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[SET]
DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE (Offensive) (Miraidon) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs / Life Orb
Ability: Hadron Engine
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid / Modest Nature
Tera Type: Electric / Ice / Water
- Electro Drift
- Draco Meteor
- Volt Switch / U-turn
- Tera Blast / Dazzling Gleam / Overheat
[SET COMMENTS]
* With the boosts from Hadron Engine and Electric Terrain driving up its power to horrifying measurements, Miraidon is a shocking combination of special offense and support!
* **Volt Switch versus U-turn**: Miraidon is a fantastic pivot thanks to its high Speed and power. Volt Switch deals a massive surge of damage compared to most pivoting moves in the game, but U-turn's low power is made up for by the ability to pivot out of Ting-Lu, a common Miraidon check.
* **Dazzling Gleam**: If Miraidon is using Tera Fairy or Tera Electric Dazzling Gleam is handy for dealing decent chip damage to Ting-Lu.
* **Overheat**: Overheat deals huge damage to Rillaboom, which will often try to reduce Miraidon's power with Grassy Surge. It also hits the rare Iron Treads, which resists all of Miraidon's other coverage moves except Tera Blast Ice or Water.
* **Timid versus Modest**: Miraidon is in a highly contested Speed tier, making a Timid nature the preferred option in case of Speed ties. However, if it's using Choice Specs and Tera Electric, a Modest nature offers such a notable power boost that Electro Drift has a good shot of 2HKOing specially defensive Wo-Chien!
Other Options
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* **Dragon Pulse**: Although it doesn't offer the sheer wallbreaking power of Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse is a better cleaning tool while Ground-types are still lurking around.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Miraidon is perfectly capable of ripping through teams on its own, but Terastallization can either stop certain revenge kill attempts or open up new foes to zap.
* **Electric**: Removing the weaknesses of Miraidon's part-Dragon typing makes Tera Electric already good, and jolting up Electro Drift's power means even Blissey and Electric-resistant Pokemon like bulky Ogerpon-H and specially defensive Wo-Chien take serious damage, especially if Miraidon is holding Choice Specs! Tera Electric also allows Choice Scarf sets to OHKO most Flutter Mane Electro Drift.
* **Ice**: Despite being a poor defensive typing, Tera Ice stops Chien-Pao from defeating Miraidon with Icicle Crash while giving it a new coverage attack against Ting-Lu, Rillaboom, and Landorus-T in Tera Blast.
* **Water**: Tera Water is a far better defensive alternative to Tera Ice for taking on Chien-Pao and drowning Ground-types with Tera Blast at the cost of making Rillaboom a huge problem and Miraidon mirror matchups shaky.
* **Fairy**: Not only is Tera Fairy great for soaking up Dragon-type attacks, it also provides handy coverage against Ting-Lu with a boosted Dazzling Gleam.
Items
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* **Choice Scarf**: Koraidon and Flutter Mane boost their Speed often enough where Choice Scarf gives Miraidon a fighting chance of moving first anyway and it makes Miraidon a powerful revenge killer in general.
* **Choice Specs**: Choice Specs wires up Miraidon into a powerful wallbreaker, with only Blissey, Chansey, and Ground-types being able to effectively handle repeated Electro Drifts. With Tera Electric, not even Blissey can withstand Electro Drift!
* **Life Orb**: Miraidon is threatening enough such that some Pokemon such as Alomomola will use Tera Ground to punish its use of Choice items, so Life Orb is a reasonable alternative for extra power at the cost of compromising Miraidon's bulk.
[SET]
Tank (Miraidon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Hadron Engine
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Electric
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 196 SpA / 36 SpD / 20 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
- Electro Drift
- Draco Meteor
- Parabolic Charge / Volt Switch
- Tera Blast / Volt Switch / Dazzling Gleam
[SET COMMENTS]
* Focusing on bulk with Assault Vest rather than Speed and raw power may seem counter to Miraidon's purpose, but this set showcases its impressive skills as a tank!
* **Parabolic Charge**: Electric Terrain juices Parabolic Charge up into one of the most powerful healing attacks around, which is a perfect fit for this set's focus on bulk. Even foes like Calyrex-S are still usually 2HKOed by Parabolic Charge!
* **Volt Switch**: Miraidon's bulk makes it a great pivot with Volt Switch, especially once Ground-types are dealt with. Just note that it does come at the cost of healing or coverage.
* **Dazzling Gleam**: If Miraidon is using Tera Fairy, Dazzling Gleam is a reasonable way to wear down Ting-Lu switching in.
Other Options
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* **Overheat**: This Miraidon variant is particularly vulnerable to the power reduction from Rillaboom's Grassy Surge and the rare but troublesome Assault Vest Iron Treads, giving Overheat a niche to hit them hard.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Assault Vest Miraidon has enough bulk that even Dragon- and Fairy-type attacks are unlikely to KO it, but Terastallization still helps it keep in good shape.
* **Water**: Tera Water greatly helps against potential Chien-Pao revenge kills as well as making Tera Blast into a powerful tool against Ground-types. Just be warned that this Tera type gives Rillaboom, the Ogerpon formes, and opposing Miraidon a much easier time revenge killing this set.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy makes powerful Dragon-type attacks bounce off Miraidon, which is perfect for revenge killing Outrage-locked threats like Koraidon, and it increases Dazzling Gleam's power for wearing down Ting-Lu.
* **Electric**: While this set isn't focused on wallbreaking, Tera Electric boosts Electro Drift such that it still electrocutes most Pokemon anyways, and it comes with the bonus of removing all weaknesses associated with Miraidon's part-Dragon typing.
* **Steel**: Retaining the Ground weakness means Tera Steel doesn't have the best synergy with Miraidon's original typing, but the Toxic immunity and new resistances to Dragon and Fairy make it a reasonable option.
* **Ice**: Tera Ice provides both a vital resistance to Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and powerful coverage against Ground- and Dragon-types alike in Tera Blast, but note that its poor defensive qualities are a bigger sticking point for a tank.
EV Spreads
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* All of the EV spreads below are designed to survive Draco Meteor from opposing Timid Miraidon that lack an offensive item, improving the mirror matchup. If some extra EVs are needed elsewhere, the Special Defense investment can be reduced to 20 EVs so that opposing Timid Miraidon will only be able to OHKO on the highest Draco Meteor roll.
* **252 HP / 4 Def / 196 SpA / 36 SpD / 20 Spe with Modest**: This spread lets Miraidon outspeed Jolly Landorus-T, giving it an extra bit of power and the ability to set Electric Terrain up against Timid Indeedee leads.
* ** 252 HP / 4 Def / 148 SpA / 36 SpD / 68 Spe with Modest**: This spread allows Miraidon to outspeed Jolly Urshifu formes and Mimikyu, both of which can threaten serious damage.
* **252 HP / 4 Def / 156 SpA / 36 SpD / 60 Spe with Timid**: This spread gives up a significant amount of power in exchange for outspeeding Jolly Ogerpon formes and Timid Alolan Ninetales.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Electric Terrain Teammates
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Hadron Engine doesn't have to just be for Miraidon's benefit. While almost any Pokemon appreciates sleep moves being shut down, there are a few specific types of Pokemon that love Electric Terrain being set up.
* **Electric Seed Sweepers and Sneasler**: The one-time Defense boost from Electric Seed can be just what some sweepers need to set up. While most bulky sweepers can benefit from Electric Seed, Sneasler is one of the best options thanks to taking advantage of Unburden as well, meaning it'll outspeed even Choice Scarf Calyrex-S!
* **Iron Bundle**: Iron Bundle reigns as the supreme choice that most teams should consider over other Quark Drive Pokemon. It can use the ability's Speed boost to outpace Pokemon in the highly contested base 135 Speed tier regardless of their items, making it a fearsome late-game cleaner and user of Encore!
* **Other Quark Drive Pokemon**: There are more niche Paradox Pokemon that benefit from Miraidon's Electric Terrain, such as Focus Sash Iron Valiant, Power Herb Iron Moth, and Iron Hands. However, Iron Bundle will usually fit most teams better.
Speed EV Benchmarks
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* **20 Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Landorus-T.
* **68 Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Urshifu formes and Jolly Mimikyu.
* **100 Spe**: This outspeeds Timid Chi-Yu.
* **60+ Spe or 188 Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Ogerpon formes, Timid Iron Moth, and Timid Alolan Ninetales.
* **68+ Spe or 196 Spe**: This outspeeds positive-natured Scream Tail.
* **132+ Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Roaring Moon as well as neutral-natured Miraidon, Koraidon, Chien-Pao, and Flutter Mane.
* **140+ Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Sneasler that have not activated Unburden.
* **220+ Spe**: This outspeeds Timid Eternatus.
[CREDITS]
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