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Iron Valiant stands out as a top-tier offensive Pokemon in OU, able to utilize its Speed; high attacking stats; and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devastate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Its various sets, such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, mixed, and Choice Specs, have very different counterplay from each other, and thus a well-played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos and Galarian Slowking that might want to check its Swords Dance and Calm Mind respectively. With Booster Energy, Iron Valiant becomes an incredible late-game cleaner and revenge killer, able to outspeed and subsequently threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Darkrai. Choice Specs takes advantage of Moonblast's spammability and lets Iron Valiant break through and even 2HKO otherwise common Iron Valiant answers such as Assault Vest Hatterene, Galarian Weezing, and specially defensive Gliscor due to its sheer power. Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore, Destiny Bond, and Trick either to give it more setup turns, allow it to surprise typical counterplay even further, or emergency check opposing offensive threats. However, Pokemon such as Hatterene, Moltres, Tinkaton, and Corviknight as well as Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Galarian Slowking are able to reliably take on specific sets such as Swords Dance and Calm Mind, respectively, once they have been identified. This above issue is made worse, as Iron Valiant also struggles to fit all the coverage options it wants into one set, especially if it decides to utilize both its setup and utility options. Furthermore, its low bulk impedes its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. This low bulk also means that Iron Valiant can struggle to find safe setup opportunities, as while it can theoretically force out Pokemon such as Zamazenta and Heatran, they can simply stay in and trade with it due to its lack of immediate power and can potentially win against it outright. Iron Valiant also has limited defensive utility; as while it can check Pokemon such as Kingambit and Lokix, it is lacking compared to other sweepers such as Dragonite and Zamazenta, which means that Iron Valiant can only really slot on more offensive teams as a result.

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A set with Heavy-Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards, letting it fit on balance teams to combat hazard-stacking strategies and provide the archetype with a Knock Off user, speed control and disruption with Encore. Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent Speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta and use Trick to cripple opposing walls such as Alomomola and Corviknight. Taunt can be used to allow Iron Valiant to stop recovery attempts from the likes of Corviknight and Garganacl, status attempts from Gliscor and Clefable, and phazing attempts from Ting-Lu's Whirlwind. Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to compress its coverage into a single moveslot to smack Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Galarian Weezing, Iron Moth, and Gholdengo for super effective damage and gain both an immunity to Raging Bolt's Thunderclap and a resistance to Poison-type attacks such as Sludge Bomb from Galarian Slowking. Tera Water, alongside Liquidation, can be used on Swords Dance sets to secure OHKOs against the likes of Landorus-T, Gliscor, Moltres, and Iron Moth that could otherwise take a hit from it. Focus Blast is an option on Calm Mind sets to hit Garganacl, Heatran, and Iron Treads for super effective damage while hitting Kyurem and Ting-Lu much harder, OHKOing the former at neutral while having a chance to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock. Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional checks to physical Iron Valiant, such as OHKOing Gholdengo and Great Tusk, and 2HKOing Alomomola, Corviknight, and Hatterene, while being able to use Trick against physical walls such as Moltres and Dondozo that it may not threaten as easily, which helps teammates such as Kingambit and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. All-out attacking mixed sets can be used alongside Life Orb or Expert Belt to wallbreak more easily with its coverage options; however the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt its wallbreaking capabilities and forces Iron Valiant to avoid being put into revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall it. Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to scout opposing Pokemon to give Iron Valiant a free setup turn and protect it against Garganacl's Salt Cure, status attempts from users like Alomomola and Gliscor, and revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite and Choice Scarf Darkrai. Ice Punch and Thunder Punch allow Iron Valiant to achieve BoltBeam coverage on Swords Dance sets to grant it great coverage against most of the metagame and hit Pokemon such as Gliscor, Landorus-T, Alomomola, and Moltres for super effective damage. However, the move's low Base Power and dropping either Knock Off or Close Combat can allow Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Garganacl to potentially take on Iron Valiant. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used on Sticky Web teams to give Swords Dance Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing and late-game cleaning capabilities.

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Let me know once it is implemented and I can give it another look. Mainly interested about the comments I made after the second paragraph for OO missing

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Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier offensive Pokemon in the tier, able to utilise its wide movepool to devestate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Options such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, Mixed, or Choice Specs have very different counterplay, and thus a well played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Great Tusk or Galarian Slowking that might want to check it. Would be good to have Pokemon that check it more consistently; Great Tusk only checks one set and it has to be weakened already. Something like Zapdos and Galarian Slowking could be okay here Iron Valiant is also an incredible revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to OHKO Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Swords Dance Ogerpon-Wellspring while also outspeeding them. You do not OHKO any of these. Maybe rework the sentence to mention how you revenge kill them(?) Just without saying revenge kill twice Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore and Destiny Bond either giving it more setup turns or allowing it to surprise typical counterplay even further. However, Iron Valiant does have its flaws. While it has a variety of options to choose from, it cannot fit them all into its set, meaning that Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking and Zamazenta can check it once they have scouted out the set. You are nearly repeating the sentence from above but on a different light. Perhaps an approach is to straight up mention dedicated checks to each set, with for example Moltres checking Swords Dance, Galarian Weezing checking mixed, Galarian Slowking Choice Specs and so on. Furthermore, while it can typically take most strong neutral hits in a pinch, its low bulk does impede its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Rillaboom, Weavile, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. Would be good to include more of its conventional checks either in the sentence I posted above or somewhere else. Notably Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, Tornadus-T, Iron Moth; of course there are others like Glimmora, Iron Crown, Dondozo checking Swords Dance sets, but in general the idea is to not miss out on Pokemon you usually perceive as checks

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Either a Modest nature or Adamant nature alongside either Vacuum Wave or Shadow Sneak can be used to give Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retainin some of its revenge killing capabilities, though typically this is best used on Sticky Web teams. The Modest and Vacuum Wave part is already in the Calm Mind set. Shadow Sneak / Adamant on Webs barely exists so moving that part further below would be good Choice Band sets can be used to break through traditional physical walls such as Great Tusk and Zamazenta due to its access to Spirit Break, while also being able to use Trick against walls such as Moltres and Dondozo it may not threaten as easily. Would be good to mention its lure potential Life Orb is an option to increase the power of Iron Valiants Mixed sets, which can pair especially well on Electric Terrain teams to still give it a Speed Boost, though the recoil damage can hurt its ability to stay out of revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite. Electric Terrain might be far too niche since Pincurchin is not even in the VR. Up to you if you want to leave that mention, either way would be good to add Expert Belt around here Tera Stellar is an option that gives Iron Valiant a small boost to all its moves, allowing it to break through Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking and Zamazenta it might otherwise not OHKO. However, Iron Valiant typically prefers the defensive benefits that option such as Tera Steel or Tera Ghost provide, or the raw power like Tera Fairy provide over multiple uses. I have never seen Stellar. If you have documented instances I could recheck, else I would remove Thunder Wave can be used to slow down Pokemon such as Darkrai and Deoxys-S, while also punishing walls such as Pecharunt. Same here, documented instances Substitute is an option to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it a free turn of setup while also protecting it against revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or Choice Scarf Darkrai. Would be good to mention this is particularly used on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets Drain Punch gives Iron Valiant some sustain, allowing it to brawl with Pokemon such as Great Tusk a lot easier while keeping it out of priority range. Have seen it like once, I would remove but dont mind keeping all the way down here

- Heavy-Duty Boots is the big set missing that should be listed at the start of OO
- Choice Scarf is arguably the second biggest OO that is also missing
- Tera Blast Ground would be a good OO as it has not only shown in usage stats through several months, but has documented uses in the following posts:
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Tera Blast Ground CM Val?
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This is one I'll actually take credit for. I topped ladder with this last year a little bit before OLT. It was TB Ground, MB, Vacuum Wave, CM.

I guess to elaborate on current topic of conversation, I would support a Tera Blast suspect if we had enough support on the next survey. I think if it were to be banned it would result in a lot of work for us in terms of retesting or straight dropping a lot of things from Ubers, but I think it's warranted tbh. I posted a little bit about it in council chat.

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Webs

Been playing webs a lot for a while now, I think they are pretty fun and they can do well into most if not all playstyles. Peaked #2 tons of times but at last could not make it with only webs. Still really love them and wanted to share some thoughts.

I feel standard structures currently struggle with a lot, and it often feels like teams are built accepting to lose to one or more common playstyles. Blimax 6 like teams can be really rough, as Cinderace can Court Change, and Dondozo + Rest Ting-Lu will blanket check most attackers, on top of Sub Kyurem being really hard for...
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QC 1/2 after implemented, thank you!

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Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier offensive Pokemon in the tier, able to utilise its wide movepool to devestate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Options such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, Mixed, or Choice Specs have very different counterplay, and thus a well played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos or Galarian Slowking that might want to check it. Iron Valiant is also an incredible revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to massively overselling threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Swords Dance Ogerpon-Wellspring while also outspeeding them. Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore and Destiny Bond either giving it more setup turns or allowing it to surprise typical counterplay even further. However, Iron Valiant does have its flaws. Pokemon such as Hatterene, Gholdengo, Moltres, Probably a safer add and Tornadus-T can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Iron Crown are able to take on specific sets Would it be worth it to mention the sets specifically? Up to you once they have been identified. Furthermore, while it can typically take most strong neutral hits in a pinch, its low bulk does impede its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Weavile, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. Still think it would be good to include more checks, maybe the Poison-types are a good pick to do this since they resist both STABs, so like Pecharunt, Iron Moth, and maybee Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott. Up to you though, if you feel what you have is enough then that's fine

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Heavy Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards. Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta, though locking into a moveslot can be awkward for its teammates. Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to smack Pokemon such as Raging Bolt, Galarian Weezing, and Iron Moth for super effective damage. Could be worth to add Galarian Slowking instead of Bolt, and then dedicate a small sentence to Bolt as you also get an immunity to Thunderclap Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional physical walls such as Great Tusk and Zamazenta due to its access to Spirit Break, Think the lure aspect is moreso about how for example Gholdengo may try to stomach a regular Knock Off, only to get OHKOed by a banded one while also being able to use Trick against walls such as Moltres and Dondozo it may not threaten as easily, which can also help teammates such as Iron Treads and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. Life Orb or Expert Belt is an option to increase the power of Iron Valiants Mixed sets, though the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt its ability to stay out of revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall Iron Valiant. Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it a free turn of setup while also protecting it against revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or Choice Scarf Darkrai. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used to give Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing capabilities, though typically this is best used on Sticky Web teams.

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Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier offensive Pokemon in the tier, able to utilise its Speed, high attacking stats either physically or specially, and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devestate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Options Set variety such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, Mixed, or Choice Specs have very different counterplay from each other, and thus a well played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos or Galarian Slowking that might want to check its other sets. Iron Valiant is also can be (cause it doesnt apply to specs) an incredible late-game cleaner and revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to outspeed and subsequently (booster is first and foremost the one that lets you outspeed them so mentioning it as a side note in the back is selling it a bit short so moved it to the front for emphasis) threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Ogerpon-W (you dont really need booster energy to outspeed this; maybe other examples like pult or darkrai instead) while also outspeeding them. (mention choice specs selling point or niche here and why one would want to run it, esp compared to its other sets/other breakers, cause the booster energy in the previous sentence is really just covering the setup & mixed sets) Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore and Destiny Bond (add trick here) either giving it more setup turns, or allowing it to surprise typical counterplay even further, or emergency checking opposing offensive threats. However, Iron Valiant does have its flaws. (fluff) Pokemon such as Hatterene, Moltres, Iron Moth, (not wrong but this is mostly just a check for val when you run offense, but for the sake of the list's length then highlighting more common, sturdy, and splashable valiant checks are prob better. for example, tinkaton and av prim/mola tend to be good pivots into it, esp when the set isnt revealed yet) Tornadus-T, (unless tornt is av idt it wants to pivot into most vals sets?) and Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott, can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Iron Crown (glowking is prob a better mention cause it's generally defensive and doesnt take boosted sballs as much) are able to take on specific sets such as Swords Dance and Calm Mind respectively, once they have been identified. (can prob segue into saying how it cant always fit the coverage it wants and thus might be walled by something in the game even though mon can be a headache in the builder. like no tbolt means corv and molt can beat you, and no psyshock means clod walls, etc) Furthermore, while it can typically take most strong neutral hits in a pinch, (not really worth highlighting cause its bulk is still atrocious esp if you compare it with other offensive mons that has proper defensive utility like dnite zama gambit) its low bulk does impede its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Weavile, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. (regarding its low bulk, you can also mention how this often doesnt give you the necessary easy setup opportunities. especially cause most sets lack the immediate damage output to threaten stuff out so even mons you theoretically can force out can just stay in and trade with you. from there you can also segue to talk about its lack of defensive utility [esp compared to our other offensive mons like dnite and zama], meaning it's basically relegated to only offensive teams)

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A set with Heavy Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards, letting it fit on balance teams to combat hazard-stacking strategies, providing the archetype with a Knock Off user and speed control as well as disruption from Encore. (just elaborating the boots set further but feel free to reword) Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta, though locking into a moveslot can be awkward for its teammates. (technically applies to other choice item users, so not really an issue worth noting unless you mention specifically why valiant is a poor scarfer compared to other scarfers like enamorus and gholdengo. either way, another value of scarf over booster is the utility with trick, so would like it to be mentioned here) Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to compress coverage into a single slot to (since it can technically run stuff like sball or psyshock to hit these targets so this addition makes it clearer) smack Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Galarian Weezing, and Iron Moth (add a steel here like dengo) for super effective damage, while also gaining an immunity to Raging Bolt's Thunderclap (if you're mentioning the defensive utility also talk about the poison resist against mons like glowking). Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional counters checks (you can ohko dengo with +2 knock while tusk hates if you're the spirit break variant so i wouldnt call them counters to the SD set at all) to physical Iron Valiant such as Gholdengo and Great Tusk by OHKO'ing them, (another value of the CB set worth highlighting is you can 2HKO mons like mola corv & hatt, which can otherwise switch in & easily stomach a +2 attack from SD val) while also being able to use Trick against physical walls such as Moltres and Dondozo it may not threaten as easily, which can also help teammates such as Iron Treads Kingambit and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. Life Orb or Expert Belt is an option to increase the power of Iron Valiants Mixed all-out attacking sets, though the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt its ability to repeatedly wallbreak and stay out of revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall Iron Valiant. (another option you can write is pairing this variant of valiant on eterrain teams w pincurchin, cause the archetype seem to always pop up once in a while even though the mon is UR, your call though) Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it a free turn of setup while also protecting it against revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or Choice Scarf Darkrai. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used on Sticky Web teams to give Swords Dance Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing and late-game cleaning capabilities, though typically this is best used on Sticky Web teams.

some other stuff to consider:
- tera water + liquidation on SD sets
- focus blast on CM sets
- boltbeam punches on SD set (ice punch is already written on the SD set writeup but i think it's more fitting for OO alongside tpunch)
- taunt

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Looks like a lot but it's mostly just explanations and for you to elaborate on stuff further. Would like to take a look at this again before stamping, let me know once it's implemented or if you need any clarifications.
 
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Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier offensive Pokemon in the tier, able to utilise its Speed, high attacking stats either physically or specially, and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devestate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Set variety such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, Mixed, or Choice Specs have very different counterplay from each other, and thus a well played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos or Galarian Slowking that might want to check its other sets. Iron Valiant can be an incredible late game cleaner and revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to outspeed and subsequently threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Darkrai. Choice Specs takes advantage of Moonblast's spammability and lets it can be used to break through and even 2HKO otherwise common Iron Valiant answers such as Assault Vest Hatterene, Galarian Weezing, and specially defensive Gliscor Galarian Slowking and Assault Vest Alomomola (these mons are still sturdy enough to pivot into specs val rather safely, between regen & able to avoid the 2hko, esp cause mola fears cm+encore sets more since they can punish mirror coat) due to its sheer power, while still being able to check opposing offense Pokemon such as Darkrai and Weavile through its access to Vacuum Wave. (not the main reason specs valiant is used, esp cause wave isnt even guaranteed on the set and is also an option on the CM set) Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore, Destiny Bond, and Trick either giving it more setup turns, allowing it to surprise typical counterplay even further, or emergency checking opposing offensive threats. However, Pokemon such as Hatterene, Moltres, Tinkaton, Assault Vest Primarina, Corviknight, (not wrong but just wanted to merge this section with the coverage section so it's not too long and the coverage section technically also applies to the mons in this list as well, so cutting down on example to not make the list too long) and Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott, can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Galarian Slowking are able to reliably take on specific sets such as Swords Dance and Calm Mind respectively, once they have been identified. This issue is made worse as Iron Valiant also struggles to fit all the coverage options it wants, especially so if it decides to utilise setup and utility options. Thus, Pokemon such as Corviknight and Clodsire can wall it effectively if it does not have options such as Thunderbolt and Psyshock respectively. Furthermore, its low bulk does impede its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Weavile, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. This low bulk also means that Iron Valiant can struggle to find setup opportunities, as while it can theoretically force out Pokemon such as Great Tusk Zamazenta (prob a better mention cause you even live moonblast and can ohko back with heavy slam) and Heatran, they can simply stay in and trade with it due to its lack of immediate power damage, potentially trading or outright winning against Iron Valiant. Iron Valiant also can lack defensive utility, as while it can check Pokemon such as Kingambit and Lokix, it is lacking compared to other sweepers such as Dragonite and Zamazenta and thus this means that Iron Valiant can only really slot on more offensive teams as a result.

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A set with Heavy Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards, letting it fit on balance teams to combat hazard-stacking strategies, providing the archetype with a Knock Off user and speed control as well as disruption with Encore. Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta while also allowing it to use Trick to cripple opposing walls such as Alomomola and Corviknight. Taunt can be used to allow Iron Valiant to stop recovery attempts from the likes of Corviknight and Garganacl, status attempts from Gliscor and Clefable, and while also stopping Ting-Lu from phazing it with Whirlwind. Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to compress coverage into a single slot to smack Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Galarian Weezing, Iron Moth, and Gholdengo for super effective damage, while also gaining an immunity to Raging Bolt's Thunderclap and a resistance to Poison-type attacks such as Sludge Bomb from Galarian Slowking. Tera Water alongside Liquidation can be used on Swords Dance sets to allow Iron Valiant to secure OHKO's against the likes of Landorus-T and Gliscor (also coverage for moltres and moth) that could otherwise take a hit from it. Focus Blast is an option on Calm Mind sets to hit Garganacl, Heatran, and Iron Treads for super effective damage while securing larger hits against Kyurem and Ting-Lu, OHKO'ing the former at neutral while having a chance to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock. Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional checks to physical Iron Valiant such as OHKO'ing Gholdengo and Great Tusk, and 2HKO'ing Alomomola, Corviknight, and Hatterene, while also being able to use Trick against physical walls such as Moltres and Dondozo it may not threaten as easily, which can also help teammates such as Kingambit and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. Life Orb or Expert Belt is an option to increase the power of Iron Valiants Mixed all-out attacking sets, All-out attacking mixed sets can be used alongside Life Orb or Expert Belt to wallbreak more easily with its coverage options, (reworded a bit cause mixed aoa isnt a set on the dex so we need to introduce the concept of it first before saying "this set can run items A & B") though the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt its ability to repeatedly wallbreak and stay out of revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall Iron Valiant. Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it a free turn of setup while also protecting it against Garganacl's Salt Cure, status users like Alomomola and Gliscor, and revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or Choice Scarf Darkrai. Ice Punch and Thunder Punch can allow Iron Valiant to acheive bolt beam coverage on SD sets to grant it great coverage against most of the metagame, and allowing it to hit Pokemon such as Gliscor and Alomomola (add moltres & landot too) for super effective damage. However, the moves' low Base Power and dropping either Knock Off or Close Combat can allow Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Garganacl to potentially take on Iron Valiant. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used on Sticky Web teams to give Swords Dance Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing and late game-cleaning capabilities.

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Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier top-tier offensive Pokemon in the tier OU, able to utilise utilize its Speed, high attacking stats either physically or specially (removed "either physically or specially" due to redundancy as this repeats the same idea), and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devestate devastate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Set variety, (AC) such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, mixed, or and Choice Specs, (AC) have very different counterplay from each other, and thus meaning that a well played well-played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos or and Galarian Slowking that might want to check its other sets. With Booster Energy, (AC) Iron Valiant can be becomes an incredible late game late-game cleaner and revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to outspeed and subsequently threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Darkrai. Choice Specs takes advantage of Moonblast's spammability and lets it Iron Valiant break through and even 2HKO otherwise common Iron Valiant answers such as Assault Vest Hatterene, Galarian Weezing, and specially defensive Gliscor due to its sheer power. Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore, Destiny Bond, and Trick to either giving give it more setup turns, allowing allow it to surprise typical counterplay even further, or emergency checking check opposing offensive threats. However, Pokemon such as Hatterene, Moltres, Tinkaton, Corviknight, and Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott (RC) can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Galarian Slowking are able to reliably take on specific sets such as Swords Dance and Calm Mind, (AC) respectively, once they have been identified. This issue is made worse as Iron Valiant also struggles to fit all the coverage options it wants into one set, especially so if it decides to utilise utilize both its setup and utility options. Furthermore, its low bulk does impede impedes its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. This low bulk also means that Iron Valiant can struggle struggles to find safe setup opportunities, as while it can theoretically force out Pokemon such as Zamazenta and Heatran, they can simply stay in and trade with it due to its lack of immediate power damage, and can potentially outright winning win against Iron Valiant it outright. Iron Valiant also can lack lacks defensive utility, as while it can check Pokemon such as Kingambit and Lokix, it is lacking compared to other sweepers such as Dragonite and Zamazenta, (AC) which and thus this means that Iron Valiant can only really slot on more offensive teams as a result.

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A set with Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards, letting it fit on balance teams to combat hazard-stacking strategies (RC) providing and provide the archetype with a Knock Off user and speed control as well as disruption with Encore. Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent Speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta, (AC) and while also allowing it to use Trick to cripple opposing walls such as Alomomola and Corviknight. Taunt can be used to allow Iron Valiant to stop recovery attempts from the likes of Corviknight and Garganacl, status attempts from Gliscor and Clefable, and also stopping prevent Ting-Lu from phazing it with Whirlwind. Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to compress its coverage into a single slot moveslot to smack Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Galarian Weezing, Iron Moth, and Gholdengo for super effective damage (RC) while also gaining and gain both an immunity to Raging Bolt's Thunderclap and a resistance to Poison-type attacks such as Sludge Bomb from Galarian Slowking. Tera Water, (AC) alongside Liquidation, (AC) can be used on Swords Dance sets to allow Iron Valiant to secure OHKO's OHKOs against the likes of Landorus-T, Gliscor, Moltres, and Iron Moth that could otherwise take a hit from it. Focus Blast is an option on Calm Mind sets to hit Garganacl, Heatran, and Iron Treads for super effective damage while securing larger hits against hitting Kyurem and Ting-Lu much harder, OHKO'ing OHKOing the former at neutral while having a chance to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock. Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional checks to physical Iron Valiant, (AC) such as OHKO'ing OHKOing Gholdengo and Great Tusk, and 2HKO'ing 2HKOing Alomomola, Corviknight, and Hatterene, while also being able to use Trick against physical walls such as Moltres and Dondozo that it may not threaten as easily, which can also help helps teammates such as Kingambit and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. All-out attacking mixed sets can be used alongside Life Orb or Expert Belt to wallbreak more easily with its coverage options; (ASC) however, though the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt hurts its ability to repeatedly wallbreak and stay out of revenge killing wallbreaking capabilities and forces Iron Valiant to avoid being put into KO range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall Iron Valiant it. (reworded the sentence for improved conciseness and clarity) Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it Iron Valiant a free turn of setup while also protecting turn and protect it against Garganacl's Salt Cure, status attempts from users like Alomomola and Gliscor, and revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or and Choice Scarf Darkrai. Ice Punch and Thunder Punch can allow Iron Valiant to acheive bolt beam achieve BoltBeam coverage on SD Swords Dance sets to grant it great coverage against most of the metagame (RC) and allowing it to hit Pokemon such as Gliscor, Landorus-T, Alomomola, and Moltres for super effective damage. However, the moves' low Base Power and dropping either Knock Off or Close Combat can allow Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Garganacl to potentially take on Iron Valiant. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used on Sticky Web teams to give Swords Dance Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing and late game-cleaning late-game cleaning capabilities.

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[OVERVIEW]

Iron Valiant stands out as a top tier top-tier offensive Pokemon in the tier OU, able to utilise utilize its Speed; (semicolon) high attacking stats either physically or specially (removed "either physically or specially" due to redundancy as this repeats the same idea); (semicolon) and a wide movepool of setup, coverage, and utility to devestate devastate any Pokemon that might attempt to check it. Set variety Its various sets, (AC) such as Swords Dance, Calm Mind, mixed, or and Choice Specs, (AC) have very different counterplay from each other, and thus a well played well-played Iron Valiant can take out Pokemon such as Zapdos or and Galarian Slowking that might want to check its other sets. (would be good to clarify which sets zap/gking are weak to when you say it beats other sets) With Booster Energy, (AC) Iron Valiant can be becomes an incredible late game late-game cleaner and revenge killer with Booster Energy, able to outspeed and subsequently threaten Pokemon such as Zamazenta, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Darkrai. Choice Specs takes advantage of Moonblast's spammability and lets it Iron Valiant break through and even 2HKO otherwise common Iron Valiant answers such as Assault Vest Hatterene, Galarian Weezing, and specially defensive Gliscor due to its sheer power. Iron Valiant can furthermore dip into its utility movepool, with options such as Encore, Destiny Bond, and Trick either giving it more setup turns, allowing it to surprise typical counterplay even further, or emergency checking opposing offensive threats. However, Pokemon such as Hatterene, Moltres, Tinkaton, and Corviknight (RC) as well as and Tera Poison Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Hisuian Samurott (RC) can check the vast majority of its sets, while Pokemon such as Dondozo and Galarian Slowking are able to reliably take on specific sets such as Swords Dance and Calm Mind, (AC) respectively, once they have been identified. This issue (what does 'this issue' refer to?) is made worse, (AC) as Iron Valiant also struggles to fit all the coverage options it wants into one set, especially so if it decides to utilise utilize both its setup and utility options. Furthermore, its low bulk does impede impedes its sweeping potential, as priority users such as Dragonite, Rillaboom, and especially Scizor can revenge kill it once it has been weakened. This low bulk also means that Iron Valiant can struggle to find safe setup opportunities, as while it can theoretically force out Pokemon such as Zamazenta and Heatran, they can simply stay in and trade with it due to its lack of immediate power damage and can potentially outright winning win against Iron Valiant it outright. Iron Valiant also can lack has limited (changed to avoid repetition with 'lacking' later) defensive utility; (semicolon) while it can check Pokemon such as Kingambit and Lokix, it is lacking compared to other sweepers such as Dragonite and Zamazenta, (AC) which and thus this means that Iron Valiant can only really slot on more offensive teams as a result.

Other Options
=============

A set with Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots allows Iron Valiant to consistently switch into battle over the course of a longer game by ignoring entry hazards, letting it fit on balance teams to combat hazard-stacking strategies (RC) providing and provide the archetype with a Knock Off user and speed control as well as user, speed control, and disruption with Encore. Choice Scarf gives Iron Valiant a permanent Speed boost so it can consistently revenge kill faster Pokemon such as Darkrai and Zamazenta and while also allowing it to use Trick to cripple opposing walls such as Alomomola and Corviknight. Taunt can be used to allow Iron Valiant to stop recovery attempts from the likes of Corviknight and Garganacl, status attempts from Gliscor and Clefable, and also stopping Ting-Lu from phazing it with Whirlwind phazing attempts from Ting-Lu's Whirlwind. Tera Blast Ground allows Iron Valiant to compress its coverage into a single slot moveslot to smack Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Galarian Weezing, Iron Moth, and Gholdengo for super effective damage (RC) while also gaining and gain both an immunity to Raging Bolt's Thunderclap and a resistance to Poison-type attacks such as Sludge Bomb from Galarian Slowking. Tera Water, (AC) alongside Liquidation, (AC) can be used on Swords Dance sets to allow Iron Valiant to secure OHKO's OHKOs against the likes of Landorus-T, Gliscor, Moltres, and Iron Moth that could otherwise take a hit from it. Focus Blast is an option on Calm Mind sets to hit Garganacl, Heatran, and Iron Treads for super effective damage while securing larger hits against hitting Kyurem and Ting-Lu much harder, OHKO'ing OHKOing the former at neutral while having a chance to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock. Choice Band sets can be used to lure in and break through traditional checks to physical Iron Valiant, (AC) such as OHKO'ing OHKOing Gholdengo and Great Tusk, and 2HKO'ing 2HKOing Alomomola, Corviknight, and Hatterene, while also being able to use Trick against physical walls such as Moltres and Dondozo that it may not threaten as easily, which can also help helps teammates such as Kingambit and Dragonite that are otherwise walled by them. All-out attacking mixed sets can be used alongside Life Orb or Expert Belt to wallbreak more easily with its coverage options; (ASC) however, though the recoil damage from Life Orb can hurt its ability to repeatedly wallbreak and stay out of revenge killing wallbreaking capabilities and forces Iron Valiant to avoid being put into revenge killing range from Pokemon such as Dragonite, while Expert Belt doesn't help it against Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that already wall Iron Valiant it. (reworded the sentence for improved conciseness and clarity) Substitute is an option on Swords Dance and Calm Mind sets to allow Iron Valiant to scout opposing Pokemon to give it Iron Valiant a free turn of setup while also protecting turn and protect it against Garganacl's Salt Cure, status attempts from users like Alomomola and Gliscor, and revenge killers such as Extreme Speed Dragonite or and Choice Scarf Darkrai. Ice Punch and Thunder Punch can allow Iron Valiant to acheive bolt beam achieve BoltBeam coverage on SD Swords Dance sets to grant it great coverage against most of the metagame (RC) and allowing it to hit Pokemon such as Gliscor, Landorus-T, Alomomola, and Moltres for super effective damage. However, the moves' move's low Base Power and dropping either Knock Off or Close Combat can allow Pokemon such as Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Garganacl to potentially take on Iron Valiant. An Adamant nature alongside Shadow Sneak can be used on Sticky Web teams to give Swords Dance Iron Valiant a lot more power while still retaining some of its revenge killing and late game-cleaning late-game cleaning capabilities.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/heatranator.647728/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsu.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user6.105/
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