[SET]
Extreme Killer (Arceus) @ Life Orb / Lum Berry
Ability: Multitype
Tera Type: Ghost / Ground / Fire / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Recover
- Shadow Claw / Earthquake / Flare Blitz
[SET COMMENTS]
With strong base stats, Arceus can forgo bringing utility to its team with an Extreme Killer set, focusing on using Swords Dance and Extreme Speed as a cleaner at the end of a game, taking KOs on weakened Pokemon, or as a wallbreaker in the middle of the game to set its teammates up for success. With Extreme Speed's priority, EVs in Speed are unnecessary barring potential investment to outspeed some Pecharunt and Great Tusk, allowing Arceus to use them in HP to tank hits in situations where it needs to boost or use coverage. The fourth move of choice will depend on what Arceus's needs are, and what its team can handle for it. Earthquake is used to hit opponents like Eternatus and Iron Hands, Shadow Claw is used against opponents like Pecharunt or Arceus-Ghost, and Flare Blitz can remove Steel-types like Skarmory and Corviknight. Tera, similary, will depend on what Arceus is most worried about, with Fire and Ground preventing Burn and Paralysis on non-Lum Berry variants alongside the potential STAB on coverage, Ghost flipping the script on Pecharunt, Fighting-types, or IronPress users, and Normal can be used to increase the power of Extreme Speed.
Arceus is a versatile God, able to take any slot that a team needs it to take. With perfectly balanced stats, it cannot meet the astronomical high that most Gods can donate to a stat or two, but rather provides a respectable boost in offensive stats, with above-average defensive boosts for HP receivers like Rotom-Wash and defensive stats recievers like Clodside or Clefable who appreciate having high bulk in both slots. By nature of being a priority user, Arceus should not be placed in Speed, but it can be positioned in any other slot at the cost of not having a traditional Pokemon taking advantage of the stat boost in that slot. Defensive and balance teams appreciate Arceus, as it can serve as a win condition for a team otherwise missing one, while often appreciating consistent stat donations and revenge kills on wallbreakers like Kyogre or Lokix. Arceus appreciates teammates like Landorus-I and Rotom-W that can force out strong defensive options that don't mind Extreme Speed like Pecharunt, Skarmory, and Clodsire via super effective special attacks.
[SET CREDITS]
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Extreme Killer (Arceus) @ Life Orb / Lum Berry
Ability: Multitype
Tera Type: Ghost / Ground / Fire / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Recover
- Shadow Claw / Earthquake / Flare Blitz
[SET COMMENTS]
With strong base stats, Arceus can forgo bringing utility to its team with an Extreme Killer set, focusing on using Swords Dance and Extreme Speed as a cleaner at the end of a game, taking KOs on weakened Pokemon, or as a wallbreaker in the middle of the game to set its teammates up for success. With Extreme Speed's priority, EVs in Speed are unnecessary barring potential investment to outspeed some Pecharunt and Great Tusk, allowing Arceus to use them in HP to tank hits in situations where it needs to boost or use coverage. The fourth move of choice will depend on what Arceus's needs are, and what its team can handle for it. Earthquake is used to hit opponents like Eternatus and Iron Hands, Shadow Claw is used against opponents like Pecharunt or Arceus-Ghost, and Flare Blitz can remove Steel-types like Skarmory and Corviknight. Tera, similary, will depend on what Arceus is most worried about, with Fire and Ground preventing Burn and Paralysis on non-Lum Berry variants alongside the potential STAB on coverage, Ghost flipping the script on Pecharunt, Fighting-types, or IronPress users, and Normal can be used to increase the power of Extreme Speed.
Arceus is a versatile God, able to take any slot that a team needs it to take. With perfectly balanced stats, it cannot meet the astronomical high that most Gods can donate to a stat or two, but rather provides a respectable boost in offensive stats, with above-average defensive boosts for HP receivers like Rotom-Wash and defensive stats recievers like Clodside or Clefable who appreciate having high bulk in both slots. By nature of being a priority user, Arceus should not be placed in Speed, but it can be positioned in any other slot at the cost of not having a traditional Pokemon taking advantage of the stat boost in that slot. Defensive and balance teams appreciate Arceus, as it can serve as a win condition for a team otherwise missing one, while often appreciating consistent stat donations and revenge kills on wallbreakers like Kyogre or Lokix. Arceus appreciates teammates like Landorus-I and Rotom-W that can force out strong defensive options that don't mind Extreme Speed like Pecharunt, Skarmory, and Clodsire via super effective special attacks.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-fairy.57965/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
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