[OVERVIEW]
Glimmora is one of the best suicide leads, utilizing Stealth Rock and Spikes to pressure opposing Pokemon with chip damage and enabling teammates to secure KOs more leisurely. Glimmora's Poison typing allows it to clear Toxic Spikes set by Eternatus, opposing Glimmora, and Gliscor, which are usually incredibly threatening to the hyper offense teams Glimmora is found on. Finally, Glimmora's Toxic Debris ability deters attacks from Pokemon like Koraidon, Arceus, and Ho-Oh.
[SET]
Glimmora @ Focus Sash
Ability: Toxic Debris
Tera Type: Ghost / Flying / Steel
EVs: 4 HP / 176 Def / 76 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Spikes / Stealth Rock
- Memento / Dazzling Gleam
- Mud Shot
- Mortal Spin
[SET COMMENTS]
Spikes is Glimmora's most reliable hazard, chipping Koraidon, Zacian-C, Ting-Lu, and various Arceus formes. Alternatively, Stealth Rock hits targets like Landorus-T and Giratina-O, yet many Pokemon weak to Stealth Rock run Heavy-Duty Boots, so Spikes is the superior option the majority of the time. Memento allows Glimmora to disallow many sweepers like Calm Mind Tera Poison Arceus-Fairy, Arceus-Ground, or Covert Cloak Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM to set up, while Dazzling Gleam discourages Swords Dance Koraidon from setting up. Mud Shot stops Nasty Plot Calyrex-S, Zacian-C, and other powerful sweepers from setting up, letting Glimmora’s teammates safely enter the field. Mortal Spin removes hazards from Glimmora's side, in particular, Ribombee's Sticky Web, making it an effective counterlead against Sticky Web teams. In addition, Mortal Spin poisons frequent targets like Ting-Lu, various Arceus formes, and Ho-Oh, putting them on a timer and making a potential sweep far easier. Tera Ghost disallows Rapid Spin users like Iron Treads from clearing hazards, while Tera Steel stops opposing Glimmora from using Mortal Spin, also adding a Scale Shot resistance. Tera Flying offers Glimmora immunity to Ground-type moves, in particular, opposing Glimmora’s Mud Shot. Glimmora’s EV spread allows it to survive 5 Scale Shot hits from Jolly Koraidon and 4 Scale Shot hits from Adamant Koraidon.
Due to being a suicide lead exclusively used on hyper offense teams, potent sweepers like Arceus, Scale Shot Koraidon, and Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground appreciate the entry hazards that Glimmora sets, which wear down their main checks in defensive Arceus formes. Furthermore, Calyrex-S also works very well with Glimmora, as one of its main checks in Ting-Lu does not usually hold Heavy-Duty Boots, making Ting-Lu vulnerable to Glimmora's hazards. Deoxys-S threatens Glimmora greatly, as it is capable of breaking its Focus Sash, as well as threatening to stop Glimmora from using hazards with Taunt. Furthermore, Hatterene's Magic Bounce threatens to stop Glimmora from using its hazards. Glimmora is also frequently used on Grimmsnarl screens teams, where Glimmora discourages Ribombee leads while providing valuable hazards.
[SET CREDITS]
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Power Gem could be considered as it does significant damage to Ho-Oh, yet Ho-Oh does not frequently stay in against Glimmora, and thus, it is rendered useless the vast majority of the time. Glimmora could also consider using Toxic, which could cripple sweepers trying to stay in against it, but it is not worth using a moveslot over the other moves mentioned above, nearly all of the time. Sludge Wave could also be used over Mortal Spin, hitting Hatterene and Arceus-Fairy, but once again, it isn’t ideal due to the aforementioned reasons.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Eternatus**: Eternatus's Poison typing allows it to absorb the Toxic Spikes Glimmora sets, while 2HKOing Glimmora with Dynamax Cannon and taking minimal damage from Mud Shot.
**Deoxys-S**: Deoxys-S leads threatens to break Glimmora's Focus Sash with Psycho Boost, while also threatening to use Taunt, putting Glimmora in an unfavorable situation where it needs to predict its opponent twice in a row.
**Hatterene** Hatterene's Magic Bounce makes it a profound threat to Glimmora hyper offense teams. However, it still needs to be cautious about the extremely niche but usable Sludge Bomb.
[CREDITS
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Glimmora is one of the best suicide leads, utilizing Stealth Rock and Spikes to pressure opposing Pokemon with chip damage and enabling teammates to secure KOs more leisurely. Glimmora's Poison typing allows it to clear Toxic Spikes set by Eternatus, opposing Glimmora, and Gliscor, which are usually incredibly threatening to the hyper offense teams Glimmora is found on. Finally, Glimmora's Toxic Debris ability deters attacks from Pokemon like Koraidon, Arceus, and Ho-Oh.
[SET]
Glimmora @ Focus Sash
Ability: Toxic Debris
Tera Type: Ghost / Flying / Steel
EVs: 4 HP / 176 Def / 76 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Spikes / Stealth Rock
- Memento / Dazzling Gleam
- Mud Shot
- Mortal Spin
[SET COMMENTS]
Spikes is Glimmora's most reliable hazard, chipping Koraidon, Zacian-C, Ting-Lu, and various Arceus formes. Alternatively, Stealth Rock hits targets like Landorus-T and Giratina-O, yet many Pokemon weak to Stealth Rock run Heavy-Duty Boots, so Spikes is the superior option the majority of the time. Memento allows Glimmora to disallow many sweepers like Calm Mind Tera Poison Arceus-Fairy, Arceus-Ground, or Covert Cloak Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM to set up, while Dazzling Gleam discourages Swords Dance Koraidon from setting up. Mud Shot stops Nasty Plot Calyrex-S, Zacian-C, and other powerful sweepers from setting up, letting Glimmora’s teammates safely enter the field. Mortal Spin removes hazards from Glimmora's side, in particular, Ribombee's Sticky Web, making it an effective counterlead against Sticky Web teams. In addition, Mortal Spin poisons frequent targets like Ting-Lu, various Arceus formes, and Ho-Oh, putting them on a timer and making a potential sweep far easier. Tera Ghost disallows Rapid Spin users like Iron Treads from clearing hazards, while Tera Steel stops opposing Glimmora from using Mortal Spin, also adding a Scale Shot resistance. Tera Flying offers Glimmora immunity to Ground-type moves, in particular, opposing Glimmora’s Mud Shot. Glimmora’s EV spread allows it to survive 5 Scale Shot hits from Jolly Koraidon and 4 Scale Shot hits from Adamant Koraidon.
Due to being a suicide lead exclusively used on hyper offense teams, potent sweepers like Arceus, Scale Shot Koraidon, and Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground appreciate the entry hazards that Glimmora sets, which wear down their main checks in defensive Arceus formes. Furthermore, Calyrex-S also works very well with Glimmora, as one of its main checks in Ting-Lu does not usually hold Heavy-Duty Boots, making Ting-Lu vulnerable to Glimmora's hazards. Deoxys-S threatens Glimmora greatly, as it is capable of breaking its Focus Sash, as well as threatening to stop Glimmora from using hazards with Taunt. Furthermore, Hatterene's Magic Bounce threatens to stop Glimmora from using its hazards. Glimmora is also frequently used on Grimmsnarl screens teams, where Glimmora discourages Ribombee leads while providing valuable hazards.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/jk.665318/
Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/adhi.631210/
Grammar checked by:
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Power Gem could be considered as it does significant damage to Ho-Oh, yet Ho-Oh does not frequently stay in against Glimmora, and thus, it is rendered useless the vast majority of the time. Glimmora could also consider using Toxic, which could cripple sweepers trying to stay in against it, but it is not worth using a moveslot over the other moves mentioned above, nearly all of the time. Sludge Wave could also be used over Mortal Spin, hitting Hatterene and Arceus-Fairy, but once again, it isn’t ideal due to the aforementioned reasons.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Eternatus**: Eternatus's Poison typing allows it to absorb the Toxic Spikes Glimmora sets, while 2HKOing Glimmora with Dynamax Cannon and taking minimal damage from Mud Shot.
**Deoxys-S**: Deoxys-S leads threatens to break Glimmora's Focus Sash with Psycho Boost, while also threatening to use Taunt, putting Glimmora in an unfavorable situation where it needs to predict its opponent twice in a row.
**Hatterene** Hatterene's Magic Bounce makes it a profound threat to Glimmora hyper offense teams. However, it still needs to be cautious about the extremely niche but usable Sludge Bomb.
[CREDITS
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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