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[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, allowing it to outpace and set up against or KO Pokemon like Donphan, Mega Charizard Y, Kommo-o, and Pheromosa. Access to a wide variety of moves, including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as BoltBeam, makes it highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don't boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y and Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats that hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it a suboptimal pick when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop setup Pokemon, it can be forced into guessing games where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable matchup. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, which can OHKO or 2HKO Deoxys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Iron Defense is Deoxys-S's best move to boost its Defense, allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack such as Donphan and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia allows Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from utilizing their necessary status moves and block setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, as it allows Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon's attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
========

252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can boost its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks as well as Taunt any foe before they can set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP EVs maximize bulk against both special and physical Pokemon. Pressure causes opposing Pokemon to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers is helpful against Mega Evolutions that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, while Aguav Berry's one-time immediate recovery helps Deoxys-S stabilize the matchup against powerful Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, and Golem, but it can also be used against stall Pokemon that don't have a good way to beat Taunt users such as Mega Venusaur and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first user the proper defensive boosting move against an offensive Pokemon. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with a move like Calm Mind or Dragon Dance, like Magearna or Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered. Once Deoxys-S has set up, it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall the foe faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also outboost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, which can allow for some mispredictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until Deoxys-S is below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, as it is more difficult to predict which defensive stat to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect, which can beat Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny, which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as setup Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S's strongest STAB attack, allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-T. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water / Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack EVs, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. Even without a Timid nature, 252 Speed EVs give it an incredibly good Speed tier, allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense EVs raise the Attack of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Deoxys-S can also run a spread of 124 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 92 Spe and a Timid Nature in order to beat specially defensive Mega Charizard X and Modest Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, by either tanking their hits or outspeeding them, at the cost of some power granted by running Modest.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can hit super effectively with Psycho Boost or one of its coverage moves or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost, as it's the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde to Ice Beam, if it's facing a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves like Tapu Lele.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, and Incineroar, which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting-types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile and appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don't like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Genesect, Mega Mawile, and Mega Metagross. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of these while also appreciating Deoxys-S's ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power Rock to help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to critical hits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can be used on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, Mega Metagross, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it's quite often not strong enough to take out bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to inflict a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn't really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, which can KO it even after it boosts its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Setup Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several predictions correctly.

**Fast Pokemon and Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Greninja and Jolly Haxorus outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, and Icy Wind can allow setup Pokemon such as Magnezone or Krookodile to slowly boost and KO Deoxys-S or shut it down with Taunt.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can tank the offensive set's hits and KO it back or fish for critical hits against the defensive set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [MaceMaster, 302951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216], [Kris, 241023]]
 
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Bolded is additions, strikethrough is stuff that should be removed, underline needs to be edited in some way, red is comments. All information I bring are based on 1630 Usage stats (considering anything at or above 6% as of June 2019 usage relevant) and Calcs.
Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up or KO the opposing Pokemon such as?
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost mention access to bolt beam
  • Because of this, Deoxys-S is highly versatile and unpredictable in what kind of sets it can run. combine this with 2nd point/redundant when you already said it runs both defense and offense
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are 4x weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses. against what?
  • In some way, mention that the defensive set has trouble beating Pokemon with Super effective STABs like Crunch Mega Gyarados Hoopa-U, and that the offensive set struggles with naturally specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Aegislash
  • also mention that the stall set will unfortunately fall to critical hits quite easily, and more often that not your opponent will only need one crit to beat stall Deoxys-S, hindering its reliability
[SET]

Pressure PP Stall
Deoxys-Speed @ Leftovers / Aguav berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Amnesia
- Taunt
- Recover

You need to convert this into this format:
name: (SET NAME)
move 1:
move 2:
move 3:
move 4:
item:
ability:
nature:
evs:

so it can be properly converted into HTML for the Dex. Would also recommend you do this for Carracosta

[SET COMMENTS]

Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Meloetta
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves.
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against either Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt.
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery. when does each serve a purpose? i.e. when will Leftovers be the most useful item and vice versa
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, such as which mons? Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Taunt should also be used turn 1 against stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff before setting up its defenses. 2nd bullet
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. mention that this is relative to whether or not your opponent can KO you with a crit if you're below a certain amount of HP.
  • mention that mixed attackers like Thunder Zeraora can force Deoxys-S into a 50/50
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. What does Deo-S do in return?
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Magearna appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against.
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X. what does deo s do in return?
  • mention Pokemon that can beat Bug types like Durant and Volcarona
Set Details
========
[SET]

Choice Specs
Deoxys-Speed @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball / Grass Knot

same thing as 1st set, change format

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja, Incineroar nah it fails to ohko 88% of the time, 252+ SpA Choice Specs Deoxys-Speed Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 100 SpD Incineroar: 340-400 (86.2 - 101.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele or Mega Gardevoir Mega Gard ohkoes with hyper beam and tank one shadow ball
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • how about Hidden power fire for certain steels, or tbolt to beat gren and non-crunch mega gyara?
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • mention that 4 spdef raises the attack on download users
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit 4x super effectively with one of its coverage moves.
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is 4x weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele.
  • However Pokemon like Tapu Lele or Mega Gardevoir, who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the other set. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Calm Mind
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash what does deoxys do in exchange?
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini also appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types. what does deoxys do in exchange
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • mention pokemon that can beat Specially defensive tanks like Type: Null and Chansey
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • On the choice specs set, Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Fire] can help beat Ferrothorn and Genesect this seems Slashable, when stuff like Grass Knot is on the main set. Consider moving to main for specs while Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier. when does this help?
Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

either also mention bug types or combine all 3 points into super effective STAB users or something like that

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Porygon-Z or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first.

mention specially defensive threats such as spdef char x and the like who can tank a specs psycho boost then ohko with powerful stab moves without set up

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

first part of my qc check. Tag me when you've implemented, shit tired rn
 
Alakazam said:
Bolded is additions, strikethrough is stuff that should be removed, underline needs to be edited in some way, red is comments. All information I bring are based on 1630 Usage stats (considering anything at or above 6% as of June 2019 usage relevant) and Calcs.
Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa.
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to boltbeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable.
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are 4x weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X or Calm Mind users like Magearna.
  • Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits.
  • Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive pokemon like Mega Metagross.
[SET]

name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe



[SET COMMENTS]

Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Meloetta
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves.
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against either Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt.
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health.
  • Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon that might trouble these pokemon.
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Magearna appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against.
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and in return beats Fake Out users and Sleep users that would be able to beat these pokemon.
  • Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the Bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it.
[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele
  • Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect and Durant.
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect.
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves.
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is 4x weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele.
  • However Pokemon like Tapu Lele who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the other set. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Calm Mind
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S can cover faster and frail pokemon such as Pheromosa and Zeroara.
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types.
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona.
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Porygon-Z or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
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Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa.
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to boltbeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable.
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are 4x doesn't have to be 4x weak to beat (i.e. tbolt vs greninja or shadow ball vs lele) weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X or Calm Mind users like Magearna.
  • Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits.
  • Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.
[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Meloetta isn't this a 50/50, if they laser focus on your setup, or attack on your taunt?
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves. such as?
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against either Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt.
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health.
  • Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these pokemon.
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Magearna appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Flame Charge Type: Null p sure type null beats magearna which Deoxys-S struggles against.
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and in return beats Fake Out users such as? and Sleep users such as? that would be able to beat these pokemon.
  • Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the Bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it.
[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele
  • Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect and Durant.
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of special attack.
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves.
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is 4x fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele.
  • However Pokemon like Tapu Lele who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the other set. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Calm Mind does this mean tapu lele beats specs deo if it expects offensive? clarify with this, and if it can beat you just remove lele as an example
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S can cover faster and frail pokemon such as Pheromosa and Zeroara.
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types such as? appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types. such as?
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types such as? while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona.
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel
Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Porygon-Z at best it only speed ties deo s Jolly Haxorus or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
So basically just need to add/change some examples then you're good

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Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa.
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to boltbeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable.
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X or Calm Mind users like Magearna.
  • Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits.
  • Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.
[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and non-laser focus Meloetta
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o.
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against either Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt.
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health.
  • Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these pokemon.
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Laser Focus Meloetta appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Flame Charge Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against.
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and in return beats Fake Out users like Zeroara and Sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these pokemon.
  • Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the Bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it.
[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele
  • Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect and Durant.
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of special attack.
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves.
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele.
  • However Pokemon like Tapu Lele who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the defenseive set and Taunt turn 1. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Calm Mind.
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S can cover faster and frail pokemon such as Pheromosa and Zeroara.
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types such as? appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types. such as?
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types such as? while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona.
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel
Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
So basically just need to add/change some examples then you're good

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Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame Fastest in general allowing it to outpace and set-up and stall against Pokemon like Donphan Mega Metagross You're talking about how its speed makes it good because it can go first, but Donphan isn't fast so it's not a good example and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa.
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to boltbeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable being able to run both a defensive pp stall set and an offensive Choice Specs set
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average middling personally I just don't like the use of average, it just feels misleading stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X or Calm Mind users like Magearna.
  • Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also vulnerable and will likely faint to critical hits.
  • Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can KO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same. But then it wouldn't be an OHKO or 2HKO, it can be potentially misinterpreted as Deoxys-S is slower.
[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and non-laser focus Meloetta
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame and even some Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Porygon-Z and Haxorus (You can get crit but it's worth a mention) so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o.
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against both Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt, which locks the foe out of status moves, forcing them to use Struggle even sooner
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up defensive stages it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health.
  • Mixed Attackers such as Zeraora and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness you say it like these teammates should beat both Dark- and Ghost-types, but then list a Dark counter and a Ghost counter; separate them like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these pokemon.
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Laser Focus Meloetta Meloetta could beat either with the right move, bad example (also laser focus doesn't even help with Null) appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Flame Charge Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against. This is really hard to come up with an example for, because it needs to lose to stall like Venusaur but win against stall like Type: Null, which is more of just Type: Null has speed control and Venusaur doesn't. I suppose Magnezone would be a better example but it's not a good point. Come up with a new point that says something like Pokemon like Porygon2 and Mega Altaria appreciate Deoxys-S's abilitiy to beat stall Pokemon like Venusaur and Jumpluff while they can beat Pokemon like Mega Gyarados and Flame Charge Mega Charizard X
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z max speed Deoxys-S like the one in your set can outspeed even max speed Scarf PZ as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and in return beats Fake Out users like Zeroara do not use Zeraora as an example lol use Mega Medicham maybe and Sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these pokemon.
  • Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the Bulky Water-types like non Icy Wind-Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.
[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele
  • Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja more reliably and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect and Durant.
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of special attack.
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves, or generally frail Pokemon such as Porygon-Z (speed tie with Max Speed Scarf) and Mega Medicham
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele if carrying Shadow Ball. Shadow ball is an option of three so technically Psycho Boost still does the most damage to Tapu Lele, but not a big deal at all
  • However Pokemon like Specially Defensive Tapu Lele who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the defenseive set and Taunt most Tapu Lele run Taunt or Calm Mind, not both turn 1. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Taunt. Shadow Balls 2HKOs regular fast Lele even with Calm Mind
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S can cover faster and frail pokemon such as Pheromosa and Zeroara.
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types such as? appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types. such as? Uhhhhh:facepalm::pikuh::psygrump::v4:
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types such as? while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona reliably 252 252 on both of them are rolls.
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel
Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash and Alolan Marowak who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses. If you don't like the A Wak, change the counter to Aegislash and put it at the bottom. Gengar is more of a 50/50 plus specs bops it, and Sableye doesn't fit this description

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus Haxorus only outspeeds Specs or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first. Type: Null goes into the one above this, put Sableye here

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live a Choice Specs attack and KO back, although Metagross can be beat by stall as long as it does not get Meteor Mash attack boosts and a critical hit

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
 
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Deoxys-S
[OVERVIEW]
  • Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa.
  • Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to boltbeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable.
  • Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff.
  • Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp.
  • Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful. Include tidbits on why this is a problem; ie something like how it needs to run Modest on Specs.
  • Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X or Calm Mind users like Magearna You actually beat Magearna by going Amnesia and then Taunt, since you outboost them. Better example would be Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o. Also include Swords Dance/Shell Smashers to fill this up with examples.
  • Include a bullet right here about how critical hits are kinda inevitable in longer drawn-out battles.
  • Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits.
  • Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.
[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem.
  • Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and non-laser focus Meloetta Non-X examples are kinda weak. You can include Primarina, since this is more reliable.
  • Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff and blocking setup from spa boosters like Magearna and Lele.
  • Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========
  • 252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o.
  • 252 HP gives the most bulk against either Special or Physical Pokemon.
  • Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster going into struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt.
  • Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.
Usage Tips
========
  • Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem
  • Deoxys-S can also be used against Stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff.
  • In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special.
  • However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out.
  • Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack.
  • Include a tip here about how Deoxys can out-boost certain one-stage boosters like Lele, Magearna, and Bulk Up Zeraora
  • Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health.
  • Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.
Team Options
========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these pokemon.
  • Slower set-up Pokemon like Laser Focus Meloetta Include more examples to drive the point home appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Flame Charge Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against.
  • Bulky strong Z-users like Golem and Donphan Is this Sturdy teammates or general bulky Z users that don't rely on setup like the bullet above? If it's not specifically Sturdy mons, better examples would be Kommo-o and Primarina. can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and in return beats Fake Out users like Zeroara If this is meant to be a Sturdy bullet, Zeraora isn't really much of a problem, especially for the two examples given currently. and Sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these pokemon.
  • Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the Bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it.
[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny.
  • Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian.
  • Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar
  • Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele
  • Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados
  • Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert.
  • Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect and Durant.
Set Details

========
  • 252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves.
  • 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon.
  • 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of special attack.
Usage Tips

========
  • Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost or it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves. or generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like Offensive zardx, zera, and kartana
  • Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele.
  • However Pokemon like Tapu Lele who can set-up Calm mind, might anticipate the defenseive set and Taunt turn 1. In this case Shadow Ball will allow you to 2HKO if they use Calm Mind. kinda redundant, you just win with shadow ball.
  • add a bullet about how switching between the two sets can catch people off guard in general
Team Options

========
  • Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. surely there must be different things that beat dark and ghost types Deoxys-S can cover faster and frail pokemon such as Pheromosa and Zeroara.
  • Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types such as? <- this is unedited lol you didn't even do this yet- appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types. such as? <- this is unedited lol you didn't even do this yet-
  • Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types such as? <- this is unedited lol you didn't even do this yet- while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp.
  • Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
  • Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona.
  • A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel
  • "Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Charizard-X, Metagross-Mega, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Helmet's recoil."
Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Calm Mind the only cm users that really threaten you typically have Taunt or Laser Focus to threaten you with and Dragon Dance Pokemon like Magearna explained above. can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxy-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon such as? to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Taunt-immune PP Stall**: Pokemon with Oblivious like Slowbro you actually beat slowbro on PP. Their only hope at winning is to have cm and get a crit with boosted scald. or with speed control options like Type: Null can eventually outpace and then out PP Stall Deoxys-S and force it to struggle first. another misconception. All you need to do is just burn up your Taunts as much as you can but never force them to use Struggle, since that would allow them to get the extra turns with Rest. Perhaps just remove this one completely or make it about Taunters like Sableye, Gyarados, mawile, and whimsicott and how you either lose or have to 50/50 them

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back also include how they can fish for hax over a long period of time

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
this'a be a while- lmk when you implemented everything
 
lost heros said:
Strong Physical Fighting type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey.
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[Set 2 Team Options] I missed this one in the first check, make sure to state what deos does for them in return.
lost heros said:
Slower set-up Pokemon like Laser Focus Meloetta or Metal Sound Magnezone appreciate Deoxys-S beating speed traps like Jumpluff or stall Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, while they can also beat dedicated PP Stall pokemon like Flame Charge Type: Null which Deoxys-S struggles against.
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[Set 1 Team Options] Also didn't catch this one. Null can be removed as a threat to Deo-S here, since it doesn't rly threaten you.

2/3 upon implementation

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[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa. Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to BoltBeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful and needs every bit of EVs and nature to bolster its stats (this sentence isn't making much sense - reword), and is thus is made into a glass cannon of sorts where it doesn't have the freedom to diversify its stat spread. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable to occur and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable match-up. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem. Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from setting up their necessary status moves and blocking setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========

252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP gives the most bulk against either both special or and physical Pokemon. Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster, causing them to use going into Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem. Deoxys-S can also be used against stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out. Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also out-boost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora which can allow for some mis-predictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these pokemon. Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it them.

[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar. (Mention some non-Dark-type targets like Heatran) Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja (you mention Greninja above. Specify that this beats it more reliably) and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados. Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of Special Attack.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost, Pokemon it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves, or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like Offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele. Switching between these two sets frequently can make it difficult to play against as an opponent as they are very different fundamentally.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna or and Mega Mawile which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types or Incineroar which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Genesect. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types like Mega Mawile and Mega Metagross- while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Charizard-X, Metagross-Mega, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Helmet's recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who which can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon such as Magnezone to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back against the offensive or they can fish for critical hits against the defensive set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
Really nice analysis! QC 3/3
 
MaceMaster said:
[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame allowing it to outpace and set-up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa. Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to BoltBeam. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful and needs every bit of EVs and nature to bolster its stats (this sentence isn't making much sense - reword), and is thus is made into a glass cannon of sorts where it doesn't have the freedom to diversify its stat spread. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable to occur and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable match-up. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with Super Effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, who can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Iron Defense is Deoxys-S best move to boost its defense allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own attack such as Donphan or Golem. Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut out opposing Stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from setting up their necessary status moves and blocking setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating its defensive move and Recover.
Set Details
========

252 Speed and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as Taunt any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP gives the most bulk against either both special or and physical Pokemon. Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose more PP faster, causing them to use going into Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y while Aguav berry allows for a one time more immediate recovery to help stabilize against powerful Z attacks like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or Golem. Deoxys-S can also be used against stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out. Once Deoxys-S has set up it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also out-boost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora which can allow for some mis-predictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's crit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed Attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against as it is more difficult to predict which defense is needed to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect which can beat Mega Gyarados or Mega Lopunny which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X and Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these pokemon. Fire-types such as either Mega Charizard and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten it them.

[SET]

name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar. (Mention some non-Dark-type targets like Heatran) Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like Greninja (you mention Greninja above. Specify that this beats it more reliably) and non-Crunch Mega Gyarados. Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power [Fire] can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. 252 Speed still gives it an incredibly good speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense raises the attack on download users such as Genesect instead of Special Attack.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit Super Effectively with Psycho Boost, Pokemon it can hit super effectively with one of its coverage moves, or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like Offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and Ice beam or if its a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves, like Tapu Lele. Switching between these two sets frequently can make it difficult to play against as an opponent as they are very different fundamentally.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna or and Mega Mawile which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types or Incineroar which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Genesect. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types like Mega Mawile and Mega Metagross- while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Charizard-X, Metagross-Mega, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Helmet's recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash who which can KO it even after it sets up its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or Icy Wind can allow set-up Pokemon such as Magnezone to slowly set up and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back against the offensive or they can fish for critical hits against the defensive set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [, ]]
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Really nice analysis! QC 3/3
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AMGP check, implement what you want. (There were a handful of edits from MaceMaster that weren't implemented, so I just incorporated them into the check)

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[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) allowing it to outpace and set(RH, add space)up against Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or and KO Pokemon like Kommo-o and Pheromosa. Deoxys-S has access to a wide variety of moves including powerful defensive (subjective: change to "utility") moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to the BoltBeam combination. This allows it to be highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move (unnecessary; also, it's ambiguous whether you're saying Deoxys-S beats them with a status move, or they're using a status move to boost their offenses) like Mega Charizard Y or Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a its coverage moves it carries (parallelism) like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it not preferred when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set(RH)up Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against (optional: "Pokemon like") Dragon Dance users like (putting this here makes it sound like kommo-o and crustle are also dd users) Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable to will inevitably occur and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable match(RH)up. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still (redundant) rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-(AH)Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively, (AC) it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, who which can OHKO or 2HKO Deoxys-S (typo) faster than before Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Iron Defense is Deoxys-S' (add apostrophe) best move to boost its Defense, (AC) allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack stat such as Donphan or and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia boosts Special Defense, (AC) allowing it Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon attackers ("special Pokemon" can be misinterpreted) such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. (AP) Taunt is useful to shut out down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from setting up their necessary status moves and blocking setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, (AC) as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon'(ascii comma)s attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
========

252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks, as well as use Taunt on any opponent before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP EVs gives the most bulk against both special or and physical Pokemon. Pressure forces opposing Pokemon to lose PP faster, causing them to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers gives Deoxys-S passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon (not gp: why mega pokemon in particular?) that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, (AC) while Aguav Berry allows for a one-(AH)time immediate recovery to help stabilize Deoxys-S against powerful Z attacks Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Ideally, (AC) Deoxys-S is best (redundant with "ideally") used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or and Golem. Deoxys-S can also be used against stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt such as Mega Venusaur or and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with Calm Mind, Dragon Dance, or another set(remove space)up move, (AC) like Magearna and or (i've generally changed "or"->"and" in other places, but "or" is used here since you specified "a Pokemon", which is singular) Mega Charizard X, (AC) Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out. Once Deoxys-S has set up, (AC) it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent it out faster, (AC) as well as ensure it Deoxys-S is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also out(RH)boost certain one-stage boosters Pokemon that boost their attacking stat one stage at a time such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, (AC) which can allow for some mis(RH)predictions as long as the opposing Pokemon's boosts don't get too out of hand. Often, (AC) it might be preferable to wait until you’re Deoxys-S' health is below 50% so you get it gets the maximum recovery possible. However, if a foe's critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain amount of health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that amount of health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara Zeraora (typo) and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, (AC) as it is more difficult to predict which defense stat is needed to boost needs to be boosted.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Genesect, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados, (AC) or and Mega Lopunny, (AC) which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users (such as?) can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set(RH)up Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; (SC) and Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard ("Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y" or "both Mega Charizard formes") and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S' (add apostrophe) strongest STAB attack, (AC) allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam is a good move that can targets Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power [Fire] Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack EVs, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. 252 Speed EVs still gives it an incredibly good Speed tier, (AC) allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense EVs raises the Attack stat on of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against either Pokemon that it can either hit super effectively with Psycho Boost, Pokemon it can hit super effectively with or one of its coverage moves, or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO (RC) like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost (not gp: insert "against foes that it hits neutrally"?), (AC) as it'(ascii comma)s the best way to get deal the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and with Ice Beam, (AC) or if its the foe is a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves (RC) like Tapu Lele. Switching between these two sets this Deoxys-S set and other sets (don't cross-reference between sets) frequently can make it difficult to play against as an for the opponent, (AC) as they are very different fundamentally.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, (AC) or and Incineroar, (AC) which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or and most Fighting types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile, (AC) and they appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don'(ascii comma)t like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Genesect. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types like Mega Mawile and Mega Metagross, (RH, AC) while also appreciating Deoxys-S' (add apostrophe) ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] Rock, (AC) which can help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect / Light Screen / Recover / Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits critical hits, (AC) while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry (try not to mention specific details of the set, it's unnecessary in this case) on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard(RH, add space)X, Metagross-Mega Mega Metagross, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Rocky Helmet's recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it'(ascii comma)s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put deal a lot of damage against to Deoxys-S (RC) even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn'(ascii comma)t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, (AC) which can KO it even after it sets up its defenses defense boosts.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage them with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulky Set(RH)up Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly correct in order to win the matchup.

**Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or and Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or and Icy Wind can allow set(RH)up Pokemon such as Magnezone to slowly set up and KO or use Taunt on Deoxys-S. (AP)

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back (moved) against hits from the offensive set and KO back, (AC) or and they can fish for critical hits against the defensive set.
 
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remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/2
[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) allowing it to outpace and set up (RH) against or KO Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like and Kommo-o and Pheromosa. Deoxys-S has Access to a wide variety of moves, (AC) including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to BoltBeam, (comma) This allows it to be makes it highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or and Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which that hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it not preferred a suboptimal pick (think so?) when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up setup Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s guessing games where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable to occur and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable match-up matchup. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-Ending (AH) Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, who which can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S Deoxys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Iron Defense is Deoxys-S's best move to boost its Defense, (AC) allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack such as Donphan or and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it allows Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut out down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from setting up utilizing their necessary status moves and blocking block setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, (AC) as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
========

252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up boost its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks (RC) as well as Taunt any opponent foe before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP gives the most EVs maximize bulk against both special and physical Pokemon. Pressure forces causes opposing Pokemon to lose PP faster, causing them to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon Evolutions that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, (AC) while Aguav Berry's allows for a one-time (AH) immediate recovery to help helps Deoxys-S stabilize the matchup against powerful Z attacks Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or and Golem, (comma) Deoxys-S but it can also be used against stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt users such as Mega Venusaur or and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia user the proper defensive boosting move (this one is optional) against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special. (this one isn't) However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with a move like Calm Mind (RC) or Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and or Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out. Once Deoxys-S has set up, (AC) it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent the foe faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also out-boost outboost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, (AC) which can allow for some mis-predictions mispredictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re Deoxys-S is below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, (AC) as it is more difficult to predict which defensive stat is needed to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados, (AC) or and Mega Lopunny, (AC) which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up setup Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; (AC) and Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack, (AC) allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types (or Water / Ground types?) like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power [Fire] Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, (AC) and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. Even without Timid, 252 Speed still gives EVs give it an incredibly good Speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense raises EVs raise the Attack on of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit super effectively with Psycho Boost, Pokemon it can hit super effectively with or one of its coverage moves (RC) or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost, (AC) as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and to Ice Beam, (AC) or if its it's facing a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves (RC) like Tapu Lele. Switching between these two sets frequently (between stall and specs? if so this should be in the overview not here) can make it Deoxys-S difficult to play against as an opponent, (AC) as they are very different fundamentally.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, (AC) or and Incineroar, (AC) which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting-types (AH) like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile and appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, (AC) and Genesect, Mega Mawile, and Mega Metagross. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types like Mega Mawile and Mega Metagross- these while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can Rock to help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits critical hits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, (RH) Mega Metagross-Mega, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Helmet's recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put inflict a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, (AC) which can KO it even after it sets up boosts its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Setup Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly. (AP)

**Fast Pokemon and Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or and Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or and Icy Wind can allow set-up setup Pokemon such as Magnezone to slowly set up boost and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S or shut it down with Taunt. (this sounds like Magnezone uses Taunt)

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back against tank the offensive set's hits and KO it back or they can fish for critical hits against the defensive set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [MaceMaster, 302951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
 
The Dutch Plumberjack said:
grabbed some things from above but couldn't work on top of it directly bc of the qc thing + the OP has been edited since

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/2
[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) allowing it to outpace and set up (RH) against or KO Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like and Kommo-o and Pheromosa. Deoxys-S has Access to a wide variety of moves, (AC) including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as access to BoltBeam, (comma) This allows it to be makes it highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don’t boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y or and Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats which that hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it not preferred a suboptimal pick (think so?) when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop set-up setup Pokemon, it can be forced into 50/50s guessing games where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable to occur and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable match-up matchup. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-Ending (AH) Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, who which can OHKO or 2HKO Doexys-S Deoxys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: Pressure PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Iron Defense is Deoxys-S's best move to boost its Defense, (AC) allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack such as Donphan or and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia boosts special defense allowing it allows Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut out down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from setting up utilizing their necessary status moves and blocking block setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, (AC) as it allows for Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon’s attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
========

252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can set up boost its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks (RC) as well as Taunt any opponent foe before they can either set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP gives the most EVs maximize bulk against both special and physical Pokemon. Pressure forces causes opposing Pokemon to lose PP faster, causing them to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers gives passive recovery throughout the game and is helpful against Mega Pokemon Evolutions that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, (AC) while Aguav Berry's allows for a one-time (AH) immediate recovery to help helps Deoxys-S stabilize the matchup against powerful Z attacks Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Ideally Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, or and Golem, (comma) Deoxys-S but it can also be used against stall Pokemon that don’t have a good way to beat Taunt users such as Mega Venusaur or and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first use Iron Defense or Amnesia user the proper defensive boosting move (this one is optional) against an offensive Pokemon depending on if the opposing Pokemon is physical or special. (this one isn't) However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with a move like Calm Mind (RC) or Dragon Dance, or another set up move, like Magearna and or Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered if that move is predicted to come out. Once Deoxys-S has set up, (AC) it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall your opponent the foe faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also out-boost outboost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, (AC) which can allow for some mis-predictions mispredictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until you’re Deoxys-S is below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a foe's critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, (AC) as it is more difficult to predict which defensive stat is needed to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados, (AC) or and Mega Lopunny, (AC) which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as set-up setup Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; (AC) and Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S strongest STAB attack, (AC) allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam is a good move that can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-Therian. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water- and Ground-types (or Water / Ground types?) like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power [Fire] Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, (AC) and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. Even without Timid, 252 Speed still gives EVs give it an incredibly good Speed tier allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense raises EVs raise the Attack on of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can either hit super effectively with Psycho Boost, Pokemon it can hit super effectively with or one of its coverage moves (RC) or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost, (AC) as it’s the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde and to Ice Beam, (AC) or if its it's facing a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves (RC) like Tapu Lele. Switching between these two sets frequently (between stall and specs? if so this should be in the overview not here) can make it Deoxys-S difficult to play against as an opponent, (AC) as they are very different fundamentally.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark-type and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, (AC) which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, (AC) or and Incineroar, (AC) which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting-types (AH) like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini which can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile and appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don’t like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, (AC) and Genesect, Mega Mawile, and Mega Metagross. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of opposing Steel-types like Mega Mawile and Mega Metagross- these while also appreciating Deoxys-S ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power [Rock] can Rock to help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to crits critical hits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can also be used in place of Leftovers and Aguav Berry on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, (RH) Mega Metagross-Mega, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the Helmet's recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it’s quite often not strong enough to take out the bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to put inflict a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn’t really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, (AC) which can KO it even after it sets up boosts its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Set-up Setup Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several 50/50 predictions correctly. (AP)

**Fast Pokemon and Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Jolly Haxorus or and Greninja outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, or and Icy Wind can allow set-up setup Pokemon such as Magnezone to slowly set up boost and KO or Taunt Deoxys-S or shut it down with Taunt. (this sounds like Magnezone uses Taunt)

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can live and KO back against tank the offensive set's hits and KO it back or they can fish for critical hits against the defensive set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lost Heros, 316445]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [Osra, 239997], [MaceMaster, 302951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
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Implemented.

against or KO Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y or KO Pokemon like and Kommo-o and Pheromosa.

This correction seemed a bit weird, I changed it to 'or KO Pokemon like Donphan, Mega Charizard Y, Kommo-o, and Pheromosa.' instead of three 'and's in a row



"set up against or KO Pokemon like Donphan and Mega Charizard Y and Kommo-o and Pheromosa" was why i left them, but if the latter does not lead to confusion then it's deff preferred ya, i was slightly unsure how far i could go--tdp
 
[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, allowing it to outpace and set up against or KO Pokemon like Donphan, Mega Charizard Y, Kommo-o, and Pheromosa. Access to a wide variety of moves, including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as BoltBeam, makes it highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don't boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y and Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats that hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it a suboptimal pick when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop setup Pokemon, it can be forced into guessing games where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable matchup. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, which can OHKO or 2HKO Deoxys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Iron Defense is Deoxys-S's best move to boost its Defense, allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack such as Donphan and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia allows Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from utilizing their necessary status moves and block setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, as it allows Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon's attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
========

252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can boost its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks as well as Taunt any foe before they can set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP EVs maximize bulk against both special and physical Pokemon. Pressure causes opposing Pokemon to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers is helpful against Mega Evolutions that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, while Aguav Berry's one-time immediate recovery helps Deoxys-S stabilize the matchup against powerful Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, and Golem, but it can also be used against stall Pokemon that don't have a good way to beat Taunt users such as Mega Venusaur and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first user the proper defensive boosting move against an offensive Pokemon. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with a move like Calm Mind or Dragon Dance, like Magearna or Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered. Once Deoxys-S has set up, it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall the foe faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also outboost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, which can allow for some mispredictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until Deoxys-S is below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, as it is more difficult to predict which defensive stat to boost.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect, which can beat Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny, which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as setup Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S's strongest STAB attack, allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-T. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water / Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Durant.

Set Details
========

252 Special Attack EVs, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. Even without a Timid nature, 252 Speed EVs give it an incredibly good Speed tier, allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense EVs raise the Attack of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Deoxys-S can also run a spread of 124 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 92 Spe and a Timid Nature in order to beat specially defensive Mega Charizard X and Modest Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, by either tanking their hits or outspeeding them, at the cost of some power granted by running Modest.

Usage Tips
========

Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can hit super effectively with Psycho Boost or one of its coverage moves or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost, as it's the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde to Ice Beam, if it's facing a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves like Tapu Lele.

Team Options
========

Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, and Incineroar, which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting-types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile and appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don't like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Genesect, Mega Mawile, and Mega Metagross. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of these while also appreciating Deoxys-S's ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power Rock to help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to critical hits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can be used on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, Mega Metagross, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the recoil.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it's quite often not strong enough to take out bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to inflict a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn't really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, which can KO it even after it boosts its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Setup Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several predictions correctly.

**Fast Pokemon and Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Greninja and Jolly Haxorus outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, and Icy Wind can allow setup Pokemon such as Magnezone or Krookodile to slowly boost and KO Deoxys-S or shut it down with Taunt.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can tank the offensive set's hits and KO it back or fish for critical hits against the defensive set.
GP 2/2 (copypaste approved)
 
Kris said:
[OVERVIEW]

Deoxys-S is the naturally fastest Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame, allowing it to outpace and set up against or KO Pokemon like Donphan, Mega Charizard Y, Kommo-o, and Pheromosa. Access to a wide variety of moves, including powerful defensive moves like Iron Defense and Amnesia and powerful offensive moves such as Psycho Boost as well as BoltBeam, makes it highly versatile and unpredictable. Using its defensive set, it can beat many Pokemon that don't boost their offenses with a status move like Mega Charizard Y and Donphan, as well as stall Pokemon that are weak to Taunt like Jumpluff. Its offensive set can beat many Pokemon that are weak to its STAB Psychic-type moves like Kommo-o and Mega Venusaur or are weak to a coverage move it carries like Garchomp. Unfortunately, besides its Speed, Deoxys-S has average stats that hold back its sets from being too powerful or too bulky, making it a suboptimal pick when Speed is not being considered. Because it also relies on Taunt to stop setup Pokemon, it can be forced into guessing games where it's unsure whether to use Taunt or boost its defenses against Dragon Dance users like Mega Charizard X, Taunt + Clangorous Soulblaze Kommo-o, and Shell Smash Crustle. Because of the long nature of battles with its defensive set, critical hits are inevitable and could potentially make Deoxys-S lose a winnable matchup. Deoxys-S's defenses are also still rather poor, meaning it has trouble dealing with super effective moves such as Crunch from Mega Gyarados and Never-Ending Nightmare from Aegislash, and without natural defenses it also will likely faint to critical hits. Offensively it has no way to deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Mega Metagross, which can OHKO or 2HKO Deoxys-S faster than Deoxys-S can do the same.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Amnesia
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Iron Defense is Deoxys-S's best move to boost its Defense, allowing it to beat most physical Pokemon that lack a way to boost their own Attack such as Donphan and Golem. Similarly, Amnesia allows Deoxys-S to beat many special Pokemon such as Mega Charizard Y and Primarina. Taunt is useful to shut down opposing stall Pokemon such as Jumpluff by preventing them from utilizing their necessary status moves and block setup from Special Attack boosters like Magearna and Tapu Lele. Recover is essential to the set, as it allows Deoxys-S to stall out the opposing Pokemon's attacks by alternating between its defensive move and Recover.

Set Details
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252 Speed EVs and a Timid nature allow Deoxys-S to outpace the entire unboosted metagame so it can boost its defenses before the opposing Pokemon attacks as well as Taunt any foe before they can set up or use Taunt themselves such as Kommo-o. 252 HP EVs maximize bulk against both special and physical Pokemon. Pressure causes opposing Pokemon to use Struggle much sooner than Deoxys-S when they use a targeting move, which works excellently in tandem with Taunt. Leftovers is helpful against Mega Evolutions that do consistent damage like Mega Charizard Y, while Aguav Berry's one-time immediate recovery helps Deoxys-S stabilize the matchup against powerful Z-Moves like those from Magearna.

Usage Tips
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Deoxys-S is best used against Pokemon that lack a way to boost their offenses such Mega Charizard Y, Donphan, and Golem, but it can also be used against stall Pokemon that don't have a good way to beat Taunt users such as Mega Venusaur and Jumpluff. In most games, Deoxys-S should first user the proper defensive boosting move against an offensive Pokemon. However, when facing a Pokemon that can potentially set up with a move like Calm Mind or Dragon Dance, like Magearna or Mega Charizard X, Taunt should be considered. Once Deoxys-S has set up, it should keep a Taunt active on the opposing Pokemon in order to prevent setup and PP stall the foe faster as well as ensure it is healthy enough with Recover to not faint after an attack. Deoxys-S can also outboost certain one-stage boosters such as Calm Mind Magearna and Bulk Up Zeraora, which can allow for some mispredictions as long as the opposing boosts don't get too out of hand. Often it might be preferable to wait until Deoxys-S is below 50% so you get the maximum recovery. However, if a critical hit can KO Deoxys-S at a certain health, Recover should be used earlier to ensure it doesn't fall below that health. Mixed attackers such as Zeroara and Carracosta can also be difficult to play against, as it is more difficult to predict which defensive stat to boost.

Team Options
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Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weakness like Genesect, which can beat Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny, which can beat Aegislash. Deoxys-S in return can beat certain bulky and stall Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur that might trouble these Pokemon. Sturdy Z-Move users can help beat Choice Scarf Pokemon like Porygon-Z as well as setup Pokemon like Mega Charizard X; Deoxys-S, in return, beats Fake Out Users like Mega Lopunny and sleep users like Jumpluff that would be able to beat these Pokemon. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y and Rock-types like Golem and Crustle can be helpful in beating Bug-types like Durant and Volcarona, while Deoxys-S can usually threaten the bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini and Primarina that threaten them.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Psycho Boost
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt / Grass Knot
item: Choice Specs
ability: Pressure
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Psycho Boost is Deoxys-S's strongest STAB attack, allowing it to beat many Poison- and Fighting-type Pokemon immediately such as Mega Venusaur, Naganadel, Kommo-o, and Mega Lopunny. Ice Beam can target Pokemon such as Garchomp, Zygarde, and Landorus-T. Focus Blast targets Dark-types like Greninja and Mega Tyranitar, as well as certain Steel-types like offensive Heatran. Shadow Ball hits certain Psychic-types like Tapu Lele. Thunderbolt can be used to beat Water-types like non-Crunch Mega Gyarados and Greninja more reliably. Grass Knot hits Water / Ground-types like Mega Swampert. Hidden Power Fire can be helpful to beat Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Durant.

Set Details
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252 Special Attack EVs, a Modest nature, and Choice Specs allow Deoxys-S to deal the most damage it can with its moves. Even without a Timid nature, 252 Speed EVs give it an incredibly good Speed tier, allowing it to outpace most unboosted Pokemon. 4 Special Defense EVs raise the Attack of Download users such as Genesect instead of their Special Attack.

Deoxys-S can also run a spread of 124 HP / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 92 Spe and a Timid Nature in order to beat specially defensive Mega Charizard X and Modest Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, by either tanking their hits or outspeeding them, at the cost of some power granted by running Modest.

Usage Tips
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Deoxys-S should only be used against Pokemon that it can hit super effectively with Psycho Boost or one of its coverage moves or against generally frail Pokemon that it can OHKO, like offensive Mega Charizard X, Zeraora, and Kartana. Generally, Deoxys-S will want to use Psycho Boost, as it's the best way to get the most damage unless the opposing Pokemon is fatally weak to a coverage move like Zygarde to Ice Beam, if it's facing a Dark-type Pokemon like Greninja, or if the Pokemon resists Psychic-type moves like Tapu Lele.

Team Options
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Deoxys-S appreciates teammates that can cover its Dark- and Ghost-type weaknesses like Magearna and Mega Mawile, which can beat Mega Gyarados and other Dark-types, and Incineroar, which can beat Aegislash and other Ghost-types. In return, Deoxys-S can beat Zygarde-C, Landorus-T, or most Fighting-types like Mega Lopunny. Fairy-types like Tapu Fini can also cover Dark-types like Krookodile and appreciate Deoxys-S beating most Poison-type Pokemon, although both don't like facing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Genesect, Mega Mawile, and Mega Metagross. Fire-types like Heatran can take care of these while also appreciating Deoxys-S's ability to beat certain Ground-types like Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Garchomp. Strong physical Fighting-type Pokemon like Fightinium Z Sawk and Mega Lopunny can also be helpful in beating specially defensive walls like Type: Null and Chansey, while Deoxys-S can beat physical walls like Buzzwole.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Choice Specs Deoxys-S can also run Hidden Power Rock to help beat Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona. A Psychium Z set with Reflect, Light Screen, Recover, and Psychic or Psycho Boost can be an effective combination of the two other sets that sacrifices maximum bulk and coverage for more immediate bulk and a way to end out the game earlier to avoid losing to critical hits while also beating Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Poison-types like Naganadel. Rocky Helmet can be used on the defensive set in order to drastically reduce the number of turns opposing physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, Mega Metagross, and Dragonite have to land a critical hit on Deoxys-S by making them knock themselves out in a few turns from the recoil.

Checks and Counters
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**Dark-type Pokemon**: While the Choice Specs set carries Focus Blast for coverage, it's quite often not strong enough to take out bulkier Dark-types such as Crunch Mega Gyarados and Incineroar. These Pokemon also are often able to inflict a lot of damage against Deoxys-S, even after it sets up.

**Ghost-type Pokemon**: Deoxys-S doesn't really have an effective way of dealing with powerful Ghost-type Pokemon like Aegislash, which can KO it even after it boosts its defenses.

**Offensive Bug-type Pokemon**: Bug-type Pokemon like Volcarona and Genesect also can be hard for Deoxys-S to deal with, but it can manage with different moves on its Choice Specs set.

**Bulkier Setup Pokemon**: Dragon Dance Pokemon like Mega Charizard X can be extremely difficult for Deoxys-S to deal with, often requiring Deoxys-S to get several predictions correctly.

**Fast Pokemon and Speed Control**: Pokemon with a Choice Scarf such as Greninja and Jolly Haxorus outpace Deoxys-S and KO it. Moves like Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, and Icy Wind can allow setup Pokemon such as Magnezone or Krookodile to slowly boost and KO Deoxys-S or shut it down with Taunt.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Pokemon that invest heavily in Special Defense such as Mega Metagross and Mega Charizard X can tank the offensive set's hits and KO it back or fish for critical hits against the defensive set.
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