[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.
[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:
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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.
[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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