Arceus, the Alpha Pokemon. Today I will place it's good potential to the metagame. I know there are already some Arceus' threads, but I will also share my ideas.
Now, let us start with it's exterior.
Pros:
-Arceus has an amazing ability, the ability to turn itself into 17 different types.
-Arceus has 120BST for every stat, boasting the highest stat count in the entire metagame, a base stat of 720BST, making it a true overseer of Pokemon.
-Arceus has versatility that beats even Mewtwo and Dialga, which is admirable, but at the same time a bit gimmicky.
-Arceus is considered forbidden, even to Ubers. Only few can counter Arceus, such as Kyogre, Mewtwo, Groudon, or Dialga.
Cons:
-Arceus has average stats in all, and it means it does not have a breakthrough, or a special trait that discerns it to be a monster, such as Groudon's 150ATK, or Mewtwo's 154Sp.Atk and so on,
-Arceus is an event Pokemon which unfortunately, most Pokemon fans never got their hands on.
-Arceus has many counters corresponding to their plate types. For example, Mewtwo is to counter normal or Dark Arceus easily, while Kyogre is able to decimate any Arceus that does not scream Extremespeed + Swords Dance.
Ferrothorn walls Ground or Water Arceus.
-Only one boosted STAB move, and not too much coverage due to it's one type syndrome, and does not have rare qualities such as Reshiram's unresisted STAB typing or Dialga's fantastic defensive typing.
Now, let us see movesets which are prior to Arceus.
Arceus @ Leftovers
~Cosmic Power
~Recover
~Swords Dance
~Dragon Claw
110 HP/ 200 Defenses / 200 Special Defenses
Nature : Adamant
-A bulky Arceus such as this can easily set up till a +6 Cosmic Power, and still raise a +6 Swords Dance to kill almost anything. But, it has one staggering weakness. Moves like Whirlwind or Dragon Tail forces it out. Other than that, there are no problems.
-I observed that Arceus of this caliber has no problem setting up with Cosmic Power and spamming with Recover even when Kyogre is on the field.
-Even Darkrai has no manpower to kill it after four Calm Mind boosts.
-Dragon Claw is preferable to Outrage or Extremespeed or Brick Break due to it's simple way of attacking, a moderate 80 attacking base, and also no immunities, and is able to hit everything properly except the lone type of steel.
-Serperior with both screens and Leaf Storm, together with the ability Contrary, and also with Dragon Tail, is a great partner for an Arceus with this set, due to the ability to out-speed most Dragon Tail users and send them back before they can switch out Arceus, or attempt to kill them with Leaf Storm, which will also work as a Nasty Plot. Serperior is also ideal due to being able to support Arceus' defending stance by both screens.
Arceus @ Spooky Plate
~Calm Mind
~Recover
~Judgment
~Ice Beam
52 HP/ 100 Defense / 252 Special Attack / 100 Special Defense / 6 Speed
Nature: Modest
-Ghost Arceus is good as it is able to check Chandelure, Giratina, Mewtwo, Mew, Celebi, and Giratina-O, or even Rotom-A and also Reuniclus easily. A setup Sigilyph will be destroyed as well, and Lugia will take very high damage after two CM boosts.
-It serves as a functional special wall, blocking Fighting Pokemon, and also Psychics like Latias or Latios, which will be pulverized by a CM boosted Judgment.
-Ice Beam is for some coverage, killing Garchomp, Dragonite, Salamence, Flygon, and others, and also Rayquaza, with quadruple damage.
-Focus Blast can replace Ice Beam to check threats such as Tyranitar, Hydreigon, or Heatran if desirable.
-Infernape is a good partner for Ghost Arceus, giving it support by hitting both ends of the spectrum for Dark-types, allowing Arceus to throw away Focus Blast. Infernape will counter Bisharp, Tyranitar, and Sucker Punch Absol with Choice Band easily. Mixape will use Close Combat, Flare Blitz, Grass Knot, and Earthquake as appetizers, and can also use Mach Punch with the Iron Fist ability, or the infamous Stone Edge for special walls like Ho-oh.
Arceus @ Draco Plate
~Spacial Rend
~Outrage
~Swords Dance
~Calm Mind
6 HP/ 252 Attack / 252 Special Attack
Nature: Hardy
-Arceus Dragon is abandoned due to it's weakness to other harder-hitting dragons. With neutral nature, Arceus boasts good bulk with good attacking stats to bring down walls and also attackers. Spacial Rend for defensive Pokemon and Outrage for special walls.
-After a SD, Arceus is able to OHKO many dragons with Outrage, especially the ever-popular Reshiram and Palkia, who are the new Kyogre in the sun and rain.
-After two CM boosts, Arceus is able to take a Draco Meteor from Latios and shrug it off while pulverizing it. Although this set has no EV invested in speed, it is able to hit very hard, and is able to survive Scarfers' moves by it's unnatural bulk.
-A good partner is Kyurem, who is able to skewer foes for Arceus while it's setting up and also kill dragons for it. Kyurem can also slow down Pokemon with higher speed by Glaciate, and also kill foes with either Focus Blast or Outrage.
Arceus @ Fist Plate
~Judgment
~Dragon Pulse
~Earth Power
~Surf / Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
6 HP / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Nature: Modest
-A mixed specially oriented Arceus which is fighting, which almost nobody will expect. This set is highly dangerous due to sheer unpredictability.
-Nobody will expect a mixed Arceus of this set to suddenly fire a Dragon Pulse to the opposing team.
-Earth Power is for supper-effective coverage, and if you choose Flamethrower, you will have unresisted STAB, which is good.
-Ice Beam is for Dragons who get quad damage by Ice.
-Thunderbolt are for annoying Pokemon such as Kyogre.
-STAB Judgment of fighting will finish off foes properly, decimating through Groudon after a bit of hustling.
-Surf can bring down Fire types.
-Thunderbolt is also to kill annoying bulky Pokemon, such as Jellicent.
That's all for today. Hope this set is quite useful for people to use.
Now, let us start with it's exterior.
Pros:
-Arceus has an amazing ability, the ability to turn itself into 17 different types.
-Arceus has 120BST for every stat, boasting the highest stat count in the entire metagame, a base stat of 720BST, making it a true overseer of Pokemon.
-Arceus has versatility that beats even Mewtwo and Dialga, which is admirable, but at the same time a bit gimmicky.
-Arceus is considered forbidden, even to Ubers. Only few can counter Arceus, such as Kyogre, Mewtwo, Groudon, or Dialga.
Cons:
-Arceus has average stats in all, and it means it does not have a breakthrough, or a special trait that discerns it to be a monster, such as Groudon's 150ATK, or Mewtwo's 154Sp.Atk and so on,
-Arceus is an event Pokemon which unfortunately, most Pokemon fans never got their hands on.
-Arceus has many counters corresponding to their plate types. For example, Mewtwo is to counter normal or Dark Arceus easily, while Kyogre is able to decimate any Arceus that does not scream Extremespeed + Swords Dance.
Ferrothorn walls Ground or Water Arceus.
-Only one boosted STAB move, and not too much coverage due to it's one type syndrome, and does not have rare qualities such as Reshiram's unresisted STAB typing or Dialga's fantastic defensive typing.
Now, let us see movesets which are prior to Arceus.
Arceus @ Leftovers
~Cosmic Power
~Recover
~Swords Dance
~Dragon Claw
110 HP/ 200 Defenses / 200 Special Defenses
Nature : Adamant
-A bulky Arceus such as this can easily set up till a +6 Cosmic Power, and still raise a +6 Swords Dance to kill almost anything. But, it has one staggering weakness. Moves like Whirlwind or Dragon Tail forces it out. Other than that, there are no problems.
-I observed that Arceus of this caliber has no problem setting up with Cosmic Power and spamming with Recover even when Kyogre is on the field.
-Even Darkrai has no manpower to kill it after four Calm Mind boosts.
-Dragon Claw is preferable to Outrage or Extremespeed or Brick Break due to it's simple way of attacking, a moderate 80 attacking base, and also no immunities, and is able to hit everything properly except the lone type of steel.
-Serperior with both screens and Leaf Storm, together with the ability Contrary, and also with Dragon Tail, is a great partner for an Arceus with this set, due to the ability to out-speed most Dragon Tail users and send them back before they can switch out Arceus, or attempt to kill them with Leaf Storm, which will also work as a Nasty Plot. Serperior is also ideal due to being able to support Arceus' defending stance by both screens.
Arceus @ Spooky Plate
~Calm Mind
~Recover
~Judgment
~Ice Beam
52 HP/ 100 Defense / 252 Special Attack / 100 Special Defense / 6 Speed
Nature: Modest
-Ghost Arceus is good as it is able to check Chandelure, Giratina, Mewtwo, Mew, Celebi, and Giratina-O, or even Rotom-A and also Reuniclus easily. A setup Sigilyph will be destroyed as well, and Lugia will take very high damage after two CM boosts.
-It serves as a functional special wall, blocking Fighting Pokemon, and also Psychics like Latias or Latios, which will be pulverized by a CM boosted Judgment.
-Ice Beam is for some coverage, killing Garchomp, Dragonite, Salamence, Flygon, and others, and also Rayquaza, with quadruple damage.
-Focus Blast can replace Ice Beam to check threats such as Tyranitar, Hydreigon, or Heatran if desirable.
-Infernape is a good partner for Ghost Arceus, giving it support by hitting both ends of the spectrum for Dark-types, allowing Arceus to throw away Focus Blast. Infernape will counter Bisharp, Tyranitar, and Sucker Punch Absol with Choice Band easily. Mixape will use Close Combat, Flare Blitz, Grass Knot, and Earthquake as appetizers, and can also use Mach Punch with the Iron Fist ability, or the infamous Stone Edge for special walls like Ho-oh.
Arceus @ Draco Plate
~Spacial Rend
~Outrage
~Swords Dance
~Calm Mind
6 HP/ 252 Attack / 252 Special Attack
Nature: Hardy
-Arceus Dragon is abandoned due to it's weakness to other harder-hitting dragons. With neutral nature, Arceus boasts good bulk with good attacking stats to bring down walls and also attackers. Spacial Rend for defensive Pokemon and Outrage for special walls.
-After a SD, Arceus is able to OHKO many dragons with Outrage, especially the ever-popular Reshiram and Palkia, who are the new Kyogre in the sun and rain.
-After two CM boosts, Arceus is able to take a Draco Meteor from Latios and shrug it off while pulverizing it. Although this set has no EV invested in speed, it is able to hit very hard, and is able to survive Scarfers' moves by it's unnatural bulk.
-A good partner is Kyurem, who is able to skewer foes for Arceus while it's setting up and also kill dragons for it. Kyurem can also slow down Pokemon with higher speed by Glaciate, and also kill foes with either Focus Blast or Outrage.
Arceus @ Fist Plate
~Judgment
~Dragon Pulse
~Earth Power
~Surf / Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
6 HP / 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed
Nature: Modest
-A mixed specially oriented Arceus which is fighting, which almost nobody will expect. This set is highly dangerous due to sheer unpredictability.
-Nobody will expect a mixed Arceus of this set to suddenly fire a Dragon Pulse to the opposing team.
-Earth Power is for supper-effective coverage, and if you choose Flamethrower, you will have unresisted STAB, which is good.
-Ice Beam is for Dragons who get quad damage by Ice.
-Thunderbolt are for annoying Pokemon such as Kyogre.
-STAB Judgment of fighting will finish off foes properly, decimating through Groudon after a bit of hustling.
-Surf can bring down Fire types.
-Thunderbolt is also to kill annoying bulky Pokemon, such as Jellicent.
That's all for today. Hope this set is quite useful for people to use.
