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Choice Band Great Tusk takes advantage of its unique typing and offensive power to deal great amount of damage to foes like Iron Hands, Roaring Moon, and Diancie. Headlong Rush's damage gives Great Tusk better chances against foes like non-Weakness Policy Primarina if it's lacking Supercell Slam; if it doesn't have Heavy Slam, the move also has a chance to OHKO Sylveon and maximum Defense Diancie. Earthquake is an alternative to Headlong Rush that, despite making Great Tusk lose some matchups due to the lack of immediate power, helps against the Roaring Moon matchup if it's lacking Ice Spinner. Close Combat OHKOes Ursaluna and non-Chople Berry Urshifu-S. Megahorn is for defensive Ogerpon-W and slower Hoopa-U. Ice Spinner OHKOes Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Roaring Moon. Supercell Slam targets Water-types like non-Weakness Policy Primarina. Heavy Slam may be used for Diancie and Sylveon. The EV spread allows Great Tusk to tank a Power Whip from Jolly Ogerpon-W and outspeed Raging Bolt. Headlong Rush is a better option than Close Combat against foes like Hisuian Goodra, since it is able to defeat Great Tusk with the combination of Chople Berry + Counter. Against Corviknight, Close Combat is preferred against Agility or faster variants. Supercell Slam is better suited for slower, bulkier sets. Great Tusk often struggles against Fairy-type foes like Alolan Ninetales and Iron Valiant; therefore, teammates like Volcanion and Metagross are appreciated.

By using the Speed boost from Booster Energy, Great Tusk is able to outspeed Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Dragapult, Chien-Pao, and Spectrier. Headlong Rush deals with Pokemon like Metagross and Iron Hands. Close Combat is for Dark-type Pokemon such as Urshifu-S, Chien-Pao, Meowscarada, and Darkrai. Bulk Up allows Great Tusk to set up and win against Pokemon such as Metagross and Ursaluna while also improving the chances to win against Pokemon like Pecharunt and Annihilape. Megahorn is used for Hoopa-U, and it can be used to OHKO Ogerpon-W after a Bulk Up. Alternatively, Knock Off can be used to deal with Spectrier, offensive Dragapult, and Pokemon with Chople Berry such as Urshifu-S and Hisuian Goodra. Great Tusk can also run Ice Spinner for a guaranteed win against both Landorus formes and Garchomp. Taunt is also a viable option for better odds against Corviknight, Pecharunt, and stall Pokemon in general. The EV spread gives Great Tusk the Speed boost from Booster Energy and the maximum possible Attack while letting it survive an Overheat from Modest Heatran. While this set outspeeds most threats in the tier, it lacks the power to secure KOs against most bulky Pokemon like Raging Bolt and Volcanion; it also struggles against Fairy- and Water-type Pokemon like Sylveon, Primarina, Manaphy, and Walking Wake. Therefore, Pokemon like Hisuian Goodra, Metagross, Hoopa-U, and Iron Crown that can make up for Great Tusk's low initial power and low Special Defense are great partners for it.

Thanks to its solid physical bulk under sun and good defensive typing, Great Tusk acts as one of the best checks to Koraidon while also providing teams with entry hazard removal and a fantastic switch-in to other Ground-types in the tier such as Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Iron Treads. Play Rough threatens a KO on Koraidon after entry hazard damage. Knock Off can be used to take on Air Balloon Gholdengo and wear down foes that want to switch into Great Tusk such as Corviknight and Annihilape, but it is generally outclassed by the sheer utility of Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock. The combination of Knock Off and Body Press can be used to pressure Corviknight switch-ins. Bulk Up is an option to boost alongside opposing Great Tusk and Swords Dance Kingambit and Koraidon. Great Tusk can Terastallize into the Fairy typing to take on physical attackers such as Koraidon, Chien-Pao, and Palafin in sun. However, be wary of Terastallizing against Koraidon that can still Terastallize themselves, as Choice Band Tera Fire Koraidon can take on Great Tusk one-on-one. Great Tusk can also Terastallize into the Ground typing or the Water typing, with both options removing its weakness to Fairy. The former also lets it fire off stronger Earthquakes as well, while the latter provides useful resistances to Fire moves from Koraidon as well as Ice- and Water-type moves, barring Freeze-Dry, from Iron Bundle. Great Tusk fits on most teams as a bulky Stealth Rock setter and Koraidon check. Great Tusk can utilize Rocky Helmet to punish the use of U-turn, though this hurts its longevity, as it then loses Leftovers's passive recovery. Great Tusk pairs well with defensive Scream Tail and Blissey, both of which can take on Iron Bundle while also providing Wish support for Great Tusk. Blissey can also take on Chi-Yu and Miraidon, while Scream Tail can take on Iron Valiant. Great Tusk also pairs well with Gholdengo, as it appreciates Great Tusk forcing out Koraidon while preventing hazard removal in exchange. Choice Scarf Chi-Yu is a good partner due to its ability to pressure faster special attackers that trouble Great Tusk such as Iron Bundle and Flutter Mane. Great Tusk also pairs well with Miraidon, as non-Heavy-Duty Boots Miraidon appreciates it removing entry hazards and taking on Clodsire, Iron Treads, and Ting-Lu. Finally, Koraidon is a good partner, as it can set up sun, pivot into Great Tusk, and force out most hazard removal options besides opposing defensive Great Tusk.

Tera Ground can turn Headlong Rush into a devastating STAB attack that can break through bulky targets Great Tusk normally wouldn’t, such as Scream Tail and Dondozo. Tera Fighting lets Great Tusk crush Corviknight with Close Combat, which severely hurts defensive structures reliant on it. This opens up powerful teammates like Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle. Earthquake makes Great Tusk harder to revenge kill than Headlong Rush does, as it doesn’t drop its defenses. Rapid Spin works well for teams weak to entry hazards. It's a great way to support powerful threats weak to Stealth Rock, like Chien-Pao, Chi-Yu, and Iron Bundle. Knock Off provides fantastic item-removing support, and it especially cripples walls reliant on Leftovers like Scream Tail and Dondozo, allowing its team to more easily break past them. Play Rough can be used to OHKO Koraidon without Terastallizing, as well as beating opposing Great Tusk. However, it has very little practical use outside of this. Choice Scarf Great Tusk functions most effectively as a wallbreaker in the early- and mid-game, suited best for offensive structures that struggle with physical walls like the aforementioned Scream Tail and Dondozo. When building teams, remember Great Tusk must use Terastallization to actually break through said walls, so it may be hard for teammates to Terastallize. Choice Band Great Tusk only functions well on Sticky Web teams, where the stronger and slower set appreciates Sticky Web dropping foes' Speed. Koraidon is a great partner, setting up sun and activating Protosynthesis for Great Tusk. It further resists Water- and Grass-type moves aimed at Great Tusk, weakening the former. Koraidon also effectively baits in Skeledirge, which Great Tusk reliably threatens. Miraidon is also a great partner, as it can threaten Flying-types, like Corviknight and the rarer Pelipper and Dragonite. This helps to make Great Tusk’s Headlong Rush much more spammable. Gholdengo is also a good partner for Great Tusk, as it resists Ice-, Fairy-, and Grass-type moves aimed at Great Tusk, and it can threaten to KO Ice- and Fairy-types with super effective STAB Make It Rain. In addition, Gholdengo also blocks all hazard removal, helping to wear down walls for Great Tusk's team to eventually break through.

Bulk Up allows Great Tusk to be a threatening sweeper. It can comfortably set up on common physical walls like Ting-Lu, Iron Treads, Corviknight, and defensive Great Tusk. The STAB combination of Headlong Rush and Close Combat hits most physical walls for at least neutral damage. Earthquake may be used as the Ground-type STAB move to avoid defensive drops, but it is a weaker move, and it can't secure important OHKOs and 2HKOs at +1 Attack against some physical walls such as Toxapex, Scream Tail, and Alomomola. A Jolly nature is used to outspeed all viable unboosted Pokemon after one Rapid Spin. An Adamant nature makes Great Tusk stronger while still letting it outspeed unboosted Iron Bundle at +1 Speed, but it misses out on outspeeding maximum Speed Gholdengo and tying Jolly Great Tusk. Terastallizing into the Ground typing boosts Headlong Rush and guarantees some additional OHKOs and 2HKOs on foes like Toxapex and Scream Tail. Additionally, getting rid of the Fighting typing lets Great Tusk survive Fairy-type attacks such as Dazzling Gleam from Miraidon and Moonblast from Flutter Mane without Life Orb or Choice Specs, and it facilitates taking Dazzling Gleam and Play Rough from Scream Tail and Alomomola. Alternatively, using Tera Steel gives Great Tusk resistances to Fairy-type attacks, Ice-type attacks from Chien-Pao and Iron Bundle, and Draco Meteor from Miraidon, allowing it to surprise them with a strong attack. Koraidon is a solid partner because its sun activates Great Tusk's Protosynthesis, making its attacks even stronger. In return, Great Tusk can break through or strongly dent common Koraidon checks like Scream Tail, Alomomola, and Skeledirge, which allows Koraidon to clean more easily. Miraidon is also an excellent teammate, since Great Tusk can easily hard switch into its common checks and either threaten them with its attacks or set up on them. Special attackers like Miraidon, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle hugely threaten Great Tusk, so it is recommended to pair it with appropriate special walls like Blissey, Ting-Lu, Iron Treads, and Clodsire. Gothitelle is a less popular pick but it helps eliminate bulky checks like Dondozo and Pelipper, allowing Great Tusk to sweep more easily.

Great Tusk is the best offensive Stealth Rock or Rapid Spin user in the tier thanks to its solid typing and good physical bulk. If Great Tusk is paired with Pokemon such as Corviknight, then Stealth Rock can be run instead of Rapid Spin. If paired with teammates that set Stealth Rock, then the best set would be Rapid Spin / Headlong Rush / Close Combat / Knock Off. Knock Off makes progress on Corviknight and covers the Air Balloon Gholdengo matchup. Tera Ground lets Great Tusk deal incredible damage with Headlong Rush while also letting it survive Flutter Mane's Moonblast from full HP. Tera Steel flips the Fairy matchup and lets Great Tusk take on Ice- and Dragon-type attacks, but the additional weaknesses to Fighting and Ground make Great Tusk unable to take on Koraidon, Ting-Lu, and Iron Treads easily. Great Tusk can be used to take on entry hazard setters like Ting-Lu and Iron Treads one-on-one by forcing them out and removing hazards. Jolly is usually preferred to outspeed Gholdengo, Modest Chi-Yu, and Glimmora, but Adamant lets Tera Ground Headlong Rush OHKO Koraidon and specially defensive Annihilape after one layer of Spikes or Stealth Rock. Great Tusk should be used aggressively to force out and keep entry hazards off the field against other setters, such as Ting-Lu and Iron Treads, since Great Tusk is generally difficult to switch into. Great Tusk pairs well with Koraidon thanks to Orichalcum Pulse's sun, letting Great Tusk become an incredibly potent wallbreaker, and Great Tusk can clear entry hazards so that Koraidon can repeatedly come in. Miraidon also appreciates Great Tusk, as it forces out common checks such as Clodsire, Ting-Lu, and Iron Treads. Great Tusk also appreciates Blissey being able to take on all of the special attackers that force Great Tusk out, such as Flutter Mane, Miraidon, and Iron Bundle.

A Choice Scarf combined with high-power STAB moves, great physical bulk, and high Attack makes Great Tusk one of the best options on Ground teams for a wallbreaker and late-game cleaner, threatening the likes of Choice Scarf Gholdengo and Bisharp. Close Combat hits different threats to Ground teams like Choice Specs Greninja and Hoopa-U. Headlong Rush OHKOes Flutter Mane. Earthquake can be used over Headlong Rush despite its lower power due to not causing Defense and Special Defense drops, making it better for sweeping. Ice Spinner targets the likes of Garchomp, Dragonite, Gliscor, and Landorus. Alternatively, Stone Edge targets Flying- and Bug-types such as Articuno, Talonflame, and Volcarona. Megahorn can also be used to target Grass- and Psychic-types such as Ogerpon-W, Latios, and Slowbro; Slowbro is notably 2HKOed by it after Stealth Rock damage. Knock Off prevents Air Balloon Gholdengo from walling Great Tusk, and it also removes items from foes such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Gyarados and Brambleghast and Leftovers from Corviknight. Clodsire, Ting-Lu, Hippowdon, and Gliscor provide entry hazard support in wearing down foes to aid Great Tusk, guaranteeing a 2HKO on specially defensive Corviknight and an OHKO on the Ogerpon formes. Additionally, Clodsire provides a Water immunity, and its Poison typing allows it to melt Toxic Spikes and threaten Grass- and Fairy-types such as Meowscarada, Flutter Mane, and Clefable; Ting-Lu phazes setup sweepers such as Volcarona and Dragonite with Whirlwind; Hippowdon sets up sand to wear down foes further; and Gliscor spreads status with Toxic and shuts down passive walls with Taunt. In return, they appreciate Great Tusk dealing with Ice-types like Kyurem. Sand-boosted Excadrill takes out Choice Scarf users such as Iron Valiant, Enamorus, and Iron Boulder. In return, Great Tusk deals with Dragon-types like Garchomp. When Great Tusk chooses to forego Ice Spinner, Mamoswine makes for a great teammate to cover Dragon- and Flying-types like Choice Scarf Latias, Dragonite, and Landorus. Landorus makes for another great partner, as with its colorful coverage, it takes on the likes of Primarina and Clefable, and it can also provide Gravity support so Great Tusk fares better against Corviknight and Skarmory. Landorus appreciates Great Tusk taking out Ice-types in return. Iron Treads provides immense utility that helps Great Tusk, such as hazard removal and pivoting via Volt Switch, and it appreciates Great Tusk taking out Excadrill in return. Garchomp is a great late-game sweeper that appreciates Great Tusk's ability to take out bulky Pokemon such as Articuno, Ting-Lu, and Gliscor with the appropriate coverage, which in turn allows Garchomp to sweep much more easily.

Boasting impressive bulk, Great Tusk takes the physical wall role for Fighting teams, being able to tank multiple hits from physical attackers such as Dragonite and Ceruledge. Earthquake threatens Poison-, Electric-, and Fire-types like Clodsire, Iron Hands, and non-Air Balloon Heatran. Knock Off hits Earthquake switch-ins such as Air Balloon Gholdengo, Latios, and Tornadus-T and removes their item. Alternatively, Ice Spinner can threaten Gliscor and Dragonite, preventing them from setting up on Great Tusk. Rapid Spin provides entry hazard control and boosts Great Tusk's Speed, which can allow it to weaken offensive foes such as Latios. Taunt can be used instead to notably prevent Skarmory, Ting-Lu, and Hippowdon from setting up hazards and prevents Corviknight's Defog. Lastly, Great Tusk can set Stealth Rock up, breaking Focus Sash on Ceruledge and Breloom and greatly helping the team progress in the game. The EV spread lets Great Tusk outspeed maximum Speed Modest Raging Bolt while maximizing Great Tusk's physical bulk. Defensive Great Tusk appreciates teammates that can make up for its abysmal special bulk like Assault Vest Iron Hands and Assault Vest Gallade. Assault Vest Iron Hands deals with Flying- and Fairy-types threats such as Primarina, Hatterene, and Gyarados. Gallade gives Fighting teams the edge in troublesome matchups like Poison and Water by slashing through Keldeo, Amoonguss, and Galarian Weezing. In return, they both appreciate Great Tusk dealing with Excadrill. Defensive Great Tusk also synergizes well with popular Fighting team sweepers such as Iron Valiant, Keldeo, and Sneasler, removing entry hazards and taking physical hits for them, while they break through the opponent's team. Iron Valiant can delete Fighting-, Dark-, and Dragon-types like Keldeo, Sableye, and Choice Specs Latios with Moonblast while threatening Flying teams thanks to its access to BoltBeam. Keldeo appreciates the Electric immunity Great Tusk comes with, as it lets it focus more on overwhelming defensive cores like Corviknight and Skarmory. Sneasler takes on Fairy- and Grass-types threats such as Enamorus, Iron Valiant, and Ogerpon formes while providing U-turn support to bring Great Tusk in on physical threats such as Gliscor. Hisuian Lilligant can put a foe to sleep and dispose of Ground- and Water-types foes with its Victory Dance set such as Landorus, Swampert, and Urshifu-R.

With an impressive physical statline, Great Tusk smashes through the competition, providing great utility and offensive presence all in one slot. Focus Sash synergizes well, as it lets Great Tusk take an attack from Flutter Mane and KO it in return and get rid of popular Air Balloon users such as Glimmora, Heatran, and Raging Bolt through the combination Rapid Spin and Earthquake. Earthquake is Great Tusk's key STAB move, threatening Poison-, Electric-, and Fire-types like Toxapex, Iron Hands, non-Air Balloon Heatran, and Ceruledge. Headlong Rush is another option to secure an OHKO on Greninja after Stealth Rock. Knock Off hits both Dragapult and Latios hard while providing general utility against the rest of the tier such as removing Choice Scarf, Rocky Helmet, and Heavy Duty Boots from the opposing team. Alternatively, Ice Spinner can be used to improve the Flying matchup, as it deals with Dragonite and Gliscor. Rapid Spin plays an important role by removing entry hazards from Great Tusk's side and boosting its Speed, allowing Great Tusk to outspeed many prominent threats such as Choice Specs Flutter Mane, Dragapult, and Latios. Taunt can be used instead to notably prevent Skarmory, Ting Lu, and Corviknight from setting up entry hazards, setting up itself, or using utility moves like Defog, Roost, and Whirlwind. Lastly, Great Tusk can set Stealth Rock up, ensuring opposing Focus Sashes will not impede the team's progress in the game. Assault Vest Iron Hands and Gallade are both great partners, as they can absorb special hits that would OHKO Great Tusk from foes like Hatterene, Choice Scarf Greninja, and Choice Scarf Enamorus. They also aid Great Tusk, should its Focus Sash be disabled, by checking and OHKOing in retaliation popular Choice Specs users like Dragapult, Latios, and Flutter Mane, while they both appreciate Great Tusk's ability to remove entry hazards from the field. They both come with their matchups of predilection: Flying and Fairy for Iron Hands and Poison and Water for Gallade. Iron Hands takes on Primarina, Hatterene, and Corviknight, while Gallade slashes through Amoonguss, Galarian Weezing, and Keldeo. Choice Scarf Sneasler can deal with Grass- and Fairy-types such as the Ogerpon formes, Primarina, and Iron Valiant while retaining momentum with U-turn. With its especially large movepool, Iron Valiant can help Great Tusk in many ways, from getting rid of Flying-type Pokemon with BoltBeam coverage like Landorus, Corviknight, and Gliscor to deleting physical walls such as Sableye and Hippowdon with STAB Moonblast, and it appreciates Great Tusk's ability to remove Assault Vest from Tornadus-T. Water-type wallbreakers like Keldeo and Urshifu-R also synergize quite well with Great Tusk, as Great Tusk provides a useful Electric immunity, allowing them to focus on dismantling opposing defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight and Skarmory. Finally, Hisuian Lilligant provides some utility in the form of Sleep Powder and can also aid offensively in the Flying, Water, and Ground matchups with its Victory Dance set, effectively suppressing the likes of Urshifu-R, Swampert, and Landorus.

Pinsirite Great Tusk cements itself as the metagame's premier entry hazard remover while also being a respectable offensive threat. Body Slam potentially cripples common switch-ins like Arceus-Water and Latiasite Pecharunt with paralysis. Bulk Up makes Great Tusk a formidable cleaner that's difficult to revenge kill, especially in conjunction with Rapin Spin. Smack Down can be used over Body Slam or Bulk Up to threaten Ground-immune targets such as Latiasite variants of Magearna and Pecharunt as well as Corviknight and Ho-Oh. 204 Speed EVs allow Pinsirite Great Tusk to outspeed Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk, while 144 HP EVs enable it to survive two maximum Attack Altarianite Dragonite Extreme Speeds after Stealth Rock. Strong wallbreakers such as Urshifu-R, Hisuian Arcanine, Raging Bolt, Entei, and Iron Moth benefit from Great Tusk's ability to remove hazards, potentially giving them more opportunities to hit the field. Defensive staples like Garganacl, Pecharunt, and bulky variants of Arceus-Water and Arceus-Fairy also appreciate it removing hazards and maximizing their longevity. Great Tusk struggles against Arceus-Water and Latiasite users like Magearna, so pairing it with answers such as Ho-Oh, Hisuian Arcanine, and Entei for Magearna as well as Eternatus and Raging Bolt for Arceus-Water is crucial. Great Tusk also appreciates specially bulky teammates such as Magearna and Garganacl because special attackers, especially Ice Beam users like Lunala, are troublesome for it.

Rusted Sword Great Tusk is an incredibly powerful wallbreaker and sweeper thanks to its strong STAB moves in Headlong Rush and Behemoth Blade (Iron Head turns into Behemoth Blade upon switch-in), along with Intrepid Sword. It also offers great utility, with access to Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock. Great Tusk can also forgo Stealth Rock for Bulk Up to become a far more devastating sweeper or instead use a wide range of coverage moves such as Ice Spinner, Stone Edge, and Supercell Slam. Great Tusk fits especially well on hyper offense teams, where it can not only support its teammates by keeping entry hazards off the field while setting its own but also apply heavy offensive pressure as a lead. Great Tusk struggles against common Water-types such as Urshifu-R, Hisuian Samurott, and Arceus-Water; thus, teammates like Dragonite, Regieleki, and Raging Bolt help cover these weaknesses while further applying pressure against the opposing team. In return, Great Tusk helps check common Extreme Speed users, particularly those with Altarianite, that threaten the aforementioned Pokemon thanks to its Steel typing and STAB Behemoth Blade. Setup sweepers, such as Spectrier, Calm Mind Arceus formes, and the aforementioned Dragonite, greatly benefit from the hazard support that Great Tusk provides. Similarly, offensive pivots like Regieleki, Barraskewda, Raging Bolt, and Iron Crown force constant switches from foes, helping to rack up damage from Stealth Rock. Great Tusk can also be used on rain teams, where it more easily withstands Fire-type attacks from threats like Eternatus, Ho-Oh, and Entei. This makes Pelipper a great partner, providing both weather support and the ability to handle Ground- and Fighting-types such as opposing Great Tusk and Metagrossite Urshifu-R. Other Water-type attackers, such as Greninja and Basculegion, also pair well with Great Tusk, as they can also handle Ground-type foes like Arceus-Ground and opposing Great Tusk while also benefiting greatly from the rain.

Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk is a fantastic entry hazard setter thanks to Hearthflame Mask providing Mold Breaker, which ignores all Magic Bounce stones being used while also punishing teams that use said ability as their only form of entry hazard control. Knock Off allows Great Tusk to rid switch-ins such as Ho-Oh and Lunala of their Heavy-Duty Boots. Head Smash still handles Ho-Oh while also 2HKOing Sablenite Mandibuzz at the cost of recoil damage. Stone Edge is a slightly weaker option that doesn't wear down Great Tusk as fast; however, it misses out on some key benchmarks, such as 2HKOing Sablenite Mandibuzz. Ice Spinner rounds out Great Tusk's coverage, nailing opposing Ground-types such as non-Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk and Arceus-Ground. Temper Flare is an alternative for a secondary STAB move that nails Corviknight specifically. Rapid Spin can also be slotted in the last slot as emergency hazard control; however, due to lacking an -ate ability, this set struggles to be a reliable spinner. Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk pairs extremely well with more offensive behemoths such as Metagrossite Urshifu-R and Raging Bolt thanks to its Fairy resistance, which lets it handle the likes of Magearna and Altarianite Hisuian Arcanine, and ability to provide chip damage for the aforementioned threats to achieve better benchmarks when aiming to KO the foe. Furthermore, Urshifu-R can threaten Ground-types such as opposing Great Tusk and Arceus-Ground, while Raging Bolt can handle the Water-types that threaten Great Tusk such as Arceus-Water and opposing Urshifu-R. Other good partners include specially defensive walls like Lunala, Garganacl, and Magearna, as they can shore up Great Tusk's weaker defensive stat and form a nice defensive core alongside Great Tusk.

Great Tusk's already great Attack and physical bulk combined with Bulk Up make it a premier setup sweeper that can use its bulk to set up with ease on Pokemon like Dragonite, Garchomp, and Mega Scizor. Ice Spinner takes care of most Pokemon immune to Headlong Rush like Landorus-T, Zapdos, Mega Latios, and Gliscor, among others, while also dealing with Grass-types like Rillaboom and Meowscarada. Rapid Spin is an amazing utility move for Great Tusk, as the extra boosts to Great Tusk's Speed help it avoid revenge killing attempts from Speed Booster Energy Iron Valiant and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and let it boost Speed after its Booster Energy is used up. Rapid Spin also removes entry hazards for Great Tusk's teammates to clean up after it. The EV spread guarantees Great Tusk gains a Speed boost from its Booster Energy, allowing it to threaten Pokemon it would normally be threatened by, like Mega Diancie, Dragapult, and Mega Medicham. Bulk Up sets are most commonly used on hyper offense teams that appreciate another setup sweeper that can threaten common Pokemon like Landorus-T, Kingambit, and Raging Bolt for its teammates to cleave through. These teams also appreciate Great Tusk's ability to remove entry hazards, which is extremely helpful for Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y and Z-Move Dragonite. Great Tusk is easily revenge killed by Pokemon like mixed Iron Valiant and Choice Scarf users like Tapu Lele and Urshifu-R even with the Speed boost. Therefore, Pokemon that can switch into these Pokemon such as Mega Scizor for Tapu Lele and Kartana and Dragonite for Urshifu-R are appreciated. Great Tusk is weak to special attackers like the aforementioned Iron Valiant, Tapu Lele, Terapagos, and Volcarona, so Pokemon like Kingambit, Raging Bolt, Roaring Moon and your own Terapagos can be useful. Great Tusk also thuds into Pokemon that can take both of its moves, like Ogerpon-W, Moltres, Slowbro, and Alomomola, so Pokemon like your own Ogerpon-W, Raging Bolt, and Gholdengo are great partners that can chip down these Pokemon for Great Tusk to sweep.

Defensive Great Tusk acts as important glue on teams due to its incredible role compression by acting as a defensive wall, setting entry hazards, and clearing them. Utilizing its high bulk and HP, defensive Great Tusk acts as a great check to many metagame staples such as all-out attacker Zamazenta, Kingambit, Mega Lopunny, and Mega Tyranitar. Earthquake is the preferred STAB move on Great Tusk, but Headlong Rush can also be run for better damage rolls, such as an OHKO on offensive Gholdengo and a 2HKO on Kartana, at the cost of lowering its defenses. Moreover, Headlong Rush isn't weakened by Grassy Terrain. Ice Spinner is used mainly to threaten Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Dragonite while also hitting Zapdos and opposing Great Tusk super effectively. Great Tusk can freely remove hazards, since spinblockers like Dragapult and Gholdengo are threatened by moves such as Ice Spinner and Earthquake, respectively, and Knock Off. The last slot on this set is flexible; running Stealth Rock turns Great Tusk into an effective hazard setter, threatening most hazard removal options such as Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusk with Ice Spinner. Knock Off can also be run to remove key items, like Heavy-Duty Boots from the likes of Zapdos, Tornadus-T, and Moltres as well as Leftovers from Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusk, with the added benefit of being able to hit Air Balloon Gholdengo and Dragapult super effectively. Body Press is an option in the final slot to surprise Ferrothorn, Ting-Lu, and Terapagos that has had its Tera Shell broken. 40 Speed EVs allow defensive Great Tusk to outspeed base 90s like Moltres as well as other prominent threats such as uninvested Landorus-T and bulky Gholdengo. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Great Tusk from taking too much chip damage from hazards, while Leftovers helps in checking the threats and increases Great Tusk's longevity. Rocky Helmet is another item that can be run on Great Tusk to punish many physical attackers that either attack it recklessly or try to gain momentum like Landorus-T, Zamazenta, and Kingambit. Defensive Great Tusk fits best on balance and bulky offense teams, which value its role compression. The main attributes hindering Great Tusk are its typing and lack of longevity. Thus, Great Tusk appreciates partners like Alomomola, which helps with its lack of longevity by Wish passing; additionally, Alomomola is able to switch into common Water-types like Hisuian Samurott and Urshifu-R. It also appreciates Pokemon such as Volt Switch Raging Bolt and Zapdos that can reliably switch in against common Flying-types such as Zapdos, Tornadus-T, and Mega Charizard Y and Water-types like Ogerpon-W while also threatening them offensively. Steel-type partners like Mega Scizor and Melmetal are greatly valued due to their ability to switch into fast Fairy-type foes like Tapu Lele. Moreover, the hazards set up by Great Tusk pressure many switch-ins on entry, forcing progress over time. Being able to remove the items on checks to Raging Bolt like Leftovers from Ting-Lu and Assault Vest from Melmetal allows Raging Bolt to break through switch-ins with its STAB moves aided by Great Tusk's hazards. Furthermore, these teammates appreciate Great Tusk's ability to spin away hazards for them and can continue to check threats to Great Tusk. Defensive Great Tusk also pairs extremely well with Mega Charizard Y, which appreciates Great Tusk removing Stealth Rock and checking Pokemon such as Mega Tyranitar. In return, Mega Charizard Y is able to break through walls like Alomomola, Clefable, Skarmory, and Corviknight. Mega Charizard Y also sets up sun, granting Great Tusk a Defense boost due to Protosynthesis, which allows it to better wall physical attackers.

Great Tusk is a behemoth of role compression. It provides an imposing offensive presence, access to entry hazards and hazard removal, and a defensive profile that enables it to check certain physical attackers such as Kingambit and Mega Tyranitar all in one slot. Rapid Spin enables the removal of hazards in the face of nearly every hazard setter in the tier such as Heatran, Garchomp, and Ting-Lu, which is specially given the difficulty of spinblocking Great Tusk, which is able to threaten massive damage on Gholdengo and Pecharunt. Additionally, Ice Spinner is necessary for threatening Flying-types such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Zapdos. Great Tusk is a good Stealth Rock setter given its ability to force switches against foes such as Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo and to threaten removal options such as Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusk if carrying Icium Z. Close Combat can be run to deny Ogerpon-W a safe switch in and better pressure Skarmory, Corviknight, and Rotom-W. Alternatively, Knock Off is an option for making progress against Great Tusk's checks, such as through removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Alomomola, Moltres, and Zapdos, as well as hitting Air Balloon Gholdengo for more damage. Stone Edge OHKOes Moltres and Volcarona, as well as 2HKOes Zapdos without making contact. Heavy-Duty Boots protects Great Tusk from Spikes and particularly Toxic Spikes, which is important given its role as hazard removal. Leftovers is another source of longevity, providing passive recovery for longer matchups in exchange for increased vulnerability to offensive hazard pressure. Booster Energy makes Great Tusk nigh unwallable, enabling it to threaten 2HKOs on standard Alomomola, Corviknight, and Rotom-W with its STAB options. Booster Energy sets should always carry Close Combat to maximize wallbreaking potential. Subzero Slammer lets Great Tusk OHKO Tornadus-T and Zapdos, as well as Landorus-T even after Intimidate, while weakening the effect of Knock Off from the likes of Kingambit and Mega Tyranitar. Finally, Rocky Helmet provides a source of chip damage against the physical attackers Great Tusk switches into, including punishing U-turn from pivots such as Landorus-T and Mega Scizor. Great Tusk's ability to perform a plethora of roles leads it to fit best on offense and bulky offense due to its lack of longevity. However, it is also effective on balance teams, especially with the right teammates such as Alomomola, as its traits are highly coveted nonetheless. Great Tusk is often forced out by special attackers, such as Tapu Lele and Mega Charizard Y, meaning teammates such as Melmetal and Toxapex are strong teammates. Great Tusk is also not a blanket check to physical attackers, as its somewhat double-edged defensive typing leaves it with common weaknesses to attacks from Ogerpon-W, Weavile, and Kartana. As a result, defensive Pokemon with complementary typings such as Ferrothorn and Alomomola are effective partners. In particular, the latter can also provide Great Tusk with Wish support to mitigate its lack of longevity. With regards to its offensive profile, Great Tusk appreciates the ability of powerful special wallbreakers such as Raging Bolt and Tapu Lele to break through its checks such as Alomomola and Skarmory. In return, Great Tusk can exploit their checks such as Ting-Lu, Ferrothorn, and Melmetal as opportunities to set up Stealth Rock or remove entry hazards with ease. On offense teams, Great Tusk can pair well with other physical attackers such as Kingambit and Swords Dance Iron Valiant, being able to overwhelm or threaten common switch-ins such as Landorus-T and Moltres. Finally, Great Tusk forms a powerful core with Mega Charizard Y, providing premium hazard removal to address its crippling Stealth Rock weakness, the ability to switch into powerful physical attackers such as Mega Tyranitar, and threatening Mega Charizard Y's checks such as Dragonite, Toxapex, and Raging Bolt. In exchange, Mega Charizard Y's Drought provides Great Tusk with a Protosynthesis boost at no cost to the item slot while using Great Tusk's switch-ins such as Alomomola and Slowbro as wallbreaking opportunities.

Offensive Great Tusk is an excellent spinner and wallbreaker due to its ability to threaten common spinblockers like Pecharunt and Gholdengo while serving as a great stopgap to the numerous Dark-types the tier has to offer in Kingambit and Roaring Moon. Knock Off is an extremely spammable move that cripples Great Tusk's switch-ins like Zapdos and Moltres, while Head Smash is an excellent option on Magic Guard sets for its ability to let Great Tusk lure in and remove the aforementioned Flying-types. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to provide more utility to its team and potentially snowball out of control when also using Bulk Up. Smack Down allows Great Tusk to deal hefty damage to Zapdos and Moltres as well as ground Flying-types like Corviknight, Skarmory, and the Landorus formes, letting it follow up with Headlong Rush. Taunt denies Roost attempts from Great Tusk's checks like Corviknight and Skarmory, Defog from the former, and setup sweepers like IronPress Zamazenta and Swords Dance Kingambit from setting up. Leftovers provides Great Tusk with much-needed longevity, Earth Plate allows Headlong Rush to 2HKO physically defensive Manaphy after mild chip damage, and Life Orb should exclusively be used with Magic Guard to gain a boost on all of Great Tusk's moves that has no drawbacks. Mold Breaker allows Great Tusk to bypass abilities that would hinder it from its checks like Fluffy Corviknight and Skarmory and Levitate or Earth Eater Gholdengo and Iron Hands. Scrappy allows Great Tusk to guarantee a Rapid Spin even in the face of would-be spinblockers while giving it an immunity to Intimidate, making Intimidate Corviknight and Skarmory much shakier checks to it. Magic Guard allows it to ignore passive chip damage and thus boosts its longevity, allowing it to switch in more consistently throughout a game without fear. Offensive Great Tusk fits best on offensive and bulky offense teams that appreciate its ability to stave off common anti-offense threats like Swords Dance Kingambit and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon while being able to consistently remove entry hazards. Great Tusk dreads special attackers and thus requires good specially defensive partners like RegenVest Roaring Moon, Manaphy, and Swampert. Great Tusk is unable to check many physical threats that can hit it super effectively like the Ogerpon formes and Chien-Pao, making secondary physical walls like Intimidate Pecharunt and the aforementioned Manaphy good teammates. Other physical wallbreakers that appreciate Great Tusk's ability to break through Pecharunt and Fluffy Corviknight and Skarmory, like Zamazenta, Roaring Moon, and Kingambit, pair well with it.

Great Tusk's powerful STAB moves, massive attack stat, and Choice Band make it one of the strongest wallbreakers in the tier. Knock Off cripples Moltres and Zapdos by removing their Heavy-Duty Boots while helping to make progress against Corviknight and opposing Great Tusk by removing Rocky Helmet or Leftovers. It is also required on Sword of Ruin sets to hit Earth Eater Ghost-types such as Gholdengo and Pecharunt. Ice Spinner handles Flying-types like Zapdos and the Landorus formes that Great Tusk would otherwise struggle with, and Rapid Spin provides useful entry hazard control. Mold Breaker lets Great Tusk completely ignore Earth Eater on the aforementioned Gholdengo and Pecharunt, as well as bypassing Fluffy on Corviknight, Skarmory, and opposing Great Tusk. Sword of Ruin trades these matchups for more power, notably letting Great Tusk potentially 2HKO Corviknight through Intimidate. Choice Band Great Tusk works best on offense and balance teams, where other physical attackers can make up for its subpar Speed and take advantage of weakened physically defensive walls. Great Tusk can tailor its ability to the team's need, such as running Sword of Ruin when paired with Chien-Pao, thus being able to break past Corviknight regardless of whether it has Intimidate or Fluffy. Similarly, Choice Band Zamazenta can handle Intimidate Corviknight, while Mold Breaker Great Tusk helps threaten both Fluffy Corviknight and Pecharunt. Due to its low Speed and Special Defense, Great Tusk is vulnerable to special attackers such as Latios, Deoxys, and Scream Tail; special walls like Manaphy, Iron Treads, and Swampert can check these threats while also pivoting Great Tusk in.

Thanks to its enormous physical bulk, solid utility options, and wide variety of abilities it can use, Great Tusk functions as an excellent physical wall. Earthquake lets Great Tusk hit foes that would otherwise beat it like Pecharunt, Scream Tail, and defensive Gholdengo, whereas Body Press does more damage than Earthquake due to its defensive investment and does solid damage to non-Fluffy Corviknight and Skarmory. Knock Off allows Great Tusk to annoy switch-ins like Corviknight, Skarmory, and opposing Great Tusk by removing their items, while Ice Spinner does good damage to Zapdos. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to support its teammates by removing entry hazards. Stealth Rock lets Great Tusk residually chip Pokemon like Chien-Pao, Deoxys-S, and Heatran, while Taunt prevents Corviknight from using Defog, Skarmory from setting up hazards, and both of them from recovering with Roost. Scrappy lets Great Tusk use Rapid Spin against Ghost-types such as Gholdengo and Pecharunt while also being able to hit Gholdengo with Body Press; however, Regenerator gives Great Tusk longevity, which lets it check Roaring Moon and opposing Great Tusk without being scared of getting chipped down, but this means that Great Tusk is forced to be used with non-RegenVest special walls. Alternatively, Fluffy makes Great Tusk incredibly bulky, letting it easily switch in on Choice Band Zamazenta and Roaring Moon. Leftovers is appreciated on Scrappy and Fluffy sets, as Great Tusk lacks longevity, but Rocky Helmet is also an option to punish Corviknight, opposing Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and non-Magic Guard Roaring Moon. Heavy-Duty Boots is a bit more niche, but it lets Great Tusk remove hazards without being affected by them. Defensive Great Tusk is most often used on bulky offense or balance teams. Attackers that are easily chipped down by entry hazards like Chien-Pao, Deoxys-S, and non-Magic Guard Roaring Moon appreciate Great Tusk removing them with Rapid Spin. Teammates like Zapdos, Roaring Moon, and Iron Moth enjoy the Stealth Rock that Great Tusk sets up, as they can pivot out to slowly chip away at switch-ins such as Corviknight and RegenVest Roaring Moon. Great Tusk's low Special Defense requires special walls like RegenVest Manaphy, Swampert, and Roaring Moon as well as Heatran, Iron Treads, and Empoleon for Regenerator variants of Great Tusk. Great Tusk is also vulnerable to physical attackers like Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, Meowscarada, and the Ogerpon formes; therefore, it appreciates aid from Pokemon such as physically defensive Manaphy, Skarmory, and Moltres.

Great Tusk is a deadly wallbreaker on Ground teams, possessing excellent stats, a potent STAB combination, and access to utility moves like Knock Off and Rapid Spin. Close Combat threatens Ice- and Dark-types such as Baxcalibur, Hydreigon, and Hisuian Samurott as well as OHKOing walls like Celesteela, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Rotom-W with the aid of Fightinium Z after a Bulk Up boost, easing the Steel matchup for Great Tusk's team. Earthquake hits Pokemon like Skeledirge, Gholdengo, and Toxapex, while Ice Spinner nails Landorus-T, Dragonite, and Zapdos, allowing Great Tusk to boast unresisted coverage in combination with Close Combat. Rapid Spin allows Great Tusk to gain a Speed boost to easily snowball against slower teams and remove entry hazards for teammates; however, Knock Off is great for Air Balloon Gholdengo and weakened Slowbro as well as generally forcing progress against teams by removing their items. Gastrodon and Clodsire are essential teammates for Great Tusk due to their immunities to Water-type attacks, letting them fend off Barraskewda, Urshifu-R, and Keldeo. Gastrodon also has an appreciated neutrality to Ice-type attacks, letting it check Choice Scarf Weavile, and Clodsire is neutral to Grass-type attacks, letting it wall Meowscarada. It can also wall Fairy-types like Tapu Koko, Tapu Fini, and Iron Valiant. Furthermore, Gastrodon and Clodsire provide chip damage via Toxic and entry hazards, wearing down walls like Slowbro, Swampert, and Mantine that give Great Tusk a hard time. Landorus forms a potent wallbreaking core with Great Tusk, breaking Slowbro, Dondozo, and Mandibuzz as well as offering Gravity, letting Great Tusk more easily spam Earthquake. In return, Landorus appreciates Great Tusk threatening Ice Shard users like Mamoswine and Baxcalibur. Mega Steelix is an excellent teammate, as it fights off Azumarill, Weavile, and Alolan Ninetales, making it a huge asset in the Fairy and Ice matchups. Ting-Lu forms an entry hazard-stacking core with Gastrodon and Clodsire, wearing down teams exponentially faster with the help of Whirlwind. Additionally, Ting-Lu switches into attacks from revenge killers like Blacephalon, Latias, and Hisuian Zoroark. Mamoswine appreciates Great Tusk breaking Celesteela and Corviknight; in return, Mamoswine utilizes Thick Fat to fight the aforementioned Ice-types and provides speed control with Choice Scarf, outpacing Mega Diancie, Enamorus, and Tapu Koko. Choice Scarf Iron Treads outpaces and OHKOes the aforementioned Fairy-types, most notably Iron Valiant, and provides pivoting support via Volt Switch.

With a handy dandy Choice Scarf, Great Tusk breaks the threshold of 450 Speed to outspeed threats like Greninja, Latios, and Latias, shifting the sands of the battle. Knock Off is great for removing items from pesky bulky Pokemon like Rocky Helmet on Skarmory and Eject Button on Hippowdon. Ice Spinner helps versus Flying-types like Gliscor, Landorus, and Dragonite while also hitting Mega Altaria for a 2HKO; Great Tusk outspeeds it even after a Dragon Dance. Alternatively, Megahorn can be used to deal with Ogerpon-W, Celebi, Slowbro, and Latios, and Latias, which makes Great Tusk a huge threat versus Psychic teams. Although Great Tusk has all these great attributes, it lacks the bulk that more defensive sets typically run and can be threatened out quite easily by Grass- and Water-types and by special attackers like Keldeo and Greninja. Clodsire makes a good teammate, as it can swap into these threats reliably, sponge hits from them, and provide an effective Water immunity. Clodsire also provides status and entry hazards to assist Great Tusk in cleaning up the competition with reliable chip damage. Hippowdon is a great secondary partner that can sponge damage for Great Tusk and set up sand and hazards for much-needed chip damage. Excadrill, is a secondary physical wallbreaker, utilizing either Swords Dance or Choice Band under sand to check Fairy- and Ice-type threats that Great Tusk can't outspeed like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan with its Steel-type STAB moves. Mamoswine additionally assists as a secondary wallbreaker, as it reliably takes on Flying-type threats that it can OHKO with its powerful Icicle Crash like non-Choice Specs Zapdos and Crobat. Landorus with Gravity helps check Steel / Flying types, assisting Great Tusk by breaking a notable defensive answer. Additionally, Mega Garchomp helps versus Dragon-types while also threatening Steel / Flying types.

This is the sample set before we work on new analyses. This will be updated as the metagame continues to develop. Stay tuned!

Great Tusk fills a crucial set of roles on Fighting teams and provides great role compression, being the type's premier Stealth Rock + Rapid Spin user. Knock Off furthers Great Tusk's capabilities, enabling it to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from the likes of Crobat and Zapdos as they both come into Great Tusk's Earthquake and use Defog. Furthermore, Knock Off also allows Great Tusk to hit Ghost-types, such as Air Balloon Gholdengo. Earthquake combined with Great Tusk's Electric immunity and general bulk allows Great Tusk to stop threats such as Regieleki and Mega Charizard X from running through Fighting teams. Taunt can be run as an alternative option over Rapid Spin to prevent threats such as Ting-Lu and Skarmory from setting entry hazards or Defog users like Corviknight from removing Great Tusk's Stealth Rock. Leftovers grants Great Tusk longevity, while Heavy-Duty Boots provides safe entry, allowing it to use Rapid Spin without worrying about hazard damage. The given EV spreads maximize Great Tusk's physical bulk; 120 Speed EVs are preferred to let Great Tusk outspeed Modest Volcanion, but 96 Speed EVs can be used instead to further increase its bulk while still allowing Great Tusk to outspeed threats such as Latios and Iron Moth after a Rapid Spin. Sneasler serves as an excellent teammate with its incredible Speed and Poison typing, enabling it to handle Fairy- and Grass-types, such as Iron Valiant, Tapu Bulu, and Breloom. Iron Valiant can threaten opposing Great Tusk and Dark-types like Sableye and Mandibuzz with Moonblast, allowing for Great Tusk to reliably get Stealth Rock up. Iron Valiant also uses coverage moves such as Thunderbolt to deal with Slowbro and Mega Charizard Y while appreciating Great Tusk's handling of Poison-types, such as Sneasler and Galarian Slowking. Mega Gallade can check Poison- and Fighting-type threats such as Mega Venusaur and Keldeo. Kommo-o appreciates Great Tusk keeping hazards off the field and, in response, can set up safely with Clangorous Soulblaze, enabling it to overcome Flying and Water teams that greatly threaten Great Tusk. Assault Vest Iron Hands can threaten Water- and Flying-types such as Greninja, Pelipper, and Tornadus-T while appreciating Great Tusk's Stealth Rock, enabling it to 2HKO physically defensive Toxapex.

Great Tusk's fantastic Defense stat makes it a great option for setting up Bulk Up late-game. Taunt versus Substitute: Taunt preys on defensive Pokemon such as Wo-Chien and Corviknight, while Substitute protects Great Tusk from Garganacl's Salt Cure. Dragon Tail from Garchomp and Dragonite, and OHKO moves from the likes of Dondozo and Kingambit. Ice Spinner: Dragonite is such a problematic foe that hitting it hard is worth more than a Fighting-type STAB move. Other Options Body Press: Although it is difficult to fit in without sacrificing utility or coverage, Body Press is a reasonable option if a Fighting-type STAB move is needed. Close Combat: Close Combat does not gel well with the defensive nature of this set, but it deals far more damage to Ting-Lu than any of Great Tusk's other options. Tera Types Tera Dependency - Medium: Great Tusk is a good bulky sweeper on its own, but Terstallization makes it far more difficult to revenge kill. Water: Not only is Tera Water an excellent option against Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu, but it also means Dondozo will never break Great Tusk's Substitute with Wave Crash, and Assault Vest Azumarill become an easy target to set up on. Steel: Tera Steel is a great option for dealing with Great Tusk's weaknesses, such as Fairy-types and makes Iron Bundle usually fail to 2HKO specially defensive Great Tusk without Choice Specs. Poison: Tera Poison is a decent alternative to Tera Steel, providing the vital Fairy-type resistance without the weaknesses to Fighting- and Fire-type attacks and an extremely useful immunity to being poisoned that eases the match-up against Toxic Spikes foes such as Clodsire and Meowscarada. Fire: Fire is not a great defensive type; however, not only does it do well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, it also protects Great Tusk from fast Will-O-Wisp users such as Dragapult, Mimikyu, and Volcarona. Items Leftovers: The residual recovery from Leftovers best suits the slow set-up of this set, especially if using Substitute. Booster Energy: Depending on the EV spread, Booster Energy can boost Attack or Speed to increase Great Tusk's late-game cleaning potential. Covert Cloak: If a Garganacl check is desperately needed, Covert Cloak Great Tusk is up for the task. EV Spreads 188 HP / 140 Atk / 4 Def / 36 SpD / 140 Spe with Adamant: This EV spread outspeeds Adamant Breloom and the rare Timid Abomasnow, survives Timid Iron Bundle's Freeze-Dry, and has a very good chance of avoiding a 2HKO from Adamant Azumarill after using Bulk Up. The Attack EVs OHKO Chien-Pao and defensive Gholdengo with Earthquake after Bulk Up. 4 HP / 252 SpD / 252 Spe with Jolly: This spread gains a Speed boost from Protosynthesis, making Great Tusk an even better late-game sweeper at the cost of physical bulk. 244 HP / 20 Atk / 84 Def / 20 SpD / 140 Spe with Impish: This EV spread is meant for use with Tera Steel or Tera Poison, maintaining Great Tusk's Substitute against Dondozo's Wave Crash after Terastallization. It also outspeeds Adamant Breloom and the rare Timid Abomasnow, and survives Timid Iron Bundle's Freeze-Dry. 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD with Careful: Maximum investment in special bulk makes Great Tusk much more difficult to revenge kill with the likes of Gholdengo and Iron Bundle. The 4 Attack EVs gives an Attack boost from Protosynthesis, which is preferred for improving the Skeledirge matchup and sweeping more easily.

Great Tusk's primal physical prowess and great support options make it a good choice for a bulky Fighting-type. Earthquake versus Headlong Rush: Headlong Rush's defensive drops and vulnerability to Rocky Helmet make it a riskier option than Earthquake, but the extra power OHKOes maximum HP Gholdengo. Ice Spinner: This is highly recommended to avoid getting walled by Dragonite before it Terastallizes, while also dealing good damage to common Tera Flying Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Kingambit. Rapid Spin: Great Tusk is one of the best Rapid Spin users, being able to take advantage of it offensively and heavily pressuring Ting-Lu to Terastallize or switch out. Knock Off: Beyond the usefulness of removing items, this is Great Tusk's best move against Air Balloon Gholdengo. Other Options Rock Tomb: Rock Tomb is a good speed control option, great for breaking through Dragonite's Multiscale while nullifying its potential Speed boost, while letting other teammates take advantage of speed control. It also lets Great Tusk hit troublesome Focus Sash Ghost-types such as Flutter Mane and Gengar, something Rapid Spin can't do. Iron Head: If using Tera Steel, Iron Head is a decent option for OHKOing Flutter Mane without using Headlong Rush, and it deals heavy damage to Baxcalibur and Tera Fairy Rotom-W. Tera Types Tera Dependency - Medium: Terastallization can help with Great Tusk's poor special bulk by resisting certain hits, but it works fine without it. Steel: Tera Steel greatly aids against the many Fairy-, Ice-, and Flying-types that would otherwise prey on Great Tusk, such as Mimikyu, Iron Bundle, and Tera Flying Dragonite. Water: Tera Water massively improves the matchup against Chien-Pao, and can let Great Tusk survive an encounter with offensive Iron Moth or Chi-Yu that lack Choice Specs. Ground: The furious increase in power Tera Ground provides can be useful late game, giving Earthquake a high chance to OHKO even defensive Gholdengo and Headlong Rush the ability to 2HKO Terastallized Skeledirge. Fighting: Not only does Tera Fighting improve the Chien-Pao matchup, but it OHKOs even the bulkiest Ting-Lu with Close Combat. Items Assault Vest: This patches up Great Tusk's poor Special Defense, which can be paired with the correct Tera Type to help against foes like Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, Iron Moth, and Chi-Yu. Booster Energy: When saving Great Tusk for late-game sweeps, Booster Energy is preferred over Life Orb for preserving its HP against priority attacks. Focus Sash: Focus Sash on such a bulky Pokemon may seem wasteful, but it vastly improves Great Tusk's matchups against special attackers such as Rotom-W and makes setting up Stealth Rock a far simpler task. If using Focus Sash, consider using the first alternate EV spread below. Alternate EV Spreads 4 HP / 12 Def / 236 Atk / 252 Spe with Jolly: This EV spread survives Adamant Focus Sash Meowscarada's Flower Trick followed by Sucker Punch, making it a good spread to use if using Focus Sash and Rapid Spin. Assault Vest EV Spreads All of these EV spreads will at least avoid a 2HKO from Modest Flutter Mane's Mystical Fire if using Tera Steel. If using a different Tera type, 16 Special Defense EVs can be redistributed. 52 HP / 148 Atk / 4 Def / 164 SpD / 140 Spe with Adamant: This EV spread outspeeds Adamant Breloom, and the rare Timid Abomasnow. 4 HP / 44 Atk / 4 Def / 164 SpD / 244 Spe with Adamant: This EV spread is for Rapid Spin, outspeeding Iron Bundle after a Speed boost.

Great Tusk's high power attacks make it a fine Choice item holder. Headlong Rush versus Earthquake: Headlong Rush is preferred for stampeding over maximum HP Gholdengo, but Earthquake avoids chip damage from Rocky Helmet and makes Great Tusk far less vulnerable to priority attacks from foes like Dragonite, Chien-Pao, and Palafin-H. Ice Spinner: Great Tusk should never leave its cave without a move to hit Dragonite hard! Knock Off: Knock Off deals massive damage to Air Balloon Gholdengo and is almost guaranteed to OHKO offensive Dragapult after Stealth Rock damage. Jolly versus Adamant: A Jolly nature ensures that Great Tusk outspeeds Gholdengo, and Choice Scarf variants outspeed Dragapult. Adamant is still a reasonable option for more power since Great Tusk will still outpace Breloom, and if using Choice Scarf, Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao. Other Options Iron Head: If using Tera Steel, this is a reasonable option over Knock Off if Tera Fairy Rotom-W is an issue. Tera Types Tera Dependency - Low: While Terastallization can help it clean more easily, it's not an important aspect of this set otherwise. Ground: Tera Ground is the best option for late-game cleaning, dealing significant damage to Dondozo and OHKOing Dragapult with Headlong Rush. Fighting: Tera Fighting threatens to 2HKO Corviknight, an otherwise decent check to Great Tusk, and OHKO even the bulkiest Ting-Lu. Steel: While Great Tusk's special bulk is mediocre, Tera Steel can prevent it from being OHKOed by foes such as Iron Bundle and Flutter Mane. Items Choice Scarf: Since it outspeeds other major Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Rotom-W, Great Tusk makes for a good revenge killer. Choice Band: Choice Band is a more niche option due to being extremely vulnerable to revenge kills, but does a much better job of wall-breaking, with Tera boosted Great Tusk even being able to 2HKO a maximum Defense Dondozo with Close Combat or Headlong Rush!