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Banned deucer.
[OVERVIEW]
• Phenomenal Steel/Fairy defensive typing that allows it to check Fairy, Dragon, Dark, Flying, and Psychic types which are all common in the Ubers metagame.
• Great 80/115/115 bulk which lets it survive many powerful hits on both sides of the spectrum and also possesses quite high 130 Special Attack alongside good coverage options which lets it also not be too passive.
• Great on Stall teams as it acts as a reliable answer to many special setup sweepers such as Xerneas, and Arceus-Dark with the use of Heart Swap.
• Is quite slow, which means that it will most likely always need to sustain a hit before performing an action.
• Does not have any form of reliable recovery, which means it needs to rely on niche option such as Pain Split on order to sustain itself.
• Lacks a form of wearing down opponents in Toxic, which means that it has a difficult time dealing with opposing Fire-types such as Primal Groudon and Ho-Oh due to the lack of options it has to counter them. This means that Magearna should always be paired with a partner that can deal with Fire-types such as Giratina-O or Arceus-Water.
[SET]
name: Heart Swap
move 1: Heart Swap
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Fleur Cannon
move 4: Pain Split
item: Leftovers
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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• Heart Swap allows Magearna to block setup sweepers from setting up and sweeping the team by exchanging stat boosts, especially from targets such as Geomancy Xerneas.
• Flash Cannon acts as a reliable Steel STAB option that allows Magearna to hit opposing Fairy and Rock types such as Xerneas and Rock-Arceus respectably.
• Fleur Cannon acts a powerful Fairy-STAB option that is able to deal great amount of damage against a majority of threats and compliments Heart Swap very well as it allows Magearna to pass the Special Attack drops onto the opposing foe.
• Pain Split acts as Magearna's only form of reliable recovery, and can actually gain a lot of HP back when facing high HP walls such as Lugia and Blissey.
Set Details
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• Maximize HP and Special Defense to allow Magearna to be able to survive a special attack from a setup sweeper before using Heart Swap.
• Calm nature is used to maximize its Special Defense.
• Leftovers is used to provide as much sustainability as possible. Soul-Heart is also a great tool at gaining Special Attack boosts when a pokemon faints.
Usage Tips
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- Try to conserve Magearna's HP when facing threats such as Xerneas and Arceus-Dark, due to the fact that thhese setup sweepers can threaten to KO it after they gain a couple of boosts before Magearna can setup the Heart Swap.
- Use Heart Swap after using Fleur Cannon to swap the Sp.Atk drop onto the opponent. Also do not use Heart Swap too frequently, as the opponent can predict it and capatilize on it by switching in on either Primal Groudon or Ho-Oh.
- Since Magearna really cannot touch Fire-types such as Primal Groudon and Ho-Oh all to well, good double switching predictions is pivotal to not lose momentum.
- Magearna is also quite passive, which is a flaw that the opponent can easily exploit by setting up hazards on it from things such as Deoxys-Speed and Ferrothorn. This means that pivoting out Magearna at the right moments is crucial as it dissalows your opponent from capitalizing on this flaw in a devastating way.
Team Options
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- Pokemon that are resist Fire-type attacks such as Primal Groudon, Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Arceus-Dragon, Arceus-Rock, Primal Kyogre, and Zygarde-C all serve as great partners for Magearna as they are able to synergize well it and can deal with its huge weakness to Fire-type foes.
- A partner with a Ground immunity such as Lugia, Giratina-O or Yveltal could also be paired with Magearna to stop its checks such as Primal Groudon and Arceus-Ground from being a huge nuisance.
- Stealth Rock support from Primal Groudon, or Excadrill can also be very important as it serves to weaken threats to Magearna such as Ho-Oh, Lugia, and even Primal Groudon.
- Toxic users such as Arceus-Water, Lugia, and Blissey can also be great assets to Magearna as they can cripple and weaken Fire-types such as Primal Groudon and Ho-Oh, making Magearna's role a bit more easier to perform.
Other Options
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- Volt Switch is another great option for Magearna that allows it to have momentum and be more of a bulky pivot which is great for bulkier teams to have, although this still does not allow it to switch out from Ground-types.
- A set with Reflect can work with Magearna as it allows it to sustain itself from powerful physical attackers such as Zygarde-C and Arceus.
- A Choice Specs set could also be used with Fleur Cannon, but Magearna is just too slow to actually pull of that set effectively.
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**Primal Groudon**: Primal Groudon is a great counter to Magearna as it resists both of Magearna's STAB options and is also immune to Volt Switch. Magearna's only option against Primal Groudon is to switch out as it really cannot do much against it.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Ho-Oh and Reshiram resist both of Magearna's STAB attacks and can threaten it out with their own STAB Fire-type moves.
**Ground-types**: Ground-types such as Arceus-Ground, Excadrill and Zygarde-Complete also are an issue for Magearna due to them being faster then it and threatening to OHKO Magearna with their STAB Ground-type attacks.
**Physical Setup Sweepers**: Physical setup sweepers such as Arceus-Normal, Arceus-Ghost, Solgaleo, and Primal Groudon all do not care if Magearna steals their physical stat boosts, and can proceed to keep setting up on it.
**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn is able to sponge all of Megearna's attacks and be able to stall it out with Leech Seed and Protect. Ferrothorn can also setup layers of spikes on Magearna as well without an issue.
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