GOSSIP GIRL (Magearna) @
Fairium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Fleur Cannon
- Shift Gear
Most DD Magearna run BoltBeam coverage nowadays so Fighting + Fairy on DD is really unexpected and can grab some kills by luring your standard BoltBeam Magearna answers (Ferrothorn, Heatran & Gastrodon mainly). The crux of this set is Z-Fleur Cannon which hits extremely hard and almost always guarantees killing a mon thus giving a special attack raise whereas BoltBeam Magearna lacks the immediate power and needs a lot of mons to be weakened to successfully sweep. The downside of this set is that it relies on inaccurate moves and gets walled by Haze Toxapex and Venusaur.
WATCH (Venomoth) @
Buginium Z
Ability: Tinted Lens
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Sleep Powder
- Roost
This thing just nukes about everything with Z-Buzz thanks to Tinted Lens, for example:
+1 252 SpA Tinted Lens Venomoth Savage Spin-Out (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD Scizor-Mega: 294-346 (85.7 - 100.8%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
+1 252 SpA Tinted Lens Venomoth Savage Spin-Out (175 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Keldeo: 362-426 (112 - 131.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Some other cool features:
- Toxic immunity lets it setup on Chansey -- something Volcarona can't do
- It's not x4 weak to Rock, thus not revenge killed by Stone Edge Keldeo
- It can make most of its checks (temporarily) useless by using Sleep Powder (e.g. Celesteela, Toxapex, Heatran, Mawile).
The biggest downside of using Venomoth is that it relies a lot on Sleep Powder so 1 miss or Electric / Misty Terrain + grounded check (e.g. Heatran or Mawile) can be annoying to deal with.
habits of my heart (Suicune) @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 20 Def / 236 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Substitute
- Rest
- Calm Mind
Some of you might also know this one under the name "Flocune" -- it's basically a hybrid of CroCune and Vincune and uses the qualities of both sets: Rest gives it longevity and the ability to actually switch into stuff (e.g. Vincune can't even reliably switch into Heatran because it becomes completely useless if it gets hit by Toxic) and thanks to Substitute it can PP stall a ton of Pokemon and avoid status moves like Leech Seed or Spore. The crux of this set is that breaking Suicune's subs is very difficult so you often find yourself in a situation where you can maintain your sub for a few more rounds and use these free turns to use Rest.
come back for me (Clefable) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Stealth Rock
- Soft-Boiled
- Moonblast
CM + Rocks Clefable is not too creative (it actually used to be standard in ORAS at some point) but it didn't see much usage in SM as of now so I'm posting it. It's one of the very very few Pokemon that can setup rocks vs the combination of Sableye + Zapdos + Skarmory + Dugtrio which makes it very potent vs stall. Clefable also checks Lopunny, Gallade, Heracross, Medicham among others and with CM it annoys bulky cores consisting of Mew / Tangrowth, so yea definitely a great Pokemon right now.
HI (Marowak-Alola) @ Thick Club
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 132 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Fire Punch
- Shadow Bone
- Rest / Swords Dance
Another underrated mon. It's not only great offensively by destroying Mew / Tangrowth / Celesteela cores but also has a lot of defensive utility:
- checks BoltBeam Magearna
- checks Tapu Koko & Zapdos
- sets up Rocks vs stall because it doesn't get annoyed Toxic Chansey / Skarmory / TSpikes Toxapex as it can just use Rest.
Rest also lets it be a more durable check to Magearna, Tapu Koko etc. Clerics such as Lopunny, Mew or maybe even Tapu Lele are recommended as partners. Otherwise pairing it up with Wish Alomomola / Jirachi is also a fine option and lets you run SD on the last slot. EVs let you outspeed Clefable.
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