[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Energy Ball
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Air Balloon
ability: Flash Fire / Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Grass / Fairy
[SET COMMENTS]
Fire Blast is preferred to 2HKO Alolan Muk after a Calm Mind boost and deal greater damage to other special walls like Umbreon and Florges, but Flamethrower can be used for its accuracy. Energy Ball targets common Water-, Rock-, and Ground-type switch-ins like Vaporeon, Diancie, and Gastrodon. Flash Fire gives Chandelure the ability to take advantage of Choice-locked Fire-types like Hisuian Typhlosion, Infernape, and opposing Chandelure. On the other hand, Flame Body lets Chandelure punish contact moves like Flygon's U-turn and Tsareena's Power Whip, but these targets and most others usually carry another move to hit Chandelure super effectively, negating its utility. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Chandelure to ignore entry hazards, letting it switch in repeatedly without worry. However, Air Balloon can be used instead to give Chandelure a temporary immunity to Ground-type attacks, giving Chandelure opportunities to set up against Earthquake Paldean Tauros-F and Choice-locked Flygon. Tera Grass boosts Energy Ball while giving Chandelure a resistance to Ground- and Water-type attacks from Pokemon like Flygon, Swampert, and Vaporeon. Tera Fairy can be used on Air Balloon sets to completely wall Flygon's STAB moves.
Ground-types like Flygon and Gligar can destroy Chandelure with their STAB Earthquake, and they can also force it to Terastallize. Therefore, it best partners with defensive Water-types like Vaporeon, Milotic, and Swampert, as they can check the aforementioned Ground-types; in return, Chandelure handles Grass-types like Tsareena, Breloom, and Vileplume. Fairy- and Fighting-types like Sylveon, Toxicroak, and Paldean Tauros-W are great teammates for Chandelure, as they can handle the Dark-types like Umbreon, Incineroar, and Alolan Muk. Chandelure appreciates slow pivots like Swampert, Dragalge, and Bellibolt giving it a safe entry without the risk of taking damage. Galvantula and Araquanid are great partners for Chandelure, as they can set up Sticky Web to remedy Chandelure's underwhelming Speed, letting it outspeed and KO faster foes like Mienshao, Inteleon, and Paldean Tauros-W. On these teams, fellow setup sweepers like Swords Dance Toxicroak, Nasty Plot Munkidori, and Shell Smash Torterra can take advantage of Water-types, overwhelm Dark-types, and help beat Ground-types for Chandelure, respectively. Air Balloon Chandelure is vulnerable to Stealth Rock; thus, it pairs well with hazard removers like Brambleghast, Cinccino, and Tsareena.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Energy Ball
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Air Balloon
ability: Flash Fire / Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Grass / Fairy
[SET COMMENTS]
Fire Blast is preferred to 2HKO Alolan Muk after a Calm Mind boost and deal greater damage to other special walls like Umbreon and Florges, but Flamethrower can be used for its accuracy. Energy Ball targets common Water-, Rock-, and Ground-type switch-ins like Vaporeon, Diancie, and Gastrodon. Flash Fire gives Chandelure the ability to take advantage of Choice-locked Fire-types like Hisuian Typhlosion, Infernape, and opposing Chandelure. On the other hand, Flame Body lets Chandelure punish contact moves like Flygon's U-turn and Tsareena's Power Whip, but these targets and most others usually carry another move to hit Chandelure super effectively, negating its utility. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Chandelure to ignore entry hazards, letting it switch in repeatedly without worry. However, Air Balloon can be used instead to give Chandelure a temporary immunity to Ground-type attacks, giving Chandelure opportunities to set up against Earthquake Paldean Tauros-F and Choice-locked Flygon. Tera Grass boosts Energy Ball while giving Chandelure a resistance to Ground- and Water-type attacks from Pokemon like Flygon, Swampert, and Vaporeon. Tera Fairy can be used on Air Balloon sets to completely wall Flygon's STAB moves.
Ground-types like Flygon and Gligar can destroy Chandelure with their STAB Earthquake, and they can also force it to Terastallize. Therefore, it best partners with defensive Water-types like Vaporeon, Milotic, and Swampert, as they can check the aforementioned Ground-types; in return, Chandelure handles Grass-types like Tsareena, Breloom, and Vileplume. Fairy- and Fighting-types like Sylveon, Toxicroak, and Paldean Tauros-W are great teammates for Chandelure, as they can handle the Dark-types like Umbreon, Incineroar, and Alolan Muk. Chandelure appreciates slow pivots like Swampert, Dragalge, and Bellibolt giving it a safe entry without the risk of taking damage. Galvantula and Araquanid are great partners for Chandelure, as they can set up Sticky Web to remedy Chandelure's underwhelming Speed, letting it outspeed and KO faster foes like Mienshao, Inteleon, and Paldean Tauros-W. On these teams, fellow setup sweepers like Swords Dance Toxicroak, Nasty Plot Munkidori, and Shell Smash Torterra can take advantage of Water-types, overwhelm Dark-types, and help beat Ground-types for Chandelure, respectively. Air Balloon Chandelure is vulnerable to Stealth Rock; thus, it pairs well with hazard removers like Brambleghast, Cinccino, and Tsareena.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pika134.609709/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/powerofmemes.583607/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hammer798.641404/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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