OU Choice Specs Iron Valiant

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Choice Specs (Iron Valiant) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy / Ghost
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt / Focus Blast
- Trick / Vacuum Wave / Psyshock

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Iron Valiant can utilize Choice Specs to become a potent wallbreaker thanks to its powerful Fairy-type STAB attacks and endless coverage options. With Moonblast, Iron Valiant outspeeds and obliterates many metagame staples like Raging Bolt, Kyurem, Great Tusk, and Hisuian Samurott. Shadow Ball targets Pokemon like Pecharunt, Gholdengo, and Galarian Slowking, which all resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast. Thunderbolt is useful, as it allows Iron Valiant to break through Moltres, Corviknight, and Toxapex, which can heal off Iron Valiant's attempt to make progress. Focus Blast can be used instead to 2HKO Blissey and threaten Dark-types without thudding into Steel-types such as Tinkaton, Corviknight, and Iron Crown. Trick provides Iron Valiant with great utility and a way to cripple defensive switch-ins like Moltres and Toxapex. Vacuum Wave is excellent at cleaning up endgames and enables Iron Valiant to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Darkrai and Weavile and take on Kingambit without the risk of Focus Blast inaccuracy. Psyshock can be used for a better stall matchup without removing Iron Valiant's ability to break, as Psyshock destroys Toxapex, Amoonguss, and Clodsire. Tera Fairy bolsters Iron Valiant's breaking power, scoring a 2HKO on the likes of Garganacl and Gholdengo and OHKOing slower offensive Pokemon like Ogerpon-W and almost always bulkless Kingambit. Tera Ghost can be used instead to take on sturdier Fairy-resistant foes, allowing Shadow Ball to 2HKO Galarian Slowking, Moltres, and, with Stealth Rock up, Tinkaton. Tera Ghost can also grant Iron Valiant an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed and an emergency resistance to Poison-type attacks like Sludge Wave from Iron Moth, and it lets Iron Valiant lure in Kingambit to cripple with Trick or OHKO with Vaccum Wave.

Choice Specs Iron Valiant fits best on balance and bulky offensive teams that can manage entry hazards well while also bringing Iron Valiant in safely. Hisuian Samurott and Ting-Lu are great partners, as they can pressure Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Clodsire and aid Iron Valiant with entry hazards that can ensure Iron Valiant gets the 2HKOs and OHKOs it might need, including ones against Tinkaton, Garganacl, and Ogerpon-W. Iron Valiant often invites Pecharunt in, so it appreciates having sturdy switch-ins such as Corviknight, Kingambit, and Galarian Slowking. Kingambit can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon that resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast, and in return, Iron Valiant can threaten Dondozo and Fighting-types like Great Tusk, Iron Defense Zamazenta, and Keldeo, which are all Pokemon Kingambit struggles to beat. Choice Specs Iron Valiant alongside Kingambit also forms a great offensive gameplan, where Iron Valiant is played very aggressively in order to break through teams early- or mid-game, which allows boosted Kingambit to clean up more easily late-game. Galarian Slowking and Corviknight can support Iron Valiant by handling faster threats, such as peed Booster Energy Iron Moth, opposing Iron Valiant, and Choice Scarf Enamorus, as well as pivot it in safely with Chilly Reception and U-turn, respectively. Galarian Slowking also helps pin Toxapex with Future Sight. Ogerpon-W can pivot Iron Valiant in with U-turn to obliterate many of Ogerpon-W's common switch-ins like Raging Bolt, Zamazenta, and Dragonite. Iron Valiant also appreciates Ogerpon-W's ability to threaten Moltres, Clodsire, and Assault Vest Alomomola. Great Tusk is a notable teammate, as it threatens all of Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Clodsire, Tinkaton, and Toxapex with Headlong Rush, pressures Moltres with Knock Off, and removes entry hazards away for Iron Valiant, helping it come in a lot more often. Choice Band Dragapult is a complementary breaker thanks to how it threatens Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Clodsire, and Toxapex. Choice Band Dragapult can also lure in Pokemon like Garganacl, defensive Zamazenta, and Kingambit and bring Iron Valiant in with a powerful U-turn.

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QC 1/2 after implemented, ty! Made the bulk of my comments after the second paragraph, since I was not sure how to properly note them in the paragraph itself. Ty vm!

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Choice Specs (Iron Valiant) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy / Ghost
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt / Focus Blast
- Trick / Vacuum Wave / Psyshock


Iron Valiant can utilise Choice Specs to become a potent wallbreaker thanks to its powerful Fairy-type STAB attacks and endless coverage options. Moonblast obliterates the many Dragon-types that fill up the tier, OHKOing the likes of Raging Bolt, Kyurem, and other metagame staples like Zamazenta. (I would make this more inclusive rather than specify just the Dragon-types, so you can include Great Tusk or stuff like Hisuian Samurott without it sounding too weird) Shadow Ball can blow past (I would change this to "targets" or something. Blow past sounds like it does a ton to them but its not the case vs Galarian Slowking) Pokemon like Pecharunt, Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Slowking-Galar, which all resist Iron Valiant's Fairy-type STAB moves. Moonblast. Thunderbolt is useful as it allows Iron Valiant to break through Moltres and Corviknight, which can heal off Iron Valiant's attempt to make progress. Focus Blast can be used instead to 2HKO Blissey and threaten Dark-types without thudding into Steel-types such as Tinkaton and Iron Crown. (Focus Blast is stronger than Thunderbolt vs Corviknight, so probably mention Corvi here as well) Trick provides Iron Valiant with great utility and a way to cripple defensive switch ins like Moltres and Slowking-Galar. Vacuum Wave is excellent at cleaning up endgames and enables Iron Valiant to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Darkrai and Weavile, as well as take on Kingambit. Psyshock can be used for a better stall match up without removing Iron Valiant's ability to break, as Psyshock destroys Amoonguss and Clodsire. (I would mention Toxapex in either the Thunderbolt, Psyshock, and / or Trick sections) Tera Fairy bolsters Iron Valiant's breaking power, scoring a 2HKO on the likes of Garganacle and Gholdengo, as well as eliminate slower offensive Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring and almost always OHKO bulkless Kingambit. Tera Ghost can be used instead to take on sturdier resits, allowing Shadow Ball to 2HKO Slowking-Galar, Moltres, and with Stealth Rock up, Tinkaton. Tera Ghost can also grant Iron Valiant an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed and lure in Kingambit to cripple with Trick or OHKO with Vaccum Wave.

Choice Specs Iron Valiant fits best on bulky offensive teams that can bring it in safely without overly relying on it for damage. Samurott-Hisui and Ting-Lu are great partners, as they can pressure Slowking-Galar and Gholdengo as well as aid Iron Valiant with entry hazards that can ensure Iron Valiant gets the 2HKOs and OHKOs it might need. (any examples?) Iron Valiant often invites Pecharunt in so it appreciates having sturdy switch ins such as Kingambit, Slowking-Galar, and its own Pecharunt. Kingambit can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon that resist Iron Valiant's Fairy-type STAB attacks, while Slowking-Galar and Pecharunt being Iron Valiant in safely with Chilly Reception and Parting Shot respectively. Ogerpon-W can pivot Iron Valiant in wwithU-turn with U-turn to obliterate many of Ogerpon-W's common switch ins like Raging Bolt, Zamazenta, and Dragonite. Samurott-Hisui and Ogerpon-W are Pokemon that threaten Moltres, further strengthening their synergy with Iron Valiant. Great Tusk is a notable teammate, as it threatens many of the Pokemon that resist Iron Valiant's Fairy-type STAB moves with Headlong Rush, as well as pressure Moltres with Knock Off and remove entry hazards away for Iron Valiant, helping it come in a lot more often.

- In the Ogerpon-W section... is there a way to mention how it handles AV Alomomola? Since thats pretty annoying for Valiant.
- In the Kingambit section I would add how in return Iron Valiant handles Great Tusk, Iron Defense Zamazenta, Keldeo, and Dondozo.
- In the Galarian Slowking section you can mention it can also take on stuff that threatens Iron Valiant cause of them outspeeding it, notably Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and opposing Iron Valiant, and Choice Scarf Enamorus
- Another partner I often see is Dragapult, particularly Choice Band, as it deals with Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Iron Crown, consider if you want to add it
- You probably want to have more partners that take on Clodsire and Toxapex. Maybe in the Kingambit section(?)

 

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very good analysis :3 love to see the vgc player overlap as well. QC 2/2 once implemented : DD

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Choice Specs (Iron Valiant) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy / Ghost
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt / Focus Blast
- Trick / Vacuum Wave / Psyshock


Iron Valiant can utilise Choice Specs to become a potent wallbreaker thanks to its powerful Fairy-type STAB attacks and endless coverage options. With Moonblast it outspeeds and obliterates many metagame staples like Raging Bolt, Kyurem, Zamazenta, Great Tusk, and Hisuian Samurott. I feel like this list is kind of arbitrary, if it's for 1v1's Zamazenta shouldn't be here due to Heavy Slam and it's missing weavile/dragapult. I'd change this to outspeeds and obliterates, since Iron valiants speed tier isn't mentioned elsewhere. Shadow Ball targets Pokemon like Pecharunt, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar, which all resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast. Thunderbolt is useful as it allows Iron Valiant to break through Moltres, Corviknight, and Toxapex, which can heal off Iron Valiant's attempt to make progress. Focus Blast can be used instead to 2HKO Blissey and threaten Dark-types without thudding into Steel-types such as Tinkaton, Corviknight, and Iron Crown. Trick provides Iron Valiant with great utility and a way to cripple defensive switch ins like Moltres and Toxapex. Vacuum Wave is excellent at cleaning up endgames and enables Iron Valiant to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Darkrai and Weavile, as well as take taking on Kingambit without the risk of Focus Blast inaccuracy. Psyshock can be used for a better stall match up without removing Iron Valiant's ability to break, as Psyshock destroys Toxapex, Amoonguss and Clodsire. Tera Fairy bolsters Iron Valiant's breaking power, scoring a 2HKO on the likes of Garganacle and Gholdengo, as well as eliminate slower offensive Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring and almost always OHKO bulkless Kingambit. Tera Ghost can be used instead to take on sturdier resits, allowing Shadow Ball to 2HKO Slowking-Galar, Moltres, and with Stealth Rock up, Tinkaton. Tera Ghost can also grant Iron Valiant an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed, an emergency resistance to Poison-type attacks like Sludge Wave from Iron Moth, and lure in Kingambit to cripple with Trick or OHKO with Vaccum Wave.

Choice Specs Iron Valiant fits best on bulky offensive teams that can bring it in safely without overly relying on it for damage. Choice Specs Iron Valiant is used on bulky offense yes, but it's also used on Balance teams too because the weakness of Specs Iron valiant is spikestack + need for pivot moves which Both BO and Balance are good at handling. I'd try something like "Choice Specs Iron Valiant fits best on balance or bulky offensive teams that can manage hazards well while also bringing it in safely.". This leads into the other issue with the line, "without over relying on it for damage". This is incorrect for balance, and 'can' be incorrect for bulky offense. Also it's a bit confusing, if you aren't using Specs Iron Valiant for it's damage then why have it (I know thats not what you mean but it can be inferred that way). I recommend omitting the last part or instead explain how balance teams especially like to use Specs Iron Valiant as the main wincon. Hisuian Samurott and Ting-Lu are great partners, as they can pressure Slowking-Galar, Gholdengo, and Clodsire, as well as aid Iron Valiant with entry hazards that can ensure Iron Valiant gets the 2HKOs and OHKOs it might need, including ones against Tinkaton, Garganacle, and Ogerpon-W. Iron Valiant often invites Pecharunt in so it appreciates having sturdy switch ins such as Corviknight, Kingambit and Slowking-Galar. Corviknight in particular helps mitigate Iron Valiant's hazard damage through Defog support, while resisting every type Iron Valiant is weak to, with the added bonus of U-Turn allowing Iron Valiant to safely switch in. Kingambit can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon that resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast. In return, Iron Valiant can threaten Dondozo and Fighting-types like Great Tusk, Iron Defense Zamazenta, and Keldeo, which are Pokemon Kingambit struggles to deal with. I'd like this part to mention the offensive dynamic of using Specs Iron Valiant aggressively for early game pressure, which then sets up a situation for Kingambit to clean up the late game. This is typically how the two are used offensively. Slowking-Galar can support Iron Valiant by handling faster threats, such as Speed-boosting Iron Moth, Iron Valiant, and Choice Scarf Enamorus, as well as pin Toxapex with Future Sight. Sowking-Galar also pivots Iron Valiant in safely with Chilly Reception. Ogerpon-W can pivot Iron Valiant in with U-turn to obliterate many of Ogerpon-W's common switch ins like Raging Bolt, Zamazenta, and Dragonite. Iron Valiant also appreciates Ogerpon-W's ability to threaten Moltres, Clodsire, and Assault Vest Alomomola. Great Tusk is a notable teammate, as it threatens all of Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Clodsire, Tinkaton, and Toxapex with Headlong Rush, as well as pressure Moltres with Knock Off and remove entry hazards away for Iron Valiant, helping it come in a lot more often. Choice Band Dragapult is a complimentary breaker thanks to how it threatens Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Clodsire, and Toxapex. Choice Band Dragapult can also lure in Pokemon like Garganacl, defensive Zamazenta, and Kingambit, while bringing Iron Valiant in with a powerful U-turn. I'd clarify Zamazenta as defensive since all out attacker Zamazenta runs Heavy Slam which will outspeed and OHKO specs Iron Valiant.

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Iron Valiant) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy / Ghost
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt / Focus Blast
- Trick / Vacuum Wave / Psyshock

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Valiant can utilise utilize Choice Specs to become a potent wallbreaker thanks to its powerful Fairy-type STAB attacks and endless coverage options. With Moonblast, (AC) Iron Valiant outspeeds and obliterates many metagame staples like Raging Bolt, Kyurem, Great Tusk, and Hisuian Samurott. Shadow Ball targets Pokemon like Pecharunt, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking, which all resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast. Thunderbolt is useful, (AC) as it allows Iron Valiant to break through Moltres, Corviknight, and Toxapex, which can heal off Iron Valiant's attempt to make progress. Focus Blast can be used instead to 2HKO Blissey and threaten Dark-types without thudding into Steel-types such as Tinkaton, Corviknight, and Iron Crown. Trick provides Iron Valiant with great utility and a way to cripple defensive switch ins switch-ins like Moltres and Toxapex. Vacuum Wave is excellent at cleaning up endgames and enables Iron Valiant to revenge kill faster Pokemon like Darkrai and Weavile, (RC) as well as taking and take on Kingambit without the risk of Focus Blast inaccuracy. Psyshock can be used for a better stall match up matchup without removing Iron Valiant's ability to break, as Psyshock destroys Toxapex, Amoonguss, (AC) and Clodsire. Tera Fairy bolsters Iron Valiant's breaking power, scoring a 2HKO on the likes of Garganacl and Gholdengo, (RC) as well as eliminate and OHKOing slower offensive Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W and almost always OHKO bulkless Kingambit. (Consulted with author in Discord DMs) Tera Ghost can be used instead to take on sturdier resits Fairy-resistant foes, allowing Shadow Ball to 2HKO Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking, Moltres, and, (AC) with Stealth Rock up, Tinkaton. Tera Ghost can also grant Iron Valiant an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed, (RC) and an emergency resistance to Poison-type attacks like Sludge Wave from Iron Moth, and it lets Iron Valiant lure in Kingambit to cripple with Trick or OHKO with Vaccum Wave.

Choice Specs Iron Valiant fits best on balance or and bulky offensive teams that can manage entry hazards well while also bringing Iron Valiant in safely. Hisuian Samurott and Ting-Lu are great partners, as they can pressure Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, and Clodsire, (RC) as well as and aid Iron Valiant with entry hazards that can ensure Iron Valiant gets the 2HKOs and OHKOs it might need, including ones against Tinkaton, Garganacle Garganacl, and Ogerpon-W. Iron Valiant often invites Pecharunt in, (AC) so it appreciates having sturdy switch ins switch-ins such as Corviknight, Kingambit, (AC) and Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking. Kingambit can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon that resist Iron Valiant's Moonblast, while and in return, (AC) Iron Valiant can threaten Dondozo and Fighting-types like Great Tusk, Iron Defense Zamazenta, and Keldeo, which are all Pokemon Kingambit struggles to beat. Choice Specs Iron Valiant alongside Kingambit also forms a great offensive gameplan, where Iron Valiant is played very aggressively in order to break through teams in the early- or mid-game to mid game, which allows boosted Kingambit to clean up easier in the late game. Slowking-Galar more easily late-game. Galarian Slowking and Corviknight can support Iron Valiant by handling faster threats, such as Speed-boosting Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth, opposing Iron Valiant, and Choice Scarf Enamorus, as well as pivot it in safely with Chilly Reception or and U-turn, (AC) respectively. Sowking-Galar Galarian Slowking also helps pin Toxapex with Future Sight. Ogerpon-W can pivot Iron Valiant in with U-turn to obliterate many of Ogerpon-W's common switch ins switch-ins like Raging Bolt, Zamazenta, and Dragonite. Iron Valiant also appreciates Ogerpon-W's ability to threaten Moltres, Clodsire, and Assault Vest Alomomola. Great Tusk is a notable teammate, as it threatens all of Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Clodsire, Tinkaton, and Toxapex with Headlong Rush, as well as pressure pressures Moltres with Knock Off, (AC) and remove removes entry hazards away for Iron Valiant, helping it come in a lot more often. Choice Band Dragapult is a complimentary complementary breaker thanks to how it threatens Galarian Slowking, Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Clodsire, and Toxapex. Choice Band Dragapult can also lure in Pokemon like Garganacl, defensive Zamazenta, and Kingambit, (RC) while bringing and bring Iron Valiant in with a powerful U-turn.

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