1v1 Magearna [QC 3/3] [GP 2 / 2]

[DEG]

Magearna
QC [3/3] by motogp, charizard8888, MaceMaster
GP [0/2]​

[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel / Fairy typing is one of the best in the game, especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes, allowing it to sponge hits from popular Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokemon. Magearna's typing is also great offensively, as it can hit opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon super effectively. Magearna also has stats that complement its typing, making it easier to survive hits and deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which, when paired with Fairium Z, can OHKO a good portion of the metagame, and its movepool has other great options such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam and Energy Ball. However, its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, Magearna is weak to common Fire- and Ground-type attacks, which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage to or OHKO it before it sets up, such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense + Fairium Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 48 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB move, and it is all Magearna needs to nail important Pokemon. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's Defense, making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax, which would otherwise easily OHKO or 2HKO it. Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack, which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away at the foe while avoiding the OHKO against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down such as Mega Metagross. It also helps Magearna defeat stall Pokemon such as Chansey.

Set Details
========

Fairium Z turns Fleur Cannon into a powerful Twinkle Tackle, which allows it to fire off a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. 212 Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and a Bold nature allow Magearna to survive a Tectonic Rage followed by Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost. 48 Special Defense EV's Magearna to take Choice Specs Naganadel's Fire Blast.

Usage Tips
========

Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that do not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it, such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users, including Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However, avoid sending Magearna out against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Landorus. The correct way to use Magearna depends on the foe; for example, if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must use Iron Defense, Pain Split, and Twinkle Tackle, in that order. This move sequence allows Magearna to tank at least two hits and recover its health in order to survive another hit. Simultaneously, Magearna breaks Sturdy, which allows it to finish off the foe with Twinkle Tackle. Against foes that are weak to Fairy-type moves, Magearna should use Twinkle Tackle first in order to not waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite. In this case, Magearna must use Iron Defense and then Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage; then, Magearna must use Twinkle Tackle to OHKO Dragonite and win the matchup. However, be wary that Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. Additionally, Magearna should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z.

Team Options
========

Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp, and Charizard can easily defeat it, which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon like Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute + Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP stalling from Deoxys-S defeat Magearna, so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option. Furthermore, some Steel-types such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone give Magearna trouble, especially if they use stat-lowering moves, making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

A Choice Specs set with Fleur Cannon / Flash Cannon / Energy Ball / Hidden Power Fire gives Magearna a better matchup against some Pokemon the given set doesn't beat or rarely beats, such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert, but Magearna then misses out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan. Magearna can also utilize two other sets to lure in and beat Ground-types; the first is an Air Balloon set with an EV spread of 232 HP / 240 SpA / 26 SpD and a Modest nature, while the second is a Shuca Berry set with an EV spread of 100 HP / 132 Def / 60 SpA / 216 and a Modest nature. The Air Balloon set's EVs allow Magearna to hit harder and secure more OHKOs than the Shuca Berry set, such as against Gyarados with Thunderbolt and Naganadel with Fleur Cannon, but this set mandates the use of Magnet Rise. On the other hand, the Shuca Berry set's defensive investment lets Magearna hits, and the set doesn't require Magearna to run Magnet Rise, but it doesn't hit as hard. Ice Beam is mandatory on both sets.

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

**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, and Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it can set up Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with Stat-lowering Moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's Special Defense and OHKO it with Gigavolt Havoc or Never-Ending Nightmare respectively. Some other Steel-types can beat it if they run specific moves such as Mega Metagross with Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP stall, which allows it to survive a Twinkle Tackle. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed, as Magearna doesn't have a way to recover HP after Jumpluff sets up a Substitute. Curse Mimikyu also beats Magearna, as it chips away Magearna's health while behind a Substitute.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[DEG, 234355]]
- Quality checked by: [[motogp, 412409], [charizard8888, 333554], [MaceMaster, 302951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Fireflame479, 231476], [The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[motogp]

+One of the best typing in-the game [Steel/Fairy] granting it great resistances for defensive purposes and also acts as an offensive tool
+Great defensive stats which allows it to sponge most attacks from powerful Pokemon
+Great offensive stats+signature move which allows it to hit and ohko OHKO a good portion of the metagame
+Moveset that goes well with its stats with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense and some coverage moves
-Useless ability for the 1v1 metagame
-Is weak to Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon which are the most popular attacks in the metagame
-Relatively slow which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that beats it before it sets up i.e Zard X, Groundium-Z Garchomp, Excadrill, Zygarde-C


[SET]
name: Iron Defense Fairium-Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 24 SpA / 24 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
-Fleur Cannon is Magarna's special move and the strongest to use in the 1v1 metagame as it only needs it to nail important wins
-Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB special move,and is all it needs to nail important wins.
-Iron Defense boosts Magearna defensive stats making it able to beat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, especially if they are slower than it such as both Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax which otherwise can easily OHKO or 2HKO it
-Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur and Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion.
-Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together as they can defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemin in the metagame
-Pain Split allows Magearna to chips away the opponent to avoid the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense or to while also allowing it to replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna health down such as Mega Metagross and Mega Venusaur.

Set Details
========

-Fairium-Z boosts Fleur Cannon to a powerful Twinkle Tackle which allows it to nail a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop
-Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Golem and Donphan
-HP EVs and Bold nature allows Magearna to live a Tectonic Rage from both of them after an Iron Defense boost.
-The rest are dumped in Special Attack and Special Defense allows it to deal superior damage output and sponge special hits better like an Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z better.
Are the SpD EVs optimized to live anything relevant? If not,consider moving them onto SpA

Usage Tips
========

-Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, Sawk
Choice Band Sawk with Earthquake defeats Magearna and other Sturdy users.
-Avoid sending Magearna against faster Pokemon that carry super effective moves specially from Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, Landorus, and more.
-Magearna plays depends on the opponent, per example if Magearna is up against a Sturdy user it must first Iron Defense, Pain Split then Twinkle Tackle.This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent off with Twinkle Tackle.
-Meanwhile against opponent that are weak to Fairy-type moves you should utilize use the Z-move in the first turn to not in order not to waste time, except if it's against Dragonite where you must Iron Defense first, then Pain Split to break Multiscale, it's no a guaranteed win too. unless you are up against Dragonite,in which case you must Iron Defense,then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage and then use Twinkle Tackle to win the matchup (unless the Dragonite has a Choice Band and Earthquake,in which case it wins no matter what you do)
-Magearna should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z

Team Options
========
-Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp and Charizard can easily defeat it which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates.
-Some stall tactics such as Substitute Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a nice start. good option.
-Some Steel-types Pokemon gives give Magearna troubles trouble,especially if they use stat lowering moves.Some examples would be such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Metal Sound Magnezone making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

-A Choice Specs Magearna with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Fire gives it an easier time am better chance against some Pokemon the previous set doesn't or rarely beats such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert but you miss out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan
-Air Balloon or Shucca Berry makes Magearna a lure to most,if not all Ground-type Pokemon,from Golem and Donphan to Zygarde-C and Garchomp. It is becomes immune to their Ground-type moves, except Thousand Arrows, and beats them with Fleur Cannon.

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

**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before allowing it to set up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind. before it can set up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with stat lowering moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists resist Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's special defense and OHKO respectively with Electrium-Z with Thunder and Ghostium-Z with Shadow Ball. Meanwhile, some other Steel-types can partially beat it such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: Both All of these Pokemon run a Stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP Stall which allows it to live a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed as it doesn't have a way to recover after Jumpluff sets up a Subsitute. Mimikyu with Curse also beats Magearna as it chips away its health while it is being behind a Substitute.

tag me when you implement

 

[DEG]

thanks motogp can you motoQC me now

 

[motogp]

+One of the best typing in-the game [Steel/Fairy] granting it great resistances for defensive purposes and also acts as an offensive tool
+Great defensive stats which allows it to sponge most attacks from powerful Pokemon
+Great offensive stats+signature move which allows it to hit and/or OHKO a good portion of the metagame
+Moveset that goes well with its stats with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense and some coverage moves
-Useless ability for the 1v1 metagame
-Is weak to Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon attacks which are some of the the most popular attacks in the metagame
-It is / Magearna is relatively slow which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that beats it before it sets up i.e Zard X really?, Groundium-Z Garchomp, Excadrill, Zygarde-C


[SET]
name: Iron Defense Fairium-Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 48 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
-Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB special move,and is all it needs to nail important wins.
-Iron Defense boosts Magearna defensive stats making it able to beat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, especially if they are slower than it such as both Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax which otherwise can easily OHKO or 2HKO it
-Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur and Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion.
-Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together as they can defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemin in the metagame
-Pain Split allows Magearna to chips away the opponent to avoid the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense while also allowing it to replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna health down such as Mega Metagross and Mega Venusaur.

Set Details
========

-Fairium-Z boosts Fleur Cannon to a powerful Twinkle Tackle which allows it to nail a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop
-Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Golem and Donphan Golem is slower.
-HP EVs and Bold nature allows Magearna to live a Tectonic Rage from both of them after an Iron Defense boost.
-The rest are dumped in Special Attack allowing Magearna to deal a superior amount of damage superior to what? maybe use another adjective.

Usage Tips
========

-Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users such as Golem, Donphan, and Crustle.
-Avoid sending Magearna against faster Pokemon that carry super effective moves specially from Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, Landorus, and more. rewrite this section it doesn't make sense
-Magearna plays depends on the opponent, per example if Magearna is up against a Sturdy user not all Sturdy users are defeated with this strategy it must first Iron Defense, Pain Split then Twinkle Tackle. This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent of with Twinkle Tackle.
-Meanwhile against opponent that are weak to Fairy-type moves you should use the Z-move in the first turn in order not to waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite, in which case you must Iron Defense,then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage and then use Twinkle Tackle to win the matchup. Be wary though, Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna.
-Magearna should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z

Team Options
========
-Magearna's main drawback that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp and Charizard can easily defeat it which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates.
-Some stall tactics such as Substitute Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option.
-Some Steel-types Pokemon give Magearna trouble especially if they use stat lowering moves. Some examples would be Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

-A Choice Specs Magearna with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Fire gives it a better chance against some Pokemon the previous set doesn't or rarely beats such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert but you miss out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan
-Air Balloon or Shucca Berry makes Magearna a lure to most, if not all Ground-type Pokemon from like Golem, Donphan, Garchomp, and Zygarde-C. It becomes immune to all of their their Ground-type move, except Thousand Arrows, and beats them with Fleur Cannon.Air Baloon doesn't beat Golem,Substitute Zygarde-C and Donphan.Shuca Berry beats everything you mentioned except Substitute Zygarde-C.

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

**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it to sets up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with stat lowering moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's special defense and OHKO respectively with Electrium-Z with Thunder and Ghostium-Z with Shadow Ball. Meanwhile some other Steel-types can partially beat it such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a Stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP Stall which allows it to live a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed as it doesn't have a way to recover after Jumpluff sets up a Subsitute. Mimikyu with Curse also beats Magearna as it chips away its health while being behind a Substitute.

Great analysis overall,implement everything I mentioned and you get the QC from me.

 

[charizard8888]

Overview
- You can also mention that it gets to have an item. (One of the advantages over Mawile)

Other Options
- You can mention all Ground types except Sub Zygarde in the Shuca Berry line.

Well written
QC 2/3

 

[Nalei]

Magearna
QC [1/3] by motogp, charizard8888,
GP [0/2]​

[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel/Fairy typing is one of the best typing in the game, and especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes allowing to sponge popular hits from the popular Dragon-, and Fairy-type Pokemon. Magearna's typing also acts as an offensive tool as it can hit super effectively opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon. Magearna also has the stats which complements its typing making it easier to survive hits or deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which when paired with Fairium-Z can OHKO a good portion of the metagame. Not only that, but Magearna has a great moveset with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam, and Energy Ball, which seal the whole package. However, Magearna isn't without weaknesses. Its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, it is weak to the common Fire-, and Ground-type attacks which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that deal a great amount of damage or OHKO it before it sets up such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense Fairium-Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 48 SpA / 212 Spe
You don't have to do this, but I'd highly recommend dropping 24 EVs from SpA into SpD - it lives Naga's Specs Fire Blast. If you do, don't forget to update set details

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB special move, and it is all it needs to nail important wins. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's defensive stats making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, especially if they are slower than it such as Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax which otherwise can easily OHKO or 2HKO it. Meanwhile, Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together as they can defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemon in the metagame. Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away the opponent while avoiding the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to resplenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down such as Mega Metagross and Mega Venusaur. Mention Pain Split's anti-stall usage such as against Chansey

Set Details
========

Fairium-Z boosts Fleur Cannon to a powerful Twinkle Tackle which allows it to nail a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and the Bold nature allows Magearna to live a Tectonic Rage plus Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost and Pain Split. (A Bold nature isn't necessary to live the TectRage itself, but it is necessary to live the EQ following it) The rest is dumped in Special Attack allowing Magearna to deal a higher amount of damage.

Usage Tips
========

You should use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users such as Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However avoid sending Magearna against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, Landorus, and more. How to use Magearna depends on the opponent, per example if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must first Iron Defense, Pain Split then Twinkle Tackle. This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent of with Twinkle Tackle. Meanwhile against opponent that are weak to Fairy-type moves you should use the Z-move in the first turn in order not to waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite, in which case you must Iron Defense, then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage and then use Twinkle Tackle to win the matchup. Be wary though, Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. It also should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z

Team Options
========
Magearna's main drawback that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp and Charizard can easily defeat it which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option . I don't know how I feel about you advising people to use Buginium Crustle and PP stall Deo-S Furthermore some Steel-types Pokemon give Magearna trouble especially if they use stat lowering moves. Some examples would be Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

A Choice Specs Magearna with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Fire (mention that Thunderbolt can also be used on this set [KOs pre-Mega Gyara]) gives it a better chance against some Pokemon the previous set doesn't or rarely beats such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert but you miss out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan. It can also utilize a Shucca berry set to lure most, if not all Ground-type Pokemon, such as Garchomp, Donphan, and Golem. It becomes immune to their Ground-type move and beats them with either Fleur Cannon. Though be wary of Substitute Zygarde-C as it can defeat Magearna, but running Ice Beam may be able to beat it. Shuca Magearna is obselete to Air Balloon as in order to consistently beat Landorus-T and GolPhan, it needs 216 Spe, a good chunk of defense and Substitute. Mention that Air Balloon Magearnas should run Ice Beam and Magnet Rise in addition to Fleur Cannon.

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

**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it to sets up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with stat lowering moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's special defense and OHKO respectively with Electrium-Z with Thunder and Ghostium-Z with Shadow Ball. Meanwhile some other Steel-types can partially beat it such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, Mew, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a Stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilize Amnesia PP Stall which allows it to live a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed as it doesn't have a way to recover after Jumpluff sets up a Subsitute. Mimikyu with Curse also beats Magearna as it chips away its health while being behind a Substitute.

QC 3/3

 

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Magearna
QC [3/3] by motogp, charizard8888, MaceMaster
GP [0/2]​

[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel/Fairy typing is one of the best typing in the game, and especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes, (AC) allowing it to sponge popular hits from the popular Dragon-, (RC) and Fairy-type Pokemon. Magearna's typing also acts as an offensive tool, (AC) as it can hit super effectively super effectively hit opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon. Magearna also has the stats which that complements its typing, (AC) making it easier to survive hits or and deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which, (AC) when paired with Fairium-Z, (AC and RH) can OHKO a good portion of the metagame. Not only that, but Magearna also has a great moveset movepool with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, (AC) and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam, (RC) and Energy Ball, which seal the whole package. However, Magearna isn't without weaknesses. (Generally, you don't want to include sentences like this in analyses, since they're fluff) However, Its its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, it is weak to the common Fire-, and Ground-type attacks, (AC) which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage or OHKO it before it sets up, (AC) such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense Fairium-Z (RC)
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 24 SpA / 24 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB special move, and it is all it Magearna needs to nail important wins Pokemon. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's defensive stats Defense, (AC) making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados. (AP) especially if they are slower than it This is especially true with slower Pokemon such as Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax, (AC) which otherwise can would easily OHKO or 2HKO it Magearna. Meanwhile, Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack, (AC) which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together work well together, (AC) as they can help Magearna defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemon in the metagame (I know I'm not 1v1 QC, but it might be worth adding some examples here). Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away at the opponent foe while avoiding the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to resplenish replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down, (AC) such as Mega Metagross, (RC) and Mega Metagross (again not QC but these are the same Pokemon, so add a different example in the place of the second Mega Metagross). It also helps Magearna defeat stall Pokemon such as Chansey.

Set Details
========

Fairium-Z boosts turns Fleur Cannon to into a powerful Twinkle Tackle, (AC) which allows it to nail fire off a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. 212 Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and the Bold nature allows Magearna to live survive a Tectonic Rage plus followed by Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost. The rest is dumped in into Special Attack, (AC) allowing Magearna to deal a higher amount of more damage. (what are the 24 SpD EVs for?)

Usage Tips
========

You should Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does do not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it, (AC) such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users, (AC) such as (repetition) including Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However, (AC) avoid sending Magearna out against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, Landorus, and more. How to use The correct way to use Magearna depends on the opponent foe; (remove comma and add semicolon) per for example, (AC) if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must first Iron Defense, Pain Split, (AC) then Twinkle Tackle. This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent of with Twinkle Tackle. This move sequence allows Magearna to tank at least two hits and recover its health in order to survive another hit. Simultaneously, Magearna breaks Sturdy, which allows it to finish off the opponent with Twinkle Tackle. (this sentence was not really possible to fix in its original state, so I had to re-write it so that it was.) Meanwhile Against opponents foes that are weak to Fairy-type moves, (AC) Magearna you should use the Z-move Twinkle Tackle in the first turn in order not to waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite. (RC and AP) In which this case, (AC) you Magearna must use Iron Defense, (RC) then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage; (AS) and then, Magearna must use Twinkle Tackle to OHKO Dragonite and win the matchup. Be wary, (AC) however though; (RC and AS) Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. It Additionally, Magerana also should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive, (AC) such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z. (AC)

Team Options
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Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp and Charizard can easily defeat it, (AC) which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna, (AC) so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option. Furthermore, (AC) some Steel-types Pokemon give Magearna trouble, (AC) especially if they use stat lowering moves. Some Examples include would be Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone, (AC) making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

A Choice Specs Magearna with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Hidden Power Fire gives Magearna it a better chance matchup against some Pokemon the previous set doesn't or rarely beats, (AC) such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert, (AC) but you Magearna then misses out on beating a lot of threats, (AC) such as Golem and Donphan. Magearna can also utilize two other sets to lure in and beat Ground-types; (AS) the first is an Air Balloon set with 232 HP / 240 SpA / 36 SpD 232 HP EVs, 240 Special Attack EVs, and 36 Special Defense EVs with a Modest nature, while the second is a Shuca Berry set with 100 HP / 132 Def / 60 SpA / 216 Spe 100 HP EVs, 132 Defense EVs, 60 Special Attack EVs, and 100 Speed EVs with a Modest nature. The Air Balloon set's EVs allow Magearna to hit hard and nail secure more OHKOs than Shuca Berry, (AC) such as against Gyarados and Naganadel with Thunderbolt and Fleur Cannon respectively. with Thunderbolt, and Naganade with Fleur Cannon . Meanwhile Shuca Berry needs defensive EVs as mentioned above to be able to resist survive hits. Though However, Ice Beam is mandatory on both sets. The only difference is that, (RC) Air Balloon allows Magearna to hit harder but it takes away one move slot moveslot, as it needs Magnet Rise to do its job better, meanwhile Magearna with Shuca Berry doesn't need to waste a an extra move slot moveslot but it doesn't hit as hard as Air Balloon.

Checks and Counters
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**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, and Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it to sets can set up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with Stat-lowering (AH) Moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's Special Defense and OHKO respectively with Electrium-Z with + Thunder and Ghostium-Z with + Shadow Ball, (AC) respectively. Meanwhile Some other Steel-types can partially beat it, (AC) (What do you mean by "partially beat it"?) such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP stall, (AC) which allows it to live a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon Twinkle Tackle. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed, (AC) as it Magearna doesn't have a way to recover HP after Jumpluff sets up a Substitute. Mimikyu with Curse Mimikyu also beats Magearna, (AC) as it chips away its Magearna's health while being behind a Substitute.

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel/Fairy Steel / Fairy (with slashes for dual typings and stuff, there should be spaces before and after the slash) typing is one of the best typing in the game, and especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes, (AC) allowing it to sponge popular hits from the popular Dragon-, (RC) and Fairy-type Pokemon (excellent changes). Magearna's typing is also acts as an offensive tool great offensively, (AC) as it can hit super effectively super effectively hit opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon super effectively. Magearna also has the stats which that complements (nothing wrong, but knowing the difference between compliment and complement is important, since this term is used frequently) its typing, (AC) making it easier to survive hits or and deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which, (AC) (good) when paired with Fairium-Z, (AC and RH) can OHKO a good portion of the metagame. Not only that, but Magearna also has a great moveset movepool with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, (AC) and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam, (RC) and Energy Ball,(RC) which seal the whole package. (this is fluff similar to the next sentence you deleted) However, Magearna isn't without weaknesses. (Generally, you don't want to include sentences like this in analyses, since they're fluff) However, Its its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, it Magearna (it's good to not refer to the Pokemon as just "it" every once in a while) is weak to the common Fire-,(RC) and Ground-type attacks, (AC) which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage to (parallelism. "...Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage to it before it sets up" and "Pokemon that can OHKO it before it sets up") or OHKO it before it sets up, (AC) (this comma is fine for readability but read my other comments about this later on in the check) such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense + Fairium-Z (RC)
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 24 SpA / 24 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest special STAB special (the "special" isn't really necessary tbh) move, and it is all it Magearna needs to nail important wins Pokemon. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's defensive stats Defense, (AC) making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados. (AP) especially if they are slower than it This is especially true with slower Pokemon such as Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax, (AC) which would otherwise can would easily OHKO or 2HKO it Magearna. (you did a good job fixing the wording here) Meanwhile, Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack, (AC) which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together work well together, (AC) as they can help Magearna defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemon in the metagame (I know I'm not 1v1 QC, but it might be worth adding some examples here) (I agree). (keep period) Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away at the opponent foe while avoiding the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to resplenish replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down, (AC) (the comma here isn't necessary) such as Mega Metagross, (RC) and Mega Metagross (again not QC but these are the same Pokemon, so add a different example in the place of the second Mega Metagross) (mhm). It also helps Magearna defeat stall (I checked with the rest of GP. This term is acceptable) Pokemon such as Chansey.

Set Details
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Fairium-(RH)Z (this was probably an accidental miss but yeah Z-Crystal names don't have the hyphen) boosts turns Fleur Cannon to into a powerful Twinkle Tackle, (AC) which allows it to nail fire off (yeah "nail" is better in the context of hitting a Pokemon hard) a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. 212 Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and the a Bold nature allows Magearna to live survive a Tectonic Rage plus followed by Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost. The rest is dumped in into Special Attack, (AC) allowing Magearna to deal a higher amount of more damage. (what are the 24 SpD EVs for?) (yes this should be touched upon, preferably right before the last sentence since author says "the rest")

Usage Tips
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You should Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does do (subject-verb agreement is relatively easy but still important so good job) not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it, (AC) such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users, (AC) such as (repetition) including (or you can remove that comma and say "like") Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However, (AC) avoid sending Magearna out against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Landorus,(RC) and more ("such as" implies that there are more examples). How to use The correct way to use Magearna depends on the opponent foe; (remove comma and add semicolon) per for example, (AC) if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must first use Iron Defense, Pain Split, (AC) and then Twinkle Tackle in that order. This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent of with Twinkle Tackle. This move sequence allows Magearna to tank at least two hits and recover its health in order to survive another hit. Simultaneously, Magearna breaks Sturdy, which allows it to finish off the opponent foe with Twinkle Tackle. (this sentence was not really possible to fix in its original state, so I had to re-write it so that it was.) (we discussed this on discord but again you did a great job fixing it) Meanwhile Against opponents foes (yeah remember that "foe" = opposing Pokemon and "opponent" = opposing player) that are weak to Fairy-type moves, (AC) Magearna you should use the Z-move Twinkle Tackle in the first turn in order not to to not waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite. (RC and AP) In which this case, (AC) you Magearna must use Iron Defense, (RC) and then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage; (AS) and then, Magearna must use Twinkle Tackle to OHKO Dragonite and win the matchup. However,(AC) be wary, (AC) however though; (RC and AS) that (reads better) Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. It Additionally, Magerana also should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive, (AC) (the comma here isn't necessary) such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z. (AC) (this means add comma. Remember to differentiate edits for adding commas and adding periods)

Team Options
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Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp,(AC) (always a comma before the "and" with a list of three or more things) and Charizard can easily defeat it, (AC) which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as like (repetition) Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute + Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall stalling from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna, (AC) so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-(RH)Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option. Furthermore, (AC) some Steel-types Pokemon such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone give Magearna trouble, (AC) especially if they use stat-(AH)lowering moves (this is a compound adjective, meaning two adjectives are being joined together to describe a noun. If this compound adjective is before the noun (like it is here), then there should be a hyphen between them).(period) Some Examples include would be Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone, (AC) (more concise) making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A A (keep the "a") Choice Specs Magearna set with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Fleur Cannon / Flash Cannon / Energy Ball / Hidden Power Fire (when writing out all 4 moves for a set like this, it is preferred for the moves to be written with slashes. This is said in the standards and I don't have a better reason why) gives Magearna it a better chance matchup against some Pokemon the previous given set doesn't beat or rarely beats, (AC) such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert, (AC) but you Magearna then misses out on beating a lot of threats, (AC) (again this comma isn't necessary. You don't need to have the comma before "such as", but it's still grammatically correct. In these situations just leave it the way it was originally written) such as Golem and Donphan. Magearna can also utilize two other sets to lure in and beat Ground-types; (AS) the first is an Air Balloon set with 232 HP / 240 SpA / 36 SpD 232 HP EVs, 240 Special Attack EVs, and 36 Special Defense EVs with an EV spread of 232 HP / 240 SpA / 26 SpD and a (this is a better way to write it) Modest nature, while the second is a Shuca Berry set with 100 HP / 132 Def / 60 SpA / 216 Spe 100 HP EVs, 132 Defense EVs, 60 Special Attack EVs, and 100 Speed EVs with an EV spread of 100 HP / 132 Sef / 60 SpA / 216 and a Modest nature. The Air Balloon set's EVs allow Magearna to hit hard and nail secure more OHKOs than the Shuca Berry set, (AC) such as against Gyarados and Naganadel with Thunderbolt and Fleur Cannon,(AC) respectively. with Thunderbolt, and Naganade with Fleur Cannon . Meanwhile The Shuca Berry set needs defensive EVs as mentioned above to be able to resist survive hits. Though However, Ice Beam is mandatory on both sets. The only difference is that, (RC) Air Balloon allows Magearna to hit harder but it takes away one move slot moveslot, as it needs Magnet Rise to do its job better, meanwhile Magearna with Shuca Berry doesn't need to waste a an extra move slot moveslot but it doesn't hit as hard as Air Balloon. (this entire thing about the Shuca Berry and Air Balloon starting from "The Air Balloon set's EVs" needs to be reworded. All of your changes were fine, but look at my check for the writer to see what I did)

Checks and Counters
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**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, and Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it to sets can set up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with Stat-lowering (AH) (I see you did the hyphen here though) Moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's Special Defense and OHKO respectively it with Electrium-Z with + Thunder and Ghostium-Z with + Shadow Ball, (AC) respectively their Z-Moves (more concise, and the actual Z-Move really doesn't matter when both of them OHKO anyway). Meanwhile Some other Steel-types can partially beat it, (AC) (What do you mean by "partially beat it"?) (yeah this needs to be explained. Also the comma thing again) such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP stall, (AC) which allows it to live survive a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon Twinkle Tackle. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed, (AC) as it Magearna doesn't have a way to recover HP after Jumpluff sets up a Substitute. Mimikyu with Curse Mimikyu also beats Magearna, (AC) as it chips away its Magearna's health while being behind a Substitute.

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[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel/Fairy Steel / Fairy typing is one of the best typing in the game, and especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes,(AC) allowing it to sponge popular hits from the popular Dragon-,(RC) and Fairy-type Pokemon. Magearna's typing is also acts as an offensive tool great offensively,(AC) as it can hit super effectively hit opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon super effectively. Magearna also has the stats which that complements its typing,(AC) making it easier to survive hits or and deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which,(AC) when paired with Fairium-(RH)Z,(AC) can OHKO a good portion of the metagame. Not only that, but Magearna also has a great moveset movepool with moves such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense,(AC) and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam,(RC) and Energy Ball,(RC) which seal the whole package. (this is fluff) However, Magearna isn't without weaknesses. (Generally, you don't want to include sentences like this in analyses, since they're fluff) However, its Its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, it Magearna is weak to the common Fire-,(RC) and Ground-type attacks,(AC) which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage to or OHKO it before it sets up,(AC) such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense + Fairium-(RH)Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium-Z
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 24 SpA / 24 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest special STAB special (the "special" isn't really necessary tbh) move, and it is all it Magearna needs to nail important wins Pokemon. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's defensive stats Defense,(AC) making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados.(period) especially if they are slower than it This is especially true with slower Pokemon such as Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax,(AC) which would otherwise can easily OHKO or 2HKO it Magearna. Meanwhile, Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack,(AC) which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Both Iron Defense and Calm Mind are great together work well together,(AC) as they can help Magearna defeat a lot of offensive and bulky offensive Pokemon in the metagame. (I know I'm not 1v1 QC, but it might be worth adding some examples here) (I agree) Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away at the opponent foe while avoiding the OHKO in some case such as against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to resplenish replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down such as Mega Metagross,(RC) and Mega Metagross (again not QC but these are the same Pokemon, so add a different example in the place of the second Mega Metagross) (mhm). It also helps Magearna defeat stall Pokemon such as Chansey.

Set Details
========

Fairium-(RH)Z boosts turns Fleur Cannon to into a powerful Twinkle Tackle,(AC) which allows it to nail fire off ("nail" is better in the context of hitting a Pokemon hard) a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. 212 Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and the a Bold nature allows Magearna to live survive a Tectonic Rage plus followed by Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost. The rest is dumped in into Special Attack,(AC) allowing Magearna to deal a higher amount of more damage. (what are the 24 SpD EVs for?) (yes this should be touched upon, preferably right before the last sentence since you say"the rest")

Usage Tips
========

You should Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that does do not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it, (AC) such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users,(AC) including such as (repetition) (or you can remove that comma and say "like") Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However,(AC) avoid sending Magearna out against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Landorus,(RC) and more ("such as" implies that there are more examples). How to use The correct way to use Magearna depends on the opponent foe; (remove comma and add semicolon) per for example,(AC) if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must first use Iron Defense, Pain Split,(AC) and then Twinkle Tackle in that order. This allows it to tank the first or second hit, then recover its health in order to live another hit while at the same time breaking the Sturdy then finishing the opponent of with Twinkle Tackle. This move sequence allows Magearna to tank at least two hits and recover its health in order to survive another hit. Simultaneously, Magearna breaks Sturdy, which allows it to finish off the foe with Twinkle Tackle. (this sentence was not really possible to fix in its original state, so I had to re-write it so that it was.) Meanwhile Against opponents foes that are weak to Fairy-type moves,(AC) Magearna you should use the Z-move Twinkle Tackle in the first turn in order not to to not waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite. (RC and AP) In which this case,(AC) Magearna you must use Iron Defense,(RC) and then use Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage; (AS) and then, Magearna must use Twinkle Tackle to OHKO Dragonite and win the matchup. However,(AC) be wary though that Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. It also Additionally,(AC) Magerana should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z.(period)

Team Options
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Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp,(AC) and Charizard can easily defeat it,(AC) which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon such as like (repetition) Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute + Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP Stall stalling from Deoxys-S defeats Magearna,(AC) so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium-(RH)Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option. Furthermore,(AC) some Steel-types Pokemon such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone give Magearna trouble,(AC) especially if they use stat-(AH)lowering moves,(AC) (more concise).(period) Some examples would be Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


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

A Choice Specs Magearna set with Fleur Cannon, Flash Cannon, Energy Ball, and HP Fleur Cannon / Flash Cannon / Energy Ball / Hidden Power Fire gives Magearna it a better chance matchup against some Pokemon the previous given set doesn't beat or rarely beats,(AC) such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert,(AC) but you Magearna then misses out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan. Magearna can also utilize two other sets to lure in and beat Ground-types; (AS) the first is an Air Balloon set with 232 HP / 240 SpA / 36 SpD with an EV spread of 232 HP / 240 SpA / 26 SpD and a Modest nature, while the second is a Shuca Berry set with 100 HP / 132 Def / 60 SpA / 216 Spe with an EV spread of 100 HP / 132 Sef / 60 SpA / 216 and a Modest nature. The Air Balloon set's EVs allow Magearna to hit harder and nail secure more OHKOs than the Shuca Berry set,(AC) such as against Gyarados and Naganadel with Thunderbolt and Fleur Cannon,(AC) respectively,(AC) but this set mandates the use of Magnet Rise. with Thunderbolt, and Naganade with Fleur Cannon . Meanwhile On the other hand, the Shuca Berry needs defensive EVs as mentioned above to be able to resist set's defensive investment lets Magearna survive more hits,(AC) and the set doesn't require Magearna to run Magnet Rise,(AC) but it doesn't hit as hard. Though,(RC) Ice Beam is mandatory on both sets. The only difference is that, Air Balloon allows Magearna to hit hard but it takes away one move slot as it needs Magnet Rise to do its job better, meanwhile Shuca berry doesn't need to waste an extra move slot but it doesn't hit as hard as Air Balloon. (this entire thing about the Shuca Berry and Air Balloon needed to be reworded for concision. The second GP check might mess around with it more)

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

**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, and Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it to sets can set up an Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with Stat-(AH)lowering Moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's Special Defense and OHKO respectively it with Electrium-Z with Thunder and Ghostium-Z with Shadow Ball their Z-Moves (more concise, and the actual Z-Move really doesn't matter when both of them OHKO anyway). Meanwhile Some other Steel-types can partially beat it,(AC) (What do you mean by "partially beat it"?) (yeah this needs to be explained) such as Mega Metagross if it uses Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP stall,(AC) which allows it to live survive a Fairium-Z Fleur Cannon Twinkle Tackle. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed,(AC) as it Magearna doesn't have a way to recover HP after Jumpluff sets up a Substitute. Mimikyu with Curse Mimikyu also beats Magearna,(AC) as it chips away its Magearna's health while being behind a Substitute.

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[OVERVIEW]

Magearna's Steel / Fairy typing is one of the best in the game, especially in 1v1. It grants Magearna great resistances for defensive purposes, allowing it to sponge hits from popular Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokemon. Magearna's typing is also great offensively, as it can hit opposing Fighting-, Fairy-, and Dragon-type Pokemon super effectively. Magearna also has stats that complement its typing, making it easier to survive hits and deal damage. Magearna is blessed with a powerful signature move in Fleur Cannon, which, when paired with Fairium(space)Z, can OHKO a good portion of the metagame, (comma) Magearna also has a great and its movepool with moves has other great options (related + repetition) such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, and plenty of coverage moves like Ice Beam and Energy Ball. However, its ability, Soul-Heart, is useless in the 1v1 metagame. Additionally, Magearna is weak to common Fire-(space)and Ground-type attacks, which are some of the most popular in the metagame. It is also relatively slow, which means that it can lose to faster Pokemon that can deal a great amount of damage to or OHKO it before it sets up, such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Zygarde-C.

[SET]
name: Iron Defense + Fairium(space)Z
move 1: Fleur Cannon
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Fairium Z (RH)
ability: Soul-Heart
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 48 SpD / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Fleur Cannon is Magearna's strongest STAB move, and it is all Magearna needs to nail important Pokemon. Iron Defense boosts Magearna's Defense,(space)making it able to defeat physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, (AC) such as Donphan, Golem, and Snorlax, which would otherwise easily OHKO or 2HKO Magearna it. Calm Mind boosts Magearna's Special Defense and Special Attack, which allows it to muscle through specially bulky Pokemon such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, and Porygon-Z after a Z-Conversion. Pain Split allows Magearna to chip away at the foe while avoiding the OHKO against Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense. It also allows Magearna to replenish its health against Pokemon that are bulky enough to bring Magearna's health down such as Mega Metagross. It also helps Magearna defeat stall Pokemon such as Chansey.

Set Details
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Fairium(space)Z turns Fleur Cannon into a powerful Twinkle Tackle, which allows it to fire off a powerful attack without the Special Attack drop. 212 Speed EVs allow Magearna to outspeed Donphan, while the HP EVs and a Bold nature allow Magearna to survive a Tectonic Rage followed by Earthquake from Golem and Donphan after an Iron Defense boost. 48 SpD allows Special Defense EV's Magearna to live take Choice Specs Naganadel's Fire Blast.

Usage Tips
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Use Magearna to defeat bulky offensive Pokemon that do not carry super effective moves that can OHKO it, such as Mega Mawile, Snorlax, and most Sturdy users, including Golem, Donphan, and Crustle. However, avoid sending Magearna out against faster Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Excadrill, and Landorus. The correct way to use Magearna depends on the foe; for example, if Magearna is up against a Donphan, Golem, Crustle, or Sawk, it must use Iron Defense, Pain Split, and then Twinkle Tackle, (AC) in that order. This move sequence allows Magearna to tank at least two hits and recover its health in order to survive another hit. Simultaneously, Magearna (Pain Split?) breaks Sturdy, which allows it to finish off the foe with Twinkle Tackle. Against foes that are weak to Fairy-type moves, Magearna should use Twinkle Tackle first in order to not waste time, unless you are up against Dragonite. In this case, Magearna must use Iron Defense and then Pain Split to break Multiscale and heal off the damage; then, Magearna must use Twinkle Tackle to OHKO Dragonite and win the matchup. However, be wary that Choice Band Dragonite can easily defeat Magearna. Additionally, Magerana Magearna should only use Calm Mind against Pokemon that are either specially offensive or defensive such as Mega Venusaur and Porygon-Z.

Team Options
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Magearna's main drawback is that Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Zygarde-C, Garchomp, and Charizard can easily defeat it, which means that bulky Water-type Pokemon like Primarina and Mega Gyarados are generally appreciated teammates. In addition, some stall tactics such as Substitute + Leech Seed from Jumpluff and PP stalling from Deoxys-S defeat Magearna, so having Pokemon that beat them such as Hoopa-U and Buginium(space)Z Crustle with Rock Blast is a good option. Furthermore, some Steel-types such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Magnezone give Magearna trouble, especially if they use stat-lowering moves, making Mega Charizard X a great partner for Magearna.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Choice Specs set with Fleur Cannon / Flash Cannon / Energy Ball / Hidden Power Fire gives Magearna a better matchup against some Pokemon the given set doesn't beat or rarely beats,(AC) such as Genesect, Mega Scizor, and Mega Swampert, but Magearna then misses out on beating a lot of threats such as Golem and Donphan. Magearna can also utilize two other sets to lure in and beat Ground-types; the first is an Air Balloon set with an EV spread of 232 HP / 240 SpA / 26 SpD and a Modest nature, while the second is a Shuca Berry set with an EV spread of 100 HP / 132 Sef Def / 60 SpA / 216 and a Modest nature. The Air Balloon set's EVs allow Magearna to hit harder and secure more OHKOs than the Shuca Berry set, such as against Gyarados and Naganadel with Thunderbolt and Naganadel with Fleur Cannon, respectively, but this set mandates the use of Magnet Rise. On the other hand, the Shuca Berry set's defensive investment lets Magearna (tank?) hits, and the set doesn't require Magearna to run Magnet Rise, but it doesn't hit as hard. Ice Beam is mandatory on both sets.

Checks and Counters
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**Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon**: Faster Ground- and Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard, Heatran, and Zygarde-C can easily OHKO Magearna with a STAB move before it can set up Iron Defense or Calm Mind.

**Steel-type Pokemon with Stat-lowering Moves**: Some Steel-type Pokemon such as Magnezone and Aegislash resists Magearna's attacks and can utilize Metal Sound to drop Magearna's Special Defense and OHKO it with <....>. Some other Steel-types can beat it if they run specific moves such as Mega Metagross with Laser Focus.

**Deoxys-S, Jumpluff, and Mimikyu**: All of these Pokemon run a stall strategy that can beat Magearna. Deoxys-S utilizes Amnesia PP stall, which allows it to survive a Twinkle Tackle. Jumpluff beats Magearna with Sleep Powder and Leech Seed, as Magearna doesn't have a way to recover HP after Jumpluff sets up a Substitute. Curse Mimikyu also beats Magearna, as it chips away Magearna's health while behind a Substitute.

 

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[Chloe]

because its been 2 months i did this for u + added credits + uploaded, please implement checks in a timely manner next time deg :c