[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan is one of the best Choice Scarf users and wallbreakers in the current metagame. This is accomplished through its very powerful Attack stat, good Speed tier, and ability in Gorilla Tactics. Choice items are especially useful on Darmanitan due to Gorilla Tactics already locking into the first move used. Icicle Crash is preferred over Ice Punch due to its higher Base Power and flinch chance, while Flare Blitz and Earthquake are Darmanitan's way of bypassing Pokemon that would otherwise be able to avoid the 2HKO from Icicle Crash, such as Aegislash, Toxapex, and Avalugg. Its coverage moves also allow Darmanitan to snatch a surprise KO by Dynamaxing after its opponent switches into a resisted move. U-turn is used in order to deal with foes like Rotom-W and Rotom-H, which can take any 2 hits from it, recover the damage off, and check it continuously; instead, U-turn allows Darmanitan to place them in range of a 2HKO from Icicle Crash. Additionally, U-turn makes it so Darmanitan can scout its foes' sets, pivot into a teammate, and keep momentum up, all while still dealing respectable damage.
Because of its pure Ice typing leaving it vulnerable to entry hazards and the fact that Choice Scarf Darmanitan requires switching in several times in order to break the opposing Pokemon, it very much appreciates good entry hazard removal. Due to this, Pokemon like Corviknight and Mandibuzz make for excellent teammates. Additionally, Pokemon that appreciate Darmanitan's ability to force switches and pivot them in with U-turn, like Hydreigon and Clefable, are great offensive partners.
[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan is one of the strongest Pokemon in the tier, able to overcome virtually every possible defensive check and switch-in to it. Choice Band Darmanitan plays very similar to Choice Scarf, aiming to spam Icicle Crash uninterrupted and using its coverage and U-turn in order to accomplish that. However, due to being stronger, it can accomplish that in fewer turns than Choice Scarf; at the same time, it's relatively much slower, and thus needs more team support to be able to freely use its moves. Dynamax functions much like in the Choice Scarf set, used if you wish to snipe a defensive check that switched into a resisted hit. Of note however, is the fact that Dynamax removes both the Gorilla Tactics boost and the Choice Band boost, affecting this set significantly more than Choice Scarf.
Darmanitan's unboosted Speed tier, while a solid base 95, still leaves it susceptible to faster offensive Pokemon such as Dragapult, Hydreigon, and Cinderace. Packing good checks to those Pokemon is required in order to fully make use of it. Much like Choice Scarf, good removal is mandated. Corviknight and Mandibuzz remain great partners, while Pokemon like Rotom-W and Rotom-H can pivot it in through Volt Switch.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[talah, 248449]]
- Quality checked by: [[TDK, 185591], [Mannat, 144451]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan is one of the best Choice Scarf users and wallbreakers in the current metagame. This is accomplished through its very powerful Attack stat, good Speed tier, and ability in Gorilla Tactics. Choice items are especially useful on Darmanitan due to Gorilla Tactics already locking into the first move used. Icicle Crash is preferred over Ice Punch due to its higher Base Power and flinch chance, while Flare Blitz and Earthquake are Darmanitan's way of bypassing Pokemon that would otherwise be able to avoid the 2HKO from Icicle Crash, such as Aegislash, Toxapex, and Avalugg. Its coverage moves also allow Darmanitan to snatch a surprise KO by Dynamaxing after its opponent switches into a resisted move. U-turn is used in order to deal with foes like Rotom-W and Rotom-H, which can take any 2 hits from it, recover the damage off, and check it continuously; instead, U-turn allows Darmanitan to place them in range of a 2HKO from Icicle Crash. Additionally, U-turn makes it so Darmanitan can scout its foes' sets, pivot into a teammate, and keep momentum up, all while still dealing respectable damage.
Because of its pure Ice typing leaving it vulnerable to entry hazards and the fact that Choice Scarf Darmanitan requires switching in several times in order to break the opposing Pokemon, it very much appreciates good entry hazard removal. Due to this, Pokemon like Corviknight and Mandibuzz make for excellent teammates. Additionally, Pokemon that appreciate Darmanitan's ability to force switches and pivot them in with U-turn, like Hydreigon and Clefable, are great offensive partners.
[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan is one of the strongest Pokemon in the tier, able to overcome virtually every possible defensive check and switch-in to it. Choice Band Darmanitan plays very similar to Choice Scarf, aiming to spam Icicle Crash uninterrupted and using its coverage and U-turn in order to accomplish that. However, due to being stronger, it can accomplish that in fewer turns than Choice Scarf; at the same time, it's relatively much slower, and thus needs more team support to be able to freely use its moves. Dynamax functions much like in the Choice Scarf set, used if you wish to snipe a defensive check that switched into a resisted hit. Of note however, is the fact that Dynamax removes both the Gorilla Tactics boost and the Choice Band boost, affecting this set significantly more than Choice Scarf.
Darmanitan's unboosted Speed tier, while a solid base 95, still leaves it susceptible to faster offensive Pokemon such as Dragapult, Hydreigon, and Cinderace. Packing good checks to those Pokemon is required in order to fully make use of it. Much like Choice Scarf, good removal is mandated. Corviknight and Mandibuzz remain great partners, while Pokemon like Rotom-W and Rotom-H can pivot it in through Volt Switch.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[talah, 248449]]
- Quality checked by: [[TDK, 185591], [Mannat, 144451]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]
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