[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Flower Trick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Sucker Punch / Play Rough / Thunder Punch
item: Choice Band
tera type: Dark / Grass / Fairy
ability: Protean
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Meowscarada is a powerful offensive pivot that excels at using its high Speed and Protean-boosted attacks to force progress against the enemy team. Knock Off will generally be Meowscarada's most used move due to its high power and ability to force progress through item removal. Flower Trick is Meowscarada's strongest attack, and its ability to always land a critical hit is very useful against foes that boost Defense, such as Dondozo, Curse Garganacl, and Bulk Up Great Tusk. With a Choice Band, Meowscarada has a good chance to OHKO offensive Great Tusk with Flower Trick. U-turn is great for grabbing momentum against Pokemon Meowscarada threatens out, such as Ting-Lu, Hydreigon, and Roaring Moon. Sucker Punch lets Meowscarada snipe faster foes such as Dragapult and Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Alternatively, Play Rough is an option that lets Meowscarada do great damage to Dragonite, which otherwise takes little from Meowscarada's attacks. Play Rough also allows Meowscarada to score an OHKO against Baxcalibur. Thunder Punch is a niche option to hit Corviknight and Tera Flying Pokemon super effectively. Low Kick may also potentially be used to OHKO Kingambit and Baxcalibur. Both Tera Dark and Tera Grass are good options to boost the power of Meowscarada's STAB moves to enormous levels. For example, Tera Grass enables Meowscarada to OHKO Clodsire most of the time, while Tera Dark Knock Off easily OHKOes standard bulky Cinderace. Tera Fairy is a niche option that boosts the power of Play Rough and can help Meowscarada avoid being revenge killed by priority such as Mach Punch from Breloom and Ice Shard from Baxcalibur, allowing it to OHKO them in return.
Choice Band Meowscarda's unique blend of speed and power lets it act as both a wallbreaker and pivot on offensive teams. In particular, Meowscarada's U-turn support couples well with powerful but frail wallbreakers such as Iron Valiant, Choice Specs Dragapult, and Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark by giving them free entry onto the battlefield. Hisuian Zoroark can also take advantage of Illusion and its immunity-laden typing to disguise itself as Meowscarada, which may force guesswork from the opponent and give it even more opportunities to fire off its strong attacks. Since Meowscarada forces many switches and can remove Heavy-Duty Boots through Knock Off, entry hazard support from Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp is highly recommended. Gholdengo is another good partner that can prevent attempts to remove entry hazards while also switching into Pokemon that threaten out Meowscarada, such as Breloom, Amoonguss, and Corviknight. In return, Gholdengo appreciates Meowscarada's ability to deal with Clodsire, Ting-Lu and Tera Water Garganacl. Kingambit is a great Pokemon that can serve as a late-game cleaner after Meowscarada has weakened an enemy team with U-turn and Knock Off. Dragon Dance Dragonite is another great cleaner that, like Kingambit, appreciates Meowscarada's ability to break past Dondozo.
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[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nimzowitsch.272785/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Flower Trick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Sucker Punch / Play Rough / Thunder Punch
item: Choice Band
tera type: Dark / Grass / Fairy
ability: Protean
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Meowscarada is a powerful offensive pivot that excels at using its high Speed and Protean-boosted attacks to force progress against the enemy team. Knock Off will generally be Meowscarada's most used move due to its high power and ability to force progress through item removal. Flower Trick is Meowscarada's strongest attack, and its ability to always land a critical hit is very useful against foes that boost Defense, such as Dondozo, Curse Garganacl, and Bulk Up Great Tusk. With a Choice Band, Meowscarada has a good chance to OHKO offensive Great Tusk with Flower Trick. U-turn is great for grabbing momentum against Pokemon Meowscarada threatens out, such as Ting-Lu, Hydreigon, and Roaring Moon. Sucker Punch lets Meowscarada snipe faster foes such as Dragapult and Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Alternatively, Play Rough is an option that lets Meowscarada do great damage to Dragonite, which otherwise takes little from Meowscarada's attacks. Play Rough also allows Meowscarada to score an OHKO against Baxcalibur. Thunder Punch is a niche option to hit Corviknight and Tera Flying Pokemon super effectively. Low Kick may also potentially be used to OHKO Kingambit and Baxcalibur. Both Tera Dark and Tera Grass are good options to boost the power of Meowscarada's STAB moves to enormous levels. For example, Tera Grass enables Meowscarada to OHKO Clodsire most of the time, while Tera Dark Knock Off easily OHKOes standard bulky Cinderace. Tera Fairy is a niche option that boosts the power of Play Rough and can help Meowscarada avoid being revenge killed by priority such as Mach Punch from Breloom and Ice Shard from Baxcalibur, allowing it to OHKO them in return.
Choice Band Meowscarda's unique blend of speed and power lets it act as both a wallbreaker and pivot on offensive teams. In particular, Meowscarada's U-turn support couples well with powerful but frail wallbreakers such as Iron Valiant, Choice Specs Dragapult, and Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark by giving them free entry onto the battlefield. Hisuian Zoroark can also take advantage of Illusion and its immunity-laden typing to disguise itself as Meowscarada, which may force guesswork from the opponent and give it even more opportunities to fire off its strong attacks. Since Meowscarada forces many switches and can remove Heavy-Duty Boots through Knock Off, entry hazard support from Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp is highly recommended. Gholdengo is another good partner that can prevent attempts to remove entry hazards while also switching into Pokemon that threaten out Meowscarada, such as Breloom, Amoonguss, and Corviknight. In return, Gholdengo appreciates Meowscarada's ability to deal with Clodsire, Ting-Lu and Tera Water Garganacl. Kingambit is a great Pokemon that can serve as a late-game cleaner after Meowscarada has weakened an enemy team with U-turn and Knock Off. Dragon Dance Dragonite is another great cleaner that, like Kingambit, appreciates Meowscarada's ability to break past Dondozo.
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[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nimzowitsch.272785/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hamiltonion.40598/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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