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Arceus-Water is one of the tier's premier defensive Arceus formes and a strong fit on bulky teams. Its pure-Water typing, access to status moves like Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave, and ability to phaze with Roar or Dragon Tail allow it to check several of the most prominent threats in the tier, including Koraidon, Zacian-C, Arceus-Ground, Necrozma-DM, and Ho-Oh, while giving its team more leeway to pivot around Kyogre. However, Arceus-Water struggles to do direct damage to neutral or resisted targets, especially when Koraidon's sun is active. It is thus heavily reliant on its support moves to check the threats it's meant to, which can be exploited by offensive Pokemon that don't mind or can thwart these tactics, like Taunt Koraidon, Substitute Zacian-C, Eternatus, and Kyogre.
[SET]
Arceus-Water @ Splash Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 16 Spe
Tera Type: Fairy / Poison
Bold Nature
- Judgment
- Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Roar / Dragon Tail
- Recover
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