Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Trailblaze
- Wild Charge / Close Combat
The behemoth sharpens its blade! Trailblaze raises Zacian-C's Speed against Grass-weak or weakened foes, allowing it to outspeed the entire metagame and making it an excellent counter to hyper offense teams, which have few +1 Speed Zacian-C counters. However, Intrepid Sword activates only once, so Zacian-C is primarily seen as a sweeper on hyper offense. +3 Wild Charge can OHKO Kyogre and Ho-Oh, which otherwise trouble Zacian-C. Close Combat deals greater damage to Necrozma-DM, Kingambit, and Arceus. In some situations, Zacian-C may need to switch in and exploit its Fairy typing to prevent Koraidon from setting up with Scale Shot. Tera Flying grants a Ground immunity and completely turns the tables on Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T, which normally beat Zacian-C. However, Zacian-C still requires teammates like Kyogre and Eternatus to check Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM because it may not have chance to set up. Koraidon is also a great teammate, as Zacian-C can overwhelm defensive Pokemon like Landorus-T, Arceus-Water, and Ho-Oh and force Dondozo to rest. In return, Koraidon exploits the opponent's weakened defensive core and can try to sweep after Zacian-C's overwhelms their shared checks.
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Trailblaze
- Wild Charge / Close Combat
The behemoth sharpens its blade! Trailblaze raises Zacian-C's Speed against Grass-weak or weakened foes, allowing it to outspeed the entire metagame and making it an excellent counter to hyper offense teams, which have few +1 Speed Zacian-C counters. However, Intrepid Sword activates only once, so Zacian-C is primarily seen as a sweeper on hyper offense. +3 Wild Charge can OHKO Kyogre and Ho-Oh, which otherwise trouble Zacian-C. Close Combat deals greater damage to Necrozma-DM, Kingambit, and Arceus. In some situations, Zacian-C may need to switch in and exploit its Fairy typing to prevent Koraidon from setting up with Scale Shot. Tera Flying grants a Ground immunity and completely turns the tables on Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T, which normally beat Zacian-C. However, Zacian-C still requires teammates like Kyogre and Eternatus to check Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM because it may not have chance to set up. Koraidon is also a great teammate, as Zacian-C can overwhelm defensive Pokemon like Landorus-T, Arceus-Water, and Ho-Oh and force Dondozo to rest. In return, Koraidon exploits the opponent's weakened defensive core and can try to sweep after Zacian-C's overwhelms their shared checks.
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