[OVERVIEW]
Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon / Fairy (spacing) typing, it can take on Dark-types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon-types such as Garchomp, Dragonite,(AC) and Mega Charizard X. The Its amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria it to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover physical and special attacks while simultaneously recovering 50% of its health. with Roost. After mega evolving, Mega Evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast,(AC) which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as Mega Charizard X, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T,(AC) and Mega Heracross as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB Hyper Voice such as Genesect and Kartana. However, Poison types Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega-Venusaur, Mega Venusaur, Steel-types such as Heatran, and Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna threaten it. Due Additionally, due (flow) to its relatively low speed Speed, speed trap pokemon Pokemon that can outspeed it or hinder its Speed stat such as Smeargle, Jumpluff,(AC) and Vivillon take advantage of Mega Altaria it.
[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe
name: Bulky Attacker
move 1: Cotton Guard
move 2: Roost
move 3: Hyper Voice
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Altarianite
ability: Cloud Nine
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Cotton Guard is an important part of the set,(AC) as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its Defence allowing it to Defense and beat pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest,(AC) and allows allowing it to sustain against recover damage after tanking hits from attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora,(AC) and Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemon Pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp,(AC) and Zygarde (Zygarde-C? or base Zygarde?) super effectively while going through substitute bypassing Substitute to beat pokemon Pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect,(AC) and Kartana who would that beat Mega Altaria without it.
Set Details
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252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef Special Defense EVs and a Calm Nature allows allow Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def Defense EVs allows allow Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker Continental Crush into a Rock Wrecker after one Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Spe Speed EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant max Speed Donphan. The remaining EVs are dumped into SpA Special Attack to let Mega Altaria hit slightly harder.
Usage Tips
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Send Mega Altaria against pokemon Pokemon that cannot threaten you it with strong,(AC) super effective(RH) attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups Against Pokemon such as Groundium Z(RH) Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, Choice Band Kartana, Mega Scizor,(AC) and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound, Hoopa-U, not mega evolving Mega Evolving retains the Dragon/Flying Altaria's Dragon / Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to lets it not take super effective(RH) damage,(RC) from attacks Fairy is weak to, such as Mega Scizor's Bullet Punch and Hoopa-U's Gunk Shot. this This turn can be used to setup a set up Cotton Guard to and Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. These matchups may be mind games, such as if the enemy Hoopa-Unbound Hoopa-U predicts you to not mega evolve Mega Evolve and hits you Altaria with an Ice Punch. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde,(AC) or and Golem, use Cotton Guard on the first turn followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on whether you are 2HKO'd if you do Mega Altaria is 2HKOed if it does not use Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemon Pokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana,(AC) and Mega Scizor.(this sentence feels incredibly filler. I would like to believe people understand to use Fire Blast against Pokemon 4x weak to it) Avoid bringing it Mega Altaria against Fairy-types(AH) such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini,(AC) and Magearna, since they can hit you OHKO it with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd avoiding the OHKO themselves. Avoid Furthermore, avoid (flow) bringing it against pokemon Pokemon with powerful Ice-type(AH) coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam,(RC) as well as Weavile and Kyurem with their STAB Ice-type moves.
Team Options
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Fire-types(AH) such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel types Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Mega Mawile. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora,(AC) which the aforementioned pokemon Pokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemon Pokemon with Sturdy such as Magnezone, Sawk,(AC) and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers wallbreakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that,(AC) which can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that,(AC) which Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of Mega Gyarados, Garchomp,(AC) and Ferrothorn that,(AC) which Crustle struggles with,(AC) and deals with pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk,(AC) while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast threats Fast teammates such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for it its lackluster Speed and pair well with it,(AC) as Zeraora beating beats opposing Water types Water-types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini,(AC) and Primarina alongside as well as Porygon-Z whilst,(AC) while Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash , and Heatran. In return, Mega Altaria beats pokemon Pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian Landorus-T that Zeraora struggles with,(RC) and as well as Pokemon like opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Specs Necrozma to stall them out, out; however however, it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice,(AC) and Fire Blast,(AC) as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either any of these moves. Return or Frustration can be used with a Careful nature to beat Soundproof users that,(AC) which (using 'that' here implies there are Soundproof users that don't evade Hyper Voice, which is false) evade Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy physical Fairy-type attack to beat pokemon Pokemon such as Kommo-o as,(AC) Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice thanks to Soundproof,(AC) and Protean Greninja,(AC) which is not OHKO'd OHKOed by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the special attacking set,(AC) as not having Fire-type coverage leaves you Mega Altaria walled by Steel-types,(AH, AC) and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh,(AC) outweighing the usefulness of the Physical physical set gives. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB attack than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o,(AC) which is not affected by Hyper Voice,(AC) and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as because Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs(against what Pokemon?) alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed Speed of pokemon Pokemon such as Magnezone,(AC) but it is inferior to the given set.
Checks and Counters
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**Steel Types Steel-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross,(AC) and Aegislash due to their super effective(RH) STAB moves that can deal inflict too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela stall out can PP stall Fire Blasts Blast and knock out Mega Altaria.
**Fairy Types Fairy-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele,(AC) and Magearna,(AC) as they have super effective(RH) STAB moves that can OHKO it.
**Poison Types Poison-types**: Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk in Mega Venusaur's case. Naganadel beats Mega Altaria with its STAB attacks, while Mega Venusaur's bulk and Thick Fat give it the upper hand against Mega Altaria.(the sentence was gonna be hard to fix without just reworking it entirely. if this doesn't convey what you meant, contact me over Discord so we can work it out better)
**Special Wallbreakers**: Special wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel (you just used Naganadel in the previous section) OHKO Mega Altaria, Altaria. pokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs OHKOes Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam Normalium Z-boosted Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from if it is carrying a Choice Scarf.
**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type:Null Type: Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or and Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage taken from it.
[CREDITS]
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