[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Wave Crash
move 2: Aqua Jet
move 3: Head Smash / Liquidation
move 4: Psychic Fangs / Liquidation
item: Choice Band
tera type: Water
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Basculegion-M is one of the most exceptional rain wallbreakers in the metagame
, (RC) owing to its solid
attack Attack stat, access to a very powerful rain-boosted STAB move in Wave Crash, and
a dependable
speed-tier Speed tier, (RC) thanks to its Swift Swim ability
., (RP, AC) This combination allows allowing it to outrun and KO formidable adversaries like Great Tusk, Iron Valiant, and Gholdengo. Under rain, Wave Crash applies immense pressure even to resists such as Dragapult, Baxcalibur and Rotom-W. Aqua Jet proves particularly valuable against swifter foes like +1 Iron Valiant, Iron Moth
, (AC) and Enamorus. Head Smash
guarantees to OHKO or 2HKO Baxcalibur and Dragonite respectively, as well as OHKOing Volcanion, which always 2HKOes Dragonite and OHKOes Baxcalibur and Volcanion, the latter of which can can otherwise come in freely thanks to Water Absorb.
By employing Psychic Fangs
, (RC) Basculegion-M effectively targets key threats such as Amoonguss, Toxapex, and especially Water Absorb Clodsire,
while also strengthening
its Basculegion-M's matchup against
Screens screens. Liquidation serves as a viable alternative to Head Smash or Psychic Fangs, as it spares Basculegion-M the recoil damage from Wave Crash, enabling it to consistently inflict damage at the cost of some power. Tera Water
proves to be an invaluable addition to its move set, inflicting severe damage upon Kingambit and Greninja by obliterating them with a single Wave Crash allows Basculegion-M to OHKO Kingambit and Greninja with Wave Crash and avoid the OHKO from the former's Sucker Punch. It
also significantly enhances
its Basculegion-M's performance against other Ghost and Dark types, including Gholdengo, Dragapult, and Hisuian
-Samurott
(remove hyphen), (RC) & prevents KO from Kingambit's Sucker Punch.
(separate moveset and teammates into 2 paragraphs) Basculegion-M seamlessly fits into
Rain rain teams, making Pelipper an indispensable partner for setting up
the rain and facilitating free switches via U-Turn. The synergy between Basculegion-M and
Rain Sweepers rain sweepers like Battle Bond Greninja, Zapdos, and Walking Wake is truly remarkable,
able to as they can apply immense pressure and overwhelm their shared checks with their rain-boosted attacks
, forging a devastating core. Zapdos proves invaluable for taking
over on Grass-types such as Amoonguss, Meowscarada, and Rillaboom
, (RC) as well as Water-types like Dondozo, Tera Water Garganacl, Toxapex, and Azumarill. It also grants Basculegion-M switches with
moves like Volt Switch and U-turn against Ting-Lu, Garganacl
, (AC) & and Heatran, which get devastated by Wave Crash.
The support provided by foes capable of setting Entry Hazards, Entry hazard support from teammates such as Ting-Lu, Hisuian-Samurott, and Iron Treads
, (RC) significantly
facilitates augments Basculegion-M's ability to dismantle defensive threats like Slowking-G, Tera Fairy Garganacl, and Amoonguss. In return, Basculegion-M serves as a proficient spinblocker, threatening opponents like Great Tusk and Iron Treads. Ting-Lu
, (RC) in particular
, (RC) stands out as an exceptional partner, capable of taking hits from Electric-types such as Zapdos and Sandy Shocks
, (RC) and Ghost-types like Dragapult and Gholdengo. Kingambit similarly excels at soaking
up Ghost-type attacks
. (RP) It also benefits while benefitting immensely from Basculegion-M's wallbreaking and ability to exploit Great Tusk,
further enabling Kingambit as a formidable end-game sweeper which can enable Kingambit to sweep late-game.
[SET CREDITS]
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