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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Kartana) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
Tera Type: Grass / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike / Defog
[SET COMMENTS]
Armed with a Choice Scarf, Kartana becomes a dangerous revenge killer and late-game cleaner thanks to its Attack stat and snowball potential with Beast Boost. Its great Speed tier lets it effectively outspeed many boosted threats such as Garchomp,Mega Gyarados, and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele as well as getting the jump on naturally faster Pokemon such as Weavile, Darkrai, and Ogerpon-W, making it an effective Choice Scarf user. Knock Off lets Kartana remove items from defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Skarmory, which makes them more susceptible to entry hazards from its teammates, and it also hits Galarian Slowking hard. Sacred Sword targets Steel-types such as Heatran, Ferrothorn, and opposing Kartana. Smart Strike is Kartana's strongest Steel-type STAB attack for dealing with Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant, and Dragonite. Defog can be used over Smart Strike to guarantee an emergency Defog for teammates like Mega Charizard-Y, which can be used when predicting a switch or while sacrificing Kartana. Tera Grass elevates Leaf Blade's power to incredible levels, which allows Kartana to snowball with greater ease against weakened teams. Tera Dark can be used instead to give Kartana STAB on Knock Off, which becomes extremely spammable against most netural targets. Kartana fits well on offensive teams, as wallbreakers like Urshifu-R, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham appreciate its ability to revenge kill Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Darkrai, and Ogerpon-W. Kartana struggles against Pokemon like Skarmory and Toxapex due to its inability to break through them, so allies such as Heatran and Tapu Lele can help beat them for Kartana. In return, Kartana can beat down bulky Water-types such as Alomomola for them. Heatran can also set up Stealth Rock for Kartana, which synergizes well with Knock Off's removal of Heavy-Duty Boots from Stealth Rock-weak Pokemon like Zapdos and Tornadus-T. Kartana also struggles to break through Mega Latias because of its bulk and ability to tank most of Kartana's attacks as well as Zapdos because of its typing and ability to OHKO Kartana with Hurricane. Thus, Pursuit support from the likes of Mega Tyranitar and Choice Band Weavile can help in this regard.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/imzer0.629771/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/red-fintans.637479/
Grammar checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Choice Scarf (Kartana) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
Tera Type: Grass / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike / Defog
[SET COMMENTS]
Armed with a Choice Scarf, Kartana becomes a dangerous revenge killer and late-game cleaner thanks to its Attack stat and snowball potential with Beast Boost. Its great Speed tier lets it effectively outspeed many boosted threats such as Garchomp,Mega Gyarados, and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele as well as getting the jump on naturally faster Pokemon such as Weavile, Darkrai, and Ogerpon-W, making it an effective Choice Scarf user. Knock Off lets Kartana remove items from defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Skarmory, which makes them more susceptible to entry hazards from its teammates, and it also hits Galarian Slowking hard. Sacred Sword targets Steel-types such as Heatran, Ferrothorn, and opposing Kartana. Smart Strike is Kartana's strongest Steel-type STAB attack for dealing with Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant, and Dragonite. Defog can be used over Smart Strike to guarantee an emergency Defog for teammates like Mega Charizard-Y, which can be used when predicting a switch or while sacrificing Kartana. Tera Grass elevates Leaf Blade's power to incredible levels, which allows Kartana to snowball with greater ease against weakened teams. Tera Dark can be used instead to give Kartana STAB on Knock Off, which becomes extremely spammable against most netural targets. Kartana fits well on offensive teams, as wallbreakers like Urshifu-R, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham appreciate its ability to revenge kill Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Darkrai, and Ogerpon-W. Kartana struggles against Pokemon like Skarmory and Toxapex due to its inability to break through them, so allies such as Heatran and Tapu Lele can help beat them for Kartana. In return, Kartana can beat down bulky Water-types such as Alomomola for them. Heatran can also set up Stealth Rock for Kartana, which synergizes well with Knock Off's removal of Heavy-Duty Boots from Stealth Rock-weak Pokemon like Zapdos and Tornadus-T. Kartana also struggles to break through Mega Latias because of its bulk and ability to tank most of Kartana's attacks as well as Zapdos because of its typing and ability to OHKO Kartana with Hurricane. Thus, Pursuit support from the likes of Mega Tyranitar and Choice Band Weavile can help in this regard.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/imzer0.629771/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/red-fintans.637479/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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