are problems with it though. Number one is that it prevents phazing, which is a real niche of Throh. The second is that if for some reason it doesn't kill Anger Point Primeape or Krookodile, you've lost the game, but Anger Point is REAAAALLLLY rare, so dont worry. Circle Throw phazes... but it's weak, and weakness is annoying in a Bulky Sweeper. The last move is preference purely. Taunt prevents Whimsy, Ferro and Forry from setting hazards and Leech Seed. It can be really useful, but if you're using Circle Throw, its a little useless. If you've bulked up a good amount, Rest is for healing yourself, but the problem is that you'll probably make up for the health gain the turns your asleep. Bulldoze makes you faster than a lot of foes, and can ruin pokemon who cant switch out, like a Dragon Danced Haxorus. It goes really well with Mold Breaker as well. Finally, you can use Stone Edge, which is powerful with a high critical hit ratio. It destroys Thundurus-T and Volcarona, you'd have nothing else to hit them with!
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