[SET]
Iron Valiant @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Fighting)
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psyshock / Vacuum Wave
- Shadow Ball / Aura Sphere / Trick
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with Choice Specs, Iron Valiant wonderfully fills the special attacker role for Fighting teams, bolstering its damage output to break through sturdy foes like defensive Dragon Dance Gouging Fire. Moonblast obliterates most Dark-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type Pokemon, while 2HKOing even Ting-Lu, Gouging Fire, and Assault Vest Iron Hands. Thunderbolt pressures Water- and Flying-type foes like Toxapex, Primarina, and Corviknight. Psychic or Psyshock lets it deal with Poison-type walls that would otherwise wall it, with Psychic targetting Amoonguss, Pecharunt, and Galarian Weezing, while Psyshock better addresses Clodsire. Alternatively, Vacuum Wave gives it a great priority option to finish off weakened foes and OHKO Greninja and Meowscarada after Stealth Rock damage. Shadow Ball is desirable for hitting Gholdengo and Pecharunt hard, but Aura Sphere and Trick are viable replacements, if the team already addresses them fairly well. Aura Sphere provides a reliable and strong STAB move option to break through Steel teams once Gholdengo is removed, while Trick allows it to cripple foes at the cost of its damage output.
With mediocre mixed bulk and an inability to switch moves, Choice Specs Iron Valiant needs to be surrounded by solid teammates that can handle its threats, such as Assault Vest Iron Hands, Assault Vest Gallade, Great Tusk, and Scrafty. Packing enormous HPand Attack stats, along with good defenses and a recovery option in Drain Punch, Assault Vest Iron Hands is the Fighting go-to option to tank special moves. (AP) Its coverage options in the form of Heavy Slam and Ice Punch let it suppress Flutter Mane, Dragapult, and Tornadus-T, while Volt Switch allows it to bring in Iron Valiant on the field safely. Despite being noticeably frailer in the general bulk department, Gallade more than makes up for it thanks to Sharpness granting it unparalleled immediate offensive output to pressure Dragon- and Poison-type threats, and its typing offers a desirable Psychic neutrality to the team. Similar to its paradox form, Gallade shines thanks to its movepool diversity, which lets it dispose of popular Choice Specs users like Greninja, Latios, and Flutter Mane, as well as taking out Poison-type foes like Okidogi, Amoonguss, and Clodsire. There is no shortage of matchups where Assault Vest Gallade proves itself useful, improving certain matchups at will by running other moves such as Leaf Blade and Aqua Cutter for the Water and Ground matchups, respectively. Thanks to its access to Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock, Great Tusk provides invaluable defensive support to Choice Specs Iron Valiant, which is further augmented by its access to Knock Off to cripple both offensive and defensive foes, by removing key items such as Choice Scarf and Leftovers. While its defensive set lets it handle Gouging Fire better, its offensive set can leverage its great Attack stat with Focus Sash to punish opposing wallbreakers like Flutter Mane, Dragapult, and Landorus. With access to reliable recovery thanks to Rest combined with Shed Skin, Scrafty sets itself apart as the sole bulky Psychic-immune Fighting-type Pokemon with great durability. Its typing offers a valuable Psychic immunity to the team, on top of a great Ghost resistance, which makes it a solid asset in the Ghost and Dragon matchups, as it can tank multiple Shadow Balls and Draco Meteors from the likes of Spectrier, Gholdengo, and Dragapult, preventing these teams from making progress by spamming these moves. Offensively, Choice Specs Iron Valiant pairs well with other Fighting-type wallbreakers like Keldeo, Urshifu-R, Sneasler, and Okidogi. Keldeo and Urshifu-R considerably ease the Ground, Flying, and Steel matchups by taking advantage of their great STAB combination to break through their defensive cores. Moreover, Calm Mind Keldeo can back up Iron Valiant in the Dark matchup, letting it run Psyshock over Vacuum Wave, while Urshifu-R can either opt for a Swords Dance set to secure both the Ground and Steel matchups, or it can use a Choice Scarf set to address Choice Specs Flutter Mane and Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Lastly, Sneasler and Okidogi bring a much-needed Fairy neutrality to the team and offer distinctive advantages. Choice Scarf Sneasler grants great speed control to the team and can deal with opposing Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, while Okidogi makes use of its good general bulk and great defensive typing to act as a fearsome setup sweeper in the Steel, Ghost, and Fairy matchups.
[SET CREDITS]
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Iron Valiant @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Fighting)
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psyshock / Vacuum Wave
- Shadow Ball / Aura Sphere / Trick
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with Choice Specs, Iron Valiant wonderfully fills the special attacker role for Fighting teams, bolstering its damage output to break through sturdy foes like defensive Dragon Dance Gouging Fire. Moonblast obliterates most Dark-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type Pokemon, while 2HKOing even Ting-Lu, Gouging Fire, and Assault Vest Iron Hands. Thunderbolt pressures Water- and Flying-type foes like Toxapex, Primarina, and Corviknight. Psychic or Psyshock lets it deal with Poison-type walls that would otherwise wall it, with Psychic targetting Amoonguss, Pecharunt, and Galarian Weezing, while Psyshock better addresses Clodsire. Alternatively, Vacuum Wave gives it a great priority option to finish off weakened foes and OHKO Greninja and Meowscarada after Stealth Rock damage. Shadow Ball is desirable for hitting Gholdengo and Pecharunt hard, but Aura Sphere and Trick are viable replacements, if the team already addresses them fairly well. Aura Sphere provides a reliable and strong STAB move option to break through Steel teams once Gholdengo is removed, while Trick allows it to cripple foes at the cost of its damage output.
With mediocre mixed bulk and an inability to switch moves, Choice Specs Iron Valiant needs to be surrounded by solid teammates that can handle its threats, such as Assault Vest Iron Hands, Assault Vest Gallade, Great Tusk, and Scrafty. Packing enormous HPand Attack stats, along with good defenses and a recovery option in Drain Punch, Assault Vest Iron Hands is the Fighting go-to option to tank special moves. (AP) Its coverage options in the form of Heavy Slam and Ice Punch let it suppress Flutter Mane, Dragapult, and Tornadus-T, while Volt Switch allows it to bring in Iron Valiant on the field safely. Despite being noticeably frailer in the general bulk department, Gallade more than makes up for it thanks to Sharpness granting it unparalleled immediate offensive output to pressure Dragon- and Poison-type threats, and its typing offers a desirable Psychic neutrality to the team. Similar to its paradox form, Gallade shines thanks to its movepool diversity, which lets it dispose of popular Choice Specs users like Greninja, Latios, and Flutter Mane, as well as taking out Poison-type foes like Okidogi, Amoonguss, and Clodsire. There is no shortage of matchups where Assault Vest Gallade proves itself useful, improving certain matchups at will by running other moves such as Leaf Blade and Aqua Cutter for the Water and Ground matchups, respectively. Thanks to its access to Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock, Great Tusk provides invaluable defensive support to Choice Specs Iron Valiant, which is further augmented by its access to Knock Off to cripple both offensive and defensive foes, by removing key items such as Choice Scarf and Leftovers. While its defensive set lets it handle Gouging Fire better, its offensive set can leverage its great Attack stat with Focus Sash to punish opposing wallbreakers like Flutter Mane, Dragapult, and Landorus. With access to reliable recovery thanks to Rest combined with Shed Skin, Scrafty sets itself apart as the sole bulky Psychic-immune Fighting-type Pokemon with great durability. Its typing offers a valuable Psychic immunity to the team, on top of a great Ghost resistance, which makes it a solid asset in the Ghost and Dragon matchups, as it can tank multiple Shadow Balls and Draco Meteors from the likes of Spectrier, Gholdengo, and Dragapult, preventing these teams from making progress by spamming these moves. Offensively, Choice Specs Iron Valiant pairs well with other Fighting-type wallbreakers like Keldeo, Urshifu-R, Sneasler, and Okidogi. Keldeo and Urshifu-R considerably ease the Ground, Flying, and Steel matchups by taking advantage of their great STAB combination to break through their defensive cores. Moreover, Calm Mind Keldeo can back up Iron Valiant in the Dark matchup, letting it run Psyshock over Vacuum Wave, while Urshifu-R can either opt for a Swords Dance set to secure both the Ground and Steel matchups, or it can use a Choice Scarf set to address Choice Specs Flutter Mane and Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Lastly, Sneasler and Okidogi bring a much-needed Fairy neutrality to the team and offer distinctive advantages. Choice Scarf Sneasler grants great speed control to the team and can deal with opposing Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, while Okidogi makes use of its good general bulk and great defensive typing to act as a fearsome setup sweeper in the Steel, Ghost, and Fairy matchups.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/showl.552160/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lustre.567354/
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