AAA Genesect (QC 2/2) (GP 2/2)

[Osake]

[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Already one of the tier's strongest wallbreakers and most versatile Pokemon, Genesect is also a terrifying sweeper thanks to Shift Gear, which lets it outspeed virtually the entire metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. After one setup turn, it can sweep or clean with its BoltBeam coverage and recover HP with Leech Life. No Guard is the most powerful ability, as it allows Genesect to run higher Base Power moves like Zap Cannon and Blizzard. Additionally, the paralysis from Zap Cannon allows Genesect to beat its checks more easily and help other teammates sweep as well. Alternatively, Sheer Force with Ice Beam and Thunderbolt gives Genesect surprise factor, as those moves aren't exclusive to Shift Gear sets. A Hasty nature coupled with 32 Attack EVs allows Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shift Gear, while the Speed EVs outspeed Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect paralyzing Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Blissey are very good partners. Primarina is a good example that can beat almost all of Genesect's checks, overwhelming Ferrothorn and threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Genesect appreciates being brought in safely to preserve HP for setting up, so fast pivots such as Choice Scarf Azelf and Landorus-T are good partners. Entry hazard support is also useful to weaken switch-ins, such as Ferrothorn, and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and respectable bulk, Genesect can soft check many threats while also serving as a solid revenge killer with Choice Scarf. Its Steel type allows it to come in on Psychic- and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele and Latios, and its decent bulk lets it come switch into weak neutral attacks, such as Tapu Koko's Thunderbolt. With Choice Scarf, Genesect is only outsped by Unburden users like Kommo-o and faster Choice Scarf users such as Azelf; this allows it to frequently pivot safely and maximize Regenerator's recovery. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost the entire metagame; Iron Head hits Fairy-types such as Tapu Lele, Ice Beam threatens Dragon-, Ground-, and Flying-types such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel-types that don't mind the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. Full Special Attack investment ensures Flamethrower and Ice Beam get key KOs such as Ferrothorn and Garchomp. The EV spread is highly customizable based on team needs; 104 Attack EVs secures the OHKO on Tapu Lele with Iron Head, while maximum HP investment can allow Genesect to switch into stronger attacks like Tapu Lele's Focus Blast. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear.

Genesect's coverage regularly forces offensive Pokemon to switch out; Tapu Fini and Blissey are common answers to this set, making wallbreakers that exploit them like Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude good partners. The last two are particularly good with Genesect, as they too can pivot quite easily to maintain pressure on the opposite team. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, especially with bulk investment, and in return they check Fire- and Fighting-types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Magic Guard Genesect is able to use the powerful STAB Steel Beam and Life Orb without recoil. Because Steel-resistant Pokemon rarely switch into Genesect due to its wide coverage, this set reduces predictions and secures massive damage on neutral targets. Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to easily come on the field and use U-turn to keep the momentum. Genesect's coverage moves lack any damage amplification from an ability, but they're generally strong enough to power through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Swampert. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. Genesect's coverage moves hit Pokemon that resist Steel Beam; Flamethrower notably OHKOes Ferrothorn, Thunderbolt targets Toxapex, and Energy Ball is its best option to hit Swampert. A mixed Steel Beam + Magic Guard set with Shift Gear could be considered, but is generally inferior to No Guard or Sheer Force sets.

Genesect appreciates being brought in on Pokemon it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, and Swampert with pivots such as Zarude and Tapu Koko. Powerful wallbreakers such as Primarina and Terrakion use Genesect's U-turn to freely come in on and threaten foes like Blissey and Heatran. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert and Garchomp helps chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running Genesect over other Magic Guard users such as Volcarona. Defensively, Genesect needs a solid switch-in to Fire-types, especially Heatran due to its 4x resistance to Steel Beam, so partners like Primordial Sea Zapdos are appreciated.

[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with a multitude of Sheer Force boosted attacks, it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker able to hit many Pokemon super effectively, even if it struggles with four-moveslot syndrome. BoltBeam with Sheer Force and a very good Special Attack allows Genesect to threaten many of the metagame's ubiquitous defensive Pokemon, such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last moveslots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks have been revealed. Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball OHKOes Swampert, and Iron Head can pass through the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame with these three moves, but it can't run them all at once. With Iron Head, investing EVs in Attack is an option for better odds to 2HKO Blissey. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear.

Genesect has very few switch-ins, and it's in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. Even though Genesect has decent bulk and a solid defensive typing, safe entry from Pokemon like Zarude, Tapu Koko, Blissey, and Corviknight is excellent for any wallbreaker. This set's unpredictability means opponents might end up sacking an important Pokemon to it, which strong teammates like Terrakion can take advantage of. However, the main weakness of this set is its difficulty in defeating Fire-types, such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Primordial Sea Zapdos are necessary.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to surprise your opponent or pass through specific Pokemon for teammates. A Tinted Lens set can use Choice Band for a super powerful U-turn or Shift Gear to break through Corviknight and virutally guarantee a KO with boosted Explosion. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for Flash Fire and a fully physical set, but this set lacks damage overall to beat other checks and still loses against Mold Breaker Heatran. Extreme Speed sets with Refrigerate, Galvanize, or Tough Claws can be considered, but they are often outclassed by other Genesect sets and other Extreme Speed users such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can muscle through would-be checks, but this set is very luck reliant, needing incredible luck to beat Heatran. Lastly, a physical sweeper set with Guts, Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through walls with more ease, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and ends up a very niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-types and Fire-type Coverage**: Genesect struggles against Fire-types since they resist its STAB combination and are not weak to any of its coverage moves. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage of it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as each set loses to one or more walls like Swampert and Blissey.

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[UT]

add remove conjecture

[SET]
name: Sheer Force Life Orb
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Shift Gear
move 4: Energy Ball / Leech Life / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Mild / Timid / Modest / Hasty I think this is pretty clearly the best set; the rest could maybe go in other options
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with access to a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted attacks which, coupled with Life Orb, makes it an extremely powerful wallbreaker, able to hit a multitude of Pokémon super effectively. Its access to BoltBeam boosted by Sheer Force, coupled with its very good 120 Special Attack, allows Genesect to threaten many of the defensive Pokémon ubiquitous in the metagame such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last lots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks has been revealed. Being able to use Flamethrower to defeat Steel types such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball to OHKO Swampert, or Shift Gear to turn itself into a devastating sweeper, Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame, but is always limited by its moveset. Chosen attacks are very adaptable, depending on the needs of your team. The combination of Shift Gear + Leech Life allows it to pressure both physcial and special walls, and to heal itself while inflicting damage. I would focus on Shift Gear turning it into a deadly sweeper, outspeeding even Scarf Azelf, and Leech Life letting it beat Mew and Blissey, who would otherwise be problematic for this set. Moreover, its great decent bulk and typing lets it setup freely on passive Pokemon such as Swampert or Corvigknight. Iron Head is a neat option to OHKO Tapu Lele without a boost and to do good damages to Blissey, while Flamethrower can be run to OHKO Ferrothorn and Energy Ball can cleanly dispatch Swampert; it is worth nothing that all of these other options can be beaten by the standard moveset with sufficient chip however. Depending of the chosen moveslot, the spread can change, the most classic being to maximize Special Attack to wallbreak as efficiently as possible. 32 EVs in Attack alongside with the Hasty nature enable Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shift Gear, and 224 EVs in Speed allow it to outspeed Tapu Lele without boosts.

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and is in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. However, Genesect has a slightly better Speed and access to Shift Gear, a greater bulk, a Toxic immunity making it easier to setup; but the main point is its unpredictability on its moves and its Ability, being able to use Shift Gear at any moment and threaten a sweep. Lele also has the unpredictability of Triage, Shift Gear and easier set up is probably the biggest factor Therefore, Pokemon that can bring it safely on the field are excellent partners; Zarude or Tapu Koko offensively, and Blissey or Corviknight defensively are all pretty good. Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect's versatility and the pressure it exerts on the opposing team until its set is revealed such as Laser Focus Terrakium Choice Band Terrakion I think band is a better partner, it can wear down checks and is less prediction reliant are good teammates too, as the opponent do not know which Pokemon they should sack to not lose to Genesect. However, the main weakness of this set lies in its difficulty in defeating Fire types, such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Zapdos Primordial Sea are necessary to allow Genesect to wallbreak efficiently.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe I think this set would benefit from defensive investment since it is basically a pivot switch in, and the special attacks should mostly be hitting 2x and 4x weaknesses. The spread I got from ML is 248 HP / 68 Atk / 36 SpA / 156 Spe with a Lonely nature; that outspeeds Barra and OHKOs Garchomp and Lele still, but gives you a lot more bulk to switch into Lele/Latios/Gene/etc

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and its respectable bulk, Genesect can be used as a soft check for many threats while being a solid revenge killer when equipped with the Choice Scarf. Its Steel type, excellent defensively, allows it to come on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele or Latios, and its decent bulk of 71/95/95 lets it come on neutral weak attacks, such as the ones of Tapu Koko. Bug type gives a STAB on U-Turn, allowing Genesect to do good damages while pivoting, and it provides a neutrality to Ground and Fighting types, what does this mean? making it easier to get on the field against Pokémon like Swampert. With the Choice Scarf, Genesect is faster than almost all the metagame, being outspeed by only a few users of the Choice Scarf such as Azelf; this allow it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effect. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost all the frail threats; Iron Head hits Fairy types such as Tapu Lele that it soft checks, Ice Beam threatens Dragon, Ground, and Flying types such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel types that resist the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. The spread maximizes Genesect's Special Attack, as U-Turn's goal is not to inflict damages and Iron Head already almost kills Tapu Lele, and Flamethrower and Ice Beam lacks power without investments as they are not STAB moves. 224 EVs in Speed allows Genesect to outspeed Tapu Lele Scarf, and the rest is invested in Attack to do a little more with U-Turn, but investisments in HP can be considered to come more easily on the field. A spread with 104 EVs in Attack can be considered to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele. This should be re-worked around the above spread

Genesect's capacity to threaten a lot of offensive Pokemon thanks to its coverage means that it regularly forces switchs; thus, breakers that can abuse of Pokemon such as Tapu FIni and Blissey, that are common answers to this set, make good partners : Terrakium, Tapu Koko, and Zarude all fulfill this role efficiently. The last two susmentionned are particularly good with Genesect, as they can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o or Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, and in return they offer answers to Fire and Fighting types that threaten Genesect. I would elaborate in here that this set is a nice offensive mid-ground to a lot of breakers like Lele and Koko; it can revenge them, and with aggressive prediction, come in on a resisted move and threaten them out

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn / Shift Gear / Thunderbolt
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thunderbolt / Leech Life / Ice Beam
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Timid / Mild / Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Steel Beam and U-turn seem mandatory, and I think the rest of the set should focus on beating steel resists; Flamethrower and Energy Ball seem like the best way to do this, but I won't throw a fit if you want to leave Leech Life or Ice Beam on the 4th move

[SET COMMENTS]
This Genesect set exploits its access to the powerful Steel STAB Steel Beam, whose knockback recoil is cancelled by Magic Guard, which also allows it to benefit from the Life Orb boost without any compensation drawback. Steel type resists being for the most part weak to Genesect's coverage moves such as Flamethrower and Thunderbolt Energy Ball, this set reduces anticipations I don't know what you mean by anticipations, maybe predictions? and allows Genesect to do massive damages to neutral targets, in situations where the Sheer Force set would struggle. Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to come easily on the field and eventually use U-Turn to keep the momentum without being chipped. An offensive pivot set with U-Turn and two coverage attacks is as viable and interesting as a mixed setup set with Shift Gear. Without the boost of Sheer Force, moves like Thunderbolt and Ice Beam are slightly less strong, but it's generally enough to pass through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Corviknight. A spread with 32 Atk / 252 Spa / 224 Spe with the Hasty nature can be considered on a setup set to 2HKO Dauntless Shied Mew with Leech Life after a Shift Gear. I think Shift Gear is done better by SFLO, and this set should be focused on coverage and breaking. This set really needs the extra coverage to offset Steel's poor coverage, and U-turn is too nice to give up on here

If you are opting for a wallbreaker or a sweeper set, the good partners are kinda the same as for the Sheer Force set. Bring Genesect against foes it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, or Swampert with the appropriate pivots, such as Zarude or Tapu Koko, and try to wallbreak as many times as possible. However, if you are using U-Turn, powerful breakers such as Primarina or Terrakion are great partners as they can come freely on the field to threaten foes like Blissey or Heatran. Defensively, Genesect still needs a solid backbone against Fire types, especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doens't do much too. I would probably add that it likes hazard support as it forces a lot of switch-ins; maybe mention that it's advantage over Lele/Blace is pivoting and less chip (in the case of Lele).

I would really like to see a 4th set added, the No Guard one; I think it is at least as prominent as the three listed, and better than the rest of the sets in OO. It is largely the same as the SFLO set, so I think the write-up would not be too complicated, but makes a nice early-game paralysis spreader and enabler of other breakers too

[SET]
name: No Guard
move 1: Zap Cannon
move 2: Blizzard
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to lure your opponent or to pass through specific Pokemon, to help teammate for example. Therefore, a No Guard set with Zap Cannon and Blizzard can be considered as a variation of the Sheer Force set, in order to paralyse the few switch-ins and sweep later in the game, or to help teammates. I would add this as its own set A Tinted Lens set alongside with the Choice Band, with a super powerful U-Turn, or with Shift Gear in order to break though Corviknight and kill something without fail with boosted Explosion, is also a great lure option. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for the Ability Flash Fire and a full physical set, but this set lacks damages overall to beat other checks and still lose against Mold Breaker Heatran. Sets exploiting its access to Extreme Speed can be considered, with Refrigerate or Galvanize, but those sets are often less performants, and outclasses by other Genesect sets and other users of Extreme Speed such as Lucario. Lastly, a set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can be used to scam your opponent, but this set is not really competitve, very luck-reliant, and cannot beat Heatran unless if you are incredibly lucky. I would also add Guts as a physical breaker

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire types and Fire coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire types, because it doesn't have any super effective coverage. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage on it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as opposing walls such as Swampert, Blissey, or Heatran knows that Genesect cannot threaten them.

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- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
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NB : I'm not totally satisfied with this analysis and it was quite hard to write it as Genesect is a super versatile mon, so feel free to add/remove/change a lot of things (even in AM); also, on such a long analysis, I probably made a lot of English mistakes, I hope it won't disturb the reading >_<

A very good start for a very difficult analysis. The major change I would like to see is adding No Guard as a separate set, I think it is important enough and good enough to merit that. Also, how do you show Shiny on analyses? The two Shift Gear sets have to be Shiny, and I would argue all four should be to not reveal information.

Like you said, this is a big analysis and there is room to disagree; let me know when you've had a chance to review and implement my suggestions, and I can take another pass then.

 

[Osake]

Sorry I'm late, but I'm finally answering :
-I don't know how I am supposed to show Shiny, perhaps we should tag someone or wait for the GP
-I disagree with removing Flamethrower, Energy Ball, and Iron Head on the SFLO set ; part of Genesect's power is it's unpredictability, and the possibility of a Shift Gear set OR a 4 atk one is important, imo
-However, I'm fine with focusing more on Shift Gear even thought as you said later, No Guard is a better Shift Gear user
-I changed Laser Focus Terrak for Band, but my point (which was not really clear) was : when you face Laser Focus, you have to sac something (the first turn it clicks LF, usually), and it's annoying because you don't know which mon is useful to deal with Genesect later

-For the Scarf one, I think I'll just go with my spread and explain more complex spreads at the end of the first paragraph
- "Bug type gives a STAB on U-Turn, allowing Genesect to do good damages while pivoting, and it provides a neutrality to Ground and Fighting types," -> I meant that Bug, in conjunction with Steel, removes Fight and Ground weaknesses, which can be useful (kinda explains why the typing is ok/good) but it's maybe not relevant.

-Again, I disagree with removing so many options on the MGLO set ; it's maybe too much but that's how Genesect works, and it's because it has so many possibilites that it is really annoying to face
-Also, I do not think U-turn is mandatory on MG ; it's pretty cool and it works well with breakers but imo the only move needed is Steel Beam
-I'd like to keep Shift Gear as an option because I think it's viable on almost Gene set ; however, I can say that's it's often suboptimal (U-Turn > and SFLO/NG does it better)

-I didn't make a No Guard set because Think said it should be done in other options when I reserved Genesect, but we already had this discussion and I'm fine with doing it if you say so; however, I'm kinda afraid that I'll not have a lot of things to say

-I'm fine with adding Guts
-Can you explain why you removed Flash Fire ? I know it's not common but I think it's worth mentioning in other options, especially when it's a common ladder set.

I haven't add yet all your comments, but I wanted to answer first

 

[UT]

-I don't know how I am supposed to show Shiny, perhaps we should tag someone or wait for the GP

in the hills Tuthur how do you format sets that require shiny? And if we want all sets shiny (to bluff the other sets), is that allowable, or do we only show shiny on sets that need it?

-I disagree with removing Flamethrower, Energy Ball, and Iron Head on the SFLO set ; part of Genesect's power is it's unpredictability, and the possibility of a Shift Gear set OR a 4 atk one is important, imo
-However, I'm fine with focusing more on Shift Gear even thought as you said later, No Guard is a better Shift Gear user

Generally, the point of analyses is to introduce new players to the meta to good sets and what they should generally run. If there are too many slashes, that can be overwhelming and confusing to new players, although you are absolutely right that experienced players who better understand the meta can deviate from these sets. I think all three of those options are notably less optimal than the ones remaining unless you have a very good idea of what you are doing, and then you do not need the analysis. I would still mention somewhere in the paragraph description something along the lines of "Gene is very unpredictable and can run other moves to surprise normal counters like x, y, and z," but do not think they should be slashed in.

Another possibility we could discuss is instead of treating SFLO and No Guard as separate sets, we could treat Shift Gear with them as separate sets, with both of those abilities slashed on. But that could get messy since they have different abilities and moves in most slots....

-I changed Laser Focus Terrak for Band, but my point (which was not really clear) was : when you face Laser Focus, you have to sac something (the first turn it clicks LF, usually), and it's annoying because you don't know which mon is useful to deal with Genesect later

Makes sense, that is a good point, you can't save your Gene check if you're not 100% sure which Gene set it is.

-For the Scarf one, I think I'll just go with my spread and explain more complex spreads at the end of the first paragraph

I am fine with this. After asking 5 different people and getting 6 different spreads, it is very clear there is no consensus on an "optimal" spread, and yours is one of the simpler ones.

- "Bug type gives a STAB on U-Turn, allowing Genesect to do good damages while pivoting, and it provides a neutrality to Ground and Fighting types," -> I meant that Bug, in conjunction with Steel, removes Fight and Ground weaknesses, which can be useful (kinda explains why the typing is ok/good) but it's maybe not relevant.

I see; I don't think that point is necessary, but I understand now. Unless the typing lets it beat specific mons it would not otherwise beat that is significant, general statements about typing are normally removed since the Dex already lists weaknesses.

-Again, I disagree with removing so many options on the MGLO set ; it's maybe too much but that's how Genesect works, and it's because it has so many possibilites that it is really annoying to face

Same point as above, I would focus on the optimal moves in the set itself, but mention all the other options in paragraphs.

-Also, I do not think U-turn is mandatory on MG ; it's pretty cool and it works well with breakers but imo the only move needed is Steel Beam
-I'd like to keep Shift Gear as an option because I think it's viable on almost Gene set ; however, I can say that's it's often suboptimal (U-Turn > and SFLO/NG does it better)

Agreed that Steel Beam is 100% required, and am willing to let U-turn be slashed with something else if you think it can be removed. But I do think again, we want to keep slashes simple when possible, and reserve them for when there are equally good moves. Feel free to go more liberal in the set description though.

-Can you explain why you removed Flash Fire ? I know it's not common but I think it's worth mentioning in other options, especially when it's a common ladder set.

Kind of the same idea; just because you see it, doesn't mean it's a set you should normally run, and I think FF Gene is generally worse than these other options. But I do not feel strongly about its removal if you want to leave it in.

 

[Tuthur]

in the hills Tuthur how do you format sets that require shiny? And if we want all sets shiny (to bluff the other sets), is that allowable, or do we only show shiny on sets that need it?

shiny: true

Generally, the point of analyses is to introduce new players to the meta to good sets and what they should generally run. If there are too many slashes, that can be overwhelming and confusing to new players, although you are absolutely right that experienced players who better understand the meta can deviate from these sets. I think all three of those options are notably less optimal than the ones remaining unless you have a very good idea of what you are doing, and then you do not need the analysis. I would still mention somewhere in the paragraph description something along the lines of "Gene is very unpredictable and can run other moves to surprise normal counters like x, y, and z," but do not think they should be slashed in.

Seconding this, avoiding having too many slashes is really important. However, don't forget you're allowed to mention non slashed moves in the main section. This means you can lower the number of slashes on the main set, while keeping the deleted moves mentions.

Another possibility we could discuss is instead of treating SFLO and No Guard as separate sets, we could treat Shift Gear with them as separate sets, with both of those abilities slashed on. But that could get messy since they have different abilities and moves in most slots....

That's something that you should discuss about with the rest of the AAA QC team tbh. That said, you want to separate sets depending on the role they fill, so your suggestion looks good to me.

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture (osake DMed me to say this was ready for another pass)

[SET]
I would probably re-order the sets to be Shift Gear, Scarf, MGLO, SFLO, as I think that is the relevance of the sets to the meta. Plenty of room for disagreement on this, consider it more of a suggestion
name: Sheer Force Life Orb
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with access to a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted attacks which, coupled with Life Orb, makes it it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker, able to hit a multitude of Pokémon super effectively. Its access to BoltBeam boosted by Sheer Force, coupled with its very good 120 Special Attack, allows Genesect to threaten many of the defensive Pokémon ubiquitous in the metagame such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last lots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks has have been revealed. Being able to use Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel types such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball to OHKO Swampert, and Iron Head to pass throught the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame, but is always limited by its moveset. Chosen attacks are very adaptable, depending on the needs of your team. Depending of the chosen moveslot, the spread can change, the most classic being to maximize Special Attack to wallbreak as efficiently as possible, but you can invest it in Attack in order to have better rolls to 2HKO Blissey with Iron Head.

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and is in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. However, Genesect has a slightly better Speed and access to Shift Gear not relevant to this set, a greater bulk, a Toxic immunity making it easier to setup. Therefore, Pokemon that can bring it safely on the field are excellent partners; Zarude or Tapu Koko offensively, and Blissey or Corviknight defensively are all pretty good. Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect's versatility and the pressure it exerts on the opposing team until its set is revealed such as Terrakion are good teammates too, as the opponent do not know which Pokemon they should sack to not lose to Genesect. However, the main weakness of this set lies in its difficulty in defeating Fire types, such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Zapdos Primordial Sea are necessary to allow Genesect to wallbreak efficiently.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and its respectable bulk, Genesect can be used as a soft check for many threats while being a solid revenge killer when equipped with the Choice Scarf. Its Steel type, excellent defensively, allows it to come on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele or Latios, and its decent bulk of 71/95/95 lets it come on neutral weak attacks, such as the ones of Tapu Koko. Bug type gives a STAB on U-Turn, allowing Genesect to do good damages while pivoting. With the Choice Scarf, Genesect is faster than almost all the metagame, being outspeed by only a few users of the Choice Scarf such as Azelf, and Unburden Kommo-o; this allow it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effect. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost all the frail threats; Iron Head hits Fairy types such as Tapu Lele that it soft checks,, Ice Beam threatens Dragon, Ground, and Flying types such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel types that resist the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. The spread maximizes Genesect's Special Attack, as U-Turn's goal is not to inflict damages and Iron Head already almost kills Tapu Lele, and Flamethrower and Ice Beam lacks power without investments as they are not STAB moves. 224 EVs in Speed allows Genesect to outspeed Tapu Lele Scarf, and the rest is invested in Attack to do a little more with U-Turn, but investments in HP can be considered to come more easily on the field. A lots of other spreads can be considered, such as a one with 104 EVs in Attack to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele, or with a lot of defensive investments to come easily on the field. Are there any particular bulk thresholds to give as as an example, like Tapu Lele's Focus Blast?

Genesect's capacity to threaten a lot of offensive Pokemon thanks to its coverage means that it regularly forces switchs; thus, breakers that can abuse Pokemon such as Tapu FIni and Blissey, that are common answers to this set, make good partners: Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude all fulfill this role efficiently. The last two mentioned are particularly good with Genesect, as they can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Moreover, this set is a good middleground to common special attackers, such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko, especially with bulk investment. It can usually come on one of their attack and threaten them out; and, with aggressive predictions, it can come on a lot of resisted moves and regain the momentum. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o or Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, and in return they offer answers to Fire and Fighting types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

This Genesect set exploits its access to the powerful Steel STAB Steel Beam, whose recoil is cancelled by Magic Guard, which also allows it to benefit from the Life Orb boost without any drawback. Steel type resists being for the most part weak to Genesect's coverage moves such as Flamethrower and Energy Ball, this set reduces predictions and allows Genesect to do massive damages to neutral targets, in situations where the Sheer Force set would struggle. Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to come easily on the field and use U-Turn to keep the momentum without being chipped. Without the boost of Sheer Force, coverage moves like Thunderbolt and Ice Beam are slightly less strong, but it's generally enough to pass through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Corviknight. A mixed set with Shift Gear could be considered, but you usually prefer Sheer Force or No Guard on those sets.

If you are opting for a wallbreaker or a sweeper set, the good partners are kinda the same as for similar to the Sheer Force set. Bring Genesect against foes it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, or Swampert with the appropriate pivots, such as Zarude or Tapu Koko, and try to wallbreak as many times as possible. However, if you are using U-Turn, powerful breakers such as Primarina or Terrakion are great partners as they can come freely on the field to threaten foes like Blissey or Heatran. Hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert or Garchomp works well with this set, to chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running this set instead of other Magic Guard users such as Blacephalon. Defensively, Genesect still needs a solid backbone against Fire types, especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doesn't do much too.

[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

While being able to be one of the strongest wallbreaker in the tier, as well as a very strong pivot and soft check to plenty of threats, Genesect is also one of the scariest sweeper in the tier thanks to its access to Shift Gear, that lets it outspeed all the metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. Its access to BoltBeam coverage, alongside with its ability to regain health while inflicting damages with Leech Life, makes Genesect able to sweep or clean a weakened team in only one setup turn. Sheer Force is usually less seen on this set, as it’s often more powerful as a wallbreaker set, but it can act as a good lure to not reveal your set directly, and it still does very good damages. I would flip the order of these two sentences; if No Guard is the main ability, explain it first On the other hand, No Guard always revealed that you are a Shift Gear set, but does little more damages and also spread paralysis thanks to Zap Cannon, which allows Genesect to cripple its checks and beat them more easily, as well as helping other teammates to sweep later in the game. The Hasty nature coupled with 32 EVs in Attack allow Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shit Gear, which is useful to keep Genesect healthy while starting a sweep, while still outspeeding Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect spreading paralysis on Heatran, Ferrothorn, or Blissey, are very good partners as they can overwhelm those checks together. Thus, Primarina is a good teammate, being able to defeat almost all the checks in the meta and overwhelming Ferrothorn with Genesect, as well as threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Defensively, Shift Gear sets doesn’t need much support as its mainly a sweeper set. Being able to bring Genesect one or two times on the field is needed though, and fast pivots such as Azelf or Landorus-T with the Choice Scarf are good partners. Spikes support is also useful to weaken switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to lure your opponent or to pass through specific Pokemon, to help teammate for example. A Tinted Lens set alongside with the Choice Band, with a super powerful U-Turn, or with Shift Gear in order to break though Corviknight and kill something without fail with boosted Explosion, is also a great lure option. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for the Ability Flash Fire and a full physical set, but this set lacks damages overall to beat other checks and still lose against Mold Breaker Heatran. Sets exploiting its access to Extreme Speed can be considered, with Refrigerate or Galvanize or Tough Claws, but those sets are often less performants, and outclasses outclassed by other Genesect sets and other users of Extreme Speed such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can be used to scam your opponent lol muscle through would-be checks, but this set is not reliable not really competitve, very luck-reliant, and cannot beat Heatran unless if you are incredibly lucky. Lastly, a physical set of sweeper with Guts, the Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through defensive walls with more easy, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and is often a niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire types and Fire coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire types, because it doesn't have any super effective coverage. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage on it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as opposing walls such as Swampert, Blissey, or Heatran knows that Genesect cannot threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

NB : I'm not totally satisfied with this analysis and it was quite hard to write it as Genesect is a super versatile mon, so feel free to add/remove/change a lot of things (even in AM); also, on such a long analysis, I probably made a lot of English mistakes, I hope it won't disturb the reading >_< your English is great stop apologizing for it

QC 1/2, great job with a long and difficult analysis! Very minor corrections to implement, but nothing that would hold up QC approval.

 

[Osake]

implemented Isaiah

 

[Isaiah]

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[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

While being able to be one of the strongest wallbreaker in the tier, as well as a very strong pivot and soft check to plenty of threats, Genesect is also one of the scariest sweeper in the tier thanks to its access to Shift Gear, that lets it outspeed all the metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. Its access to BoltBeam coverage, alongside with its ability to regain health while inflicting damage with Leech Life, makes Genesect able to sweep or clean a weakened team in only one setup turn. No Guard is the most powerful choice because of the high base power attacks and opportunities to always revealed that you are a Shift Gear set, but does little more damages and also spread paralysis thanks to Zap Cannon, which allows Genesect to cripple its checks and beat them more easily, as well as helping other teammates to sweep later in the game. On the other hand, because Sheer Force can both be an all out attacker or a Shift Gear set, it can take advantage of the surprise factor to try and set up a sweep. is usually less seen on this set, as it’s often more powerful as a wallbreaker set, but it can acts as a good lure to not reveal your set directly, and it still does very good damages. The Hasty nature coupled with 32 EVs in Attack allows Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shift Gear, which is useful to keep Genesect healthy while the speed EVs starting a sweep while still outspeeding Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect spreading paralysis on Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Blissey (RC) are very good partners as they can overwhelm those checks together. Thus, Primarina is a good teammate, being able to defeat almost all the checks in the meta and overwhelming Ferrothorn with Genesect, as well as threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Defensively, Shift Gear sets doesn’t need much support as its it's mainly a sweeper set. Being able to bring Genesect one or two times on the field is needed though, and fast pivots such as Choice Scarf Azelf and Landorus-T with the Choice Scarf are good partners. Spikes support is also useful to weaken switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 252 Spe (Honestly I don't rate intentionally making it slower than it can be--screws you over vs opposing scarf gene for no reason)
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and its respectable bulk, Genesect can be used as a soft check for many threats while being a solid revenge killer when equipped with the Choice Scarf. Its Steel type allows it to come on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele and Latios, and its decent bulk lets it come on neutral weak attacks, such as the ones of Tapu Koko. Bug-type type gives a STAB on U-turn, allowing Genesect to do good damages while pivoting. (Probably too obvious to be worth mentioning) With the Choice Scarf, Genesect is faster than almost all the metagame, being outspeed only by Unburden users like Kommo-o and only a few relevant users of the Choice Scarf users such as Azelf, and Unburden Kommo-o; this allows it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effect. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost all the frail threats; Iron Head hits Fairy types such as Tapu Lele that it soft checks, Ice Beam threatens Dragon, Ground, and Flying types such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel types that resist the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. The EV spread maximizes Genesect's Special Attack, becauseas U-turn's goal is not to inflict damages and Iron Head already almost kills Tapu Lele, and (Redundant) Flamethrower and Ice Beam lacks lack power without investments investment, and full investment in Speed ensures that Genesect is outspeeding as many foes as possible.as they are not STAB moves. 224 EVs in Speed allows Genesect to outspeed Tapu Lele Scarf, and the rest is invested in Attack to do a little more with U-turn, but investments in HP can be considered to come more easily on the field. (Not necessary + scarf lele isn't really a thing anymore) A lots of other spreads can be considered, such as a one with 104 EVs in Attack to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele, or with a lot of defensive investments to come easily on the field.

Genesect's capacity to threaten a lot of offensive Pokemon thanks to its coverage means that it regularly forces switchs switches; thus, breakers that can abuse Pokemon such as Tapu Fini FIni and Blissey, that are common answers to this set, make good partners : Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude all fulfill this role efficiently. The last two mentionned are particularly good with Genesect, as they can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Moreover, this set is a good middleground to common special attackers (RC) such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko (AC) especially with bulk investment. It can usually come on one of their attack and threaten them out; and, with aggressive predictions, it can come on a lot of resisted moves and regain the momentum. (Redundant) Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, and in return they offer answers to Fire and Fighting types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thundebolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

This Genesect set exploits its access to the powerful Steel STAB Steel Beam, whose recoil is cancelled by Magic Guard, which also allows it to benefit from the Life Orb boost without any drawback. Because Steel type resists are being for the most part typically weak to Genesect's coverage moves such as Flamethrower and Energy Ball, this set reduces predictions and allows Genesect to do massive damage damages to neutral targets (RC) in situations where the Sheer Force set would struggle. Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to come easily on the field and use U-turn to keep the momentum without being chipped. Without the boost of Sheer Force, coverage moves like Thunderbolt and Ice Beam are slightly less strong, but it's generally enough to power pass through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Corviknight. A mixed set with Shift Gear could be considered, but you usually prefer Sheer Force or No Guard on those sets.

If you are opting for a wallbreaker or a sweeper set, the good partners are similar to the Sheer Force set. Bring Genesect against foes it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, and Swampert with the appropriate pivots, such as Zarude and Tapu Koko, and try to wallbreak as many times as possible. However, if you are using U-turn, powerful breakers such as Primarina and Terrakion are great partners as they can come freely on the field to threaten foes like Blissey and Heatran. Hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert and Garchomp works well with this set, to chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running this set instead of other Magic Guard users such as Blacephalon. Defensively, Genesect still needs a solid backbone against Fire types, especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doesn't do much too. (Update the part about Blacephalon since that's banned now; include a couple of specific examples of things that help w/ Heatran matchup)

[SET]
name: Sheer Force Life Orb All Out Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with access to a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted attacks which, coupled with Life Orb, it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker (RC) able to hit many a multitude of Pokémon super effectively. Its access to BoltBeam boosted by Sheer Force, coupled with its very good 120 Special Attack, allows Genesect to threaten many of the defensive Pokémon ubiquitous in the metagame such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last lots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks have been revealed. Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel types such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball to OHKO Swampert, and Iron Head to pass through the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame, but is always limited by its moveset. Chosen attacks are very adaptable, depending on the needs of your team. Depending of the chosen moveslot, the spread can change, the most classic being to maximize Special Attack to wallbreak as efficiently as possible, but you can invest it in Attack in order to have better rolls to 2HKO Blissey with Iron Head.

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and is in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. However, Genesect has a slightly better Speed, a greater bulk, and a Toxic immunity making it easier to setup. Therefore, Pokemon that can bring it safely on the field are excellent partners; Zarude and Tapu Koko offensively, and Blissey and Corviknight defensively are all pretty good. Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect's versatility and the pressure it exerts on the opposing team until its set is revealed such as Terrakion are good teammates too, as the opponent do not know which Pokemon they should sack to not lose to Genesect. However, the main weakness of this set lies in its difficulty in defeating Fire types, such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Zapdos Primordial Sea are necessary to allow Genesect to wallbreak efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to lure your opponent or to pass through specific Pokemon, to help teammate for example. A Tinted Lens set alongside with the Choice Band, with a super powerful U-turn, or with Shift Gear in order to break though Corviknight and kill something without fail with boosted Explosion, is also a great lure option. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for the Ability Flash Fire and a full physical set, but this set lacks damages overall to beat other checks and still lose against Mold Breaker Heatran. Sets exploiting its access to Extreme Speed can be considered, with Refrigerate, Galvanize, or Tough Claws, but those sets are often outclassed by other Genesect sets and other users of Extreme Speed such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can be used to muscle through would-be checks, but this set is not reliable, very luck-reliant, and cannot beat Heatran unless if you are incredibly lucky. Lastly, a physical set of sweeper with Guts, the Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through defensive walls with more ease, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and is often a niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire types and Fire coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire types, because it doesn't have any super effective coverage. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage on it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as opposing walls such as Swampert, Blissey, and Heatran knows that Genesect cannot threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Had several contextual things I felt needed changing

 

[Osake]

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yooo I thought that day would never come
Implemented, thank you sooo much !

 

[Isaiah]

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[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

While being able to be one of the strongest wallbreaker in the tier, as well as a very strong pivot and Already one of the tier's strongest wallbreakers and a soft check to plenty of threats, Genesect is also one of the scariest sweeper in the tier thanks to its access to Shift Gear, that a terrifying sweeper thanks to Shift Gear, which lets it outspeed all the metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. Its access to BoltBeam coverage, alongside with its ability to regain health while inflicting damage with Leech Life, makes Genesect able to sweep or clean a weakened team in only one setup turn. After this one setup turn, it can sweep or clean with BoltBeam coverage and recovery while attacking with Leech Life. No Guard is the most powerful choice ability because of the high base power attacks and opportunities to spread paralysis thanks to Zap Cannon, which allows Genesect to cripple its checks and beat them more easily, as well as helping it enables high Base Power attacks and reliable Zap Cannon paralysis. This paralysis allows Genesect to beat its checks more easily and help other teammates to sweep later in the game. On the other hand, because Sheer Force can both be an all out attacker or a Shift Gear set, it can take advantage of the surprise factor to try and set up a sweep. Sheer Force with Ice Beam and Thunderbolt gives Genesect surprise factor, because those moves aren't exclusive to Shift Gear sets. The Hasty nature coupled with 32 EVs in Attack allows Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shit Shift Gear, which is useful to keep Genesect healthy while it healthy. The Speed EVs outspeed Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect spreading paralysis on paralyzing Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Blissey are very good partners, (AC) as they can help it overwhelm those checks together. Thus, Primarina is a good teammate, being able to defeat almost all the checks in the meta and checks. Primarina is a good example that can beat almost all of Genesect's checks, overwhelming Ferrothorn with Genesect, as well as it and threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Defensively, Shift Gear sets doesn’t need much support as it's mainly a sweeper set. Being able to bring Genesect one or two times on the field is needed though, and important, so fast pivots such as Choice Scarf Azelf and Landorus-T are good partners. Spikes support is also useful to weaken switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks. (this is true for pretty much all offensive mons and, like, blizzard isn't doing so much that spikes lets you 2hko it or something. we can talk if the spikes point is important to spell out for some particular reason)

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and its respectable bulk, Genesect can be used as a soft check for soft check many threats while being a solid revenge killer when equipped with the with Choice Scarf. Its Steel type allows it to come on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele and Latios, and its decent bulk lets it come on neutral weak attacks, such as the ones those of Tapu Koko. With the Choice Scarf, Genesect is faster than almost all the metagame, being outsped only outsped by Unburden users like Kommo-o and relevant faster Choice Scarf users such as Azelf; this allows it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effectiveness. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost all the frail threats; the whole metagame; (I imagine this makes sense? pokemon like zapdos and ferrothorn aren't really "frail threats") Iron Head hits soft-checked Fairy-types (added hyphen) such as Tapu Lele that it soft checks, Ice Beam threatens Dragon-, Ground-, and Flying-types (added all 3 hyphens) such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel types that resist Steel-types that don't mind the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. The EV spread maximizes Genesect's Special Attack because Flamethrower and Ice Beam lack power without investment, and full investment in Speed ensures that Genesect is outspeeding as many foes as possible. A lots Full Special Attack investment ensures Flamethrower and Ice Beam aren't underpowered. A lot of other EV spreads can be considered, such as a one with 104 EVs in Attack to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele, or one with a lot of defensive investments to come easily come on the field. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?)

Genesect's capacity to threaten a lot of offensive Pokemon thanks to its coverage means that it regularly forces switches; thus, breakers that can abuse Pokemon such as Tapu Fini and Blissey, that are common answers to this set, make good partners : Terrakionn, Tapu Koko, and Zarude all fulfill this role efficiently. Genesect's coverage regularly forces offensive Pokemon to switch out; they may pivot into Tapu Fini and Blissey, common answers to this set, making wallbreakers that exploit them like Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude good partners. The last two mentionned are particularly good with Genesect, as they too can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Moreover, this set is a good middleground to common special attackers such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko, especially with bulk investment. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, especially with bulk investment, and in return they offer answers to Fire and Fighting types answer Fire- and Fighting-types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thundebolt Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

This Genesect set exploits its access to the powerful Steel STAB Steel Beam, whose recoil is cancelled by Magic Guard, which also allows it to benefit from the Life Orb boost without any drawback. Because Steel type resists are typically weak to Genesect's coverage moves such as Flamethrower and Energy Ball, runs Magic Guard to use the powerful STAB Steel Beam and Life Orb without recoil. Because Steel-resistant Pokemon are typically too scared of Genesect's coverage moves to switch in, (I assume so?) this set reduces predictions and allows Genesect to do massive damage to neutral targets in situations where the Sheer Force set would struggle. secures massive damage on neutral targets, which all-out attacker sets struggle to do. (I imagine that's the "sheer force set" you meant?) Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to come easily come on the field and use U-turn to keep the momentum without being chipped. Without the boost of Sheer Force, coverage moves like Thunderbolt and Energy Ball the coverage moves are slightly less strong than they could be, but it's they're generally enough to power through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Swampert. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?) A mixed Steel Beam + Magic Guard set with Shift Gear could be considered, but you usually prefer Sheer Force or No Guard on those No Guard or Sheer Force on Shift Gear sets.

If you are opting for a wallbreaker or a sweeper set, the good partners are similar to the Sheer Force set. Repeatedly bring Genesect against into foes it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, and Swampert with the appropriate pivots, pivots such as Zarude and Tapu Koko, and try to wallbreak as many times as possible. However, if you are using U-turn, powerful breakers such as Primarina and Terrakion are great partners as they can come freely on the field to Koko. Powerful wallbreakers such as Primarina and Terrakion use Genesect's U-turn to freely threaten foes like Blissey and Heatran. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert and Garchomp works well with this set, to helps this set chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running this set instead of Genesect over other Magic Guard users such as Volcarona. Defensively, Genesect still needs a solid backbone against Fire-types, (added hyphen) especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doesn't do much too, so partners like Primordial Sea Zapdos are appreciated.

[SET]
name: All Out All-out Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with access to a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted attacks, (AC) it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker able to hit many Pokemon (removed E accent) super effectively. Its access to BoltBeam boosted by Sheer Force, coupled with its very good 120 Special Attack, allows Genesect to threaten many of the effectively, even if it has some four-moveslot syndrome. Boltbeam with Sheer Force and a very good Special Attack allows Genesect to threaten many of the defensive Pokémon ubiquitous in the metagame metagame's ubiquitous defensive Pokemon, such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last moveslots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks have been revealed. Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel-types (added hyphen) such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball is there to OHKO Swampert, and Iron Head to can pass through the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame, (either say something like "with more niche options like ____ beating ___" or "...defeat the entire metagame with these three moves, but it can't run them all at once.") but is always limited by its moveset. Chosen attacks are very adaptable, depending on the needs of your team. Depending of the chosen moveslot, the spread can change, the most classic being to maximize Special Attack to wallbreak as efficiently as possible, but you can invest it in Attack in order to have better rolls With Iron Head, investing EVs in Attack is an option for better odds to 2HKO Blissey with Iron Head. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?)

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and it's in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. However, Genesect has a slightly better Speed, a greater bulk, and a Toxic immunity making it easier to setup. Therefore, Pokemon that can bring it safely on the field are excellent partners; Zarude and Tapu Koko offensively, and Blissey and Corviknight defensively are all pretty good. Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect's versatility and the pressure it exerts on the opposing team until its set is revealed such as Terrakion are good teammates too, as the opponent do not know which Pokemon they should sack to not lose to Genesect. Even though Genesect is the bulkier of the two, safe entry from Pokemon like Zarude, Tapu Koko, Blissey, and Corviknight is excellent for any wallbreaker. This set's unpredictability means opponents might end up sacking an important Pokemon to it, which strong teammates like Terrakion can take advantage of. (I hope this still makes sense. lmk if i missed something) However, the main weakness of this set lies in is its difficulty in defeating Fire-types, (added hyphen) such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Zapdos Primordial Sea Zapdos are necessary to allow Genesect to wallbreak efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to lure your opponent or to pass through specific Pokemon, to help teammate for example. A Tinted Lens set alongside with the Choice Band, with a super powerful U-turn, or with Shift Gear in order to break though Corviknight and kill something without fail with boosted Explosion, is also a great lure option. surprise your opponent or pass through specific Pokemon for teammates. A Tinted Lens set can use Choice Band for a super powerful U-turn or Shift Gear to break through Corviknight and guarantee some KO with boosted Explosion. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for the Ability Flash Fire and a fullly physical set, but this set lacks damages overall to beat other checks and still loses against Mold Breaker Heatran. Sets exploiting its access to Extreme Speed can be considered, Extreme Speed sets with Refrigerate, Galvanize, or Tough Claws can be considered, but those sets they are often outclassed by other Genesect sets and other users of Extreme Speed Extreme Speed users such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can be used to muscle through would-be checks, but this set is not reliable, very luck-reliant, and cannot beat Heatran unless if you are incredibly lucky. very luck reliant, needing incredible luck to beat Heatran. Lastly, a physical set of sweeper set with Guts, the Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through defensive walls with more ease, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and is often a ends up a very niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire types and Fire coverage**: **Fire-types and Fire-type Coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire types, Fire-types because it doesn't have any viable super effective coverage for them. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage on of it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as opposing walls such as Swampert, Blissey, and Heatran knows that Genesect cannot threaten them. each set loses to one or more walls like Swampert and Blissey.

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- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
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[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

While being able to be one of the strongest wallbreaker in the tier, as well as a very strong pivot and Already one of the tier's strongest wallbreakers and a soft check to plenty of threats, Genesect is also one of the scariest sweeper in the tier thanks to its access to Shift Gear, that a terrifying sweeper thanks to Shift Gear, which lets it outspeed all the metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. Its access to BoltBeam coverage, alongside with its ability to regain health while inflicting damage with Leech Life, makes Genesect able to sweep or clean a weakened team in only one setup turn. After this one setup turn, it can sweep or clean with BoltBeam coverage and recovery while attacking with Leech Life. No Guard is the most powerful choice ability because of the high base power attacks and opportunities to spread paralysis thanks to Zap Cannon, which allows Genesect to cripple its checks and beat them more easily, as well as helping it enables high Base Power attacks and reliable Zap Cannon paralysis. This paralysis allows Genesect to beat its checks more easily and help other teammates to sweep later in the game. On the other hand, because Sheer Force can both be an all out attacker or a Shift Gear set, it can take advantage of the surprise factor to try and set up a sweep. Sheer Force with Ice Beam and Thunderbolt gives Genesect surprise factor, because those moves aren't exclusive to Shift Gear sets. The Hasty nature coupled with 32 EVs in Attack allows Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shit Shift Gear, which is useful to keep Genesect healthy while it healthy. The Speed EVs outspeed Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect spreading paralysis on paralyzing Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Blissey are very good partners, (AC) as they can help it overwhelm those checks together. Thus, Primarina is a good teammate, being able to defeat almost all the checks in the meta and checks. Primarina is a good example that can beat almost all of Genesect's checks, overwhelming Ferrothorn with Genesect, as well as it and threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Defensively, Shift Gear sets doesn’t need much support as it's mainly a sweeper set. Being able to bring Genesect one or two times on the field is needed though, and important, so fast pivots such as Choice Scarf Azelf and Landorus-T are good partners. Spikes support is also useful to weaken switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks. (this is true for pretty much all offensive mons and, like, blizzard isn't doing so much that spikes lets you 2hko it or something. we can talk if the spikes point is important to spell out for some particular reason)

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and its respectable bulk, Genesect can be used as a soft check for soft check many threats while being a solid revenge killer when equipped with the with Choice Scarf. Its Steel type allows it to come on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele and Latios, and its decent bulk lets it come on neutral weak attacks, such as the ones those of Tapu Koko. With the Choice Scarf, Genesect is faster than almost all the metagame, being outsped only outsped by Unburden users like Kommo-o and relevant faster Choice Scarf users such as Azelf; this allows it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effectiveness. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost all the frail threats; the whole metagame; (I imagine this makes sense? pokemon like zapdos and ferrothorn aren't really "frail threats") Iron Head hits soft-checked Fairy-types (added hyphen) such as Tapu Lele that it soft checks, Ice Beam threatens Dragon-, Ground-, and Flying-types (added all 3 hyphens) such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel types that resist Steel-types that don't mind the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. The EV spread maximizes Genesect's Special Attack because Flamethrower and Ice Beam lack power without investment, and full investment in Speed ensures that Genesect is outspeeding as many foes as possible. A lots Full Special Attack investment ensures Flamethrower and Ice Beam aren't underpowered. A lot of other EV spreads can be considered, such as a one with 104 EVs in Attack to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele, or one with a lot of defensive investments to come easily come on the field. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?)

Genesect's capacity to threaten a lot of offensive Pokemon thanks to its coverage means that it regularly forces switches; thus, breakers that can abuse Pokemon such as Tapu Fini and Blissey, that are common answers to this set, make good partners : Terrakionn, Tapu Koko, and Zarude all fulfill this role efficiently. Genesect's coverage regularly forces offensive Pokemon to switch out; they may pivot into Tapu Fini and Blissey, common answers to this set, making wallbreakers that exploit them like Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude good partners. The last two mentionned are particularly good with Genesect, as they too can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Moreover, this set is a good middleground to common special attackers such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko, especially with bulk investment. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, especially with bulk investment, and in return they offer answers to Fire and Fighting types answer Fire- and Fighting-types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thundebolt Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

This Genesect set exploits its access to the powerful Steel STAB Steel Beam, whose recoil is cancelled by Magic Guard, which also allows it to benefit from the Life Orb boost without any drawback. Because Steel type resists are typically weak to Genesect's coverage moves such as Flamethrower and Energy Ball, runs Magic Guard to use the powerful STAB Steel Beam and Life Orb without recoil. Because Steel-resistant Pokemon are typically too scared of Genesect's coverage moves to switch in, (I assume so?) this set reduces predictions and allows Genesect to do massive damage to neutral targets in situations where the Sheer Force set would struggle. secures massive damage on neutral targets, which all-out attacker sets struggle to do. (I imagine that's the "sheer force set" you meant?) Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to come easily come on the field and use U-turn to keep the momentum without being chipped. Without the boost of Sheer Force, coverage moves like Thunderbolt and Energy Ball the coverage moves are slightly less strong than they could be, but it's they're generally enough to power through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Swampert. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?) A mixed Steel Beam + Magic Guard set with Shift Gear could be considered, but you usually prefer Sheer Force or No Guard on those No Guard or Sheer Force on Shift Gear sets.

If you are opting for a wallbreaker or a sweeper set, the good partners are similar to the Sheer Force set. Repeatedly bring Genesect against into foes it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, and Swampert with the appropriate pivots, pivots such as Zarude and Tapu Koko, and try to wallbreak as many times as possible. However, if you are using U-turn, powerful breakers such as Primarina and Terrakion are great partners as they can come freely on the field to Koko. Powerful wallbreakers such as Primarina and Terrakion use Genesect's U-turn to freely threaten foes like Blissey and Heatran. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert and Garchomp works well with this set, to helps this set chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running this set instead of Genesect over other Magic Guard users such as Volcarona. Defensively, Genesect still needs a solid backbone against Fire-types, (added hyphen) especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doesn't do much too, so partners like Primordial Sea Zapdos are appreciated.

[SET]
name: All Out All-out Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with access to a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted attacks, (AC) it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker able to hit many Pokemon (removed E accent) super effectively. Its access to BoltBeam boosted by Sheer Force, coupled with its very good 120 Special Attack, allows Genesect to threaten many of the effectively, even if it has some four-moveslot syndrome. Boltbeam with Sheer Force and a very good Special Attack allows Genesect to threaten many of the defensive Pokémon ubiquitous in the metagame metagame's ubiquitous defensive Pokemon, such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last moveslots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks have been revealed. Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel-types (added hyphen) such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball is there to OHKO Swampert, and Iron Head to can pass through the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame, (either say something like "with more niche options like ____ beating ___" or "...defeat the entire metagame with these three moves, but it can't run them all at once.") but is always limited by its moveset. Chosen attacks are very adaptable, depending on the needs of your team. Depending of the chosen moveslot, the spread can change, the most classic being to maximize Special Attack to wallbreak as efficiently as possible, but you can invest it in Attack in order to have better rolls With Iron Head, investing EVs in Attack is an option for better odds to 2HKO Blissey with Iron Head. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. (I assume?)

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and it's in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. However, Genesect has a slightly better Speed, a greater bulk, and a Toxic immunity making it easier to setup. Therefore, Pokemon that can bring it safely on the field are excellent partners; Zarude and Tapu Koko offensively, and Blissey and Corviknight defensively are all pretty good. Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect's versatility and the pressure it exerts on the opposing team until its set is revealed such as Terrakion are good teammates too, as the opponent do not know which Pokemon they should sack to not lose to Genesect. Even though Genesect is the bulkier of the two, safe entry from Pokemon like Zarude, Tapu Koko, Blissey, and Corviknight is excellent for any wallbreaker. This set's unpredictability means opponents might end up sacking an important Pokemon to it, which strong teammates like Terrakion can take advantage of. (I hope this still makes sense. lmk if i missed something) However, the main weakness of this set lies in is its difficulty in defeating Fire-types, (added hyphen) such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Zapdos Primordial Sea Zapdos are necessary to allow Genesect to wallbreak efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to lure your opponent or to pass through specific Pokemon, to help teammate for example. A Tinted Lens set alongside with the Choice Band, with a super powerful U-turn, or with Shift Gear in order to break though Corviknight and kill something without fail with boosted Explosion, is also a great lure option. surprise your opponent or pass through specific Pokemon for teammates. A Tinted Lens set can use Choice Band for a super powerful U-turn or Shift Gear to break through Corviknight and guarantee some KO with boosted Explosion. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for the Ability Flash Fire and a fullly physical set, but this set lacks damages overall to beat other checks and still loses against Mold Breaker Heatran. Sets exploiting its access to Extreme Speed can be considered, Extreme Speed sets with Refrigerate, Galvanize, or Tough Claws can be considered, but those sets they are often outclassed by other Genesect sets and other users of Extreme Speed Extreme Speed users such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can be used to muscle through would-be checks, but this set is not reliable, very luck-reliant, and cannot beat Heatran unless if you are incredibly lucky. very luck reliant, needing incredible luck to beat Heatran. Lastly, a physical set of sweeper set with Guts, the Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through defensive walls with more ease, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and is often a ends up a very niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire types and Fire coverage**: **Fire-types and Fire-type Coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire types, Fire-types because it doesn't have any viable super effective coverage for them. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage on of it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as opposing walls such as Swampert, Blissey, and Heatran knows that Genesect cannot threaten them. each set loses to one or more walls like Swampert and Blissey.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [ , ]]

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[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Zap Cannon / Thunderbolt
move 2: Blizzard / Ice Beam
move 3: Shift Gear
move 4: Leech Life
item: Life Orb
ability: No Guard / Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Already one of the tier's strongest wallbreakers and a soft check to plenty of threats most versitile Pokemon, Genesect is also a terrifying sweeper thanks to Shift Gear, which lets it outspeed all the virtually the entire metagame, including Choice Scarf users, after a boost. After this one setup turn, it can sweep or clean with its BoltBeam coverage and recovery while attacking with Leech Life recover HP with Leech Life. No Guard is the most powerful ability because it enables high Base Power attacks and reliable Zap Cannon paralysis ability, as it allows Genesect to run higher Base Power moves like Zap Cannon and Blizzard. This paralysis Additionally, the paralysis from Zap Cannon allows Genesect to beat its checks more easily and help other teammates to sweep later in the game as well. On the other hand Alternatively, Sheer Force with Ice Beam and Thunderbolt gives Genesect surprise factor, because as those moves aren't exclusive to Shift Gear sets. The A Hasty nature coupled with 32 EVs in Attack Attack EVs allows Genesect to 2HKO Dauntless Shield Mew with Leech Life after a Shift Gear, which is useful to keep it healthy. The Gear, while the Speed EVs outspeed Modest Lele before boosting.

Pokemon that can take advantage of Genesect paralyzing Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Blissey are very good partners, as they can help it overwhelm checks. Primarina is a good example that can beat almost all of Genesect's checks, overwhelming Ferrothorn with it and threatening Heatran and Volcarona. Being able to bring Genesect one or two times on the field is important Genesect appreciates being brought in safely to preserve HP for setting up, so fast pivots such as Choice Scarf Azelf and Landorus-T are good partners. Entry hazard support is also useful to weaken switch-ins, such as Ferrothorn, and put them in range of Genesect’s attacks.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Regenerator
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its great typing and respectable bulk, Genesect can soft check many threats while being also serving as a solid revenge killer with Choice Scarf. Its Steel type allows it to come in on Psychic-types and Dragon-types such as Tapu Lele and Latios, and its decent bulk lets it come on neutral weak switch into weak neutral attacks, such those of Tapu Koko as Tapu Koko's Thunderbolt. With Choice Scarf, Genesect is only outsped by Unburden users like Kommo-o and faster Choice Scarf users such as Azelf; this allows it to pivot easily to maximize Regenerator's effectiveness frequently pivot safely and maximize Regenerator's recovery. Thanks to its great movepool, Genesect can threaten almost the whole entire metagame; Iron Head hits soft checked Fairy-types such as Tapu Lele, Ice Beam threatens Dragon-, Ground-, and Flying-types such as Zapdos and Garchomp, and Flamethrower hits Steel-types that don't mind the other attacks, such as Genesect and Ferrothorn. Full Special Attack investment ensures Flamethrower and Ice Beam aren't underpowered get key KOs such as give an example or two. A lot of other EV spreads can be considered, such as one with 104 EVs in Attack to ensure the OHKO on uninvested Tapu Lele, or one with a lot of defensive investment to easily come on the field The EV spread is highly customizable based on team needs; 104 Attack EVs secures the OHKO on Tapu Lele with Iron Head, while maximum HP investment can allow Genesect to switch into stronger attacks like Tapu Lele's Focus Blast. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear.

Genesect's coverage regularly forces offensive Pokemon to switch out; they may pivot into Tapu Fini and Blissey, common Blissey are common answers to this set, making wallbreakers that exploit them like Terrakion, Tapu Koko, and Zarude good partners. The last two are particularly good with Genesect, as they too can pivot quite easily to maintain the pressure on the opposite team. Defensively, Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Toxapex appreciate its ability to come on Tapu Lele, Tapu Koko, and Latios, especially with bulk investment, and in return they answer check Fire- and Fighting-types that threaten Genesect.

[SET]
name: Magic Guard
move 1: Steel Beam
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Energy Ball / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

This Genesect set runs Magic Guard to use Magic Guard Genesect is able to use the powerful STAB Steel Beam and Life Orb without recoil. Because Steel-resistant Pokemon are typically too scared of Genesect's coverage moves to switch in rarely switch into Genesect due to its wide coverage, this set reduces predictions and secures massive damage on neutral targets, which all-out attacker sets struggle to do. Thanks to Magic Guard, Genesect is also immune to entry hazards, which allows it to easily come on the field and use U-turn to keep the momentum. Without the boost of Sheer Force, the coverage moves are slightly less strong than they could be, Genesect's coverage moves lack any damage amplification from an ability, but they're generally strong enough to power through Pokemon that resist Steel Beam such as Toxapex and Swampert. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear. you do not mention what the coverage moves hit: Flamethrower gets Corv and Ferro, Thunderbolt gets Corv and Pex, Energy Ball gets Pert A mixed Steel Beam + Magic Guard set with Shift Gear could be considered, but you usually prefer No Guard or Sheer Force on Shift Gear sets is generally inferior to No Guard or Sheer Force sets.

Repeatedly bring Genesect into foes it can Genesect appreciates being brought in on Pokemon it can threaten such as Tapu Lele, Corviknight, and Swampert with pivots such as Zarude and Tapu Koko. Powerful wallbreakers such as Primarina and Terrakion use Genesect's U-turn to freely come in on and threaten foes like Blissey and Heatran. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Swampert and Garchomp helps this set chip answers while pivoting, which is the main point of running Genesect over other Magic Guard users such as Volcarona. Defensively, Genesect needs a solid backbone against switch-in to Fire-types, especially since Steel Beam really does nothing to Heatran and, without Sheer Force, Flamethrower doesn't do much too Heatran due to its 4x resistance to Steel Beam, so partners like Primordial Sea Zapdos are appreciated.

[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Energy Ball
move 4: Energy Ball / Iron Head
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
shiny: true

[SET COMMENTS]

Due to Genesect's immense movepool with a multitude of Sheer Force-boosted Force boosted attacks, it is an extremely powerful wallbreaker able to hit many Pokemon super effectively, even if it has some struggles with four-moveslot syndrome. Boltbeam BoltBeam with Sheer Force and a very good Special Attack allows Genesect to threaten many of the metagame's ubiquitous defensive Pokemon, such as Tapu Fini, Corviknight, and Kommo-o. The variety of options available on the two last moveslots makes Genesect very difficult to check until all of its attacks have been revealed. Flamethrower allows it to defeat Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Energy Ball is there to OHKO OHKOes Swampert, and Iron Head can pass through the sturdiest special walls such as Blissey. Genesect can theoretically defeat almost the entire metagame with these three moves, but it can't run them all at once. With Iron Head, investing EVs how many? in Attack is an option for better odds to 2HKO Blissey. Genesect is shiny to not reveal that it's lacking Shift Gear.

This Genesect set has very few switch-ins, and it's in competition with Tapu Lele as the best Sheer Force wallbreaker. Even though Genesect is the bulkier of the two has decent bulk and a solid defensive typing, safe entry from Pokemon like Zarude, Tapu Koko, Blissey, and Corviknight is excellent for any wallbreaker. This set's unpredictability means opponents might end up sacking an important Pokemon to it, which strong teammates like Terrakion can take advantage of. However, the main weakness of this set is its difficulty in defeating Fire-types, such as Volcarona and Heatran. Thus, solid answers to those Pokemon such as Primordial Sea Zapdos are necessary.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Since Genesect is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the metagame, numerous niche sets can be used to surprise your opponent or pass through specific Pokemon for teammates. A Tinted Lens set can use Choice Band for a super powerful U-turn or Shift Gear to break through Corviknight and guarantee some virtually guarantee a KO with boosted Explosion. In order to beat Heatran, its biggest check, Genesect can opt for Flash Fire and a fully physical set, but this set lacks damage overall to beat other checks and still loses against Mold Breaker Heatran. Extreme Speed sets with Refrigerate, Galvanize, or Tough Claws can be considered, but they are often outclassed by other Genesect sets and other Extreme Speed users such as Lucario. A set using Serene Grace and Iron Head can muscle through would-be checks, but this set is very luck reliant, needing incredible luck to beat Heatran. Lastly, a physical sweeper set with Guts, Flame Orb, and Facade can be considered to pass through walls with more ease, but this set usually shares the same counters as the others and ends up a very niche pick.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-types and Fire-type Coverage**: Genesect has a really hard time dealing with Fire-types because it doesn't have any viable super effective coverage for them Genesect struggles against Fire-types since they resist its STAB combination and are not weak to any of its coverage moves. Heatran especially takes almost nothing from Genesect and can take advantage of it.

**Walls**: Once Genesect has revealed its set, it becomes easier to deal with, as each set loses to one or more walls like Swampert and Blissey.

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- Written by: [[Osake, 524664]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523886], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [UT, 523866]]

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