Pom-Pom Form: Gen 9 NU Bulky Quiver Dance
Oricorio-Pom-Pom @ Grassy Seed
Ability: Dancer
Tera Type: Ground / Steel / Fighting / Fairy / Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Taunt / Revelation Dance
- Air Slash
- Roost
A Bulky Quiver Dance set Oricorio-Pom-Pom can use in Gen 9 NU. This set must be used on Grassy Terrain teams, as this set uses Grassy Seed for the item. Have Orocorio-Pom-Pom come in safely when Grassy Terrain is active so it can comsume its Grassy Seed to get a Defense boost. Quiver Dance lets Oricorio boost its Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed stats to make it harder to take out and slowly boost its offensive power. Taunt is used to stop opposing Pokemon from using status moves such as Toxic, Protect, Wish, Stealth Rock, etc, giving more opportunities to setup Quiver Dance. Air Slash is used for the Flying STAB due to it having better accuracy than Hurricane, which is important on this bulky Quiver Dance set. Roost allows Oricorio to have a reliable recovery move to have longevity. Revelation Dance can be used over Taunt depending on the Tera Type you want to use since this set has like 5+ Tera Types it can use. Max HP EVs are used to provide bulk, and Max Speed EVs lets it outspeed slower Pokemon
Like I said, this set has like 5+ Teras it can use. Same for other NU Pokemon. Gone are the days when Pokemon in NU would use like 2-3 Tera Types. If you want to use Revelation Dance over Taunt, Tera Types such as Ground and Fighting work due to it giving useful coverage alongside Air Slash. If you use Taunt, then Oricorio-Pom-Pom can use Tera Types such as Steel, Fairy, Flying, even something like Water (and Grass?) for defensive Tera Types. Steel gives Oricorio-Pom-Pom a Toxic immunity and is useful against Copperajah lacking Earthquake. Tera Fairy lets Oricorio setup on Umbreon since it has Taunt. Flying is used to keep Oricorio's Ground immunity while not being Earthquake weak whenever it uses Roost.
The reason why Mono Air Slash (meaning Air Slash is the only attacking move) is preferred on Bulky Quiver Dance sets that have Taunt is because most Pokemon in NU who resist Air Slash can't really do much back to Oricorio-Pom-Pom since it has Quiver Dance, Taunt, and Roost. Diancie is probably like the only problematic one. Plus, Air Slash doesn't have any Pokemon that are immune to it, unlike Revelation Dance even with Tera Types such as Ground and Fighting.
