GG sword doge (SD Zacian-Crowned) [DONE]

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Swords Dance (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire / Electric
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Close Combat / Wild Charge
- Play Rough / Wild Charge

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-C stands as one of the premier physical sweepers and Gods in the metagame, donating amazing stats all around while also leveraging those stats in tandem with its amazing typing to find opportunities to set up and sweep. With Intrepid Sword granting an immediate Attack boost upon entry, Zacian-C can threaten teams even before setting up. However, when it does find the opportunity to use Swords Dance, its Attack reaches devastating levels capable of shredding even the bulkiest of walls, allowing it to be a consistent threat throughout the game. Behemoth Blade serves as Zacian-C's most consistent STAB move, and Close Combat is an extremely strong Fighting-type option to break through Steel-types such as Iron Treads, Heatran, and Excadrill. Play Rough allows Zacian-C to hit Steel-resistant foes like Rotom-Wash and Zapdos. Alternatively, Wild Charge can be used to hit key targets such as Corviknight, Dondozo, and Ho-Oh for super effective damage, as well as Gholdengo for neutral damage. Tera Fighting synergizes perfectly with Close Combat, which becomes Zacian-C's most powerful move. On the other hand, Tera Fire provides an invaluable burn immunity, helping Zacian-C avoid burns from the likes of Ho-Oh and Skeledirge, while Tera Electric ensures Wild Charge can get the 2HKO on Dondozo and bulky Gholdengo.

Zacian-C's key characteristic is being able to donate a sky-high 138 Speed, making it an invaluable teammate for slower but potent attackers like Iron Thorns, Urshifu-S, and Hydrapple, allowing them to outspeed key threats. Zacian-C's solid defensive stats mean it can be used on both offensive and defensive team structures, being able to donate useful bulk to offensive Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Iron Moth in the Defense slot or to defensive staples such as Dondozo in the Special Defense slot. Because Zacian-C should go in the Special Attack slot, Pokemon that still appreciate the minor increase in Attack such as Hisuian Samurott and Meowscarada or ones that don't necessarily need an Attack donation to function, like Ogerpon-W and Mandibuzz, pair well with Zacian-C. Despite its overwhelming power, Zacian-C still appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its sweeping potential. Thus, hazard setters such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, and the aforementioned Hisuian Samurott are appreciated. Also, without Wild Charge, Zacian-C can struggle against physical walls like Dondozo and Skarmory, as well as just always being walled by Skeledirge, so teammates that can beat these like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and the aforementioned Ogerpon-W are welcomed.

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire / Electric
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough / Wild Charge
- Close Combat / Wild Charge

Zacian-Crowned stands as one of the premier physical sweepers in the metagame, combining blistering Speed, amazing Attack and typing, and Swords Dance to sweep through teams. Zacian-Crowned stands as one of the premier physical sweepers and Gods in the metagame, donating amazing stats all around while leveraging those stats in tandem with its amazing typing to find opportunities to set-up and sweep. [blistering speed + attack feels weird cuz i think so much of what makes zac good is that its very bulky thanks to 92/115/115 stats and an amazing defensive typing, i wanted to get those points across. u can use ur own words to make that point if u prefer it to my sentence] With Intrepid Sword granting an immediate Attack boost upon entry, Zacian-C can threaten teams even before setting up. However, when it does find the opportunity to use Swords Dance, its Attack reaches devastating levels capable of shredding even the bulkiest walls. Behemoth Blade serves as Zacian-C’s most consistent STAB move, hitting many targets for neutral. [explaining behe feels so redundant lol, id say if we implement the move order i suggested in qc channel just nuke this sentence and mention how CC nicely complements behemoth and how u should choose a 4th move based on what u want zac to do, otherwise keep as in.] Play Rough is its secondary STAB, allowing Zacian-C to nail Dragon-types such as Hydrapple and Giratina, as well as Dark-types like Ting-Lu. hit Steel-type resists like Rotom-W or Zapdos. Close Combat rounds out the set, giving Zacian-C a strong Fighting-type option to break through Steel-types such as Iron Treads, Heatran, and Excadrill. [id mention less shitty steels like corv or skarm but ig those arent super effective] Alternatively, Wild Charge can be used to hit key targets such as Corviknight, Dondozo, and Ho-Oh for super effective damage, as well as Gholdengo for neutral. Tera Fighting synergizes perfectly with Close Combat, which becomes Zacian's most powerful move. On the other hand, Tera Fire provides an invaluable burn immunity, helping Zacian-C avoid burn from the likes of Ho-Oh and Skeledirge, while Tera Electric ensures Wild Charge can get the KO on Dondozo and 2HKO on bulky Gholdengo.

Zacian-C's key characteristic is being able to donate a sky-high 138 speed, making it an invaluable teammate for slower but potent attackers like Iron Thorns, Urshifu, and Hydrapple, allowing them to outspeed key threats. Its solid defensive stats mean it can also donate useful bulk to offensive Pokémon like Roaring Moon or Iron Moth in the Defense slot, or to defensive staples such as Dondozo in the Special Defense slot. [Reword this to convey "both offensive set up guys and defensive walls/pivots appreiciate zacians defense bonus and either playstyle synergies well with it, rn ur making it sould like x/x/iron moth/zac/dondozo/x is the optimal zac structure]Because Zacian-C must should go in the Special Attack slot, Pokemon who still appreciate the minor increase in Attack such as Hisuian Samurott and Meowscarada, or just a regular Ogerpon-Wellspring don't necessarily need an attack donation to function, like Ogerpon-Wellspring or Mandibuzz, pair well with Zacian-C. Despite its overwhelming power, Zacian-C still appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its sweeping potential. Thus, entry hazard setters such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, and the the aforementioned Hisuian Samurott are appreciated. Also, especially without Wild Charge, Zacian-C can struggle into physical walls like Skeledirge, Dondozo, and Skarmory, so teammates that can beat these like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and the aforementioned Ogerpon-W are appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire / Electric
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Close Combat / Wild Charge
- Play Rough / Wild Charge

Zacian-Crowned stands as one of the premier physical sweepers and Gods in the metagame, donating amazing stats all around while leveraging those stats in tandem with its amazing typing to find opportunities to set-up and sweep. With Intrepid Sword granting an immediate Attack boost upon entry, Zacian-C can threaten teams even before setting up. However, when it does find the opportunity to use Swords Dance, its Attack reaches devastating levels capable of shredding even the bulkiest walls mention SD offsetting the fact Intrepid Sword only activates on the first switch-in so it allows it to continue to be threatening no matter what point in the game it is on the field. Behemoth Blade serves as Zacian-C’s most consistent STAB move, while Close Combat is an extremely strong Fighting-type option to break through Steel-types such as Iron Treads, Heatran, and Excadrill. Play Rough is allows Zacian-C to hit Steel-type resists like Rotom-W or Zapdos. Alternatively, Wild Charge can be used to hit key targets such as Corviknight, Dondozo, and Ho-Oh for super effective damage, as well as Gholdengo for neutral. Tera Fighting synergizes perfectly with Close Combat, which becomes Zacian's most powerful move. On the other hand, Tera Fire provides an invaluable burn immunity, helping Zacian-C avoid burn from the likes of Ho-Oh and Skeledirge, while Tera Electric ensures Wild Charge can get the KO on Dondozo and 2HKO on bulky Gholdengo.

Zacian-C's key characteristic is being able to donate a sky-high 138 speed, making it an invaluable teammate for slower but potent attackers like Iron Thorns, Urshifu, and Hydrapple, allowing them to outspeed key threats. Its solid defensive stats mean it can be used on both offensive and defensive structures, being able to donate useful bulk to offensive Pokémon like Roaring Moon or Iron Moth in the Defense slot, or to defensive staples such as Dondozo in the Special Defense slot. Because Zacian-C should go in the Special Attack slot, Pokemon who still appreciate the minor increase in Attack such as Hisuian Samurott and Meowscarada, or don't necessarily need an attack donation to function, like Ogerpon-Wellspring or Mandibuzz, pair well with Zacian-C. Despite its overwhelming power, Zacian-C still appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its sweeping potential. Thus, entry hazard setters such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, and the the aforementioned Hisuian Samurott are appreciated. Also, especially without Wild Charge, Zacian-C can struggle into physical walls like Skeledirge, Dondozo, and Skarmory, so teammates that can beat these like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and the aforementioned Ogerpon-W are appreciated. Skeledirge is a hard counter to Zacian but it doesn't really care if Zacian has Wild Charge or not lol. Tera Dark Crunch on the other hand though... :eyes:

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Very little notes on this one. QC 2/2

 

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire / Electric
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Close Combat / Wild Charge
- Play Rough / Wild Charge

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-Crowned Zacian-C stands as one of the premier physical sweepers and Gods in the metagame, donating amazing stats all around while also leveraging those stats in tandem with its amazing typing to find opportunities to set-up set up and sweep. With Intrepid Sword granting an immediate Attack boost upon entry, Zacian-C can threaten teams even before setting up. However, when it Zacian-C does find the opportunity to use Swords Dance, its Attack reaches devastating levels capable of shredding even the bulkiest walls, allowing Zacian-C it to be a consistent threat throughout the game. Behemoth Blade serves as Zacian-C’s Zacian-C's (curly → ASCII apostrophe) most consistent STAB move, while Close Combat is an extremely strong Fighting-type option to break through Steel-types such as Iron Treads, Heatran, and Excadrill. Play Rough is allows Zacian-C to hit Steel-type resists like Rotom-W or Rotom-Wash and Zapdos. Alternatively, Wild Charge can be used to hit key targets such as Corviknight, Dondozo, and Ho-Oh for super effective damage, as well as Gholdengo for neutral. Tera Fighting synergizes perfectly with Close Combat, which becomes Zacian's Zacian-C's most powerful move. On the other hand, Tera Fire provides an invaluable burn immunity, helping Zacian-C avoid burn from the likes of Ho-Oh and Skeledirge, while Tera Electric ensures Wild Charge can get the KO on Dondozo and 2HKO on bulky Gholdengo.

Zacian-C's key characteristic is being able to donate a sky-high 138 Speed, making it an invaluable teammate for slower but potent attackers like Iron Thorns, Urshifu (If you mean Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, use Urshifu-R, or if you mean Urshifu-Single-Strike, use Urshifu-S. If you're referring to both, just say the Urshifu formes), and Hydrapple, allowing them to outspeed key threats. Its Zacian-C's solid defensive stats mean it can be used on both offensive and defensive team structures, being able to donate useful bulk to offensive Pokémon Pokemon like Roaring Moon or Iron Moth in the Defense slot, or to defensive staples such as Dondozo in the Special Defense slot. Because Zacian-C should go in the Special Attack slot, Pokemon who that still appreciate the minor increase in Attack such as Hisuian Samurott and Meowscarada, or don't necessarily need an Attack donation to function, like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W or Mandibuzz, pair well with Zacian-C. Despite its overwhelming power, Zacian-C still appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its sweeping potential. Thus, entry hazard setters such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, and the the aforementioned Hisuian Samurott are appreciated. Also, without Wild Charge, Zacian-C can struggle into against physical walls like Dondozo and Skarmory, as well as just always being walled by Skeledirge, so teammates that can beat these like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and the aforementioned Ogerpon-W are appreciated welcomed (to avoid repetition).

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dragonphoenix333.608218/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pannu.517892/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kenn.604741/
Grammar checked by:

 

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Fire / Electric
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade
- Close Combat / Wild Charge
- Play Rough / Wild Charge

[SET COMMENTS]
Zacian-Crowned Zacian-C stands as one of the premier physical sweepers and Gods in the metagame, donating amazing stats all around while also leveraging those stats in tandem with its amazing typing to find opportunities to set-up set up and sweep. With Intrepid Sword granting an immediate Attack boost upon entry, Zacian-C can threaten teams even before setting up. However, when it does find the opportunity to use Swords Dance, its Attack reaches devastating levels capable of shredding even the bulkiest of walls, allowing Zacian-C it to be a consistent threat throughout the game. Behemoth Blade serves as Zacian-C’s Zacian-C's (curly → ASCII apostrophe) most consistent STAB move, while and Close Combat is an extremely strong Fighting-type option to break through Steel-types such as Iron Treads, Heatran, and Excadrill. Play Rough is allows Zacian-C to hit Steel-resistant foes Steel-type resists like Rotom-W or Rotom-Wash and Zapdos. Alternatively, Wild Charge can be used to hit key targets such as Corviknight, Dondozo, and Ho-Oh for super effective damage, as well as Gholdengo for neutral damage. Tera Fighting synergizes perfectly with Close Combat, which becomes Zacian's Zacian-C's most powerful move. On the other hand, Tera Fire provides an invaluable burn immunity, helping Zacian-C avoid burn burns from the likes of Ho-Oh and Skeledirge, while Tera Electric ensures Wild Charge can get the KO on Dondozo could you explain what you mean by KO? tera wild charge does not OHKO dondozo normally and 2HKO on bulky Gholdengo.

Zacian-C's key characteristic is being able to donate a sky-high 138 Speed, making it an invaluable teammate for slower but potent attackers like Iron Thorns, Urshifu (If you mean Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, use Urshifu-R, or if you mean Urshifu-Single-Strike, use Urshifu-S. If you're referring to both, just say the Urshifu formes), and Hydrapple, allowing them to outspeed key threats. Its Zacian-C's solid defensive stats mean it can be used on both offensive and defensive team structures, being able to donate useful bulk to offensive Pokémon Pokemon like Roaring Moon or and Iron Moth in the Defense slot (remove comma) or to defensive staples such as Dondozo in the Special Defense slot. Because Zacian-C should go in the Special Attack slot, Pokemon who that still appreciate the minor increase in Attack such as Hisuian Samurott and Meowscarada (remove comma) or ones that don't necessarily need an Attack donation to function, like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W or and Mandibuzz, pair well with Zacian-C. Despite its overwhelming power, Zacian-C still appreciates entry hazard support to maximize its sweeping potential. Thus, entry hazard setters such as Clefable, Ting-Lu, and the the aforementioned Hisuian Samurott are appreciated. Also, without Wild Charge, Zacian-C can struggle into against physical walls like Dondozo and Skarmory, as well as just always being walled by Skeledirge, so teammates that can beat these like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and the aforementioned Ogerpon-W are appreciated welcomed (to avoid repetition).

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dragonphoenix333.608218/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pannu.517892/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kenn.604741/
Grammar checked by:

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