[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Flamethrower / Explosion / Defog
item: Steel Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Steel carves itself a strong niche in UU due to being a Steel-type capable of both switching into and outspeeding Sylveon. Its good all rounded stats also allow it to serve as a solid check to Pokemon like Gardevoir, offensive Galarian Weezing, and Roserade, while access to Swords Dance and U-turn allow it to be a flexible presence that can support teammates capable of taking advantage of its checks like Incineroar and Rotom-W with U-turn, and break through weakened teams. This is further amplified by its decent selection of potential options for its last slot; Flamethrower allows Silvally-Steel to break through Doublade, offensively check Escavalier, and prevent Cobalion freely switching in, Explosion lets Silvally-Steel more directly remove threats like Incineroar, Rotom-W, and Milotic for its teammates, while Defog lets Silvally-Steel take advantage of its good matchup versus Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Bronzong if its team is lacking in entry hazard removal. Silvally-Steel can also consider other options such as Crunch to allow it to break through Chandelure, and more directly threaten Bronzong, or Flame Charge, allowing it to more effectively clean late-game and limit offensive checks like Flamethrower Noivern and Choice Scarf Gardevoir that could attempt to remove it after being weakened. Max speed investment with a Jolly Nature allows Silvally-Steel to outspeed Roserade and Lucario.
Sylveon is one of Silvally-Steel's best teammates as its Wish support allows it to much more consistently check Pokemon like Sylveon and Roserade, and it can help to check revenge killers like Flamethrower Noivern, Haxorus, and Choice Scarf Flygon for Silvally-Steel. Teammates that can take advantage of Silvally-Steel's common checks like Rotom-W, Cobalion, and Incineroar are also essential. Pangoro and Machamp can pressure Incineroar and bulky Water-types like Milotic that Silvally-Steel struggles with, and appreciate Silvally-Steel checking Sylveon. Noivern can offensively check all 3, and appreciates being brought in safely via U-turn, in return it can also bring Silvally-Steel in on Gigalith, and Fairy-types like Sylveon and Gardevoir with U-turn to provide more safe setup opportunities. Rotom-W can also pressure Incineroar and form a momentum core with Silvally-Steel, and appreciates it checking Roserade. Furthermore, Rotom-W can help Silvally-Steel pressure Rhyperior and Gigalith, and potentially run a Nasty Plot set to break through bulky Water-types like Milotic that Steelvally-Steel dislikes. Grass-types like Roserade and Celebi can check Rotom-W and Milotic, and help to pressure their shared checks like Incineroar. Roserade can also provide Spikes support, and both appreciate Silvally-Steel pressuring weakened Escavalier with Flamethrower. Gigalith, Rhyperior, and Incineroar can check the Fire-types like Darmanitan and Chandelure that Silvally-Steel struggles with. Gigalith and Rhyperior can also check Noivern and provide Stealth Rock to wear down switch-ins like Rotom-W, while Incineroar can help to check Steel-types like Doublade and Escavalier, allowing Silvally-Steel to more freely run other coverage options. Late-game cleaners like Dragon Dance Necrozma and Choice Scarf Flygon appreciate Silvally-Steel's wallbreaking; both especially benefit from Explosion variants removing checks like Incineroar and Rotom-W respectively. Flygon can also provide an answer to Haxorus, a check to Haxorus lacking or having used Shuca Berry, and help bring Silvally-Steel in Pokemon like Sylveon and Weezing-Galar that it struggles with.
[SET]
name: Bulky Pivot
move 1: Multi-Attack
move 2: Flamethrower / Toxic
move 3: Defog / Toxic
move 4: Parting Shot
item: Steel Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Steel can serve as an effective bulky pivot capable of checking staples like Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Roserade effectively due to its Steel typing, solid bulk and speed, and access to Parting Shot allowing it to provide momentum as well as potential safer set up opportunities to teammates. Flamethrower allows Silvally-Steel to serve as a check to Steel-types like Escavalier and Doublade, while Toxic can instead be used to cripple switch-ins like Rotom-W and Incineroar for teammates. If necessary, Silvally-Steel can serve as an effective Defogger due to its ability to pressure Gigalith, otherwise it can opt to run both Flamethrower and Toxic. Maximum speed investment with a Jolly nature allow Silvally-Steel to outspeed Roserade, Gardevoir, and Lucario.
Sylveon is an extremely useful teammate that can help check Pokemon like Noivern, Flygon, and Pangoro for Silvally-Steel, and provide it with Wish support so that it can more reliably check Pokemon like Sylveon and Roserade. Wallbreakers like Celebi, Cobalion, and Pangoro appreciate Silvally-Steel's Parting Shot support providing them with safer setup opportunities and free switches into Pokemon like Rotom-W and Incineroar. In return, Celebi appreciates Silvally-Steel checking Escavalier, Cobalion appreciates it offering a secondary Steel-type that can switch into Pokemon like Sylveon for it, and Pangoro appreciates it checking Sylveon and Gardevoir. Rhyperior and Gigalith can help check Noivern and Darmanitan for Silvally-Steel and provide Stealth Rock to wear down switch-ins like Rotom-W, Rhyperior can also provide an Electric-immunity to help prevent Toxtricity freely switching into Silvally-Steel and gaining momentum with Volt Switch, while Gigalith can check other threatening Fire-types like Chandelure. Noivern and Flygon can offer speed control and check Haxorus for Silvally-Steel, although Noivern only checks Choice Band variants, and appreciate it checking Sylveon and Gardevoir for them. Noivern can also offensively check Fighting-types like Machamp, Cobalion, and Pangoro that Silvally-Steel dislikes. Incineroar and Will-O-Wisp Rotom-W can both help Silvally-Steel to check Steel-types like Copperajah and Escavalier; Rotom-W can also check Cobalion and Rhyperior and provide an alternative Defoger, while Incineroar can help to check Fire-types like Chandelure. Both can also form momentum cores with Silvally-Steel, and appreciate it checking Pokemon like Roserade and Sylveon.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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