: Calm Mind Tapu Koko is an interesting pick that has somewhat picked up again.
YEET
Anyway, someone ended up doing Y but as it turns out X shits on this core from a mile above too. After Zygarde left the building this beautiful Dragon Dancer got a decent amount better and if it's able to come in safely it unleashes unspeakable horrors upon this core:
Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature ( However, Adamant guarantees an OHKO on offensive Tran variants without any prior damage under Grassy Terrain)
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Earthquake
- Roost
Scarf Kartana cannot 2HKO Mega Zard X from full HP with Sacred Sword, and it cannot OHKO a Mega Zard X after its base form has taken a single turn of Stealth Rock damage although you don't want to switch in on it. You can opt to invest into a little extra bulk at the cost of some Speed if you so desire (you want to hit 608 at +2 so you outpace any Hawlucha that invests enough to speed creep +2 Jolly Excadrill, at the bare minimum), giving it many opportunities on the defensive end to set up a Dragon Dance or potentially even two. Offensively, I'll let the calcs speak for themselves, as this thing hurts like a bastard and it needs no further introduction:
252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Kartana: 808-952 (310.7 - 366.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Tapu Bulu: 452-534 (160.8 - 190%) -- guaranteed OHKO
It needs no prior damage on either to absolutely wreck house. If it gets a free turn, something is going to fucking die.
Unless the Heatran you're probably going to be pairing with this core is running Air Balloon for some ungodly reason it cannot switch in either for it will be 2HKOed, even if it's running significant bulk.
252 Atk Charizard-Mega-X Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran in Grassy Terrain: 204-244 (52.8 - 63.2%) -- 78.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
Any free turn given to Zard X allows it to set up a Dragon Dance. This gives it a better shot at OHKOing offensively-oriented Heatran variants and lets it overkill Bulu and Kartana by even more ludicrous amounts. In theory it can even get to +2 against Kartana, in which case it's basically GG right there without a Toxapex.