[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Glacial Lance
move 2: High Horsepower
move 3: Trick
move 4: Aromatherapy / Seed Bomb
item: Choice Band
ability: As One (Glastrier)
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 248 Atk / 12 Def or 96 HP / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
tera type: Steel / Fire / Ice
[SET COMMENTS]
* Glacial Lance and High Horsepower enable Calyrex-I to 2HKO the entire tier with the exception of bulky Water-types such as defensive Primal Kyogre, Dondozo, and Tera Water Zygarde. The immediate threat that Calyrex-I poses enables it to function as a cataclysmic wall breaker on balance and bulky offense teams teams. Additionally, Trick Room teams dedicated to supporting Calyrex-I are able scrape out a niche due to the immense power and snowball potential of Tera Ice Glacial Lance.
* Trick is useful against stall and balance teams to neuter common switch-ins such as Dondozo and Tera Water Zygarde. Calyrex-I benefits from the lack of a choice lock and is able to transition to a more supportive role while retaining an offensive presence. Additionally, Aromatherapy is useful against stall and some bulkier balance teams to take advantage of the many Pokemon Calyrex-I scares out such as defensive Eternatus and Ferrothorn. On dedicated Trick Room teams Seed Bomb is used to 2HKO bulky Water-types which would otherwise be able to survive Glacial Lance if Calyrex has not yet obtained an Attack boost from As One such as defensive Primal Kyogre. Seed Bomb is particularly useful against Tera Water Zygarde which is troublesome for Trick Room teams in general as Calyrex-I, Melmetal, and Primal Groudon struggle to overwhelm it.
*The EV spread avoids an OHKO from Arceus-Dark's Foul Play while also maximizing mixed bulk. Thanks to this investment and Calyrex-I's naturally high bulk enables it to tank many strong attacks despite its poor defensive typing. For example, Calyrex-I is 2HKOed by Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike after a single layer of Spikes and double dance Primal Groudon's Heat Crash after Stealth Rock and 2 layers of Spikes.
*On dedicated Trick Room teams Calyrex-I runs a more specialized EV spread of 96 HP / 252 Atk / 160 SpD. This enables Calyrex-I to survive a wide range of attacks. For example, Calyrex-I is 2HKOed by Tera Flying Choice Band Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, +2 Silk Scarf Tera Normal Arceus's Extreme Speed, Life Orb Tera Ghost Deoxys-A Shadow Ball, and +1 Tera Fighting Zacian-C Close Combat after Stealth Rock. Furthermore, Calyrex-I is 3HKOed by defensive Primal Groudon's Precipice Blades and defensive Primal Kyogre's Scald.
* Tera Steel is Calyrex-I's perfered Tera type. Though Calyrex-I appreciates the resistances provided by its new Steel typing, the toxic immunity enhances Calyrex-I's crucial role as a cleric against stall teams. This is compounded by Calyrex-I's new resistance to Stealth Rock that otherwise diminishes Calyrex-I's effectiveness as a cleric. Additionally, Tera Steel can prevent late game sweeps against some threats on hyper offence threats such as Arceus as Calyrex-I survives Extreme Speed after 2 rounds of Stealth Rock pre Tera, +1 Ultra Necrozma's Stone Edge after Stealth Rock while retaining a resitance to Light That Burns the Sky, and Eternatus's Meteor Beam or +1 Dynamax Cannon. Alternatively, Tera Fire provides Calyrex-I with a burn immunity. This is particularly valuable as many teams will rely on Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire or Will O Wisp Arceus-Dark to answer Calyrex-I. This does however significantly hinder Calyrex-I's longevity and efficacy as a cleric against stall teams due to its Stealth Rock weakness and poorer defensive profile.
* Tera Ice is only used on dedicated Trick Room teams. The defensive purposes served by Steel and Fire Tera mentioned above are irrelevant as Calyrex-I relies on Tera Ice to secure several important OHKOs and make use of limited Trick Room turns and snowball. For example, Eruption Primal Groudon is OHKOed by Tera Ice Glacial Lance. At +1 Calyrex-I OHKOs Wallbreaker Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, Tera Fairy Zygarde, and most utility Arceus formes.
*Calyrex-I's role and presence on a game to game basis is heavily dependent on the style of team it is facing. Calyrex-I has the most presence in games against stall teams as it can Trick its Choice Band onto Dondozo, its most common switch-in, heavily hindering it for the duration of the game. With Tera Steel Calyrex-I functions as an excellent cleric which easily finds many turns to use Aromatherpy due to most Pokemon on stall teams outside of Ho-Oh are unable to meaningfully threaten it, preventing stall's main method of making progress.
*Calyrex-I plays a smaller role in games against balance and more offensive teams. Calyrex-I's natural bulk enables it to trade with a large portion of the metagame. Against balance teams Calyrex-I is often a great lead due to the threat it poses to common leads such as defensive Primal Groudon lacking Overheat and Arceus-Ground. Calyrex-I is also able to effectively trade lategame if needed against Pokemon such as Primal Kyogre or Specially Offensive Yveltal after tera if used. Calyrex-I is a poor lead into hyper offence and is often best saved until the end-game where it can leverage its bulk and tera to knock out boosted Pokemon such as Arceus or Ultra Necrozma.
*On dedicated Trick Room teams Calyrex-I is used as a mid- and end-game sweeper. Calyrex-I should not be used under the initial Trick Room as it requires teammates such as Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre to soften or remove potential checks such as Zygarde and Alomomola.
*On balance teams Calyrex-I requires Defog support as Stealth Rock often leaves Calyrex-I where it is easily revenge killed. For example, Calyrex-I always OHKOed by Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse after Stealth Rock. Consequently, Ho-Oh is a fantastic partner due to its consistency at keeping the field clear of entry hazards. Overheat defensive Primal Groudon is a fantastic partner as it sets entry hazards, threatens Dondozo, and is a good switch-in to Pokemon which threaten Calyrex-I such as Zacian-C. Defensive Primal Kyogre synergises particularly well with Calyrex-I due to its good matchup into defensive teams while the cleric support Calyrex-I provides enables Primal Kyogre to use rest against more offensive teams.
*Hatterene is a mandatory teammate and dedicated lead on Trick Room teams due to Magic Bounce denying most entry hazard setters and providing Healing Wish support. Calyrex-I appreciates Arceus and Cresselia as additional Trick Room setters. Arceus's access to Taunt can prevent entry hazards which would heavily impede Calyrex-I's ability to sweep while Cresselia's Lunar Dance remedies Glacial Lance's low PP. Although Calyrex-I threatens most of the metagame with Tera Ice Glacial Lance, it relies on teammates such as Eruption Primal Groudon and wallbreaker Primal Kyogre to help with Pokemon that it cannot break through such as Arceus-Water and Dondozo.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bumboclaat.523420/
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/s0a0m0i0.604820/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.104/
[/SPOILER]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Glacial Lance
move 2: High Horsepower
move 3: Trick
move 4: Aromatherapy / Seed Bomb
item: Choice Band
ability: As One (Glastrier)
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 248 Atk / 12 Def or 96 HP / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
tera type: Steel / Fire / Ice
[SET COMMENTS]
* Glacial Lance and High Horsepower enable Calyrex-I to 2HKO the entire tier with the exception of bulky Water-types such as defensive Primal Kyogre, Dondozo, and Tera Water Zygarde. The immediate threat that Calyrex-I poses enables it to function as a cataclysmic wall breaker on balance and bulky offense teams teams. Additionally, Trick Room teams dedicated to supporting Calyrex-I are able scrape out a niche due to the immense power and snowball potential of Tera Ice Glacial Lance.
* Trick is useful against stall and balance teams to neuter common switch-ins such as Dondozo and Tera Water Zygarde. Calyrex-I benefits from the lack of a choice lock and is able to transition to a more supportive role while retaining an offensive presence. Additionally, Aromatherapy is useful against stall and some bulkier balance teams to take advantage of the many Pokemon Calyrex-I scares out such as defensive Eternatus and Ferrothorn. On dedicated Trick Room teams Seed Bomb is used to 2HKO bulky Water-types which would otherwise be able to survive Glacial Lance if Calyrex has not yet obtained an Attack boost from As One such as defensive Primal Kyogre. Seed Bomb is particularly useful against Tera Water Zygarde which is troublesome for Trick Room teams in general as Calyrex-I, Melmetal, and Primal Groudon struggle to overwhelm it.
*The EV spread avoids an OHKO from Arceus-Dark's Foul Play while also maximizing mixed bulk. Thanks to this investment and Calyrex-I's naturally high bulk enables it to tank many strong attacks despite its poor defensive typing. For example, Calyrex-I is 2HKOed by Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM's Sunsteel Strike after a single layer of Spikes and double dance Primal Groudon's Heat Crash after Stealth Rock and 2 layers of Spikes.
*On dedicated Trick Room teams Calyrex-I runs a more specialized EV spread of 96 HP / 252 Atk / 160 SpD. This enables Calyrex-I to survive a wide range of attacks. For example, Calyrex-I is 2HKOed by Tera Flying Choice Band Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, +2 Silk Scarf Tera Normal Arceus's Extreme Speed, Life Orb Tera Ghost Deoxys-A Shadow Ball, and +1 Tera Fighting Zacian-C Close Combat after Stealth Rock. Furthermore, Calyrex-I is 3HKOed by defensive Primal Groudon's Precipice Blades and defensive Primal Kyogre's Scald.
* Tera Steel is Calyrex-I's perfered Tera type. Though Calyrex-I appreciates the resistances provided by its new Steel typing, the toxic immunity enhances Calyrex-I's crucial role as a cleric against stall teams. This is compounded by Calyrex-I's new resistance to Stealth Rock that otherwise diminishes Calyrex-I's effectiveness as a cleric. Additionally, Tera Steel can prevent late game sweeps against some threats on hyper offence threats such as Arceus as Calyrex-I survives Extreme Speed after 2 rounds of Stealth Rock pre Tera, +1 Ultra Necrozma's Stone Edge after Stealth Rock while retaining a resitance to Light That Burns the Sky, and Eternatus's Meteor Beam or +1 Dynamax Cannon. Alternatively, Tera Fire provides Calyrex-I with a burn immunity. This is particularly valuable as many teams will rely on Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire or Will O Wisp Arceus-Dark to answer Calyrex-I. This does however significantly hinder Calyrex-I's longevity and efficacy as a cleric against stall teams due to its Stealth Rock weakness and poorer defensive profile.
* Tera Ice is only used on dedicated Trick Room teams. The defensive purposes served by Steel and Fire Tera mentioned above are irrelevant as Calyrex-I relies on Tera Ice to secure several important OHKOs and make use of limited Trick Room turns and snowball. For example, Eruption Primal Groudon is OHKOed by Tera Ice Glacial Lance. At +1 Calyrex-I OHKOs Wallbreaker Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, Tera Fairy Zygarde, and most utility Arceus formes.
*Calyrex-I's role and presence on a game to game basis is heavily dependent on the style of team it is facing. Calyrex-I has the most presence in games against stall teams as it can Trick its Choice Band onto Dondozo, its most common switch-in, heavily hindering it for the duration of the game. With Tera Steel Calyrex-I functions as an excellent cleric which easily finds many turns to use Aromatherpy due to most Pokemon on stall teams outside of Ho-Oh are unable to meaningfully threaten it, preventing stall's main method of making progress.
*Calyrex-I plays a smaller role in games against balance and more offensive teams. Calyrex-I's natural bulk enables it to trade with a large portion of the metagame. Against balance teams Calyrex-I is often a great lead due to the threat it poses to common leads such as defensive Primal Groudon lacking Overheat and Arceus-Ground. Calyrex-I is also able to effectively trade lategame if needed against Pokemon such as Primal Kyogre or Specially Offensive Yveltal after tera if used. Calyrex-I is a poor lead into hyper offence and is often best saved until the end-game where it can leverage its bulk and tera to knock out boosted Pokemon such as Arceus or Ultra Necrozma.
*On dedicated Trick Room teams Calyrex-I is used as a mid- and end-game sweeper. Calyrex-I should not be used under the initial Trick Room as it requires teammates such as Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre to soften or remove potential checks such as Zygarde and Alomomola.
*On balance teams Calyrex-I requires Defog support as Stealth Rock often leaves Calyrex-I where it is easily revenge killed. For example, Calyrex-I always OHKOed by Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse after Stealth Rock. Consequently, Ho-Oh is a fantastic partner due to its consistency at keeping the field clear of entry hazards. Overheat defensive Primal Groudon is a fantastic partner as it sets entry hazards, threatens Dondozo, and is a good switch-in to Pokemon which threaten Calyrex-I such as Zacian-C. Defensive Primal Kyogre synergises particularly well with Calyrex-I due to its good matchup into defensive teams while the cleric support Calyrex-I provides enables Primal Kyogre to use rest against more offensive teams.
*Hatterene is a mandatory teammate and dedicated lead on Trick Room teams due to Magic Bounce denying most entry hazard setters and providing Healing Wish support. Calyrex-I appreciates Arceus and Cresselia as additional Trick Room setters. Arceus's access to Taunt can prevent entry hazards which would heavily impede Calyrex-I's ability to sweep while Cresselia's Lunar Dance remedies Glacial Lance's low PP. Although Calyrex-I threatens most of the metagame with Tera Ice Glacial Lance, it relies on teammates such as Eruption Primal Groudon and wallbreaker Primal Kyogre to help with Pokemon that it cannot break through such as Arceus-Water and Dondozo.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bumboclaat.523420/
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/s0a0m0i0.604820/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.104/
[/SPOILER]
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