Overview

Adoroboros is a specially defensive tank with a flexible technique pool. It is one of the few Mental types that can effectively pivot into (non-physical) attacks, and both of its traits are useful. The Synergy Master trait can amplify its allies' attacks or its own Psychic Collaborator, and the Toxic Skin trait allows it to punish enemies who attempt to exploit its low physical defense. Its technique pool provides it some unique supportive capabilities as well with techniques such as Energy Manipulation, Hypnosis, and Sacrifice.

Alternate Gear choices include Handcuffs, Strange Vest, Marbles, Mom's Lunch, and Snare

What is Adoroboros' role in PVP?

This tem facilitates interesting combos on swap or on lead while offering a unique typing combination. Often considered a "glue" tem, Adoro can be an anti-meta counter for a team while also offering smooth transitions for your next team slots during team building, thanks to Synergy Master.

What kind of Teams can Appreciate Adoroboros?

Tems that can synergize with Adoroboros get a huge boon thanks to its trait. For example, Ukama gets a boost from Water Cannon synergy while Adoroboros also boosts itself with water synergy Virulent Gust, making it a seamless combo on lead. Energy Manipulation, when next to natures, gives Adoroboros a deceptively large increase to its offensive power.

Secondarily, Adoroboros threatens everything weak to mental moves with exception to Owlhe and Tutsu. Beta Burst hurts even the most resilient Venx, and unless Magmut has already set up its defensive buffs, even it and Yowlar think twice about sitting in front of Adoroboros. This Menta/Toxic tem can also sit in front of natures, waters, and other toxics pretty easily, even if it does not always have the tools to immediately threaten them back. At the very least, a fast exhaust status can be a powerful tool.

What is the goal of this Adoroboros build?

This build focuses more on Synergy Master. If you don't have two water tems for Virulent Gust, consider replacing Inner Spirit or Virulent Gust for Toxic Ink.

That aside, this Adoroboros can handle most every mental-weak tem. (Though again, Tutsu and Owlhe are uniquely scary, so beware of those guys). My spreads typically focus on carefully curated bulk, so this Adoroboros can swap into Resistance Badge +2 ATK Savage Suplex and 1HKO or 2HKO back, despite Adoroboros' low base defense stat.

The 71 total Stamina allows for Beta Burst x3, and the speed lets Adoroboros outspeed a max speed Momo with Energy Manipulation (Beta Burst -> synergy Energy Manipulation can simply kill frailer speedy Momos). It will also outspeed a bulky slow Momo with Beta Burst.This also means Inner Spirit will move before no-speed Chimurians in a meta where Chimurians either take a lot of speed or none at all. While Adoroboros should not be fistfighting tems like Chimurian and Valash, a well-predicted Inner Spirit absolutely maims them if you catch them swapping in.

Final Words

Adoroboros is interesting and its TV spreads offer a lot of room for nuance. That said, the basic fundamentals of "how to use Adoroboros" are straightfoward. Synergy is good. Tems weak to mental is good. No more, no less! Play around with HP, speed, and special attack investments on a stat calculator and come out with something that suits your needs.

(1.3 DUKE'S NOTES - DON'T USE PSY COLLAB AS A BUFF, ONLY PLAY COLLAB ON MENTAL STACKS. VIRULENT GUST IS ACTUALLY PRETTY NUTS WITH SYNERGY NOW THOUGH, SO THERE'S THAT.)

With Synergy Master being taken off of Koish in 0.9.3, Adoroboros is now the go-to synergy enabler from a power perspective. The tem itself suffers from lopsided bulk and a lack of powerful STAB Toxic attacks to use its special attack stat with, but if it's able to use Inner Spirit, Beta Burst, and Energy Manipulation to deal damage and wear down opponents, it can be a difficult opponent to defeat for special attackers.

Which Toxic STAB to use, or any at all, on Adoro, isn't certain. Toxic Ink deals little damage up front but it does inflict two Poison ticks, and that true damage is invaluable in lategame scenarios. Psychic Collaborator is good with lots of other mentals/Volgon, Virulent Gust works with Waters, Horror works very well with other sleepers, and Sacrifice lets Adoro buff up an ally. This TV spread bulks up Adoro considerably, so Toxic Ink is selected here.

Tems with synergies that interact with Adoro obviously make very good partners. Tuwire can deal a ton of damage with synergy Faraday Cage, Ukama or Wiplump with synergy Water Cannon. Kinu makes a good partner to help further bulk up Adoro.