[SET]
Swords Dance + Loaded Dice (Garchomp) @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Scale Shot
- Fire Fang
[SET COMMENTS]
Garchomp serves as a dangerous cleaner due to Loaded Dice giving the possibility of boosting its Speed and dealing damage at the same time. It is able to leverage its great typing to find setup opportunities against Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y and unboosted Volcarona. Fire Fang gives it great coverage against Mega Scizor, Corviknight and Ferrothorn.
Garchomp fits best on bulky offense and hyper offense structures, where its combination of Swords Dance and Scale Shot can quickly overwhelm the opposing team if not taken care of properly. It uses its powerful combination of STAB moves to prey on a lot of bulky Pokemon like Toxapex, Dragonite, and Galarian Slowking, to the benefit of teammates like Volcarona, Raging Bolt, and Iron Valiant. Garchomp's typing leaves it weak to attacks from notable Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant, and Weavile while also not being able to do much against Landorus-T, which can come in very often to drop Garchomp's Attack via Intimidate. Mega Scizor is a great solution to this problem, as it can take hits from the aforementioned Pokemon while being able to consistently force Landorus-T out. Urshifu-R can also be a great teammate for it, as it can lure in Toxapex and Raging Bolt, which then get removed by Garchomp. The Defense drops from Scale Shot leave Garchomp vulnerable to strong priority users like Weavile, Dragonite, and Kingambit. Tapu Lele's Psychic Surge is able to circumvent this issue by making these priority moves unable to hit. In exchange, Garchomp is able to take care of Tapu Lele's counters like Gholdengo and Heatran. Tapu Lele is also able to eliminate Great Tusk, which also presents itself as a threat to Garchomp by being able to shrug off its hits easily and KO it in return with an Ice Spinner.
Credits
Written by Dahness
Quality checked by boppydop! and Lightniong
Grammar checked by red fintans
Swords Dance + Loaded Dice (Garchomp) @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Scale Shot
- Fire Fang
[SET COMMENTS]
Garchomp serves as a dangerous cleaner due to Loaded Dice giving the possibility of boosting its Speed and dealing damage at the same time. It is able to leverage its great typing to find setup opportunities against Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y and unboosted Volcarona. Fire Fang gives it great coverage against Mega Scizor, Corviknight and Ferrothorn.
Garchomp fits best on bulky offense and hyper offense structures, where its combination of Swords Dance and Scale Shot can quickly overwhelm the opposing team if not taken care of properly. It uses its powerful combination of STAB moves to prey on a lot of bulky Pokemon like Toxapex, Dragonite, and Galarian Slowking, to the benefit of teammates like Volcarona, Raging Bolt, and Iron Valiant. Garchomp's typing leaves it weak to attacks from notable Pokemon like Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant, and Weavile while also not being able to do much against Landorus-T, which can come in very often to drop Garchomp's Attack via Intimidate. Mega Scizor is a great solution to this problem, as it can take hits from the aforementioned Pokemon while being able to consistently force Landorus-T out. Urshifu-R can also be a great teammate for it, as it can lure in Toxapex and Raging Bolt, which then get removed by Garchomp. The Defense drops from Scale Shot leave Garchomp vulnerable to strong priority users like Weavile, Dragonite, and Kingambit. Tapu Lele's Psychic Surge is able to circumvent this issue by making these priority moves unable to hit. In exchange, Garchomp is able to take care of Tapu Lele's counters like Gholdengo and Heatran. Tapu Lele is also able to eliminate Great Tusk, which also presents itself as a threat to Garchomp by being able to shrug off its hits easily and KO it in return with an Ice Spinner.
Credits
Written by Dahness
Quality checked by boppydop! and Lightniong
Grammar checked by red fintans
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