[SET]
Stored Power (Necrozma-DM) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prism Armor
Tera Type: Poison / Water
EVs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 140 SpD
Bold Nature
- Iron Defense
- Calm Mind
- Morning Sun
- Stored Power
[SET COMMENTS]
Necrozma-DM can function as a formidable bulky special sweeper under the right conditions. This set thrives on hyper offense teams as a blanket check to common anti-offense tools like Trick Room Calyrex-I, opposing Necrozma-DM, Iron Defense + Calm Mind Arceus formes, and Zacian-C. By boosting its defenses, Necrozma-DM becomes nearly unkillable, leveraging Stored Power to counter-sweep. 140 Special Defense EVs ensure that even Modest Eternatus requires three consecutive Fire Blasts to KO Necrozma-DM from full HP, granting ample opportunity to set up Calm Mind. Meanwhile, 120 Defense EVs with a Bold nature allow Necrozma-DM to survive two Low Kicks from a Jolly Koraidon 98% of the time, enabling it to safely switch into a Choice Scarf-locked Koraidon, recover HP under sun, bolster its defenses with Iron Defense, and set up on it further. Tera Poison eliminates Necrozma-DM's Fire weakness, grants a Fighting resistance, and retains its Toxic immunity, which is critical for a slow setup sweeper. Tera Water turns its Fire weakness into a resistance, removes its Ground and Dark weaknesses, and adds a Water resistance. This allows Necrozma-DM to set up against threats like non-Choice Specs Kyogre and significantly improves its durability against the devastating Tera Fire Koraidon, albeit at the risk of being poisoned by Eternatus or Gliscor.
Necrozma-DM's inability to damage Dark-types and the time required for it to set up are the key limitations. Koraidon, Arceus-Fairy, and Zacian-C are ideal partners to handle Dark-types like Ting-Lu and Kingambit. Special attackers such as Eternatus, Mewtwo,or and Lunala can overwhelm Ting-Lu and Ho-Oh early, denying their ability to phaze and thus paving the way for Necrozma-DM to sweep later. Ribombee provides critical speed control through paralysis and Sticky Web to help Necrozma-DM to improve the matchup against Taunt variants of Calm Mind Arceus, which completely shut down this set. In return, Necrozma-DM supports these teammates by absorbing Ice-type attacks from Calyrex-I, tanking Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade and Play Rough, and acting as a last resort against Iron Defense + Calm Mind Arceus if its teammates cannot take it down.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Stored Power (Necrozma-DM) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prism Armor
Tera Type: Poison / Water
EVs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 140 SpD
Bold Nature
- Iron Defense
- Calm Mind
- Morning Sun
- Stored Power
[SET COMMENTS]
Necrozma-DM can function as a formidable bulky special sweeper under the right conditions. This set thrives on hyper offense teams as a blanket check to common anti-offense tools like Trick Room Calyrex-I, opposing Necrozma-DM, Iron Defense + Calm Mind Arceus formes, and Zacian-C. By boosting its defenses, Necrozma-DM becomes nearly unkillable, leveraging Stored Power to counter-sweep. 140 Special Defense EVs ensure that even Modest Eternatus requires three consecutive Fire Blasts to KO Necrozma-DM from full HP, granting ample opportunity to set up Calm Mind. Meanwhile, 120 Defense EVs with a Bold nature allow Necrozma-DM to survive two Low Kicks from a Jolly Koraidon 98% of the time, enabling it to safely switch into a Choice Scarf-locked Koraidon, recover HP under sun, bolster its defenses with Iron Defense, and set up on it further. Tera Poison eliminates Necrozma-DM's Fire weakness, grants a Fighting resistance, and retains its Toxic immunity, which is critical for a slow setup sweeper. Tera Water turns its Fire weakness into a resistance, removes its Ground and Dark weaknesses, and adds a Water resistance. This allows Necrozma-DM to set up against threats like non-Choice Specs Kyogre and significantly improves its durability against the devastating Tera Fire Koraidon, albeit at the risk of being poisoned by Eternatus or Gliscor.
Necrozma-DM's inability to damage Dark-types and the time required for it to set up are the key limitations. Koraidon, Arceus-Fairy, and Zacian-C are ideal partners to handle Dark-types like Ting-Lu and Kingambit. Special attackers such as Eternatus, Mewtwo,
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/louisix.566610/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oreospeedruns.597293/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lasen.273339/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lana.374620/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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