[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rapid Spin / Volt Switch
item: Occa Berry / Leftovers
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
ivs: 16 Def
tera type: Fairy / Water
[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Treads is a decent check to Flutter Mane and Miraidon—especially Calm Mind + Agility variants of the latter—due to its serviceable bulk and useful defensive typing. Knock Off can cripple common switch-ins such as Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Corviknight. Rapid Spin makes Iron Treads one of the best entry hazard removers in the metagame, but Volt Switch can be used instead to help keep up the momentum for its team if another entry hazard remover is present. Occa Berry weakens Overheat and Mystical Fire from Miraidon and Flutter Mane, respectively. Alternatively, Leftovers can be used for greater longevity. 16 Defense IVs ensure that Iron Treads's Special Defense is boosted in Electric Terrain, allowing it to more effectively check Miraidon. Tera Fairy provides a resistance to Koraidon's Close Combat, neutrality to Miraidon and Flutter Mane's coverage moves, and immunity to Miraidon's Draco Meteor. Tera Water instead lets Iron Treads resist Fire-type attacks from the aforementioned Miraidon and Flutter Mane, Water-type attacks from Palafin-H and Iron Bundle, as well as Iron Bundle's Ice Beam. Iron Treads is able to support offensive teammates that are susceptible to entry hazards such as Choice Specs Iron Bundle and Choice Band Chien-Pao thanks to Rapid Spin, and it can also aid Miraidon and Koraidon by switching into Fairy- and Dragon-type moves aimed at them. Iron Treads requires teammates such as Corviknight, Toxapex, Pelipper, and Alomomola that can check Iron Bundle, Koraidon, Chien-Pao, and Great Tusk for it. It especially benefits from being paired with one of the latter two, as Pelipper can set up rain to weaken Fire-type attacks, while Alomomola can heal it via Wish. Due to its reliance on prediction to handle Overheat Miraidon, Iron Treads also appreciates having another Miraidon check like Clodsire, Ting-Lu, or Blissey.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[WrathoftheLeopard, 511181]]
- Quality checked by: [[pichus, 374620], [Geysers, 426798]]
- Grammar checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rapid Spin / Volt Switch
item: Occa Berry / Leftovers
ability: Quark Drive
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
ivs: 16 Def
tera type: Fairy / Water
[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Treads is a decent check to Flutter Mane and Miraidon—especially Calm Mind + Agility variants of the latter—due to its serviceable bulk and useful defensive typing. Knock Off can cripple common switch-ins such as Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Corviknight. Rapid Spin makes Iron Treads one of the best entry hazard removers in the metagame, but Volt Switch can be used instead to help keep up the momentum for its team if another entry hazard remover is present. Occa Berry weakens Overheat and Mystical Fire from Miraidon and Flutter Mane, respectively. Alternatively, Leftovers can be used for greater longevity. 16 Defense IVs ensure that Iron Treads's Special Defense is boosted in Electric Terrain, allowing it to more effectively check Miraidon. Tera Fairy provides a resistance to Koraidon's Close Combat, neutrality to Miraidon and Flutter Mane's coverage moves, and immunity to Miraidon's Draco Meteor. Tera Water instead lets Iron Treads resist Fire-type attacks from the aforementioned Miraidon and Flutter Mane, Water-type attacks from Palafin-H and Iron Bundle, as well as Iron Bundle's Ice Beam. Iron Treads is able to support offensive teammates that are susceptible to entry hazards such as Choice Specs Iron Bundle and Choice Band Chien-Pao thanks to Rapid Spin, and it can also aid Miraidon and Koraidon by switching into Fairy- and Dragon-type moves aimed at them. Iron Treads requires teammates such as Corviknight, Toxapex, Pelipper, and Alomomola that can check Iron Bundle, Koraidon, Chien-Pao, and Great Tusk for it. It especially benefits from being paired with one of the latter two, as Pelipper can set up rain to weaken Fire-type attacks, while Alomomola can heal it via Wish. Due to its reliance on prediction to handle Overheat Miraidon, Iron Treads also appreciates having another Miraidon check like Clodsire, Ting-Lu, or Blissey.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[WrathoftheLeopard, 511181]]
- Quality checked by: [[pichus, 374620], [Geysers, 426798]]
- Grammar checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
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