
Arceus @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Silk Scarf
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 56 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Fire
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Shadow Claw
- Taunt / Recover
The Extreme Killer doesn't take very long to dispatch its competition! Arceus is a threatening setup sweeper thanks to its strong Extreme Speed mowing past most offensive threats. Heavy-Duty Boots provides general longevity by negating entry hazards, while Silk Scarf ensures +2 Extreme Speed OHKOes Kyogre and Miraidon. 56 Speed EVs ensure it outspeeds Adamant Rayquaza, which would otherwise out-prioritize Arceus with its own Extreme Speed. Shadow Claw dispatches troublesome targets like Skeledirge and Giratina-O, which can otherwise wall it. Taunt can deny these foes from using Will-O-Wisp or healing, and it completely shuts down Toxapex, while Recover makes it less prone to chip damage and allows Arceus to grab multiple boosts a lot more easily. Tera Normal buffs Extreme Speed's damage to absurd levels, OHKOing opposing Extreme Killer Arceus after Stealth Rock at +2; alternatively, Tera Fire grants a resistance to both of Zacian-C's STAB moves, allowing Arceus to set up on it, and it also offers a burn immunity. Arceus is threatening, but bulky foes that resist Normal, like Skeledirge and Zacian-C, can impede it from sweeping; as a result, allies like Koraidon and Zacian-C help wear them down for Arceus to clean up.
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