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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Iron Valiant is a premier Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its special movepool and a Speed boost from Booster Energy. Moonblast 2HKOes every bulky Dragon-type as well as Ting-Lu +1. Shadow Ball is super effective against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, making for an unresisted coverage combination with Moonblast. Psyshock can be used instead to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind boost. It also deals much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire. Encore lets Iron Valiant set up by locking foes like Corviknight and Gliscor into Roost and Protect, respectively. Iron Valiant can also use Encore to punish setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. Thanks to its 4x Dark resistance, Iron Valiant can even use Encore on moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai, and Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite its low defensive stats. Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight and deals super effective damage to Primarina, 2HKOing Assault Vest variants at +1. Tera Ghost increases Shadow Ball's odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOing Gholdengo after a boost. It also lets Iron Valiant stay in on Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips Iron Valiant's weaknesses to Galarian Slowking's STAB options, helps it survive Moonblast from Pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, and lets it resist moves like Make It Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Tera Electric lets Iron Valiant resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, respectively. As a bonus, Iron Valiant receives an immunity to paralysis, helping it against Galarian Slowking and Clefable.

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on hyper offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high Speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, with common examples being Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, which allows it to be a great anti-offense tool. A common answer to Calm Mind Iron Valiant, Galarian Slowking can even tank a +1 Shadow Ball and delete it with Sludge Bomb. Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can easily survive Iron Valiant's attacks and take it down. If Iron Valiant lacks Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey answer it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force Iron Valiant out with Roar, causing it to lose its one-time Speed boost. Corviknight and Primarina can easily survive non-Thunderbolt Iron Valiant's attacks and take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast. Cinderace can take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt and threaten Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. Landorus-T can set up entry hazards to help soften up opposing Pokemon. It can additionally bring in Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially positioning it against Pokemon Landorus-T invites in, like Alomomola and Kyurem. Ting-Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin Iron Valiant's sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, so pairing Iron Valiant with physical attackers like Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W can help it out. Other special attackers, like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Raging Bolt, can help to overwhelm other Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina. Galarian Slowking can take on those three aforementioned special attackers individually, but not together. Knock Off users, like Roaring Moon and Hisuian Samurott, can also soften up the opposing team; item removal is particularly helpful against Moltres. Spikes set by Hisuian Samurott's Ceaseless Edge can help Iron Valiant in achieving KOs. Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses, and Iron Valiant can do the same for it. Great Tusk tanks Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo are weak to Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love Iron Valiant taking Moltres and Zapdos out, freeing them from potential burns and paralysis. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can take care of the stall matchup, and Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out for them. Ogerpon-W can brute force its way through almost every Iron Valiant check, including Moltres, Corviknight, Primarina, Clodsire and Blissey, with ease. It also has the option of running Encore to free up Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, and Raging Bolt.


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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs:

[SET COMMENTS]

This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, the speed boost from Booster Energy, combined with Calm Mind and stronger special STAB in Moonblast, makes it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used to pick Gholdengo and for a harder hit on Galarian Slowking, it also makes for a good combination with Moonblast, since dark types are scared from the latter. Add Pecharunt, Crown, and Hatterene as targets, change reasoning to ghost+fairy being nearly perfect neutral coverage. Psyshock is used to wipe Blissey and Clodsire off the map, who otherwise wall this set forever Add Psyshock hitting Iron Moth. Encore lets it set up on moves Iron Valiant doesn't mind, like Stealth Rock from Ting Lu, Roost on Corviknight and Swords Dance on Kingambit, and thanks to its quadruple dark resist, can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to snipe Moltres, being able to destroy Corviknight and Primarina is appreciated as well. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel lets it counter Galarian Slowking's STABS, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist steel, which grants it the ability to set up on Gholdengo's Make It Rain, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave Tera electric helps against Thunderclap as well.

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense, where it finds itself at the end of the line, waiting for the other sweepers to eliminate treats, then coming in and cleaning. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. But the greatest answer to Iron Valiant, Is that it's heavily dependent on the coverage it's using. This part should be changed to something like "Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has." Without Shadow Ball, Gholdengo can easily take Iron Valiant down with Make it Rain. Add a few of Runt, Hatt, and Crown here Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with their STABS, Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian scares away the special walls and gholdengo, setting up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast in case of an extreme emergency, and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth and Raging Bolt, Gholdengo is also a good teammate can overwhelm Ting Lu in tandem, while also naturally doing good against Iron Valiant checks mentioned like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is specially important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots, combining all of these lets Iron Valiant drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Dragapult looking to cripple Kingambit with Will-o-Wisp and Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while from Iron Valiant's POV, Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to come in a Moonblast will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave, relieving the need for Shadow Ball. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs:

[SET COMMENTS]

This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, the speed boost from Booster Energy, combined with Calm Mind and stronger special STAB in Moonblast, makes it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used to pick Gholdengo and for a harder hit on Galarian Slowking, it also makes for a good combination with Moonblast, since dark types are scared from the latter. Add Pecharunt, Crown, and Hatterene as targets, change reasoning to ghost+fairy being nearly perfect neutral coverage. Psyshock is used to wipe Blissey and Clodsire off the map, who otherwise wall this set forever Add Psyshock hitting Iron Moth. Encore lets it set up on moves Iron Valiant doesn't mind, like Stealth Rock from Ting Lu, Roost on Corviknight and Swords Dance on Kingambit, and thanks to its quadruple dark resist, can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to snipe Moltres, being able to destroy Corviknight and Primarina is appreciated as well. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel lets it counter Galarian Slowking's STABS, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist steel, which grants it the ability to set up on Gholdengo's Make It Rain, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave Tera electric helps against Thunderclap as well.

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense, where it finds itself at the end of the line, waiting for the other sweepers to eliminate treats, then coming in and cleaning. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. But the greatest answer to Iron Valiant, Is that it's heavily dependent on the coverage it's using. This part should be changed to something like "Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has." Without Shadow Ball, Gholdengo can easily take Iron Valiant down with Make it Rain. Add a few of Runt, Hatt, and Crown here Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with their STABS, Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian scares away the special walls and gholdengo, setting up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast in case of an extreme emergency, and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth and Raging Bolt, Gholdengo is also a good teammate can overwhelm Ting Lu in tandem, while also naturally doing good against Iron Valiant checks mentioned like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is specially important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots, combining all of these lets Iron Valiant drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Dragapult looking to cripple Kingambit with Will-o-Wisp and Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while from Iron Valiant's POV, Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to come in a Moonblast will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave, relieving the need for Shadow Ball. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs:

[SET COMMENTS]
This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy, combined with boosts from (Clarity) Calm Mind and stronger special STAB in Moonblast, (As this is a very basic STAB option it does not need explaining) makes to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used to pick as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, and for a harder hit on Galarian Slowking, (Trimmed a little as all of these are kinda the same thing) it also makes making for a good near-perfect coverage combination with Moonblast, since both provide near perfect overage. (Clarity) Psyshock is can instead be used to wipe OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire off the map, who otherwise wall this set forever. (Clarity - also, if something nets a key KO then it's often pretty good to list) Encore lets it set up on moves Iron Valiant doesn't mind, like Stealth Rock from Ting Lu, (Could drop this to trim it down as Lu isn't really clicking Stealth Rock on Val, and it's usually rocking up early on vs HO while this set is listed as a late-game cleaner) Roost on Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect and while thwarting setup sweepers like Swords Dance on Kingambit. (I really like this point! Could maybe also list some other sweepers this can be pivoted in on and Encored like Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt) , and thanks Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to snipe 2HKO Moltres, being able to destroy and Corviknight and while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina is appreciated as well. (I like including that it 2HKOes both Molt and Corv as that's a pretty big target) As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, (Could see if Tera Ghost pushes it over any damage thresholds?) but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel lets it counter flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STABS options, (Clarity) while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable (Could mention resisting Gholdengo's Make It Rain too as you already do this for Tera Electric, same with resisting ESpeed - up to you if you wanted to keep this shorter though). Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist steel Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, which grants it the ability to set up on Gholdengo's Make It Rain, and Raging Bolt's Thunderclap, (Changed this a little as you set up on TClap anyway but the resistance is still valuable) and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave. (Do any Pokemon in particular click Thunder Wave into Iron Valiant?)

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense, where it finds itself at the end of the line, waiting for the other sweepers to eliminate treats, then coming in and cleaning. (Val is definitely a great cleaner for offense, but it isn't always the last-mon to come out - it's also great one-time speed control) The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, pokemon like Gholdengo, Pecharunt, (Just trimming this down a little, not a bad thing to list) Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with their STABS, (What moves? Keep in mind that Corv doesn't always carry Brave Bird and never really uses Steel-type STAB so it's worth listing the moves imo) Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian scares away the special walls and gholdengo, (Keep in mind that CM Val doesn't really want teammates that can switch in on its checks as much as other setup sweepers, as being forced out is a massive loss because it loses its Booster; Lando-T is a good partner but doesn't really pressure Ghold or special walls) setting up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn. (Is there anything in particular that Lando-T invites in which Val can take advantage of?) Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast in case of an extreme emergency, and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, and so pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, can help to overwhelm Ting Lu in tandem, while also naturally doing good against taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks mentioned like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott (You could maybe mention how Samu-H setting hazards is nice? It's a long paragraph already though so I don't mind it being dropped) can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is specially particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots, combining all of these lets allowing for Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Dragapult looking to cripple Kingambit with Will-o-Wisp and (Pult has a pretty horrible matchup against Kingambit in general so I don't think listing CM Val as a Pult answer for Kingambit is great) Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while from Iron Valiant's POV, Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to come in a Moonblast answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave, relieving the need for Shadow Ball. (As mentioned before, Val hates being forced out, so packing Kingambit doesn't really mean you can easily drop Shadow Ball) Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.

(You could maybe expand a little on Val's role as speed control - it isn't exclusively a late-game cleaner that comes out very far down the line, and its one-time speed boost can be useful against foes like Zamazenta, Dragapult, Darkrai, DD Kyu, etc.)

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs:

[SET COMMENTS]
This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy, combined with boosts from (Clarity) Calm Mind and stronger special STAB in Moonblast, (As this is a very basic STAB option it does not need explaining) makes to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used to pick as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, and for a harder hit on Galarian Slowking, (Trimmed a little as all of these are kinda the same thing) it also makes making for a good near-perfect coverage combination with Moonblast, since both provide near perfect overage. (Clarity) Psyshock is can instead be used to wipe OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire off the map, who otherwise wall this set forever. (Clarity - also, if something nets a key KO then it's often pretty good to list) Encore lets it set up on moves Iron Valiant doesn't mind, like Stealth Rock from Ting Lu, (Could drop this to trim it down as Lu isn't really clicking Stealth Rock on Val, and it's usually rocking up early on vs HO while this set is listed as a late-game cleaner) Roost on Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect and while thwarting setup sweepers like Swords Dance on Kingambit. (I really like this point! Could maybe also list some other sweepers this can be pivoted in on and Encored like Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt) , and thanks Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to snipe 2HKO Moltres, being able to destroy and Corviknight and while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina is appreciated as well. (I like including that it 2HKOes both Molt and Corv as that's a pretty big target) As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, (Could see if Tera Ghost pushes it over any damage thresholds?) but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel lets it counter flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STABS options, (Clarity) while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable (Could mention resisting Gholdengo's Make It Rain too as you already do this for Tera Electric, same with resisting ESpeed - up to you if you wanted to keep this shorter though). Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist steel Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, which grants it the ability to set up on Gholdengo's Make It Rain, and Raging Bolt's Thunderclap, (Changed this a little as you set up on TClap anyway but the resistance is still valuable) and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave. (Do any Pokemon in particular click Thunder Wave into Iron Valiant?)

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense, where it finds itself at the end of the line, waiting for the other sweepers to eliminate treats, then coming in and cleaning. (Val is definitely a great cleaner for offense, but it isn't always the last-mon to come out - it's also great one-time speed control) The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, pokemon like Gholdengo, Pecharunt, (Just trimming this down a little, not a bad thing to list) Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with their STABS, (What moves? Keep in mind that Corv doesn't always carry Brave Bird and never really uses Steel-type STAB so it's worth listing the moves imo) Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian scares away the special walls and gholdengo, (Keep in mind that CM Val doesn't really want teammates that can switch in on its checks as much as other setup sweepers, as being forced out is a massive loss because it loses its Booster; Lando-T is a good partner but doesn't really pressure Ghold or special walls) setting up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn. (Is there anything in particular that Lando-T invites in which Val can take advantage of?) Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast in case of an extreme emergency, and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, and so pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, can help to overwhelm Ting Lu in tandem, while also naturally doing good against taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks mentioned like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott (You could maybe mention how Samu-H setting hazards is nice? It's a long paragraph already though so I don't mind it being dropped) can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is specially particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots, combining all of these lets allowing for Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Dragapult looking to cripple Kingambit with Will-o-Wisp and (Pult has a pretty horrible matchup against Kingambit in general so I don't think listing CM Val as a Pult answer for Kingambit is great) Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while from Iron Valiant's POV, Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to come in a Moonblast answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave, relieving the need for Shadow Ball. (As mentioned before, Val hates being forced out, so packing Kingambit doesn't really mean you can easily drop Shadow Ball) Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.

(You could maybe expand a little on Val's role as speed control - it isn't exclusively a late-game cleaner that comes out very far down the line, and its one-time speed boost can be useful against foes like Zamazenta, Dragapult, Darkrai, DD Kyu, etc.)

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs:

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This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, Iron Crown, and Galarian Slowking, also making for a near-perfect an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. (Sorry for fiddling with this a bit, I like the idea of emphasising that nothing can resist this combo (just ignore Grafaiai and weird Garg teras lmao)) Psyshock can instead be used to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire, who otherwise wall this set forever. Encore lets it set up on moves like Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect while thwarting punishing (Another lil thing just thinking about this, I like emphasising that it can punish them if it comes in / catches it) setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon (These are good but a pretty nice one worth prioritising could be Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave, as Encoring Darkrai / Moon is only relevant if they Tera while Kingambit never drops to CM Val in one hit) despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown (A pretty cool interaction you could consider including is that, with Tera, it OHKOes Ghold after a CM) but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also lets Iron Valiant resist Steel-type moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, common examples being speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian sets up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt can help to overwhelm Ting Lu, while also taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots allowing for Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.

(This whole teammate section is great! I think if there's one thing you could maybe elaborate on it's what Iron Valiant can break through for some of these partners - for example, Iron Crown and Hatterene love Val weakening Gholdengo (Hatt isn't the best option as you get double Fairy but it's not too bad so idm it), Iron Moth really likes a chipped Slowking-G and can chip it down itself, Kingambit and Zamazenta like Moltres being weakened, etc.. Not saying you need to include all of these but could be something to consider if you'd like to elaborate ^^)

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
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[SET COMMENTS]
This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, Iron Crown, and Galarian Slowking, also making for a near-perfect an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. (Sorry for fiddling with this a bit, I like the idea of emphasising that nothing can resist this combo (just ignore Grafaiai and weird Garg teras lmao)) Psyshock can instead be used to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire, who otherwise wall this set forever. Encore lets it set up on moves like Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect while thwarting punishing (Another lil thing just thinking about this, I like emphasising that it can punish them if it comes in / catches it) setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon (These are good but a pretty nice one worth prioritising could be Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave, as Encoring Darkrai / Moon is only relevant if they Tera while Kingambit never drops to CM Val in one hit) despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown (A pretty cool interaction you could consider including is that, with Tera, it OHKOes Ghold after a CM) but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also lets Iron Valiant resist Steel-type moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, common examples being speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who is not afraid of anything unboosted, can even take a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian sets up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt can help to overwhelm Ting Lu, while also taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina. Knock Off users like Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots allowing for Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. Kingambit is an amazing partner since together can scare each other checks, for example Great Tusk wanting to take its hits do not want to be at the receiving end of a Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups with ease, while also having the option to use Encore, which frees the moveslot, Iron Valiant can repay Ogerpon-W by threatening Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.

(This whole teammate section is great! I think if there's one thing you could maybe elaborate on it's what Iron Valiant can break through for some of these partners - for example, Iron Crown and Hatterene love Val weakening Gholdengo (Hatt isn't the best option as you get double Fairy but it's not too bad so idm it), Iron Moth really likes a chipped Slowking-G and can chip it down itself, Kingambit and Zamazenta like Moltres being weakened, etc.. Not saying you need to include all of these but could be something to consider if you'd like to elaborate ^^)

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, Iron Crown, and Galarian Slowking, +1 sball has a 3.9% chance to 2hko standard spdef glowking, you can probably just remove this interaction altogether also making for an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. elaborate on moonblast, it's a big appeal of the mon. +1 OHKOs bulkier dragons like kyurem and bolt and 2HKOs lu. Psyshock can instead be used to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire, who otherwise wall this set forever. Encore lets it set up on moves like Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect while punishing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina tbolt 2HKOs AV at +1. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOs Gholdengo after a boost, but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also lets Iron Valiant resist Steel-type moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame such as speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who absorbs even a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. emphasize phazing as a more serious issue for valiant in particular as you irreversibly lose your +speed Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it. Landorus-Therian sets up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind. Pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt can help to overwhelm Ting Lu, while also taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina, this tactic is also recommended against Galarian Slowking, who can take on those three individually, but not together. these are good teammates in general, theyre not bad vs corv/prima/glowking, but none of these guys are really doing much vs lu either. in terms of teammates that actually fry tinglu wellspring and hamurott are common and hit it p hard Knock Off users like Roaring Moon and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots allowing Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. having knock doesn't mean you Should remove tbolt: it's still great vs moltres if it finds itself in, corv, alo, etc. hazards from hamurott also help in general to set chip to guarantee kills Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses and vice versa: Great Tusk absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love seeing Iron Valiant taking Moltres out, freeing them from potential burns. zapdos too tbh they all appreciate the contact punishers being dead Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock, Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out of the game for them. not sure how common crown is alongside valiant? Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups unclear which matchups you refer to here, wellspring is generally a vey good partner with ease, while also having the option to use Encore instead of Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.


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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

This variant of the valiant robot of the future specializes in his special movepool, combining the speed boost from Booster Energy with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios. Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, Iron Crown, and Galarian Slowking, +1 sball has a 3.9% chance to 2hko standard spdef glowking, you can probably just remove this interaction altogether also making for an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. elaborate on moonblast, it's a big appeal of the mon. +1 OHKOs bulkier dragons like kyurem and bolt and 2HKOs lu. Psyshock can instead be used to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind, along with dealing much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire, who otherwise wall this set forever. Encore lets it set up on moves like Corviknight's Roost and Gliscor's Protect while punishing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. Thanks to its quadruple dark resist, Iron Valiant can even Encore moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it low defense stats. Finally, Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina tbolt 2HKOs AV at +1. As for Tera types, Ghost boost the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOs Gholdengo after a boost, but also lets Iron Valiant stay on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking Moonblast from pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also lets Iron Valiant resist Steel-type moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Electric boosts Thunderbolt, but also lets it resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, and as a bonus, receives an immunity to paralysis, meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on Hyper Offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame such as speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The common denominator answer to this Iron Valiant set is Galarian Slowking, who absorbs even a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has. Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene can easily take Iron Valiant down. Without Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it out with Roar, while Corviknight and Primarina can easily take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. emphasize phazing as a more serious issue for valiant in particular as you irreversibly lose your +speed Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt, threatening Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who can prepare the stage for it. Landorus-Therian sets up hazards to help soften up the opposing pokemon, and can bring Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the sweeping attempt with Whirlwind. Pairing Iron Valiant with other special attackers like Iron Moth, Gholdengo and Raging Bolt can help to overwhelm Ting Lu, while also taking advantage of Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina, this tactic is also recommended against Galarian Slowking, who can take on those three individually, but not together. these are good teammates in general, theyre not bad vs corv/prima/glowking, but none of these guys are really doing much vs lu either. in terms of teammates that actually fry tinglu wellspring and hamurott are common and hit it p hard Knock Off users like Roaring Moon and Hisuian Samurott can also serve in softening up the enemy team with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the Moltres matchup with the removal of its precious Heavy-Duty Boots allowing Iron Valiant to drop Thunderbolt. having knock doesn't mean you Should remove tbolt: it's still great vs moltres if it finds itself in, corv, alo, etc. hazards from hamurott also help in general to set chip to guarantee kills Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses and vice versa: Great Tusk absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love seeing Iron Valiant taking Moltres out, freeing them from potential burns. zapdos too tbh they all appreciate the contact punishers being dead Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup will solve the necessity of Psyshock, Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out of the game for them. not sure how common crown is alongside valiant? Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through all these troublesome matchups unclear which matchups you refer to here, wellspring is generally a vey good partner with ease, while also having the option to use Encore instead of Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks like Darkrai, Roaring Moon and Raging Bolt.


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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This variant of the valiant robot Iron Valiant is a premier (premiere is a noun, premier is an adjective) Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its of the future specializes in his (Pokemon use non-gendered pronouns) special movepool (RC) combining the speed and a Speed boost from Booster Energy. (AP) Moonblast is extremely powerful, capable of 2HKOing every bulky Dragon-type as well as Ting Lu at +1 with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios (reordered these to follow their order on the set, especially because the set lists Psyshock as an alternative to Shadow Ball and not Moonblast). Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage (reduces passive voice) super effective against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, also making for an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. Moonblast is extremely powerfull, capable of 2HKOing every bulky dragon as well as Ting Lu at +1 (moved to follow move order) Psyshock can instead be used instead to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind (RC) along with dealing boost. It also deals much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire (RC) who otherwise wall this set forever (fluff, you mention that they're walls). Encore lets Iron Valiant (the last sentence's subject was Psyshock, so you need to specify Iron Valiant again) it set up set up by locking foes like on moves like Corviknight's Corviknight and Gliscor into Roost and Gliscor's Protect respectively. (AP) Iron Valiant can also use Encore to punish while punishing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, (AC) and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. (I broke the following sentence up for clarity) Thanks to its quadruple 4x Dark resist resistance, Iron Valiant can even use Encore (moves are nouns, not verbs) on moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai, (AC) and or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it its low defense defensive stats. Finally (RC) Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight. (AP) It also deals super effective while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina, 2HKOing AV variants at +1. As for Tera types (RC) Ghost boost boosts the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOs OHKOing Gholdengo after a boost (RC) but. (AP) It also lets Iron Valiant stay in on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup Iron Valiant's weaknesses to against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking helps it survive Moonblast from Pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also and lets Iron Valiant it resist Steel-type (removed so it doesn't describe Extreme Speed as a Steel-type move) moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. (AP) Tera Electric boosts Thunderbolt (RC) but also lets it and lets Iron Valiant resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, (AC) respectively (RC) and as. (AP) As a bonus, receives an immunity to Iron Valiant receives an immunity to paralysis (RC) meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from from Tera Electric, helping it against common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable. (AP)

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on hyper offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high Speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, common examples being speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The A common denominator answer to this Calm Mind Iron Valiant, (AC) set is Galarian Slowking, can even absorb a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes delete it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has (RP) Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, (AC) and Hatterene can easily take survive Iron Valiant Valiant's attacks and take it down. Without If Iron Valiant lacks (reduces repetition) Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block answer it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it Iron Valiant out with Roar, causing it to lose its one-time Speed boost. (AP) which is terrible for the Iron Valiant user since it loses its one time superb speed boost, (RC) while Corviknight and Primarina can easily survive Iron Valiant's non-Thunderbolt attacks and take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt (RC) threatening and threaten Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who (fluff) Landorus-Therian can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian sets up set up entry hazards to help soften up the opposing Pokemon (RC) and. (AP) It can additionally bring in Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks positioning it against Pokemon Landorus-Therian invites in, (AC) like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the Iron Valiant's sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, so pairing Iron Valiant with physical attackers like Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W can help it out in getting rid of the bull. Other special attackers, (AC) like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, (AC) and Raging Bolt, (AC) can help to overwhelm other Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina (RC). (AP) this tactic is also recommended against Galarian Slowking (RC) who can take on those three aforementioned special attackers individually, but not together. Knock Off users, (AC) like Roaring Moon (RC) and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) can also serve in softening soften up the enemy opposing team. (AP) Item removal with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the helpful against Moltres. (AP) Spikes set by Hisuian Samurott's Ceaseless Edge can help Iron Valiant in archieving achieving KOs. Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses and vice versa:. (AP) Great Tusk absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking are weak to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love seeing Iron Valiant taking Moltres out, freeing them from potential burns (RC) and this. (AP) This applies to Zapdos too with its potential paralizys, (AC) given its ability to spread paralysis. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, (AC) and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup, (AC) and will solve the necessity of Psyshock (RC) Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out of the game for them. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through almost every Iron Valiant check, like including Moltres, Corviknight, Primarina, Clodsire and Blissey, (AC) with ease (RC) while. (AP) It also having has the option to use of running Encore instead of to free up Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, (AC) and Raging Bolt.

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This variant of the valiant robot Iron Valiant is a premier (premiere is a noun, premier is an adjective) Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its of the future specializes in his (Pokemon use non-gendered pronouns) special movepool (RC) combining the speed and a Speed boost from Booster Energy. (AP) Moonblast is extremely powerful, capable of 2HKOing every bulky Dragon-type as well as Ting Lu at +1 with boosts from Calm Mind to make it a premiere cleaner for late game scenarios (reordered these to follow their order on the set, especially because the set lists Psyshock as an alternative to Shadow Ball and not Moonblast). Shadow Ball is used as super-effective coverage (reduces passive voice) super effective against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, also making for an unresisted coverage combination in OU with Moonblast. Moonblast is extremely powerfull, capable of 2HKOing every bulky dragon as well as Ting Lu at +1 (moved to follow move order) Psyshock can instead be used instead to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind (RC) along with dealing boost. It also deals much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire (RC) who otherwise wall this set forever (fluff, you mention that they're walls). Encore lets Iron Valiant (the last sentence's subject was Psyshock, so you need to specify Iron Valiant again) it set up set up by locking foes like on moves like Corviknight's Corviknight and Gliscor into Roost and Gliscor's Protect respectively. (AP) Iron Valiant can also use Encore to punish while punishing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, (AC) and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. (I broke the following sentence up for clarity) Thanks to its quadruple 4x Dark resist resistance, Iron Valiant can even use Encore (moves are nouns, not verbs) on moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai, (AC) and or Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite it its low defense defensive stats. Finally (RC) Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight. (AP) It also deals super effective while dealing super-effective damage to Primarina, 2HKOing AV variants at +1. As for Tera types (RC) Ghost boost boosts the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOs OHKOing Gholdengo after a boost (RC) but. (AP) It also lets Iron Valiant stay in on a Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips the matchup Iron Valiant's weaknesses to against Galarian Slowking's STAB options, while also tanking helps it survive Moonblast from Pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, it also and lets Iron Valiant it resist Steel-type (removed so it doesn't describe Extreme Speed as a Steel-type move) moves like Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. (AP) Tera Electric boosts Thunderbolt (RC) but also lets it and lets Iron Valiant resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, (AC) respectively (RC) and as. (AP) As a bonus, receives an immunity to Iron Valiant receives an immunity to paralysis (RC) meaning it cannot get slowed down by Thunder Wave from from Tera Electric, helping it against common users like Galarian Slowking and Clefable. (AP)

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on hyper offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high Speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, common examples being speed boosting Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing it to be a great anti-offense tool. The A common denominator answer to this Calm Mind Iron Valiant, (AC) set is Galarian Slowking, can even absorb a +1 Shadow Ball and deletes delete it with Sludge Bomb. Additionally, other Pokemon answer Iron Valiant depending on what moves it has (RP) Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, (AC) and Hatterene can easily take survive Iron Valiant Valiant's attacks and take it down. Without If Iron Valiant lacks (reduces repetition) Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey block answer it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force it Iron Valiant out with Roar, causing it to lose its one-time Speed boost. (AP) which is terrible for the Iron Valiant user since it loses its one time superb speed boost, (RC) while Corviknight and Primarina can easily survive Iron Valiant's non-Thunderbolt attacks and take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively. Cinderace can also take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt (RC) threatening and threaten Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. The solution to all these problems, is to pair Iron Valiant with teammates who (fluff) Landorus-Therian can prepare the stage for it, Landorus-Therian sets up set up entry hazards to help soften up the opposing Pokemon (RC) and. (AP) It can additionally bring in Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially luring checks positioning it against Pokemon Landorus-Therian invites in, (AC) like Alomomola and Kyurem. Something very important to note is that Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin the Iron Valiant's sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, so pairing Iron Valiant with physical attackers like Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W can help it out in getting rid of the bull. Other special attackers, (AC) like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, (AC) and Raging Bolt, (AC) can help to overwhelm other Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina (RC). (AP) this tactic is also recommended against Galarian Slowking (RC) who can take on those three aforementioned special attackers individually, but not together. Knock Off users, (AC) like Roaring Moon (RC) and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) can also serve in softening soften up the enemy opposing team. (AP) Item removal with the removal of items, which is particularly important in the helpful against Moltres. (AP) Spikes set by Hisuian Samurott's Ceaseless Edge can help Iron Valiant in archieving achieving KOs. Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses and vice versa:. (AP) Great Tusk absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo looking are weak to answer Iron Valiant will find themselves sliced in half by Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love seeing Iron Valiant taking Moltres out, freeing them from potential burns (RC) and this. (AP) This applies to Zapdos too with its potential paralizys, (AC) given its ability to spread paralysis. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, (AC) and Hatterene that can take care of the stall matchup, (AC) and will solve the necessity of Psyshock (RC) Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out of the game for them. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through almost every Iron Valiant check, like including Moltres, Corviknight, Primarina, Clodsire and Blissey, (AC) with ease (RC) while. (AP) It also having has the option to use of running Encore instead of to free up Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, (AC) and Raging Bolt.

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Iron Valiant is a premier Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its special movepool and a Speed boost from Booster Energy. Moonblast is extremely powerful, capable of 2HKOing 2HKOes every bulky Dragon-type as well as Ting-Lu Ting Lu at +1. Shadow Ball is super effective against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, making for an unresisted coverage combination with Moonblast. Psyshock can be used instead to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind boost. It also deals much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire. Encore lets Iron Valiant set up by locking foes like Corviknight and Gliscor into Roost and Protect, (comma) respectively. Iron Valiant can also use Encore to punish (double space here) setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. (double space here) Thanks to its 4x Dark resistance, Iron Valiant can even use Encore on moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai, and Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite its low defensive stats. Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight and It also deals super effective damage to Primarina, 2HKOing Assault Vest AV variants at +1. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the increases Shadow Ball's odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOing Gholdengo after a boost. It also lets Iron Valiant stay in on Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips Iron Valiant's weaknesses to Galarian Slowking's STAB options, helps it survive Moonblast from Pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, and lets it resist moves like Make It Rain Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Tera Electric boosts Thunderbolt and lets Iron Valiant resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, respectively. As a bonus, Iron Valiant receives an immunity to paralysis from Tera Electric, helping it against Galarian Slowking and Clefable.

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on hyper offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high Speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, with common examples being speed booster Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing which allows it to be a great anti-offense tool. A common answer to Calm Mind Iron Valiant, Galarian Slowking (remove comma) can even tank absorb a +1 Shadow Ball and delete it with Sludge Bomb. Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can easily survive Iron Valiant's attacks and take it down. If Iron Valiant lacks Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey answer it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force Iron Valiant out with Roar, causing it to lose its one-time Speed boost. Corviknight and Primarina can easily survive non-Thunderbolt Iron Valiant's non-Thunderbolt attacks and take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively (this respectively is not necessary to include because corv can't moonblast and prim can't brave bird). Cinderace can take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt and threaten Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. Landorus-Therian (<- remove the italics from this) can set up entry hazards to help soften up opposing Pokemon. It can additionally bring in Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially positioning it against Pokemon Landorus-Therian invites in, like Alomomola and Kyurem. Ting-Lu Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin Iron Valiant's sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, so pairing Iron Valiant with physical attackers like Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W can help it out. Other special attackers, like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Raging Bolt, can help to overwhelm other Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina. Galarian Slowking can take on those three aforementioned special attackers individually, but not together. Knock Off users, like Roaring Moon and Hisuian Samurott, can also soften up the opposing team; (swap period for semicolon) item Item removal is particularly helpful against Moltres. Spikes set by Hisuian Samurott's Ceaseless Edge can help Iron Valiant in achieving KOs. Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses, (Comma) and Iron Valiant can do the same for it. vice versa. Great Tusk tanks absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo are weak to Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love Iron Valiant taking Moltres and Zapdos out, freeing them from potential burns and paralysis. This applies to Zapdos too, given its ability to spread paralysis. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can take care of the stall matchup, and Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out for them. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through almost every Iron Valiant check, including Moltres, Corviknight, Primarina, Clodsire and Blissey, with ease. It also has the option of running Encore to free up Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, and Raging Bolt.


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adorluigi said:
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Shadow Ball / Psyshock
move 4: Encore / Thunderbolt
item: Booster Energy
tera type: Ghost / Steel / Electric
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Iron Valiant is a premier Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its special movepool and a Speed boost from Booster Energy. Moonblast is extremely powerful, capable of 2HKOing 2HKOes every bulky Dragon-type as well as Ting-Lu Ting Lu at +1. Shadow Ball is super effective against Gholdengo, Pecharunt, Hatterene, and Iron Crown, making for an unresisted coverage combination with Moonblast. Psyshock can be used instead to OHKO Iron Moth after a Calm Mind boost. It also deals much more damage to special walls like Blissey and Clodsire. Encore lets Iron Valiant set up by locking foes like Corviknight and Gliscor into Roost and Protect, (comma) respectively. Iron Valiant can also use Encore to punish (double space here) setup sweepers like Swords Dance Kingambit, Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, and Calm Mind Raging Bolt. (double space here) Thanks to its 4x Dark resistance, Iron Valiant can even use Encore on moves like Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit, Dark Pulse from Darkrai, and Knock Off from Roaring Moon despite its low defensive stats. Thunderbolt allows Iron Valiant to 2HKO Moltres and Corviknight and It also deals super effective damage to Primarina, 2HKOing Assault Vest AV variants at +1. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Shadow Ball, increasing the increases Shadow Ball's odds of 2HKOing Assault Vest Iron Crown and OHKOing Gholdengo after a boost. It also lets Iron Valiant stay in on Dragonite trying to pick it off with Extreme Speed. Tera Steel flips Iron Valiant's weaknesses to Galarian Slowking's STAB options, helps it survive Moonblast from Pokemon like opposing Iron Valiant and Clefable, and lets it resist moves like Make It Rain Make it Rain from Gholdengo and Extreme Speed from Dragonite. Tera Electric boosts Thunderbolt and lets Iron Valiant resist Steel- and Electric-type attacks from Gholdengo and Raging Bolt, respectively. As a bonus, Iron Valiant receives an immunity to paralysis from Tera Electric, helping it against Galarian Slowking and Clefable.

Iron Valiant is most commonly used on hyper offense. Its most defining and desirable trait is its high Speed when boosted, outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame and a great amount of the boosted metagame, with common examples being speed booster Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and Dragon Dance Kyurem, allowing which allows it to be a great anti-offense tool. A common answer to Calm Mind Iron Valiant, Galarian Slowking (remove comma) can even tank absorb a +1 Shadow Ball and delete it with Sludge Bomb. Without Shadow Ball, Pokemon like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can easily survive Iron Valiant's attacks and take it down. If Iron Valiant lacks Psyshock, Clodsire and Blissey answer it defensively, while Iron Moth can do so offensively. Without Thunderbolt, Moltres can force Iron Valiant out with Roar, causing it to lose its one-time Speed boost. Corviknight and Primarina can easily survive non-Thunderbolt Iron Valiant's non-Thunderbolt attacks and take it out with Brave Bird and Moonblast, respectively (this respectively is not necessary to include because corv can't moonblast and prim can't brave bird). Cinderace can take anything barring a +1 Thunderbolt and threaten Iron Valiant with Pyro Ball. Landorus-Therian (<- remove the italics from this) can set up entry hazards to help soften up opposing Pokemon. It can additionally bring in Iron Valiant safely with U-turn, potentially positioning it against Pokemon Landorus-Therian invites in, like Alomomola and Kyurem. Ting-Lu Ting Lu can take a +1 Moonblast and ruin Iron Valiant's sweeping attempt with Whirlwind, so pairing Iron Valiant with physical attackers like Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W can help it out. Other special attackers, like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Raging Bolt, can help to overwhelm other Iron Valiant's checks like Corviknight and Primarina. Galarian Slowking can take on those three aforementioned special attackers individually, but not together. Knock Off users, like Roaring Moon and Hisuian Samurott, can also soften up the opposing team; (swap period for semicolon) item Item removal is particularly helpful against Moltres. Spikes set by Hisuian Samurott's Ceaseless Edge can help Iron Valiant in achieving KOs. Kingambit is an amazing partner to cover Iron Valiant's weaknesses, (Comma) and Iron Valiant can do the same for it. vice versa. Great Tusk tanks absorbs Kingambit's attacks but drops to Moonblast, while Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo are weak to Kowtow Cleave. Both Kingambit and Zamazenta also love Iron Valiant taking Moltres and Zapdos out, freeing them from potential burns and paralysis. This applies to Zapdos too, given its ability to spread paralysis. Psyshock users like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Hatterene can take care of the stall matchup, and Iron Valiant returns the favor by taking Gholdengo out for them. Ogerpon-Wellspring can brute force its way through almost every Iron Valiant check, including Moltres, Corviknight, Primarina, Clodsire and Blissey, with ease. It also has the option of running Encore to free up Iron Valiant. In return, Iron Valiant threatens Ogerpon-W's checks, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, and Raging Bolt.


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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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