AG Swords Dance Zacian-C [Done]

[Taka]

[SET]
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Fire / Flying / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-C is a defining sweeper thanks to its superb Attack, ability to naturally outspeed the entire metagame outside of Calyrex-S, and immunity to Dragon-type moves. Wild Charge, when boosted by Swords Dance, breaks through Toxapex, defensive Kyogre, and Arceus-Water. Close Combat OHKOes Arceus, breaks through Tera Steel Giratina-O, and eases prediction versus Tera Fire or Steel Koraidon. Crunch can instead be used to pressure Skeledirge, but this option is generally outclassed by the others. Tera Fire lets Zacian-C resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz and gives it a burn immunity. Tera Flying lets Zacian-C flip the matchup versus Landorus-T, defensive Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon, giving it more chances to set up. Tera Steel is another option to power up Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade, giving it favorable odds to OHKO Landorus-T, Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon after Swords Dance with a layer of Spikes. Zacian-C fits well on bulky offense and hyper offense builds, where it can act as both a revenge killer and sweeper and take advantage of Arceus-Fairy. Zacian-C can come in on Dragon-type moves from Koraidon, Miraidon, and Eternatus and force them out with its powerful STAB attacks. This is appreciated by offensive teams without a solid defensive core and those with Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Koraidon. However, Zacian-C has issues breaking through physical walls such as Skeledirge, Landorus-T, and Toxapex without Terastallization. As a result, partners that can overwhelm these walls, such as Koraidon and Arceus, or switch into them, like Kyogre and Giratina-O, are appreciated. Calyrex-S pairs well with Zacian-C by heavily pressuring all of Zacian-C's checks and using them as setup fodder with Nasty Plot. Conversely, Zacian-C checks Arceus for Calyrex-S. Calyrex-S is another issue for Zacian-C, since it outspeeds Zacian-C and threatens to OHKO it when using Choice Specs or with enough chip damage, so partners such as Arceus and Choice Scarf Koraidon on all builds, Ting-Lu on bulky offense and balance, and Kingambit on hyper offense are good for pressuring Calyrex-S. Choice Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon can also revenge Zacian-C, so checks to them such as Landorus-T and Ting-Lu, respectively, are appreciated.

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[SET]
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Fire / Flying / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-C is a defining sweeper thanks to its superb Attack, the ability to naturally outspeed the entire metagame outside of Calyrex-S, and immunity to Dragon-moves. Behemoth Blade is Zacian-C's most spammable attack, while Play Rough gives Zacian-C the ability to force out Koraidon and Miraidon. (no need to mention stabs) Wild Charge, when boosted by Swords Dance, breaks through Toxapex, defensive Kyogre, Corviknight, (corviknight isnt most relevant) and Arceus-Water. Close Combat OHKOs Arceus, while still also breaking through Corviknight and Tera Steel Giratina-O, and easing prediction vs Tera Koraidon. Crunch can also be used to pressure Skeledirge, but this option is generally outclassed by the others. Tera Fire lets Zacian-C resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz while giving it a burn immunity. Tera Flying lets Zacian-C flip the matchup vs Landorus-T, defensive Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon giving it more chances to setup. Tera Steel is another option to power up Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade, letting it OHKO Landorus-T, Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon after a Swords Dance. Zacian'c (format check here) fits well on bulky offense and hyper offense builds, where it can act as both a revenge killer and a win condition. Zacian-C can come in on Dragon moves from Koraidon, Miraidon, and Eternatus, and force them out with its powerful STAB attacks. However, Zacian-C has issues breaking through physical walls such as Skeledirge, Landorus-T, and Toxapex without Terastallization. As such, partners that can overwhelm these walls such as Koraidon and Arceus, or pivots into them like Kyogre and Giratina-O, are appreciated. Calyrex-S pairs well with Zacian-C by heavily pressuring all of Zacian-C's checks, while also using them as a chance to set up a Nasty Plot. Calyrex-S is another issue for Zacian-C since it outspeeds Zacian-C and threatens to OHKO it, so partners such as Arceus, Choice Scarf Koraidon, Ting-Lu on bulky offense and balance, and Kingambit (arceus fits very well on HO too) on hyper offense are good for pressuring Calyrex-S.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Great work QC 1/2

 

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[SET]
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Fire / Flying / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-C is a defining sweeper thanks to its superb Attack, the ability to naturally outspeed the entire metagame outside of Calyrex-S, and immunity to Dragon-moves Dragon-type moves. Wild Charge, when boosted by Swords Dance, breaks through Toxapex, defensive Kyogre, and Arceus-Water. Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Arceus, while also breaking breaks through Tera Steel Giratina-O, and easing eases prediction vs versus Tera Fire or Steel Koraidon. Crunch can also instead be used (can add "with Tera Dark" if you want) to pressure Skeledirge, but this option is generally outclassed by the others. Tera Fire lets Zacian-C resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz while giving and gives it a burn immunity. Tera Flying lets Zacian-C flip the matchup vs versus Landorus-T, defensive Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon, (comma) giving it more chances to setup set up. Tera Steel is another option to power up Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade, letting it giving it favorable odds to OHKO Landorus-T, Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon after a Swords Dance with a layer of Spikes. Zacian-C fits well on bulky offense and hyper offense builds, where it can act as both a revenge killer and a win condition sweeper. (I'd mention its ability to take advantage of Arceus-Fairy somewhere) Zacian-C can come in on Dragon Dragon-type moves from Koraidon, Miraidon, and Eternatus, (comma) and force them out with its powerful STAB attacks. (maybe give a couple examples of Pokemon that appreciate this) However, Zacian-C has issues breaking through physical walls such as Skeledirge, Landorus-T, and Toxapex without Terastallization. As such, partners that can overwhelm these walls, (comma) such as Koraidon and Arceus, or pivots switch into them, (comma) like Kyogre and Giratina-O, are appreciated. Calyrex-S pairs well with Zacian-C by heavily pressuring all of Zacian-C's checks, (comma) while also and using them as a chance to set up a Nasty Plot. (I'd mention that Zacian-C checks Arceus for Calyrex-S too) Calyrex-S is another issue for Zacian-C, (comma) since it outspeeds Zacian-C and threatens to OHKO it when using Choice Specs or with enough chip damage, so partners such as Arceus and Choice Scarf Koraidon on all builds, Ting-Lu on bulky offense and balance, and Kingambit on hyper offense are good for pressuring Calyrex-S. (you could maybe also mention switch-ins to Choice Scarf users)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:

Very nice, QC 2/2

 

[Taka]

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[SET]
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Fire / Flying / Steel
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-C is a defining sweeper thanks to its superb Attack, ability to naturally outspeed the entire metagame outside of Calyrex-S, and immunity to Dragon-type moves. Wild Charge, when boosted by Swords Dance, breaks through Toxapex, defensive Kyogre, and Arceus-Water. Close Combat OHKOes Arceus, breaks through Tera Steel Giratina-O, and eases prediction versus Tera Fire or Steel Koraidon. Crunch can instead be used to pressure Skeledirge, but this option is generally outclassed by the others. Tera Fire lets Zacian-C resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz and gives it a burn immunity. Tera Flying lets Zacian-C flip the matchup versus Landorus-T, defensive Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon, giving it more chances to set up. Tera Steel is another option to power up Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade, giving it favorable odds to OHKO Landorus-T, Arceus-Ground, and defensive Groudon after Swords Dance with a layer of Spikes. Zacian-C fits well on bulky offense and hyper offense builds, where it can act as both a revenge killer and sweeper and can take advantage of Arceus-Fairy. Zacian-C can come in on Dragon-type moves from Koraidon, Miraidon, and Eternatus and force them out with its powerful STAB attacks. This is appreciated by offensive teams without a solid defensive core,(RC) and those with partners Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Koraidon. However, Zacian-C has issues breaking through physical walls such as Skeledirge, Landorus-T, and Toxapex without Terastallization. As such a result, partners that can overwhelm these walls, such as Koraidon and Arceus, or switch into them, like Kyogre and Giratina-O, are appreciated. Calyrex-S pairs well with Zacian-C by heavily pressuring all of Zacian-C's checksand checks and using them as a chance to set up setup fodders with Nasty Plot. Conversely, Zacian-C checks Arceus for Calyrex-S as well. Calyrex-S is another issue for Zacian-C, since it outspeeds Zacian-C and threatens to OHKO it when using Choice Specs or with enough chip damage, so partners such as Arceus and Choice Scarf Koraidon on all builds, Ting-Lu on bulky offense and balance, and Kingambit on hyper offense are good for pressuring Calyrex-S. Choice Scarfers Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon can also revenge Zacian-C, so checks to them such as Landorus-T and Ting-Lu,(AC) respectively,(AC) are appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/taka.595062/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/frozoid.532881/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/

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[Taka]

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