Diancie

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Diancie

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Overview
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  • New Mega Evolution raises Diancie's viability from gimmick to very solid choice
  • Magic Bounce is fantastic
  • 110 Speed ties with Latios, outspeeds Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Palkia, Zekrom, unevolved Mega Salamence, and more
  • fair defensive typing lets it take on Yveltal, Ho-Oh, Rayquaza, Darkrai and others
  • access to various support options such as Heal Bell and Stealth Rock
  • on its Mega Evolution turn, its defenses go down and its Speed stays low
  • Has issues with certain Steel-types despite Earth Power
  • its solid bulk is let down somewhat by its low HP
  • it loses to a lot of Stealth Rock setters, meaning it cannot always reliably prevent hazards
  • Bullet Punch makes short work of it

Magic Bounce
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name: Magic Bounce
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Protect / Heal Bell / Calm Mind / Rock Polish / Stealth Rock
ability: Clear Body
item: Diancite
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Naive / Hasty / Timid

Moves
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  • Moonblast is powerful STAB and deals heavy damage, hits Dragons and Dark-types supereffectively
  • Diamond Storm lets you dispose of Ho-Oh, 2HKO Lugia, 2HKO Blissey
  • Earth Power hits Primal Groudon supereffectively and 2HKOes any variant that isn't fully specially defensive
  • Protect for safe Mega Evolution, scouting, racking up Toxic damage etc
  • Heal Bell to provide offensive cleric support
  • Calm Mind to help break Stall
  • Rock Polish to sweep offense
  • Stealth Rock if you can't fit it anywhere else

Set Details
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  • Max Special Attack and Speed so Diancie can at worst speed tie with Latios and Latias
  • Timid nature if you don't want to compromise your defenses
  • Naive / Hasty if you don't want to compromise the power of Diamond Storm

Usage Tips
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USAGE TIPS GO HERE

Team Options
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TEAM OPTIONS GO HERE


SET NAME
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name: SET NAME
move 1:
move 2:
move 3:
move 4:
ability:
item:
evs:
nature:

Moves
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INFO ABOUT MOVES GOES HERE

Set Details
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EVS / ITEM / NATURE INFORMATION GOES HERE

Usage Tips
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USAGE TIPS GO HERE

Team Options
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TEAM OPTIONS GO HERE


Other Options
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OTHER OPTIONS GOES HERE. STUFF LIKE ALTERNATE MOVES, ALTERNATE SETS, NICHE STUFF THAT DOESN'T GET A MAIN SET MENTION


Checks & Counters
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CHECKS & COUNTERS GO HERE
NOTE THAT THIS WILL BE MORE THREATLISTY SO MENTION POKEMON / OTHER EFFECTS ONE AT A TIME
 
I know you haven't finished, but omg this:

move 4: Protect / Heal Bell / Calm Mind / Rock Polish / Stealth Rock

Yea, we don't need that many slashes in there. Pick the 3 best ones and put the others in move options. Personally I'd leave Protect / Heal Bell / Calm Mind. The other two are kind of usable but lacking in a specific niche.
 
I'd probs mention HP Fire somewhere, having the chance to catch out some of your bigger checks (Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor) is huge.
 
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