
[SET]
Utility (Cinderace) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pyro Ball
- U-turn
- Court Change / Super Fang
- Taunt / Will-O-Wisp / Super Fang
[SET COMMENTS]
Cinderace is a good utility pivot thanks to its high Speed and great supporting movepool. U-turn lets it pivot out against Well-Baked Body Pokemon like Corviknight, Gholdengo, and Kingambit, as well as Primordial Sea users like Zapdos, Walking Wake, and Manaphy. Court Change punishes opposing teams for setting entry hazards or dual screens. Super Fang can be used instead to chip switch-ins like Kommo-o, Garganacl, and Quaquaval that Cinderace cannot meaningfully damage otherwise. Taunt prevents status moves, entry hazards, and recovery, which can help against foes like Scream Tail, while Will-O-Wisp cripples checks like Garchomp, Kommo-o, and Primordial Sea Zapdos. Cinderace is threatened by Primordial Sea users like Barraskewda, Ogerpon-W, and Walking Wake, which force it out, making walls like defensive Zapdos, Kommo-o, and Empoleon pair well with it. Offensive pivots such as Galarian Zapdos, Meowscarada, and Sandy Shocks pair well with Cinderace, as they form a VoltTurn core with it, being able to pivot it in to threaten walls like Corviknight, Meloetta, Hisuian Goodra. In return, Cinderace can pivot these teammates in to threaten its switch-ins like Kommo-o, Garaganacl, and Quaquaval.
[SET CREDITS]
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