Ubers Zacian-C

[Minority]

QC Checks: Nayrz | Cynara
GP Checks: deetah

Kneel In Pieces

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute / Swords Dance
move 2: Fire Fang / Close Combat
move 3: Psychic Fangs
move 4: Play Rough
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

A nuclear base 170 Attack powered up by 50% with Intrepid Sword, the fastest unboosted Speed in Ubers, a great defensive typing in Fairy / Steel, Swords Dance, strong physical STAB attacks, and nearly unlimited coverage all makes Zacian-C the best Pokemon in SS, centralizing the offensive and defensive metagame. Zacian-C is an offensive Pokemon that selects coverage to bypass Pokemon that its teammates have problems with; for example, Substitute prevents Ditto from copying Zacian-C with its Imposter and increases its potency as an offensive pivot, Fire Fang singes Steel-types like Aegislash, Corviknight, and Ferrothorn, and Psychic Fangs hits Poison-types such as Eternatus and Toxapex. Moves such as Wild Charge and Crunch can offer even more specialized coverage, and Behemoth Blade offers a slightly stronger STAB option that can also rip through Dynamax Pokemon at the cost of its poor Steel attack typing. This set should be treated as a wincon and offensive pivot, capable of both intermediate wallbreaking and cleaning. Revenge killers such as Choice Scarf Ditto and Sand Rush Excadrill, along with specific physically defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Unaware Quagsire, can be effective checks. Teammates such as Eternatus and Gothitelle are especially effective due to their ability to punish passive physically defensive Pokemon that can check Zacian-C.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Minority, 222996]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nayrz, 212134], [Cynara, 224455]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]

 

[Firebringer50]

Instead of Close Combat you could also run Sacred Sword for more damage on Zamazanta. Cal are with Jolly Nature.
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. +1 252 HP / 252+ Def Zamazanta-Crowned : 178-210 (45.8 - 54.1%) -- 47.7% chance to 2HKO
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Sacred Sword vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Zamazanta-Crowned : 200-236 (51.5 - 60.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Nayrz]

Adamant first slash - it loses out on a couple of things but the damage is very worthwhile. Still faster than Eternatus. Looks good after slash discussions.

e: also use a standard set name before my eyeballs roll out

QC 1/2

 

[Cynara]

Discussed on discord, looks great

QC 2/2

 

[deetah]

Add Remove Comments (AC) = Add Comma
Please clarify the one comment I made before I stamp this.

Zacian-C

QC Checks: Nayrz | Cynara
GP Checks: X

Kneel In Pieces

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Substitute / Swords Dance
move 2: Fire Fang / Close Combat
move 3: Psychic Fangs
move 4: Play Rough
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

A nuclear 170 base 170 Attack powered up by 50% with Intrepid Sword, the fastest unboosted Speed in Ubers, a great defensive Fairy-Steel typing in Fairy / Steel, Swords Dance, strong physical STABs STAB attacks, and nearly unlimited coverage makes all make Zacian-C the best Pokemon in Sword and Shield SS, centralizing the offensive and defensive metagame. Zacian-C is an offensive Pokemon that selects coverage to bypass Pokemon that its teammates have problems with; for example, Substitute prevents Ditto from copying Zacian-C with its Imposter (Capitalize) and increases its potency as an offensive pivot, Fire Fang singes Steel-types like Aegislash, Corviknight, and Ferrothorn, and Psychic Fangs hits Poison-types such as Eternatus and Toxapex. Moves such as Wild Charge and Crunch can offer even more specialized coverage, and Behemoth Blade offers a slightly stronger STAB option that can also rip through Dynamax Pokemon at the cost of Steel offensive typing. (What are you trying to say here? This makes it sound like Behemoth Blade removes Steel typing, which it does not. Do you mean that Steel is a bad typing offensively?) This set should be treated as a win condition wincon and offensive pivot, capable of both intermediate wallbreaking and cleaning. Revenge killers such as Choice Scarf Ditto and Sand Rush Excadrill, along with specific physically defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Unaware Quagsire, (AC) can be effective checks. Teammates such as Eternatus and Gothitelle are especially effective due to their ability to punish passive physically defensive Pokemon that can check Zacian-C.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: Minority
- Quality checked by:
- Grammar checked by:

 

[Nayrz]

this got uploaded but didnt actually get a full GP stamp... it seems Minority made a change after the mentioned comment vs the original but unless there was some discussion i cant see there was no stamp involved, so i moved it back until we get one

deetah are the changes alright at this point?

edit: ok back to the shelf it is then, ty

 

[deetah]

Yes this is good now