[SET]
Choice Band (Kartana) @ Choice Band
Ability: Teravolt / Sword of Ruin
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Gigaton Hammer
- Power Whip / Flower Trick
- V-create
- Bullet Punch / Headlong Rush
[SET COMMENTS]
Kartana is an incredibly powerful physical wallbreaker, with Gigaton Hammer being able to OHKO a vast amount of targets. Teravolt lets Kartana fare better against Fur Coat users like Arceus formes and Yveltal. Sword of Ruin provides higher damage against non-Fur Coat Pokemon, notably letting Gigaton Hammer OHKO Arceus formes. Flower Trick is a more reliable alternative to Power Whip that also ignores Strength Sap Attack drops and won't miss but is weaker. V-create smashes Steel-types, OHKOing even the bulkiest like Mega Steelix and deterring Imposter users. Bullet Punch provides useful priority against Mega Diancie and can pick off a weakened Pheromosa or Mega Alakazam. Alternatively, Headlong Rush provides coverage against Miraidon and Fire-types like Victini. Kartana synergizes well with other physical wallbreakers like Mega Garchomp and Kyurem-B; Kartana pressures most Fur Coat Pokemon with its powerful Gigaton Hammer, while they can help break past walls to Kartana like Miraidon. Due to its frailty and susceptibility to utility moves and status conditions, Kartana requires slow pivots like Primal Kyogre and Mega Steelix to bring it in safely. Kartana can be Imposter-proofed by the likes of Miraidon, Fur Coat Arceus formes, and Fire-types like Victini, although Headlong Rush variants require these to have Strength Sap.
[SET CREDITS]
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