OVERVIEW]
Latias-Mega comes across as one of the most common pokemon in the metagame. Indeed, his ability to provide either a solid wincondition (with Calm Mind) or a lot of support (in the form of Thunder Wave, Defog or Wish), make it a very common choice in Balance or Semi-Stall teams. In addition, his impressive bulk, his excellent double-type, his very good speed (allowing Latias-Mega to outspeed every set of Kartana except Choice Scarf for example) and his very correct offensive stats (despite a complete absence of investment in EV) allows him to check many common threats of the tier: Gliscor, Garchomp, Kartana, Heatran, Medicham-Mega, Manaphy, Tapu Koko, Charizard-Mega-Y and many others. However, despite all these qualities, Latias-Mega suffers from several flaws. First of all, due to his great popularity, most of the pokemons that it completely blocks are regularly accompanied either by Pursuit users (Weavile, Tyranitar-Mega and non-Mega, ...) or by pokemons able to abuse Latias-Mega (Ash-Greninja, Volcarona, ...). Moreover, the rise in popularity of certain archetypes (Psy-Spam in particular) makes pokemons like Tapu Lele much more popular and, thus, cause Latias-Mega to lose a lot of his value against these playstyles. Finally, some other popular pokemons are able to stopping any progress from Latias-Mega: we can mention Chansey with Confide or Magearna with Heart Swap/Confide.
[SET]
name: CM + SP
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power / Thunderbolt
move 3: Roost
move 4: Ice Beam / Substitute / Reflect Type / Refresh
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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The combination of Calm Mind + Roost + Stored Power helps Latias-Mega to set-up himself over time while obtaining a powerful psychic stab, allowing him to destroy bulky steel (Heatran, Ferrothorn, Magearna, ...) or special walls such as Chansey. Additionally, possession of Ice Beam gives Latias-Mega the ability to check tier threats such as Gliscor (with Swords Dance), Garchomp, and Kartana. However, if the aforementioned pokemons already have a suitable response in the team, it is possible to replace Ice Beam. Substitute allows Latias-Mega to abuse defensive pokemons (usually slow and can only affect Latias-Mega with status moves). Refresh has the same results but without the loss of HP. Reflect Type protects Latias-Mega from super-efficient moves while making him immune to status moves in some cases (especially against Heatran). However, losing Ice Beam means Latias-Mega will be unable to break any dark-type. Finally, replacing Stored Power with Thunderbolt (to be coupled with Ice Beam) gives Latias-Mega the famous Bolt-Beam coverage. However, Latias-Mega will have difficulty to break special walls like Chansey.
Set Details
========
Full investment in Speed with Timid nature allows Latias-Mega to outspeed Kartana, Garchomp, Charizard-Mega-Y and Medicham-Mega. Moreover, full investment in HP makes him bulky as much as possible (especially when Latias-Mega checks both special and physical offensive pokemons).
Team Options
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[SET]
name: Utility / Support
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Psychic / Surf / Hidden Power Fight / Thunder / Dragon Pulse / Hidden Power Fire
move 3: Thunder Wave / Defog / Wish / Refresh / Substitute / Roar
move 4: Roost
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Set Details
========
Full investment in Speed with Timid nature allows Latias-Mega to outspeed Kartana, Garchomp, Charizard-Mega-Y and Medicham-Mega. Moreover, full investment in HP makes him bulky as much as possible (especially when Latias-Mega checks both special and physical offensive pokemons).
Team Options
========
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
List some options for the Pokemon user that are plausible but not always recommended due to either being not consistent enough or too outclassed by other Pokemon in the metagame.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Insert Counterplay Here**: Describe the counterplay / check / counter.
**Insert Counterplay Here**: Describe the counterplay / check / counter.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[, ]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
Latias-Mega comes across as one of the most common pokemon in the metagame. Indeed, his ability to provide either a solid wincondition (with Calm Mind) or a lot of support (in the form of Thunder Wave, Defog or Wish), make it a very common choice in Balance or Semi-Stall teams. In addition, his impressive bulk, his excellent double-type, his very good speed (allowing Latias-Mega to outspeed every set of Kartana except Choice Scarf for example) and his very correct offensive stats (despite a complete absence of investment in EV) allows him to check many common threats of the tier: Gliscor, Garchomp, Kartana, Heatran, Medicham-Mega, Manaphy, Tapu Koko, Charizard-Mega-Y and many others. However, despite all these qualities, Latias-Mega suffers from several flaws. First of all, due to his great popularity, most of the pokemons that it completely blocks are regularly accompanied either by Pursuit users (Weavile, Tyranitar-Mega and non-Mega, ...) or by pokemons able to abuse Latias-Mega (Ash-Greninja, Volcarona, ...). Moreover, the rise in popularity of certain archetypes (Psy-Spam in particular) makes pokemons like Tapu Lele much more popular and, thus, cause Latias-Mega to lose a lot of his value against these playstyles. Finally, some other popular pokemons are able to stopping any progress from Latias-Mega: we can mention Chansey with Confide or Magearna with Heart Swap/Confide.
[SET]
name: CM + SP
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power / Thunderbolt
move 3: Roost
move 4: Ice Beam / Substitute / Reflect Type / Refresh
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
The combination of Calm Mind + Roost + Stored Power helps Latias-Mega to set-up himself over time while obtaining a powerful psychic stab, allowing him to destroy bulky steel (Heatran, Ferrothorn, Magearna, ...) or special walls such as Chansey. Additionally, possession of Ice Beam gives Latias-Mega the ability to check tier threats such as Gliscor (with Swords Dance), Garchomp, and Kartana. However, if the aforementioned pokemons already have a suitable response in the team, it is possible to replace Ice Beam. Substitute allows Latias-Mega to abuse defensive pokemons (usually slow and can only affect Latias-Mega with status moves). Refresh has the same results but without the loss of HP. Reflect Type protects Latias-Mega from super-efficient moves while making him immune to status moves in some cases (especially against Heatran). However, losing Ice Beam means Latias-Mega will be unable to break any dark-type. Finally, replacing Stored Power with Thunderbolt (to be coupled with Ice Beam) gives Latias-Mega the famous Bolt-Beam coverage. However, Latias-Mega will have difficulty to break special walls like Chansey.
Set Details
========
Full investment in Speed with Timid nature allows Latias-Mega to outspeed Kartana, Garchomp, Charizard-Mega-Y and Medicham-Mega. Moreover, full investment in HP makes him bulky as much as possible (especially when Latias-Mega checks both special and physical offensive pokemons).
Team Options
========
[SET]
name: Utility / Support
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Psychic / Surf / Hidden Power Fight / Thunder / Dragon Pulse / Hidden Power Fire
move 3: Thunder Wave / Defog / Wish / Refresh / Substitute / Roar
move 4: Roost
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Speed
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Set Details
========
Full investment in Speed with Timid nature allows Latias-Mega to outspeed Kartana, Garchomp, Charizard-Mega-Y and Medicham-Mega. Moreover, full investment in HP makes him bulky as much as possible (especially when Latias-Mega checks both special and physical offensive pokemons).
Team Options
========
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
List some options for the Pokemon user that are plausible but not always recommended due to either being not consistent enough or too outclassed by other Pokemon in the metagame.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Insert Counterplay Here**: Describe the counterplay / check / counter.
**Insert Counterplay Here**: Describe the counterplay / check / counter.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[, ]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
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