[SET]
Swords Dance (Lokix) @ Black Glasses
Ability: Tinted Lens
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Dark
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Protect / First Impression
[SET COMMENTS]
With Swords Dance and Tinted Lens, Lokix turns into a fierce sweeper, cleaving through even resists like Quaquaval, Tinkaton, and Tyranitar with +2 Knock Off. Sucker Punch is key in bringing down faster targets like Tornadus-T, Latios, Sand Rush Excadrill and Thundurus-T, as well as priority from slower foes like Protect lets it block First Impression from opposing Lokix. While Swords Dance and First Impression seem counterintuitive, Lokix can use it to still pick off Zarude, at the cost of less consistency. A Jolly Nature is preferred to outspeed Excadrill. Adamant can be run to maximize its damage output, but leaves it slower than the aforementioned targets. Black Glasses alongside Tera Dark brings its Dark-type STABs to ludicrous levels, allowing it to OHKO nearly any Pokemon in the tier, even bulky physically defensive ones like Cobalion with Knock Off.
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