I think my Pokemon cards might be more durable than this thing lol
[SET]
Glass Cannon (Deoxys) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Normal / Psychic / Stellar
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe or 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Low Kick
- Knock Off
- Extreme Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
* Deoxys-A's out of this world offensive stats and good coverage give it a niche over Focus Sash Calyrex-S as a glass cannon.
* **Psycho Boost**: Even with minimal investment, Psycho Boost deals massive damage to anything that doesn't resist it. It's also Deoxys-A's way of OHKOing Koraidon and 2HKOing Dondozo.
* **Low Kick**: Since Deoxys-A has such a short lifespan, Low Kick's lack of offensive drops is preferred over Superpower. Especially since the two biggest targets, Ting-Lu and Arceus, take just as much damage from Low Kick anyways.
* **Knock Off**: Knock Off does a brilliant job of letting Deoxys-A revenge kill common Choice Scarf foes like Miraidon, in addition to being good coverage against Calyrex-S and Lunala.
* **Extreme Speed**: Despite Deoxys-A's incredible Speed, Extreme Speed is still useful for picking off weakened priority users like Arceus and Dragonite.
* **Using Pressure For Speed Scouting**: While Pressure may seem laughable on such a frail glass cannon, it can be very useful in lead situations to determine if certain Pokemon are carrying a Choice Scarf or not. For example, if Miraidon or Koraidon's abilities activate before Deoxys-A's Pressure, this means that they are carrying a Choice Scarf! Just note that this tactic does not work against Calyrex formes, as their abilities always activate first.
* **Physically Offensive versus Specially Offensive EV Spreads**: Focusing on physical offense gets the most out of Deoxys-A after Psycho Boost has powered it down, but focusing on special offense turns Deoxys-A into more of a hit and run wall-breaker, especially when paired with Tera Psychic.
Other Options
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* **Rock Slide**: While not very powerful, this is Deoxys-A's best shot of burying Ho-Oh.
* **Stealth Rock**: Deoxys-A's suicide lead like nature makes Stealth Rock a natural seeming fit, but it can be difficult to justify over better coverage or ability to revenge kill with Extreme Speed.
* **Expanding Force**: This deals tremendous damage if pairing Deoxys-A with Indeedee-M, though losing out on coverage can still be an issue since Psycho Boost shouldn't be replaced.
* **Superpower**: Superpower hits lighter foes such as Chi-Yu much harder than Low Kick, and can fit especially well on more specially offensive variants of Deoxys-A.
Alternate EV Spreads
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* **116 Atk / 252 SpA / 140 Spe with Rash**: While giving up the match-up against Jolly Chien-Pao and Timid Flutter Mane is a shame, the extra Special Attack with Rash lets Deoxys-A OHKO physically defensive Landorus-T with Tera Psychic Psycho Boost, while still at least outspeeding Adamant Chien-Pao.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Low**: Deoxys-A will usually only Terastallize if a sweep is in sight or to give itself a useful immunity. Otherwise, Deoxys-A usually doesn't survive long enough to make amazing use of Terastallization.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal fits physically offensive Deoxys-A the best, boosting Extreme Speed for picking off weakened threats and punishing Choice locked Calyrex-S and Flutter Mane.
* **Psychic**: If using specially offensive Deoxys-A, Tera Psychic tears through new foes like Flutter Mane and offensive Miriadon.
* **Stellar**: Since Deoxys-A is snuffed out so fast, Tera Stellar's one-time boost drawback isn't as much of a concern. This is especially true for specially offensive sets that aren't as focused on potential sweeps with Extreme Speed.
* **Ghost**: Tera Ghost stops Arceus and Dragonite from sniping Deoxys-A with Extreme Speed.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy is specifically used to to punish Koraidon that attempt to set up by Terastallizing and using Scale Shot.
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