Quality Control Offensive Zapdos [QC 0/2] [GP 0/1]

[Tree69420]

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Volt Switch / Weather Ball
move 3: Heat Wave / Thunderbolt / Thunder
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Static
nature: Timid
evs: 252 Spa / 4 Spd / 252 Spe
tera type: Steel / Electric / Water

[SET COMMENTS]

Offensive Zapdos utilizes its great resistances to get in the game and throw off incredibly strong attacks. It can simultaneously defensively check common pokemon whie being a threat in its own right. Heat Wave can be used to hit the common Excadrill, along with OHKOing Scizor and being a more accurate move to hit pokemon at low HP that may not die to Volt Switch. However, Thunderbolt may be used instead as a stronger Electric-type move who does not force Zapdos to switch out. Roost allows Zapdos to tank attacks more easily, even without investment, and can allow it to switch into Stealth Rocks more even after its Boots have been knocked. Thunder and Weather Ball are especially threatening in rain. Steel tera lets Zapdos tank attacks such as Latios Draco Meteor, Excadrill Rock Slide, and Ogerpon-C Rock STAB easily to kill back, and still keeps it with a solid defensive type. Electric tera can make your strong Thunderbolts and Volt Switches even stronger, and remove your Rocks weakness. Water Tera is more niche, but can be used to let you tank +6 Azumarill Aqua Jet, who can especially be a problem in Rain.

Offensive Zapdos typically fits on volt-turn based teams. It can make a solid volt-turn core with Slowking and Lokix, as well as other volt-turners such as Scizor and Sandy Shocks. It can also pair well with Hydrapple, who defensively checks Rhyperior and the rare Thundurus-T who Zapdos lets in freely. It can also work well with Pelipper and Barraskewda on rain teams, as rain lets it spam powerful Thunders and Weather Balls while Barraskewda can Flip Turn on opponents that Zapdos takes advantage of.

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Volt Switch / Weather Ball
move 3: Heat Wave / Thunderbolt / Thunder
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Static
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Steel / Electric / Water

[SET COMMENTS]

Offensive Zapdos utilizes its great resistances to get in the game and throw off incredibly strong attacks. It can simultaneously defensively check common pokemon like while being a threat in its own right. Heat Wave can be used to hit the common Excadrill, along with OHKOing Scizor and being a more accurate move to hit pokemon at low HP that may not die to Volt Switch. However, Thunderbolt may be used instead as a stronger Electric-type move who does not force Zapdos to switch out. Roost allows Zapdos to tank attacks more easily, even without investment, and can allow it to switch into Stealth Rocks more even after its Boots have been knocked. Thunder and Weather Ball are especially threatening in rain. I'd just specifically state to only use it on rain Steel tera lets Zapdos tank attacks such as Latios Draco Meteor, Excadrill Rock Slide, and Ogerpon-C Rock STAB easily to kill back, and still keeps it with a solid defensive type. Electric tera can make your strong Thunderbolts and Volt Switches even stronger, and remove your Rocks weakness. Just say to boost Electric STABs to shorten this instead of mentioning tbolt and volt. Water Tera is more niche, but can be used to let you tank +6 Azumarill Aqua Jet, who can especially be a problem in Rain.

Offensive Zapdos typically fits on volt-turn based teams. It can make a solid volt-turn core with Slowking and Lokix, as well as other volt-turners such as Scizor and Sandy Shocks. Not really sure why you split the examples seeing as no info is being added to separate them, just make it one list. It can also pair well with Hydrapple, who defensively checks Rhyperior and the rare Thundurus-T who Zapdos lets in freely. It can also work well with Pelipper and Barraskewda on rain teams, as rain lets it spam powerful Thunders and Weather Balls while Barraskewda can Flip Turn on opponents that Zapdos takes advantage of. like

This part is a little bare so some stuff to add:

1. Alternate checks to Mienshao and/or Lokix are appreciated as this set lacks the investment to consistently answer them and losing boots can be annoying. Feel free to tie in Hydrapple or Slowking for Shao.
2. Tyranitar is rather obnoxious to break especially when you run it under rain so some partners to pressure it. Cobalion for example checks Ttar as well as Rockpon + deters Knock from Scizor and Kix. Can mention it setting hazards here and can use Volt to get Zapdos in vs Slowking, Hydrapple, and Toxapex.
3. Mention some stuff that pressures Excadrill if opting to drop Heat Wave for a second Electric STAB

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