[SET]
Defensive (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
Tera Type: Steel / Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Heat Wave / Discharge
- Volt Switch / U-turn
- Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to Static and high bulk, Zapdos is a fantastic defensive pivot, able to punish common contact moves like U-turn, Knock Off, and Rapid Spin. Heat Wave nails Excadrill, Scizor, and Tera Steel Hydrapple.
Zapdos can also run Discharge as it's Electric move to paralyze faster foes such as Latios and U-turn to freely pivot out on
but missing out on Heat Wave
96 Speed EVs outspeeds Jolly Mamoswine
Tera Steel is preferred to take on Ogerpon-C as well as Rock Slide from Excadrill. Tera Water is gives it a better matchup into Greninja and Barraskewda, as well as letting it take a +6 Aqua Jet from Azumarill. Tera Fairy gives Zapdos an immunity to Latios and Hydrapple's Draco Meteor
Zapdos is able to fit on most teams thanks to it's
[CREDITS]
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