Azelf @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Expanding Force
- U-turn
- Trick
- Fire Blast / Dazzling Gleam
You want to click the big damage button, don't you? With Psychic Surge to block priority and boost STAB Expanding Force to stupefying power levels, fantastic mixed offenses, and a great Speed tier enhanced by a Choice Scarf, Azelf is one of the scariest pivots and cleaners in AAA. Trick allows Azelf to burden defensive foes, greatly reducing their utility. Fire Blast hits non-immune Corviknight and Gholdengo, while Dazzling Gleam threatens to OHKO offensive Roaring Moon and chips Mandibuzz. Azelf pairs well with fast offensive pivots like Roaring Moon, Galarian Zapdos, and Barraskewda, which form a potent VoltTurn core with it while taking advantage of the special walls like Manaphy, Swampert, and Mandibuzz that Azelf often struggles with. While Azelf is a fantastic pivot and cleaner, it often struggles to make direct progress, making wallbreakers like Gouging Fire, Bulk Up Great Tusk, and non-Triage Ceruledge excellent teammates. Azelf is incredibly frail and weak to entry hazards, making it incredibly vulnerable to being worn out throughout the course of a game; as such, hazard removers with pivoting moves like Corviknight and Quaquaval make good partners.
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