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[SET]
Ice Scales (Zacian) @ Covert Cloak / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Ability Shield
Ability: Ice Scales
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Spirit Break / Magical Torque
- Haze
- Spikes / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Ice Scales Zacian is an effective special wall against prominent special attackers like Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Break dissuades setup from Arceus formes, Eternatus, and Palkia-O, though Magical Torque is a stronger alternative. While seemingly counter-productive with Spirit Break, Haze is the best option to neuter Nasty Plot Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost, and it also ensures Zacian beats No Retreat Arceus-Ghost. Spikes provides support for the team and makes progress against Strength Sap users. Spirit Shackle traps Imposter users, preventing them from recovering health for free on Zacian. Toxic punishes most setup special attackers like Calm Mind Arceus formes. Covert Cloak prevents burns from Palkia-O's Steam Eruption and protects against status conditions inflicted by Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage and keep Zacian healthy. Ability Shield is useful against Normalize users like Dragapult and Mold Breaker users like Palkia-O. Zacian pairs very well with a secondary specially defensive pivot like RegenVest Ting-Lu or Dialga-O, as they can scout for moves from Choice Specs users while not being chipped down by Volt Switch. In return, Zacian provides a switch-in to strong Dragon-type moves while also checking setup Pokemon like Palkia-O and Nasty Plot Flutter Mane. Imposter-proofs for Spikes variants include Fur Coat Groudon and Arceus-Ground, while Toxic variants can be Imposter-proofed by Arceus-Poison and Corviknight. Tera Steel provides a resistance to Iron Bundle and Flutter Mane's Boomburst while retaining a Dragon resistance, as well as providing a Toxic immunity.

[SET]
Fur Coat (Zacian) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Fur Coat
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Magical Torque / Spirit Break
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Zacian differentiates itself from other Fur Coat users with its high Speed, outspeeding dangerous physical threats like Koraidon and threatening them with Knock Off or Will-O-Wisp. Spirit Break is a weaker alternative to Magical Torque that offers more PP and a useful secondary effect, preventing Calm Mind Arceus formes and Torch Song Eternatus from freely setting up. Knock Off removes important items like Choice Band and Assault Vest from Pokemon like Groudon and Ting-Lu, respectively, as well as removing Imposter Chansey's Eviolite. Will-O-Wisp neutralizes most physical attackers like Koraidon. Spirit Shackle threatens to trap and eliminate Imposter users and physical threats walled by Zacian. Toxic cripples Imposter users and most Fur Coat users. Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage, allowing Zacian to check physical threats more reliably, while Covert Cloak provides protection against status conditions from Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Zacian can struggle to handle extremely powerful physical wallbreakers like Slaking and Groudon by itself, so secondary physical walls like Fur Coat Arceus formes are appreciated as teammates; they can also Imposter-proof Zacian. Despite outspeeding threats like Palkia-O and Flutter Mane, Zacian cannot switch in, so a special wall like Ice Scales Dialga-O or Chansey can help pivot Zacian in. Tera Water grants a resistance to V-create and Gigaton Hammer, the latterof which Koraidon commonly uses to threaten Zacian.

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[SET]
Zacian @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Fur Coat
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Magical Torque / Spirit Break
- Strength Sap / Will-O-Wisp
- Ceaseless Edge / Knock Off / Spirit Shackle

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Zacian differentiates itself from other Fur Coat users with its high Speed tier, allowing it to outspeed dangerous physical threats like Koraidon and threaten to neuter it threatening them with with Strength Sap or Will-O-Wisp. Spirit Break is a weaker alternative to Magical Torque that offers more PP and a useful side effect, preventing Calm Mind Arceus formes and Torch Song Eternatus from freely setting up, as well as weakening Miraidon to let Zacian 1v1 it beat it one-on-one. The last moveslot prevents Imposter users from freely switching in: Ceaseless Edge provides team support and is the best option to punish Arceus-Ghost;. (semi-colon to period) Knock Off removes important items like Choice Band and Assault Vest from Pokemon like Groudon and Ting-Lu;. (semi-colon to period) Spirit Shackle threatens to trap and eliminate Imposter users and physical threats walled by Zacian. Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazards damage, allowing Zacian to check physical threats more reliably, while Covert Cloak provides protection against status conditions from Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Zacian can struggle to handle extremely powerful physical wallbreakers like Calyrex-I or Groudon by itself, so a secondary physical walls like Fur Coat Arceus formes are appreciated as teammates; they can also Imposter-proof Zacian. Despite outspeeding threats like Miraidon and Palkia-O, Zacian cannot switch in, so a special wall like Dialga-O or Chansey can help pivot Zacian in. Tera Water lets Zacian handle Orichalcum Pulse users better, as well as resist incoming Gigaton Hammers grants a resistance to V-create, allowing Zacian to handle most Orichalcum Pulse users, and it also blanks Koraidon's Gigaton Hammer.

[SET]
Zacian @ Covert Cloak / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Ice Scales
Tera Type: Electric / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Spirit Break
- Haze
- Ceaseless Edge / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Ice Scales Zacian is an effective special wall against prominent special attackers, including like Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Break is the STAB move of choice to dissuades setup from Arceus formes, Eternatus, and Palkia-O, though Magical Torque can be a stronger alternative. While seemingly anti-synergetic counter-productive with Spirit Break, Haze is the best option to neuter Nasty Plot Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Ceaseless Edge provides Spikes for the team while punishing Arceus-Ghost;. (semi-colon to period) Spirit Shackle traps Imposter users, preventing them from recovering health for free on Zacian;. (semi-colon to period) Toxic is effective at punishing punishes most setup special attackers like Calm Mind Arceus formes. Covert Cloak prevents burns from Palkia-O's Steam Eruption, as well as protecting against status conditions inflicted by Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage and keep Zacian healthy. Zacian pairs very well with RegenVest Ting-Lu, who as it provides an immunity to Miraidon's Electric STABs that Zacian struggles with; Electric-type attacks, which Zacian cannot handle well. In return, Zacian provides a switch-in to Dragon-type (add hyphen) moves that pressure Ting-Lu, and it also checks Palkia-O and Flutter Mane. Imposter-proofs for Ceaseless Edge variants include Fur Coat Groudon and Arceus-Ground, while Toxic variants can be improofed by Steel-types like Corviknight. Tera Electric and Grass both provide a resistance to Miraidon's Electric STABs Electric-type attacks without being weak to Palkia-O, with Water; Electric offering offers an immunity to paralysis, (add comma) while Grass helping helps against Palkia-O.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Chessking345, 355040]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]

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[SET]
Zacian @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Fur Coat
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up maybe you could slash strength sap here instead of with wisp since they're both recovery moves, not mandatory though
- Magical Torque / Spirit Break
- Strength Sap / Will-O-Wisp
- Ceaseless Edge / Knock Off / Spirit Shackle

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Zacian differentiates itself from other Fur Coat users with its high Speed, allowing it to outspeed dangerous physical threats like Koraidon and threatening them with Strength Sap or Will-O-Wisp. Spirit Break is a weaker alternative to Magical Torque that offers more PP and a useful side effect, preventing Calm Mind Arceus formes and Torch Song Eternatus from freely setting up, as well as weakening Miraidon to let Zacian beat it one-one-one misspelled. The last moveslot prevents Imposter users from freely switching in: Ceaseless Edge provides team support by setting entry hazards and is the best option to punish Arceus-Ghost. Knock Off removes important items like Choice Band and Assault Vest from Pokemon like Groudon and Ting-Lu. Spirit Shackle threatens to trap and eliminate Imposter users and physical threats walled by Zacian. Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage, allowing Zacian to check physical threats more reliably, while Covert Cloak provides protection against status conditions from Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Zacian can struggle to handle extremely powerful physical wallbreakers like Calyrex-I or Groudon by itself does it struggle vs groudon? It can just wisp since groudon isn't likely to be tera fire, so secondary physical walls like Fur Coat Arceus formes are appreciated as teammates; they can also Imposter-proof Zacian. Despite outspeeding threats like Miraidon and Palkia-O, Zacian cannot switch in, so a special wall like Dialga-O or Ice Scales Chansey can help pivot Zacian in. Tera Water grants a resistance to V-create, allowing Zacian to handle most Orichalcum Pulse users, and it also blanks resist makes it easier to understand for newbies Koraidon's Gigaton Hammer.

[SET]
Zacian @ Covert Cloak / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Ice Scales
Tera Type: Electric / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Spirit Break / Magical Torque you mentioned torque as an alternative
- Haze
- Ceaseless Edge / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Ice Scales Zacian is an effective special wall against prominent special attackers like Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Break dissuades setup from Arceus formes, Eternatus, and Palkia-O, though Magical Torque can be a stronger alternative. While seemingly counter-productive with Spirit Break, Haze is the best option to neuter Nasty Plot Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Ceaseless Edge provides Spikes for the team while punishing Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Shackle traps Imposter users, preventing them from recovering health for free on Zacian. Toxic punishes most setup special attackers like Calm Mind Arceus formes. Covert Cloak prevents burns from Palkia-O's Steam Eruption, as well as protecting against status conditions inflicted by Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage and keep Zacian healthy. Zacian pairs very well with RegenVest Ting-Lu, as it provides an immunity to Miraidon's Electric-type attacks, which Zacian cannot handle well. In return, Zacian provides a switch-in to Dragon-type moves that pressure Ting-Lu, and it while also checksing Palkia-O and Flutter Mane. Imposter-proofs for Ceaseless Edge variants include Fur Coat Groudon and Arceus-Ground, while Toxic variants can be improofed by Steel-types like Corviknight and Arceus-Poison. Tera Electric and Grass both provide a resistance to Miraidon's Electric-type attacks without being weak to Water; Electric offers an immunity to paralysis, while Grass helps against Palkia-O.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Chessking345, 355040]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920], [TTTech, 338877]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
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[SET]
Ice Scales (Zacian) @ Covert Cloak / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Ability Shield
Ability: Ice Scales
Tera Type: Electric / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Spirit Break / Magical Torque it's a legit option and mentioned in analysis + is on second set, so might as well be here
- Haze
- Spikes / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Ice Scales Zacian is an effective special wall against prominent special attackers like Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Break dissuades setup from Arceus formes, Eternatus, and Palkia-O, though Magical Torque can be a stronger alternative. While seemingly counter-productive with Spirit Break, Haze is the best option to neuter Nasty Plot Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost, and it also ensures Zacian beats No Retreat Arceus-Ghost this is worth mentioning as break isn't the only attack option, and on torque sets you need haze to beat SNR without hoping you have tox + they aren't jungle. Spikes provides support for the team while being a good progress maker and makes progress against Strength Sap users. Spirit Shackle traps Imposter users, preventing them from recovering health for free on Zacian. Toxic punishes most setup special attackers like Calm Mind Arceus formes. Covert Cloak prevents burns from Palkia-O's Steam Eruption, as well as protecting against status conditions inflicted by Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage and keep Zacian healthy. Ability Shield is useful against Normalize users like Dragapult and Mold Breaker users like Palkia-O. Zacian pairs very well with a secondary specially defensive pivot like RegenVest Ting-Lu or Dialga-O, as they can scout for moves from Choice Specs users while not being chipped down by Volt Switch. In return, Zacian provides a switch-in to strong Dragon-type moves, while also checking setup Pokemon like Palkia-O and Nasty Plot Flutter Mane. Imposter-proofs for Spikes variants include Fur Coat Groudon and Arceus-Ground, while Toxic variants can be improofed Imposter-proofed by Arceus-Poison and Corviknight. Tera Electric offers a resistance to Volt Switch and Rising Voltage from Hadron Engine users i don't really see the purpose in tera electric rn. hadron + RV stuff is experiemental at best (and tera electric JUST for volt switch resist is wasteful), and you get a groudon / enam weakness + trade away fairy. para immune doesn't really justify it imo, as well as an immunity to paralysis. Tera Steel provides a resistance to Iron Bundle and Flutter Mane's Boombursts while retaining a Dragon resistance.

[SET]
Fur Coat (Zacian) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Fur Coat
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Magical Torque / Spirit Break
- Strength Sap / Will-O-Wisp why is sap + shore a possitility here? that seems pretty wasteful (not sapblocked by chansey + can sap on phys attackers is cool and all, but most good attackers you aren't going to be beating long-term with sap anyway). shore/fairy/knock/wisp, shackle, tox seems better as you also don't end up with double status, up to you though
- Knock Off / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Zacian differentiates itself from other Fur Coat users with its high Speed, allowing it to outspeed dangerous physical threats like Koraidon and threatening threaten them with Strength Sap or Will-O-Wisp. Spirit Break is a weaker alternative to Magical Torque that offers more PP and a useful side effect, preventing Calm Mind Arceus formes and Torch Song Eternatus from freely setting up. The last moveslot prevents Imposter users from freely switching in: Knock Off removes important items like Choice Band and Assault Vest from Pokemon like Groudon and Ting-Lu, respectively. Spirit Shackle threatens to trap and eliminate Imposter users and physical threats walled by Zacian. Toxic cripples Imposter users and most Fur Coat users as well as Imposter. Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage, allowing Zacian to check physical threats more reliably, while Covert Cloak provides protection against status conditions from Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Zacian can struggle to handle extremely powerful physical wallbreakers like Calyrex-I Slaking slaking is much more relevant, esp with opulse gone or and Groudon by itself, so secondary physical walls like Fur Coat Arceus formes are appreciated as teammates; they can also Imposter-proof Zacian. Despite outspeeding threats like Palkia-O and Flutter Mane, Zacian cannot switch in, so a special wall like Ice Scales Dialga-O or Chansey can help pivot Zacian in. Tera Water grants a resistance to V-create, as well as and Koraidon's Gigaton Hammer, the latter of which Koraidon commonly uses to threaten Zacian.

[CREDITS] this new format is preferred
- Written by: [[Chessking345, 355040]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920], [TTTech, 338877]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Ice Scales (Zacian) @ Covert Cloak / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Ability Shield
Ability: Ice Scales
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Spirit Break / Magical Torque
- Haze
- Spikes / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Ice Scales Zacian is an effective special wall against prominent special attackers like Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost. Spirit Break dissuades setup from Arceus formes, Eternatus, and Palkia-O, though Magical Torque is can be a stronger alternative. While seemingly counter-productive with Spirit Break, Haze is the best option to neuter Nasty Plot Palkia-O and Arceus-Ghost, and it also ensures Zacian beats No Retreat Arceus-Ghost. Spikes provides support for the team and makes progress against Strength Sap users. Spirit Shackle traps Imposter users, preventing them from recovering health for free on Zacian. Toxic punishes most setup special attackers like Calm Mind Arceus formes. Covert Cloak prevents burns from Palkia-O's Steam Eruption (rc) and protects as well as protecting unless there's a reason these are separated against status conditions inflicted by Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage and keep Zacian healthy. Ability Shield is useful against Normalize users like Dragapult and Mold Breaker users like Palkia-O. Zacian pairs very well with a secondary specially defensive pivot like RegenVest Ting-Lu or Dialga-O, as they can scout for moves from Choice Specs users while not being chipped down by Volt Switch. In return, Zacian provides a switch-in to strong Dragon-type moves (rc) while also checking setup Pokemon like Palkia-O and Nasty Plot Flutter Mane. Imposter-proofs for Spikes variants include Fur Coat Groudon and Arceus-Ground, while Toxic variants can be Imposter-proofed by Arceus-Poison and Corviknight. Tera Steel provides a resistance to Iron Bundle and Flutter Mane's Boomburst while retaining a Dragon resistance, as well as providing a Toxic immunity.

[SET]
Fur Coat (Zacian) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Fur Coat
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shore Up
- Magical Torque / Spirit Break
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp / Spirit Shackle / Toxic

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Zacian differentiates itself from other Fur Coat users with its high Speed, outspeeding allowing it to outspeed dangerous physical threats like Koraidon and threatening them with Knock Off or Will-O-Wisp. Spirit Break is a weaker alternative to Magical Torque that offers more PP and a useful secondary effect, preventing Calm Mind Arceus formes and Torch Song Eternatus from freely setting up. Knock Off removes important items like Choice Band and Assault Vest from Pokemon like Groudon and Ting-Lu, respectively, as well as removing Imposter Chansey's Eviolite. Will-O-Wisp neutralizes most physical attackers like Koraidon. Spirit Shackle threatens to trap and eliminate Imposter users and physical threats walled by Zacian. Toxic cripples Imposter users and most Fur Coat users. Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers help mitigate entry hazard damage, allowing Zacian to check physical threats more reliably, while Covert Cloak provides protection against status conditions from Nuzzle and Mortal Spin. Zacian can struggle to handle extremely powerful physical wallbreakers like Slaking and Groudon by itself, so secondary physical walls like Fur Coat Arceus formes are appreciated as teammates; they can also Imposter-proof Zacian. Despite outspeeding threats like Palkia-O and Flutter Mane, Zacian cannot switch in, so a special wall like Ice Scales Dialga-O or Chansey can help pivot Zacian in. Tera Water grants a resistance to V-create and Gigaton Hammer, the latterof which Koraidon commonly uses to threaten Zacian.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chessking345.355040/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tea-guzzler.577920/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tttech.338877/
Grammar checked by:
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