Scarf Greninja [QC 0/2]

[SET]
Choice Scarf (Greninja) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Poison/Ice
EVs: 164 Atk / 92 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Gunk Shot
- Ice Beam
- U-turn
- Rock Slide

[SET COMMENTS]
Armed with a Choice Scarf, Greninja uses its wide coverage and blazing fast speed to become a potent revenge killer. Gunk Shot crucially lets Greninja nail Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Iron Valiant, and Ogerpon-Wellspring while also hitting Clefable. Ice Beam lets Greninja revenge kill Garchomp, Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Great Tusk as well as hitting Zapdos and Tornadus-Therian super effectively. U-turn allows Greninja to grab momentum for its team and letting it pivot out of checks such as Corviknight, Toxapex, Mega Scizor, and Galarian Slowking. Rock Slide provides crucial coverage that allows Greninja to revenge kill +1 Volcarona, +1 Kyurem, and +1 Mega Charizard-X, while also OHKOing Mega Charizard-Y. Tera Poison gives Gunk Shot good odds to OHKO Tera Grass Heatran and Tera Fairy Garganacl after Stealth Rock, Tera Ice however boosts Ice Beam to greater levels, most notably OHKOing Great Tusk as well as guaranteeing a 2HKO on Mega Latias and Assault Vest Tornadus-T. 92 Special Attack EVs are used to OHKO Kartana with Ice Beam with the rest being put into Attack and Speed. Wallbreakers such as Urshifu-R, Ogerpon-Wellspring, and Medicham-Mega benefit from Greninja's ability to force out threats like Landorus-T and Tapu Lele to pivot them in safely, they can also help wear down Pokemon for Greninja to pick off later due to its speed and coverage. in-turn, Greninja can revenge kill faster Pokemon for them such Iron Valiant and Tapu Koko. Greninja's frailty is a hindrance, thus other pivots such as Landorus-T and Rotom-W help greatly as they can help pivot Greninja in safely, Rotom-W can also form a good VoltTurn core with it as well. Greninja also suffers from Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight due to its inability to break through them, so Fire-types such as Heatran and Volcarona can help beat them for Greninja.



[SET CREDITS]
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hi ImZer0 , really sorry for the issue on our end with this one. It was not supposed to be a reservable option as scarf gren isn't a very good option in the current meta, but was never officially taken out.

Again, sorry for the mix up and do feel free to reserve anything else available in the reservation thread :blobthumbsup:
 
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