Copyediting Wallbreaker Zacian-C [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

[Insolence]

[OVERVIEW]


Zacian-C's absurd Speed, ability, and amazing typing make it one of the most dangerous physical threats in Ubers. A single Swords Dance sets it up to threaten 2HKOs on even the tier's premier physical walls such as Ho-Oh or Necrozma-DM. This allows Zacian-C to take over games if left alone for even a single turn. Fairy/Steel typing allows it to switch into Dragon type attacks and check even boosted Extreme Killer Arceus. Its wide selection of powerful coverage moves can easily check tier staples such as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon and Miraidon. It serves as an extraordinarily powerful wallbreaker and sweeper, able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame save for Deoxys-A. However, while extremely powerful, Zacian-C is heavily reliant on its ability Intrepid Sword and is easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Koraidon, one of the most common Pokemon in the tier. It also struggles to break past Necrozma-DM without lowering its own stats with Close Combat or taking recoil damage from Wild Charge, allowing it to be revenge killed by priority users such as Extreme Killer Arceus. Good positioning and threat control are required for Zacian-C to seize an opportunity and tear apart enemy teams.


[SET]


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


[SET COMMENTS]


Wild Charge allows Zacian-C to break through Flying or Water types that might otherwise resist its attacks, such as Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Corviknight, and defensive Kyogre. Close Combat is the strongest option to damage Necrozma-DM, killing defensive sets in two hits alongside Tera Fighting. It also allows Zacian-C to OHKO Arceus and prevents Giratina-O from using Tera Steel. Tera Flying instead allows Zacian-C to shed its Ground weakness, and set up on Arceus-Ground, Groudon, or Landorus-T. Tera Fire lets it resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz, opposing Zacian-C's Behemoth Blade, and prevents burns from Sacred Fire and Will-o-Wisp. It can also Terastalize defensively to live a hit from Choice Scarf Koraidon.


Zacian-C can lure threats like Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM for teammates such as Koraidon, Extreme Killer Arceus, or your own Necrozma-DM. It fits best on bulky offense, who use its Speed and wallbreaking ability to make progress, and hyper offense teams where its high Speed helps it against opposing offensive teams. It can swap into Koraidon's Scale Shot, but has to be wary of Flare Blitz. Ribombee's Sticky Webs make a fantastic partner for Zacian-C, providing much needed speed control against opposing Choice Scarf Koraidon, with the added benefit of preventing speed ties with an opposing Zacian-C. Physically defensive Pokemon such as Groudon, Skeledirge, or Landorus-T prove difficult for it to break through, so it enjoys being paired with a strong special attacker such as Miraidon or Kyogre; it also likes being paired with strong physical Pokemon such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Taunt Extreme Killer Arceus, and Rayquaza, who all share the same checks and wear them down together. Setup sweepers such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Kyurem-B, and Arceus all benefit from Zacian-C's ability to force out Terastallization and severely weaken enemy physical walls. While not as common, Zacian-C can still be valuable on slower teams, especially against Miraidon, and serves as a potent revenge killer once its opponents have been chipped by entry hazards from Glimmora, Deoxys-A, Ting-Lu, or Gliscor.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Substitute can be run over an attacking move, sacrificing its coverage for the ability to dodge status conditions and safely set up, being extremely effective into opposing webs teams. Unfortunately, giving up an attack greatly limits Zacian-C's offensive profile, meaning this set relies heavily on your team being able to cover the resulting bad matchups.


Tera Blast can be run on double STAB (Swords Dance + Behemoth Blade + Play Rough) sets to provide additional coverage, replacing Wild Charge. Tera Water allows Zacian-C to resist Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike and 2HKO it at +3, as well as OHKOing both Ho-Oh and Tera Fire Calyrex-I, while Tera Ground instead allows Zacian-C to check Choice Scarf or Double Dance Miraidon sets and Tera Fire Pokemon such as Ekiller, as well as giving it a chance to outright kill Necrozma-DM at +3. Tera Fire (paired with Wild Charge and Behemoth Blade) can be used to live an incoming Flare Blitz, then hit Necrozma-DM or opposing Zacian-C hard with Tera Blast. This comes at the cost of a move slot when not Terastalized, making Zacian-C a tera hog.


Checks and Counters
====
**Necrozma-DM**: The ability to resist all of Zacian-C's standard attacks makes Necrozma-DM one of its most reliable checks. However, Offensive Necrozma-DM variants still die from a +3 Tera Fighting Close Combat. Defensive variants struggle to kill Zacian-C, while being beaten by a Wild Charge followed by a Close Combat at +3.

**Choice Scarf Koraidon:** Zacian-C can never outspeed Choice Scarfers or Speed boosting Paradox Pokemon. Choice Scarf Koraidon always guarantees an OHKO on Zacian-C with Flare Blitz unless it Terastalizes to a Fire resist.


**Bulky Ground Types:** Arceus-Ground, Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Groudon can leverage their great physical bulk to survive Intrepid Sword boosted attacks, then threaten Zacian-C with super effective ground type attacks.


**Ho-Oh:** Once the Intrepid Sword boost has been spent, Zacian-C struggles to break through Ho-Oh, letting it pivot into and check Zacian-C.


**Tera Fire Users:** Tera Fire Pokemon such as Koraidon, Arceus, or Calyrex-I all take neutral damage from most of Zacian-C's attacks and can revenge kill it while threatening a sweep.


**Skeledirge:** Unaware lets Skeledirge ignore Intrepid Sword's attack boost, allowing it to comfortably wall Zacian-C and prevent it from making progress against bulkier team compositions.


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[Lasen]

Please include an overview, Other Options, Checks & Counters and a credits section before you put this up for QC :)

 

[Insolence]

I was extremely busy with work last week and did not have the opportunity to work on this at all.

I wasn't sure exactly how you're supposed to order the threats in the C&C section; the guide says to "insert whole typings and then specify the Pokemon of such type that are threats", and most examples on the dex have individual Pokemon at the end, so I stuck NDM there even though IMO it's by far the most common mon you preserve into zac to shut it down. If needed I'm happy to adjust the order in the section.

There are also some alternative tera types I've seen on ladder lately, but I'm not sure if they are actually worth using.

 

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Insolence, post: 10075366, member: 668571

[OVERVIEW]

Zacian-C's absurd speedSpeed tier, ability, and amazing typing make it one of the most dangerous physical threats in Ubers. A single Swords Dance sets it up to threaten 2HKOs on even the tier's premier physical wallsmention ndm and hooh, allowing Zacian-C to take over games if left alone for even a single turn. Fairy/Steel typing allows it to switch into dragon type attacks and resistcheck Ekiller Arceus even at +3. Its wide selection of powerful coverage moves can easily check tier staples such as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon and Miraidon. It serves as an extraordinarily powerful wallbreaker and sweeper, able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame save for Deoxys and Regieleki you will never see this mon in ubers.. While extremely powerful, Zacian-C is heavily reliant on its ability Intrepid Sword, which only activates once per game, and cannot boost its own speed without sacrificing coveragedelete this speed part and instead say how it gets revenge killed easily by scarf koraidon, the tier's best mon. it also can struggle to break past ndm without chipping itself with wild charge or lowering its defense with cc to get revenge killed by something like ekiller.. Good positioning and threat control are required for it to seize an opportunity and tear apart enemy teams.


[SET]

Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Flying (you talk about tera flying in the set comments but didnt add it here)
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade / Play Rough
- Close Combat / Play Rough
- Wild Charge


[SET COMMENTS]

Wild Charge allows Zacian-C to break through Flying or Water types that might otherwise resist its attacks, such as Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Corviknight, and defensive Kyogre. Close Combat allows Zacian-C to OHKO Arceus, prevents its opponents from using Tera Steel, and is the strongest option to damage Necrozma-DM, killing defensive sets in two hits alongside Tera Fighting. Tera Flying instead allows Zacian-C to shed its Ground weakness, and settingset up on Arceus-Ground, Groudon, or Necrozma-DMLandorus-T ndm hits zacian with sunsteel strike.. It can also terastalize defensively to live a hit from Choice Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon and Eternatus.

Zacian-C shines on bulky or hyper offensive team structures which allow it to get the most value out of its Intrepid Sword boostthe intrepid sword part is quite unimportant. zacian lures ndm / hooh for teammates like koraidon, ekiller, ndm. it also can offensively check scale shot koraidon. it fits best on bulky offense that need the speed and wallbreak to make progress, and HO teams where zacian helps into opposing offense because of its speed. . Ribombee and its Sticky Webs make a fantastic partner for Zacian-C, providing much needed speed control against opposing scarfers. Physically defensive Pokemon such as Groudon, Skeledirge, or Landorus-T prove difficult for it to break through, so it enjoys being paired with a strong special attacker such as Miraidon or Kyogrezacian also enjoys getting paired with other physical mons like scale shot koraidon, rayquaza, taunt ekiller. you mention scale shot koraidon later on, you should mention it here.. FastSetup sweepers such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Kyurem-Black, and Arceus all benefit from Zacian-C's ability to force out Teras and severely weaken enemy physical walls. While not as common, it can still be valuable on slower teams, especially against Miraidon, and serves as a potent revenge killer once its opponents have been chipped by hazards.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute can be run over an attacking move, sacrificing its coverage for the ability to dodge status conditions and safely set up. Unfortunately, giving up an attack greatly limits Zacian-C's offensive profile, meaning this set relies heavily on your team being able to cover the resulting bad matchups.

mention tera blast water on sets that run double stab. the set is swords dance play rough behemoth blade tera blast water. it lets you resist ndm's sunsteel strike while 2hkoing it at +3. it also ohkos hooh and tera fire caly. similarly, mention that tera blast ground can be used on sets such as swords dance behemoth/playrough wild charge tera blast. tera blast ground checks scarf / agility miraidon on HO and checks tera fire stuff like ekiller.

Checks and Counters
====

**Speed Control:** Rusted Sword means Zacian-C can never outspeed Choice Scarfers or speedSpeed boosting Paradox Pokemon reword this; the "rusted sword" part is unnecessary. Tera Fire Choice Scarf Koraidon always guarantees an OHKO on Zacian-C with Flare Blitz unless it Terastalizes to a fire resist. Scarf Miraidon or Eternatus and Iron Bundle can all revenge kill Zacian-C after it has been chipped.

**Bulky Ground Types:** Groudon, Arceus-Ground, and Landorus-T can leverage their HP investment to survive Intrepid Sword boosted attacks, then threaten Zacian-C with super effective ground type attacks.

add hooh here and how it can pivot into zac / check zac after intrepid sword was wasted

**Unaware Pokemon:** Pokemon such as Skeledirge or Dondozo ignore Intrepid Sword's attack boost, allowing them to comfortably wall Zacian-C and prevent it from making progress against bulkier team compositions.

**Tera Fire Users:** Zacian-C's primary STAB types are both resisted by Fire, allowing Pokemon such as SD Koraidon or Calyrex-I to flip the matchup around and safely revenge kill or threaten a sweep against Zacian-C. add ekiller

**Necrozma-DM**: The ability to comfortably resist all of Zacian-C's standard attacks makes Necrozma-DM one of its most reliable checks. Behemoth Blade, Play Rough, and Wild Charge struggle to meaningfully damage Necrozma-DM, while Zacian-C is threatened by a retaliatory Earthquake, which will always OHKO it at +1. Close Combat is Zacian-C's best option against Necrozma-DM, but even at +3 it cannot OHKO fully physically invested variants, and the defense drop allows even sets without Earthquake to 1v1 it after any chip. necrozma dies from a +3 cc if its offense. if its defensive, it cant kill zacian. both spreads fail to outspeed zacian at +1; offensive only does it if its jolly. zacian can beat ndm with a +3 wild charge followed by a close combat. while necrozma is indeed one of the most "reliable" checks we have, the way you word this sequence makes it look like its a failproof option. its not. earthquake only ohkos at +1 guaranteed if its offensive necrozma. please reword this.

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implement and ill check again

 

[Taka]

Insolence if you don’t get this into qc 1/2 in the next few days, I’m going to take over this analysis.

 

[Insolence]

Insolence if you don’t get this into qc 1/2 in the next few days, I’m going to take over this analysis.

Hey, my apologies, this completely slipped my mind. I will clean it up and resubmit tonight.

 

[Insolence]

corvere I've implemented everything. Please re-review when you have time, thanks.

 

[corvere]

Insolence, post: 10075366, member: 668571

[OVERVIEW]

Zacian-C's absurd Speed, ability, and amazing typing make it one of the most dangerous physical threats in Ubers. A single Swords Dance sets it up to threaten 2HKOs on even the tier's premier physical walls such as Ho-Oh or Necrozma-DM. This allows Zacian-C to take over games if left alone for even a single turn. Fairy/Steel typing allows it to switch into Dragon-type attacks and check Ekiller Arceus even at +3 Attack. Its wide selection of powerful coverage moves can easily check tier staples such as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon and Miraidon. It serves as an extraordinarily powerful wallbreaker and sweeper, able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame save for Deoxys-A. However, while extremely powerful, Zacian-C is heavily reliant on its ability Intrepid Sword to wallbreak effectively, which only activates once per game (unnecessary, dex info), and is easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Koraidon, one of the most common strongest Pokemon in the tier. It also struggles to break past Necrozma-DM without lowering its own stats with Close Combat or taking recoil damage from Wild Charge, allowing it to be revenge killed by priority users such as Ekiller. Good positioning and threat control are required for itZacian-C to seize an opportunity and tear apart enemy teams.

[SET]

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

[SET COMMENTS]

Wild Charge allows Zacian-C to break through Flying or Water types that might otherwise resist its attacks, such as Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Corviknight, and defensive Kyogre. Close Combat allows Zacian-C to OHKO Arceus, prevents its opponents from using Tera Steel(I'd just mention steel gira here, theres not much else that runs tera steel), and is the strongest option to damage Necrozma-DM, killing defensive sets in two hits alongside Tera Fighting. Tera Flying instead allows Zacian-C to shed its Ground weakness, and set up on Arceus-Ground, Groudon, or Landorus-T. It can also terastalize defensively to live a hit from Choice Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon.

Zacian-C can lure threats like Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM for teammates such as Koraidon, Ekiller, or your own Necrozma-DM. It can also check Scale Shot Koraidon. It fits best on Bulky Offense teams, who use its sSpeed and wallbreaking ability to make progress, and Hyper Offense teams where its high sSpeed helps it against opposing offensive team compositions. (You mentioned before how Zac also prevents koraidon from clicking scale shot. Move that sentence right here)Ribombee and its Sticky Webs make a fantastic partner for Zacian-C, providing much needed speed control against opposing scarfersChoice Scarf Pokemon(mention korai again). Physically defensive Pokemon such as Groudon, Skeledirge, or Landorus-T prove difficult for itZacian-C to break through, so it enjoys being paired with a strong special attacker such as Miraidon or Kyogre; it also Zacian-C also likes being paired with strong physical Pokemon such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Taunt Ekiller, and Rayquaza (explain why here; they all share same checks and wear them down together). Setup sweepers such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Kyurem-B, and Arceus all benefit from Zacian-C's ability to force out Teras and severely weaken enemy physical walls. While not as common, it Zacian-C can still be valuable on slower teams, especially against Miraidon, and serves as a potent revenge killer once its opponents have been chipped by entry hazards.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Substitute can be run over an attacking move, sacrificing its coverage for the ability to dodge status conditions and safely set up. Unfortunately, giving up an attack greatly limits Zacian-C's offensive profile, meaning this set relies heavily on your team being able to cover the resulting bad matchups.

Tera Blast can be run on double STAB (Swords Dance + Behemoth Blade + Play Rough) sets to provide additional coverage, replacing Wild Charge; Tera Water allows Zacian-C to resist defensive Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike and 2HKO it at +3, as well as OHKOing both Ho-Oh and Tera Fire Calyrex-I, while Tera Ground instead allows Zacian-C to check Choice Scarf or Double Dance Miraidon sets and Tera Fire Pokemon such as Ekiller.

Checks and Counters
====

**Speed Control:** Zacian-C can never outspeed Choice Scarfers or Speed boosting Paradox Pokemon. Tera Fire Choice Scarf Koraidon always guarantees an OHKO on Zacian-C with Flare Blitz unless it Terastalizes to a fire resist. Choice Scarf Miraidon and Iron Bundle can revenge kill Zacian-C after it has been chipped.

**Bulky Ground Types:** Groudon, Arceus-Ground, and Landorus-T can leverage their HP investment to survive Intrepid Sword boosted attacks, then threaten Zacian-C with super effective ground type attacks.

**Ho-Oh:** Once the Intrepid Sword boost has been spent, Zacian-C struggles to break through Ho-Oh, letting it pivot into and check Zacian-C.

**Unaware PokemonSkeledirge:** Pokemon such as Skeledirge or Dondozo ignore Intrepid Sword's attack boost, allowing them to comfortably wall Zacian-C and prevent it from making progress against bulkier team compositions.

Dondozo is not viable at all, reword this talking only about dirge

**Tera Fire Users:** Most of Zacian-C's attacks primary STAB types are both resisted by Fire, allowing Pokemon such as SD Swords Dance Koraidon, Ekiller Arceus, or Calyrex-I to flip the matchup around and safely revenge kill or threaten a sweep against Zacian-C. Tera Fire Pokemon like Koraidon, Arceus, and Calyrex-I all take neutral damage from most of Zacian-C's attacks and can revenge kill it and threaten to sweep.

**Necrozma-DM**: The ability to resist all of Zacian-C's standard attacks makes Necrozma-DM one of its most reliable checks. However, Offensive Necrozma-DM variants still die from a +3 Tera Fighting Close Combat. Defensive variants struggle to kill Zacian-C, while being beaten by a Wild Charge followed by a Close Combat at +3.

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[OVERVIEW]
Zacian-C's absurd Speed, ability, and amazing typing make it one of the most dangerous physical threats in Ubers. A single Swords Dance sets it up to threaten 2HKOs on even the tier's premier physical walls such as Ho-Oh or Necrozma-DM. This allows Zacian-C to take over games if left alone for even a single turn. Fairy/Steel typing allows it to switch into Dragon-type attacks and check Ekiller even boosted Extreme Killer Arceus even at +3 Attack. Its wide selection of powerful coverage moves can easily check tier staples such as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon and Miraidon. It serves as an extraordinarily powerful wallbreaker and sweeper, able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame save for Deoxys-A. However, while extremely powerful, Zacian-C is heavily reliant on its ability Intrepid Sword and is easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Koraidon, one of the most common Pokemon in the tier. It also struggles to break past Necrozma-DM without lowering its own stats with Close Combat or taking recoil damage from Wild Charge, allowing it to be revenge killed by priority users such as Ekiller. Good positioning and threat control are required for Zacian-C to seize an opportunity and tear apart enemy teams.


[SET]


Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Flying / Fire i think fire deserves a mention, being able to resist scarf korai's flare blitz and behemoth blades in zacian mirrors is p nice. immunity to sacred burns is also great
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade / Play Rough
- Close Combat / Play Rough imo cc isn't droppable, being able to hit ndm is REALLY important
- Wild Charge


[SET COMMENTS]


Wild Charge allows Zacian-C to break through Flying or Water types that might otherwise resist its attacks, such as Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Corviknight, and defensive Kyogre. Close Combat allows Zacian-C to OHKO Arceus, prevents Giratina-O from using Tera Steel, and is the strongest option to damage Necrozma-DM, not wrong but i'd talk about the ndm point first as it's the whole reason zac needs cc killing defensive sets in two hits alongside Tera Fighting. Tera Flying instead allows Zacian-C to shed its Ground weakness, and set up on Arceus-Ground, Groudon, or Landorus-T. It can also terastalize Terastallize defensively to live a hit from Choice Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon. elaborate on this a bit. what teras allow it to live a hit from mirai?


Zacian-C can lure threats like Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM for teammates such as Koraidon, Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus, or your own Necrozma-DM. It fits best on Bulky Offense teams bulky offense, who use its Speed and wallbreaking ability to make progress, and Hyper Offense hyper offense teams where its high Speed helps it against opposing offensive teams compositions. It can also check Scale Shot Koraidon. ehhhh not really, it's terrified of getting blitzed on the switch + doesn't check +1 korai Ribombee's and its Sticky Webs make a fantastic partner for Zacian-C, providing much needed speed control against opposing Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Koraidon. also mention not having to deal with zacian speedties Physically defensive Pokemon such as Groudon, Skeledirge, or Landorus-T prove difficult for it to break through, so it enjoys being paired with a strong special attacker such as Miraidon or Kyogre; it also likes being paired with strong physical Pokemon such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Taunt Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus, and Rayquaza, who all share the same checks and wear them down together. Setup sweepers such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Kyurem-B, and Arceus all benefit from Zacian-C's ability to force out Terastallization and severely weaken enemy physical walls. While not as common, Zacian-C can still be valuable on slower teams, especially against Miraidon, and serves as a potent revenge killer once its opponents have been chipped by entry hazards. prolly mention hazard setters here, for example gliscor or smth


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Substitute can be run over an attacking move, sacrificing its coverage for the ability to dodge status conditions and safely set up. mention sub's ability to maul webs Unfortunately, giving up an attack greatly limits Zacian-C's offensive profile, meaning so this set relies heavily on your team being able to cover the resulting bad matchups.


Tera Blast can be run on double STAB (Swords Dance + Behemoth Blade + Play Rough) sets to provide additional coverage, replacing Wild Charge. Tera Water allows Zacian-C to resist Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike and 2HKO it at +3, as well as OHKOing both Ho-Oh and Tera Fire Calyrex-I, while Tera Ground instead allows Zacian-C to check Choice Scarf or Double Dance Miraidon sets and Tera Fire Pokemon such as Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus. mention how you have a chance to just drop ndm at +3. also mention how using tera blast makes zac a tera hog


Checks and Counters
====


**Speed Control:** Zacian-C can never outspeed Choice Scarfers or Speed boosting Paradox Pokemon. Tera Fire Choice Scarf Koraidon always guarantees an OHKO on Zacian-C with Flare Blitz unless it Terastallizes to a fFire resist. Scarf Miraidon and Iron Bundle bundle needs at least 45% of chip AND doesn't do the job well at all in sun, which is almost always a factor in this tier can revenge kill Zacian-C after it has been chipped.

i think it MIGHT be fine to just mention scarf korai since the other speed control options in the tier either aren't common (scarf mirai and flutter) or don't really revenge zac well (bundle)

**Bulky Ground Types:** Groudon, move groudon to after lando Arceus-Ground, and Landorus-T maybe mention gliscor as well can leverage their HP investment great physical bulk to survive Intrepid Sword boosted Zacian-C's attacks, then threaten Zacian-C and retaliate with super effective gGround-type attacks.


**Ho-Oh:** Once the Intrepid Sword boost has been spent, Zacian-C struggles to break through Ho-Oh, letting it pivot into and check Zacian-C. not exactly, +2 wild charge always ohkoes in electric terrain even without intrepid sword


**Skeledirge:** Unaware lets Skeledirge ignore Intrepid Sword's attack boost, allowing it to comfortably wall Zacian-C and prevent it from making progress against bulkier team compositions.


**Tera Fire Users:** Tera Fire Pokemon such as Koraidon, Arceus, or Calyrex-I all take neutral damage from most of Zacian-C's attacks and can revenge kill it while threatening a sweep. move to above dirge


**Necrozma-DM**: The ability to resist all of Zacian-C's standard attacks makes Necrozma-DM one of its most reliable checks. However, Offensive Necrozma-DM variants still die from a +3 Tera Fighting Close Combat. Defensive variants struggle to kill Zacian-C, while being beaten by a Wild Charge followed by a Close Combat at +3. move ndm to right under speed control


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Implemented. Please re-review when you have the time, thanks.

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Zacian-C's absurd Speed, ability, and amazing typing make it one of the most dangerous physical threats in Ubers. A single Swords Dance sets it up to threaten 2HKOs on even the tier's premier physical walls such as Ho-Oh or Necrozma-DM. This allows Zacian-C to take over games if left alone for even a single turn. Fairy/Steel typing allows it to switch into Dragon-type attacks and check Ekiller even boosted Extreme Killer Arceus even at +3 Attack. Its wide selection of powerful coverage moves can easily check tier staples such as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon and Miraidon. It serves as an extraordinarily powerful wallbreaker and sweeper, able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame save for Deoxys-A. However, while extremely powerful, Zacian-C is heavily reliant on its ability Intrepid Sword and is easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Koraidon, one of the most common Pokemon in the tier. It also struggles to break past Necrozma-DM without lowering its own stats with Close Combat or taking recoil damage from Wild Charge without the use of Terastallization, allowing it to be revenge killed by priority users such as Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus. Good positioning and threat control are required for Zacian-C to seize an opportunity and tear apart enemy teams.


[SET]


Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Fighting / Flying / Fire i think fire deserves a mention, being able to resist scarf korai's flare blitz and behemoth blades in zacian mirrors is p nice. immunity to sacred burns is also great
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Behemoth Blade / Play Rough
- Close Combat / Play Rough imo cc isn't droppable, being able to hit ndm is REALLY important
- Wild Charge


[SET COMMENTS]


Wild Charge allows Zacian-C to break through Flying or Water types that might otherwise resist its attacks, such as Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, Corviknight, and defensive Kyogre. Close Combat allows Zacian-C to OHKO Arceus, prevents Giratina-O from using Tera Steel, and is the strongest option to damage Necrozma-DM, not wrong but i'd talk about the ndm point first as it's the whole reason zac needs cc killing defensive sets in two hits alongside Tera Fighting. Tera Flying instead allows Zacian-C to shed its Ground weakness, and set up on Arceus-Ground, Groudon, or Landorus-T. It can also terastalize Terastallize defensively to live a hit from Choice Scarf users such as Koraidon and Miraidon. elaborate on this a bit. what teras allow it to live a hit from mirai?
REMOVE THE MIRAI SCARF MENTION HERE, with a min amount of chip you just drop to drift and none of the teras mentioned help


Zacian-C can lure threats like Ho-Oh and Necrozma-DM for teammates such as Koraidon, Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus, or your own Necrozma-DM. It fits best on Bulky Offense teams bulky offense, who use its Speed and wallbreaking ability to make progress, and Hyper Offense hyper offense teams where its high Speed helps it against opposing offensive teams compositions. It can also check Scale Shot Koraidon. ehhhh not really, it's terrified of getting blitzed on the switch + doesn't check +1 korai REPHRASE THIS TO "block Koraidon's Scale Shot" Ribombee's and its Sticky Webs make a fantastic partner for Zacian-C, providing much needed speed control against opposing Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Koraidon. also mention not having to deal with zacian speedties Physically defensive Pokemon such as Groudon, Skeledirge, or Landorus-T prove difficult for it to break through, so it enjoys being paired with a strong special attacker such as Miraidon or Kyogre; it also likes being paired with strong physical Pokemon such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Taunt Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus, and Rayquaza, who all share the same checks and wear them down together. Setup sweepers such as Scale Shot Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Kyurem-B, and Arceus all benefit from Zacian-C's ability to force out Terastallization and severely weaken enemy physical walls. While not as common, Zacian-C can still be valuable on slower teams, especially against Miraidon, and serves as a potent revenge killer once its opponents have been chipped by entry hazards. prolly mention hazard setters here, for example gliscor or smth EMPHASIZE STUFF LIKE GLIMMORA / DEO / TING as well, glimm deo deserve mention first IMO


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Substitute can be run over an attacking move, sacrificing its coverage for the ability to dodge status conditions and safely set up. mention sub's ability to maul webs Unfortunately, giving up an attack greatly limits Zacian-C's offensive profile, meaning so this set relies heavily on your team being able to cover the resulting bad matchups.


Tera Blast can be run on double STAB (Swords Dance + Behemoth Blade + Play Rough) sets to provide additional coverage, replacing Wild Charge. Tera Water allows Zacian-C to resist Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike and 2HKO it at +3, as well as OHKOing both Ho-Oh and Tera Fire Calyrex-I, while Tera Ground instead allows Zacian-C to check Choice Scarf or Double Dance Miraidon sets and Tera Fire Pokemon such as Ekiller Extreme Killer Arceus. mention how you have a chance to just drop ndm at +3. also mention how using tera blast makes zac a tera hog. also mention that tera fire blast is an option with wild charge + blade as it nukes ndm and lets it live a flare blitz


Checks and Counters
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**Speed Control:** Zacian-C can never outspeed Choice Scarfers or Speed boosting Paradox Pokemon. Tera Fire Choice Scarf Koraidon always guarantees an OHKO on Zacian-C with Flare Blitz unless it Terastallizes to a fFire resist. Scarf Miraidon and Iron Bundle bundle needs at least 45% of chip AND doesn't do the job well at all in sun, which is almost always a factor in this tier can revenge kill Zacian-C after it has been chipped.

i think it MIGHT be fine to just mention scarf korai since the other speed control options in the tier either aren't common (scarf mirai and flutter) or don't really revenge zac well (bundle)

**Bulky Ground Types:** Groudon, move groudon to after lando Arceus-Ground, and Landorus-T maybe mention gliscor as well can leverage their HP investment great physical bulk to survive Intrepid Sword boosted Zacian-C's attacks, then threaten Zacian-C and retaliate with super effective gGround-type attacks. AGREE, mention arceus-ground and lando. groudon and gliscor come last.


**Ho-Oh:** Once the Intrepid Sword boost has been spent, Zacian-C struggles to break through Ho-Oh, letting it pivot into and check Zacian-C. not exactly, +2 wild charge always ohkoes in electric terrain even without intrepid sword IGNORE ETERRAIN, it does struggle to break through Ho-Oh after boost has been used, and setting up mirai -> zac + sd is not the easiest. this statement is fine as is.


**Skeledirge:** Unaware lets Skeledirge ignore Intrepid Sword's attack boost, allowing it to comfortably wall Zacian-C and prevent it from making progress against bulkier team compositions.


**Tera Fire Users:** Tera Fire Pokemon such as Koraidon, Arceus, or Calyrex-I all take neutral damage from most of Zacian-C's attacks and can revenge kill it while threatening a sweep. move to above dirge AGREE


**Necrozma-DM**: The ability to resist all of Zacian-C's standard attacks makes Necrozma-DM one of its most reliable checks. However, Offensive Necrozma-DM variants still die from a +3 Tera Fighting Close Combat. Defensive variants struggle to kill Zacian-C, while being beaten by a Wild Charge followed by a Close Combat at +3. move ndm to right under speed control MAKE THIS FIRST MENTION


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