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Calyrex-Ice @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire
Brave Nature
- Trick Room
- Glacial Lance
- Close Combat / High Horsepower
- Swords Dance

Not only does Calyrex-I donate fantastic Attack, Defense, and Special Defense, but it can hold its own as a god. It leverages those aforementioned stats to both be great at wallbreaking and, in combination with its paltry Speed, work incredibly as an anti-offense threat. Trick Room allows Calyrex-I to move first, giving it the ability to outspeed faster threats like Hisuian Electrode and Great Tusk. Close Combat nicely complements Glacial Lance by threatening many Ice-resistant foes like Rotom-Wash and Dondozo with neutral damage. High Horsepower is an alternative that deals less damage but super effectively hits Steel-types like Gholdengo and Necrozma-DM as well as Fire-types such as Skeledirge and Iron Moth. Tera Fighting allows Calyrex-I to not only power up Close Combat, 2HKOing most Rotom-Wash and SpD Dondozo, but also provides a valuable Dark resist against the likes of Weavile and Darkrai while Tera Fire gives Calyrex the ability to avoid being burned by Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire or Rotom-Wash's Will-O-Wisp.

Pokemon such as Primarina and Iron Moth appreciate the Defense that Calyrex-I donates while also being able to threaten the Steel-types that give Calyrex-I some trouble. Primarina can also handle Fire-types that give Calyrex-I trouble. Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Corviknight appreciate the hefty Special Defense donation and also provide entry hazard removal. Pokemon with lackluster Attack stats but great Speed like Meowscarada and Zamazenta appreciate the hefty Attack donation they receive from Calyrex-I, and they also help soften up walls for it. Finally, while Calyrex-I has fantastic stats to offer, it also comes with a mediocre base 85 Special Attack stat and a paltry base 50 Speed stat. This means Calyrex-I usually holds a position in either of those slots; slotting into Special Attack lets something like Pecharunt or Corviknight utilize the slower Speed stat to provide safer pivoting via Parting Shot and U-turn, while a physical attacker such as Landorus-T or Zamazenta can use the Special Attack slot if Calyrex-I sits in the Speed slot.

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:sv/calyrex-ice:
Calyrex-Ice @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire
Brave Nature
- Trick Room
- Glacial Lance
- Close Combat / High Horsepower

- Swords Dance

Calyrex-I not only donates fantastic Attack, Defense, and Special Defense, but can hold its own as a God. [mention how it leverages the aforementioned amazing stats and lackluster speed to be an amazing anti offense mon while also breaking walls] Trick Room allows Calyrex to move first, giving it the ability to outspeed faster threats like Electrode-Hisui and Great Tusk. High Horsepower is a fantastic piece of Calyrex-I's set, allowing it to nail Steel-types such as Zacian-C or Necrozma-DM that tend to give it trouble. Swords Dance allows Calyrex to be more initially threatening as its ability may take a good minute to start snowballing. However, Close Combat allows Calyrex-I to nail Dark-types such as Urshifu and Samurott-Hisui. Close Combat nicely complements Glacial Lance by threatening many Ice resistant foes like Rotom-W and Zacian-C with neutral damage. High Horsepower is an alternative which deals less damage, but hits Steel-types like Gholdengo and Necrozma-DM super effectively.

Pokemon such as Primarina and Iron Moth appreciate the Defense that Calyrex-I donates while also being able to threaten the Steel-types that give Calyrex-I some trouble. Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Mandibuzz Corviknight appreciated the hefty Special Defense donation and also providing entry hazard removal while others such as Meowscarada and Samurott-Hisui enjoy being able to fire off powerful attacks with the base 165 Attack donation. In fact, Samurott-Hisui can provide Spikes via Ceaseless Edge, which softens up a lot of Calyrex-I's checks. Pokemon with lackluster Attack stas but great Speed like Meowscarada or Zamazenta appreciate the hefty Attack donation they receive from Calyrex-I, while also helping soften up walls for it. Finally, while Calyrex-I has fantastic stats to offer, it also comes with a mediocre base 85 Special Attack stat and a paltry base 50 Speed stat. This means Calyrex-I usually holds a position in either of those slots, slotting into Special Attack with something like Pecharunt utilizing the slower Speed stat to provide safer pivoting via Parting Shot or a physical attacker such as Landorus-Therian into Special Attack while Calyrex-I sits in the Speed slot.

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:sv/calyrex-ice:
Calyrex-Ice @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire
Brave Nature
- Trick Room
- Glacial Lance
- Close Combat / High Horsepower
- Swords Dance

Calyrex-I not only donates fantastic Attack, Defense, and Special Defense, but can hold its own as a God. It leverages those aforementioned stats to not only be great at wallbreaking, but in combination with its paltry Speed, it works incredibly as an anti-offense threat. Trick Room allows Calyrex to move first, giving it the ability to outspeed faster threats like Electrode-Hisui and Great Tusk. Close Combat nicely complements Glacial Lance by threatening many Ice resistant foes like Rotom-W and Zacian-C tbf hh is better for zac, better mention is probably dozo or scizor or something with neutral damage. High Horsepower is an alternative which deals less damage, but hits Steel-types like Gholdengo and Necrozma-DM super effectively maybe mention fires like skeledirge. explain tera types also

Pokemon such as Primarina and Iron Moth appreciate the Defense that Calyrex-I donates while also being able to threaten the Steel-types that give Calyrex-I some trouble. prim can also handle fires like dirge Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Corviknight appreciate the hefty Special Defense donation and also provide entry hazard removal. Pokemon with lackluster Attack stats but great Speed like Meowscarada or Zamazenta appreciate the hefty Attack donation they receive from Calyrex-I, while also helping soften up walls for it. Finally, while Calyrex-I has fantastic stats to offer, it also comes with a mediocre base 85 Special Attack stat and a paltry base 50 Speed stat. This means Calyrex-I usually holds a position in either of those slots, slotting into Special Attack with something like Pecharunt utilizing the slower Speed stat to provide safer pivoting via Parting Shot mention corv as another slow pivot, maybe mention some other tr mon as well idk thats highly optional or a physical attacker such as Landorus-Therian into Special Attack while Calyrex-I sits in the Speed slot probably just mention other dump slottable mons asw i.e. zama.

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:sv/calyrex-ice:
[SET]
Calyrex-Ice @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire
Brave Nature
- Trick Room
- Glacial Lance
- Close Combat / High Horsepower
- Swords Dance

Calyrex-I not Not only donates does Calyrex-I donate fantastic Attack, Defense, and Special Defense, but it can hold its own as a god. It leverages those aforementioned stats to not only both be great at wallbreaking and, but in combination with its paltry Speed, it works work incredibly as an anti-offense threat. Trick Room allows Calyrex Calyrex-I to move first, giving it the ability to outspeed faster threats like Electrode-Hisui Hisuian Electrode and Great Tusk. Close Combat nicely complements Glacial Lance by threatening many Ice resistant Ice-resistant foes like Rotom-W Rotom-Wash and Dondozo with neutral damage. High Horsepower is an alternative which that deals less damage (RC) but super effectively hits Steel-types like Gholdengo and Necrozma-DM super effectively as well as Fire-types such as Skeledirge and Iron Moth. Tera Fighting Tera allows Calyrex-I to power up Close Combat, (AC) (this is a bit obvious, any notable KOs that Tera Fighting achieves?) while Tera Fire gives Calyrex the ability to avoid being burned from by Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire or Rotom-W's Rotom-Wash's Will-O-Wisp.

Pokemon such as Primarina and Iron Moth appreciate the Defense that Calyrex-I donates while also being able to threaten the Steel-types that give Calyrex-I some trouble. Primarina can also handle Fire-types that give Calyrex-I trouble. Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Corviknight appreciate the hefty Special Defense donation and also provide entry hazard removal. Pokemon with lackluster Attack stats but great Speed like Meowscarada or and Zamazenta appreciate the hefty Attack donation they receive from Calyrex-I, while and they also helping help soften up walls for it. Finally, while Calyrex-I has fantastic stats to offer, it also comes with a mediocre base 85 Special Attack stat and a paltry base 50 Speed stat. This means Calyrex-I usually holds a position in either of those slots; (RC, ASC) slotting into Special Attack with lets something like Pecharunt or Corviknight utilizing utilize the slower Speed stat to provide safer pivoting via Parting Shot and U-turn, (AC) while or a physical attacker such as Landorus-Therian and Landorus-T or Zamazenta into can use the Special Attack while slot if Calyrex-I sits in the Speed slot. (please let me know if I'm misinterpreting this)

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