[SET]
Utility (Latias) (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Mystical Fire / Psyshock
- Ice Beam
- Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Latias carves itself a niche in the metagame with its semi-exclusive typing and natural immunity to Spikes allowing it to serve as a solid defensive answer to common threats such as Mega Charizard Y, Ogerpon-W, and Great Tusk. Thunder Wave is vital to its role, as it allows Mega Latias to cripple the aforementioned Mega Charizard Y and Ogerpon-W as well as other offensive threats like Zamazenta, Volcarona, and Choice Scarf Urshifu-R. Ice Beam is Mega Latias's only way of doing meaningful damage to Gliscor and hits other bulky Dragon-types like Dragonite, Raging Bolt, and Mega Latios harder than it's other attacks. Mystical Fire is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, and Ferrothorn, but Psyshock can be used instead to threaten Clodsire and Toxapex and break Volcarona's Substitute.
Mega Latias finds itself on bulky balance teams that appreciate its ability to check Ogerpon-W and Mega Charizard Y. Bulky Steel-types like Gholdengo and Ferrothorn make great partners, since they can switch into Fairy- and Dragon-type attacks from Tapu Lele and Raging Bolt, and in return, Mega Latias can switch into Ground- and Fighting-type attacks from Landorus-T and Urshifu-R. The former also appreciates Mega Latias's ability to spread paralysis and improve its wallbreaking capabilities, while the latter can set entry hazards to make up for Mega Latias's passivity. Other hazard setters like Ting-Lu, Clefable, and Gliscor also benefit Mega Latias. Clefable and Gliscor in particular make great partners because they can absorb status effects for it and appreciate having a reliable switch-in to powerful Fire- and Water-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Ogerpon-W. On the other hand, Ting-Lu can help answer Pokemon that Mega Latias struggles with, like Gholdengo and Raging Bolt. Fairy- and Fighting-types like Tapu Fini, Clefable, and Zamazenta are also recommended to switch into and pressure Dark-types such as Ting-Lu, Hisuian Samurott, and Mega Tyranitar. Strong wallbreakers like Swords Dance Urshifu-R and the aforementioned Gholdengo greatly appreciate Mega Latias spreading paralysis, as it makes their job much easier, and in return, they make up for Mega Latias's passiveness by helping break walls such as Galarian Slowking and Alomomola.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gigabytes7.660324/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/blaze.542295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/medasus.632421/
Grammar checked by:
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			Utility (Latias) (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Mystical Fire / Psyshock
- Ice Beam
- Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Latias carves itself a niche in the metagame with its semi-exclusive typing and natural immunity to Spikes allowing it to serve as a solid defensive answer to common threats such as Mega Charizard Y, Ogerpon-W, and Great Tusk. Thunder Wave is vital to its role, as it allows Mega Latias to cripple the aforementioned Mega Charizard Y and Ogerpon-W as well as other offensive threats like Zamazenta, Volcarona, and Choice Scarf Urshifu-R. Ice Beam is Mega Latias's only way of doing meaningful damage to Gliscor and hits other bulky Dragon-types like Dragonite, Raging Bolt, and Mega Latios harder than it's other attacks. Mystical Fire is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, and Ferrothorn, but Psyshock can be used instead to threaten Clodsire and Toxapex and break Volcarona's Substitute.
Mega Latias finds itself on bulky balance teams that appreciate its ability to check Ogerpon-W and Mega Charizard Y. Bulky Steel-types like Gholdengo and Ferrothorn make great partners, since they can switch into Fairy- and Dragon-type attacks from Tapu Lele and Raging Bolt, and in return, Mega Latias can switch into Ground- and Fighting-type attacks from Landorus-T and Urshifu-R. The former also appreciates Mega Latias's ability to spread paralysis and improve its wallbreaking capabilities, while the latter can set entry hazards to make up for Mega Latias's passivity. Other hazard setters like Ting-Lu, Clefable, and Gliscor also benefit Mega Latias. Clefable and Gliscor in particular make great partners because they can absorb status effects for it and appreciate having a reliable switch-in to powerful Fire- and Water-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Ogerpon-W. On the other hand, Ting-Lu can help answer Pokemon that Mega Latias struggles with, like Gholdengo and Raging Bolt. Fairy- and Fighting-types like Tapu Fini, Clefable, and Zamazenta are also recommended to switch into and pressure Dark-types such as Ting-Lu, Hisuian Samurott, and Mega Tyranitar. Strong wallbreakers like Swords Dance Urshifu-R and the aforementioned Gholdengo greatly appreciate Mega Latias spreading paralysis, as it makes their job much easier, and in return, they make up for Mega Latias's passiveness by helping break walls such as Galarian Slowking and Alomomola.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gigabytes7.660324/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/blaze.542295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/medasus.632421/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/brisingrdraconis.681606/
			
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