[OVERVIEW]
With its sky-high speed stat and a diverse pool of utility moves, Deoxys-S cements itself as one of the most reliable suicide leads in AG and should be considered on many hyper offense structures. The fast Taunt and hazards Deoxys-S provides enables many of the powerful setup sweepers like Koraidon, Miraidon and others to break through their usual checks with the chip damage like on defensive Arceus formes. Deoxys-S is quite a one dimensional, as it is cramped for moves to beat of its many counterleads, for example, it needs Knock Off to threaten Calyrex-S and Psycho Boost if it wants to deal any meaningful damage to Scale Shot Koraidon. Although it is often considered to be the most reliable suicide lead in the tier, it matches up poorly into many other hyper offense leads such as Ribombee, Glimmora and the occasional Grimmsnarl, so teammates that can deal with them would be great.
[SET]
Suicide lead (Deoxys-Speed) @ Focus sash
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 80 Atk / 176 Spa / 252 Spe Or 80 Hp / 176 Spa / 252 Spe
Naive Nature / Timid nature
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Psycho Boost
- Knock Off / Stealth Rock
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its unrivaled speed, Deoxys-S outspeeds every single viable unboosted pokemon in the metagame, and with access to utility moves such as Taunt, Stealth Rock, Spikes and Knock Off, Deoxys-S is often considered to be one of the most reliable and effective dedicated leads in Anything Goes. Spikes can help chip down defensive walls for the cascade of sweepers waiting in the back and can be usually be set up first due to its high speed, and Taunt can prevent other leads from setting up their own hazards or prevent setup leads from boosting, Psycho Boost OHKOs koraidon and Knock Off can take out any unsuspecting Calyrex-S, Stealth Rock can be used if you can survive for multiple turns but loses out on the Calyrex-S matchup, and in that case, an EV spread of 80 Hp / 176 Spa / 252 Spe and timid nature should be used, as it allows for Deoxys-S to potentially survive longer and set up both Spikes and Stealth Rock. 176 special attack EVs are ran in order to guarantee the OHKO with Psycho Boost on Koraidon while max speed is given to potentially outspeed or speed tie opposing leads, with the rest dumped into attack to boost Help guarantee an OHKO on Calyrex-S.
The only archetype that Deoxys-S fits on is hyper offense, so setup sweepers like Scale Shot Koraidon, Agility Miraidon and Nasty Plot Calyrex-S who can abuse the hazards chip on their defensive checks are great teammates. Since Deoxys-S is counterlead by Grimmsnarl and Ribombee, teammates like Substitute Zacian-Crowned or Trick Room Necrozma-Dusk mane with can sometimes be used to counterlead them.
Other Options
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Skill swap can be used to beat magic bounce hatterene, but hatterene is very rare and skill swap have limited uses in other matchups as well. Tera dark can be used to beat Grimmsnarl leads, but that is quite situational and loses out on the Extreme killer Arceus matchup. Alternatively, Rocky helmet with a bulkier EV spread of 252 Hp / 192 Def / 16 SpD / 52 Spe Could be used to possibly set up multiple layers of hazards more reliably and beat other focus sash leads but leaves it vulnerable to Choice Scarf Calyrex-S.
Checks and Counters
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**Ribombee**: By using pounce and bug buzz, ribombee can knock out Deoxys-S by lowering the speed with pounce as Deoxys-S uses taunt and knock it out with a follow up attack, so against ribombee leads you would need to correctly predict pounce or sticky web.
**Calyrex-S**: With it's powerful Stab move in astral barrage, Calyrex-S can knock out non knock off Deoxys-Speed and gain an Special attack boost from the KO, which would make it harder to respond as HO usually do not bring any Choice scarf speed control.
**Grimmsnarl**: Deoxys cannot deal any meaningful damage to Grimmsnarl, and it can use Taunt before Deoxys-S can set hazards, this can be countered with tera dark, but spending your tera so early may not be good for later.
[CREDITS]
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With its sky-high speed stat and a diverse pool of utility moves, Deoxys-S cements itself as one of the most reliable suicide leads in AG and should be considered on many hyper offense structures. The fast Taunt and hazards Deoxys-S provides enables many of the powerful setup sweepers like Koraidon, Miraidon and others to break through their usual checks with the chip damage like on defensive Arceus formes. Deoxys-S is quite a one dimensional, as it is cramped for moves to beat of its many counterleads, for example, it needs Knock Off to threaten Calyrex-S and Psycho Boost if it wants to deal any meaningful damage to Scale Shot Koraidon. Although it is often considered to be the most reliable suicide lead in the tier, it matches up poorly into many other hyper offense leads such as Ribombee, Glimmora and the occasional Grimmsnarl, so teammates that can deal with them would be great.
[SET]
Suicide lead (Deoxys-Speed) @ Focus sash
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 80 Atk / 176 Spa / 252 Spe Or 80 Hp / 176 Spa / 252 Spe
Naive Nature / Timid nature
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Psycho Boost
- Knock Off / Stealth Rock
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its unrivaled speed, Deoxys-S outspeeds every single viable unboosted pokemon in the metagame, and with access to utility moves such as Taunt, Stealth Rock, Spikes and Knock Off, Deoxys-S is often considered to be one of the most reliable and effective dedicated leads in Anything Goes. Spikes can help chip down defensive walls for the cascade of sweepers waiting in the back and can be usually be set up first due to its high speed, and Taunt can prevent other leads from setting up their own hazards or prevent setup leads from boosting, Psycho Boost OHKOs koraidon and Knock Off can take out any unsuspecting Calyrex-S, Stealth Rock can be used if you can survive for multiple turns but loses out on the Calyrex-S matchup, and in that case, an EV spread of 80 Hp / 176 Spa / 252 Spe and timid nature should be used, as it allows for Deoxys-S to potentially survive longer and set up both Spikes and Stealth Rock. 176 special attack EVs are ran in order to guarantee the OHKO with Psycho Boost on Koraidon while max speed is given to potentially outspeed or speed tie opposing leads, with the rest dumped into attack to boost Help guarantee an OHKO on Calyrex-S.
The only archetype that Deoxys-S fits on is hyper offense, so setup sweepers like Scale Shot Koraidon, Agility Miraidon and Nasty Plot Calyrex-S who can abuse the hazards chip on their defensive checks are great teammates. Since Deoxys-S is counterlead by Grimmsnarl and Ribombee, teammates like Substitute Zacian-Crowned or Trick Room Necrozma-Dusk mane with can sometimes be used to counterlead them.
Other Options
=============
Skill swap can be used to beat magic bounce hatterene, but hatterene is very rare and skill swap have limited uses in other matchups as well. Tera dark can be used to beat Grimmsnarl leads, but that is quite situational and loses out on the Extreme killer Arceus matchup. Alternatively, Rocky helmet with a bulkier EV spread of 252 Hp / 192 Def / 16 SpD / 52 Spe Could be used to possibly set up multiple layers of hazards more reliably and beat other focus sash leads but leaves it vulnerable to Choice Scarf Calyrex-S.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Ribombee**: By using pounce and bug buzz, ribombee can knock out Deoxys-S by lowering the speed with pounce as Deoxys-S uses taunt and knock it out with a follow up attack, so against ribombee leads you would need to correctly predict pounce or sticky web.
**Calyrex-S**: With it's powerful Stab move in astral barrage, Calyrex-S can knock out non knock off Deoxys-Speed and gain an Special attack boost from the KO, which would make it harder to respond as HO usually do not bring any Choice scarf speed control.
**Grimmsnarl**: Deoxys cannot deal any meaningful damage to Grimmsnarl, and it can use Taunt before Deoxys-S can set hazards, this can be countered with tera dark, but spending your tera so early may not be good for later.
[CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pigbeeef.651906/
Quality checked by:
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