ZU Altaria [DONE]

[Tuthur]

[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
=============

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]]

 

[Apagogie]

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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 wallbreakers physical or special attackers [Centiskorch and Taunt Mag are stallbreakers + it overstates the ability of altaria to sponge hits from most real wallbreakers]such as Centiskorch, Magmortar, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that deal stronger damage to Magmortar and also targets Toxic-immunities such as Magneton and Skuntank. Toxic allows Altaria to put the foes on a timer, letting it comfortably Defog on hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat is an alternative if paired with Earthquake that gives Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximazing its physical bulk. Natural Cure is the prefered ability allowing Altaria to absorb status from walls such as Cofagrigus, Palossand, and Wishiwashi Miltank.

Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and Fire-types check. Offensive Steel-types like Magneton and Klinklang can take advantage of Altariat's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while enjoying that Altaria walls Fire-types. Ice-type checks such as Centiskorch, Poliwrath, [Poliwrath is an iffy ice check against both Vanilluxe & Frosmoth] and Miltank make for great partners that can handle Altaria's biggest weakness. Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Carbink, and Rhydon Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them while they can handle threats that Altaria struggle with in Sneasel, Drampa, and Lycanroc, respectively. 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 that can take advantage of Altaria's standard set. However this set lacks the Defog utility of standard Altaria and only traps few a limited number of Pokemon meaning it's often not useful. Flamethrower is an option as coverage move that threaten Steel- and Ice-types such as Ferroseed, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe that take advantage of Altaria. However, Altaria is already able to threaten the later type with its other moves and the coverage provided by Earthquake and its Flying STAB is often prefered. Damage slightly better Ice types and Ferroseed is not worth in the current metagame compared to any option of support or to deal with fire types which has to stay its main purpose. Don't think a mention is even worth. Draco Meteor is also an alternative as an offensive move. Although it's Altaria's strongest move, the Special Attack drop is annoying making Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat easier to spam. Mention Heal Bell somewhere, it's decently seen in stall

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ice-types and coverage**: Altaria's quad-weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type move. It's obviously taken out by Ice-types such as Sneasel, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Omastar, Lycanroc, and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely setup Stealth Rock versus Altaria.

**Dragon-types**: Due to its Dragon-weakness, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers such as Silvally-Dragon and Drampa can break through Altaria with their STAB moves or use it as setup fodder.

**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even use Altaria as setup fodder for their Calm Mind sets.

**Strong breakers** Set-up sweepers: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that use setup move such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2. Good job.

 

[Tuthur]

Hide

[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 wallbreakers physical or special attackers [Centiskorch and Taunt Mag are stallbreakers + it overstates the ability of altaria to sponge hits from most real wallbreakers]such as Centiskorch, Magmortar, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that deal stronger damage to Magmortar and also targets Toxic-immunities such as Magneton and Skuntank. Toxic allows Altaria to put the foes on a timer, letting it comfortably Defog on hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat is an alternative if paired with Earthquake that gives Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximazing its physical bulk. Natural Cure is the prefered ability allowing Altaria to absorb status from walls such as Cofagrigus, Palossand, and Wishiwashi Miltank.

Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and Fire-types check. Offensive Steel-types like Magneton and Klinklang can take advantage of Altariat's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while enjoying that Altaria walls Fire-types. Ice-type checks such as Centiskorch, Poliwrath, [Poliwrath is an iffy ice check against both Vanilluxe & Frosmoth] and Miltank make for great partners that can handle Altaria's biggest weakness. Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Carbink, and Rhydon Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them while they can handle threats that Altaria struggle with in Sneasel, Drampa, and Lycanroc, respectively. 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 that can take advantage of Altaria's standard set. However this set lacks the Defog utility of standard Altaria and only traps few a limited number of Pokemon meaning it's often not useful. Flamethrower is an option as coverage move that threaten Steel- and Ice-types such as Ferroseed, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe that take advantage of Altaria. However, Altaria is already able to threaten the later type with its other moves and the coverage provided by Earthquake and its Flying STAB is often prefered. Damage slightly better Ice types and Ferroseed is not worth in the current metagame compared to any option of support or to deal with fire types which has to stay its main purpose. Don't think a mention is even worth. Draco Meteor is also an alternative as an offensive move. Although it's Altaria's strongest move, the Special Attack drop is annoying making Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat easier to spam. Mention Heal Bell somewhere, it's decently seen in stall

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ice-types and coverage**: Altaria's quad-weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type move. It's obviously taken out by Ice-types such as Sneasel, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Omastar, Lycanroc, and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely setup Stealth Rock versus Altaria.

**Dragon-types**: Due to its Dragon-weakness, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers such as Silvally-Dragon and Drampa can break through Altaria with their STAB moves or use it as setup fodder.

**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even use Altaria as setup fodder for their Calm Mind sets.

**Strong breakers** Set-up sweepers: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that use setup move such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2. Good job.

Implemented, ty.

 

[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d]

Comments in Bold and Strikethrough

[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 or and special attackers such as Centiskorch, Magmortar, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that deal stronger damage to Magmortar and also targets Toxic-immunities such as Magneton and Skuntank. Toxic allows Altaria to put the foes on a timer, letting it comfortably Defog on hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat is an alternative if paired with Earthquake that gives Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximizing its physical bulk. Natural Cure is the prefered ability allowing Altaria to absorb status from walls such as Cofagrigus, Palossand, and Miltank. (Not a bad idea but Cloud Nine is way too niche so nat cure doesn't need a sentence justifying it)

Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and Fire-types check. Offensive Steel- and Fire-types like Magneton and Klinklang Centiskorch (Klinklang is way too niche + reserved for HO, most often. Centi is good here too as a threat to these three and of course appreciates Altaria's Water resistance) can take advantage of Altariat's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while enjoying that Altaria walls Fire- and Water-types. These two are also Ice-type checks and additional checks such as Centiskorch, Magneton, Magmotar, Piloswine, and Miltank make for great partners that can handle Altaria's biggest weakness (varied this sentence for more examples and a better transition). Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Carbink, and Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them while they can handle threats that Altaria struggles with in Sneasel Silvally-Dragon, Drampa, and Lycanroc, respectively. Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill the threats that can't muscle through Altaria (I'm assuming you meant can't here as otherwise why would altaria need thrats it's already dealing with?).
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[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 Defog utility of standard Altaria and only traps a limited number of Pokemon. Draco Meteor is also an alternative as an offensive move. Although it's Altaria's strongest move, the Special Attack drop is annoying making Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat easier to spam. Heal Bell can be used in stall teams lacking a cleric.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ice-types and Coverage**: Altaria's quad-weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type move. It's obviously taken out by Ice-types such as Sneasel Rotom-F, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Omastar, Lycanroc, and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely setup Stealth Rock versus Altaria.

**Dragon-types**: Due to its Dragon-weakness, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers such as Silvally-Dragon and Drampa can break through Altaria with their STAB moves or use it as setup fodder.

**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even use Altaria as setup fodder for their Calm Mind sets.

**Set-up Sweepers**: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that use setup move such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 2/2 great job, updated the Sneasel examples for ya

 

[Tuthur]

Comments in Bold and Strikethrough

[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 or and special attackers such as Centiskorch, Magmortar, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move letting it threaten foes such as Qwilfish, Gurdurr, and Centiskorch. Earthquake is an alternative that deal stronger damage to Magmortar and also targets Toxic-immunities such as Magneton and Skuntank. Toxic allows Altaria to put the foes on a timer, letting it comfortably Defog on hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat is an alternative if paired with Earthquake that gives Altaria Flying coverage for threats such as Centiskorch, Shiftry, and Sawk. The given spread allows Altaria to outspeed Adamant Centiskorch while maximizing its physical bulk. Natural Cure is the prefered ability allowing Altaria to absorb status from walls such as Cofagrigus, Palossand, and Miltank. (Not a bad idea but Cloud Nine is way too niche so nat cure doesn't need a sentence justifying it)

Altaria is an excellent pick for balance and stall teams looking for a Defogger and Fire-types check. Offensive Steel- and Fire-types like Magneton and Klinklang Centiskorch (Klinklang is way too niche + reserved for HO, most often. Centi is good here too as a threat to these three and of course appreciates Altaria's Water resistance) can take advantage of Altariat's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while enjoying that Altaria walls Fire- and Water-types. These two are also Ice-type checks and additional checks such as Centiskorch, Magneton, Magmotar, Piloswine, and Miltank make for great partners that can handle Altaria's biggest weakness (varied this sentence for more examples and a better transition). Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Carbink, and Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them while they can handle threats that Altaria struggles with in Sneasel Silvally-Dragon, Drampa, and Lycanroc, respectively. Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill the threats that can't muscle through Altaria (I'm assuming you meant can't here as otherwise why would altaria need thrats it's already dealing with?).
-
[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 Defog utility of standard Altaria and only traps a limited number of Pokemon. Draco Meteor is also an alternative as an offensive move. Although it's Altaria's strongest move, the Special Attack drop is annoying making Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat easier to spam. Heal Bell can be used in stall teams lacking a cleric.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ice-types and Coverage**: Altaria's quad-weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type move. It's obviously taken out by Ice-types such as Sneasel Rotom-F, Frosmoth, and Vanilluxe, but also has to watch out for Ice coverage from attackers such as Basculin and Poliwrath.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Omastar, Lycanroc, and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely setup Stealth Rock versus Altaria.

**Dragon-types**: Due to its Dragon-weakness, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers such as Silvally-Dragon and Drampa can break through Altaria with their STAB moves or use it as setup fodder.

**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Alcremie pressure Altaria with their super effective STAB move, aren't pressured by Toxic thanks to Magic Guard and Aromatherapy, respectively. They can even use Altaria as setup fodder for their Calm Mind sets.

**Set-up Sweepers**: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that use setup move such as Silvally-Ghost, Rotom-S, and Shiftry.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Apagogie, 445642], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 2/2 great job, updated the Sneasel examples for ya

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Ty, implemented and ready for GP.

 

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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, Magmortar, and Sawk. Hurricane is Altaria's strongest STAB move,(AC) 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 stronger more damage to Magmortar and also targets Toxic-immunities such as Magneton and Skuntank. Toxic allows Altaria to put the foes on a timer, letting it comfortably use Defog on against entry hazard setters such as Palossand, Miltank, and Carbink. Dual Wingbeat is an alternative if can be paired with Earthquake that gives 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 check. Offensive Steel- and Fire-types like Magneton and Centiskorch can take advantage of Altaria's checks such as Clefairy, Rhydon, and Frosmoth while enjoying that Altaria walls Fire- and Water-types benefitting from Altaria walling opposing Fire- and Water-types. These two are also Ice-type checks to Ice-types,(AC) and additional checks such as Magmotar Magmortar, Piloswine, and Miltank make for great partners,(AC) that can handle handling Altaria's biggest weakness. Other walls such as Pyukumuku, Carbink, and Palossand appreciate Altaria's ability to absorb status for them;(add semicolon) while in return,(AC) they can handle threats that Altaria struggles with in such as Silvally-Dragon, Drampa, and Lycanroc, respectively. Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill the threats that can't muscle through Altaria ("Choice Scarf users such as Sawk and Rotom can revenge kill threats that Altaria cannot deal with."? The current wording implies that the Scarf users are revenge killing Pokemon that can't break 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;(comma to semicolon) however,(AC) this set lacks the Defog utility of standard Altaria Defog and only traps a limited number of Pokemon. Draco Meteor is also an alternative as an offensive move. Although it's Altaria's strongest move, the Special Attack drop is annoying making Hurricane and Dual Wingbeat easier to spam. 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 in on stall teams lacking a cleric.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ice-types and Ice-type Coverage**: Altaria's quad-weakness 4x weakness to Ice makes it extremely vulnerable to any Ice-type move(attacks?). It's obviously taken out 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. (less informal beginning)

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Omastar, Lycanroc, and Rhydon threaten Altaria with their super effective STAB move and can safely setup set up Stealth Rock versus Altaria.

**Dragon-types**: Due to its Dragon-weakness weakness to Dragon, powerful Dragon-type wallbreakers such as Silvally-Dragon and Drampa can break through Altaria with their STAB moves or use it as setup fodder.

**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 use take advantage of Altaria as setup fodder for their Calm Mind sets to set up with Calm Mind.

**Set-up Setup Sweepers**: While Altaria's bulk is great, it gets easily overwhelmed by strong attackers that use setup move 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: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Lumari]

GP 1/1 this is good after

check

[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 the 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, respectively. ("respectively" feels redundant but if there's actually no overlap in what they check then it's acceptable ig) 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 in 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: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Tuthur]

GP 1/1 this is good after

check

[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 the 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, respectively. ("respectively" feels redundant but if there's actually no overlap in what they check then it's acceptable ig) 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 in 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: [[username1, userid1]]

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