Hi everyone! Been really late keeping on track of this, which I apologise for. Anyway.
Congratulations to trainer_j0nathan for Magearna winning this week's
check and to AcneAutist for Mega Scizor winning this week's
counter! I'll add your sets to the Hall of Fame shortly.
Week 12: Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian
Landorus-Therian (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 232 Atk / 68 Def / 208 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stone Edge
- Defog
Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian is an excellent pivot owing to very high speed when boosted by a Choice Scarf, access to U-Turn, and STAB Earthquake backed up by a very good base 145 Attack stat. Stone Edge rounds out Landorus-T's neutral coverage, and gives it an option vs Pokemon such as Zapdos or Tornadus-T, while Defog can allow it to act as emergency hazard removal for a weakened team. In addition, two key immunities in Electric and Ground allow Landorus to switch in against a variety of predicted moves to gain momentum for its team. Intimidate is an excellent ability to have, allowing Landorus to neutralise or outright shut down certain physical attackers such as Mega Lopunny without Power-Up Punch, Excadrill, or Tyranitar. However, Landorus is weak to two very common attaking types in Water and Ice, and a lot of Pokemon will run coverage options such as Ice Punch or Ice Beam specifically to capitalise on this and its shared typing with Gliscor, another solid Pokemon.
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Best of luck!