Trick Room Pressure

Trick Room

Set Trick Room behind Armor Tail or Fake Out pressure, then use Torkoal, Kingambit and Tyranitar to trade efficiently in the reversed speed order. Keep an alternate pivot line for games where setting Room is unsafe.

Roster

Hatterene
Hatterene

Trick Room Setter · Life Orb

Ability: Magic Bounce·Tera:Fairy

Trick Room · Dazzling Gleam · Psychic · Protect

Nature: Quiet

Sets Room and converts it into immediate special damage.

Farigiraf
Farigiraf

Support · Sitrus Berry

Ability: Armor Tail·Tera:Fairy

Trick Room · Helping Hand · Psychic · Protect

Nature: Sassy

Armor Tail protects the Room plan from priority.

Torkoal
Torkoal

Trick Room Sweeper · Charcoal

Ability: Drought·Tera:Fire

Eruption · Heat Wave · Earth Power · Protect

Nature: Quiet

Punishes passive boards under Trick Room.

Incineroar
Incineroar

Support / Pivot · Safety Goggles

Ability: Intimidate·Tera:Grass

Fake Out · Parting Shot · Knock Off · Flare Blitz

Nature: Careful

Creates setup turns and slows physical attackers.

Kingambit
Kingambit

Physical Attacker · Assault Vest

Ability: Defiant·Tera:Fire

Kowtow Cleave · Sucker Punch · Iron Head · Low Kick

Nature: Adamant

A slow attacker that also punishes Intimidate.

Tyranitar
Tyranitar

Physical Attacker · Lum Berry

Ability: Sand Stream·Tera:Flying

Rock Slide · Crunch · Low Kick · Protect

Nature: Brave

Adds bulk and spread pressure when Room is active.

Common leads & matchups

Common leads

  • Hatterene + Farigiraf
  • Incineroar + Farigiraf

Good matchups

  • + Tailwind offense
  • + Priority-dependent teams

Tough matchups

  • − Taunt-heavy control
  • − Strong Water spread damage

Showdown export

Hatterene @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Bounce
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic
- Protect

Farigiraf @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Armor Tail
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 140 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Helping Hand
- Psychic
- Protect

Torkoal @ Charcoal
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Eruption
- Heat Wave
- Earth Power
- Protect

Incineroar @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 116 Def / 4 SpD / 132 Spe
Careful Nature
- Fake Out
- Parting Shot
- Knock Off
- Flare Blitz

Kingambit @ Assault Vest
Ability: Defiant
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Kowtow Cleave
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Low Kick

Tyranitar @ Lum Berry
Ability: Sand Stream
Level: 50
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Rock Slide
- Crunch
- Low Kick
- Protect
ⓘAll figures are estimated trends based on available data and do not guarantee competitive results. Matchups are situational. See our methodology for how these figures are calculated.