All the good sets are banned? And even the possibly viable ones?! Yeah, let’s bring the set no one ever wanted to see…
Hone Claw Setup Sweeper:
Yveltal @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Black Glasses / Darkinium Z
Ability: Dark Aura
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- Lash Out / Sucker Punch
- Taunt / Sucker Punch / Acrobatics
- Rock Slide
So we use Hone Claws to setup and make us scary here. Lash Out is sadly our best physical STAB option so we’re gonna work with this. Rock Slide is for Ho-Oh. The item slot is where this set splits in two. One is no Z-Move and the other is with Z-Move.
Without the Z-Move you get your choice between Taunt and Sucker Punch, meaning turning stuff like Ferrothorn and Giratina into setup or Sucker Punch to make up for Yveltal’s less than spectacular Speed stat so we can revenge-kill Eternatus and Deoxys-A. Heavy-Duty Boots is self explanatory and so is Black Glasses. Tera Dark is best to amp up Lash Out damage.
If Z-Move is chosen, then Acrobatics is probably the best choice, as it’ll become Yveltal’s strongest STAB option. Lash Out can be replaced for Sucker Punch if you wanted for more Speed control. What is the Z-Move for? Well, when used on Hone Claws, it gives us a Swords Dance boost + a 110 BP STAB. Tera Flying allows Acrobatics to do some crazy stuff.
+2 252 Atk Tera Flying Yveltal Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Ferrothorn: 380-448 (108.2 - 127.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252 Atk Tera Flying Yveltal Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Giratina: 306-362 (60.7 - 71.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Tera Flying Yveltal Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 248 HP / 68+ Def Groudon-Primal: 278-328 (68.9 - 81.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
This set even keeps Arceus-Fairy from switching in.
+2 252 Atk Yveltal Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 248 HP / 136+ Def Arceus-Fairy: 250-295 (56.4 - 66.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Yeah. This is a funny little set.