Psychium Kart:
Kartana @ Psychium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Psycho Cut
- Swords Dance
Psycho cut gives Kartana great coverage, hitting common answers such as MVenu and Amoongus super effectively, and with the z move it can take out checks that resist the standard fightinium (most prominently Zapdos after rocks). Amusingly, it also takes out any Hawlucha that think it is setup bait (which the standard knock set is). Honestly this is my go to kart over fightinium now, which I find to generally be a waste of the Z now as it only really takes out mage and mons that are becoming less and less common like celesteela, both of which can be beaten by this set if they are worn down to around 60%, which is not that hard as neither has reliable recovery. It also takes out toxapex at +2 without rocks (which leaf blade doesnt) so it cant haze your boosts or burn you with scald, which is another minor bonus of this set. I prefer this over normalium due to the fact psycho can be useful after the z is used, where giga impact isn't, which can be useful V teams such as buzzwole stall that may also have an amoon/venu as it allows you to 6-0 these teams where normalium won't as it will need to use non z giga to break through the other, and therefore be killed by something else on the recharge turn, and it also bops venu/amoon/pex at +0 which normalium doesn't.
Calcs:
252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 88 Def Venusaur-Mega: 306-360 (84.2 - 99.1%) -- 75% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 88 Def Venusaur-Mega: 608-716 (167.4 - 197.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 44 Def Amoonguss: 494-582 (114.6 - 135%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Toxapex: 272-320 (89.7 - 105.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
+2 252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 240+ Def Zapdos: 317-373 (82.7 - 97.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 48+ Def Buzzwole: 516-608 (123.7 - 145.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Tapu Bulu: 347-409 (101.1 - 119.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock and Grassy Terrain recovery
252 Atk Kartana Shattered Psyche (140 BP) vs. +1 152 HP / 0 Def Hawlucha: 332-392 (99.1 - 117%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock (if it tries to set up on you)