Singles Anti-Bears Sandy Shocks
Sandy Shocks @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Bug
EVs 252 SpA / 248 Spd / 4 SpD / 4 Def
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt
- Gravity / Spikes
- Eerie Impulse
Are you tired of the current bear meta in Singles matches? Are you looking for a counter to them, but just can't find the right team member for the job with the right coverage, support moves or stats? Meet Tera Bug Sandy Shocks!
This terrifying abomination of a Paradox Pokémon just might be the surprisingly perfect piece to your team building puzzle. With this build, Sandy Shocks can out play any opposing leading bears in an instant! Ones such as the Ursaluna Bloodmoon and Urshifu Multi Strike forms will be handled handily, as Sandy Shocks can out speed both of them. Urshifu literally cannot do anything if it isn't Speed EV invested and Choice Scarfed! Just send a STAB Thunderbolt its way and they won't even be a contender. As for Ursaluna Bloodmoon, you'll be sleeping just fine on this red tinted night as you can simply cut that Sp Atk stat in HALF using Eerie Impulse. Being a big slow bear weighed down by peat, it won't be out speeding anything anytime soon, so you can survive even a Bloodmoon blast if you lower it's main attacking stat. And if it tries anything funny by using Earth Power or Earthquake, simply switch to your Tera Bug typing to resist those dirty tactics! The Bug type will also defend you against Fighting moves from Urshifu, if it attempts to read a different type change from you.
But surely, bears aren't your only problem. That's why Sandy Shocks has a couple more strategies up its sandy sleeves! It's also capable of covering any special stat related weaknesses your team may be exposed to. Is there a Special Attacking sweeper you're worried about? Cut their attack power in half and tank whatever they throw at you! Having problems with Levitate Steel Tera types like Latios or Latias? Bring them down to earth with Gravity to lay down the hurt! Or perhaps you don't have many worries about flying or levitating set-up Mons, and would like some more support? Well, setting up Spikes to deal with Focus Sashes and tanky Steel, Rock or Fire types just might be what you need! And don't forget you can stack Spikes up to 2-3 times for a maximum of reducing the opponent's HP by 1/4 of their health (even more if they are weak to Ground type)!
As for what item to accessorize your Sandy Shocks with, if you don't have a Sunny Day setter, you ought to go with the extra power in Booster Energy, as it will boost Sandy Shocks most proficient stat (Sp Atk in this case). But if you do happen to have ways to induce harsh sunlight, perhaps putting an Absorb Bulb on would look nice? Baiting a water attack by changing your tera type will allow the bulb to increase your Sp Atk even more to really make sure those tanky types go down! Or if you take a weakened special attack (thanks to Eerie Impulse) that does super effective damage, you can make use of Weakness Policy to double your damage output. Really, if you have a sun setter on your team, you can customize this guy's item slot however you want.
Now go out there and make those bears and levitating jet dragons wish they never came out to online ranked battles!
