Ubers Meteor Beam Etern

[OreoSpeedruns]

Meteor Beam Attacker (Eternatus) @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire / Dragon
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Sludge Bomb
- Meteor Beam
- Dynamax Cannon
- Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

This set leverages Eternatus's great bulk, speed, power, and ease of setup to become one of the most dangerous late-game sweepers in the metagame. 88 Speed EVs allow Eternatus to outrun unboosted Jolly Rayquaza and Kyurem-B, as well as the entire metagame after a single Agility, even outspeeding +1 Koraidon. The rest of Eternatus's EVs are invested into its HP, letting it easily survive hits when setting up and avoiding an OHKO from unboosted Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire aids Eternatus even further in taking hits while setting up, crucially giving it Ice- and Steel-type resistances and a neutrality to Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire also strengthens Eternatus's Fire Blast, which, in conjunction with Koraidon’s sun and a Meteor Beam boost, can perform absurd feats like easily 2HKOing would-be checks in Clodsire and Ting-Lu, being favored to OHKO defensive Arceus-Ground, and always OHKOing Necrozma-DM, while Tera Dragon strengthens Dynamax Cannon, giving Eternatus more consistency in sweeping late-game thanks to Dynamax Cannon's perfect accuracy. Aside from giving Eternatus a much-needed (hyphen) power boost, Meteor Beam is great for destroying Ho-Oh, an otherwise great check, as well as hitting Tera Fire Calyrex-I super effectively, as Calyrex-I will usually Terastallize into the Fire typing to resist Fire Blast and threaten Eternatus. Fire Blast is used to hit Steel-types that wall the combination of Meteor Beam and Dynamax Cannon, most notably Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C. Sludge Bomb should only ever be used over Agility on Sticky Web teams, and even then, while it destroys Arceus-Fairy and Tera Fairy Pokemon like Ho-Oh, Kyogre, and Miraidon, it has little practical use outside of this. This set is not a perfect sweeper, however, as it cannot set up as easily as it might seem due to the prevalence of Pokemon that irritate it like Ting-Lu and Arceus-Ground.

Eternatus is a great choice for offensive teams that struggle with Toxic Spikes and Kyogre, as it removes Toxic Spikes and can decently check Kyogre when healthy. Koraidon makes for a good pairing with Eternatus, as it appreciates Eternatus removing Toxic Spikes and checking Kyogre and Arceus-Fairy, whereas Eternatus loves Koraidon not only threatening its checks but also for its sun, which strengthens its own Fire-type coverage. Pokemon that can overwhelm defensive Ground-types that check Eternatus, like Miraidon and Calyrex-I, are also appreciated. Entry hazard leads like Deoxys-A, Deoxys-S, and Glimmora are great for Eternatus, as the immediate chip damage is greatly helpful for a Pokemon that aims to claim OHKOs as much as it does. Eternatus is also useful when supported by Pokemon that can ward off Koraidon and Miraidon, Eternatus’s greatest nemeses. Kyogre, Arceus-Fairy, and Ting-Lu can do this decently and support Eternatus in other ways; for example, Ting-Lu can set Spikes.


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Offensive
Eternatus @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire / Dragon
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Sludge Bomb
- Meteor Beam
- Dynamax Cannon
- Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

This set leverages its great bulk, speed, power, and ease of setup to become one of the most dangerous late-game sweepers in the metagame. 88 EVs in Speed give Eternatus enough speed to outrun Jolly Rayquaza and Kyurem-Black without an Agility, as well as the entire metagame after a single Agility, even outspeeding +1 Koraidon. The rest of its EVs are invested into its HP, letting it easily survive hits when setting up and avoiding an OHKO from Choice Scarf Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire aids Eternatus even further in surviving hits while setting up, crucially giving it Ice and Steel resistances and a neutrality to Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire also strengthens Eternatus’ Fire Blast, which, in conjunction with Koraidon’s sun and a Meteor Beam boost, can perform absurd feats like easily 2HKOing would-be checks Clodsire and Ting-Lu and being favored to OHKO defensive Arceus-Ground, while Tera Dragon sheds Eternatus’ Ground weakness and strengthens Dynamax Cannon, letting Eternatus set up on and destroy these same checks. Aside from giving Eternatus a much needed power boost, Meteor Beam is great for destroying Ho-Oh, an otherwise great check. Fire Blast is used to hit Steel-types that wall the combination of Meteor Beam and Dynamax Cannon, most notably Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C. Sludge Bomb should only ever be used over Agility on Sticky Web teams, and even then, while it destroys Arceus-Fairy and Tera Fairy Pokemon like Ho-Oh, Kyogre, and Miraidon, it has little practical use outside of this.

Eternatus is a great choice for offensive teams that struggle with Toxic Spikes and Kyogre, as it removes Toxic Spikes and can decently check Kyogre when healthy, preserving HP on ally Koraidon. Koraidon itself makes for a good pairing with Eternatus, as it appreciates Eternatus removing Toxic Spikes and checking Kyogre and Arceus-Fairy, whereas Eternatus loves Koraidon not only threatening its checks, but also its sun, which strengthens its own Fire-type coverage. Spikes leads like Deoxys-A, Deoxys-S, and Glimmora are great for Eternatus, as the immediate chip damage is greatly helpful for a Pokemon that aims to claim OHKOes as much as Eternatus.


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you can mention partners like calyrex-ice to take advantage of groundceus that annoys it, miraidon that wears down clodsire + ting-lu for it, and potentially mention how targets to Fire Blast can use tera fire and become a threat (calyrex-ice, ndm).


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[LOrd Fernado]

before someone QCs this, can i have a shot at an amqc?

 

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i don't have much to say because this is my first one and also because this is very well written but here we go

My first AMQC

Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire / Dragon
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Sludge Bomb
- Meteor Beam
- Dynamax Cannon
- Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
This set leverages its great bulk, speed, power, and ease of setup to become one of the most dangerous late-game sweepers in the metagame. 88 EVs in Speed give Eternatus enough speed to outrun Jolly Rayquaza and Kyurem-Black without an Agility, as well as the entire metagame after a single Agility, even outspeeding +1 Koraidon. The rest of its EVs are invested into its HP, letting it easily survive hits when setting up and avoiding an OHKO from Choice Scarf Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire aids Eternatus even further in surviving hits while setting up, crucially giving it Ice and Steel resistances and a neutrality to Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire also strengthens Eternatus’ Fire Blast, which, in conjunction with Koraidon’s sun and a Meteor Beam boost, can perform absurd feats like easily 2HKOing would-be checks Clodsire and Ting-Lu and being favored to OHKO defensive Arceus-Ground, while Tera Dragon sheds Eternatus’ Ground weakness (probably worth mentioning how it sheds its psychic weakness to deoxys-a as well, and also the fact it regains a Fairy-type weakness) and strengthens Dynamax Cannon, letting Eternatus set up on and destroy these same checks. Aside from giving Eternatus a much needed power boost, Meteor Beam is great for destroying Ho-Oh, an otherwise great check, as well as hitting Tera Fire Calyrex-I super-effectively, as Calyrex-I will usually Terastallize into a Fire-type to resist Fire Blast and threaten Eternatus. Fire Blast is used to hit Steel-types that wall the combination of Meteor Beam and Dynamax Cannon, most notably Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C. Sludge Bomb should only ever be used over Agility on Sticky Web teams, and even then, while it destroys Arceus-Fairy and Tera Fairy Pokemon like Ho-Oh, Kyogre, and Miraidon, it has little practical use outside of this. (Maaaybe mention that Flutter Mane beats it 1v1 without Sludge Bomb?!?, idk bout this one tbh)

Eternatus is a great choice for offensive teams that struggle with Toxic Spikes and Kyogre, as it removes Toxic Spikes and can decently check Kyogre when healthy, preserving HP on ally Koraidon. Koraidon itself makes for a good pairing with Eternatus, as it appreciates Eternatus removing Toxic Spikes and checking Kyogre and Arceus-Fairy, whereas Eternatus loves Koraidon not only threatening its checks, but also its sun, which strengthens its own Fire-type coverage. Pokemon that can overwhelm defensive Ground-types that check Eternatus, like Miraidon and Calyrex-I, are also appreciated. Spikes leads like Deoxys-A, Deoxys-S, and Glimmora are great for Eternatus, as the immediate chip damage is greatly helpful for a Pokemon that aims to claim OHKOes as much as Eternatus. (I think you can mention how it can't set up as easily as it might look without sacrificing Tera - threatened by SO MANY things like Korai, Mirai, Arc-G, Occa NDM with Geyser, Deoxys-A. So maybe a defensive backbone consisting of....could work)

 

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Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire / Dragon
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Sludge Bomb
- Meteor Beam
- Dynamax Cannon
- Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

This set leverages its Eternatus's great bulk, speed, power, and ease of setup to become one of the most dangerous late-game sweepers in the metagame. 88 EVs in Speed give Eternatus enough speed to outrun Jolly Rayquaza and Kyurem-Black without an Agility unboosted, as well as the entire metagame after a single Agility, even outspeeding +1 Koraidon. The rest of its Eternatus's EVs are invested into its HP, letting it easily survive hits when setting up and avoiding an OHKO from Choice Scarf unboosted eh Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire aids Eternatus even further in surviving hits while setting up, crucially giving it Ice- and Steel-type resistances and a neutrality to Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire also strengthens Eternatus’s Fire Blast, which, in conjunction with Koraidon’s sun and a Meteor Beam boost, can perform absurd feats like easily 2HKOing would-be checks Clodsire and Ting-Lu and being favored to OHKO defensive Arceus-Groundmention it ohkos ndm, while Tera Dragon sheds Eternatus’ Ground-type weakness and strengthens Dynamax Cannon, letting Eternatus set up on and destroy these same checks if tera dragon accomplishes the same as tera fire @ destroying these same checks, why even mention it? id say something like its just more consistent in sweeping lategame because dmax cannon cant miss or something, idk. Aside from giving Eternatus a much needed power boost, Meteor Beam is great for destroying Ho-Oh, an otherwise great check, as well as hitting Tera Fire Calyrex-I super-effectively, as Calyrex-I will usually Terastallize into a Fire-type to resist Fire Blast and threaten Eternatus. Fire Blast is used to hit Steel-types that wall the combination of Meteor Beam and Dynamax Cannon, most notably Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C. Sludge Bomb should only ever be used over Agility on Sticky Web teams, and even then, while it destroys Arceus-Fairy and Tera Fairy Pokemon like Ho-Oh, Kyogre, and Miraidon, it has little practical use outside of this. mention how etern might struggle to setup vs the plethora of stuff like tinglu.

Eternatus is a great choice for offensive teams that struggle with Toxic Spikes and Kyogre, as it removes Toxic Spikes and can decently check Kyogre when healthy, preserving HP on an ally Koraidon. Koraidon itself makes for a good pairing with Eternatus, as it appreciates Eternatus removing Toxic Spikes and while checking Kyogre and Arceus-Fairy, whereas Eternatus loves Koraidon not only threatening its checks, but also its sun, which strengthens its own Fire-type coverage. Pokemon that can overwhelm defensive Ground-types that check Eternatus, like Miraidon and Calyrex-I, are also appreciated. Spikes Entry hazard leads like Deoxys-A, Deoxys-S, and Glimmora are great for Eternatus, as the immediate chip damage is greatly helpful for a Pokemon that aims to claim OHKOes as much as Eternatus it mention what kos it helps etern achieve.
mention checks to mirai like tinglu, checks to korai like arc fairy and kyogre. add that part of @ LordFernando's amqc.


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LOrd Fernado we (the qc team) reviewed your amqc and we have some comments for you. the bolded text is part of your amqc.

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(probably worth mentioning how it sheds its psychic weakness to deoxys-a as well, and also the fact it regains a Fairy-type weakness) while this is true, deo-a still OHKOs after a spike/stealth rock post Tera-Dragon, and the fairy-type weakness is just unneeded dex info
(Maaaybe mention that Flutter Mane beats it 1v1 without Sludge Bomb?!?, idk bout this one tbh)
fire blast has similar damage to sludge bomb anyways and tera fire blast beats flutter 1v1 regardless
(I think you can mention how it can't set up as easily as it might look without sacrificing Tera - threatened by SO MANY things like Korai, Mirai, Arc-G, Occa NDM with Geyser, Deoxys-A. So maybe a defensive backbone consisting of....could work)
while this is true, i would like to see mention of specific mons rather than just a list of threatening mons, e.g. arceus-ground / Ting-Lu to check mirai/ndm, arceus-fairy or kyogre to check korai.

 

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Meteor Beam Attacker (Eternatus) @ Power Herb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire / Dragon
EVs: 168 HP / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Sludge Bomb
- Meteor Beam
- Dynamax Cannon
- Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

This set leverages Eternatus's great bulk, speed, power, and ease of setup to become one of the most dangerous late-game sweepers in the metagame. 88 Speed EVs in Speed give Eternatus enough speed allow Eternatus to outrun unboosted Jolly Rayquaza and Kyurem-B, as well as the entire metagame after a single Agility, even outspeeding +1 Koraidon. The rest of Eternatus's EVs are invested into its HP, letting it easily survive hits when setting up and avoiding an OHKO from unboosted Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire aids Eternatus even further in taking surviving hits while setting up, crucially giving it Ice- and Steel-type resistances and a neutrality to Koraidon’s Dragon Claw. Tera Fire also strengthens Eternatus's Fire Blast, which, in conjunction with Koraidon’s sun and a Meteor Beam boost, can perform absurd feats like easily 2HKOing would-be checks in Clodsire and Ting-Lu, (add comma) and being favored to OHKO defensive Arceus-Ground, (add comma) and always OHKOing Necrozma-DM, while Tera Dragon strengthens Dynamax Cannon, giving Eternatus more consistency in sweeping late-game thanks to Dynamax Cannon's perfect accuracy. Aside from giving Eternatus a much-needed (hyphen) power boost, Meteor Beam is great for destroying Ho-Oh, an otherwise great check, as well as hitting Tera Fire Calyrex-I super-effectively, (no hyphen) as Calyrex-I will usually Terastallize into a Fire-type the Fire typing to resist Fire Blast and threaten Eternatus. Fire Blast is used to hit Steel-types that wall the combination of Meteor Beam and Dynamax Cannon, most notably Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C. Sludge Bomb should only ever be used over Agility on Sticky Web teams, and even then, while it destroys Arceus-Fairy and Tera Fairy Pokemon like Ho-Oh, Kyogre, and Miraidon, it has little practical use outside of this. This set is not a perfect sweeper, however, as it cannot set up as easily as it might seem due to the prevalence of Pokemon that irritate it like Ting-Lu and Arceus-Ground.

Eternatus is a great choice for offensive teams that struggle with Toxic Spikes and Kyogre, as it removes Toxic Spikes and can decently check Kyogre when healthy. , preserving HP on an ally Koraidon. (you kind of imply this in the next sentence) Koraidon itself makes for a good pairing with Eternatus, as it appreciates Eternatus removing Toxic Spikes while and checking Kyogre and Arceus-Fairy, whereas Eternatus loves Koraidon not only threatening its checks, (remove comma) but also for its sun, which strengthens its own Fire-type coverage. Pokemon that can overwhelm defensive Ground-types that check Eternatus, like Miraidon and Calyrex-I, are also appreciated. Entry hazard leads like Deoxys-A, Deoxys-S, and Glimmora are great for Eternatus, as the immediate chip damage is greatly helpful for a Pokemon that aims to claim OHKOs OHKOes as much as it does. , such as Fire Blast. Eternatus is also useful when supported by Pokemon that can ward off Koraidon and Miraidon, Eternatus’s greatest nemeses. Kyogre, Arceus-Fairy, and Ting-Lu can do this decently and support Eternatus in other ways; for example, Ting-Lu can set Spikes. , such as Ting-Lu setting Spikes.


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