Message #165585

[Ddude The Insane]

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I don NOT know splash! I know Doubleslap, and that's pretty much it.


Torterra

Type: Grass/Ground
Ability: Overgrow
Overgrow: Boosts power of Grass-Type moves by 50% when HP is at 33% or lower.
Tier: UU

Stats:

HP:       95
Atk:      109
Def:      105
Sp. Atk: 75
SP. Def: 85
Speed:  56

My Opinion: A sturdy Pokemon physically, but he's fairly average other than that. His defenses are fairly good, making for a good tank. His speed is his biggest weakness, along with a x4 weakness to Ice.


Reccomended Setup:
Nature: Impish
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Overgrow
Function: Tank
Evs: 200 HP/252 Def/56 Sp. Def
~Wood Hammer
~Earthquake
~Leech Seed/Synthesis
~Stealth Rock/Protect

Using Torterra:
Pretty good tank IMO. If you have another Stealth Rocker or entry hazard Pokemon, opt for Protect. I guess that's kind of obvious actually. 

Anyways....after you handle Stealth Rock/Protect, you have another pick: Leech Seed or Synthesis. Leech Seed is more of a slow 'n steady approach, whereas Synthesis will get it all done at once. Even with Synthesis' low PP, you shouldn't need to recover 5 times.

After that, it's pretty simple. Earthquake and Wood Hammer are both hard-hitting moves. Earthquake is useful for dealing with Ice-Types, except ones with Levitate *glares angrily at Froslass* or part Flying-Type *glares angrily at Articuno*, and Wood Hammer is a 1HKO'er for quite a few Pokemon. Just beware of the HP loss.
Countering Torterra:

Ice. Ice will counter Torterra. Earthquake will 1HKO some Ice-types, but like I said, Froslass and Articuno are forces that Torterra should fear. Flying-Types, like Staraptor, can deal with Torterra as well. Oh, and Fire. You have to be careful around Fire-Types, like Moltres. Any Pokemon Immune to Earthquake will be helpful.

If you can get Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock out there, it will slow down Torterra as well.
News and Improvements Section
September 8th: No real news today. But for the first time, I did a review two days in a row.

September 7th: Made quite a few changes today. Featured Pokemon is now in glow, and typing is now in color. Function feature was added. Bold was added to different days for this section. =P Added bold to "My Opinion" section. Reduced space between sections divided by Horizantal Rule. Added bold to Past Review Section. Probably forgot a few things =P Oh, and I made the longest list of changes in one review ever. =P

September 5th: Renamed Section and did second review. Past Reviews is its own section now. Forgot to mention in last review that I added the reccomended ability.

September 2nd: First Review: Luxray
Past Reviews
Luxray
Scizor
Staraptor
Torterra