[SET]
name: Z- Celebrate (Fire)
move 1: Celebrate
move 2: Searing shot
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Focus Blast / Thunderbolt
item: Normalium Z
ability: Victory Star
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Victini can act as a good setup sweeper with the help of Normalium Z and Celebrate to boost all its stats, increasing the defensive and offensive potential of Victini as well as using hard hitting moves to sweep or hinder a team significantly. Stored Power becomes a 120 Base Power move from the boosts for a powerful STAB move, Stored power OHKOes pokemon like Toxapex, Nihilego, Tapu Koko, Keldeo. It also allows Victini to outspeed threats such as Choice Scarf Excadrill, Tyranitar after 2 Dragon Dances. Searing Shot acts as its other strong STAB move which can be boosted by the sun to hit Pokemon like Aegislash, Scizor, Mega Sableye and other Dark-type Pokemon. It is also more consistent as it does not rely on Z-Celebrate like Stored Power or have poor accuracy like Focus Blast. Focus Blast acts as good coverage for Dark-types such as Tyranitar, Hydreigon and Greninja and, Heatran. Thunderbolt also acts as good coverage for Water-types such as Mantine, Slowking, and Greninja.
252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allow Victini to speed tie with other 100 base speed Pokemon while 252 Special Attack EVs to maximize its offensive power.
Torkoal acts as a great teammate for Victini as it can remove hazards which Victini is very vulnerable to, set harsh sunlight with drought which weakens water moves for Victini to set up more easily as well as hit harder with searing shot and, eases weather matchups which are detrimental to Victini's speed tier. Torkoal can also set up Stealth Rock to put defensive Pokemon like Tyranitar in OHKO range. Blacephalon and Mega Charizard X both benefit from Victini chipping down opposing defensive Pokemon such as Mega Diancie and Heatran, and makes it easier to potentially sweep the opposing team and vice versa. Rotom - Heat is also a good teammate as it provides a ground immunity to aid with Ground threats and its Electric typing threatens water types, as well as set up Light Screen and Reflect which lets Victini set up safely, Rotom could also safely pivot into Victini with volt switch. Scarf Blacephalon and Infernape help check faster threats such as Mega Diancie and Scarf Nihilego. Volcanion is also a good teammate as it can eat water moves and prevent Belly Drum Azumarill from sweeping. It is essential to not take too much chip damage when setting up to prevent a KO from faster pokemon like Terrakion, Blacephalon, Greninja and Latios.
[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Victini excels as a wall breaker with a Choice Band being able to 2HKO most walls with hazard support and sun support such as Chansey, Toxapex, Mega Slowbro. V-create allows Victini to hit really hard even against Pokémon that resist it, this is further boosted by the sun making it near impossible to switch into, Pokemon like Gastrodon and Swampert get 2HKOed after Stealth Rock. Bolt strike is a good coverage move that hits Water-type Pokemon like Toxapex, Mega Slowbro and Pelipper. Not only does U-turn make it easy to gain offensive momentum but also prevents Victini and switch into teammates that are better suited to deal with the foe. Trick prevents walls like Hippowdon, Toxapex, Slowbro from recovering as they would be choice locked severely crippling their ability to wall. Victini can afford to run moves like V-create and Bolt Strike because of Victory Star which boosts the accuracy of the moves by 1.1 times. 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature allow Victini to speed tie with other 100 base speed Pokemon. 252 Attack EVs combined with a Choice Band allow it to hit as hard as possible without losing any speed ties.
Torkoal is a great teammate as it aids in removing hazards as Victini is weak to Stealth Rock, Sticky webs will make it too slow to safely U-turn on Pursuit trappers. Torkoal can also set Stealth Rock and which would allow Victini to 2HKO defensive pokemon such as Toxapex. The harsh sunlight set by Torkoal makes V-create hit much harder, less vulnerable to Water-type moves and eases the weather wars. Mega Charizard Y is also a good teammate as it can also set harsh sunlight and is a good special wall breaker allowing them to break walls for each other. Cinderace and Choice Scarf Blacephalon help take out faster mons that would otherwise threaten Victini such as Gengar, Spectrier, Mega Diancie and Mega Sharpedo. Volcanion is also a good teammate as it can eat water moves and prevent Belly Drum Azumarill from sweeping.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fire
Victini could also use a Choice Scarf to allow it to outspeed slower pokemon after using V-create and makes it a good revenge killer, Choice Scarf also pairs well with Trick and Final Gambit.
Final Gambit could be run with max HP EVs to take out walls with ease and quickly gain momentum.
Victini could also make good use of Heavy Duty Boots as it is crippled by hazards.
Checks and Counters
===================
Fire
**Walls**: Z- Celebrate Victini can be checked by walls such as Chansey, Blissey, Alolan Muk.
Choice Band Victini can be checked by Physically defensive Gastrodon and Garchomp.
**Water-types**: Victini is weak to water types and may also find a hard time hitting Water-types with Fire moves or even using Bolt Strike onto a Water/Ground type pokemon such as Mega Swampert, Seismitoad, Gastrodon which are common on Water teams, Water-types can still be 2HKOed in the sun.
**Pursuit trappers** Pokemon such as Heracross, Weavile, Scizor and Alolan Muk often take advantage of the speed and defense drop from V-create and can very often and very easily use Pursuit to revenge kill.
**Hazards** Victini is vulnerable to hazards due to it Fire-typing and loses speed due to sticky web preventing it from sweeping with Normalium-Z as it would be slower and have a weaker Stored Power.
**Revenge Killers** Pokemon that outspeed Victini such as Scarf Greninja and Scarf Latios.
**Opposing Weather** Opposing weather can be deadly as it could potentially halve the power of fire moves, it also allows other Pokemon such as Mega Swampert, Excadrill and Kingdra.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Derpeddeath, 450949]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Z- Celebrate (Fire)
move 1: Celebrate
move 2: Searing shot
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Focus Blast / Thunderbolt
item: Normalium Z
ability: Victory Star
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Victini can act as a good setup sweeper with the help of Normalium Z and Celebrate to boost all its stats, increasing the defensive and offensive potential of Victini as well as using hard hitting moves to sweep or hinder a team significantly. Stored Power becomes a 120 Base Power move from the boosts for a powerful STAB move, Stored power OHKOes pokemon like Toxapex, Nihilego, Tapu Koko, Keldeo. It also allows Victini to outspeed threats such as Choice Scarf Excadrill, Tyranitar after 2 Dragon Dances. Searing Shot acts as its other strong STAB move which can be boosted by the sun to hit Pokemon like Aegislash, Scizor, Mega Sableye and other Dark-type Pokemon. It is also more consistent as it does not rely on Z-Celebrate like Stored Power or have poor accuracy like Focus Blast. Focus Blast acts as good coverage for Dark-types such as Tyranitar, Hydreigon and Greninja and, Heatran. Thunderbolt also acts as good coverage for Water-types such as Mantine, Slowking, and Greninja.
252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allow Victini to speed tie with other 100 base speed Pokemon while 252 Special Attack EVs to maximize its offensive power.
Torkoal acts as a great teammate for Victini as it can remove hazards which Victini is very vulnerable to, set harsh sunlight with drought which weakens water moves for Victini to set up more easily as well as hit harder with searing shot and, eases weather matchups which are detrimental to Victini's speed tier. Torkoal can also set up Stealth Rock to put defensive Pokemon like Tyranitar in OHKO range. Blacephalon and Mega Charizard X both benefit from Victini chipping down opposing defensive Pokemon such as Mega Diancie and Heatran, and makes it easier to potentially sweep the opposing team and vice versa. Rotom - Heat is also a good teammate as it provides a ground immunity to aid with Ground threats and its Electric typing threatens water types, as well as set up Light Screen and Reflect which lets Victini set up safely, Rotom could also safely pivot into Victini with volt switch. Scarf Blacephalon and Infernape help check faster threats such as Mega Diancie and Scarf Nihilego. Volcanion is also a good teammate as it can eat water moves and prevent Belly Drum Azumarill from sweeping. It is essential to not take too much chip damage when setting up to prevent a KO from faster pokemon like Terrakion, Blacephalon, Greninja and Latios.
[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Victini excels as a wall breaker with a Choice Band being able to 2HKO most walls with hazard support and sun support such as Chansey, Toxapex, Mega Slowbro. V-create allows Victini to hit really hard even against Pokémon that resist it, this is further boosted by the sun making it near impossible to switch into, Pokemon like Gastrodon and Swampert get 2HKOed after Stealth Rock. Bolt strike is a good coverage move that hits Water-type Pokemon like Toxapex, Mega Slowbro and Pelipper. Not only does U-turn make it easy to gain offensive momentum but also prevents Victini and switch into teammates that are better suited to deal with the foe. Trick prevents walls like Hippowdon, Toxapex, Slowbro from recovering as they would be choice locked severely crippling their ability to wall. Victini can afford to run moves like V-create and Bolt Strike because of Victory Star which boosts the accuracy of the moves by 1.1 times. 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature allow Victini to speed tie with other 100 base speed Pokemon. 252 Attack EVs combined with a Choice Band allow it to hit as hard as possible without losing any speed ties.
Torkoal is a great teammate as it aids in removing hazards as Victini is weak to Stealth Rock, Sticky webs will make it too slow to safely U-turn on Pursuit trappers. Torkoal can also set Stealth Rock and which would allow Victini to 2HKO defensive pokemon such as Toxapex. The harsh sunlight set by Torkoal makes V-create hit much harder, less vulnerable to Water-type moves and eases the weather wars. Mega Charizard Y is also a good teammate as it can also set harsh sunlight and is a good special wall breaker allowing them to break walls for each other. Cinderace and Choice Scarf Blacephalon help take out faster mons that would otherwise threaten Victini such as Gengar, Spectrier, Mega Diancie and Mega Sharpedo. Volcanion is also a good teammate as it can eat water moves and prevent Belly Drum Azumarill from sweeping.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Fire
Victini could also use a Choice Scarf to allow it to outspeed slower pokemon after using V-create and makes it a good revenge killer, Choice Scarf also pairs well with Trick and Final Gambit.
Final Gambit could be run with max HP EVs to take out walls with ease and quickly gain momentum.
Victini could also make good use of Heavy Duty Boots as it is crippled by hazards.
Checks and Counters
===================
Fire
**Walls**: Z- Celebrate Victini can be checked by walls such as Chansey, Blissey, Alolan Muk.
Choice Band Victini can be checked by Physically defensive Gastrodon and Garchomp.
**Water-types**: Victini is weak to water types and may also find a hard time hitting Water-types with Fire moves or even using Bolt Strike onto a Water/Ground type pokemon such as Mega Swampert, Seismitoad, Gastrodon which are common on Water teams, Water-types can still be 2HKOed in the sun.
**Pursuit trappers** Pokemon such as Heracross, Weavile, Scizor and Alolan Muk often take advantage of the speed and defense drop from V-create and can very often and very easily use Pursuit to revenge kill.
**Hazards** Victini is vulnerable to hazards due to it Fire-typing and loses speed due to sticky web preventing it from sweeping with Normalium-Z as it would be slower and have a weaker Stored Power.
**Revenge Killers** Pokemon that outspeed Victini such as Scarf Greninja and Scarf Latios.
**Opposing Weather** Opposing weather can be deadly as it could potentially halve the power of fire moves, it also allows other Pokemon such as Mega Swampert, Excadrill and Kingdra.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Derpeddeath, 450949]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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