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Adhiraj8202

Adhiraj8202

is a Pre-Contributor
With that, voting slate for Week 2 comes to an end. Congratulations to eavo for winning this week with a staggering 5 votes!

Runner-ups are:
PrimalKyogre - 2 votes
Rose - 1 vote
Agcl2 Ragib - 1 vote

This week's subject:
:sv/zacian-crowned:
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 104 HP / 252 Atk / 152 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Crunch
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge
- Swords Dance

Note: Due to the fact this being posted on a Wednesday, the new deadline from now will be Wednesday -Monday, and then two days being the voting slate. That's it, get started with your submissions!
 
Cutecat1122

Cutecat1122

reserving Caly-S

:sv/calyrex-shadow:

Calyrex-Shadow @ Choice Scarf
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
Tera Type: Ghost/Normal/Grass
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Trick
- Astral Barrage
- Psyshock
- Grass Knot

How does Calyrex-Shadow help Zacian-Crowned?
Zacian-C is weak to most scarfers, such as Koraidon (OHKOs with Flare Blitz), Miraidon (2HKOs with Electro Drift and sometimes OHKOs with Overheat), Kyorgre (OHKOs with Water Spout at full HP), as well as a lot of Caly-S sets (OHKOs after +2 SpA). How do we deal with these threats? We kill them before they have a chance to attack, of course. Scarfed Caly-S outspeeds basically everything, and can OHKO most things after +1 SpA. Tera Normal means that other scarfed Caly-S's cannot OHKO it (also checks sash variants of Caly-S, however rare they may be), while Tera Ghost gives it more STAB power. Tera Grass is another option that can help deal with Ting-Lu and various Arceus forms. This Zacian-C set can be weak to opposing Zacians, as it doesn't have Behemoth Blade and cannot hit them for neutral damage (wild charge doesn't really count). Caly-S can help with this because it can just click Astral Barrage.

How does Zacian-Crowned help Calyrex-Shadow?
Caly-S is awesome, but it still has checks and counters. Zacian-C 2HKOs Ting-Lu with Play Rough, and its typing checks Arceus. Wild charge 2HKOs Ho-oh, another Caly-S check. Crunch also lets it OHKO the opposing Caly-S, and Tera Dark allows it to resist its attacks. Once these threats are gone, Caly-S can just click Astral Barrage and everything dies yay!

Calculations:
Do we really need calculations? I'm sure everyone has used Caly-S before. But here's a list of calculations showing how op caly-s is after +1 SpA in case you didn't know

+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Miraidon: 312-367 (91.4 - 107.6%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Koraidon: 351-414 (102.9 - 121.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 104 HP / 0 SpD Zacian-Crowned: 312-367 (88.8 - 104.5%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 240 HP / 252+ SpD Arceus-Ground: 223-264 (50.5 - 59.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Psyshock vs. 200 HP / 0 Def Arceus: 201-237 (46.6 - 54.9%) -- 64.5% chance to 2HKO
+1 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 294-346 (57.1 - 67.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
 
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Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

:ss/kyogre:
Kyogre @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Ground/Fairy/Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Origin Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Rest/Thunder

Tera Flying + Rest vs Electric Terrain sounds hilarious. Yes I did consider the fact that Miraidon would nuke it with Electro Drift. It’s called shitty comedy. In all seriousness, Zacian wants to pair itself with a powerful special attacker, and since Kyogre paired great with it last gen, why not this one too? Kyogre powers down Koraidon with Drizzle and can also just rank hits from it with the massive investment in physical bulk. Its naturally great special bulk means it should take at least one non-boosted special hit from anything not called electro drift and fire back with a hard opulse or ice beam, and it’s naturally high special attack ensures it will hit hard even without investment. Both of these uninvested stats can be shored up with Calm Mind, and it has some measure of recovery with Rest to keep it alive if electric terrain isn’t present. Optionally, if you don’t want rest for fear of a wasted move slot vs electric terrain, you can opt for Thunder, which threatens Arceus-Water, which Zacian appreciates. It helps Zacian immensely versus its nightmare fuel, NDM, as well as checks like ho-oh, groundceus, and koraidon. Zacian, in return, can switch into EKiller, which Kyogre appreciates, and can threaten more offensive threats like Miraidon and Calyrex-S if healthy. So in conclusion, this is why Tentacruel should learn Mortal Spin.
 
Adhiraj8202

Adhiraj8202

is a Pre-Contributor
With that, voting slate will commence itself. Remember that you’re only allowed to vote for one Pokemon at once.

Kyogre @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Ground/Fairy/Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Origin Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Rest/Thunder
Calyrex-Shadow @ Choice Scarf
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
Tera Type: Ghost/Normal/Grass
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Trick
- Astral Barrage
- Psyshock
- Grass Knot

About my vote, I’d like to vote for Cutecat1122 as both Zacian and Calyrex compliment each other really well, and can wreak havoc if played right. That’s it, get started with your votes!
 
Adhiraj8202

Adhiraj8202

is a Pre-Contributor
With that, the voting slate comes to an end. Congratulations to Cutecat1122 for winning the Week with two votes!

This week‘s subject:
:sv/Ho-Oh:
Ho-Oh @ Choice Band
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Flying / Fairy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Sacred Fire
- Earthquake
- Recover
Note: As I mentioned last week, the new deadline for submissions will be from Wednesday - Monday, and then two days being the voting slate. That’s it, get started with your interesting partners!
 
Kanha Greninja

Kanha Greninja

Ting-Lu @ Leftovers
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Ruination
- Earthquake/Payback
Using ting-lu as a spd wall you can wall Miriadon or Calyrex-Shadow which Ho-oh cant do it works the other way around too ting lu is weak to koraidon which Ho-oh can wall because of its high defense and tera fairy using this core you can switch into the majority of the meta safely without losing momentum

Defensive Calcs: 252 SpA Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 181-214 (35.2 - 41.6%) -- 79.3% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 196-232 (38.1 - 45.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 73-87 (14.2 - 16.9%) -- possible 9HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Scale Shot (4 hits) vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Ho-Oh: 244-292 (58.7 - 70.3%) -- approx. 2HKO... note you can tera fairy and ko back with brave bird

Offensive Calcs: 252+ Atk Ho-Oh Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Koraidon: 380-450 (111.4 - 131.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
0 Atk Ting-Lu Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Miraidon: 236-278 (69.2 - 81.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 Atk Ting-Lu Payback (100 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Calyrex-Shadow: 564-664 (165.3 - 194.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
 
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Cutecat1122

Cutecat1122

reserving miraidon
:sv/miraidon:

Miraidon @ Life Orb
Ability: Hadron Engine
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Electro Drift/Parabolic Charge
- Draco Meteor
- Dazzling Gleam
- Calm Mind


Why Miraidon?
Because it kills Kyogre, duh (unless it's tera ground, in which case ur pretty much screwed). And other miraidons (especially with tera fairy), and other ho-ohs, and koraidon (again, tera fairy helps a lot). Tera fairy Dazzling Gleam 2HKOs Ting-Lu, another threat. Ho-oh helps miraidon with Zacian-C, as well as Caly-S to a lesser degree. Parabolic Charge is an alternate to Electro Drift and can provide some healing if needed

Weaknesses
Stealth rocks. And maybe caly-s. Scarfed miraidons and scarfed koraidons might force a tera, and Zacian-C with wild charge is also bad bc ho-oh cant survive it and zacian outspeeds miraidon... Arceus ground is also a threat, especially bulky sets, as miraidon can't ohko it with draco meteor. and it can also put down rocks. while ho-oh may be able to tank a few hits from it, none of ho-oh's attacks are supereffective, so it's slightly hard to kill (still dies from a few brave birds tho, dependingon its defense). Ting-Lu is also a problem (again, rocks), but dazzling gleam helps.

Anyways what i mean to say is band ho-oh is stupid and no one in their right mind would use it. Thank you for listening to my ted talk

Defensive calcs
252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ho-Oh: 160-190 (45.3 - 53.8%) -- 43% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Scale Shot (4 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Ho-Oh: 244-292 (69.1 - 82.7%) -- approx. 2HKO
252+ Atk Arceus Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Ho-Oh: 148-175 (41.9 - 49.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Offensive calcs
252 Atk Choice Band Ho-Oh Sacred Fire vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Zacian-Crowned: 434-512 (133.5 - 157.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Ho-Oh Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Koraidon: 522-614 (153 - 180%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Ho-Oh Brave Bird vs. 236 HP / 0 Def Arceus: 252-297 (57.2 - 67.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Ho-Oh Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Calyrex-Shadow: 354-417 (103.8 - 122.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Life Orb Hadron Engine Miraidon Electro Drift vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Calyrex-Shadow in Electric Terrain: 376-445 (110.2 - 130.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Hadron Engine Miraidon Dazzling Gleam vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Koraidon: 619-733 (181.5 - 214.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Hadron Engine Tera Fairy Miraidon Dazzling Gleam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 291-346 (56.6 - 67.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
 
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Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

:sv/cyclizar:
Cyclizar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- U-Turn/Knock Off
- Taunt
- Shed Tail
- Draco Meteor

Hear me out on this one. The two obvious ones got taken so I needed to do what I do best and get creative with crappy Pokémon. Now I know the set itself isn’t extremely creative, but my thought process was this: “What’s a fast Pokémon that can help keep Rocks off the field?” And as much as I really don’t like this Pokémon for being the clear excuse by Gamefreak to give Korai and Mirai story relevance, I think it gets the job done. Since the set here is Band Ho-oh as opposed to Heavy-Duty Boots, rocks pose a serious threat, and with a great lack of good defoggers and rapid spinners in the format, Taunt is the most reliable form of hazard control. Cyclizar can learn Rapid Spin, but I think it needs an extra form of positional utility in U-Turn to help position both Ho-oh and the rest of the team in case it can’t Shed Tail, or even Knock Off to get rid of opposing Boots or any item that poses a nuisance. Speaking of Shed Tail, it’s an absolutely busted move that greatly helps out Ho-oh, giving it either a free switch or a free switch with a substitute, allowing Ho-oh to get at least one extremely hard hit off. As much as base 121 is an interesting speed tier, it simply isn’t enough in a meta dominated by Pokémon base 135 speed and above, so I believe the Choice Scarf is necessary. This also allows it to get off a clutch Draco Meteor into its paradox counterparts that otherwise threaten to obliterate it. Cyclizar particularly helps out Banded Ho-oh by threatening Koraidon and Miraidon, the latter especially, who can deal big damage and severely limit Ho-oh’s impact, and it can pivot out and position Ho-oh against pokemon it can have an impact against, such as NDM, special or support Groundceus, and Ting-Lu to a degree, among others. They also have the dual regenerator core, providing another layer of defensive synergy. So thank you again for reading my post that will get zero votes on the voting slate. Regardless, these things are fun, and I’m glad the AG forum is doing stuff like this again.
 
Adhiraj8202

Adhiraj8202

is a Pre-Contributor
With that, this weeks submissions come to an end. The Voting Slate shall commence itself. Remember that you're only allowed for one Pokemon at a time.

Ting-Lu @ Leftovers
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Ruination
- Earthquake/Payback
Miraidon @ Life Orb
Ability: Hadron Engine
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Electro Drift/Parabolic Charge
- Draco Meteor
- Dazzling Gleam
- Calm Mind
Cyclizar @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- U-Turn/Knock Off
- Taunt
- Shed Tail
- Draco Meteor

Note: Since LOrd Fernado's submission shall not be considered since they forgot to update their submission in the next 24 hours (they still haven't updated it), their submission will therefore not be considered. Reminder for you guys to follow up on your reservations as soon as possible, (ideally the next 24 hours).

I'd like to vote for Tic-Tac-Toe Guru's Cyclizar + Choice Band Ho-Oh combination as Ho-Oh can be a menace to deal with behind Substitute, provided via Cyclizar's Shed Tail. That's about it, get started with your votes!
 
Kanha Greninja

Kanha Greninja

reservering Koraidon

Koraidon @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick
- Outrage
- U-turn

How does Koraidon benefit Calyrex Shadow... Koraidon is a physical attacker while Calyrex Shadow is a special attacker this forms a synergy between each other to help break opposing walls Koraidon can beat dark types like Ting lu and normal types like Arceus normal u-turn lets it bring Calyrex-Shadow more effectively

How does Calyrex-Shadow benefit Koraidon... Calyrex- Shadow a huge Special attack at 165 combine that with nasty plot and Astral Barrage you can beat almost any checks to Koraidon because they are not very bulky on the special side

Offensive calcs: 252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Ting-Lu: 486-572 (94.5 - 111.2%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 236 HP / 0 Def Arceus: 506-596 (115 - 135.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Outrage vs. 232 HP / 44 Def Eternatus: 588-692 (122.7 - 144.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 248 HP / 0+ Def Arceus-Dark: 458-542 (103.3 - 122.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Outrage vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Clodsire: 442-522 (95.2 - 112.5%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien in Sun: 442-522 (118.1 - 139.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Skeledirge: 594-698 (144.1 - 169.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 SpA Tera Grass Calyrex-Shadow Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Arceus-Water: 402-474 (90.7 - 106.9%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

+2 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Arceus-Fairy: 400-472 (90.2 - 106.5%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

252 SpA Tera Grass Calyrex-Shadow Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Dondozo: 662-780 (131.3 - 154.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252 SpA Calyrex-Shadow Astral Barrage vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Toxapex: 343-405 (113.2 - 133.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

With that you have covered most of the defensive checks of each other
AGWL week 5 combos Calyrex Shadow and Koraidon are number 1 most used combos
+ ---- + ----------------------------------- + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| Rank | Combos of 2 | Use | Usage % | Win % |
+ ---- + ----------------------------------- + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1 | Ting-Lu / Ho-Oh | 12 | 50.00% | 41.67% |
| 1 | Calyrex-Shadow / Koraidon | 12 | 50.00% | 41.67% |
 
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Cutecat1122

Cutecat1122

Reserving zacian-c
see https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ag-matchmaking.3736584/page-2#post-10006166
just kidding. although most of the explanations are in there.

:sv/zacian-crowned:
Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
Tera Type: Fire/Flying
EVs: 104 HP / 252 Atk / 152 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge
- Swords Dance


Why Zacian-C?
Ok, Koraidon is not the only thing that kills ting-lu. Fairy types exist. While Arceus-Fairy can also get the job done (with power gem to take care of ho-oh), it's usually better to have a variety of physical and special attackers, so you don't get walled by something stupid like clodsire. Wild charge on Zacian-C helps with Ho-oh, which can be difficult for caly-s to deal with alone, and Play Rough lets it OHKO Miraidon and Koraidon. Behemoth Blade takes care of everything else, and its typing allows it to check Arceus. Tera flying removes its ground weakness, though scarfed Miraidon might be a problem. Alternatively, Tera Fire makes it immune to being burnt and allows it to resist Koraidon's Flare Blitz and Ho-oh's Sacred Fire. Since only 152 Spe is needed to outspeed Miraidon and Koraidon (even with max speed it won't be able to outspeed anything else so what's the point), the extra EV's can go into bulk, and more survivability means it gets more hits off, meaning more things die.

How does Caly-S benefit Zacian-C?
It clicks Astral Barrage and things die.

Important Calcs:
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Play Rough vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Ting-Lu: 404-476 (78.5 - 92.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Miraidon: 492-578 (144.2 - 169.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Koraidon: 868-1024 (254.5 - 300.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Wild Charge vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Ho-Oh: 252-298 (60.7 - 71.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 252 Atk Zacian-Crowned Behemoth Blade vs. 240 HP / 0 Def Arceus: 234-276 (53 - 62.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

(might include more calcs later but these will do for now)
 
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Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

Tic-Tac-Toe Guru

:sm/Arceus:
Arceus @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Multitype
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 240 HP, 252 Atk, 16 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Shadow Claw
- Recover

Calyrex-S is a Pokémon that is very vulnerable to itself due to its typing and stat spread, it being a relatively frail but extremely fast and hard-hitting special attacker that can snowball extremely quickly. Bulky Ekiller is the best answer to that threat of a speed tie or an opposing scarf Caly-S. While base 120 across the board is becoming less and less impressive by generation, it’s still excellent, allowing it to tank hits well and dish back hard and before your opponent with priority STAB extreme speed. It’s pure normal typing allows it to switch in to unboosted Caly-S fairly comfortably and threaten a revenge kill with Shadow Claw, and if it Teras into a type that isn’t ghost, it becomes vulnerable to extreme speed. Ekiller also helps Caly against fast offensive threats like Koraidon and Miraidon with extreme speed and can play Tera mind games against Koraidon and opposing ekiller. Caly and Ekiller also have that normal-ghost synergy that can cause further mind games into the mirror matchup. Caly and Ekiller together are such a versatile, flexible, and powerful duo that cover just about everything you’d want to on their own, even if not perfectly, but they are an offensive (and defensive to a certain extent) core that is on most teams for a reason.
 
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