How to use Altaria in PU

[SET]
Name: Bulky defog support.
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Defog
Move 3: Toxic
Move 4: Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
nature: Calm
EVs: 20HP / 60SpA / 252SpD / 176Spe

[SET COMMENT]
Altaria's decent Special Defense and it's access to Cotton Guard and Natural cure could form a good support for your team. This set does struggle against Pawniard since it can't cripple it nor severly damage it. Defog gives Altaria some utility to remove entry hazards set up by the foe's pokemon. This set is reccomended to use as a lead slot to try and revome the stealth rocker or at least severly cripple it with Toxic. This could be key to breaking a hole with teammates like Lapras that are weak to the rocks.


[SET]
Name: Sleep cheese sweeper
Move 1: Sing
Move 2: Defog
Move 3: Draco Meteor
Move 4: Dream Eater
Item: Heavy-duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
nature: Calm
EVs: 12HP / 188SpA / 56SpD / 252Spe

[SET COMMENT]
I find this set absolutely hilarious to use as it could infuriate the foe. Sing does have 55 accuracy but if you can get one in, it could be worth your while. This set once again struggles with Pawniard as Dream Eater doesn't affect it. That is why when you put it to sleep, switch to something that does not mind taking stealth rock damage like Hitmonchan to nab a KO. As long as you are lucky.

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- Written by: [[Omar KN]]
- Quality checked by: [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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