[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Recover
move 2: Defog
move 3: Judgement
move 4: Will-o-wisp/Toxic
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Recover
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Judgement
move 4: Earth Power
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[SET]
name: Offensive Utility
move 1: Defog/Stealth Rock
move 2: Judgement
move 3: Earth Power/Recover
move 4: Stone Edge/Recover
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
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**Mega Gengar**: Mega Gengar is able to trap Arceus-Fairy and deal significant damage to it with its Poison-type STAB moves. Arceus-Fairy can potentially knock it out with Earth Power, but Mega Gengar also has access to Destiny Bond to force a trade.
**Primal Groudon**: Primal Groudon resists Arceus-Fairy’s Judgment and can inflict it with status, set Stealth Rock, or set up.
**Ho-Oh**: If Arceus-Fairy lacks Stone Edge, Ho-Oh is able to comfortably switch into any of its moves, although Toxic is still punishing.
**Primal Kyogre**: Although it may lose against Arceus-Fairy in a calm mind war, Primal Kyogre have a strong special bulk that takes everything Arceus-Fairy throws at it, and can easily heal toxic affect with rest.
**Steel Types**: Both offensive and defensive steel types can easily take most attacks of Arceus-Fairy, while most of them are not vulnerable to status moves due to the nerf on damage for burn. The former, such as Mega-Lucario, Solgadeo, Mega-Scizor and Magearna can hit back with super effective STAB moves while the latter, such as Skarmory, Klefki and Celesteela can cripple it via toxic, leech seed or set up entry hazards.
- Well rounded stats with no disadvantage as an Arceus form.
- Good typing both in defense, resisting common types such as dark and fighting as well as being immune to dragon, and in offense where it's super effective against the three mentioned as well as a good neutral coverage.
- Expansive movepool that makes it hard to be predicted.
- Ability to set up Stealth Rock and the ability to beat common Defoggers and Magic Bounce users.
- Ability to counter major threats such as Mega-Salamence, Rayquaza, Arceus, Pheromosa and Yveltal.
- Nerf due to new Uber Solgadeo and other new steel type pokemon such as Magearna and Celesteela, nerf on Darkrai and soul dew.
- Easily trapped by Mega-Gengar when unhealthy, however, some variants of Arceus-Fairy can hit Gengar with Earth Power on the turn it switches in.
[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Recover
move 2: Defog
move 3: Judgement
move 4: Will-o-wisp/Toxic
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 56 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Judgement allows it to force Mega-Salamence out as well as dealing decent damage.
- Will-o-wisp cripples other physical attackers like Solgadeo, while Toxic gives it ability to slowly bring down support Arceus formes and Ho-Oh.
- Recover makes Arceus-Fairy able to stay healthy throughout the match.
- Defog gives it ability to clean entry hazards.
Set Details
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- Full HP and a close maximum Def investment maximizes its ability to take physical attacks.
- The 56 EV on Spe make sure that it can outspeed common 90 base pokemon.
- Pixie Plate gives Judgment a power boost as well as turning it into fairy type move.
Usage Tips
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- Great bulk and decent typing makes Arceus-Fairy a universal stop to most physical attackers, as well as giving it a lot of chance to defog without taking too much damage, so get the entry hazards out whenever you have the chance.
- Although uninvested, it is also fairly bulky on the special side, making it capable of dealing with mixed attackers such as Pheromosa and Landorus.
- It can also burn Genesect, Solgadeo and Mega-Lucario when you have no other counters against them.
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- Ho-Oh, Lugia, Lunala and focus sash users appreciates the ability Arceus-Fairy has to remove entry hazards.
- Ho-Oh and Primal-Groudon can help Arceus-Fairy deal with Steel types.
- Tyranitar can help Arceus-Fairy remove Mega-Gengar using Pursuit as well as checking Ho-Oh.
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Recover
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Judgement
move 4: Earth Power
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Judgement is the strongest STAB move Arceus-Fairy can have.
- Calm Mind allows Arceus-Fairy to work as a win condition.
- Recover makes Arceus-Fairy able to stay healthy throughout the match.
- Earth Power hits all fairy resisting types with super effective damage, making Arceus-Fairy much harder to block.
Set Details
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- 252 Spe along with a timid nature allows it to speed tie with other max speed Arceus forms and Mega-Salamence.
- 248 HP invested increases its bulk overall, giving it more chances to set up as well as pivoting.
- The 8 EV on special attack make sure that it can OHKO Mega-Salamence that has not invested in special bulk.
- Pixie Plate gives Judgment a power boost as well as turning it into fairy type move.
Usage Tips
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- Great natural bulk and decent typing makes Arceus-Fairy able to easily switch into attacks that it resists, giving it a lot of chances to set up/hit opponent hard.
- It is necessary to keep its health above 78% because this is the maximum damage of Sunsteel strike from neutral nature Solgadeo.
- It is extremely useful to set up Stealth rock before sweeping as it allows defensive Primal-Groudon to be 2hko'd by +1 earth power as well as limiting the times Ho-Oh can switch in against this set.
Team Options
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- Dialga and Ferrothorn are great teammates that provides entry hazards support for Arceus-Fairy as well as taking poison moves easily.
- Primal-Groudon can deal with opponents' steel type pokemon as well as setting up Stealth Rock.
- Tyranitar can help Arceus-Fairy remove Mega-Gengar using Pursuit as well as checking Ho-Oh.
[SET]
name: Offensive Utility
move 1: Defog/Stealth Rock
move 2: Judgement
move 3: Earth Power/Recover
move 4: Stone Edge/Recover
item: Pixie-Plate
ability: Multitype
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Judgement allows it deal massive damage to anything that is not resisting it.
- Earth Power hit most pokemon that resist judgement with super effective damage.
- Recover makes Arceus-Fairy able to stay healthy throughout the match.
- Stone Edge can also be an alternative to hit Ho-Oh, one of the most common switch-in for Arceus-Fairy for quadruple damage.
- Defog gives it ability to clean entry hazards, while Stealth Rock can be used due to its ability to beat common Defoggers and Magic Bounce users.
Set Details
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- Full Spa and Spe investment along with a Timid nature pared with its high base stats gives it ability to hit most things hard as well as being able to speed tie with Mega-Salamence and other max speed Arceus Formes.
- 4 Def investment avoids Genesect from getting attack boost.
- Pixie Plate gives Judgment a power boost as well as turning it into fairy type move.
Usage Tips
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- Arceus-Fairy is normally considered a more defensive pokemon, therefore an powerful coverage move often catches the common switch in pokemons off guard.
- It can be used to double switch on threats that it counter due to its decent ability to take hits and instant recovery when the prediction fails.
- Arceus-Fairy can force a big proportion of the ladder out, therefore it should be used to set Stealth rock/clean the entry hazards as soon as possible.
Team Options
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- Ho-Oh is a great teammate of Arceus-Fairy due to its ability to deal with Solgadeo, Blissey, specially defensive Primal-Groudon and Clefable, in return, Arceus-Fairy can clean the rocks so Ho-Oh can safely switch in.
- Primal-Groudon can also beat common counters of Arceus-Fairy, and its moveslot for Stealth Rock can now be used for other moves such as Swords Dance or Rock Polish.
- Tyranitar can help Arceus-Fairy remove Mega-Gengar using Pursuit as well as being a more reliable answer to Ho-Oh.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Although Dark Void had been nerfed, Arceus-Fairy can still run Magic Coat in order to bounce back certain moves such as Spikes and Toxic.
- It can also run a Calm Mind + Iron Defense set, but lack of coverage and more passive EV distribution will make it have harder times dealing with Ho-Oh and Primal-Groudon.
- Toxic can be another option to wear down pokemon that Arceus-Fairy cannot deal with.
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**Mega Gengar**: Mega Gengar is able to trap Arceus-Fairy and deal significant damage to it with its Poison-type STAB moves. Arceus-Fairy can potentially knock it out with Earth Power, but Mega Gengar also has access to Destiny Bond to force a trade.
**Primal Groudon**: Primal Groudon resists Arceus-Fairy’s Judgment and can inflict it with status, set Stealth Rock, or set up.
**Ho-Oh**: If Arceus-Fairy lacks Stone Edge, Ho-Oh is able to comfortably switch into any of its moves, although Toxic is still punishing.
**Primal Kyogre**: Although it may lose against Arceus-Fairy in a calm mind war, Primal Kyogre have a strong special bulk that takes everything Arceus-Fairy throws at it, and can easily heal toxic affect with rest.
**Steel Types**: Both offensive and defensive steel types can easily take most attacks of Arceus-Fairy, while most of them are not vulnerable to status moves due to the nerf on damage for burn. The former, such as Mega-Lucario, Solgadeo, Mega-Scizor and Magearna can hit back with super effective STAB moves while the latter, such as Skarmory, Klefki and Celesteela can cripple it via toxic, leech seed or set up entry hazards.
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