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Project SV RU: The Next Best Thing (Week 23: Cyclizar) (Votings Open)

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Fake Tears Meloetta
a.k.a. Whining ftw

Meloetta @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fake Tears
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Shadow Ball

Fake Tears is not Nasty Plot, but it can be even better because it can be spammed as a pivot move, and it can weaken an incoming hard check/counter for a teammate.
Shadow Ball is picked over Dazzling Gleam because of its secondary effect, which is boosted by Serene Grace.
Tera Normal is here to boost Hyper Voice, a move that bypasses Substitute (a move that cuts already the user's health by 25%) to wish to reach a OHKO.
 
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Meloetta @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- U-turn
- Trick
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock

scarf set with dual stabs, a pivot and trick. momentum on a big hitter who got high speed is interesting tho. meloetta hits with power, all needed. some issues with steel types? switch out on it. some setup sweeeper u can't hit? trick it and force it to switch out, and get some nice item.
 
My go to meloetta set is the sub cm. Its quite nice.

Meloetta @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 240 HP / 12 Def / 112 SpD / 144 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Tera Blast
- Psyshock

the speed outruns timid brav-h. The given HP investment makes so that s-toss dont break the sub. The sp.def evs ensure that florges dont break sub. the rest is on defense with bold nature crucially making forrys gyro ball dont break the sub. Mon is super fast. Psyshock lets u beat other cm mons like florges.

This set sits on weak passive mons like belibolt to absolute ease. After CM noiverns draco Doesnt break sub.

Tera fighing is for Bishap. Tera Blast being Stab Pre and Post tera Is Nice.

Hope you all enjoy this set .
Thank you.
 
Maybe this can a beat on the heat side of things but

BANDED MELOETTA
Meloetta @ Choice Band
Ability: Serene Grace
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Relic Song
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- U-turn

The idea of the set is to break using STAB CC coming from a 128 base attack. You need Relic Song to transform and to cheese for his 20% chance to sleep. Tera Dark for opposing Psychic- and for STAB on Knock Off to dent Slowbro
 
Pabloaram said:
Maybe this can a beat on the heat side of things but

BANDED MELOETTA
Meloetta @ Choice Band
Ability: Serene Grace
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Relic Song
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- U-turn

The idea of the set is to break using STAB CC coming from a 128 base attack. You need Relic Song to transform and to cheese for his 20% chance to sleep. Tera Dark for opposing Psychic- and for STAB on Knock Off to dent Slowbro
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If it's choice banded how can it switch from relic song to CC
 
Thanks a lot for all the submissions, I see Meloetta is a bit of a fan favorite ! Let's vote for the best set now:
1/:meloetta:Assault Vest Pirouette by Elec-ant1234
2/:meloetta:Boots Pivot by Forest Guardian
3/:meloetta:Assault Vest Giga Impact by CheeseBakon
4/:meloetta:Fake Tears by nameless90
5/:meloetta:Choice Scarf by Kin+ak (✧∇✧)
6/:meloetta:Sub Calm Mind by Bruxish supremacy
7/:meloetta:Choice Band by Pabloaram

Hard choice this week ngl but once again Elec-ant1234 you did a hell of a job with your post including replays and deep explanations which helped a lot in selling this set to me, congrats. I am then voting 1 this week. Honorable mentions to the Sub CM (great job for the spread) and Scarf sets which are the ones I primarily use with Meloetta, good stuff !
 
This very exciting week concludes with the win of the:meloetta:Assault Vest Pirouette set :meloetta-pirouette:! Congratulations Elec-ant1234 ! Also grats to our runner-up Bruxish supremacy with their great Sub CM set ! The Hall of Fame has been updated.
1 --> 4 points
2 --> 0 point
3 --> 0 point
4 --> 0 point
5 --> 0 point
6 --> 3 points
7 --> 0 point
As usual, The Next Best Thing will be taking a short break due to the incoming shifts. See you next week ! :boi:
 
Thank you all for the votes, and see ya next week! (where chandelure will absolutely drop, trust me)
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And yes I will continue making these
 
CheeseBakon said:
1. grats, loved the set :D
2. I don't get them ._. pls explain
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On the left the implication is that the krookodile's team is down (shorthanded) and that it needs some extra help. To which the Meloetta refuses to help at all and provide assistance, a jab to how sometimes it can not help at all in some matches.

On the right it's a joke based on the fact that Meloetta has a single headphone, and that she's being fooled into believing it's illegal to drive w/ headphones
 
WEEK 17
SCREAM TAIL
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These October shifts gave us lots of new Pokemon to toy with, among which will be our focus for this week: Scream Tail. This new paradox is a fast defensive Pokemon able to outspeed key threats like Krookodile, Staraptor or Typhlosion-H. It also has an incredible movepool with moves such as Wish, Stealth Rock, Encore, Disable, Roar, Rain Dance, Sunny Day (yes Elec-ant, it has Metronome) and all the coverage it needs. It is even able to set up using Calm Mind or Bulk Up, though its abysmal offensive stats can seem unfit for it. For those who keep viability in mind, your sets can very much revolve around one move only if explained properly. Note that Tera choice will be important for Scream Tail as it just arrived in the tier so be sure to explain your Tera choice ! As per usual your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to share your most creative Scream Tail sets and explain them in order to contribute to the growth of the RU metagame.
from Smogdex

Wish Support:
Scream Tail @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: whatever
Timid Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Dazzling Gleam
- Encore
Submission deadline: Sets should be submitted by 11:59 pm GMT+2 on Friday, October 6th,
Voting deadline: votes will go until 11:59 pm GMT+2 on Sunday, October 8th.
 
The New Espathra!

I like screamtail, you like screamtail. But is clicking wish and protect just.. too BORING for you? Ever missed the days of Espathra destroying the UU tier?

Well... Youre in luck! Ive got just the set for you! Sure, Screamtail has a base 65 SPATK, But you gotta believe!

Lady Gaga (Scream Tail) @ Leftovers / Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Water / Steel / Fighting
EVs: 196 HP / 252 SpA / 60 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Tera Blast / Fireblast / Ice beam

You can slap on wish in there for recovery, but Im not sure which move youd want to replace.
 
Scream Tail @ Throat Spray
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SpA / 248 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Boomburst
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psyshock
- Fire Blast / Flamethrower

This set aims to make the most of Scream Tail's immediate offensive potential, as a fast, yet tanky, 4 attacks mon. Throat Spray, in tandem with Boomburst, gives Scream Tail a nice Specs boost without the move limitation. Tera Normal works to not only boost Boomburst's damage output, but to also remove its weaknesses and turn its Ghost weakness into an immunity. When to Tera can be strategically chosen around the opponent's Fighting-type options, as becoming Normal-type gives it only that one weakness which is 4x resisted by its original typing. Dazzling Gleam and Psyshock are there for STAB, and Fire Blast is coverage for Steels such as Bisharp, Revavroom, and Forretress.

The spread gives it enough Speed to outrun Espeon without wasting any EVs because running max Speed doesn't allow you to outrun anything else, unless you want to tie with Thundurus and Tornadus. Running this set as part of a sun team boosts Fire Blast and also causes Protosynthesis to activate, which makes Scream Tail faster than everything in the tier outside of Scarf Espeon/Noivern/Kilowattrel.

If you're skeptical about Boomburst coming off a base 65 Special Attack stat, think of Specs Boomburst Swellow in XY with a mere base Special Attack stat of 50, if you remember that.
 
Kin+ak (✧∇✧) said:
Support by death sentence(Scream Tail) @ Light Clay
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0Atk
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Stealth Rock / Thunder Wave
- Misty Explosion / Dazzling Gleam

this scream tail can be suicide lead in ho screen, support in screen, and the Job is well done! High speed and high bulk lets it go as it lets go your team, have fUN playing it!
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I'm afraid Light Clay is banned in SV RU
 
It'll work this time I swear

Metro Gnome (Scream Tail) @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 128 SpD / 128 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Metronome
- Disable / Bulk Up

So what makes this set any better than the (3) other metronome sets I've posted?

Well this one not only has reliable recovery (meaning it's able to stick around longer), but it has the choice between two great 4th moveslots.
Disable lets it be annoying, and often can help shut down attackers, as you can usually tank their best move against you, disable it, and wishtect up.
Bulk up lets it leverage it's great special bulk by gaining physical bulk as well, letting it stick around longer vs physical threats.

in case you are wondering why i chose bulk up over calm mind, is that there are move physical moves than special moves, and thus you're more likely to pull a physical move than special. So whatever you chose really depends on what you want to be doing as a metronome caller.

And remember,
that you have the power of pure hackmons in the palm of your paw(?) hand(??)

Replay Section:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-1958252564 Scream Tail prevents disastrous sweep by armarogue
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-1958259449 Scream Tail provides amazing support and shuts down enemy gamer from preforming gameplan
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changed speed invest to outspeed max invest jolly base 95 speed pokemon
NOTE: this set gets outspeed by max speed mimikyu
 
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