I like to imagine that this Skeledirge in particular is the kind that'd sing karaoke with Kiryu!
[SET]
name: Blunder Song
move 1: Sing
move 2: Torch Song
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Shadow Ball / Tera Blast / Earth Power
item: Blunder Policy
ability: Unaware
nature: Modest / Bold
tera type: Fairy / Normal / Fire
evs: 204 HP / 140 SpA / 164 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Blunder Policy, this Skeledirge provides a unique approach to offense: it'll either put important foes to sleep (RC) or threaten to snowball into a sweep with Speed and Special Attack boosts!
* **Shadow Ball**: Even with Skeledirge's wide variety of viable Tera types, Shadow Ball is still an excellent secondary STAB attack for hitting Dragapult and opposing Skeledirge.
* **Earth Power**: Earth Power is Skeledirge's best option against Garganacl, and it makes checking Iron Moth feasible.
Tera Types
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* **Fairy**: With this Skeledirge's more offensive nature, Tera Fairy's immunity to powerful Dragon-type attacks is a big help, and it makes Tera Blast an effective tool against bulky foes such as Baxcalibur and Garchomp.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal gives Skeledirge a key Ghost-type immunity, taking advantage of common Choiced Ghost-types such as Gholdengo.
* **Fire**: In addition to removing the troublesome Ghost-type weakness, Tera Fire makes sweeping with Torch Song require less setup.
* **Water**: Besides being a fantastic defensive typing, Tera Water gives Skeledirge the chance to pick off weakened Iron Bundle as they use Hydro Pump and gives it a good attack against Garganacl and Iron Moth.
* **Grass**: Tera Grass vastly improves Skeledirge's matchup against Breloom, Rotom-W, and Brute Bonnet.
EV Spreads
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* All EV spreads for this set should outspeed Dragapult after missing Sing.
* **204 HP / 140 SpA / 164 Spe with Modest**: The HP investment in this spread lets Skeledirge survive one Earthquake from Garchomp when staying a Fire-type and one Choice Specs Hydro Pump from Iron Bundle when Tera Fairy or Tera Normal.
* **92 HP / 252 SpA / 164 Spe with Modest**: This spread sacrifices bulk for being able to OHKO Iron Bundle with Torch Song after Stealth Rock damage and doing the same to Kingambit with Tera Fire.
* **164 HP / 180 Def / 164 Spe with Bold**: This defensive spread allows Tera Skeledirge to always avoid a 2HKO from Jolly Choice Band Dragonite's Extreme Speed and avoids getting 2HKOed by Baxcalibur's 4-hit Icicle Spear when Tera Normal or Fairy.
* **4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe with Modest or Timid**: A huge sacrifice in bulk makes it harder for Skeledirge to set up, but the Speed investment does allow it to outspeed several major Choice Scarf threats after missing Sing. Modest variants will outspeed up to Choice Scarf Annihilape, while Timid sets will Speed tie with +1 Espathra.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[Butch Hardnight, 265677], [StarkGod, 62165]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumari, 232216]]
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