Choice Scarf (Miraidon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Hadron Engine
Tera Type: Electric / Steel / Dragon
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Electro Drift / Volt Switch
- Draco Meteor
- Overheat / Dragon Pulse
- U-turn
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Ability: Hadron Engine
Tera Type: Electric / Steel / Dragon
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Electro Drift / Volt Switch
- Draco Meteor
- Overheat / Dragon Pulse
- U-turn
[SET COMMENTS]
- Choice Scarf makes Miraidon an effective revenge killer, late-game sweeper, and pivot, taking advantage of its great Speed, naturally amazing offenses, and access to U-turn. Its most important application is being able to outspeed Koraidon, Flutter Mane, opposing Miraidon, Zacian-C, and Speed-boosted Arceus.
- Electro Drift allows Miraidon to hit a lot of Pokemon for neutral damage, most notably Zacian-C and Arceus-Fairy, which are immune to Draco Meteor.
- Draco Meteor is a strong STAB move that allows Miraidon to deal with slower Dragon-types as well as hit a lot of Pokemon for neutral damage, most notably Ground-types.
- Overheat can OHKO Zacian-C, hit foes trying to pivot between Ground- and Fairy-types, and damage neutral targets in sun, which makes it is as strong as Draco Meteor.
- U-turn helps Miraidon pivot out of the Ground-type Pokemon that are used to check it.
- Dragon Pulse can be used instead of Overheat to increase consistency and prevent the opponent from exploiting the drawbacks of Draco Meteor.
- Volt Switch can be used instead of Electro Drift to keep up the momentum after attacking.
- Tera Electric allows Miraidon to power up its Electro Drift and make itself less exploitable, OHKOing Zacian-C and dealing massive damage to most Arceus formes. This is an especially devastating end-game cleanup tool after the opposing Ground-types have been removed.
- Tera Steel gives Miraidon a Normal- and Dragon-type, resistance which allows it to take a hit from Pokemon like Extreme Killer Arceus and opposing Miraidon. Tera Steel also gives it resistances to both of Zacian-C's STAB moves.
- Tera Dragon powers up its Dragon-type attacks, which allows Miraidon to break through Ting-Lu and Clodsire and pick up KOs from higher ranges of health on other neutral targets like Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground.
- This set fits best on balance teams where it can help ease off the pressure from its defensively oriented teammates like Skeledirge, Clodsire, and Ting-Lu by outrunning and forcing your opponent's offensive Pokemon to switch out.
- Miraidon can also help teammates like Zacian-C, Koraidon, Kyogre, and Chien-Pao with U-turn, which would allow them to get into favorable positions such as against Ting-Lu and potentially force your opponent into having to switch again.
- Some teammates that can lure in and weaken Ting-Lu are Eternatus and Toxapex, which can use Toxic and Toxic Spikes, your own Ting-Lu with Ruination, and Giratina-O, which can status and phaze the opposing team with Dragon Tail. This greatly helps Miraidon because Ting-Lu is Miraidon's most common check.
[SET CREDITS]
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