Aerodactyl-Mega @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dual Wingbeat
- Fire Fang
- Earthquake
Newly received toys in Dragon Dance and Dual Wingbeat have effectuated a significant rise in viability for Mega Aerodactyl in the National Dex OU metagame. With its excellent Attack and Speed stats, it can act as both a fine revenge killer and setup sweeper. After one Dragon Dance, it outspeeds virtually the entire metagame. Dual Wingbeat is a fine STAB move that gets boosted by Tough Claws and hits most Pokemon neutrally. Fire Fang is also boosted by Tough Claws and is used to nail Corviknight, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Kartana, and Mega Scizor. Earthquake rounds out the set to deal with Heatran, Tyranitar, and Toxapex. Mega Aerodactyl fits best on hyper offense teams, so it is usually paired with a suicide lead like Mew, which is able to set entry hazards to facilitate a sweep while preventing opposing entry hazards from going up. Additional teammates include other setup sweepers such as Dragapult, Belly Drum Kommo-o, Bulk Up Cinderace, Swords Dance Rillaboom, and Magearna, as they are able to blow holes in the opposing team for Mega Aerodactyl to clean up, or vice versa.
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