Anything Goes Zygarde

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Zygarde @ Life Orb
Ability: Power Construct
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Thousand Arrows
- Outrage
- Stone Edge / Rest

Life Orb Dragon Dance Zygarde has taken AG by storm, using its immense bulk to get set up opportunities and Life Orb-boosted attacks to break through most of the metagame with its incredible STAB combination. During Dynamax, Max Quake gives Zygarde a Special Defense boost, making it harder for Calyrex-S, one of the premier revenge killers in the metagame, to take it down. Outrage helps Zygarde break through defensive Zygarde, opening holes for itself as well as teammates like Marshadow. Stone Edge lures the rare Shedinja, which otherwise counters this set, and makes it easier to beat Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Rest helps with longevity, making up for Life Orb recoil and healing off chip damage or status from defensive threats like Ho-Oh and Ferrothorn. Calyrex-S is a valuable cleric and appreciates Zygarde luring Yveltal and countering Tyranitar. Xerneas and Zacian-C both love Zygarde pressuring mutual checks like Necrozma-DM and Ho-Oh; in return, Xerneas provides cleric support. Ferrothorn is another great teammate, providing Spikes support to make it easier for Zygarde to wallbreak. 24 HP EVs minimize Zygarde-C's Life Orb recoil.

Here's an example of Life Orb Zygarde in action from AGPL:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8anythinggoes-1374778325-gqfs71y4w52evqy1hc285rzmj9t610rpw
 
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"Life Orb Dragon Dance Zygarde has taken AG by storm, using its immense bulk to get set up opportunities and an Adamant Nature with a Life Orb equipped to break through a large portion of the metagame." I would talk about Zygarde's great STAB combination at the ending instead. Thousand Arrows + Outrage hits almost the entire tier for neutral damage, and Shedinja drops to Stone Edge.

"Rest helps with longevity, healing off harmful status from Pokemon like Necrozma-DM and Ho-Oh which it can sometimes try to set up on." Toxic Necrozma-DM is pretty ass and Zygarde is immune to Thunder Wave. Mention that the recovery is useful against stuff like Ferrothorn instead, since Leech Seed wears you down a ton in conjunction with Life Orb recoil.

"Choice Scarf Calyrex-S with Aromatherapy would help if Rest is used to give Zygarde as many opportunities as possible, and Zygarde's ability to bait Yveltal with Stone Edge and switch into Tyranitar and set up also helps Calyrex-S." you could just remove the Choice Scarf bit since Choice Specs Calyrex-S is also used, even though scarf is more common.

Give a brief mention of what the EV spread does so that readers aren't confused by it.

If you have enough characters, I would add Ferrothorn as a teammate since Spikes support is really nice with Zygarde. If you're over the limit, then I would shorten down some stuff or remove Xerneas as a teammate because I don't see cleric sets being used with it.

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:ss/zygarde:

Zygarde @ Life Orb
Ability: Power Construct
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Thousand Arrows
- Outrage
- Stone Edge / Rest

Life Orb Dragon Dance Zygarde took has taken AG by storm, using its immense bulk to get set up opportunities and an Adamant Nature with a Life Orb Life Orb-boosted attacks to break through most of the metagame with its incredible STAB combination. During Dynamax,(AC) Max Quake from Thousand Arrows gives Zygarde a Special Defense boost, making it harder for Calyrex-S,(AC) one of the premier revenge killers in the metagame, Calyrex-S,(RC) to take it down. Defensive Zygarde checks some offensive Zygarde so Outrage is ran to break it, opening holes for Zygarde itself as well as teammates defensive Zygarde checks like Marshadow. Stone Edge baits the rare Shedinja which otherwise counters this set, as well as breaking Ho-Oh and Yveltal way easier. Outrage helps Zygarde break through defensive Zygarde, opening holes for Zygarde as well as teammates like Marshadow. Stone Edge lures the rare Shedinja, which otherwise counters this set, and makes it easier to beat Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Rest helps with longevity, making up for Life Orb recoil and healing off chip damage or status from defensive threats like Ho-Oh and Ferrothorn. Calyrex-S is a valuable cleric and appreciates Zygarde baiting luring(weakening also works) Yveltal and countering Tyranitar. Xerneas and Zacian-C both love it Zygarde pressuring mutual checks like Necrozma-DM and Ho-Oh;(comma to semicolon) while Xerneas can also act as cleric support in return,(AC) Xerneas provides cleric support. Ferrothorn is another great teammate, giving providing Spikes support to make Zygarde's job breaking it easier for Zygarde to wallbreak. 24 HP EVs minimize Zygarde-C's Life Orb recoil when in complete form.

Here's an example of Life Orb Zygarde in action from AGPL:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8anythinggoes-1374778325-gqfs71y4w52evqy1hc285rzmj9t610rpw
GP 1/1. Lmk if u disagree with any of the changes
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:ss/zygarde:

Zygarde @ Life Orb
Ability: Power Construct
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Thousand Arrows
- Outrage
- Stone Edge / Rest

Life Orb Dragon Dance Zygarde took has taken AG by storm, using its immense bulk to get set up opportunities and an Adamant Nature with a Life Orb Life Orb-boosted attacks to break through most of the metagame with its incredible STAB combination. During Dynamax,(AC) Max Quake from Thousand Arrows gives Zygarde a Special Defense boost, making it harder for Calyrex-S,(AC) one of the premier revenge killers in the metagame, Calyrex-S,(RC) to take it down. Defensive Zygarde checks some offensive Zygarde so Outrage is ran to break it, opening holes for Zygarde itself as well as teammates defensive Zygarde checks like Marshadow. Stone Edge baits the rare Shedinja which otherwise counters this set, as well as breaking Ho-Oh and Yveltal way easier. Outrage helps Zygarde break through defensive Zygarde, opening holes for Zygarde as well as teammates like Marshadow. Stone Edge lures the rare Shedinja, which otherwise counters this set, and makes it easier to beat Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Rest helps with longevity, making up for Life Orb recoil and healing off chip damage or status from defensive threats like Ho-Oh and Ferrothorn. Calyrex-S is a valuable cleric and appreciates Zygarde baiting luring(weakening also works) Yveltal and countering Tyranitar. Xerneas and Zacian-C both love it Zygarde pressuring mutual checks like Necrozma-DM and Ho-Oh;(comma to semicolon) while Xerneas can also act as cleric support in return,(AC) Xerneas provides cleric support. Ferrothorn is another great teammate, giving providing Spikes support to make Zygarde's job breaking it easier for Zygarde to wallbreak. 24 HP EVs minimize Zygarde-C's Life Orb recoil when in complete form.

Here's an example of Life Orb Zygarde in action from AGPL:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8anythinggoes-1374778325-gqfs71y4w52evqy1hc285rzmj9t610rpw
GP 1/1. Lmk if u disagree with any of the changes
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