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Magic Bounce (Audino-Mega) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Haze / Salt Cure
- Knock Off / Mortal Spin
- Teleport / Mortal Spin
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Audino's viability lies in using Magic Bounce in tandem with its typing and low Speed tier, allowing it to pivot and reflect Stregth Sap, Glare, and Toxic. Haze can be used against setup users like Miraidon, various Arceus formes, and Simple + No Retreat users like Arceus-Ghost, while Salt Cure can be used to put walls like RegenVest Primal Kyogre and Take Heart users like Miraidon on a timer. Knock Off can be used to remove Covert Cloak and Assault Vest from the likes of Miraidon, Primal Kyogre, and Mega Steelix, while Mortal Spin is used as a form of chip as well as entry hazard control. Mega Audino is a very good slow pivot with Teleport, underspeeding the majority of the metagame's slow pivots. Mega Audino is particularly useful against Strength Sap walls like Miraidon and Yveltal, which Pokemon such as Kartana, Blacephalon, and Mega Garchomp struggle to break through, so they make for good teammates. Despite Mega Audino's defensive utility, it cannot wall most physically offensive threats like Kartana and Choice Band Mega Mewtwo X, as it is weak to Gigaton Hammer and has no bulk-boosting ability. Therefore, walls like Miraidon and Arceus-Ghost can protect Mega Audino from the aforementioned threats. Magic Guard Mega Mewtwo X can completely bully sets without Knock Off, so checks to it like Ho-Oh and Arceus-Fairy prove very useful. Mega Audino Imposter-proofs itself quite well defensively if it isn't running Knock Off, as Salt Cure and Mortal Spin can affect Eviolite Imposter Chansey, while they cannot in return; allies with unremovable items, such as Arceus formes holding Plates, are recommended to Imposter-proof Knock Off sets.
[SET CREDITS]
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