me,
atomicllamas, and
passion made some teams with Diancie before it dropped and played with it quite a bit so i guess ill post our sets.
PASSION (Diancie) @ Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 16 Atk / 240 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Rock Polish / Hidden Power [Fire]
- Moonblast
- Earth Power
- Diamond Storm
This is the simplest of the Diancie sets, which is Rock Polish or a lure variant. This set is the easiest to play, weaken your checks and fuck shit up with RP later. Or you can lure a bronzong for a potential teammate, such as Abomasnow, which pairs just as well with the last set.
252 SpA Life Orb Diancie Moonblast vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 192-227 (38.3 - 45.3%) -- 76.2% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock, 1 layer of Spikes, and Leftovers recovery
16 Atk Life Orb Diancie Diamond Storm vs. 248 HP / 164 Def Slowking: 142-169 (36.1 - 43%) -- 26.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock, 1 layer of Spikes, and Leftovers recovery
byakugou (Diancie) @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 128 SpA / 128 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Earth Power / Hidden Power [Fire]
Now this thing is a monster versus another defensive team that doesn't have a bronzong, which I bet we will see a lot more usage simply because of how fucking good this set is. The set moves are very straight forward, Sub, Calm Mind, STAB, and coverage in Earth Power or Hidden Power Fire. With the moves being mostly self-explanatory, I'll go over the EVs that me and
Lord Death Man made. The Speed on this Diancie allows you to outspeed 4 Alomomola, or 0 speed Alomomola if you are running Hp Fire, as well as even set up on it.
0 SpA Alomomola Scald vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Diancie: 62-74
(20.3 - 24.3%) --
possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
Now this is very signifcant as while Alomomola checks the first and last sets (albeit not too well), bar Stealth Rocks and Spikes in play, it falls flat versus this set.
LLAMAS IS CUTE (Diancie) @ Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 16 Atk / 240 SpA / 252 Hp
Quiet Nature
- Trick Room
- Moonblast
- Earth Power / Hidden Power [Fire]
- Diamond Storm
The cutest of the sets, this set plays a bit similarly to the first set. Bring your Diancie in with some VoltTurn or on a double, set up TR, and destroy Offense teams. This set plays so well with other TR breakers like LO Emboar and Healing Wish users like Mesprit, which is a great partner to both Diancie and Emboar.
252+ SpA Life Orb Diancie Moonblast vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 211-250 (42.1 - 49.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock, 1 layer of Spikes, and Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Life Orb Diancie Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 96+ SpD Slowking: 142-168 (36.1 - 42.7%) -- 16.8% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock, 1 layer of Spikes, and Leftovers recovery
Diancie is a fucking monster in summary, two of its sets destroy offense with its titanic bulk and set up opportunities, while the second one fucks stall in the ass if it has ways to lure Bronzong. Diancie forces severe preparation by stall as well as some sort of way to pivot into both RP and TR Diancie sets by offense, which is just obsene. May be just me, but Diancie is S Rank undoubtedly.
Cute Diancie cores:
HP Fire Diancie + Abomasnow
TR Diancie + Abomasnow
SubCM Diancie + Tspikes Roselia
HP Diancie + Tyrantrum
Diancie + Magnet Rise Magneton (which traps Bronzong easily)
Diancie + Qwilfish
Diancie + Gurdurr
Hope my post helped those looking to make a team or use Diancie in general
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