[OVERVIEW]
Koraidon is one of the most prominent and omnipresent threat in Anything Goes thanks to its great Speed tier, boosted Attack stat with its ability Orichalcum Pulse. Courtesy of all these attributes, Koraidon cements itself as not only an effective wallbreaker, but also an amazing revenge killer. Koraidon is able to overcome its defensive checks with the help of its broad movepool and option of running a Swords Dance set paired with Scale Shot, setting it apart from its competitors in physical attackers. However, Koraidon is not without its flaws. Its ability to repeatedly switch in is greatly limited because of entry hazards such as Spikes and Toxic Spikes and due to the fact that Koraidon likes to click Flare Blitz, decreasing its longevity. Although Koraidon struggles with Ho-Oh and bulky Arceus formes, it is still able to beat them courtesy of its movepool and moveset options and furtherly, thanks to its Tera Types. Inspite of this, Koraidon is forced to either run a particular moveset or to potentially waste Tera, which makes it struggle with the aforementioned counters.
[SET]
Choice Scarf] (Koraidon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Fire / Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick / Close Combat
- U-turn
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Koraidon is one of the best speed control options and revenge killer in the metagame. Low Kick is 120 Base Power against the majority of the metagame without the drawback of Close Combat, and allows Koraidon to OHKO Arceus and Ting-Lu while dealing reliable damage to Arceus-Ground and Arceus-Water. Outrage is generally preferred over Dragon Claw because of its ability to 2HKO Ho-Oh and OHKO Calyrex-S, while 2HKOing Arceus-Water after minimal chip damage. Furthermore, Outrage allows Koraidon to OHKO Eternatus. Though this makes Koraidon prone to getting revenge killed by opposing Fairy-types like Arceus-Fairy and Zacian-C, and Terastallized Fairy Ho-Oh. An Adamant Nature allows Koraidon to 2HKO Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water after Stealth Rock damage, and ensures a guaranteed OHKO on Calyrex-S. Tera Fire boosts Flare Blitz to monumental levels, and allowing it to OHKO Necrozma-DM, 2HKO Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Ground, and provides Koraidon with a burn immunity while making Koraidon neutral to Psychic STABS from Calyrex-S and Necrozma-DM. One downside of Tera Fire is that it makes Koraidon weak to Stealth Rock, drastically limiting Koraidon’s ability to switch onto the field repeatedly. Tera Ghost allows Koraidon to flip the tables on opposing Koraidon and Extreme Killer Arceus thanks to the Fighting and Normal immunity Tera Ghost provides. Furthermore, it makes Koraidon neutral to Psychic- and Dragon-type attacks from Necrozma-DM, Calyrex-S, and Eternatus respectively. The only downside of Tera Ghost is that it makes Koraidon insanely weak to Calyrex-S’s Astral Barrage.
Koraidon is an absolute potent addition on every balance and bulky offense team as every team appreciates Koraidon’s game-defining pivoting and wallbreaking capabilities. Koraidon struggles with bulky Arceus formes such as Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water with the former being resistant to Low Kick, while the latter is resistant to Flare Blitz. Koraidon also struggles with defensive Ho-Oh. Teammates such as Kyogre and Ho-Oh greatly benefit from Koraidon's pivoting capabilities, letting them safely in the field. Kyogre and Ho-Oh on the other hand, put pressure on opposing Ho-Oh and Bulky arceus formes. Koraidon appreciates Calyrex-S muscling through Koraidon’s checks thanks to its unmatched Special Attack and Speed Stat. Physical attackers such as Arceus-Ground and Necrozma-DM are of major help as they help beat Ho-Oh, and constantly pressurize bulky Arceus formes. Miraidon is an amazing partner that compliments Koraidon, and both are able to safely bring in each other, while Koraidon putting pressure on Ting-Lu and Miraidon pressurizing Ho-Oh. Lastly but not the least, Koraidon benefits from entry hazard setters such as Ting-Lu, Landorus-T, and Eternatus that not only provide hazards such as Spikes, Stealth Rock, and Toxic Spikes but are also able to check major threats such as Calyrex-S, opposing Koraidon, and Kyogre respectively.
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=========
Koraidon can opt to go for more of a counter teaming option in Dual Wingbeat, which prevents Ribombee from setting up webs albeit at the cost of becoming heavily matchup reliant and losing its important STAB coverage in Outrage, which makes it worse into Ho-Oh. Tera Fighting allows Koraidon to brute force through its checks, 3HKOing defensive Ho-Oh, 2HKOing defensive Necrozma-DM and bulky Arceus formes. Additionally, Koraidon can opt to run Tera Fairy which helps it serve as an emergency check to opposing Choice locked Koraidon.
Checks and Counters
**Kyogre**: Kyogre’s Drizzle nullifies Koraidon’s sun, and thanks to Kyogre’s amazing Special Attack stat, it is able to 2HKO Koraidon via Ice Beam. Kyogre can also paralyze Koraidon with Thunder Wave and effectively make its Choice Scarf useless.
**Calyrex-S**: Calyrex-S is able to outspeed Koraidon and is able to OHKO it with Psychic. Once Koraidon is chipped with entry hazard damage,, Astral Barrage with the help of Tera Ghost revenge kills past Koraidon.
**Bulky Arceus formes**: Bulky Arceus formes such as Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water are able to keep Koraidon in check, while Arceus-Fairy being able to block its Scale Shot and Arceus-Water being resistant to Flare Blitz, which makes Koraidon have external partners to help with the same.
**Entry Hazard Setters**: Although Koraidon beats both Ting-Lu and Eternatus, both are able to set entry hazards in the form of Spikes and Toxic Spikes, greatly limiting Koraidon’s longevity and effective wallbreaking capabilities.
**Zacian-C**: Zacian-C can easily pivot in on Koraidon once it's locked into Outrage and OHKO it with Play Rough. Also, Zacian-C being faster than Koraidon means that it forces Koraidon to switch out because of Play Rough.
**Ho-Oh**:
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Koraidon is one of the most prominent and omnipresent threat in Anything Goes thanks to its great Speed tier, boosted Attack stat with its ability Orichalcum Pulse. Courtesy of all these attributes, Koraidon cements itself as not only an effective wallbreaker, but also an amazing revenge killer. Koraidon is able to overcome its defensive checks with the help of its broad movepool and option of running a Swords Dance set paired with Scale Shot, setting it apart from its competitors in physical attackers. However, Koraidon is not without its flaws. Its ability to repeatedly switch in is greatly limited because of entry hazards such as Spikes and Toxic Spikes and due to the fact that Koraidon likes to click Flare Blitz, decreasing its longevity. Although Koraidon struggles with Ho-Oh and bulky Arceus formes, it is still able to beat them courtesy of its movepool and moveset options and furtherly, thanks to its Tera Types. Inspite of this, Koraidon is forced to either run a particular moveset or to potentially waste Tera, which makes it struggle with the aforementioned counters.
[SET]
Choice Scarf] (Koraidon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Orichalcum Pulse
Tera Type: Fire / Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Low Kick / Close Combat
- U-turn
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Koraidon is one of the best speed control options and revenge killer in the metagame. Low Kick is 120 Base Power against the majority of the metagame without the drawback of Close Combat, and allows Koraidon to OHKO Arceus and Ting-Lu while dealing reliable damage to Arceus-Ground and Arceus-Water. Outrage is generally preferred over Dragon Claw because of its ability to 2HKO Ho-Oh and OHKO Calyrex-S, while 2HKOing Arceus-Water after minimal chip damage. Furthermore, Outrage allows Koraidon to OHKO Eternatus. Though this makes Koraidon prone to getting revenge killed by opposing Fairy-types like Arceus-Fairy and Zacian-C, and Terastallized Fairy Ho-Oh. An Adamant Nature allows Koraidon to 2HKO Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water after Stealth Rock damage, and ensures a guaranteed OHKO on Calyrex-S. Tera Fire boosts Flare Blitz to monumental levels, and allowing it to OHKO Necrozma-DM, 2HKO Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Ground, and provides Koraidon with a burn immunity while making Koraidon neutral to Psychic STABS from Calyrex-S and Necrozma-DM. One downside of Tera Fire is that it makes Koraidon weak to Stealth Rock, drastically limiting Koraidon’s ability to switch onto the field repeatedly. Tera Ghost allows Koraidon to flip the tables on opposing Koraidon and Extreme Killer Arceus thanks to the Fighting and Normal immunity Tera Ghost provides. Furthermore, it makes Koraidon neutral to Psychic- and Dragon-type attacks from Necrozma-DM, Calyrex-S, and Eternatus respectively. The only downside of Tera Ghost is that it makes Koraidon insanely weak to Calyrex-S’s Astral Barrage.
Koraidon is an absolute potent addition on every balance and bulky offense team as every team appreciates Koraidon’s game-defining pivoting and wallbreaking capabilities. Koraidon struggles with bulky Arceus formes such as Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water with the former being resistant to Low Kick, while the latter is resistant to Flare Blitz. Koraidon also struggles with defensive Ho-Oh. Teammates such as Kyogre and Ho-Oh greatly benefit from Koraidon's pivoting capabilities, letting them safely in the field. Kyogre and Ho-Oh on the other hand, put pressure on opposing Ho-Oh and Bulky arceus formes. Koraidon appreciates Calyrex-S muscling through Koraidon’s checks thanks to its unmatched Special Attack and Speed Stat. Physical attackers such as Arceus-Ground and Necrozma-DM are of major help as they help beat Ho-Oh, and constantly pressurize bulky Arceus formes. Miraidon is an amazing partner that compliments Koraidon, and both are able to safely bring in each other, while Koraidon putting pressure on Ting-Lu and Miraidon pressurizing Ho-Oh. Lastly but not the least, Koraidon benefits from entry hazard setters such as Ting-Lu, Landorus-T, and Eternatus that not only provide hazards such as Spikes, Stealth Rock, and Toxic Spikes but are also able to check major threats such as Calyrex-S, opposing Koraidon, and Kyogre respectively.
[SET CREDITS]
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=========
Koraidon can opt to go for more of a counter teaming option in Dual Wingbeat, which prevents Ribombee from setting up webs albeit at the cost of becoming heavily matchup reliant and losing its important STAB coverage in Outrage, which makes it worse into Ho-Oh. Tera Fighting allows Koraidon to brute force through its checks, 3HKOing defensive Ho-Oh, 2HKOing defensive Necrozma-DM and bulky Arceus formes. Additionally, Koraidon can opt to run Tera Fairy which helps it serve as an emergency check to opposing Choice locked Koraidon.
Checks and Counters
**Kyogre**: Kyogre’s Drizzle nullifies Koraidon’s sun, and thanks to Kyogre’s amazing Special Attack stat, it is able to 2HKO Koraidon via Ice Beam. Kyogre can also paralyze Koraidon with Thunder Wave and effectively make its Choice Scarf useless.
**Calyrex-S**: Calyrex-S is able to outspeed Koraidon and is able to OHKO it with Psychic. Once Koraidon is chipped with entry hazard damage,, Astral Barrage with the help of Tera Ghost revenge kills past Koraidon.
**Bulky Arceus formes**: Bulky Arceus formes such as Arceus-Fairy and Arceus-Water are able to keep Koraidon in check, while Arceus-Fairy being able to block its Scale Shot and Arceus-Water being resistant to Flare Blitz, which makes Koraidon have external partners to help with the same.
**Entry Hazard Setters**: Although Koraidon beats both Ting-Lu and Eternatus, both are able to set entry hazards in the form of Spikes and Toxic Spikes, greatly limiting Koraidon’s longevity and effective wallbreaking capabilities.
**Zacian-C**: Zacian-C can easily pivot in on Koraidon once it's locked into Outrage and OHKO it with Play Rough. Also, Zacian-C being faster than Koraidon means that it forces Koraidon to switch out because of Play Rough.
**Ho-Oh**:
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