Rayquaza @ Choice Band
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Jolly / Naive Nature
- Dragon Ascent
- Dragon Claw / Draco Meteor
- V-create
- Extreme Speed
Choice Band Rayquaza is one of the strongest wallbreakers in Ubers with nearly perfect neutral coverage between Dragon Ascent and V-create; nothing truly wants to switch into a well-timed attack from this Pokemon. Dragon Claw and Draco Meteor are primarily used for Zygarde-C and Eternatus, with Draco Meteor hitting Zygarde-C for more damage and threatening it even at -2. Extreme Speed helps in the hyper offense matchup by allowing Rayquaza to revenge kill foes like Geomancy Xerneas and Rock Polish Groudon. Unfortunately, Rayquaza struggles to outspeed many common offensive threats in the tier such as Calyrex-S, Yveltal, and Eternatus. This means it benefits greatly from aggressive plays and correct positioning to get it in on the numerous slower Pokemon in Ubers like Necrozma-DM. Calyrex-S and Marshadow are solid teammates, as both pressure hard answers to Rayquaza such as Lunala. Galarian Darmanitan and Urshifu-S are fantastic pivots to help bring Rayquaza in and provide additional wallbreaking.
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