[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bitter Blade
move 3: Shadow Sneak
move 4: Close Combat / Solar Blade / Will-O-Wisp
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Desolate Land makes Ceruledge a devastating wallbreaker, leveraging its effective 3 immunites and ability to set up on tier staple Corviknight while boosting Bitter Blade's power to great heights. Shadow Sneak lets Ceruledge pick off weakened faster Pokemon like Chien-Pao, Hisuian Electrode, and Galarian Zapdos. Close Combat is Ceruledge's preferred coverage move, dealing with checks like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Well-Baked Body Corviknight at +2. Solar Blade is used to hit Water-types like Dondozo and Quaquaval, as well as being Ceruledge's best option into Well-Baked Body Landorus-T. Will-O-Wisp allows Ceruledge to cripple long-term checks like Toxapex and Regenerator Garchomp. Adamant is the more common nature for the power, but a Jolly nature gets the jump on maximum Speed Slither Wing and Heatran. Ceruledge fits well with partners like Kilowattrel and Zapdos, which appreciate shared checks like Roaring Moon and Garchomp being lured in and removed or crippled; in return, they pivot in Ceruledge on their switch-ins like Meloetta and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Ceruledge is threatened by Dark- and Ground-types, even ones it can burn, like Hydreigon and Donphan,. As such, partners that can switch into them, like Tinkaton and Quaquaval, are heavily recommended. Abilities that grant Fire immunites are common on Pokemon like Zapdos and Landorus-T, which Ceruledge struggles to deal with; thus, having a partner than can threaten them, like Chien-Pao or Meowscarda, is useful.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tranquility.475288/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/isaiah.375662/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tea-guzzler.577920/
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