I think my Pokemon cards might be more durable than this thing lol
[SET]
Glass Cannon (Deoxys) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Normal / Stellar / Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Low Kick
- Knock Off
- Extreme Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
* Deoxys-A's absurd 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.
Other Options
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* **Rock Slide**:
* **Stealth Rock**:
Alternate EV Spreads
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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**:
* **Stellar**:
* **Ghost**:
* **Fairy**:
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