OU SD Iron Valiant

[Marnie]

[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Spirit Break / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Valiant makes use of its high offensive stats and Swords Dance to become a formidable physical wallbreaker that can also clean up late-game thanks to its Quark Drive-boosted Speed tier, threatening out metagame staples like Kingambit, Garganacl, and Baxcalibur for setup opportunities. Liquidation is a crucial coverage move to hit most of its would-be checks such as Volcarona, Iron Moth, Skeledirge, and Unaware Clodsire. It is also a strong neutral attack against Gholdengo and Hatterene, as well as hitting defensive Great Tusk super effectively. Both Knock Off and Spirit Break help Iron Valiant in hitting Dragapult; Knock Off also provides great neutral coverage against Toxapex and Amoonguss, crippling them as well as other bulky foes such as Dondozo and Tera Fairy Garganacl, while Spirit Break covers Dragonite, Azumarill, and Tera Dragon Dondozo. Taunt prevents the recovery, status, Haze, and Defense-boosting attempts of defensive stalwarts such as Toxapex, Dondozo, Tera Water Skeledirge, and Tera Fairy Garganacl, letting Iron Valiant muscle past them much more easily. Tera Water is mainly used to amplify Iron Valiant's Liquidation, notably netting the OHKO on Gholdengo at +2 as well as 2HKO on Skeledirge, the latter of which would otherwise ignore Iron Valiant's Swords Dance boost with Unaware. Defensively, the Water typing helps Taunt variants beat Toxapex and Skeledirge one-on-one due to resisting their Surf and Torch Song, allows Iron Valiant to set up on Gholdengo's Make it Rain, and prevents it from being revenge killed by Scizor's Bullet Punch, Baxcalibur's Ice Shard, and Azumarill's Aqua Jet easily.

Swords Dance Iron Valiant finds a place on offense and hyper offense teams. Support from Grimmsnarl's dual screens and Orthworm's Shed Tail grants Iron Valiant more setup opportunities and prevents revenge killing attempts from Pokemon like Choice Band Dragonite and Scizor; Shed Tail in particular lets it set up on walls like Garganacl and Skeledirge, avoiding Salt Cure's periodic chip and Will-O-Wisp. Entry hazards from Glimmora, Garchomp, Meowscarada, and the aforementioned Orthworm can chip down foes like Amoonguss, Toxapex, and Dondozo, letting Iron Valiant break past them more easily, especially if complemented by Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from them and other Pokemon like Clodsire and Tera Water Skeledirge; moreover, Garchomp helps in threatening Toxapex, while Meowscarada does the same to Dondozo. Other setup sweepers such as Volcarona, Dragonite, and Kingambit are great teammates to keep up the offensive pressure against the opposition, especially as they appreciate Iron Valiant crippling Toxapex with Knock Off as well as luring in and beating Clodsire, Skeledirge, and bulky Volcarona, respectively, for them. Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Choice Specs Greninja are similarly important to punch holes in the opposition, notably pressuring foes like Amoonguss and Dondozo that Iron Valiant has trouble breaking through.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[autumn, 384270], [CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Grammar checked by: [[autumn, 384270]]

 

[autumn]

1/2 god i love this set sm

[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Spirit Break / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Valiant makes use of its high offensive stats and Swords Dance to become a formidable physical wallbreaker; in conjunction with its Quark Drive-boosted Speed tier, it becomes an adept setup sweeper as well. (i'd mention somehwere how you can force something out with valiant due to its offensive presence and set up and win) Liquidation is a crucial coverage move to hit most of its would-be checks such as Volcarona, Iron Moth, Skeledirge, and Clodsire. It is also a strong neutral attack against Gholdengo and Hatterene as well as hitting defensive Great Tusk super effectively. Both Knock Off and Spirit Break help Iron Valiant in hitting Dragapult; Knock Off also provides great neutral coverage against Toxapex and Amoonguss, crippling them as well as other bulky foes such as Dondozo and Tera Fairy Garganacl, while Spirit Break covers Dragonite, Azumarill, and Tera Dragon Dondozo. Taunt prevents the recovery, crippling, Haze, and Defense-boosting attempts of defensive stalwarts such as Toxapex, Dondozo, Tera Water Skeledirge, and Tera Fairy Garganacl, letting Iron Valiant muscle past them much more easily. Tera Water is mainly used to amplify Iron Valiant's Liquidation, notably netting the OHKO on Gholdengo at +2 as well as 2HKO on Skeledirge, the latter of which would otherwise ignore Iron Valiant's Swords Dance boost with Unaware. Defensively, the Water typing helps Taunt variants beat Toxapex and Skeledirge one-on-one due to resisting their Surf and Torch Song, as well as preventing Iron Valiant from being revenge killed by Scizor's Bullet Punch, Baxcalibur's Ice Shard, and Azumarill's Aqua Jet easily. (also helps vs make it rain so you can set up on ghold)

Swords Dance Iron Valiant finds a place on offense and hyper offense teams. Support from Grimmsnarl's dual screens and Orthworm's Shed Tail grants Iron Valiant more setup opportunities and prevents revenge killing attempts from Pokemon like Choice Band Dragonite and Scizor; Shed Tail in particular lets it set up on walls like Garganacl and Skeledirge. (make it clearer that the burn/salt cure avoidance helps here) Entry hazards from Glimmora, Garchomp, and the aforementioned Orthworm can chip down foes like Amoonguss, Toxapex, and Dondozo, letting Iron Valiant break past them easier, especially if complemented by its Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from them and other Pokemon like Clodsire and Tera Water Skeledirge; moreover, Garchomp helps in threatening Toxapex. Other setup sweepers such as Volcarona, Dragonite, and Kingambit are great teammates to keep up the offensive pressure against the opposition, especially as they appreciate Iron Valiant crippling Toxapex with Knock Off as well as luring in and beating Clodsire, Skeledirge, and bulky Volcarona, respectively, for them. Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Iron Moth and Choice Band Meowscarada are similarly important to punch holes in the opposition, notably pressuring foes that Iron Valiant has trouble breaking through, like Amoonguss and Dondozo, respectively. (im not rly a fan of either of those sets in current meta and if i was runnning moth with this i'd want the booster ho set)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Spirit Break / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Valiant makes use of its high offensive stats and Swords Dance to become a formidable physical wallbreaker that can also clean up late-game thanks to its Quark Drive-boosted Speed tier, threatening out metagame staples like Kingambit, Garganacl, and Baxcalibur for setup opportunities. Liquidation is a crucial coverage move to hit most of its would-be checks such as Volcarona, Iron Moth, Skeledirge, and Unaware Clodsire. It is also a strong neutral attack against Gholdengo and Hatterene as well as hitting defensive Great Tusk super effectively. Both Knock Off and Spirit Break help Iron Valiant in hitting Dragapult; Knock Off also provides great neutral coverage against Toxapex and Amoonguss, crippling them as well as other bulky foes such as Dondozo and Tera Fairy Garganacl, while Spirit Break covers Dragonite, Azumarill, and Tera Dragon Dondozo. Taunt prevents the recovery, crippling from status, Haze, and Defense-boosting attempts of defensive stalwarts such as Toxapex, Dondozo, Tera Water Skeledirge, and Tera Fairy Garganacl, letting Iron Valiant muscle past them much more easily. Tera Water is mainly used to amplify Iron Valiant's Liquidation, notably netting the OHKO on Gholdengo at +2 as well as 2HKO on Skeledirge, the latter of which would otherwise ignore Iron Valiant's Swords Dance boost with Unaware. Defensively, the Water typing helps Taunt variants beat Toxapex and Skeledirge one-on-one due to resisting their Surf and Torch Song, allows Iron Valiant to set up on Gholdengo's Make it Rain, as well as prevents it from being revenge killed by Scizor's Bullet Punch, Baxcalibur's Ice Shard, and Azumarill's Aqua Jet easily.

Swords Dance Iron Valiant finds a place on offense and hyper offense teams. Support from Grimmsnarl's dual screens and Orthworm's Shed Tail grants Iron Valiant more setup opportunities and prevents revenge killing attempts from Pokemon like Choice Band Dragonite and Scizor; Shed Tail in particular lets it set up on walls like Garganacl and Skeledirge, avoiding Salt Cure's periodic chip and Will-O-Wisp. Entry hazards from Glimmora, Meowscarada, (It is rlly good against don) Garchomp, and the aforementioned Orthworm can chip down foes like Amoonguss, Toxapex, and Dondozo, letting Iron Valiant break past them easier, especially if complemented by its Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from them and other Pokemon like Clodsire and Tera Water Skeledirge; moreover, Garchomp helps in threatening Toxapex Mention as well how Meow can help threaten Don. Other setup sweepers such as Volcarona, Dragonite, and Kingambit are great teammates to keep up the offensive pressure against the opposition, especially as they appreciate Iron Valiant crippling Toxapex with Knock Off as well as luring in and beating Clodsire, Skeledirge, and bulky Volcarona, respectively, for them. Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Choice Specs Greninja are similarly important to punch holes in the opposition, notably pressuring foes like Amoonguss and Dondozo that Iron Valiant has trouble breaking through.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[autumn, 384270], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2 good job!

 

[autumn]

1/1 GP Team done

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Valiant) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Spirit Break / Taunt

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Valiant makes use of its high offensive stats and Swords Dance to become a formidable physical wallbreaker that can also clean up late-game thanks to its Quark Drive-boosted Speed tier, threatening out metagame staples like Kingambit, Garganacl, and Baxcalibur for setup opportunities. Liquidation is a crucial coverage move to hit most of its would-be checks such as Volcarona, Iron Moth, Skeledirge, and Unaware Clodsire. It is also a strong neutral attack against Gholdengo and Hatterene, (AC) as well as hitting defensive Great Tusk super effectively. Both Knock Off and Spirit Break help Iron Valiant in hitting Dragapult; Knock Off also provides great neutral coverage against Toxapex and Amoonguss, crippling them as well as other bulky foes such as Dondozo and Tera Fairy Garganacl, while Spirit Break covers Dragonite, Azumarill, and Tera Dragon Dondozo. Taunt prevents the recovery, status, Haze, and Defense-boosting attempts of defensive stalwarts such as Toxapex, Dondozo, Tera Water Skeledirge, and Tera Fairy Garganacl, letting Iron Valiant muscle past them much more easily. Tera Water is mainly used to amplify Iron Valiant's Liquidation, notably netting the OHKO on Gholdengo at +2 as well as 2HKO on Skeledirge, the latter of which would otherwise ignore Iron Valiant's Swords Dance boost with Unaware. Defensively, the Water typing helps Taunt variants beat Toxapex and Skeledirge one-on-one due to resisting their Surf and Torch Song, allows Iron Valiant to set up on Gholdengo's Make it Rain, as well as and prevents it from being revenge killed by Scizor's Bullet Punch, Baxcalibur's Ice Shard, and Azumarill's Aqua Jet easily.

Swords Dance Iron Valiant finds a place on offense and hyper offense teams. Support from Grimmsnarl's dual screens and Orthworm's Shed Tail grants Iron Valiant more setup opportunities and prevents revenge killing attempts from Pokemon like Choice Band Dragonite and Scizor; Shed Tail in particular lets it set up on walls like Garganacl and Skeledirge, avoiding Salt Cure's periodic chip and Will-O-Wisp. Entry hazards from Glimmora, Garchomp, Meowscarada, and the aforementioned Orthworm can chip down foes like Amoonguss, Toxapex, and Dondozo, letting Iron Valiant break past them easier more easily, especially if complemented by its Knock Off to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from them and other Pokemon like Clodsire and Tera Water Skeledirge; moreover, Garchomp helps in threatening Toxapex, while Meowscarada does the same to Dondozo. Other setup sweepers such as Volcarona, Dragonite, and Kingambit are great teammates to keep up the offensive pressure against the opposition, especially as they appreciate Iron Valiant crippling Toxapex with Knock Off as well as luring in and beating Clodsire, Skeledirge, and bulky Volcarona, respectively, for them. Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Choice Specs Greninja are similarly important to punch holes in the opposition, notably pressuring foes like Amoonguss and Dondozo that Iron Valiant has trouble breaking through.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[autumn, 384270], [CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]