Tyranitar with Smackdown utterly crushes A-Golem. Against firespin/SA, Tyrantiar's got both higher DPS (+3.6) and TDO (~+20) over alolan golem (against Ember/SA, tyrantiar still has the +3.6 DPS, but only around 5 more TDO). But if you dont have any SD tyranitar, or the candy to use, Alolan Golem is still good, but Tyrantiar is strictly better
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Moltres day Moltres counter
Assuming on Moltres day Moltres raid boss can possess SA. Should A-Golem be considered as a Supremer counter compared with its Kanto brother because of its double-resistance to Flying type moves? And how would it compare with Ttar and Kyogre in terms of TDO?
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Yes, A-Golem is better than K-Golem in this instance and generally speaking.
I don't know about Kyogre; personally, I think the DPS advantage w/o rare candy for Golem carries the day.
Like you, I'm SD Ttar poor, but very rich in strong Golem, including a 96 and a 98 A-Golem pair and multiple 89+ K-Golem. Just remember, Golem hits a final breakpoint at 40 with 15 ATK.
I will probably just go in with my 2 SD Ttar and 4 K-Golem as I haven't got any good A-geodude. As my wife and I are going to duo it, and my wife has only 1 SD Ttar and no enough K-Golem, we have to power up her only but good A-Golem (level 20, 15a15s) with RT/WC. My question is whether should we TM its charge move from WC into a Rock move. I understand A-Golem with Rock move definitely "rock" it out, and one CTM can guarantee a Rock move, but will WC be more relevant? There's no guarantee back to WC after all.
Wild Charge is a great move, and still does SE damage... but if you're going for the duo, the 1.96x + STAB makes the difference. Either rock move has its pluses, though Stone Edge should be more viable here since you know you won't get a OHKO from Solar Beam like certain other Fire/Flying legendaries.
