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[Lord Death Man]

dual screens viriz

Virizion @ Light Clay
Ability: Justified
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Taunt
- Reflect
- Light Screen

Attack evs are to KO Glalie with Close Combat. Giga Drain was never useful when I tried it. Taunt is a huge benefit Viriz has over other dual screeners, and it also has a very good matchup versus a lot of common leads (Rhyperior, spore Smeargle, Seismitoad, Mega Steelix, and Druddigon and Qwilfish with taunt.). Offense often really wishes it had a pivot of some sort, and the bulk gives Virizion the ability to do that to some degree, though it's probably just getting up a second set of screens before going down. It can also absorb knock offs decently enough.

I started using this during Venomoth meta because I felt like dual screens Bronzong and Uxie sucked momentum and I wasn't real enough to try using dual screens on Rotom-Mow.

Spirit edit: it seems like you came up with the set, So I'll just delete my post lol

 

[Take Azelfie]

SubBreaker SD
Virizion @ Life Orb
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords 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- Sacred Sword / Taunt
- Double Kick
- Leaf Blade

This set is like a basic Swords Dance set except it is very optimal for anti-lead and breaking Substitutes. For example Virizion can anti-lead Smeargle and kill it with double kick or even set up and double kick. It can also break a substitute on pokemon like Braviary, Meloetta, and Scrafty and still do damage after. Sacred Sword is used when braking Focus Sashes or Substitutes isn't needed or Taunt could be used to stop walls from setting up on Virizion.

GL HF to the others whom participate in this.

 

[nameless90]

Work Up Virizion

Virizion @ Focus Sash
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def
Hasty Nature
- Work Up
- Leaf Blade
- Close Combat
- Hidden Power Ice

This set enables Virizion to be a very fast mixed attacker thanks to Work Up with the help of Focus Sash to gain one turn to boost our offences.
Both the physical dual STABs are used to rectify Virizion's middling Atk alongside STAB and EVs investment plus HP Ice for coverage towards flying/grass/dragon types which can switch-in.

 

[Ping_Pong_Along]

Defensive

Virizion @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 236 HP / 56 Atk / 160 Def / 56 Spe
Impish Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Synthesis
- Close Combat
- Focus Blast / Taunt

Well, somebody had to make the mythical defensive Virizion set which is often brought up in Exploud conversations. The thing with defensive Virizion (which I know many have tried with poor results) is that it doesn't do much beyond Exploud and is inferior to the standard sets, so I wanted to expand a bit on what it can take on. Now that I've bashed the idea behind this, let's talk about some of the things this can do. Close Combat and Leaf Blade are rather standard. Synthesis is what makes the set even plausible, allowing it to come in multiple times throughout the match. Focus Blast is really cool because it gets an OHKO against Tyrantrum even with a -SpA nature and 2HKOes Durant, though Taunt is also great for breaking stall and preventing setup. 56 Atk guarantees Virizion's Close Combat OHKOes Mega Glalie at full health. 56 Speed allows it to outspeed non-Choice Scarf Jolly Tyrantrum and everything below that. The rest was split between HP and Def to allow it to come in more times throughout the match, with 160 Def to hit a jump point. This set OHKOes mixed Mega Abomasnow after rocks damage, has a chance to OHKO the Sword Dance set after rocks damage, and survives a +2 Ice Shard. It outspeeds Samurott and Clawitzer, survives an Ice Beam, and 2HKOes.

 

[atomicllamas]

you can vote now

 

[Sweep]

close between LDM and PPA, but voting Ping_Pong_Along

 

[Take Azelfie]

I never really new what the defensive set did. Ping_Pong_Along

 

[rau]

Ping_Pong_Along

I swear ldm rotom is good

 

[lighthouses]

Lord Death Edgelord

 

[Sonzinho]

Ping

 

[Hopeee]

ping

 

[nameless90]

Ping_Pong_Along

 

[Alice Kazumi]

Ping_Pong_Along

 

[Incognito Style]

Ping_Pong_Along

 

[HypnoEmpire]

PingPongAlong

 

[atomicllamas]

Ping_Pong_Along is the victor, congrats!

on a different note, I'm handing over this project to Esidisi because I'm a moderately terrible host, he should be posting the new thread shortly.