NU Basculegion

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[OVERVIEW]
Basculegion's solid Attack stat, supported by two amazing abilities and high-Base Power STAB moves, makes it one of the most potent wallbreakers available in the tier. An Adaptability-boosted Wave Crash is capable of doing immense damage to bulky walls like Registeel and Swampert and even gets good chip on bulky Water-resistant Pokemon like Milotic and Tsareena. Alternatively, Basculegion can opt for Swift Swim on rain teams, becoming an extremely menacing Pokemon that can outspeed and power through bulky and offensive teams alike. While not having much in terms of type coverage, Basculegion has access to a solid movepool. Most notably, access to Aqua Jet lets it act as a revenge killer, picking off faster Pokemon such as Mienshao and Gallade with ease. However, the lack of a reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move hurts Basculegion greatly, making it susceptible to Pokemon that it otherwise would have a chance against, namely bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Gastrodon. Additionally, Basculegion's Speed is rather average, leaving it susceptible to being revenge killed by common Pokemon such as Gallade and Brambleghast and Choice Scarf users like Mienshao, Rotom-C, and Munkidori as well.

[SET]
Choice Band (Basculegion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Liquidation / Aqua Jet
- Tera Blast / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Equipped with a Choice Band, Basculegion becomes an extremely powerful wallbreaker on rain teams. Liquidation acts as recoil-free alternative to Wave Crash at the cost of lower power. This is especially useful late-game, where Basculegion can wreck through weakened opponents foes while still maintaining some health as to not be too vulnerable to revenge killers. Alternatively, Aqua Jet has more use outside of rain, being a useful priority tool to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Mienshao, Talonflame, and Cinccino. For Basculegion's last move, it tends to opt for Tera Blast alongside Tera Ghost, as it gifts Basculegion a powerful and reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move to hit Water-resistant and -immune Pokemon like Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Milotic, and Tsareena. However, it forces Basculegion to Terastallize, so it can be off-putting at times as an option. Because of this, Psychic Fangs can be used as alternative to hit Vaporeon neutrally while also hitting checks like Toxicroak and Vileplume super effectively. Ice Fang is another option that hits Dragon- and Grass-types like Dragalge, Tsareena, and Vileplume attempting to switch into Basculegion's Water-type attacks. If not running Tera Blast, Tera Water can further boost Basculegion's already monstrous offensive profile, letting it 2HKO bulky Water-resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Vileplume, and Tsareena with Wave Crash.

Choice Band Basculegion is a premier threat on rain teams thanks to its immense power and Swift Swim boosting its Speed. As a result, rain setters such as Klefki and Tornadus are necessary picks. In addition to setting rain, the former has access to a vast array of utility moves such as Thunder Wave, which cripples Choice Scarf users like Infernape and Inteleon, and Spikes, while the latter can use rain itself to break through Grass-types like Vileplume, Wo-Chien, and Tsareena. Other Swift Swim Pokemon such as Kingdra, Hisuian Qwilfish, and Ludicolo have solid synergy with Basculegion. Kingdra can overwhelm Vaporeon, Toxicroak, and Dragalge, making it less needed for Basculegion to Terastallize to hit these Pokemon. Hisuian Qwilfish can function as a late-game cleaner that appreciates Basculegion's insane wallbreaking letting it finish off games more easily, as it's able to finish off weakened foes. Ludicolo's Grass-type STAB moves and Ice-type coverage can be monumental in turning the tides against bulky Water-, Grass-, and Dragon- types like Gastrodon, Vaporeon, Vileplume, and Dragalge. Other entry hazard setters such as Flygon and Swampert make for good teammates, further bolstering Basculegion's wallbreaking capabilities.

[SET]
All-Out Attacker (Basculegion) @ Mystic Water / Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Aqua Jet gives Mystic Water sets a way to pick off faster Pokemon like Chandelure, Cinccino, and Mienshao, (AC) while Liquidation helps out Choice Scarf sets by providing a less risky version of Wave Crash with more PP and no recoil. Aqua Jet can even find use on Choice Scarf variants as a means to combat faster Choice Scarf users like Mienshao. Psychic Fangs provides solid coverage, hitting Poison-types that can take Water-type moves like Dragalge, Toxicroak, and Vileplume. Ice Fang instead targets Grass- and Dragon-types like Tsareena, Vileplume, Flygon, and Dragalge, albeit being weaker into the aforementioned Poison-type Pokemon. Mystic Water in tandem with Adaptability makes Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves extremely menacing while allowing it to switch its moves. This is further boosted by Tera Water, which makes Basculegion's Water-type attacks monstrously strong, doing immense damage to even the bulkiest of physically defensive Pokemon like Avalugg. Alternatively, Choice Scarf patches up Basculegion's otherwise average Speed and makes it a formidable revenge killer in its own right. It can also be very tricky to predict, being able to bluff non-Choiced variants to lure in and KO Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and KO it like Chandelure, Indeedee, and Hisuian Typhlosion. Despite this, Basculegion's average Speed stat prevents it from being consistent as a revenge killer, as other Choice Scarf users such as Flygon, Mienshao, Munkidori, and Porygon-Z can effectively outspeed and threaten it.

Entry hazard setters like Flygon, Swampert, and Diancie can set up Stealth Rock and Spikes, whittling down foes for Basculegion to more easily overwhelm them. Entry hazard removal from the likes of Cinccino, Talonflame, and Tsareena is heavily appreciated, increasing Basculegion's longevity and making it more capable offensively in the late-game. Basculegion tends to draw in bulky Water- and Grass-types like Vaporeon, Vileplume, Gastrodon, and Tsareena. As a result, offensive Pokemon that can capitalize on these foes, namely Toxicroak, Incineroar, Rotom-C, and Staraptor, can form potent wallbreaking cores with Basculegion. Additionally, the last three Pokemon can reliably bring Basculegion in with their pivot moves, giving Basculegion an easier time entering battle. Dark-types like Incineroar, Alolan Muk, Scrafty, and Bombirdier can counteract opposing Dark- and Ghost-types and use their presence as an opportunity to generate offensive momentum through pivoting and wearing down foes over time with Knock Off and, in the case of the first two, status. Setup Pokemon that can boost Speed such as Dragon Dance Flygon and Tidy Up Cinccino, as well as those that increase their physical bulk like Iron Defense Registeel and Bulk Up Scrafty, can pose a problem to Choice Scarf Basculegion, as either Basculegion's average Speed stat or the lack of an additional power boost can let it down against these threats. Thus, Pokemon that can check these foes such as Swampert, Registeel, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Sylveon are appreciated, providing some solid defensive backbone for Basculegion to fall back upon. In return, these Pokemon heavily appreciate Basculegion's strong offensive presence.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
A mixed attacking Assault Vest set can function as a decent bulky offensive pivot, leveraging Basculegion's solid special bulk against common special attackers like Munkidori. However, Basculegion's typing leaves it vulnerable to common special attackers such as Chandelure and Rotom-C, making its defensive use somewhat inconsistent. Additionally, the lack of reliable recovery makes it prone to being chipped down over time, forcing it to be paired with a Wish user and making it much less efficient into common threats. Choice Specs Basculegion is a decent option, with its stronger coverage options in Shadow Ball and Ice Beam, alongside Adaptability, compensating for its otherwise middling Special Attack stat. This set can threaten typical counterplay to physical Basculegion sets such as Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Dragalge, and Vileplume with either Shadow Ball or Ice Beam.

Checks and Counters
====

**Water-immune Pokemon**: Vaporeon is an excellent answer to Basculegion thanks to Water Absorb making it immune to Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves alongside strong physical bulk with investment making it hardly deterred by any of Basculegion's coverage moves. Gastrodon functions similarly, albeit with more reliable recovery with Recover and the ability to turn Basculegion's Water-type moves into an opportunity for offensive momentum thanks to Storm Drain. Toxicroak can also switch into Basculegion's Water-type moves courtesy of Dry Skin and use Basculegion as fodder for setting up Swords Dance. However, Psychic Fangs obliterates Toxicroak, so it must be mindful of Basculegion's choice of coverage.

**Water- and Dragon-types**: Milotic is generally a solid check to Basculegion thanks to Recover giving it extremely important longevity as well as Flip Turn letting Milotic use Basculegion as a chance to gain momentum. Inteleon can generally switch into Basculegion once and, in return, outspeed and OHKO Basculegion with Dark Pulse after some chip damage. Dragalge's solid physical bulk lets it come in on Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves and either wear it down with Sludge Bomb or finish it off with Draco Meteor. Paldean Tauros-W's high physical bulk combined with Intimidate and Bulk Up lets it easily come in on Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves, but it must exercise caution against sets with Psychic Fangs.

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types like Vileplume and Tsareena are able to handle Basculegion's Water-type moves outside of rain quite effectively and can overwhelm it with their STAB moves. Vileplume in particular can also take advantage of Basculegion's presence for longevity with either Giga Drain or Strength Sap. However, both of these Pokemon must be wary of Choice Band Ice Fang, as they are vulnerable to being 2HKOed by it. Vileplume also must look out for Psychic Fangs. Brute Bonnet is another excellent answer, resisting both of Basculegion's STAB attacks and OHKOing it in return with any of its STAB attacks. Additionally, Sucker Punch can easily pick off Basculegion.

**Faster Pokemon**: Basculegion's bulk, while decent, leaves it vulnerable to various faster Pokemon with super effective coverage. Dark-types and Pokemon with Dark-type coverage such as Mienshao, Gallade, and Inteleon can all OHKO Basculegion with their respective Dark-type attacks after some minor chip damage. Other faster offensive Pokemon such as Tsareena, Kilowattrel, and Rotom-C can overwhelm Basculegion with super effective moves. However, all of these Pokemon have to be wary of Basculegion under rain, and non-Choice Scarf variants have to fear a possible Choice Scarf on Basculegion, as the majority of them are susceptible to being OHKOed by Basculegion's Wave Crash.

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ask me about any questions, and implement this carefully—there's a fair bit!
QC 1/2 when done.
:sv/basculegion:

[OVERVIEW]
Basculegion's solid Attack stat, supported by two amazing abilities and high base-power STAB moves, makes it one of the most potent wallbreakers available in the tier. An Adaptability-boosted Wave Crash is capable of doing immense damage to bulky walls like Registeel and Avalugg i would change lugg. best case scenario: you’re cb and they invested in spdef and you do 42-50%. i dont see this exact situation happening a ton, though: non rain bascu likes mwater and some luggs feel like being phys def. all scenarios average around 35% damage being done with wcrash, which is just eh overall. so i’d swap this out for like pert/quag which you easily 2hko and even gets good chip on bulky resistant Pokemon like Milotic and Tsareena. these guys take a quarter from wcrash, which isnt “immense damage” but cool chip Alternatively, Basculegion can opt for Swift Swim on rain teams, becoming a extremely menacing Pokemon that can outspeed and power through bulky and offensive teams alike. While not having much in terms of type coverage, Basculegion has access to a solid movepool. Most notably, access to Aqua Jet lets it potentially act as a revenge killer, picking off faster Pokemon such as Mienshao, Lycanroc-Dusk, and Gallade with ease. However, the lack of a reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move hurts Basculegion greatly, making it susceptible to Pokemon that it otherwise would have a chance against otherwise be fearful of it, namely bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Gastrodon outside of rain. i assume you’re alluding to tera blast ghost but bascu has to tera to actually use that anyways, so the sentence can survive without this Additionally, outside of rain, without a boost from either rain or Choice Scarf, Basculegion's Speed is rather average even when it equips a Choice Scarf, leaving it susceptible to being revenge killed by common Pokemon such as Gallade and Brambleghast and more popular Choice Scarf users as well, like Mienshao, Gallade, and Rotom-C, and Munkidori.

[SET]
Choice Band (Basculegion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Liquidation / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Tera Blast / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

psy fangs hitting croak and plume super effectively while also letting you at the very least touch vapo makes it better than ice fang. also, tera blast ghost is what everyone is running at the moment for a powerful and reliable ghost-type stab move. you're forced to tera, making it not be clicked often, but it gets the job done. adamant is nice to smoke things even worse, but jolly lets you actually outspeed stuff. (smash cloy n scarf users like ape n intel)

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Equipped with a Choice Band, Basculegion becomes an extremely powerful wallbreaker on rain teams capable of breaking through even the bulkiest walls in the tier. unnecessary as this a full analysis Liquidation acts as recoil-free alternative to Wave Crash at the cost of lower power. This is especially useful late-game, where Basculegion can wreck through weakened opponents while still maintaining some health as to not be too vulnerable to revenge killers. Alternatively, Aqua Jet has more use outside of rain, being a useful priority tool to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Mienshao, Talonflame, and Lycanroc-Dusk. For Basculegion's last move, it tends to opt for Tera Blast Ghost, as it gifts Basculegion a poweful and reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move to hit Water-resistant and -immune Pokemon like Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Milotic, and Tsareena. However, due to this using up Terastallization, it can be off-putting at times as an option, as it forces Basculegion to Terastallize if it wishes to do any damage to Vaporeon and Toxicroak. Because of this, Psychic Fangs can be used as alternative to hit Vaporeon neurally while also hitting checks like Toxicroak and Vileplume super effectively. Ice Fang is another option that hits Dragon- and Grass-types like Dragalge, Tsareena, and Vileplume attempting to switch in to Basculegion's Water-type attacks. Basculegion's last moveslot is a toss-up depending on what a team may require; Ice Fang does solid damage to Dragon- and Grass-types such as Flygon and Wo-Chien, Psychic Fangs 2HKOs common bulky Water-resistant Pokemon like Dragalge and Vileplume, and Phantom Force is Basculegion's best option for a Ghost-type STAB move, most notably 2HKOing Gastrodon. also, side note: p force doesn't 2hko gastro technically because they can just recover while you're charging up, just something I thought I should note. If not running Tera Blast, Tera Water can help further boosts Basculegion's already monstrous offensive profile, letting it OHKOing Araquanid araq isnt a good enough mon in the meta to mention in my opnion: you can drop this (and replace it if you want) and 2HKOing other bulky resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Vileplume, and Tsareena, while also enhancing Basculegion as a late-game cleaner. 2hko with what move?: wcrash or liquid?

Choice Band Basculegion is a premier threat on rain teams thanks to its immense power and Swift Swim boosting its Speed. As a result, rain setters such as Klefki and Tornadus are obvious necessary picks. ‘obvious’ to me comes off as ‘you could’ compared to how ‘necessary’ shows a reliance In addition to setting rain, the former has access to a vast array of utility moves such as Thunder Wave to cripple Choice Scarf users like Mienshao Infernape and Inteleon these actually outspeed you if you are adamant and therefore more threatening and Spikes to spread more to get chip damage on resists like Dragalge and Tsareena, while the latter can use rain itself, reword this torn part to say how it beats the grass types for it with hurricane helping Basculegion with wallbreaking. Other Swift Swim Pokemon such as Kingdra, Drednaw, while it can work, it is a bit out there Hisuian Qwilfish, and Ludicolo have solid synergy with Basculegion. Kingdra can overwhelm Slowbro Vaporeon, Toxicroak, and Dragalge, making it less needed for Basculegion to Terastallize to hit these Pokemon. Drednaw and Hisuian Qwilfish can function as a late-game cleaners, that appreciating appreciates Basculegion's insane wallbreaking ability, letting it finish off games more easily as its able to finish off to gain more set-up opportunities on weakened opponents. i don’t understand how a weakened mon itself gives opportunities for setup but it helps for cleaning like u said earlier. Ludicolo's Grass-type STAB moves and Ice-type coverage can be monumental in turning the tides against bulky Water-, Grass-, and Dragon-types like Swampert, pert is destroyed Gastrodon, and Vaporeon, Vileplume, and Dragalge. Other entry hazard setters such as Flygon and Deoxys-D make for good teammates, further bolstering Basculegion's wallbreaking capabilities to overwhelm various defensive threats. short & simple

[SET]
All-Out Attacker (Basculegion) @ Mystic Water / Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 172 Atk / 128 SpA / 208 Spe or 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Lonely Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Shadow Ball Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Aqua Jet / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Basculegion's solid offensive typing opens it up to act as a strong user of Adaptability. With some investment into Special Attack, Shadow Ball becomes a supremely valuable STAB option, letting Basculegion OHKO Brambleghast and giving it a decent option against bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Gastrodon. vapo and gastro eat s ball, and, while i’m not sold on the s ball for bramble, you could put it in oo as a mention if you wanted. Aqua Jet gives Mystic Water sets a way to pick off faster Pokemon like Lycanroc-D, Chandelure, and Mienshao while Liquidation helps out Choice Scarf sets by providing is a viable alternative, acting as a less risky version of Wave Crash with more PP and no recoil. Aqua Jet provides good utility against faster Pokemon like Lycanroc-Dusk and Talonflame. Additionally, it Aqua Jet can even find use on Choice Scarf variants as a means to combat faster Choice Scarf users like Mienshao. Psychic Fangs has provides solid coverage, hitting Poison-types that resist can take its Water-type moves like Toxicroak, Dragalge, and Vileplume. Ice Fang provides instead targets comfortable coverage for Grass- and Dragon-types like ???, albeit being weaker into the aforementioned Poison-type Pokemon. The Attack and Special Attack EVs ensure that a Wave Crash into a Shadow Ball from Basculegion will KO Slowbro. 208 Speed EVs let Mystic Water Basculegion outspeed Pokemon with base 60 Speed such as Incineroar and Swampert. again, you can put this set in oo, but since slowbro-k is gone i dont see the payback of using s ball being too high Mystic Water in tandem with Adaptability makes Basculegion's Water-type STAB extremely menacing while allowing it to switch up its moves. This is further boosted by Tera Water, which makes Basculegion's Water-type attacks monstrously strong, doing immense damage to even the bulkiest of physically defensive Pokemon like Avalugg and Registeel. regi prefers spdef Alternatively, Choice Scarf patches up Basculegion's otherwise average Speed and makes it a formidable revenge killer in its own right, doing well against Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and overwhelm it such as Chandelure and Indeedee. In addition to this, Choice Scarf can be very tricky to predict, being able to bluff non-Choiced variants and luring in Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and KO it like Chandelure and Hisuian Typhlosion.
i feel as if you’re outlining the positives a bit much without acknowledging the issue it presents: i’d like if you were to cut this a bit and add a part on how it’s poor at revenge killing setup sweepers and it gets outsped by all other scarfers in two sentences. if not possible, three is fine but pushing it, in my opinion.

Adaptability Basculegion finds itself at home on offense teams as a strong and versatile wallbreaker that can take advantage of faulty predictions. this didn’t add much or tell me a ton about bascu itself on why or how teammates would or could help it. Entry hazard setters like Flygon, Swampert, and Iron Thorns Alolan Sandslash can set up Stealth Rock and Spikes, widdling whittling down foes for Basculegion to more easily overwhelm them. Setup sweepers such as Lucario, Cinccino, Feraligatr, and Porygon-Z appreciate Basculegion's strong offensive capabilities, appreciating Basculegion's good matchups into Pokemon like Hisuian Typhlosion, Copperajah, Swampert, and Deoxys-D gatr doesn’t really benefit from pert gone overall, you still smoke it + pz doesnt have big issues with deod because of s ball. you can remove these mentions or swap ‘em out. also those last two sentences have the ‘appreciate’ forms way too close together—reword or reformat, as the use of it twice muddles what you’re trying to say. and capitalizing off of weakened defensive Pokemon to set up more easily and sweep late-game. again, i dont see how weak pokemon provides set up, it provides an easier clean but not setup. Entry hazard removal from the likes of Cinccino, Talonflame, and Tsareena is heavily appreciated, increasing Basculegion's longevity and making it more capable offensively in the late game.

i’d like a part on how basc draws in waters and grasses so something to use those is cool for a wallbreaking core: à la croak, mowtom, incin, galge, (or staraptor if you feel crazy)

also, with all the ghost and darks around, switching in isn’t fun, so having a dark of your own like incin, alolamuk, scrafty, or bombird is nice to act as a pivot whether directly (u-turn from incin and bombird) or indirectly (swapping with alolamuk and scrafty)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A mixed Assault Vest set can function as a decent bulky offensive pivot, leveraging Basculegion's solid special bulk against common special attackers like Munkidori. However, Basculegion's typing leaves it vulnerable to common special attackers such as Hisuian Typhlosion Chandelure way better and Rotom-C Galvantula, don’t promote these specs galv users T-T making its defensive use somewhat inconsistent. Additionally, the lack of reliable recovery makes it prone to being chipped down over time, forcing it to be paired alongside a Wish user and making it much less efficient into common threats.

Checks and Counters
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**Water-immune Pokemon Bulky Water-types**: Vaporeon is an excellent answer to Basculegion thanks to Water Absorb making it immune to Basculegion's otherwise monstrous Water-type STAB alongside strong physical bulk with investment making it hardly deterred by any of Basculegion's coverage moves. In return, it can stall out Basculegion with the combination of Scald, Wish, and Protect. Gastrodon functions similar, albeit with more reliable recovery with Recover and the ability to turn Basculegion's Water-type moves into an opportunity for offensive momentum thanks to Storm Drain.
add a sentence or two on how croak switches in easily and can use it as setup fodder but it has to fear psy fangs

**Water- and Dragon-types**: combine a section for milotic + intel can pivot once + gatr can sd once + cloy gets setup opportunity + dragalge (and + altaria if you want)

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types like Vileplume and Tsareena are able to handle Basculegion's Water-type moves outside of rain quite effectively and can overwhelm it with their STAB moves. Vileplume in particular can also take advantage of Basculegion's presence for longevity with either Giga Drain or Strength Sap. However, both of these Pokemon must be wary of Ice Fang, as both are vulnerable to being 2HKOed by it. if by normal adamant, keep as is. if by choice band boosted, specify. Vileplume also must look out for Psychic Fangs. Brute Bonnet is another excellent answer, resisting both of Basculegion's STAB attacks and OHKOing it in return with any of its STAB attacks. Breloom is an effective revenge killer, being able to take at any attack one time from Adaptability variants and decimating it in return with Bullet Seed. However, Breloom must be wary of Swift Swim variants, as a Choice Band Wave Crash under rain has good odds to OHKO Breloom.

**Faster Pokemon**: Basculegion's bulk, while decent, leaves it vulnerable to various faster Pokemon with super effective coverage. Dark-types like Brute Bonnet and Pokemon with Dark-type coverage such as Mienshao, Gallade, and Inteleon can all OHKO Basculegion with Knock Off their respective Dark-type attack after some minor chip damage. Other faster offensive Pokemon such as Tsareena Munkidori and Galvantula Kilowattrel can overwhelm Basculegion with super effective moves what does munki have? (gknot is very rare nowadays). However, barring Choice Scarf variants of Mienshao, u always outspeed shao under rain, even if ada all of these Pokemon have to be wary of Basculegion under rain or and non-Choice Scarf variants have to fear a possible with a Choice Scarf on Basculegion, as they are all the majority of them are susceptible to being OHKOed (if this is tru for the non-tsar/bbonnet ones, keep. if not, change to "susceptible to being KOed after some chip") by Basculegion's Wave Crash.

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PowerOfMemes said:
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ask me about any questions, and implement this carefully—there's a fair bit!
QC 1/2 when done.
:sv/basculegion:

[OVERVIEW]
Basculegion's solid Attack stat, supported by two amazing abilities and high base-power STAB moves, makes it one of the most potent wallbreakers available in the tier. An Adaptability-boosted Wave Crash is capable of doing immense damage to bulky walls like Registeel and Avalugg i would change lugg. best case scenario: you’re cb and they invested in spdef and you do 42-50%. i dont see this exact situation happening a ton, though: non rain bascu likes mwater and some luggs feel like being phys def. all scenarios average around 35% damage being done with wcrash, which is just eh overall. so i’d swap this out for like pert/quag which you easily 2hko and even gets good chip on bulky resistant Pokemon like Milotic and Tsareena. these guys take a quarter from wcrash, which isnt “immense damage” but cool chip Alternatively, Basculegion can opt for Swift Swim on rain teams, becoming a extremely menacing Pokemon that can outspeed and power through bulky and offensive teams alike. While not having much in terms of type coverage, Basculegion has access to a solid movepool. Most notably, access to Aqua Jet lets it potentially act as a revenge killer, picking off faster Pokemon such as Mienshao, Lycanroc-Dusk, and Gallade with ease. However, the lack of a reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move hurts Basculegion greatly, making it susceptible to Pokemon that it otherwise would have a chance against otherwise be fearful of it, namely bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Gastrodon outside of rain. i assume you’re alluding to tera blast ghost but bascu has to tera to actually use that anyways, so the sentence can survive without this Additionally, outside of rain, without a boost from either rain or Choice Scarf, Basculegion's Speed is rather average even when it equips a Choice Scarf, leaving it susceptible to being revenge killed by common Pokemon such as Gallade and Brambleghast and more popular Choice Scarf users as well, like Mienshao, Gallade, and Rotom-C, and Munkidori.

[SET]
Choice Band (Basculegion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Liquidation / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Tera Blast / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

psy fangs hitting croak and plume super effectively while also letting you at the very least touch vapo makes it better than ice fang. also, tera blast ghost is what everyone is running at the moment for a powerful and reliable ghost-type stab move. you're forced to tera, making it not be clicked often, but it gets the job done. adamant is nice to smoke things even worse, but jolly lets you actually outspeed stuff. (smash cloy n scarf users like ape n intel)

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Equipped with a Choice Band, Basculegion becomes an extremely powerful wallbreaker on rain teams capable of breaking through even the bulkiest walls in the tier. unnecessary as this a full analysis Liquidation acts as recoil-free alternative to Wave Crash at the cost of lower power. This is especially useful late-game, where Basculegion can wreck through weakened opponents while still maintaining some health as to not be too vulnerable to revenge killers. Alternatively, Aqua Jet has more use outside of rain, being a useful priority tool to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Mienshao, Talonflame, and Lycanroc-Dusk. For Basculegion's last move, it tends to opt for Tera Blast Ghost, as it gifts Basculegion a poweful and reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move to hit Water-resistant and -immune Pokemon like Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Milotic, and Tsareena. However, due to this using up Terastallization, it can be off-putting at times as an option, as it forces Basculegion to Terastallize if it wishes to do any damage to Vaporeon and Toxicroak. Because of this, Psychic Fangs can be used as alternative to hit Vaporeon neurally while also hitting checks like Toxicroak and Vileplume super effectively. Ice Fang is another option that hits Dragon- and Grass-types like Dragalge, Tsareena, and Vileplume attempting to switch in to Basculegion's Water-type attacks. Basculegion's last moveslot is a toss-up depending on what a team may require; Ice Fang does solid damage to Dragon- and Grass-types such as Flygon and Wo-Chien, Psychic Fangs 2HKOs common bulky Water-resistant Pokemon like Dragalge and Vileplume, and Phantom Force is Basculegion's best option for a Ghost-type STAB move, most notably 2HKOing Gastrodon. also, side note: p force doesn't 2hko gastro technically because they can just recover while you're charging up, just something I thought I should note. If not running Tera Blast, Tera Water can help further boosts Basculegion's already monstrous offensive profile, letting it OHKOing Araquanid araq isnt a good enough mon in the meta to mention in my opnion: you can drop this (and replace it if you want) and 2HKOing other bulky resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Vileplume, and Tsareena, while also enhancing Basculegion as a late-game cleaner. 2hko with what move?: wcrash or liquid?

Choice Band Basculegion is a premier threat on rain teams thanks to its immense power and Swift Swim boosting its Speed. As a result, rain setters such as Klefki and Tornadus are obvious necessary picks. ‘obvious’ to me comes off as ‘you could’ compared to how ‘necessary’ shows a reliance In addition to setting rain, the former has access to a vast array of utility moves such as Thunder Wave to cripple Choice Scarf users like Mienshao Infernape and Inteleon these actually outspeed you if you are adamant and therefore more threatening and Spikes to spread more to get chip damage on resists like Dragalge and Tsareena, while the latter can use rain itself, reword this torn part to say how it beats the grass types for it with hurricane helping Basculegion with wallbreaking. Other Swift Swim Pokemon such as Kingdra, Drednaw, while it can work, it is a bit out there Hisuian Qwilfish, and Ludicolo have solid synergy with Basculegion. Kingdra can overwhelm Slowbro Vaporeon, Toxicroak, and Dragalge, making it less needed for Basculegion to Terastallize to hit these Pokemon. Drednaw and Hisuian Qwilfish can function as a late-game cleaners, that appreciating appreciates Basculegion's insane wallbreaking ability, letting it finish off games more easily as its able to finish off to gain more set-up opportunities on weakened opponents. i don’t understand how a weakened mon itself gives opportunities for setup but it helps for cleaning like u said earlier. Ludicolo's Grass-type STAB moves and Ice-type coverage can be monumental in turning the tides against bulky Water-, Grass-, and Dragon-types like Swampert, pert is destroyed Gastrodon, and Vaporeon, Vileplume, and Dragalge. Other entry hazard setters such as Flygon and Deoxys-D make for good teammates, further bolstering Basculegion's wallbreaking capabilities to overwhelm various defensive threats. short & simple

[SET]
All-Out Attacker (Basculegion) @ Mystic Water / Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 172 Atk / 128 SpA / 208 Spe or 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Lonely Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Shadow Ball Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Aqua Jet / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Basculegion's solid offensive typing opens it up to act as a strong user of Adaptability. With some investment into Special Attack, Shadow Ball becomes a supremely valuable STAB option, letting Basculegion OHKO Brambleghast and giving it a decent option against bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Gastrodon. vapo and gastro eat s ball, and, while i’m not sold on the s ball for bramble, you could put it in oo as a mention if you wanted. Aqua Jet gives Mystic Water sets a way to pick off faster Pokemon like Lycanroc-D, Chandelure, and Mienshao while Liquidation helps out Choice Scarf sets by providing is a viable alternative, acting as a less risky version of Wave Crash with more PP and no recoil. Aqua Jet provides good utility against faster Pokemon like Lycanroc-Dusk and Talonflame. Additionally, it Aqua Jet can even find use on Choice Scarf variants as a means to combat faster Choice Scarf users like Mienshao. Psychic Fangs has provides solid coverage, hitting Poison-types that resist can take its Water-type moves like Toxicroak, Dragalge, and Vileplume. Ice Fang provides instead targets comfortable coverage for Grass- and Dragon-types like ???, albeit being weaker into the aforementioned Poison-type Pokemon. The Attack and Special Attack EVs ensure that a Wave Crash into a Shadow Ball from Basculegion will KO Slowbro. 208 Speed EVs let Mystic Water Basculegion outspeed Pokemon with base 60 Speed such as Incineroar and Swampert. again, you can put this set in oo, but since slowbro-k is gone i dont see the payback of using s ball being too high Mystic Water in tandem with Adaptability makes Basculegion's Water-type STAB extremely menacing while allowing it to switch up its moves. This is further boosted by Tera Water, which makes Basculegion's Water-type attacks monstrously strong, doing immense damage to even the bulkiest of physically defensive Pokemon like Avalugg and Registeel. regi prefers spdef Alternatively, Choice Scarf patches up Basculegion's otherwise average Speed and makes it a formidable revenge killer in its own right, doing well against Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and overwhelm it such as Chandelure and Indeedee. In addition to this, Choice Scarf can be very tricky to predict, being able to bluff non-Choiced variants and luring in Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and KO it like Chandelure and Hisuian Typhlosion.
i feel as if you’re outlining the positives a bit much without acknowledging the issue it presents: i’d like if you were to cut this a bit and add a part on how it’s poor at revenge killing setup sweepers and it gets outsped by all other scarfers in two sentences. if not possible, three is fine but pushing it, in my opinion.

Adaptability Basculegion finds itself at home on offense teams as a strong and versatile wallbreaker that can take advantage of faulty predictions. this didn’t add much or tell me a ton about bascu itself on why or how teammates would or could help it. Entry hazard setters like Flygon, Swampert, and Iron Thorns Alolan Sandslash can set up Stealth Rock and Spikes, widdling whittling down foes for Basculegion to more easily overwhelm them. Setup sweepers such as Lucario, Cinccino, Feraligatr, and Porygon-Z appreciate Basculegion's strong offensive capabilities, appreciating Basculegion's good matchups into Pokemon like Hisuian Typhlosion, Copperajah, Swampert, and Deoxys-D gatr doesn’t really benefit from pert gone overall, you still smoke it + pz doesnt have big issues with deod because of s ball. you can remove these mentions or swap ‘em out. also those last two sentences have the ‘appreciate’ forms way too close together—reword or reformat, as the use of it twice muddles what you’re trying to say. and capitalizing off of weakened defensive Pokemon to set up more easily and sweep late-game. again, i dont see how weak pokemon provides set up, it provides an easier clean but not setup. Entry hazard removal from the likes of Cinccino, Talonflame, and Tsareena is heavily appreciated, increasing Basculegion's longevity and making it more capable offensively in the late game.

i’d like a part on how basc draws in waters and grasses so something to use those is cool for a wallbreaking core: à la croak, mowtom, incin, galge, (or staraptor if you feel crazy)

also, with all the ghost and darks around, switching in isn’t fun, so having a dark of your own like incin, alolamuk, scrafty, or bombird is nice to act as a pivot whether directly (u-turn from incin and bombird) or indirectly (swapping with alolamuk and scrafty)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A mixed Assault Vest set can function as a decent bulky offensive pivot, leveraging Basculegion's solid special bulk against common special attackers like Munkidori. However, Basculegion's typing leaves it vulnerable to common special attackers such as Hisuian Typhlosion Chandelure way better and Rotom-C Galvantula, don’t promote these specs galv users T-T making its defensive use somewhat inconsistent. Additionally, the lack of reliable recovery makes it prone to being chipped down over time, forcing it to be paired alongside a Wish user and making it much less efficient into common threats.

Checks and Counters
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**Water-immune Pokemon Bulky Water-types**: Vaporeon is an excellent answer to Basculegion thanks to Water Absorb making it immune to Basculegion's otherwise monstrous Water-type STAB alongside strong physical bulk with investment making it hardly deterred by any of Basculegion's coverage moves. In return, it can stall out Basculegion with the combination of Scald, Wish, and Protect. Gastrodon functions similar, albeit with more reliable recovery with Recover and the ability to turn Basculegion's Water-type moves into an opportunity for offensive momentum thanks to Storm Drain.
add a sentence or two on how croak switches in easily and can use it as setup fodder but it has to fear psy fangs

**Water- and Dragon-types**: combine a section for milotic + intel can pivot once + gatr can sd once + cloy gets setup opportunity + dragalge (and + altaria if you want)

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types like Vileplume and Tsareena are able to handle Basculegion's Water-type moves outside of rain quite effectively and can overwhelm it with their STAB moves. Vileplume in particular can also take advantage of Basculegion's presence for longevity with either Giga Drain or Strength Sap. However, both of these Pokemon must be wary of Ice Fang, as both are vulnerable to being 2HKOed by it. if by normal adamant, keep as is. if by choice band boosted, specify. Vileplume also must look out for Psychic Fangs. Brute Bonnet is another excellent answer, resisting both of Basculegion's STAB attacks and OHKOing it in return with any of its STAB attacks. Breloom is an effective revenge killer, being able to take at any attack one time from Adaptability variants and decimating it in return with Bullet Seed. However, Breloom must be wary of Swift Swim variants, as a Choice Band Wave Crash under rain has good odds to OHKO Breloom.

**Faster Pokemon**: Basculegion's bulk, while decent, leaves it vulnerable to various faster Pokemon with super effective coverage. Dark-types like Brute Bonnet and Pokemon with Dark-type coverage such as Mienshao, Gallade, and Inteleon can all OHKO Basculegion with Knock Off their respective Dark-type attack after some minor chip damage. Other faster offensive Pokemon such as Tsareena Munkidori and Galvantula Kilowattrel can overwhelm Basculegion with super effective moves what does munki have? (gknot is very rare nowadays). However, barring Choice Scarf variants of Mienshao, u always outspeed shao under rain, even if ada all of these Pokemon have to be wary of Basculegion under rain or and non-Choice Scarf variants have to fear a possible with a Choice Scarf on Basculegion, as they are all the majority of them are susceptible to being OHKOed (if this is tru for the non-tsar/bbonnet ones, keep. if not, change to "susceptible to being KOed after some chip") by Basculegion's Wave Crash.

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[OVERVIEW]
Basculegion's solid Attack stat, supported by two amazing abilities and high base-power STAB moves, makes it one of the most potent wallbreakers available in the tier. An Adaptability-boosted Wave Crash is capable of doing immense damage to bulky walls like Registeel and Swampert and even gets good chip on bulky resistant Pokemon like Milotic and Tsareena. Alternatively, Basculegion can opt for Swift Swim on rain teams, becoming a an extremely menacing Pokemon that can outspeed and power through bulky and offensive teams alike. While not having much in terms of type coverage, Basculegion has access to a solid movepool. Most notably, access to Aqua Jet lets it potentially act as a revenge killer, picking off faster Pokemon such as Mienshao, Lycanroc-Dusk, and Gallade with ease. However, the lack of a reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move hurts Basculegion greatly, making it susceptible to Pokemon that it otherwise would have a chance against, namely bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Gastrodon. Additionally, Basculegion's Speed is rather average, leaving it susceptible to being revenge killed by common Pokemon such as Gallade and Brambleghast and more popular Choice Scarf users as well, like Mienshao, Rotom-C, and Munkidori.

[SET]
Choice Band Rain Sweeper (Basculegion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Liquidation / Aqua Jet
- Tera Blast / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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[Equipped with a Choice Band, Basculegion becomes an extremely powerful wallbreaker on rain teams capable of breaking through even the bulkiest walls in the tier.] I would find a way to reword this sentence. It's currently using a lot of words to express nothing. Liquidation acts as recoil-free alternative to Wave Crash at the cost of lower power. This is especially useful late-game, where Basculegion can wreck through weakened opponents while still maintaining some health as to not be too vulnerable to revenge killers. Alternatively, Aqua Jet has more use outside of rain, being a useful priority tool to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Mienshao, Talonflame, and Lycanroc-Dusk This could be Cinccino tbh. For Basculegion's last move, it tends to opt for Tera Blast alongside Tera Ghost, as it gifts Basculegion a poweful and reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move to hit Water-resistant and -immune Pokemon like Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Milotic, and Tsareena. However, due to this using up Terastallization, it can be off-putting at times as an option, as it forces Basculegion to Terastallize if it wishes to do any damage to Vaporeon and Toxicroak. Because of this, Psychic Fangs can be used as alternative to hit Vaporeon neurally while also hitting checks like Toxicroak and Vileplume super effectively. Ice Fang is another option that hits Dragon- and Grass-types like Dragalge, Tsareena, and Vileplume attempting to switch in to Basculegion's Water-type attacks. If not running Tera Blast, Tera Water can further boost Basculegion's already monstrous offensive profile, letting it 2HKO bulky resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Vileplume, and Tsareena with Wave Crash, while also enhancing Basculegion as a late-game cleaner.

Choice Band Basculegion is a premier threat on rain teams thanks to its immense power and Swift Swim boosting its Speed. As a result, rain setters such as Klefki and Tornadus are necessary picks. In addition to setting rain, the former has access to a vast array of utility moves such as Thunder Wave to cripple Choice Scarf users like Infernape and Inteleon and Spikes to get chip damage on resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge and Tsareena, while the latter can use rain itself, breaking through Grass-types like Vileplume, Brute Bonnet Wo-Chien, and Tsareena. Other Swift Swim Pokemon such as Kingdra, Hisuian Qwilfish, and Ludicolo have solid synergy with Basculegion. Kingdra can overwhelm Vaporeon, Toxicroak, and Dragalge, making it less needed for Basculegion to Terastalize to hit these Pokemon. Hisuian Qwilfish can function as a late-game cleaner that appreciates Basculegion's insane wallbreaking letting it finish off games more easily as its able to finish off weakened opponents. Ludicolo's Grass-type STAB moves and Ice-type coverage can be monumental in turning the tides against bulky Water-, Grass-, and Dragon- types like Gastrodon, Vaporeon, Vileplume, and Dragalge. Other entry hazard setters such as Flygon and Swampert make for good teammates, further bolstering Basculegion's wallbreaking capabilities.

[SET]
All-Out Attacker (Basculegion) @ Mystic Water / Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Aqua Jet gives Mystic Water sets a way to pick off faster Pokemon like Lycanroc-D, Chandelure, and Mienshao while Liquidation helps out Choice Scarf sets by providing a less risky version of Wave Crash with more PP and no recoil. Aqua Jet can even find use on Choice Scarf variants as a means to combat faster Choice Scarf users like Mienshao. Psychic Fangs provides solid coverage, hitting Poison-types that can take Water-type moves like Dragalge, Toxicroak, and Vileplume. Ice Fang instead targets Grass- and Dragon-types like Tsareena, Vileplume, Flygon, and Dragalge, albeit being weaker into the aforementioned Poison-type Pokemon. Mystic Water in tandem with Adaptability makes Basculegion's Water-type STAB extremely menacing while allowing it to switch its moves. This is further boosted by Tera Water, which makes Basculegion's Water-type attacks monstrously strong, doing immense damage to even the bulkiest of physically defensive Pokemon like Avalugg. Alternatively, Choice Scarf patches up Basculegion's otherwise average Speed and makes it a formidable revenge killer in its own right, doing well against Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and overwhelm it such as Chandelure and Indeedee. In addition to this, Choice Scarf can be very tricky to predict, being able to bluff non-Choiced variants and luring in Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and KO it like Chandelure and Hisuian Typhlosion. Despite this, Basculegion's average Speed stat prevents it from being consistent as a revenge killer, as other Choice Scarf users such as Flygon, Mienshao, Munkidori, and Porygon-Z can effectively outspeed and threaten it. Additionally, set-up Pokemon that can boost Speed such as Dragon Dance Flygon and Tidy Up Cinccino, as well as those that increase their physical bulk like Iron Defense Registeel and Bulk Up Scrafty, can pose a problem to Choice Scarf Basculegion, as either Basculegion's average Speed stat or the lack of an additional power boost can let it down against these threats. I would throw the mention of bulky setup in the next section, adding teammates that beat them alongside this.

Entry hazard setters like Flygon, Swampert, and Alolan Sandslash Diancie can set up Stealth Rock and Spikes, whittling down foes for Basculegion to more easily overwhelm them. Setup sweepers such as Cinccino, Gallade, and Porygon-Z love Basculegion's solid matchups into Pokemon like Hisuian Typhlosion, Copperajah, and non-Iron Defense Registeel These two lists do not match and don't make sense together. I would either get rid of this sentence or get a new list of setup sweepers and a list that is organized to match them (Gallade, for example, doesn't care about Copperajah, which it is matched with). and capitalizing off of weakened defensive Pokemon to set up and sweep late-game. Entry hazard removal from the likes of Cinccino, Talonflame, and Tsareena is heavily appreciated, increasing Basculegion's longevity and making it more capable offensively in the late game. Basculegion tends to draw in bulky Water- and Grass-types like Vaporeon, Vileplume, Gastrodon, and Tsareena. As a result, offensive Pokemon who can capitalize on these foes, namely Toxicroak, Incineroar, Rotom-C, and Staraptor, can form potent wallbreaking cores with Basculegion. Additionally, the latter three Pokemon can reliably bring Basculegion in with their pivot moves, giving Basculegion an easier time entering battle. Dark-types like Incineroar, Alolan Muk, Scrafty, and Bombirdier can counteract opposing Dark- and Ghost-types and use their presence as an opportunity to generate offensive momentum through pivoting and wearing down foes over time with Knock Off and, in the case of the former two, status.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A mixed Assault Vest set can function as a decent bulky offensive pivot, leveraging Basculegion's solid special bulk against common special attackers like Munkidori. However, Basculegion's typing leaves it vulnerable to common special attackers such as Chandelure and Rotom-C, making its defensive use somewhat inconsistent. Additionally, the lack of reliable recovery makes it prone to being chipped down over time, forcing it to be paired with a Wish user and making it much less efficient into common threats. Choice Specs is worth a mention thanks to Adaptability helping Basculegion's mid SpA while taking advantage of its Special coverage (and STAB).

Checks and Counters
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**Water-immune Pokemon**: Vaporeon is an excellent answer to Basculegion thanks to Water Absorb making it immune to Basculegion's otherwise monstrous Water-type STAB alongside strong physical bulk with investment making it hardly deterred by any of Basculegion's coverage moves. In return, it can stall out Basculegion with the combination of Scald, Wish, and Protect. Gastrodon functions similar, albeit with more reliable recovery with Recover and the ability to turn Basculegion's Water-type moves into an opportunity for offensive momentum thanks to Storm Drain. Toxicroak can also switch into Basculegion's Water-type moves courtesy of Dry Skin and use Basculegion as fodder for setting up Swords Dance. However, Psychic Fangs obliterates Toxicroak so it must be mindful of Basculegion's choice of coverage.

**Water- and Dragon-types**: Aside from a Tera Water Choice Band Wave Crash under rain, Milotic is generally a solid check to Basculegion thanks to Recover giving it extremely important longevity as well as Flip Turn letting Milotic use Basculegion as a chance to gain momentum. Inteleon can generally switch into Basculegion once and in return, outspeed and OHKO Basculegion with Dark Pulse after some chip damage. Dragalge's solid physical bulk lets it come in on Basculegion's Water-type STAB and either wear it down with Sludge Bomb or finish it off with Draco Meteor. Similarly, Altaria can use Will-O-Wisp to permanently impair Basculegion's offensive ability and can wear it down with the combination of burn and Will-O-Wisp while using Roost to negate any damage done to it. Altaria is completely unviable right now. I would add a mention of Paldean Tauros-Aqua thanks to its naturally high phys bulk paired with a Water resistance and Intimidate, Bulk Up sets can be annoying to deal with, too.

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types like Vileplume and Tsareena are able to handle Basculegion's Water-type moves outside of rain quite effectively and can overwhelm it with their STAB moves. Vileplume in particular can also take advantage of Basculegion's presence for longevity with either Giga Drain or Strength Sap. However, both of these Pokemon must be wary of Choice Band Ice Fang, as both are vulnerable to being 2HKOed by it. Vileplume also must look out for Psychic Fangs. Brute Bonnet is another excellent answer, resisting both of Basculegion's STAB attacks and OHKOing it in return with any of its STAB attacks mention Bonnet's Sucker Punch. Breloom is an effective revenge killer, being able to take at any attack one time from Adaptability variants and decimating it in return with Bullet Seed. However, Breloom must be wary of Swift Swim variants, as a Choice Band Wave Crash under rain has good odds to OHKO Breloom. This is Scarf damage 252 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Wave Crash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Breloom: 142-168 (54.4 - 64.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

**Faster Pokemon**: Basculegion's bulk, while decent, leaves it vulnerable to various faster Pokemon with super-effective coverage. Dark-types and Pokemon with Dark-type coverage such as Mienshao, Gallade, and Inteleon can all OHKO Basculegion with their respective Dark-type attacks after some minor chip damage. Other faster offensive Pokemon such as Tsareena, Kilowattrel, and Rotom-C can overwhelm Basculegion with super effective moves. However, all of these Pokemon have to be wary of Basculegion under rain and non-Choice Scarf variants have to fear a possible Choice Scarf on Basculegion, as the majority of them are susceptible to being OHKOed by Basculegion's Wave Crash.

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[OVERVIEW]
Basculegion's solid Attack stat, supported by two amazing abilities and high base-power high-Base Power STAB moves, makes it one of the most potent wallbreakers available in the tier. An Adaptability-boosted Wave Crash is capable of doing immense damage to bulky walls like Registeel and Swampert and even gets good chip on bulky resistant Water-resistant Pokemon like Milotic and Tsareena. Alternatively, Basculegion can opt for Swift Swim on rain teams, becoming an extremely menacing Pokemon that can outspeed and power through bulky and offensive teams alike. While not having much in terms of type coverage, Basculegion has access to a solid movepool. Most notably, access to Aqua Jet lets it act as a revenge killer, picking off faster Pokemon such as Mienshao and Gallade with ease. However, the lack of a reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move hurts Basculegion greatly, making it susceptible to Pokemon that it otherwise would have a chance against, namely bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Gastrodon. Additionally, Basculegion's Speed is rather average, leaving it susceptible to being revenge killed by common Pokemon such as Gallade and Brambleghast and Choice Scarf users as well (RC) like Mienshao, Rotom-C, and Munkidori as well.

[SET]
Choice Band (Basculegion) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Ghost / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Liquidation / Aqua Jet
- Tera Blast / Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Equipped with a Choice Band, Basculegion becomes an extremely powerful wallbreaker on rain teams. Liquidation acts as recoil-free alternative to Wave Crash at the cost of lower power. This is especially useful late-game, where Basculegion can wreck through weakened opponents foes while still maintaining some health as to not be too vulnerable to revenge killers. Alternatively, Aqua Jet has more use outside of rain, being a useful priority tool to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Mienshao, Talonflame, and Cinccino. For Basculegion's last move, it tends to opt for Tera Blast alongside Tera Ghost, as it gifts Basculegion a poweful powerful and reliable physical Ghost-type STAB move to hit Water-resistant and -immune Pokemon like Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Milotic, and Tsareena. However, due to this using up Terastallization it forces Basculegion to Terastallize, so it can be off-putting at times as an option (RC) as it forces Basculegion to Terastallize. (Redundant phrases) Because of this, Psychic Fangs can be used as alternative to hit Vaporeon neurally neutrally while also hitting checks like Toxicroak and Vileplume super effectively. Ice Fang is another option that hits Dragon- and Grass-types like Dragalge, Tsareena, and Vileplume attempting to switch in to into Basculegion's Water-type attacks. If not running Tera Blast, Tera Water can further boost Basculegion's already monstrous offensive profile, letting it 2HKO bulky resistant Water-resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Vileplume, and Tsareena with Wave Crash.

Choice Band Basculegion is a premier threat on rain teams thanks to its immense power and Swift Swim boosting its Speed. As a result, rain setters such as Klefki and Tornadus are necessary picks. In addition to setting rain, the former has access to a vast array of utility moves such as Thunder Wave, (AC) which cripples to cripple Choice Scarf users like Infernape and Inteleon, (AC) and Spikes, while the latter can use rain itself (RC) breaking to break through Grass-types like Vileplume, Wo-Chien, and Tsareena. Other Swift Swim Pokemon such as Kingdra, Hisuian Qwilfish, and Ludicolo have solid synergy with Basculegion. Kingdra can overwhelm Vaporeon, Toxicroak, and Dragalge, making it less needed for Basculegion to Terastalize Terastallize to hit these Pokemon. Hisuian Qwilfish can function as a late-game cleaner that appreciates Basculegion's insane wallbreaking letting it finish off games more easily, (AC) as its it's able to finish off weakened opponents foes. Ludicolo's Grass-type STAB moves and Ice-type coverage can be monumental in turning the tides against bulky Water-, Grass-, and Dragon- types like Gastrodon, Vaporeon, Vileplume, and Dragalge. Other entry hazard setters such as Flygon and Swampert make for good teammates, further bolstering Basculegion's wallbreaking capabilities.

[SET]
All-Out Attacker (Basculegion) @ Mystic Water / Choice Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Psychic Fangs / Ice Fang / Phantom Force

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Aqua Jet gives Mystic Water sets a way to pick off faster Pokemon like Chandelure, Cinccino, and Mienshao, (AC) while Liquidation helps out Choice Scarf sets by providing a less risky version of Wave Crash with more PP and no recoil. Aqua Jet can even find use on Choice Scarf variants as a means to combat faster Choice Scarf users like Mienshao. Psychic Fangs provides solid coverage, hitting Poison-types that can take Water-type moves like Dragalge, Toxicroak, and Vileplume. Ice Fang instead targets Grass- and Dragon-types like Tsareena, Vileplume, Flygon, and Dragalge, albeit being weaker into the aforementioned Poison-type Pokemon. Mystic Water in tandem with Adaptability makes Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves extremely menacing while allowing it to switch its moves. This is further boosted by Tera Water, which makes Basculegion's Water-type attacks monstrously strong, doing immense damage to even the bulkiest of physically defensive Pokemon like Avalugg. Alternatively, Choice Scarf patches up Basculegion's otherwise average Speed and makes it a formidable revenge killer in its own right (RC) doing well against Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and overwhelm it such as Chandelure and Indeedee. In addition to this, Choice Scarf can . (AP) It can also be very tricky to predict, being able to bluff non-Choiced variants and luring to lure in and KO Pokemon that would otherwise outspeed and KO it like Chandelure, (AC) Indeedee, (AC) and Hisuian Typhlosion. (You mentioned "outspeed and threaten Basculegion" twice.) Despite this, Basculegion's average Speed stat prevents it from being consistent as a revenge killer, as other Choice Scarf users such as Flygon, Mienshao, Munkidori, and Porygon-Z can effectively outspeed and threaten it.

Entry hazard setters like Flygon, Swampert, and Diancie can set up Stealth Rock and Spikes, whittling down foes for Basculegion to more easily overwhelm them. Entry hazard removal from the likes of Cinccino, Talonflame, and Tsareena is heavily appreciated, increasing Basculegion's longevity and making it more capable offensively in the late game late-game. Basculegion tends to draw in bulky Water- and Grass-types like Vaporeon, Vileplume, Gastrodon, and Tsareena. As a result, offensive Pokemon who that can capitalize on these foes, namely Toxicroak, Incineroar, Rotom-C, and Staraptor, can form potent wallbreaking cores with Basculegion. Additionally, the latter last three Pokemon can reliably bring Basculegion in with their pivot moves, giving Basculegion an easier time entering battle. Dark-types like Incineroar, Alolan Muk, Scrafty, and Bombirdier can counteract opposing Dark- and Ghost-types and use their presence as an opportunity to generate offensive momentum through pivoting and wearing down foes over time with Knock Off and, in the case of the former first two, status. Set-up Setup Pokemon that can boost Speed such as Dragon Dance Flygon and Tidy Up Cinccino, as well as those that increase their physical bulk like Iron Defense Registeel and Bulk Up Scrafty, can pose a problem to Choice Scarf Basculegion, as either Basculegion's average Speed stat or the lack of an additional power boost can let it down against these threats. Thus, Pokemon that can check these foes such as Swampert, Registeel, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Sylveon are appreciated, providing some solid defensive backbone for Basculegion to fall back upon. In return, these Pokemon heavily appreciate Basculegion's strong offensive presence.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A mixed attacking Assault Vest set can function as a decent bulky offensive pivot, leveraging Basculegion's solid special bulk against common special attackers like Munkidori. However, Basculegion's typing leaves it vulnerable to common special attackers such as Chandelure and Rotom-C, making its defensive use somewhat inconsistent. Additionally, the lack of reliable recovery makes it prone to being chipped down over time, forcing it to be paired with a Wish user and making it much less efficient into common threats. Choice Specs Basculegion is a decent option, with its stronger coverage options in Shadow Ball and Ice Beam, alongside Adaptability, compensating for its otherwise middling Special Attack stat. This set can threaten typical counterplay to physical Basculegion sets such as Vaporeon, Toxicroak, Dragalge, and Vileplume with either Shadow Ball or Ice Beam.

Checks and Counters
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**Water-immune Pokemon**: Vaporeon is an excellent answer to Basculegion thanks to Water Absorb making it immune to Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves alongside strong physical bulk with investment making it hardly deterred by any of Basculegion's coverage moves. Gastrodon functions similar similarly, albeit with more reliable recovery with Recover and the ability to turn Basculegion's Water-type moves into an opportunity for offensive momentum thanks to Storm Drain. Toxicroak can also switch into Basculegion's Water-type moves courtesy of Dry Skin and use Basculegion as fodder for setting up Swords Dance. However, Psychic Fangs obliterates Toxicroak, (AC) so it must be mindful of Basculegion's choice of coverage.

**Water- and Dragon-types**: Milotic is generally a solid check to Basculegion thanks to Recover giving it extremely important longevity as well as Flip Turn letting Milotic use Basculegion as a chance to gain momentum. Inteleon can generally switch into Basculegion once and, (AC) in return, outspeed and OHKO Basculegion with Dark Pulse after some chip damage. Dragalge's solid physical bulk lets it come in on Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves and either wear it down with Sludge Bomb or finish it off with Draco Meteor. Paldean Tauros-W's high physical bulk combined with Intimidate and Bulk Up lets it easily come in on Basculegion's Water-type STAB moves, although but it must exercise caution against sets with Psychic Fang Fangs.

**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types like Vileplume and Tsareena are able to handle Basculegion's Water-type moves outside of rain quite effectively and can overwhelm it with their STAB moves. Vileplume in particular can also take advantage of Basculegion's presence for longevity with either Giga Drain or Strength Sap. However, both of these Pokemon must be wary of Choice Band Ice Fang, as both they are vulnerable to being 2HKOed by it. Vileplume also must look out for Psychic Fangs. Brute Bonnet is another excellent answer, resisting both of Basculegion's STAB attacks and OHKOing it in return with any of its STAB attacks. Additionally, Sucker Punch can easily pick off Basculegion as well.

**Faster Pokemon**: Basculegion's bulk, while decent, leaves it vulnerable to various faster Pokemon with super-effective super effective coverage. Dark-types and Pokemon with Dark-type coverage such as Mienshao, Gallade, and Inteleon can all OHKO Basculegion with their respective Dark-type attacks after some minor chip damage. Other faster offensive Pokemon such as Tsareena, Kilowattrel, and Rotom-C can overwhelm Basculegion with super effective moves. However, all of these Pokemon have to be wary of Basculegion under rain, (AC) and non-Choice Scarf variants have to fear a possible Choice Scarf on Basculegion, as the majority of them are susceptible to being OHKOed by Basculegion's Wave Crash.

[CREDITS]
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