National Dex Monotype Swords Dance Iron Boulder / Psychic

[Murphy Lawden]

[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Name: Swords Dance (Psychic)
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]
With a high Speed tier and a diverse movepool complemented by a Z-Crystal, Swords Dance Iron Boulder solidifies itself as one of Psychic's premier wallbreakers and cleaners, threatening otherwise difficult to answer foes like Ting-Lu and Celesteela. Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Fire-, Flying-, Bug-, and Ice-types like the Mega Charizard formes, Tornadus-T, Volcarona, and Kyurem, making it a valuable asset against these teams. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, Poison‑types like Alolan Muk, and Electric‑types like Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also outright remove Mega Scizor if it runs Hidden Power Fire. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, which let it give Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald and Thunder Wave to support Iron Boulder against threats like Mega Aerodactyl, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Sand Rush Excadrill. Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water, which allow it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro.

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[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Iron Boulder is a great addition for Psychic teams, boasting a diverse movepool and high Speed tier, making it a potent wallbreaker and cleaner as well as a valuable asset against Fire, Flying, and Bug matchups (mention some of the targets / delet one from the next sentence and move the deleted ones here). Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Flying‑, Fire‑, Bug‑, and Ice‑types such as the Mega Charizard formes, Volcarona, and Kyurem. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, and Poison‑ and Electric‑types like Alolan Muk and Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and even Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also remove Mega Scizor outright if it runs Hidden Power Fire or make it easier for teammates to handle it. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, giving Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald to take on faster threats like Mega Aerodactyl and weather abusers (Idt we can use abusers the word/ pokemon that take advantage of weather instead?) like Excadrill and Mega Swampert. It can also opt to run Colbur Berry with Body Press or Thunder Wave to either remove or cripple Dark-type Choice Scarf users like Meowscarada and Dragon Dance users like Mega Tyranitar and Roaring Moon, or it can go itemless to counter Ceruledge, which also lets it take reduced damage from Knock Off ( abit too long for slowbro, shorten pls). Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water that allows it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro. Calm Mind Hatterene is a niche pick, possessing a secondary Fairy typing, solid bulk, reliable recovery in Draining Kiss and paralysis support of Nuzzle, making it a decent answer to the aforementioned Dark-types that also provides hazard control through Magic Bounce. (too niche, I think you could either group hatte with nichemons like bronzong and latios and maybe just a sentence or two max about them or non at all)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:


Grammar checked by:

QC 1/2, ty Murphy

 

[boomp]

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[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Name: ???
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance (since its a sd set SD should always be first in the moveslot.)
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
With a high Speed tier and a diverse movepool complemented by a Z-Crystal, Swords Dance Iron Boulder solidifies itself as one of Psychic's premier wallbreakers and cleaners, threatening otherwise difficult to answer foes like Ting-Lu and Celesteela. Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Fire-, Flying-, Bug-, and Ice-types like Tornadus-T, the Mega Charizard formes, Volcarona, and Kyurem, [swap torn with charizard so it matches the order of the types] making it a valuable asset against these types. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, and Poison‑ and Electric‑types like Alolan Muk and Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also remove Mega Scizor outright if it runs Hidden Power Fire. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, giving Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald to take on threats like Mega Aerodactyl and Pokemon that take advantage of weather like Excadrill and Mega Swampert. It can also opt to run Colbur Berry with Body Press or Thunder Wave to either remove or cripple Dark-type Choice Scarf Meowscarada and Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, or it can go itemless to counter Ceruledge, which also lets it take reduced damage from Knock Off. [this is too long, shorten this down. this is a iron boulder analysis not a slowbro one.] Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water that allows it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murphy-lawden.594972/
Quality checked by:


Grammar checked by:

QC 2/2 after implements

 

[Murphy Lawden]

Copyedit

[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Iron Boulder is a great addition for Psychic teams, boasting a diverse movepool and high Speed tier, making it a potent wallbreaker and cleaner as well as a valuable asset against Fire, Flying, and Bug matchups (mention some of the targets / delet one from the next sentence and move the deleted ones here). Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Flying‑, Fire‑, Bug‑, and Ice‑types such as the Mega Charizard formes, Volcarona, and Kyurem. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, and Poison‑ and Electric‑types like Alolan Muk and Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and even Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also remove Mega Scizor outright if it runs Hidden Power Fire or make it easier for teammates to handle it. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, giving Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald to take on faster threats like Mega Aerodactyl and weather abusers (Idt we can use abusers the word/ pokemon that take advantage of weather instead?) like Excadrill and Mega Swampert. It can also opt to run Colbur Berry with Body Press or Thunder Wave to either remove or cripple Dark-type Choice Scarf users like Meowscarada and Dragon Dance users like Mega Tyranitar and Roaring Moon, or it can go itemless to counter Ceruledge, which also lets it take reduced damage from Knock Off ( abit too long for slowbro, shorten pls). Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water that allows it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro. Calm Mind Hatterene is a niche pick, possessing a secondary Fairy typing, solid bulk, reliable recovery in Draining Kiss and paralysis support of Nuzzle, making it a decent answer to the aforementioned Dark-types that also provides hazard control through Magic Bounce. (too niche, I think you could either group hatte with nichemons like bronzong and latios and maybe just a sentence or two max about them or non at all)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murphy-lawden.594972/
Quality checked by:


Grammar checked by:

QC 1/2, ty Murphy

Copyedit

[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Name: ???
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance (since its a sd set SD should always be first in the moveslot.)
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
With a high Speed tier and a diverse movepool complemented by a Z-Crystal, Swords Dance Iron Boulder solidifies itself as one of Psychic's premier wallbreakers and cleaners, threatening otherwise difficult to answer foes like Ting-Lu and Celesteela. Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Fire-, Flying-, Bug-, and Ice-types like Tornadus-T, the Mega Charizard formes, Volcarona, and Kyurem, [swap torn with charizard so it matches the order of the types] making it a valuable asset against these types. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, and Poison‑ and Electric‑types like Alolan Muk and Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also remove Mega Scizor outright if it runs Hidden Power Fire. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, giving Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald to take on threats like Mega Aerodactyl and Pokemon that take advantage of weather like Excadrill and Mega Swampert. It can also opt to run Colbur Berry with Body Press or Thunder Wave to either remove or cripple Dark-type Choice Scarf Meowscarada and Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, or it can go itemless to counter Ceruledge, which also lets it take reduced damage from Knock Off. [this is too long, shorten this down. this is a iron boulder analysis not a slowbro one.] Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water that allows it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murphy-lawden.594972/
Quality checked by:


Grammar checked by:

QC 2/2 after implements

Thanks both. Talked with boomp in Discord. Done!!! GP Team nya~~

 

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[adorluigi]

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[SET]
Iron Boulder @ Rockium Z / Fightinium Z
Name: Swords Dance (Rock)
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Close Combat
- Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]
With a high Speed tier and a diverse movepool complemented by a Z-Crystal, Swords Dance Iron Boulder solidifies itself as one of Psychic's premier wallbreakers and cleaners, threatening otherwise difficult to answer foes like Ting-Lu and Celesteela. Mighty Cleave is a strong and spammable STAB option that threatens Fire-, Flying-, Bug-, and Ice-types like the Mega Charizard formes, Tornadus-T, Volcarona, and Kyurem, making it a valuable asset against these types teams. Continental Crush provides Iron Boulder with an incredible nuke, outright OHKOing Gliscor and Celesteela at +2 and OHKOing Slowbro and Mega Venusaur at +2 after minimal chip damage. Close Combat targets Steel‑, Rock-, and Dark‑types such as Hisuian Goodra, Mega Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, while All-Out Pummeling allows Iron Boulder to OHKO Archaludon and physically defensive Ting‑Lu at +2. Earthquake, in addition to hitting the aforementioned Steel‑ and Rock-types, also threatens Gholdengo, and Poison‑ and Electric‑types like Alolan Muk, (AC) and Electric‑types like Iron Hands. If running Rockium Z, Iron Boulder can struggle against Archaludon and Ting-Lu, and if it opts for Fightinium Z, it struggles to break through bulky foes like Slowbro, Celesteela, Gliscor, and Mega Venusaur. Teammates such as Mega Gallade, Tapu Lele, Mega Alakazam, Victini, and Deoxys-S can help circumvent these threats. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can set up dual screens for easier setup and provide entry hazard support, making it easier for Iron Boulder to break through them. Tapu Lele eliminates Mega Sableye and sets up Psychic Terrain to block priority moves like Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Cinderace, Aqua Jet from Azumarill, and Bullet Punch from Mega Scizor; it can also outright remove Mega Scizor outright if it runs Hidden Power Fire. Similarly, Victini can support Iron Boulder by eliminating Mega Scizor. Choice Scarf Latias provides excellent speed control, handling Choice Scarf users like Blacephalon while also offering valuable utility in Healing Wish and Trick, giving which let it give Iron Boulder a second chance to sweep or neuter its checks like Skarmory. Slowbro leverages its physical bulk and access to Scald and Thunder Wave to support Iron Boulder against threats like Mega Aerodactyl, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Sand Rush Excadrill. Celebi boasts valuable resistances to Ground and Water, (AC) which allow that allows it to handle offensive threats like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda, and with Natural Cure, Celebi can also switch into Scald and Toxic, making it a reliable pivot against bulkier targets like Hippowdon and Slowbro.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murphy-lawden.594972/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
Grammar checked by:

GP Team done