[SET]
name: Silent but Deadly (Nasty Plot)
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Grass Knot / Focus Blast
move 4: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Ghost / Fighting / Fairy
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Nasty Plot Hisuian Zoroark is a devastating special wallbreaker thanks to its combination of unique typing, coverage, fantastic Speed, and a high Special Attack stat, and it can almost always threaten a KO after a boost. Its ability, Illusion, provides good utility to it by letting it disguise itself as a teammate and drawing out a foe that checks that aforementioned teammate and blasting them with powerful special attacks. Shadow Ball hits nearly everything in the tier for solid damage with very few drawbacks, and it has the lovely side effect of potentially dropping a foe's Special Defense. Grass Knot can be utilized to sink many heavy defensive threats, such as Garganacl, Great Tusk, and Dondozo. This also comes with the advantage of being a reliable move against heavy foes like Ting-Lu without burning up valuable PP on Focus Blast or dealing with its less-than-stellar accuracy. Flamethrower hammers would-be switch-ins like Kingambit and Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast can be used to hit Ting-Lu, Hydreigon, Kingambit, and Garganacl with the same move. Tera Ghost allows Shadow Ball to more reliably OHKO Gholdengo on Focus Sash sets, and it also allows +2 Shadow Ball to OHKO Baxcalibur, Volcarona, Walking Wake, Iron Moth, and Slowking. Alternatively, Tera Fighting turns its Dark-type weakness into a resistance, leaving it less susceptible to Kingambits' Sucker Punch, Meowscaradas' Knock Off, and Greninjas' Dark Pulse, and powers up Focus Blast to staggering heights. Tera Fighting Focus Blast OHKOs Baxcalibur and Garganacl and even has a good chance to OHKO Ting-Lu at +2 after Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Tera Fairy allows Hisuian Zoroark to hold off Dark-types as well as become immune to Dragapult's Dragon-type attacks. Focus Sash guarantees that Hisuian Zoroark has a chance to set up or attack. On the other hand, Life Orb can be used to add further power to Hisuian Zoroark's already formidable prowess. Life Orb allows Focus Blast to OHKO Baxcalibur, and it also ensures that +2 Shadow Ball OHKOes Volcarona, physically defensive Rotom-W, and Corviknight after Stealth Rock.
Hisuian Zoroark functions best as a setup sweeper on hyper and bulky offense teams. Great Tusk is a top-class partner, providing Hisuian Zoroark invaluable utility with its excellent defenses and access to Rapid Spin, which keeps entry hazards off Hisuian Zoroark's side of the field and leaves its Focus Sash intact. It also provides Hisuian Zoroark more opportunities to come in and set up by threatening Pokemon that hold it down indefinitely, such as Clodsire. Dragapult and Meowscarada are faster than Hisuian Zoroark, so Pokemon that can come in and revenge kill them, such as Kingambit and Choice Band Baxcalibur, are also appreciated. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use Illusion to mask itself as Kingambit, Baxcalibur, as and Roaring Moon, and lure in physical walls like defensive Great Tusk and Dondozo to weaken or KO them. Hazard setters like Glimmora, Meowscarada, and Garchomp set up hazards, and Hisuian Zoroark can stop an incoming Rapid Spin from Great Tusk. Hisuian Zoroark can force damage on special walls like Ting-Lu, which is highly appreciated by Iron Moth, which has an easier time breaking through them once they have been weakened. Hydreigon and Hisuian Zoroark play Illusion mind games with Fighting-type moves, and Hydreigon can topple Clodsire with Earth Power and Substitute or Tera Steel. Finally, Hydreigon forces damage on Ting-Lu, which Hisuian Zoroark appreciates and the same applies the other way around.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Siddakid, 580390]]
- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [3d, 295768]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]
name: Silent but Deadly (Nasty Plot)
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Grass Knot / Focus Blast
move 4: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Ghost / Fighting / Fairy
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Nasty Plot Hisuian Zoroark is a devastating special wallbreaker thanks to its combination of unique typing, coverage, fantastic Speed, and a high Special Attack stat, and it can almost always threaten a KO after a boost. Its ability, Illusion, provides good utility to it by letting it disguise itself as a teammate and drawing out a foe that checks that aforementioned teammate and blasting them with powerful special attacks. Shadow Ball hits nearly everything in the tier for solid damage with very few drawbacks, and it has the lovely side effect of potentially dropping a foe's Special Defense. Grass Knot can be utilized to sink many heavy defensive threats, such as Garganacl, Great Tusk, and Dondozo. This also comes with the advantage of being a reliable move against heavy foes like Ting-Lu without burning up valuable PP on Focus Blast or dealing with its less-than-stellar accuracy. Flamethrower hammers would-be switch-ins like Kingambit and Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast can be used to hit Ting-Lu, Hydreigon, Kingambit, and Garganacl with the same move. Tera Ghost allows Shadow Ball to more reliably OHKO Gholdengo on Focus Sash sets, and it also allows +2 Shadow Ball to OHKO Baxcalibur, Volcarona, Walking Wake, Iron Moth, and Slowking. Alternatively, Tera Fighting turns its Dark-type weakness into a resistance, leaving it less susceptible to Kingambits' Sucker Punch, Meowscaradas' Knock Off, and Greninjas' Dark Pulse, and powers up Focus Blast to staggering heights. Tera Fighting Focus Blast OHKOs Baxcalibur and Garganacl and even has a good chance to OHKO Ting-Lu at +2 after Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Tera Fairy allows Hisuian Zoroark to hold off Dark-types as well as become immune to Dragapult's Dragon-type attacks. Focus Sash guarantees that Hisuian Zoroark has a chance to set up or attack. On the other hand, Life Orb can be used to add further power to Hisuian Zoroark's already formidable prowess. Life Orb allows Focus Blast to OHKO Baxcalibur, and it also ensures that +2 Shadow Ball OHKOes Volcarona, physically defensive Rotom-W, and Corviknight after Stealth Rock.
Hisuian Zoroark functions best as a setup sweeper on hyper and bulky offense teams. Great Tusk is a top-class partner, providing Hisuian Zoroark invaluable utility with its excellent defenses and access to Rapid Spin, which keeps entry hazards off Hisuian Zoroark's side of the field and leaves its Focus Sash intact. It also provides Hisuian Zoroark more opportunities to come in and set up by threatening Pokemon that hold it down indefinitely, such as Clodsire. Dragapult and Meowscarada are faster than Hisuian Zoroark, so Pokemon that can come in and revenge kill them, such as Kingambit and Choice Band Baxcalibur, are also appreciated. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use Illusion to mask itself as Kingambit, Baxcalibur, as and Roaring Moon, and lure in physical walls like defensive Great Tusk and Dondozo to weaken or KO them. Hazard setters like Glimmora, Meowscarada, and Garchomp set up hazards, and Hisuian Zoroark can stop an incoming Rapid Spin from Great Tusk. Hisuian Zoroark can force damage on special walls like Ting-Lu, which is highly appreciated by Iron Moth, which has an easier time breaking through them once they have been weakened. Hydreigon and Hisuian Zoroark play Illusion mind games with Fighting-type moves, and Hydreigon can topple Clodsire with Earth Power and Substitute or Tera Steel. Finally, Hydreigon forces damage on Ting-Lu, which Hisuian Zoroark appreciates and the same applies the other way around.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Siddakid, 580390]]
- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [3d, 295768]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]
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