[SET]
Choice Item (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon / Fighting
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Luster Purge
- Aura Sphere
- Trick / Flip Turn
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its superb stats and solid movepool, Latios proves to be an amazing speed control option with Choice Scarf and a powerful wallbreaker with Choice Specs. Aura Sphere is a great coverage option that allows Latios to destroy Kingambit and Heatran. Trick enables Latios to hinder bulkier Pokemon it has trouble breaking such as Ting-Lu and Blissey. Alternatively, Flip Turn can be used over Trick to pivot out of problematic matchups such as against Pokemon like Iron Crown, Gholdengo, Tinkaton, and the aforementioned bulky Pokemon. Psychic Noise is also an option over Luster Purge, helping Latios break past fat teams in a better fashion by denying recovery like Gliscor's Poison Heal and Garganacl's Leftovers and Recover. The choice of item depends on the team; teams that need a Ground- and Spikes-immune speed control Pokemon should opt for Choice Scarf, while those that require a special wallbreaker should run Choice Specs. Choice Scarf Latios has benefits like outspeeding fast foes like Walking Wake, Choice Scarf Landorus-T, Zamazenta, and +1 Speed Great Tusk; Choice Specs lets it achieve feats such as OHKOing Ogerpon-W and maximum HP Landorus-T and 2HKOing Clodsire and Clefable. Tera Dragon enhances its wallbreaking prowess, allowing it to 2HKO Assault Vest Galarian Slowking and physically defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock with Choice Specs Draco Meteor. Tera Fighting is an option over Tera Dragon, helping Latios deal with Dark-types in a better way, most notably giving it a resistance to Kingambit's Sucker Punch; it also enables Choice Specs Aura Sphere to 2HKO Tinkaton.
Latios works best on bulky offense and balance teams. It really appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its pressure against the opposing team. Therefore, Spikes setters such as Hisuian Samurott and Gliscor are great teammates, as is Ting-Lu, which can also choose to run Stealth Rock. Garganacl is a great option for Stealth Rock support, and it racks up damage on the opposing team by spamming Salt Cure, opening up win paths for Latios and its teammates. These Pokemon also help Latios deal with its own threats like Gholdengo and Iron Crown. Zamazenta pairs excellently with Latios, taking care of specially bulky foes that Latios struggles against such as Ting-Lu and Blissey as well as answering checks like Kingambit and Darkrai. In addition, both of them do a great job in pressuring shared checks like Gholdengo and Primarina. Other physical wallbreakers such as Kingambit and Ogerpon-W also have great synergy with Latios. Kingambit handles Gholdengo for Latios, and together, they form a great late-game duo. In a similar vein, Ogerpon-W can deal with Pokemon like Ting-Lu and pressure opposing teams enough in the early- and mid-game for Latios to pick off chipped foes late-game. Other special attackers such as Darkrai, Dragapult, Gholdengo, and Iron Crown also pair well with Latios because they can pressure shared checks like Dark-types, most notably Ting-Lu. Finally, Great Tusk is a stellar teammate that can help Latios deal with Gholdengo, Tinkaton, Dark-types, and special walls while also providing valuable Stealth Rock and hazard removal support.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zastra.558636/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ninth.612443/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/fayawizard.616497/
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Choice Item (Latios) (M) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon / Fighting
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Luster Purge
- Aura Sphere
- Trick / Flip Turn
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its superb stats and solid movepool, Latios proves to be an amazing speed control option with Choice Scarf and a powerful wallbreaker with Choice Specs. Aura Sphere is a great coverage option that allows Latios to destroy Kingambit and Heatran. Trick enables Latios to hinder bulkier Pokemon it has trouble breaking such as Ting-Lu and Blissey. Alternatively, Flip Turn can be used over Trick to pivot out of problematic matchups such as against Pokemon like Iron Crown, Gholdengo, Tinkaton, and the aforementioned bulky Pokemon. Psychic Noise is also an option over Luster Purge, helping Latios break past fat teams in a better fashion by denying recovery like Gliscor's Poison Heal and Garganacl's Leftovers and Recover. The choice of item depends on the team; teams that need a Ground- and Spikes-immune speed control Pokemon should opt for Choice Scarf, while those that require a special wallbreaker should run Choice Specs. Choice Scarf Latios has benefits like outspeeding fast foes like Walking Wake, Choice Scarf Landorus-T, Zamazenta, and +1 Speed Great Tusk; Choice Specs lets it achieve feats such as OHKOing Ogerpon-W and maximum HP Landorus-T and 2HKOing Clodsire and Clefable. Tera Dragon enhances its wallbreaking prowess, allowing it to 2HKO Assault Vest Galarian Slowking and physically defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock with Choice Specs Draco Meteor. Tera Fighting is an option over Tera Dragon, helping Latios deal with Dark-types in a better way, most notably giving it a resistance to Kingambit's Sucker Punch; it also enables Choice Specs Aura Sphere to 2HKO Tinkaton.
Latios works best on bulky offense and balance teams. It really appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its pressure against the opposing team. Therefore, Spikes setters such as Hisuian Samurott and Gliscor are great teammates, as is Ting-Lu, which can also choose to run Stealth Rock. Garganacl is a great option for Stealth Rock support, and it racks up damage on the opposing team by spamming Salt Cure, opening up win paths for Latios and its teammates. These Pokemon also help Latios deal with its own threats like Gholdengo and Iron Crown. Zamazenta pairs excellently with Latios, taking care of specially bulky foes that Latios struggles against such as Ting-Lu and Blissey as well as answering checks like Kingambit and Darkrai. In addition, both of them do a great job in pressuring shared checks like Gholdengo and Primarina. Other physical wallbreakers such as Kingambit and Ogerpon-W also have great synergy with Latios. Kingambit handles Gholdengo for Latios, and together, they form a great late-game duo. In a similar vein, Ogerpon-W can deal with Pokemon like Ting-Lu and pressure opposing teams enough in the early- and mid-game for Latios to pick off chipped foes late-game. Other special attackers such as Darkrai, Dragapult, Gholdengo, and Iron Crown also pair well with Latios because they can pressure shared checks like Dark-types, most notably Ting-Lu. Finally, Great Tusk is a stellar teammate that can help Latios deal with Gholdengo, Tinkaton, Dark-types, and special walls while also providing valuable Stealth Rock and hazard removal support.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zastra.558636/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ninth.612443/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/fayawizard.616497/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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