[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Bitter Blade
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy
[SET COMMENTS]
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ox04, 507268]]
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Bitter Blade
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy
[SET COMMENTS]
- Ceruledge is a self-sufficient wallbreaker, which functions thanks to its good offensive and defensive type combination, Swords Dance, Flash Fire, healing from Bitter Blade, and Shadow Sneak. Ceruledge is provided switch-in opportunities thanks to its great matchup against Koraidon, which it can heavily punish if it goes for Fighting- or Fire-type attacks.
- This is all the more useful when trying to dance around Choice-locked variants. It also threatens out one of the most common defensive staples in Corviknight. This allows it to rack up damage on its checks throughout the game and then set up with Swords Dance to sweep late-game with Shadow Sneak.
- Shadow Claw is mandatory to be able to break through physical walls like Skeledirge, Toxapex, and Alomomola, which is only made easier with Terastallization and the power boost from Life Orb. These easily allow it to 2HKO Toxapex and Alomomola after a boost. Tera Ghost also greatly helps against Dondozo and Great Tusk, which can often be overwhelmed with good play.
- Shadow Sneak greatly appreciates the power boost from Tera Ghost, which is newly capable of OHKOing foes like Iron Valiant after a single Swords Dance boost and Miraidon after two rounds of Stealth Rock damage.
- Adamant is the preferred nature as the power boost it provides is very significant. A specific example is Miraidon needing two rounds of Stealth Rock damage for a +2 Tera Ghost Adamant Shadow Sneak to OHKO it, while Jolly would need three rounds of Stealth Rock damage. Jolly's power drop is too significant and the extra Speed it gives doesn't make a worthwhile difference.
- Tera Fairy improves Ceruledge's defensive profile even more, as it is now immune to Koraidon's Dragon-type STAB moves. This allows it to get many effortless switches or at least heavily dissuade Koraidon from using anything else other than U-turn.
- Heavy-Duty Boots is a solid option to ignore entry hazards, making it harder to wear Ceruledge down passively, especially in conjunction with Bitter Blade healing further improving longevity. However, the power drop is very noticeable, as it can often come up short in the scenarios you would rely on it to score a KO, for example it now can't OHKO Flutter Mane with Shadow Sneak.
- Koraidon is an amazing partner, as they can double up on shared checks and wallbreak for the other one to clean late-game. Most importantly, it hugely powers up Ceruledge's Bitter Blade. Koraidon can also help to dance around Chi-Yu, as it can take Dark Pulse aimed at Ceruledge.
- Great Tusk can also fit alongside the two, as it can clear entry hazards for Ceruledge and help break Dondozo thanks to its immense power. It can also act as a backup Koraidon check.
- Flutter Mane can often threaten out the Pokemon used for countering Ceruledge, while Ceruledge can threaten out Flutter Mane's checks. They can synergistically break through teams together.
- Chien-Pao and Ceruledge often act similarly, as they are both tough wallbreakers with good priority that often share checks. This and their mutually complementing offensive and defensive typings allow them to fit very well together.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ox04, 507268]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [Takatk, 595062]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920], [autumn, 384270]]
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