[SET]
Mixed Attacker (Deoxys-Speed) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Eject Pack
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 200 Atk / 252 SpA / 56 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Superpower
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam / Stealth Rock
[SET COMMENTS]
Deoxys-S can leverage its vast coverage movepool and high Speed to function as an unpredictable mixed attacker and excellent revenge killer. Superpower complements Psycho Boost by hitting the many Dark- and Steel-types that are immune to or resist Psycho Boost for super effective damage, most notably OHKOing Kingambit and dealing significant damage to Hisuian Samurott and Iron Treads. Knock Off provides both excellent coverage and utility, hitting Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Galarian Slowking, and opposing Deoxys-S hard while also removing items from switch-ins like Hatterene, Garganacl, Primarina, and Enamorus. Ice Beam rounds out this set's coverage, threatening to KO Gliscor, Landorus-T, and Dragonite after Multiscale is broken as well as dissuading the former from switching into Deoxys-S's Knock Off. Alternatively, Deoxys-S makes an excellent user of Stealth Rock thanks to its high Speed, access to Knock Off to remove the opposing Heavy-Duty Boots that would otherwise prevent Stealth Rock from making progress, and excellent coverage with just three attacking moves, hitting every Pokemon for at least neutral damage. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Deoxys-S to come in safely over entry hazards repeatedly throughout a game, forcing switches with its speed and threatening coverage; this is particularly useful for hazard stacking teams that may not be able to afford robust hazard control. As an alternative, Eject Pack can be run on more offensively-oriented teams to provide Deoxys-S with a single-use pivot via either of Psycho Boost or Superpower, though Landorus-T's Intimidate will cause Eject Pack to activate before Deoxys-S's attack can go off. Tera Fighting is used to turn Deoxys-S's Bug- and Dark-type weaknesses into resistances while boosting the power of Superpower, flipping the script on foes like Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott with Sucker Punch while enabling Superpower to OHKO the likes of Hisuian Samurott and Darkrai. A Naive nature with 56 Speed EVs allows Deoxys-S to outspeed Speed Protosynthesis Great Tusk and Choice Scarf users like Gholdengo and Hisuian Samurott without compromising its power or ability to withstand priority, Thunderclap notwithstanding. Maximum Special Attack investment and 200 EVs in Attack guarantees that Psycho Boost and Superpower OHKO offensive Zamazenta variants and Kingambit, respectively. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can sacrifice some of its Attack investment in order to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T or even Choice Scarf Kyurem, though investment towards any further relevant Speed tiers requires a significant drop in power.
Deoxys-S fits best on bulky offense and balance teams in need of speed control and a capable Knock Off user. Ting-Lu provides Deoxys-S with entry hazard support as well as a resilient switch-in to the many strong offensive threats that pressure Deoxys-S, such as Gholdengo, Darkrai, Raging Bolt, and Iron Moth, while also providing a Thunder Wave immunity. In exchange, Deoxys-S can force hazard progress by removing Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off and either setting Stealth Rock itself or dissuading Gliscor from halting Knock Off progress while also pressuring threats to Ting-Lu like Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant forms a potent offensive partnership with Deoxys-S, with the two being able to overwhelm shared checks like Gholdengo, Clefable, and Galarian Slowking while covering each other's worst matchups effectively; Iron Valiant appreciates Deoxys-S's ability to hit Galarian Weezing, Gliscor, and Iron Moth hard, while Deoxys-S can take advantage of Iron Valiant's pressure against Ting-Lu, Kyurem, and Darkrai. The sheer set variety of this pairing makes escaping their onslaught without making significant concessions difficult even for prepared teams. Deoxys-S is cripplingly weak to all forms of status, so Gholdengo, Gliscor, and Garganacl make for solid partners that blanket check almost all status-inducing threats, with the former two being natural choices on hazard stacking teams thanks to their removal blocking and hazard setting capabilities, respectively, while the latter is effective at spreading chip damage to allow Deoxys-S to secure KOs it would otherwise miss. Clefable's bulk, ability to absorb Knock Off, and access to Thunder Wave make it a very effective counter to this Deoxys-S variant; Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, Scizor, and even Galarian Weezing on fatter structures can serve as effective ways of alleviating this weakness. Despite its blazing speed, Deoxys-S is liable to be outsped by Booster Energy and Choice Scarf users like Iron Valiant, Iron Moth, Darkrai, and Enamorus. Strong priority users like Scizor, Lokix, Raging Bolt, and Dragonite can force out or revenge kill these fast, frail threats. Defensive pivots like Alomomola, Galarian Slowking, and Corviknight can also absorb hits from these foes and provide safe entry for your proper checks. Although Deoxys-S carries Superpower to threaten Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Ting-Lu, and Darkrai, they can still be difficult for it to deal with; Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, Clefable, Primarina, and Enamorus can all act as effective answers to these threats.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/whaloob.539107/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/heatranator.647728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
Grammar checked by:
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Mixed Attacker (Deoxys-Speed) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Eject Pack
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 200 Atk / 252 SpA / 56 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting
Naive Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Superpower
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam / Stealth Rock
[SET COMMENTS]
Deoxys-S can leverage its vast coverage movepool and high Speed to function as an unpredictable mixed attacker and excellent revenge killer. Superpower complements Psycho Boost by hitting the many Dark- and Steel-types that are immune to or resist Psycho Boost for super effective damage, most notably OHKOing Kingambit and dealing significant damage to Hisuian Samurott and Iron Treads. Knock Off provides both excellent coverage and utility, hitting Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Galarian Slowking, and opposing Deoxys-S hard while also removing items from switch-ins like Hatterene, Garganacl, Primarina, and Enamorus. Ice Beam rounds out this set's coverage, threatening to KO Gliscor, Landorus-T, and Dragonite after Multiscale is broken as well as dissuading the former from switching into Deoxys-S's Knock Off. Alternatively, Deoxys-S makes an excellent user of Stealth Rock thanks to its high Speed, access to Knock Off to remove the opposing Heavy-Duty Boots that would otherwise prevent Stealth Rock from making progress, and excellent coverage with just three attacking moves, hitting every Pokemon for at least neutral damage. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Deoxys-S to come in safely over entry hazards repeatedly throughout a game, forcing switches with its speed and threatening coverage; this is particularly useful for hazard stacking teams that may not be able to afford robust hazard control. As an alternative, Eject Pack can be run on more offensively-oriented teams to provide Deoxys-S with a single-use pivot via either of Psycho Boost or Superpower, though Landorus-T's Intimidate will cause Eject Pack to activate before Deoxys-S's attack can go off. Tera Fighting is used to turn Deoxys-S's Bug- and Dark-type weaknesses into resistances while boosting the power of Superpower, flipping the script on foes like Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott with Sucker Punch while enabling Superpower to OHKO the likes of Hisuian Samurott and Darkrai. A Naive nature with 56 Speed EVs allows Deoxys-S to outspeed Speed Protosynthesis Great Tusk and Choice Scarf users like Gholdengo and Hisuian Samurott without compromising its power or ability to withstand priority, Thunderclap notwithstanding. Maximum Special Attack investment and 200 EVs in Attack guarantees that Psycho Boost and Superpower OHKO offensive Zamazenta variants and Kingambit, respectively. Alternatively, Deoxys-S can sacrifice some of its Attack investment in order to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T or even Choice Scarf Kyurem, though investment towards any further relevant Speed tiers requires a significant drop in power.
Deoxys-S fits best on bulky offense and balance teams in need of speed control and a capable Knock Off user. Ting-Lu provides Deoxys-S with entry hazard support as well as a resilient switch-in to the many strong offensive threats that pressure Deoxys-S, such as Gholdengo, Darkrai, Raging Bolt, and Iron Moth, while also providing a Thunder Wave immunity. In exchange, Deoxys-S can force hazard progress by removing Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off and either setting Stealth Rock itself or dissuading Gliscor from halting Knock Off progress while also pressuring threats to Ting-Lu like Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant forms a potent offensive partnership with Deoxys-S, with the two being able to overwhelm shared checks like Gholdengo, Clefable, and Galarian Slowking while covering each other's worst matchups effectively; Iron Valiant appreciates Deoxys-S's ability to hit Galarian Weezing, Gliscor, and Iron Moth hard, while Deoxys-S can take advantage of Iron Valiant's pressure against Ting-Lu, Kyurem, and Darkrai. The sheer set variety of this pairing makes escaping their onslaught without making significant concessions difficult even for prepared teams. Deoxys-S is cripplingly weak to all forms of status, so Gholdengo, Gliscor, and Garganacl make for solid partners that blanket check almost all status-inducing threats, with the former two being natural choices on hazard stacking teams thanks to their removal blocking and hazard setting capabilities, respectively, while the latter is effective at spreading chip damage to allow Deoxys-S to secure KOs it would otherwise miss. Clefable's bulk, ability to absorb Knock Off, and access to Thunder Wave make it a very effective counter to this Deoxys-S variant; Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, Scizor, and even Galarian Weezing on fatter structures can serve as effective ways of alleviating this weakness. Despite its blazing speed, Deoxys-S is liable to be outsped by Booster Energy and Choice Scarf users like Iron Valiant, Iron Moth, Darkrai, and Enamorus. Strong priority users like Scizor, Lokix, Raging Bolt, and Dragonite can force out or revenge kill these fast, frail threats. Defensive pivots like Alomomola, Galarian Slowking, and Corviknight can also absorb hits from these foes and provide safe entry for your proper checks. Although Deoxys-S carries Superpower to threaten Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Ting-Lu, and Darkrai, they can still be difficult for it to deal with; Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, Clefable, Primarina, and Enamorus can all act as effective answers to these threats.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/whaloob.539107/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/heatranator.647728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/igiveuponaname.593115/
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