Giyu
Tomioka
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf (Steel)
move 1: Eruption
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Dragon Pulse / Flash Cannon
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Heatran functions on Steel as a good lure for normally faster threats like Tapu Koko, Nidoking, and Landorus-T, easing the Electric, Ground, and Flying matchups. Eruption takes advantage of Heatran attacking first, threatening Tapu Koko, non-Choice Scarf Zarude, and Nidoking. Flash Fire-boosted Eruption is hard to check, threatening even walls such as Gastrodon, Galarian Slowking, and Toxapex. Flamethrower is a consistent STAB move in case Heatran gets damaged; it also cleans Grass and Steel teams late-game. Earth Power picks off weakened Fire-types like Cinderace and Victini. Dragon Pulse threatens Dragon-types such as Garchomp and Hydreigon. Flash Cannon is Heatran's best option against Cradily and Fire-neutral Ice-types such as Kyurem and Thick Fat Mamoswine.
Heatran provides a Fire-type immunity for its team and can revenge kill threats like Nidoking and Mamoswine. Substitute + Toxic Aegislash is a good teammate, as it deters Galarian Zapdos, Thundurus-T, and Choice Band Zeraora from using Fighting-type moves. Additionally, it wears down walls such as Mantine and Slowbro for Heatran. Celesteela, Corviknight and Skarmory are immune to Ground-type attacks, which lets them check threats to Heatran such as Excadrill and Garchomp. Ferrothorn deals with Water-types such as Barraskewda and Tapu Fini, chips Garchomp and Landorus-T with Leech Seed, and sets up entry hazards. Excadrill uses Rapid Spin so that Heatran can stay healthy enough to utilize Eruption. Additionally, Excadrill can use Swords Dance + Earthquake to remove Toxapex, one of Heatran's strongest checks. Melmetal checks Zeraora, which is still faster than Heatran, and breaks specially defensive walls such as Chansey and Slowking. Bisharp deals with bulky Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Porygon2, Clefable, and Galarian Slowking while also checking threats such as Dragapult and Swift Swim Barraskewda with Sucker Punch.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Overheat may be used over Flamethrower on Choice Scarf Heatran to consistently OHKO Zarude and non-Assault Vest Melmetal. However, the Special Attack drop means that Heatran has to always switch out, rendering it unable to clean Grass and Steel teams late-game.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[GiyuForPresident, 574288]]
- Steel analysis by: [[GiyuForPresident, 574288]]
- Quality checked by: [[Aqua Jet, 531302], [neko, 542526], [AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519], [UT, 523866]]
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