Ubers Scale Shot Koraidon

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Scale Shot (Koraidon) @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Scale Shot
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick / Substitute


[SET COMMENTS]

With its incredible power, speed, ease of setup, and lack of reliable checks, Scale Shot Koraidon is the most influential and dangerous sweeper in the entire metagame. In conjunction with Loaded Dice, Scale Shot is a powerful attack that allows Koraidon to threaten the many Dragon-types in Ubers, such as Koraidon, Miraidon, Eternatus, and Giratina-O. It is a bit luck-dependent, however, as it sometimes needs to hit a certain number of times to achieve certain KOs. For example, after a Swords Dance boost, Scale Shot must hit five times to OHKO defensive Ho-Oh. In addition to the staples of Scale Shot, Flare Blitz, and Swords Dance, this set has a lot of versatility when it comes to its last move and Tera type. Low Kick dispatches Extreme Killer Arceus trying to revenge kill it with Extreme Speed, as Koraidon is bulky enough to survive Extreme Speed after a Scale Shot. Opposing Koraidon, Miraidon, Zacian-C, Kyogre, and Necrozma-DM also fall to Low Kick after a Swords Dance, meaning Koraidon does not have to risk missing Scale Shot or taking recoil damage from Flare Blitz, especially against Zacian-C, which commonly tries to switch into Koraidon to absorb Scale Shot. Substitute scouts for any potential Terastallizations attempting to slow Koraidon down, most notably Tera Fairy on several Pokemon like Miraidon and defensive Arceus formes such as Arceus-Ground and Arceus-Water. In conjunction with Tera Ghost, Substitute is also useful for turning Pokemon like Arceus-Water, Gliscor lacking Earthquake, and Skeledirge into setup fodder. Tera Ghost gives Koraidon an immunity to Low Kick from opposing Koraidon and, more importantly, Extreme Speed from Extreme Killer Arceus, letting it use these Pokemon as setup fodder, especially if running Substitute. Tera Fire, on the other hand, gives Koraidon a Fairy resistance, immunity to Will-O-Wisp and Sacred Fire burns from Ho-Oh, and STAB on Flare Blitz, letting it turn the tables on Zacian-C and Arceus-Fairy, which are good checks to unboosted Koraidon.

Scale Shot Koraidon is best used on hyper offense teams that can easily overwhelm its checks, but it can also be used as a ferocious sweeper on bulky teams. It loves pairing with Miraidon, as Miraidon can pivot to Koraidon for it to set up on Miraidon's common checks in Ting-Lu and Clodsire. Double Dance Miraidon also pairs extremely well with Scale Shot Koraidon on hyper offense. Zacian-C is also a superb Koraidon partner, as the two can overwhelm their shared checks, such as Ho-Oh, Landorus-T, and defensive Arceus formes like Arceus-Ground and Arceus-Water. Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM can switch into Arceus-Fairy and lure and heavily damage Skeledirge with a boosted Photon Geyser, making it a solid partner. Entry hazard support in the form of leads like Deoxys-S and Glimmora and bulkier hazard stackers like Gliscor is greatly appreciated, as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon's best check, takes enormous damage from a Swords Dance-boosted Flare Blitz and is cleanly OHKOed after Stealth Rock and a single layer of Spikes.


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Scale Shot (Koraidon) @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Scale Shot
- Low Kick
- Flare Blitz
- Swords Dance / Substitute / Taunt
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[SET COMMENTS]

With its incredible power, speed, ease of setup, and a dearth lack unnecessary of reliable checks, Scale Shot Koraidon is the most influential and dangerous sweeper in the entire metagame. In addition to the standards of Scale Shot, Flare Blitz, and Swords Dance, this set has a lot of versatility when it comes to its last move and Terastallization. Low Kick dispatches Extreme Killer Arceus trying to revenge kill it with Extreme Speed, as Koraidon is bulky enough to survive Extreme Speed after a Scale Shot. Opposing Koraidon, Miraidon, Zacian-C, Kyogre, and Necrozma-DM also fall to Low Kick after a Swords Dance, meaning Koraidon does not have to risk missing Scale Shot or taking recoil damage from Flare Blitz not necessarily wrong but id talk about how zac might pivot vs korai to absorb scale shot, this is very common. Substitute scouts out any potential Terastallization attempting to slow Koraidon down, most notably Tera Fairy on several Pokemon like various defensive Arceus forms formes like such as Arceus-Ground, (add comma) and Arceus-Water, (add comma) and Miraidon. In conjunction with Tera Ghost, Substitute is also useful for turning Pokemon like Arceus-Water, Gliscor lacking Earthquake, and Skeledirge into setup fodder, as Extreme Killer Arceus will often be pressured to Extreme Speed im confused, why do you mention ekiller. Taunt is useful to stop recovery from Pokemon that annoy it Koraidon like Skeledirge and various defensive Arceus forms formes , especially Arceus-Fairy, as well as status like Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave from these same Arceus forms formes . Tera Fire turns Koraidon's quadruple weakness to Fairy into a resistancenot necessarily wrong but this is dex info. cut it down and gives it an immunity to burns mention wisp and hooh and STAB on Flare Blitz, letting it turn the tables on Zacian-C and Arceus-Fairy, who are decent at checking good checks to a unboosted Koraidon. Tera Ghost, on the other hand, gives Koraidon an immunity to Extreme Speed from Extreme Killer Arceus, letting it use it as setup fodder, especially with Substitute. mention low kick immunity

Scale Shot Koraidon is best used on hyper offense teams that can easily overwhelm its checks, but it can fit as a good sweeper and wallbreaker on bulkier teams. reword this, its not wrong but reads a little weird It loves pairing with Miraidon, as Miraidon feasts on bulky teams that attempt to check Koraidon with brute force. Zacian-C is also a superb Koraidon partner, as the two can threaten the other's checks such as?. Entry hazard support, in the form of leads like Deoxys-S and Glimmora or bulkier hazard stackers like Gliscor, is are also greatly appreciated, as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon's best check, takes enormous damage from a Swords Dance-boosted Flare Blitz and is cleanly OHKOed after Stealth Rock and a single layer of Spikes.


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Scale Shot (Koraidon) @ Loaded Dice
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Scale Shot
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick / Substitute


[SET COMMENTS]

With its incredible power, speed, ease of setup, and a lack of reliable checks, Scale Shot Koraidon is the most influential and dangerous sweeper in the entire metagame. In conjunction conjuction with Loaded Dice, Scale Shot is a powerful attack that allows Koraidon to threaten the many Dragon-types in Ubers, such as Koraidon, Miraidon, Eternatus, and Giratina-O. It is a bit luck dependent luck-dependent, however, as it sometimes needs to hit a certain amount number of times to achieve certain KOs. For example, after a Swords Dance boost, Scale Shot must hit 5 five times to OHKO defensive Ho-Oh. In addition to the standards staples of Scale Shot, Flare Blitz, and Swords Dance, this set has a lot of versatility when it comes to its last move and Terastallization Tera type. Low Kick dispatches Extreme Killer Arceus trying to revenge kill it with Extreme Speed, as Koraidon is bulky enough to survive Extreme Speed after a Scale Shot. Opposing Koraidon, Miraidon, Zacian-C, Kyogre, and Necrozma-DM also fall to Low Kick after a Swords Dance, meaning Koraidon does not have to risk missing Scale Shot or taking recoil damage from Flare Blitz, especially against Zacian-C, which commonly tries to switch into Koraidon to absorb Scale Shot. Substitute scouts for out any potential Terastallizations attempting to slow Koraidon down, most notably Tera Fairy on several Pokemon like Miraidon and defensive Arceus formes such as Arceus-Ground, (remove comma) and Arceus-Water, and Miraidon. (this read like Miraidon was a defensive Arceus forme before) In conjunction with Tera Ghost, Substitute is also useful for turning Pokemon like Arceus-Water, Gliscor lacking Earthquake, and Skeledirge into setup fodder. Tera Ghost gives Koraidon an immunity to Low Kick from opposing Koraidon and, (add comma) more importantly, (add comma) Extreme Speed from Extreme Killer Arceus, letting it use it these Pokemon as setup fodder, especially with if running Substitute. Tera Fire, on the other hand, gives Koraidon a Fairy resistance, immunity to Will-O-Wisp and Sacred Fire burns from Ho-Oh, and STAB on Flare Blitz, letting it turn the tables on Zacian-C and Arceus-Fairy, who which are good checks to unboosted Koraidon.

Scale Shot Koraidon is best used on hyper offense teams that can easily overwhelm its checks, but it can also be used as a ferocious sweeper on bulky teams. It loves pairing with Miraidon, as Miraidon can pivot into to Koraidon (this implies you're switching into Koraidon otherwise) for it to set up on Miraidon's common checks in Ting-Lu and Clodsire. (full stop) , while Double Dance Miraidon backed by Scale Shot Koraidon is an extremely potent pairing also pairs extremely well with Scale Shot Koraidon on hyper offense. Zacian-C is also a superb Koraidon partner, as the two can overwhelm their shared checks, such as Ho-Oh, Landorus-T, and defensive Arceus formes like Arceus-Ground and Arceus-Water. Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM can switch into Arceus-Fairy and lure and heavily damage Skeledirge with a boosted Photon Geyser, making it a solid partner. Entry hazard support, (remove comma) in the form of leads like Deoxys-S and Glimmora or and bulkier hazard stackers like Gliscor, are is greatly appreciated, as Arceus-Fairy, Koraidon's best check, takes enormous damage from a Swords Dance-boosted Flare Blitz and is cleanly OHKOed after Stealth Rock and a single layer of Spikes.


[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oreospeedruns.597293/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/corvere.306317/
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Grammar checked by:
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