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[SET]
name: Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Protect
ability: Clear Body
item: Weakness Policy
evs: 192 HP / 108 Atk / 208 SpA
nature: Quiet
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Diancie can be used as an offensive Trick Room setter thanks to its unique typing and powerful STAB moves. Diamond Storm is a strong spread move and the Defense boosts allow Diancie to survive strong physical hits and get a Weakness Policy boost. Moonblast is more powerful on a single target and hits the Fighting-types that Diamond Storm does not. Protect is Protect, allowing allows Diancie to stay safe and maintain its boosts.
Set Details
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Diancie uses Weakness Policy because with its good bulk and many weaknesses it can easily get a boost, at which point it becomes extremely threatening. 192 HP EVs let lets Diancie live survive Mega Charizard Y's Solarbeam and Landorus-T's Earthquake, 208 Special Attack EVs with a Quiet nature allows Diancie to OHKO OHKOes (the SpA EVs aren't what's doing the OHKOing) Landorus-T with Moonblast after a Weakness Policy boost, and the rest of its EVs are invested in Attack to boost the power of (subjective change) Diamond Storm. With Clear Body, Intimidate users such as Landorus-T can't switch in to mitigate the threat of Diamond Storm, which is very helpful.
Usage Tips
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Typically, (AC) the strategy with this Diancie is to spam Diamond Storm to get Defense boosts so that you can fish for attempt (avoid the term "fish for) a Weakness Policy activation safely, using Moonblast only when it will OHKO. Of course, as it As Diancie is a Trick Room setter, you should use it to set Trick Room when the opportunity presents itself; partners with Fake Out or redirection moves will make this much easier. On a semi Trick Room team, Diancie can bluff its Mega set if used alongside a Mega which often runs other items, such as Gengar. If your opponent has healthy Diancie counters such as Amoonguss or Aegislash, (AC) you should usually not let Weakness Policy activate. (period), instead playing Instead, play defensively with its Diancie's useful Flying-, Fire-, and Dark-type resists resistances to get Trick Room up, then switch out and save it for later, as all of its momentum will be snatched away by these its counters.
Team Options
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Diancie is a decent choice for a Trick Room setter on both semi and full Trick Room teams thanks to its offensive presence and ability to counter Talonflame, who which is usually a serious problem for Trick Room. On semi Trick Room, it's a less reliable setter than Cresselia, so it will require support moves such as Rage Powder and Fake Out in order to get the opening to use the move. Because of its Diancie's weaknesses to common Trick Room checks, especially Aegislash and Amoonguss, it's not the right choice for every team. If you do plan to use it, make sure to pack multiple counters to these: Fire-types such as Mega Camerupt and Talonflame are great picks, while Scrafty can eliminate Aegislash and help Diancie set up Trick Room with Fake Out support.
name: Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Protect
ability: Clear Body
item: Weakness Policy
evs: 192 HP / 108 Atk / 208 SpA
nature: Quiet
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Diancie can be used as an offensive Trick Room setter thanks to its unique typing and powerful STAB moves. Diamond Storm is a strong spread move and the Defense boosts allow Diancie to survive strong physical hits and get a Weakness Policy boost. Moonblast is more powerful on a single target and hits the Fighting-types that Diamond Storm does not. Protect is Protect, allowing allows Diancie to stay safe and maintain its boosts.
Set Details
========
Diancie uses Weakness Policy because with its good bulk and many weaknesses it can easily get a boost, at which point it becomes extremely threatening. 192 HP EVs let lets Diancie live survive Mega Charizard Y's Solarbeam and Landorus-T's Earthquake, 208 Special Attack EVs with a Quiet nature allows Diancie to OHKO OHKOes (the SpA EVs aren't what's doing the OHKOing) Landorus-T with Moonblast after a Weakness Policy boost, and the rest of its EVs are invested in Attack to boost the power of (subjective change) Diamond Storm. With Clear Body, Intimidate users such as Landorus-T can't switch in to mitigate the threat of Diamond Storm, which is very helpful.
Usage Tips
========
Typically, (AC) the strategy with this Diancie is to spam Diamond Storm to get Defense boosts so that you can fish for attempt (avoid the term "fish for) a Weakness Policy activation safely, using Moonblast only when it will OHKO. Of course, as it As Diancie is a Trick Room setter, you should use it to set Trick Room when the opportunity presents itself; partners with Fake Out or redirection moves will make this much easier. On a semi Trick Room team, Diancie can bluff its Mega set if used alongside a Mega which often runs other items, such as Gengar. If your opponent has healthy Diancie counters such as Amoonguss or Aegislash, (AC) you should usually not let Weakness Policy activate. (period), instead playing Instead, play defensively with its Diancie's useful Flying-, Fire-, and Dark-type resists resistances to get Trick Room up, then switch out and save it for later, as all of its momentum will be snatched away by these its counters.
Team Options
========
Diancie is a decent choice for a Trick Room setter on both semi and full Trick Room teams thanks to its offensive presence and ability to counter Talonflame, who which is usually a serious problem for Trick Room. On semi Trick Room, it's a less reliable setter than Cresselia, so it will require support moves such as Rage Powder and Fake Out in order to get the opening to use the move. Because of its Diancie's weaknesses to common Trick Room checks, especially Aegislash and Amoonguss, it's not the right choice for every team. If you do plan to use it, make sure to pack multiple counters to these: Fire-types such as Mega Camerupt and Talonflame are great picks, while Scrafty can eliminate Aegislash and help Diancie set up Trick Room with Fake Out support.
