National Dex UU Latios [QC: 1/1] [GP: 1/1]

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[SET]
name: Special Wallbreaker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Trick / Roost
move 4: Mystical Fire / Thunderbolt
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Dragon / Electric / Fairy
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Latios is an elite wallbreaker thanks largely to its raw power. Its powerful STAB move in Draco Meteor allows Latios to demolish all but the sturdiest neutral targets, including Tyranitar, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon. It can leverage its solid Speed stat versus common offensive Pokemon such as Victini, Galarian Zapdos, Sandy Shocks, and Blacephalon as well as its numerous useful resistances to create opportunities to unleash devastating moves. Psyshock is preferred over Psychic to defeat specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey, Chansey, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking more easily. Trick is used on Choice Specs sets to cripple would-be walls such as Jirachi, Grimmsnarl, and Clefable, while Roost allows Life Orb variants to offset the item's recoil. Mystical Fire is preferred on Latios to hit Steel-types such as Aegislash, Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Celesteela. It can also choose to use Thunderbolt in combination with Tera Electric to flip important matchups such as Tapu Fini, Slowking, and physically defensive Clefable while also providing a consistent way to damage most Steel-types. Choice Specs is preferred to maximize damage output, but Life Orb can also be chosen in order to enable switching moves, at the cost of the ability to eliminate Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Hippowdon with Draco Meteor. When running Mystical Fire, Tera Dragon is usually best to boost Draco Meteor to outrageous levels, but Tera Fairy can also be chosen to gain a resistance to Tyranitar's Pursuit and a better matchup into opposing Dragon-types. Latios's ability to blow away physical walls makes it an excellent partner to any physical wallbreaker. Latios appreciates opportunities to fire off powerful attacks, so Pokemon with pivoting moves such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, Galarian Zapdos, and Scizor make for good partners. Latios struggles with Choice Scarf users able to force it to switch, such as Tapu Fini, Blacephalon, and Latias, as well as Pokemon able to naturally outspeed it such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, and Alakazam. These weaknesses can be alleviated with defensive pivots able to switch into these threats, such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, Aegislash, and Galarian Slowking. Latios also pairs well with supportive Pokemon like Clefable, Mewoscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar that are able to help it break through walls through utility moves such as entry hazards or Knock Off. Latios pairs especially well with Fighting-type wallbreakers such as Buzzwole, Galarian Zapdos, and Iron Hands due to their favorable matchups into the Steel- and Dark-types looking to switch into Latios's STAB moves. In return, Latios offers a Psychic resistance and a favourable matchup into physically defensive Pokemon such as Skarmory, Slowbro, and opposing Buzzwole.


[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Agility
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Aura Sphere
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Steel
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Access to Calm Mind and Stored Power make Latios an overwhelming setup sweeper. It makes use of the synergy between its boosting moves and Weakness Policy to punish opponents both for choosing to attack it and for choosing not to attack it. Stored Power allows Latios to take advantage of stat boosts even versus Unaware Pokemon such as Clefable and Skeledirge. Aura Sphere is chosen to threaten the only Pokemon able to survive a boosted Stored Power: Dark-types like Meowscarada, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Tera Steel is essential to this set, providing an important Toxic immunity as well as resistances to potential priority moves such as Scizor's Bullet Punch. Latios fits best on hyper offense teams, which require support from Pokemon such as Excadrill, Iron Treads, and lead Meowscarada that can set entry hazards for Latios to secure important KOs late-game. Grimmsnarl's dual screens deserve a special mention, as Latios relies on them to safely set up or activate Weakness Policy. It struggles with strategies able to interrupt its setup without activating Weakness Policy, such as phazing moves from Ting-Lu and Skarmory and specially defensive Pokemon able to trade hits with Latios such as Scizor, Aegislash, and Celesteela. Setup sweepers such as Serperior, Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, and Scizor aid with overwhelming Steel-types, while Blaziken, Z-Celebrate Victini, and Meteor Beam Celesteela can threaten the Steel-types once they have been forced in. Pokemon halted by Unaware users appreciate Latios's ability to boost past them, namely Dragon Dance Mega Aerodactyl, Gyarados, and Blaziken.


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[SET]
name: Special Breaker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Trick / Roost
move 4: Mystical Fire / Thunderbolt
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Dragon / Electric / Fairy
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Latios is an elite wallbreaker thanks largely to its raw power. Access to a powerful STAB move in Draco Meteor allows Latios to demolish all but the sturdiest neutral targets what are some examples 2HKO/OHKOed by it?. It can leverage its solid speed stat what are some key offensive which you can outspeed? as well as its numerous useful resistances to create opportunities to unleash devastating moves. Briefly mention why Psyshock is preferred over Psychic, namely against specific targets. Mystical Fire is preferred on Latios to hit Steel-types such as Aegislash, Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Celesteela. It can also choose to use Thunderbolt in combination with Tera Electric to flip important matchups such as Tapu Fini and physically defensive Clefable, while also providing a consistent way to damage most Steel-types. When running Mystical Fire, Tera Dragon is usually best to boost Draco Meteor to outrageous levels, but Tera Fairy can also be run to add a resistance to Tyranitar's Pursuit and a better matchup into opposing Dragon-types. Trick is used on Choice Specs sets to cripple passive would-be walls such as Chansey and Blissey Both take enormous amounts from Specs Shock which isn't hard to click, so its worth looking for sturdier SpDef examples, while Roost allows Life Orb variants to negate the item's recoil. Latios's ability to blow away physical walls makes it an excellent partner to any physical breaker. Pokemon with access to pivoting moves such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, Galarian Zapdos, and Scizor are able to provide Latios a free opportunity to KO their switch-ins. Latios struggles when it is not given free turns to fire off powerful attacks. It struggles with Choice Scarf users able to force it to switch such as Tapu Fini, Blacephalon, and Latias, as well as Pokemon able to naturally outspeed it such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, and Alakazam. This weakness can be alleviated with defensive pivots able to switch into these threats, such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, Aegislash, and Galarian Slowking. What are some example teammates which can deal with the types of walls Latios is weak to?

Consider adding Knock Off and entry hazard users to this section; both are superb at chipping down the Steels and Darks into range without forcing Lati to Trick or if you're running Orb.

[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Agility
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Aura Sphere
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Steel
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Access to Calm Mind and Stored Power make Latios an overwhelming setup sweeper. It makes use of the synergy between its boosting moves and Weakness Policy, allowing it to punish opponents both for choosing to attack it and for choosing not to attack it. Give a brief mention of Stored Power being good due to ignoring Unaware from Dirge and Clef. Aura Sphere is chosen to threaten the only pokemon able to survive boosted Stored Power, Dark-types. Such as? Tera Steel is essential to this set, providing an important Toxic immunity as well as extra chances to obtain potentially game ending boosts Add that it also negates revenge killing attempts from Pokemon like Scizor as well. Latios fits best on hyper offense teams, which require support from lead pokemon such as Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Lead Meowscarada that can set entry hazards for Latios to secure important KOes late-game. Grimmsnarl. Given that you already go in detail about Screens next sentence, I'd say it's best to leave this part to entry hazard setters only as it is. Grimmsnarl's dual screens deserve a special mention, as Latios relies on them to safely setup or activate Weakness Policy. It struggles with strategies able to interrupt its setup without activating Weakness Policy, such as phasing moves from Ting-Lu, and Skarmory.

As is is, there are some mentions abstained from here that can help expand the teammates section, so I'll briefly bullet point what else is needed before rechecking this:

- Mons that can help weaken/take advantage of checks to this set for it to be able to sweep later (Include both mons which share the same answers to Lati or mons which can punish said check for attempting to double).
- Other checks like SpDef Steels should be added with the existing mentions of Ting-Lu and Skarm as both also annoy it.
- Things that appreciate Latios's ability to deal with Unaware mons.



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[SET]
name: Special Breaker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Trick / Roost
move 4: Mystical Fire / Thunderbolt
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Dragon / Electric / Fairy
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Latios is an elite wallbreaker thanks largely to its raw power. Access to a powerful STAB move in Draco Meteor allows Latios to demolish all but the sturdiest neutral targets, including Tyranitar, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon. It can leverage its solid speed stat vs common offensive pokemon such as Kyurem, Victini, Galarian Zapdos, and Blacephalon, as well as its numerous useful resistances to create opportunities to unleash devastating moves. Psyshock is preferred over Psychic to helps defeat specially defensive pokemon such as Blissey, Chansey, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking more easily. Mystical Fire is preferred on Latios to hit Steel-types such as Aegislash, Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Celesteela. It can also choose to use Thunderbolt in combination with Tera Electric to flip important matchups such as Tapu Fini, Slowking, and physically defensive Clefable, while also providing a consistent way to damage most Steel-types. Briefly point out that Specs is usually the preferred option for the best output (namely against things like offensive TTar) but Life Orb over Specs lets you switch up moves at the expense of power and rolls here. When running Mystical Fire, Tera Dragon is usually best to boost Draco Meteor to outrageous levels, but Tera Fairy can also be run to add a resistance to Tyranitar's Pursuit and a better matchup into opposing Dragon-types. Trick is used on Choice Specs sets to cripple would-be walls such as Jirachi, Grimmsnarl, and Clefable, while Roost allows Life Orb variants to negate the item's recoil. Latios's ability to blow away physical walls makes it an excellent partner to any physical wallbreaker. Pokemon with access to pivoting moves such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, Galarian Zapdos, and Scizor are able to provide Latios a free opportunity to KO their switch-ins. Latios struggles when it is not given free turns to fire off powerful attacks. Merge this with the above mention of pivots as teammates, this is essentially what it leads into It struggles with Choice Scarf users able to force it to switch such as Tapu Fini, Blacephalon, and Latias, as well as Pokemon able to naturally outspeed it such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, and Alakazam. This weakness can be alleviated with defensive pivots able to switch into these threats, such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, Aegislash, and Galarian Slowking. Latios also pairs well with supportive Pokemon able to help it break through walls, through utility such as entry hazards or Knock Off from the likes of Clefable, Meowscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar. Add Fighting-types such as Buzzwole and Iron Hands in their own section as examples to take advantage of defensive checks, give away some things Latios can do for them in return as well, based on what's mentioned here already.

[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Agility
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Aura Sphere
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Steel
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Access to Calm Mind and Stored Power make Latios an overwhelming setup sweeper. It makes use of the synergy between its boosting moves and Weakness Policy, allowing it to punish opponents both for choosing to attack it and for choosing not to attack it. Stored Power allows Latios to take advantage of stat boosts even vs Unaware Pokemon such as Clefable and Skeledirge. Aura Sphere is chosen to threaten the only pokemon able to survive boosted Stored Power, Dark-types like Meowscarada, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Tera Steel is essential to this set, providing an important Toxic immunity as well as extra chances to obtain potentially game ending boosts. This part is redundant since you go into the resistances aspect in the next paragraph, which I'd also merge with this since you already bring up the Tox immune being helpful defensively. A Steel typing also adds resistances to potential priority moves such as Scizor's Bullet Punch. Latios fits best on hyper offense teams, which require support from lead pokemon such as Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Lead Meowscarada that can set entry hazards for Latios to secure important KOes late-game. Grimmsnarl's dual screens deserve a special mention, as Latios relies on them to safely setup or activate Weakness Policy. It struggles with strategies able to interrupt its setup without activating Weakness Policy, such as phasing moves from Ting-Lu, and Skarmory, as well as specially defensive Pokemon able to trade hits with Latios such as Scizor, Aegislash, and Celesteela. Setup sweepers such as Serperior, Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, and Scizor aid with overwhelming Steel-types, while Blaziken, Z-Victini Be sure to specify sets like these in case any meta changes happen, and Celesteela can threaten the Steel-type Pokemon once they have been forced in. Pokemon halted by Unaware users appreciate Latios's ability to boost past them, namely Hydreigon I'm assuming this is for Plot Dreigon but since standard Tera Steel already beats these consistently, it's def better if you put something else here, like DD MAero, Gyarados, and Blaziken, among others.


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[SET]
name: Special Breaker Wallbreaker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Trick / Roost
move 4: Mystical Fire / Thunderbolt
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Dragon / Electric / Fairy
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Latios is an elite wallbreaker thanks largely to its raw power. Access to a powerful STAB move in Draco Meteor allows Latios to demolish all but the sturdiest neutral targets, including Tyranitar, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon. It can leverage its solid speed Speed stat vs common offensive pokemon Pokemon such as Victini, Galarian Zapdos, Sandy Shocks, and Blacephalon, (remove comma) as well as its numerous useful resistances to create opportunities to unleash devastating moves. Psyshock is preferred over Psychic to defeat specially defensive pokemon Pokemon such as Blissey, Chansey, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking more easily ("more easily" was bold). Trick is used on Choice Specs sets to cripple would-be walls such as Jirachi, Grimmsnarl, and Clefable, while Roost allows Life Orb variants to negate offset the item's recoil. (this sentence was moved to match the move order of the set) Mystical Fire is preferred on Latios to hit Steel-types such as Aegislash, Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Celesteela. It can also choose to use Thunderbolt in combination with Tera Electric to flip important matchups such as Tapu Fini, (this comma was bold) Slowking, (same here) and physically defensive Clefable, (remove comma) while also providing a consistent way to damage most Steel-types. Choice Specs is preferred to maximize damage output, but Life Orb can also be chosen in order to switch enable switching moves, at the cost of the ability to eliminate Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Hippowdon with Draco Meteor. When running Mystical Fire, Tera Dragon is usually best to boost Draco Meteor to outrageous levels, but Tera Fairy can also be run to add gain a resistance to Tyranitar's Pursuit and a better matchup into opposing Dragon-types. Latios's ability to blow away physical walls makes it an excellent partner to any physical wallbreaker. Latios appreciates opportunities to fire off powerful attacks, so Pokemon with access to pivoting moves such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, Galarian Zapdos, and Scizor make for good pairings partners. It Latios struggles with Choice Scarf users able to force it to switch, (add comma) such as Tapu Fini, Blacephalon, and Latias, as well as Pokemon able to naturally outspeed it such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, and Alakazam. This weakness These weaknesses can be alleviated with defensive pivots able to switch into these threats, such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, Aegislash, and Galarian Slowking. Latios also pairs well with supportive Pokemon like Clefable, Mewoscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar that are able to help it break through walls, (remove comma) through utility moves such as entry hazards or Knock Off from the likes of Clefable, Meowscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar. Latios pairs especially well with Fighting-type wallbreakers such as Buzzwole, Zapdos-Galar Galarian Zapdos, and Iron Hands due to their favourable matchups into the Steel Steel- and Dark-types looking to switch into Latios's STAB moves. In return, Latios offers a Psychic resistance and a favourable matchup into physically defensive Pokemon such as Skarmory, Slowbro, and opposing Buzzwole.


[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Agility
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Aura Sphere
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Steel
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Access to Calm Mind and Stored Power make Latios an overwhelming setup sweeper. It makes use of the synergy between its boosting moves and Weakness Policy, allowing it to punish opponents both for choosing to attack it and for choosing not to attack it. Stored Power allows Latios to take advantage of stat boosts even vs Unaware Pokemon such as Clefable and Skeledirge. Aura Sphere is chosen to threaten the only pokemon Pokemon able to survive a boosted Stored Power,: (comma to colon) Dark-types like Meowscarada, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Tera Steel is essential to this set, providing an important Toxic immunity as well as resistances to potential priority moves such as Scizor's Bullet Punch. Latios fits best on hyper offense teams, which require support from pokemon Pokemon such as Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Lead lead Meowscarada that can set entry hazards for Latios to secure important KOes KOs late-game. Grimmsnarl's dual screens deserve a special mention, as Latios relies on them to safely setup set up or activate Weakness Policy. It struggles with strategies able to interrupt its setup without activating Weakness Policy, such as phasing phazing moves from Ting-Lu, (remove comma) and Skarmory, (remove comma) as well as specially defensive Pokemon able to trade hits with Latios such as Scizor, Aegislash, and Celesteela. Setup sweepers such as Serperior, Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, and Scizor aid with overwhelming Steel-types, while Blaziken, Z-Victini Z-Celebrate Victini (I assume this is the Z-Move you are referring to; if not, change it), and Meteor Beam Celesteela can threaten the Steel-types once they have been forced in. Pokemon halted by Unaware users appreciate Latios's ability to boost past them, namely Dragon Dance Mega Aerodactyl, Gyarados, and Blaziken, among others.


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[SET]
name: Special Breaker Wallbreaker
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Trick / Roost
move 4: Mystical Fire / Thunderbolt
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Dragon / Electric / Fairy
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Latios is an elite wallbreaker thanks largely to its raw power. Access to a powerful STAB move in Its powerful STAB Draco Meteor allows Latios to demolish all but the sturdiest neutral targets, including Tyranitar, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon. It can leverage its solid speed Speed stat vs versus common offensive pokemon Pokemon such as Victini, Galarian Zapdos, Sandy Shocks, and Blacephalon, (remove comma) as well as its numerous useful resistances to create opportunities to unleash devastating moves. Psyshock is preferred over Psychic to defeat specially defensive pokemon Pokemon such as Blissey, Chansey, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking more easily ("more easily" was bold). Trick is used on Choice Specs sets to cripple would-be walls such as Jirachi, Grimmsnarl, and Clefable, while Roost allows Life Orb variants to negate offset the item's recoil. (this sentence was moved to match the move order of the set) Mystical Fire is preferred on Latios to hit Steel-types such as Aegislash, Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Celesteela. It can also choose to use Thunderbolt in combination with Tera Electric to flip important matchups such as Tapu Fini, (this comma was bold) Slowking, (same here) and physically defensive Clefable, (remove comma) while also providing a consistent way to damage most Steel-types. Choice Specs is preferred to maximize damage output, but Life Orb can also be chosen in order to switch enable switching moves, remove comma at the cost of the ability to eliminate Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Hippowdon with Draco Meteor. When running Mystical Fire, Tera Dragon is usually best to boost Draco Meteor to outrageous levels, but Tera Fairy can also be run to add gain a resistance to Tyranitar's Pursuit and a better matchup into opposing Dragon-types. Latios's ability to blow away physical walls makes it an excellent partner to any physical wallbreaker. Latios appreciates opportunities to fire off powerful attacks, so Pokemon with access to pivoting moves such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, Galarian Zapdos, and Scizor make for good pairings partners. It Latios struggles with Choice Scarf users able to force it to switch, (add comma) such as Tapu Fini, Blacephalon, and Latias, as well as Pokemon able to naturally outspeed it such as Cinderace, Meowscarada, and Alakazam. This weakness These weaknesses can be alleviated with defensive pivots able to switch into these threats, such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, Aegislash, and Galarian Slowking. Latios also pairs well with supportive Pokemon like Clefable, Mewoscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar that are able to help it break through walls, (remove comma) through utility moves such as entry hazards or Knock Off from the likes of Clefable, Meowscarada, Iron Treads, Ting-Lu, and Mega Tyranitar. Latios pairs especially well with Fighting-type wallbreakers such as Buzzwole, Zapdos-Galar Galarian Zapdos, and Iron Hands due to their favourable favorable matchups into the Steel Steel- and Dark-types looking to switch into Latios's STAB moves. In return, Latios offers a Psychic resistance and a favourable matchup into physically defensive Pokemon such as Skarmory, Slowbro, and opposing Buzzwole.


[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Agility
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Aura Sphere
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
tera type: Steel
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Access to Calm Mind and Stored Power make Latios an overwhelming setup sweeper. It makes use of the synergy between its boosting moves and Weakness Policy, allowing it Policy to punish opponents both for choosing to attack it and for choosing not to attack it. Stored Power allows Latios to take advantage of stat boosts even vs versus Unaware Pokemon such as Clefable and Skeledirge. Aura Sphere is chosen to threaten the only pokemon Pokemon able to survive a boosted Stored Power,: (comma to colon) Dark-types like Meowscarada, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Tera Steel is essential to this set, providing an important Toxic immunity as well as resistances to potential priority moves such as Scizor's Bullet Punch. Latios fits best on hyper offense teams, which require support from pokemon Pokemon such as Excadrill, Iron Treads, and Lead lead Meowscarada that can set entry hazards for Latios to secure important KOes KOs late-game. Grimmsnarl's dual screens deserve a special mention, as Latios relies on them to safely setup set up or activate Weakness Policy. It struggles with strategies able to interrupt its setup without activating Weakness Policy, such as phasing phazing moves from Ting-Lu, (remove comma) and Skarmory, as well as and specially defensive Pokemon able to trade hits with Latios such as Scizor, Aegislash, and Celesteela. Setup sweepers such as Serperior, Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, and Scizor aid with overwhelming Steel-types, while Blaziken, Z-Victini Z-Celebrate Victini (I assume this is the Z-Move you are referring to; if not, change it), and Meteor Beam Celesteela can threaten the Steel-types once they have been forced in. Pokemon halted by Unaware users appreciate Latios's ability to boost past them, namely Dragon Dance Mega Aerodactyl, Gyarados, and Blaziken, among others. "namely" implies there are others already


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