[SET]
The King Rules Back! (Calyrex Shadow) @ Sitrus Berry / Lum Berry
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy / Grass
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Def / 60 SpA / 4 SpD / 20 Spe
124 HP / 100 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 20 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Modest Nature
⁃ Astral Barrage
⁃ Draining Kiss / Giga Drain
⁃ Calm Mind / Nasty Plot
⁃ Agility
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Double Dance on his possesion, Calyrex-S is key for outspeeding and becoming a terrifying and unique sweeper.
* **Astral Barrage**: Astral Barrage’s 120 STAB base power is acceptable to take out specific pokemon who has a poor Special Defense.
* **Draining Kiss / Giga Drain and Calm Mind**: Boosted with Calm Mind Calyrex-S can take advantage of his special bulk to deal with Dragon, Dark, Fighting, Ground, Rock and Water type pokemon, especially with Dragonite and Lugia if Multiscale is disabled when paired with Stealth Rock users like Landorus-Therian, Ting-Lu and Archaludon.
* **Nasty Plot**: Nasty Plot is a more faster way of setting up power to easily wipe out Assault Vest foes like Miraidon, Koraidon, Rillaboom and Iron Threads with Astral Barrage.
* **Agility**: With Agility, Calyrex-S can predict switches towards Zacian-C, Koraidon, Choice Sacrf users like Miraidon, Urshifu-R and Booster Energy threats like Flutter Mane, Walking Wake, Iron Treads and Iron Valiant, this gives it momentum before boosting his Special Attack with Calm Mind.
[Items]
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* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry pairs extremely well with Calyrex-S special bulk, and the correct EVs spread can avoid the OHKO from Silk Scarf Tera Normal Blood Moon Ursaluna-B and Choice Specs Tera Fairy Flutter Mane’s Moonblast when Terastallized. And the extra recovery of Draining Kiss and Giga Drain after its activation, is also a honorable addition on his favor.
* **Lum Berry**: Lum Berry can severely punish Yawn users like Hippowdown and Dondozo, Toxic foes from Gliscor, Toxapex and Thunder Wave from the fearsome’s Grimmsnarl, Dragonite, Gholdengo and Flutter Mane who tries to ruin Calyrex-S day.
[Other Items]
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* **Mental Herb**: Mental Herb disables Taunt and Encore threats like Gliscor, Grimmsnarl, Incineroar, Dragonite and opposing Calyrex-S who attempts to stop setting his boost moves.
* **Misty / Grassy Seed**: Field support allies like Misty Surge Galarian Weezing and Grassy Surge Rillaboom can lead up to a additional +1 boost for Defense or Special Defense depending on the EVs situation that Calyrex-S needs to hang on during the match for example if Grassy Seed needed, 252 EVs on Defense will be required to resist neutral high physical attacks like Zacian’s Behemonth Blade or Tera Fire Koraidon’s Flare Blitz and it also gives Grass Type moves a power boost plus getting more resistance on Ting-Lu’s Earthquake and Ursaluna’s-B Earth Power due to Grassy Terrain effects on reducing Ground Type moves power. And If Misty Seed needed, 252 EVs on Special Defense could make sense to withstand Special Attack moves that could knock down him like Shadow Ball from Flutter Mane and Gholdengo, Ursaluna’s Blood Moon and Miraidon’s Draco Meteor. Misty Terrain also has the benefit of blocking status effects and halving Dragon Type moves power so Sitrus Berry is the best card to held on this type of cases. But it seems risky because of Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-R and Terafrom Zero from Terapagos which can break up both terrains leading to a disadvantage, so it’s important to bring it at the correct time and moment.
[Tera Types]
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* **Tera Dependecy- Medium-High**: Calyrex-S needs to Terastallize to maintain his longevity afloat and neutralize his weakness from threatening mons.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy makes Chien-Pao’s Sucker Punch a less painful move thanks to his Dark Type resistance and strengthens Draining Kiss to extremely broken levels, giving Urshifu-R, Screens Grimmsnarl, Ting-Lu, Sturdy Archaludon and Multiscale foes like Dragonite and Lugia an unforgettable welcome present.
* **Grass**: Tera Grass boosts Giga Drain’s power, helping Calyrex-S doing reasonable chip damage to Ting-Lu, Ursaluna-B and Clodsire. But most importantly is to resist Ground types and Miraidon’s Electric type attacks like Electro Drift, Parabolic Charge or Volt Switch which is mandatory due to Electric Terrain’s power boost from Hardon Engine. However, it leaves it more vulnerable to Calyrex-I Glacial Lance and Chien Pao who lacks Icicle Crash and Ice Shard for a secure knock out.
* **Water**: While Tera Water doesn’t seem quite relevant due to its common weakness to Grassy Glide Rillaboom and Horn Leech. On the other hand, it helps Calyrex-S survive Scizor’s Bullet Punch in a pinch and makes Ogerpon-H Ivy Cudgel, Urshifu-R Surging Strikes, Choice Specs Modest Chi-Yu and Tera Fire Koraidon’s Flare Blitz less problematic to held in on. It also gives more opportunities of sweeping, splashing Iron Threads, Ursaluna-B, Skeledirge Tera Fire Koraidon, Tera Ground Zacian-C and Garganacl away with Tera Blast.
[EVs Spreads]
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* **172 HP / 252 Def / 60 SpA / 4 SpD / 20 Spe with Modest**: This helps Calyrex-S from getting 2HKO’ed by Chien Pao’s Icicle Crash and Ice Shard thanks to Sitrus Berry recovery, and with a +1 Calm Mind boost has also the capacity to withstand Choice Specs Modest Miraidon’s Electro Drift, Choice Specs Modest Tera Fairy Flutter Mane’s Moonblast and Silk Scarf Tera Normal Ursaluna-B after Stealth Rock damage when Terastallized. In addition, 20 Spe lets it outspeed Focus Sash opposing Timid Calyrex-S after being boosted with Agility and facilitates the match against Astral Barrage and Calm Mind sets.
* **124 HP / 100 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 20 Spe with Modest**: When maxing Calyrex-S Special Attack, Tera Grass Giga Drain 2HKOe’s Sitrus Berry Ting-Lu after a Nasty Plot boost, OHKO’es Assault Vest Ursaluna-B with a Critical Hit and it has a 50 percent chance of nailing Unaware Dondozo. But it comes in a pickle when facing Tera Blast Ice Miraidon, Chi-Yu’s Flametrower, and Chien-Pao’s Icicle Crash who can easily defeat it at any cost.
The King Rules Back! (Calyrex Shadow) @ Sitrus Berry / Lum Berry
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy / Grass
EVs: 172 HP / 252 Def / 60 SpA / 4 SpD / 20 Spe
124 HP / 100 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 20 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Modest Nature
⁃ Astral Barrage
⁃ Draining Kiss / Giga Drain
⁃ Calm Mind / Nasty Plot
⁃ Agility
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Double Dance on his possesion, Calyrex-S is key for outspeeding and becoming a terrifying and unique sweeper.
* **Astral Barrage**: Astral Barrage’s 120 STAB base power is acceptable to take out specific pokemon who has a poor Special Defense.
* **Draining Kiss / Giga Drain and Calm Mind**: Boosted with Calm Mind Calyrex-S can take advantage of his special bulk to deal with Dragon, Dark, Fighting, Ground, Rock and Water type pokemon, especially with Dragonite and Lugia if Multiscale is disabled when paired with Stealth Rock users like Landorus-Therian, Ting-Lu and Archaludon.
* **Nasty Plot**: Nasty Plot is a more faster way of setting up power to easily wipe out Assault Vest foes like Miraidon, Koraidon, Rillaboom and Iron Threads with Astral Barrage.
* **Agility**: With Agility, Calyrex-S can predict switches towards Zacian-C, Koraidon, Choice Sacrf users like Miraidon, Urshifu-R and Booster Energy threats like Flutter Mane, Walking Wake, Iron Treads and Iron Valiant, this gives it momentum before boosting his Special Attack with Calm Mind.
[Items]
========
* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry pairs extremely well with Calyrex-S special bulk, and the correct EVs spread can avoid the OHKO from Silk Scarf Tera Normal Blood Moon Ursaluna-B and Choice Specs Tera Fairy Flutter Mane’s Moonblast when Terastallized. And the extra recovery of Draining Kiss and Giga Drain after its activation, is also a honorable addition on his favor.
* **Lum Berry**: Lum Berry can severely punish Yawn users like Hippowdown and Dondozo, Toxic foes from Gliscor, Toxapex and Thunder Wave from the fearsome’s Grimmsnarl, Dragonite, Gholdengo and Flutter Mane who tries to ruin Calyrex-S day.
[Other Items]
========
* **Mental Herb**: Mental Herb disables Taunt and Encore threats like Gliscor, Grimmsnarl, Incineroar, Dragonite and opposing Calyrex-S who attempts to stop setting his boost moves.
* **Misty / Grassy Seed**: Field support allies like Misty Surge Galarian Weezing and Grassy Surge Rillaboom can lead up to a additional +1 boost for Defense or Special Defense depending on the EVs situation that Calyrex-S needs to hang on during the match for example if Grassy Seed needed, 252 EVs on Defense will be required to resist neutral high physical attacks like Zacian’s Behemonth Blade or Tera Fire Koraidon’s Flare Blitz and it also gives Grass Type moves a power boost plus getting more resistance on Ting-Lu’s Earthquake and Ursaluna’s-B Earth Power due to Grassy Terrain effects on reducing Ground Type moves power. And If Misty Seed needed, 252 EVs on Special Defense could make sense to withstand Special Attack moves that could knock down him like Shadow Ball from Flutter Mane and Gholdengo, Ursaluna’s Blood Moon and Miraidon’s Draco Meteor. Misty Terrain also has the benefit of blocking status effects and halving Dragon Type moves power so Sitrus Berry is the best card to held on this type of cases. But it seems risky because of Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-R and Terafrom Zero from Terapagos which can break up both terrains leading to a disadvantage, so it’s important to bring it at the correct time and moment.
[Tera Types]
========
* **Tera Dependecy- Medium-High**: Calyrex-S needs to Terastallize to maintain his longevity afloat and neutralize his weakness from threatening mons.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy makes Chien-Pao’s Sucker Punch a less painful move thanks to his Dark Type resistance and strengthens Draining Kiss to extremely broken levels, giving Urshifu-R, Screens Grimmsnarl, Ting-Lu, Sturdy Archaludon and Multiscale foes like Dragonite and Lugia an unforgettable welcome present.
* **Grass**: Tera Grass boosts Giga Drain’s power, helping Calyrex-S doing reasonable chip damage to Ting-Lu, Ursaluna-B and Clodsire. But most importantly is to resist Ground types and Miraidon’s Electric type attacks like Electro Drift, Parabolic Charge or Volt Switch which is mandatory due to Electric Terrain’s power boost from Hardon Engine. However, it leaves it more vulnerable to Calyrex-I Glacial Lance and Chien Pao who lacks Icicle Crash and Ice Shard for a secure knock out.
* **Water**: While Tera Water doesn’t seem quite relevant due to its common weakness to Grassy Glide Rillaboom and Horn Leech. On the other hand, it helps Calyrex-S survive Scizor’s Bullet Punch in a pinch and makes Ogerpon-H Ivy Cudgel, Urshifu-R Surging Strikes, Choice Specs Modest Chi-Yu and Tera Fire Koraidon’s Flare Blitz less problematic to held in on. It also gives more opportunities of sweeping, splashing Iron Threads, Ursaluna-B, Skeledirge Tera Fire Koraidon, Tera Ground Zacian-C and Garganacl away with Tera Blast.
[EVs Spreads]
========
* **172 HP / 252 Def / 60 SpA / 4 SpD / 20 Spe with Modest**: This helps Calyrex-S from getting 2HKO’ed by Chien Pao’s Icicle Crash and Ice Shard thanks to Sitrus Berry recovery, and with a +1 Calm Mind boost has also the capacity to withstand Choice Specs Modest Miraidon’s Electro Drift, Choice Specs Modest Tera Fairy Flutter Mane’s Moonblast and Silk Scarf Tera Normal Ursaluna-B after Stealth Rock damage when Terastallized. In addition, 20 Spe lets it outspeed Focus Sash opposing Timid Calyrex-S after being boosted with Agility and facilitates the match against Astral Barrage and Calm Mind sets.
* **124 HP / 100 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 20 Spe with Modest**: When maxing Calyrex-S Special Attack, Tera Grass Giga Drain 2HKOe’s Sitrus Berry Ting-Lu after a Nasty Plot boost, OHKO’es Assault Vest Ursaluna-B with a Critical Hit and it has a 50 percent chance of nailing Unaware Dondozo. But it comes in a pickle when facing Tera Blast Ice Miraidon, Chi-Yu’s Flametrower, and Chien-Pao’s Icicle Crash who can easily defeat it at any cost.
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