Ubers Haxorus

[Lotus]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Close Combat / Substitute
item: Life Orb
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Unlike Gyarados, Haxorus has the option to utilize Life Orb and an Adamant nature thanks to it not fearing Stealth Rock as much and still outspeeding Zacian-C at +1. With already high base Attack boosted by Life Orb, Haxorus's attacks become lethal to a lot of Pokemon after a round of setup, with +1 Outrage OHKOing a large portion of the tier. Haxorus's access to Mold Breaker and a wide pool of strong coverage moves invalidates Quagsire and Steel-types like Zacian-C and Ferrothorn as checks and leaves Zamazenta-C and Corviknight less reliable Pokemon to prevent a sweep. Having the option to Dynamax means Haxorus will not fear locking itself into Outrage or facing retaliation from defensive Pokemon, and the latter concern becomes more obsolete if forgoing Close Combat for Substitute at an expense of getting walled by Corviknight.

While Dynamaxing improves chances Haxorus will be successful, Haxorus is quite frail otherwise. Subpar defensive typing and vulnerability to all entry hazards can limit Haxorus's setup opportunities, and defensive Pokemon like Hippowdon and Galarian Corsola can survive a boosted hit and respond with status moves. Haxorus remains as somewhat selfish offensive Pokemon due to team support it relies on for setup opportunities and bypassing checks. Unlike Haxorus, Gyarados is relatively free from this issue, as it can facilitate its sweep with Heavy Duty Boots and immunity to Sticky Web, as well as the option to run Intimidate. Overall, while Haxorus faces more challenges to fit into offensive teams, it can pose a heavier threat with breakers like Swords Dance Zacian-C, entry hazard setters like Tyranitar and Mew, and if possible to fit, some anti-hazard support like Excadrill available in its team.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lotus, 434601]]
- Quality checked by: [[Minority, 222996], [Cynara, 224455]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Minority]

The biggest challenge with this Pokemon is setting up. With that said, it's Attack stat + Life Orb + STAB is so strong that you can immediately threaten slower Pokemon without even being boosted. Close Combat is basically just for Corviknight, and another move like Substitute is probably useable.

QC: 1/2

 

[Cynara]

Looks good, maybe add a tiny mention of options that can help with the issue of hazards, Life Orb + Hazards will wear haxorus down quickly. add a tiny mention of hazard removers that would pair with Haxorus to help deal with this.

QC 2/2

 

[Lumari]

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

check

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Close Combat / Substitute
item: Life Orb
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Unlike Gyarados, Haxorus has an the option to utilize Life Orb and an Adamant nature thanks to it not fearing Stealth Rock as much and still outspeeding Zacian-C at +1. With already high base Attack powered boosted by Life Orb, Haxorus's attacks become lethal to a lot of Pokemon after a round of setup, with +1 Outrage OHKOing a large portion of the tier. Haxorus's access to Mold Breaker and a strong, wide pool of strong (? not sure but a "strong movepool" doesn't exist) coverage moves invalidates Quagsire and Steel-types like Zacian-C and Ferrothorn as checks and leaves Zamazenta-C and Corviknight less reliable Pokemon to prevent a sweep. Having an the option to Dynamax means Haxorus will not fear locking itself into Outrage or facing retaliation from defensive Pokemon, and the latter concern becomes more obsolete if forgoing Close Combat for Substitute at an expense of getting walled by Corviknight.

While Dynamaxing improves chances Haxorus will be successful, Haxorus is quite frail otherwise. Subpar defensive typing and vulnerability to all entry hazards can limit Haxorus's setup opportunities, and defensive Pokemon like Hippowdon or and Galarian Corsola-G can survive a boosted hit and respond with status moves. Haxorus remains as somewhat selfish offensive Pokemon due to team support it relies on for setup opportunities and bypassing checks. Unlike Haxorus, Gyarados is relatively free from this issue, (AC) as it can facilitate its sweep with Heavy Duty Boots and immunity to Sticky Web, as well as an optional use of the option to run Intimidate. Overall, while Haxorus faces more challenges to fit into offensive teams, it can pose a heavier threat with breakers like Swords Dance Zacian-C, entry hazard setters like Tyranitar and Mew, and if possible to fit, some anti-hazard support like Excadrill available in its team.