[SET]
name: Mixed Wallbreaker
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Mystical Fire / Earth Power
move 4: Stealth Rock / Spikes / Earth Power / Mystical Fire
item: Diancite
ability: Magic Bounce
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Diancie cements itself as an excellent mixed attacker, capable of punching through defensive cores with its superb STAB moves and coverage. Mystical Fire punishes Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor for attempting to switch into and take advantage of it. Alternatively, Earth Power significantly dents or OHKOes Heatran and hits Gholdengo and Clodsire harder. Mega Diancie acts as an excellent entry hazard stacker, as it takes advantage of the switches it forces and threatens out common entry hazard removers such as Tornadus-T and Great Tusk. Mega Diancie can use Spikes or Stealth Rock to weaken checks such as Mega Scizor and Heatran, depending on its coverage move, while punishing them for attempting to pivot into it. A Naive nature is preferred, as it allows Mega Diancie to take less damage from common priority moves in Kingambit's Sucker Punch and Mega Lopunny's Fake Out. However, Mega Diancie can also use Hasty in order to sponge Hurricanes from Tornadus-T. Mega Diancie fits best on bulky offense and offense teams, which appreciate its early- to mid-game wallbreaking and ability to set entry hazards. Pokemon that appreciate Mega Diancie weakening common Steel-types such as Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant and Dragapult pair well with it, using their higher Speed tiers to clean late-game. Additionally, Mega Diancie pairs well with Knock Off users like Tornadus-T and Kingambit, as they make Mega Diancie's entry hazards more effective and force checks such as Toxapex and Clodsire to succumb to them. Mega Diancie can struggle with entering the field given its relative frailty and poor defensive typing, which also gives it a tendency to be revenge killed by Pokemon like Mega Swampert and Zamazenta. As such, pivots that can bring it in safely such as Tornadus-T, Rotom-W, and Landorus-T make for good partners.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ChrisPBacon, 544502]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ryuji, 515767], [Sulo, 528036]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
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