Bella
Tears over Beers
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough / Behemoth Blade
move 3: Close Combat / Tera Blast / Play Rough
move 4: Wild Charge
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Ground
[SET COMMENTS]
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough / Behemoth Blade
move 3: Close Combat / Tera Blast / Play Rough
move 4: Wild Charge
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Ground
[SET COMMENTS]
- Zacian-C's sky-high Attack and Speed stats, solid coverage, and great defensive typing make it one of the most threatening and metagame-warping Pokemon in National Dex Ubers.
- Zacian-C's choice of STAB move is flexible. Play Rough allows it to hit Zygarde-C, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Salamence; Behemoth Blade can be opted for instead, hitting opposing Fairy-types like Arceus-Fairy while being an overall more consistent STAB option.
- Zacian-C's third moveslot is also flexible; Close Combat provides coverage against Pokemon like Necrozma-DM and Ferrothorn and should be ran with Tera Fighting to let Zacian-C hit important damage thresholds like OHKOing Primal Groudon after a Swords Dance.
- Tera Blast can be opted for instead with Tera Ground , hitting the aforementioned Steel-types as well as Pokemon like Primal Groudon and Zekrom.
- Finally, Play Rough can be run to give Zacian-C a useful alternative STAB move alongside Behemoth Blade.
- Wild Charge gives Zacian-C coverage against Ho-Oh, which otherwise completely walls it, as well as Yveltal and Primal Kyogre.
- Zacian-C fits best on more offensive teams looking for a solid wallbreaker and setup sweeper, also operating as a light check to Pokemon like Extreme Killer Arceus and Yveltal thanks to its naturally great typing. It particularly excels in the hyper offense mirror matchup thanks to its typing and speed tier.
- Zacian-C usually struggles against physically defensive walls that resist its STAB moves like Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Necrozma-DM, so Pokemon like Primal Kyogre and Arceus-Ground that can directly threaten these walls are helpful to have.
- Defog support from the likes of Arceus-Ground, Arceus-Fairy, and Yveltal can help with Zacian-C's weakness to entry hazards.
- Zacian-C oftentimes needs Terastallization to beat its checks, which should be kept in mind. It also needs to pick its targets carefully, as Intrepid Sword only activates once per game.
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