>>52227766Yeah, it's really good, probably his best set in my opinion.
People only see Palafin for the Base 160 attack and Jet Punch, but they forget it actually has great natural bulk with 100/97/87. Also if you're just going to use Jet Punch a ton, you don't really need 252 speed, I like to put just enough to outspeed non-speed Garchomp is plenty in my opinion and you can dump the remainder of the EVs into HP (or Attack if going 252HP).
Lundgren (Palafin-Hero) (M) @ Punching Glove
Ability: Zero to Hero
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 236 Atk / 20 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Jet Punch
- Drain Punch
- Flip Turn / Ice Punch
This is what I'm running. I keep going back and forth on having Flip Turn or Ice Punch in the fourth slot. Ice Punch lets you OHKO non-speed Garchomps without a boost while ignoring their rough skin and potentially rocky helmet, but Flip Turn lets you get out easy and enter Buff Mode.
Punching Glove is the item of choice as it boosts his damage, lets him avoid any issues regarding making contact. Drain Punch hits fairly hard after the damage boost and lets you heal off damage fairly nicely. You can keep Water as the Tera Type as after a +1 or +2 boost if you're lucky, you can sweep teams with Jet Punch and using Terastalizing to get an additional damage boost to break though teams. It also stomps on Chien Pao, you can live any attack from it and OHKO back with Drain Punch even in Zero Mode.
