Monotype CM Keldeo (Fighting)

[Elvira]

[SET]
Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire and Ursaluna-B. Keldeo is also able to outspeed Landorus. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra, and Keldeo can take advantage of Secret Sword by boosting it with Calm Mind and hitting them on their physical defensive side. Surf threatens Ground-types such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon while dealing with physical walls like Skarmory, which Fighting has a difficult time facing. Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave gets rid of faster threats that outspeed Keldeo such as Chien-Pao and Meowscarada. Heavy-Duty Boots keeps Keldeo safe from getting chipped by entry hazards, as removal is very difficult for Fighting.

Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo, providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only set up Stealth Rock but also use Taunt opposing Defoggers, allowing its entry hazards to chip foes. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Assault Vest Iron Hands grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant can outspeed Choice Scarf Latias, Choice Specs Greninja, and non-Choice Scarf Dragapult. Iron Valiant can also run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo by outspeeding the Ogerpon formes and picking up suprise KOs by not being locked into a single move. Choice Scarf Sneasler is an alternative option to pair with Keldeo, as it can use U-turn against threats such as Gliscor and Great Tusk that Keldeo can take advantage of. With Dire Claw, Sneasler can potentially spread status on problematic foes such as Hatterene and Flutter Mane. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as the Ogerpon formes and Iron Valiant. Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in breaking through faster Pokemon like Choice Specs Greninja and Choice Specs Latios, while its Substitute + Iron Defense set can safely set up and break down teams. Gallade is a unique teammate for Keldeo as well, as it's able to break down Poison teams, a matchup where Keldeo struggles quite a lot.

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Fighting (Calm Mind)
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Black Belt is an alternative, granting an OHKO versus Meowscarada after a Calm Mind with Vacuum Wave. It can also OHKO 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred Sword and Choice Scarf Iron Treads with +1 Vacuum Wave after Stealth Rock chip, making it a very difficult Pokemon to revenge in the Steel and Dark matchups.

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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]

Calm Mind Keldeo is such an amazing setup sweeper especially for fighting Fighting (all pokemon, moves, types, items etc should be capitalized) teams. It can become quite potent even against teams that are bulky (this sentence feels kind of filler to me, mention how calm mind helps keldeo muscle through bulkier pokemon in the next sentence instead). Being able to take less damage after 1 calm mind Calm Mind on its special defensive side; it can take its double stabs in Water and Fighting to a new level. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame (give examples, blissey, hisuian goodra, etc) while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking type of move. Even though it focuses on the defensive side of the opposing pokemon Pokemon; after a calm mind Calm Mind or two it becomes a quite quite a potent wall breaker (one word). With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, threaten heavy damage on Gouging Fire, Ursaluna Blood moon, Excadrill. Surf can threaten potential ground type issues such as Landorus, Gliscor, and Hippowdon. Along with breaking through bulky pokemon Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting Lu (add hyphen -> Ting-Lu), and Heatran. (theres an extra space here) Vacuum Wave has become a better way of having a last second is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed Keldeo such as Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. (remove comma)


Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing an electric Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup stealth rocks Stealth Rock but also the ability to use rapid spin Rapid Spin and remove hazard's (remove apostrophe) as well. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Iron Hands is another great teammate to for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying-type Pokemon. With its immense move pool and variety of coverage moves(this is the same thing twice, mention its crazy bulk); It (lowercase i) can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed non choice scarfed Choice Scarf Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and non choice scarfed Choice Scarf Meowscarada if Iron Valiant is equipped with a Choice Scarf of its own. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo. Sneasler is one of the best sets to pair with Keldeo as its choice scarf Choice Scarf set is a fast pivot for Fighting teams (I would personally start the sentence by mentioning that choice scarf sneasler is the best option instead of leaving it until the end). U-turn can aid in swapping Keldeo in to (one word) set up a calm mind Calm Mind or even hit a secret sword Secret Sword. With Dire Claw you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as Meowscarada, the Ogerpon forms, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking and its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams.


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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]

Calm Mind Keldeo is such an amazing setup sweeper especially for fighting Fighting (all pokemon, moves, types, items etc should be capitalized) teams. It can become quite potent even against teams that are bulky (this sentence feels kind of filler to me, mention how calm mind helps keldeo muscle through bulkier pokemon in the next sentence instead). Being able to take less damage after 1 calm mind Calm Mind on its special defensive side; it can take its double stabs in Water and Fighting to a new level. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame (give examples, blissey, hisuian goodra, etc) while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking type of move. Even though it focuses on the defensive side of the opposing pokemon Pokemon; after a calm mind Calm Mind or two it becomes a quite quite a potent wall breaker (one word). With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, threaten heavy damage on Gouging Fire, Ursaluna Blood moon, Excadrill. Surf can threaten potential ground type issues such as Landorus, Gliscor, and Hippowdon. Along with breaking through bulky pokemon Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting Lu (add hyphen -> Ting-Lu), and Heatran. (theres an extra space here) Vacuum Wave has become a better way of having a last second is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed Keldeo such as Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. (remove comma)


Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing an electric Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup stealth rocks Stealth Rock but also the ability to use rapid spin Rapid Spin and remove hazard's (remove apostrophe) as well. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Iron Hands is another great teammate to for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying-type Pokemon. With its immense move pool and variety of coverage moves(this is the same thing twice, mention its crazy bulk); It (lowercase i) can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed non choice scarfed Choice Scarf Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and non choice scarfed Choice Scarf Meowscarada if Iron Valiant is equipped with a Choice Scarf of its own. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo. Sneasler is one of the best sets to pair with Keldeo as its choice scarf Choice Scarf set is a fast pivot for Fighting teams (I would personally start the sentence by mentioning that choice scarf sneasler is the best option instead of leaving it until the end). U-turn can aid in swapping Keldeo in to (one word) set up a calm mind Calm Mind or even hit a secret sword Secret Sword. With Dire Claw you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as Meowscarada, the Ogerpon forms, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking and its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams.


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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]

Calm Mind Keldeo is an amazing setup sweeper especially for Fighting teams. Being able to take less damage after 1 Calm Mind on its special defensive side; it can take its double stabs in Water and Fighting to a new level. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking move. Even though it focuses on the defensive side of the opposing Pokemon; after a Calm Mind or two it becomes quite a potent wallbreaker. With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, while also dealing threaten heavy damage on Gouging Fire, Ursaluna Blood moon, Excadrill. Surf can threaten potential ground type issues such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon. Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed such as Chien-Pao, Meowscarada.


Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup Stealth Rock but also the ability to use Rapid Spin and remove hazards as well. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Iron Hands is another great teammate for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed the Ogerpon formes and non Choice Scarf Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and non Choice Scarf Meowscarada [took them off since their common set is choice scarf and both just deletes iron valiant with Iron Head and Play rough.] if Iron Valiant is equipped with a Choice Scarf of its own. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo. Choice Scarf Sneasler is the best option to pair with Keldeo. U-turn can aid in swapping Keldeo into set up a Calm Mind or even hit a Secret sword. With Dire Claw you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as Meowscarada, the Ogerpon forms, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking and its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams.


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Kelpie

[SET]

Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]

Calm Mind Keldeo is an amazing setup sweeper especially for Fighting teams. Being able to take less damage after 1 Calm Mind on its special defensive side; it can take its double stabs in Water and Fighting to a new level. (this doesnt really tell me much why choose CM Keld, maybe highlight how its able to effectively break teams because Secret Sword + Vacuum Wave is op, and its a mon that still has serviceable speed, outspeeding Lando) Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking move. Even though it focuses on the defensive side of the opposing Pokemon; after a Calm Mind or two it becomes quite a potent wallbreaker. With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire, Ursaluna-Blood moon, Excadrill (put this at the start, you can integrate my suggestions earlier with this. Exca mention also feels a bit random, Exca doesnt die to VWave, and you're not really in the mood to take on Scarf Exca Eq's either) . Surf threatens Ground-types can threaten potential ground type issues such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon (its not can since it defs does reow. Also deals with Phys walls like Skarm which make Fighting teams sad :(). Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed such as Chien-Pao, Meowscarada. (Mention why HDB; Its for keeping it safe from getting chipped, as removal is pretty hard for Fighting)


Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup Stealth Rock but also the ability to use Rapid Spin and remove hazards as well (not really needed since its boots. You could mention Taunt to prevent defog tho, further chipping down the opposition). Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. (Assault Vest Iron Hands? You mentioned bearing FM/Enam after all) Iron Hands is another great teammate for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed the Ogerpon formes (Pon is a weird example here since Val cant kill it if your scarfed. Scarf Latias might be better. Also Specs Gren could be an option too) and non Choice Scarf Dragapult if Iron Valiant is equipped with a Choice Scarf of its own. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo (this one outspeeds and kills the Ogerpons, while picking up surprise kills because it switched moves). Choice Scarf Sneasler is the best option to pair with Keldeo (weirdly, Scarf Valiant is mentioned first, so its not the "best" scarfer then. Maybe you could say that its an alternative? I think either can be the scarfers anyway). U-turn can aid in swapping Keldeo into set up a Calm Mind or even hit a Secret sword (Maybe you could say Sneas Pivots Keldie into Gliscor or Great Tusk, which Keldie can take advantage of?). With Dire Claw you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as Meowscarada (Usually Scarfed), the Ogerpon formes, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking (it deals with faster guys like Specs Gren/Specs FM/Specs Latios too which are scary) and its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams.
Add Gallade. Gallade is a unique team mate for Keldeo, as its able to break Poison teams for it, a matchup where Keld is useless.

(You dont need to mention x is a great team mate repetitively, since if its written here its a great team mate by default)

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Black Belt is a potential item, just killing meow at +1 Vacuum Wave instead of waiting for rocks chip is really funny. Also masks that you're cm because the rolls at +0 can be thought of as Specs. It also OHKOs 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred and Treads (Scarf) with +1 Vacuum after SR, making it really unrevengeable in Dark/Water mu.


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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]

Calm Mind Keldeo is an amazing setup sweeper especially for Fighting teams. Being able to take less damage after 1 Calm Mind on its special defensive side; it can take its double stabs in Water and Fighting to a new level. (this doesnt really tell me much why choose CM Keld, maybe highlight how its able to effectively break teams because Secret Sword + Vacuum Wave is op, and its a mon that still has serviceable speed, outspeeding Lando) Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking move. Even though it focuses on the defensive side of the opposing Pokemon; after a Calm Mind or two it becomes quite a potent wallbreaker. With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire, Ursaluna-Blood moon, Excadrill (put this at the start, you can integrate my suggestions earlier with this. Exca mention also feels a bit random, Exca doesnt die to VWave, and you're not really in the mood to take on Scarf Exca Eq's either) . Surf threatens Ground-types can threaten potential ground type issues such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon (its not can since it defs does reow. Also deals with Phys walls like Skarm which make Fighting teams sad :(). Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed such as Chien-Pao, Meowscarada. (Mention why HDB; Its for keeping it safe from getting chipped, as removal is pretty hard for Fighting)


Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup Stealth Rock but also the ability to use Rapid Spin and remove hazards as well (not really needed since its boots. You could mention Taunt to prevent defog tho, further chipping down the opposition). Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. (Assault Vest Iron Hands? You mentioned bearing FM/Enam after all) Iron Hands is another great teammate for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed the Ogerpon formes (Pon is a weird example here since Val cant kill it if your scarfed. Scarf Latias might be better. Also Specs Gren could be an option too) and non Choice Scarf Dragapult if Iron Valiant is equipped with a Choice Scarf of its own. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo (this one outspeeds and kills the Ogerpons, while picking up surprise kills because it switched moves). Choice Scarf Sneasler is the best option to pair with Keldeo (weirdly, Scarf Valiant is mentioned first, so its not the "best" scarfer then. Maybe you could say that its an alternative? I think either can be the scarfers anyway). U-turn can aid in swapping Keldeo into set up a Calm Mind or even hit a Secret sword (Maybe you could say Sneas Pivots Keldie into Gliscor or Great Tusk, which Keldie can take advantage of?). With Dire Claw you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as Meowscarada (Usually Scarfed), the Ogerpon formes, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking (it deals with faster guys like Specs Gren/Specs FM/Specs Latios too which are scary) and its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams.
Add Gallade. Gallade is a unique team mate for Keldeo, as its able to break Poison teams for it, a matchup where Keld is useless.

(You dont need to mention x is a great team mate repetitively, since if its written here its a great team mate by default)

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Black Belt is a potential item, just killing meow at +1 Vacuum Wave instead of waiting for rocks chip is really funny. Also masks that you're cm because the rolls at +0 can be thought of as Specs. It also OHKOs 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred and Treads (Scarf) with +1 Vacuum after SR, making it really unrevengeable in Dark/Water mu.


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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Calm Mind Keldeo is an amazing setup sweeper, (AC) especially for Fighting teams. With Calm Mind, (remove semi-colon) (AC) Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon, while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire(RC) and Ursaluna-B, (AC)while also being able to outspeed Landorus. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest Pokemon of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra, (AC) while also still being able to take advantage of it being them by using a special attacking move. Surf threatens Ground-types such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon, (AC) while dealing with physical walls like Skarmoy Skarmory which Fighting- (AH) has a difficult time facing. Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave is a solid form of priority to get rid of faster threats who outspeed Keldeo, (AC) such as Chien-Pao and Meowscarada. Heavy Duty Boots keeps Keldeo safe from getting chipped by hazards, as removal is very difficult for a majority of Fighting-type Pokemon(AC). Another alternative item for Keldeo to use is the item Black Belt. It grants an OHKO versus on Meowscarada after a Calm Mind with Vacuum Wave. It can OHKO 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred Sword and Choice Scarf Iron Treads with +1 Vacuum Wave after Stealth Rock chip damage, making it a very difficult Pokemon to revenge kill in the Water- (AH) and Dark-type match-ups.

Great Tusk is an amazing defensive and offensive teammate for Keldeo, (RP) (AC) Pproviding an Electric- (AH) immunity and the ability to not only setup Stealth Rock, (AC) but also Taunt opposing foes who run Defog which helps further chips down the opposition. Great Tusk can also take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire with its two powerful Ground-type STAB moves. Assault Vest Iron Hands is another great teammate for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying-types. With its a high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T with ease. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed Choice Scarf Latias, Choice Specs Greninja, and non Choice Scarf Dragapult. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo and out speed the Ogerpon formes while picking up suprise KO's (remove apostrophe) KOs with the ability to use multiple moves. Choice Scarf Sneasler is an alternative option to pair with Keldeo, (AC). Sneasler and can pivot into Keldeo it by using U-turn against threats such as Gliscor or Great Tusk, which Keldeo can take advantage of. With Dire Claw, (AC) you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for towards Keldeo. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as the Ogerpon formes, and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking breaking faster Pokemon like Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Specs Flutter Mane, and Choice Specs Latios, while its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup and break down teams. Gallade is a unique team mate teammate for Keldeo as well, as its it is able to break down Poison teams (AH) for it, a matchup where Keldeo struggles quite a lot.

 

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Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Calm Mind Keldeo is an amazing setup sweeper especially for Fighting teams. (this is a fighting analysis so no need to reference how its better on fighting) With Calm Mind, (semicolon -> comma; semicolons connect two full sentences only) Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon (RC) while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire (RC) Ursaluna-B while being and Ursaluna-B. Keldeo is also able to outspeed Landorus. (separated this because outspeeding lando has absolutely nothing to do with cm, which is the subject here) Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra, and Keldeo can take advantage of it being a special move by boosting it with Calm Mind while also still being able to take advantage of it being a special attacking move. (lmk if this isn't what you meant - just saying it can take advantage of being special doesn't explicitly say why, so if this isn't why make sure to explain it) Surf threatens Ground-types such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon while dealing with physical walls like Skarmoy which Skarmory, which Fighting has a difficult time facing. Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave is a solid form of priority to get gets rid of faster threats who outspeed that outspeed Keldeo such as Chien-Pao and Meowscarada. Heavy Duty Boots Heavy-Duty Boots keeps Keldeo safe from getting chipped by entry hazards, as removal is very difficult for Fighting. Another alternative for Keldeo is the item Black Belt. It grants Black Belt is an alternative, granting an OHKO versus Meowscarada after a Calm Mind with Vacuum Wave. It can also OHKO 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred Sword and Choice Scarf Iron Treads with +1 Vacuum Wave after Stealth Rock chip, making it a very difficult Pokemon to revenge in the Water and Dark match-ups matchups. (no idea where water came from bc there aren't any water examples here. do you mean steel mu because you mentioned treads? if not, cut the water mention or add a water example)

Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo. Providing Keldeo, providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only setup set up Stealth Rock but also use Taunt opposing foes who run Defog which further chips down the opposition Defoggers, allowing its entry hazards to chip foes. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Assault Vest Iron Hands is another great teammate for Keldeo that grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Flutter Mane, Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. (flutter isn't a flying type so the example doesn't fit) Choice Scarf Iron Valiant is another great teammate for Keldeo. It can outspeed Choice Scarf Latias, Choice Specs Greninja, and non Choice non-Choice Scarf Dragapult. Iron Valiant can also be used to run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo by outspeeding the Ogerpon formes and out speed the Ogerpon formes while picking up suprise KO's with the ability to use multiple moves KOs by not being locked into a single move. Choice Scarf Sneasler is an alternative option to pair with Keldeo. Sneasler can pivot into Keldeo by using Keldeo, as it can use U-turn against threats such as Gliscor or and Great Tusk, which Tusk that Keldeo can take advantage of. With Dire Claw, (AC) Sneasler you can potentially spread status on anything that can be a problem for Keldeo problematic foes. (any examples?) Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as the Ogerpon formes (RC) and Iron Valiant. Zamazenta is another good teammate for Keldeo as Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in wall breaking breaking through (wallbreaking = breaking walls, idt greninja is a wlal. if you meant wallbreaking, it should be one word and you should give some examples of actaul walls it can break) faster Pokemon like Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Specs Flutter Mane, and Choice Specs Latios, while its other set with Substitute and Iron Defense can safely setup Substitute + Iron Defense set can safely set up and break down teams. Gallade is a unique team mate teammate for Keldeo as well, as its it's able to break down Poison teams for it, a matchup where Keldeo struggles quite a lot.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fighting
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Another alternative for Keldeo is the item Black Belt. It grants an OHKO versus Meowscarada after a Calm Mind with Vacuum Wave. It can OHKO 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred Sword and Choice Scarf Iron Treads with +1 Vacuum Wave after Stealth Rock chip, making it a very difficult Pokemon to revenge in the Water and Dark match-ups. (is this supposed to be here? this exact text is in the set too, so cutting)

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[SET]
Keldeo @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Calm Mind (Fighting)
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Secret Sword
- Surf
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
With Calm Mind; Keldeo can break through the bulkiest of threats such as Archaludon while also dealing heavy damage on Gouging Fire and Ursaluna-B. Keldeo is also able to outspeed Landorus. Secret Sword is Keldeo's best way to break through even the bulkiest of the metagame such as Blissey and Hisuian Goodra, and Keldeo can take advantage of Secret Sword by boosting it with Calm Mind and hitting them on their defensive sides. Surf threatens Ground-types such as Landorus, Ursaluna-B, Gliscor, and Hippowdon while dealing with physical walls like Skarmory, which Fighting has a difficult time facing. Along with breaking through bulky Pokemon such as Corviknight, Ting-Lu, and Heatran. Vacuum Wave gets rid of faster threats that outspeed Keldeo such as Chien-Pao and Meowscarada. Heavy-Duty Boots keeps Keldeo safe from getting chipped by entry hazards, as removal is very difficult for Fighting. Black Belt is an alternative, granting an OHKO versus Meowscarada after a Calm Mind with Vacuum Wave. It can also OHKO 252 HP Hoopa with +1 Sacred Sword and Choice Scarf Iron Treads with +1 Vacuum Wave after Stealth Rock chip, making it a very difficult Pokemon to revenge in the Steel and Dark matchups.

Great Tusk is an amazing defensive teammate for Keldeo, providing an Electric immunity and the ability to not only set up Stealth Rock but also use Taunt opposing Defoggers, allowing its entry hazards to chip foes. Great Tusk can take out opposing threats to Keldeo such as Iron Hands, Toxapex, and Clodsire. Assault Vest Iron Hands grants coverage against Flying. With its high HP stat and tremendous bulk; it can remove the likes of Enamorus, Gyarados, and Tornadus-T. Choice Scarf Iron Valiant can outspeed Choice Scarf Latias, Choice Specs Greninja, and non-Choice Scarf Dragapult. Iron Valiant can also run a mixed set that gives more coverage to further assist Keldeo by outspeeding the Ogerpon formes and picking up suprise KOs by not being locked into a single move. Choice Scarf Sneasler is an alternative option to pair with Keldeo, as it can use U-turn against threats such as Gliscor and Great Tusk that Keldeo can take advantage of. With Dire Claw, Sneasler can potentially spread status on problematic foes such as Hatterene and Flutter Mane. Sneasler also outspeeds threats to Keldeo such as the Ogerpon formes and Iron Valiant. Choice Band Zamazenta can assist in breaking through faster Pokemon like Choice Specs Greninja and Choice Specs Latios, while its Substitute + Iron Defense set can safely set up and break down teams. Gallade is a unique teammate for Keldeo as well, as it's able to break down Poison teams, a matchup where Keldeo struggles quite a lot.




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