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[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Roost
move 2: Defog
move 3: Hurricane / Earthquake
move 4: Toxic / Dual Wingbeat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Altaria is a premier wall in ZU thanks to its ability to reliably answer powerful physical and special attackers such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move, letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that targets Toxic-immune foes such as Magneton and Skuntank and deals more damage to Ninetales. Toxic allows Altaria to put foes on a timer, letting it comfortably use Defog against entry hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat can be paired with Earthquake to give Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given EV spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximizing its physical bulk.
Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and a check to Fire-types. Offensive Steel- and Fire-types like Magneton and Centiskorch can take advantage of Altaria's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while benefitting from Altaria walling opposing Fire- and Water-types. These two are also checks to Ice-types, and additional checks such as Centiskorch, Piloswine, and Miltank make for great partners, handling Altaria's biggest weakness. Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Ferroseed, and Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them; in return, they can handle threats that Altaria struggles with such as Froslass, Flapple, and Lycanroc. Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill the threats that can muscle through Altaria.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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The combination of Fire Spin and Perish Song lets Altaria trap and take out walls such as Clefairy, Audino, and Pyukumuku; however, this set lacks the utility of Defog and only traps a limited number of Pokemon. Draco Meteor is Altaria's strongest move, but it is less consistent than Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat due to the Special Attack drop. Heal Bell can be used on stall teams lacking a cleric.
Checks and Counters
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**Ice-types and Ice-type Coverage**: Altaria's 4x weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type attacks. Altaria is threatened by Ice-types such as Rotom-F, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but it also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.
**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Lycanroc and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely set up Stealth Rock versus Altaria.
**Dragon-types**: Due to its weakness to Dragon, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers like Flapple and Appletun can break through Altaria with their STAB moves, even if they can't switch into Altaria's Hurricane.
**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, and they aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even take advantage of Altaria to set up with Calm Mind.
**Setup Sweepers**: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that can set up such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Roost
move 2: Defog
move 3: Hurricane / Earthquake
move 4: Toxic / Dual Wingbeat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Altaria is a premier wall in ZU thanks to its ability to reliably answer powerful physical and special attackers such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move, letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that targets Toxic-immune foes such as Magneton and Skuntank and deals more damage to Ninetales. Toxic allows Altaria to put foes on a timer, letting it comfortably use Defog against entry hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat can be paired with Earthquake to give Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given EV spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximizing its physical bulk.
Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and a check to Fire-types. Offensive Steel- and Fire-types like Magneton and Centiskorch can take advantage of Altaria's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while benefitting from Altaria walling opposing Fire- and Water-types. These two are also checks to Ice-types, and additional checks such as Centiskorch, Piloswine, and Miltank make for great partners, handling Altaria's biggest weakness. Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Ferroseed, and Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them; in return, they can handle threats that Altaria struggles with such as Froslass, Flapple, and Lycanroc. Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill the threats that can muscle through Altaria.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
The combination of Fire Spin and Perish Song lets Altaria trap and take out walls such as Clefairy, Audino, and Pyukumuku; however, this set lacks the utility of Defog and only traps a limited number of Pokemon. Draco Meteor is Altaria's strongest move, but it is less consistent than Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat due to the Special Attack drop. Heal Bell can be used on stall teams lacking a cleric.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Ice-types and Ice-type Coverage**: Altaria's 4x weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type attacks. Altaria is threatened by Ice-types such as Rotom-F, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but it also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.
**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Lycanroc and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely set up Stealth Rock versus Altaria.
**Dragon-types**: Due to its weakness to Dragon, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers like Flapple and Appletun can break through Altaria with their STAB moves, even if they can't switch into Altaria's Hurricane.
**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, and they aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even take advantage of Altaria to set up with Calm Mind.
**Setup Sweepers**: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that can set up such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
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