Gen 7 VGC / Battle Spot / Doubles OU Cores Thread

[Black117]

Torkcoal + Oranguru + Liligant

 

- Pokémon featured: Torkcoal + Oranguru + Liligant
- Metagame: S/M VGC 17 
- Core type: Offense
- Sets:

Torkoal @ Charcoal  / Choice Specs / Firium Z
Ability: Drought  
Level: 50  
EVs: 116 HP / 252 SpA / 140 SpD  
Quiet Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe  
- Eruption  
- Heat Wave  / Flamethrower / Overheat
- Solar Beam  / Earth Power 
- Protect  

Oranguru @ Mental Herb  
Ability: Inner Focus  
Level: 50  
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 20 SpA / 96 SpD  
Sassy Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe  
- Psychic  
- Instruct  
- Trick Room  
- Protect  

Lilligant (F) @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Chlorophyll  
Level: 50  
EVs: 124 HP / 252 SpA / 132 Spe  
Modest Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Leaf Storm  
- After You  
- Sleep Powder  
- Protect  

Here we have perhaps the face of Sun-Based teams centered around the newly released Drought Torkoal, Trick Room Oranguru, and Chlorophyll Liligant. The goal og this core is essenially the same end result: Get Torkoal in prime position to sweep. Rarely Oranguru will pick up OHKOs and Liligant is here mostly to scare off Pokemon who are weak to the Grass-type Leaf Storm or Bloom Doom Z Move. This core is essentially geared to have the potential to switch between a "fast" mode with Chlorophyll After You Liligant and the Trick Room Instruct Oranguru. With its speed doubled in the sun, Liligant can assist the slow Torkoal in getting fast After You Eruptions, putting targets alseep with Sleep Powder, and STAB Leaf Storm. Bloom Doom Z-Crystal is an option to have in case Liligant can hit one target hard with a STAB move, potentially in range of Torkoal or Oranguru's STAB. Speaking of Oranguru, it has both Trick Room, Inner Focus, and maybe the Mental Herb to guaranatee a field condition in most scenarios. Once Trick Room is setup, Oranguru can Instruct Torkoal to hit its Drought boosted Eruptions and Fire-type attack for heavy damage output.