[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Moonblast / Tera Blast
move 4: Moonlight
item: Leftovers / Covert Cloak
tera type: Poison / Fighting
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Calm Mind Cresselia is a potent late-game wincon thanks to its gargantuan bulk, reliable recovery, and access to Calm Mind + Stored Power as well as solid coverage to deal with the Dark-types. After several Calm Mind boosts, Stored Power allows Cresselia to muscle past both Unaware walls like Skeledirge and Dondozo and bulky Psychic-resistant foes like Corviknight, Gholdengo, and Heatran while making it nigh impossible to KO with special attackers. Moonblast rounds out Cresselia's coverage, allowing it to hit Dark-types like Ting-Lu, Hisuian Samurott, and Greninja super effectively while being able to at least damage Kingambit; Tera Blast alongside Tera Fighting greatly improves Cresselia's matchup against Kingambit and hits these Dark-types harder than Moonblast, but forces Cresselia to Terastallize to inflict any meaningful damage to Dark-types. Moonlight provides Cresselia with much-needed reliable recovery, allowing it to set up numerous Calm Mind boosts or keep itself healthy enough to continue its sweep. Leftovers grants Cresselia crucial passive healing, allowing it to conserve its limited Moonlight PP long-term; Covert Cloak, on the other hand, blocks secondary effects from an array of moves, including Heatran's Magma Storm, Garganacl's Salt Cure, Zapdos's Discharge, and Sneasler's Dire Claw, allowing Cresselia to set up against these threats and not have its sweep cut short by unlucky status effects, stat drops, or extra chip damage. Tera Poison has wonderful synergy with Levitate, giving Cresselia a single weakness to Psychic-type attacks, maintaining its Fighting resistance, and granting it resistances to Poison-, and Fairy-type attacks and an immunity to Toxapex's Toxic; Tera Fighting should only be considered alongside Tera Blast to let Cresselia deal with Kingambit on its own. 52 Speed EVs allow Cresselia to outspeed Kingambit, and the rest of its EVs are used to maximize its physical bulk.
Cresselia fits well on an array of offense and balance teams capable of supporting such a potent wincon. Heatran, Hisuian Samurott, and Landorus-T can provide entry hazard support to wear down opponents over time. Heatran can also use Will-O-Wisp to cripple Kingambit or trap and wear down threats like Haze Toxapex and Chilly Reception Galarian Slowking with Magma Storm and Taunt; in return, Cresselia can handle threats like Great Tusk and Zamazenta that Heatran struggles against. Kingambit is ubiquitous and is a major thorn in Cresselia's side, as it is immune to Stored Power, doesn't mind unboosted Moonblasts, and can easily set up one or multiple Swords Dances in front of Cresselia; as such, Great Tusk, Iron Valiant, and Low Kick Kingambit are crucial partners that can help stop opposing Kingambit's attempt to countersweep. Assault Vest Toxapex is a great teammate for Cresselia; it can take on Encore Iron Valiant, which is a frustrating matchup for Cresselia, and it can trap and deal with opposing defensive Toxapex, which can shut down Cresselia's boosts with Haze and force Cresselia to Terastallize in order to avoid being crippled by Toxic. Lastly, Air Balloon Gholdengo is a great teammate for Cresselia thanks to its ability to wear down Swords Dance Baxcalibur, which can easily survive hits from an unboosted Cresselia and brute force past or irreparably damage it with a +2 Tera-boosted Icicle Spear or Glaive Rush.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dreadfury.408271/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chimp.197439/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Moonblast / Tera Blast
move 4: Moonlight
item: Leftovers / Covert Cloak
tera type: Poison / Fighting
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 204 Def / 52 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Calm Mind Cresselia is a potent late-game wincon thanks to its gargantuan bulk, reliable recovery, and access to Calm Mind + Stored Power as well as solid coverage to deal with the Dark-types. After several Calm Mind boosts, Stored Power allows Cresselia to muscle past both Unaware walls like Skeledirge and Dondozo and bulky Psychic-resistant foes like Corviknight, Gholdengo, and Heatran while making it nigh impossible to KO with special attackers. Moonblast rounds out Cresselia's coverage, allowing it to hit Dark-types like Ting-Lu, Hisuian Samurott, and Greninja super effectively while being able to at least damage Kingambit; Tera Blast alongside Tera Fighting greatly improves Cresselia's matchup against Kingambit and hits these Dark-types harder than Moonblast, but forces Cresselia to Terastallize to inflict any meaningful damage to Dark-types. Moonlight provides Cresselia with much-needed reliable recovery, allowing it to set up numerous Calm Mind boosts or keep itself healthy enough to continue its sweep. Leftovers grants Cresselia crucial passive healing, allowing it to conserve its limited Moonlight PP long-term; Covert Cloak, on the other hand, blocks secondary effects from an array of moves, including Heatran's Magma Storm, Garganacl's Salt Cure, Zapdos's Discharge, and Sneasler's Dire Claw, allowing Cresselia to set up against these threats and not have its sweep cut short by unlucky status effects, stat drops, or extra chip damage. Tera Poison has wonderful synergy with Levitate, giving Cresselia a single weakness to Psychic-type attacks, maintaining its Fighting resistance, and granting it resistances to Poison-, and Fairy-type attacks and an immunity to Toxapex's Toxic; Tera Fighting should only be considered alongside Tera Blast to let Cresselia deal with Kingambit on its own. 52 Speed EVs allow Cresselia to outspeed Kingambit, and the rest of its EVs are used to maximize its physical bulk.
Cresselia fits well on an array of offense and balance teams capable of supporting such a potent wincon. Heatran, Hisuian Samurott, and Landorus-T can provide entry hazard support to wear down opponents over time. Heatran can also use Will-O-Wisp to cripple Kingambit or trap and wear down threats like Haze Toxapex and Chilly Reception Galarian Slowking with Magma Storm and Taunt; in return, Cresselia can handle threats like Great Tusk and Zamazenta that Heatran struggles against. Kingambit is ubiquitous and is a major thorn in Cresselia's side, as it is immune to Stored Power, doesn't mind unboosted Moonblasts, and can easily set up one or multiple Swords Dances in front of Cresselia; as such, Great Tusk, Iron Valiant, and Low Kick Kingambit are crucial partners that can help stop opposing Kingambit's attempt to countersweep. Assault Vest Toxapex is a great teammate for Cresselia; it can take on Encore Iron Valiant, which is a frustrating matchup for Cresselia, and it can trap and deal with opposing defensive Toxapex, which can shut down Cresselia's boosts with Haze and force Cresselia to Terastallize in order to avoid being crippled by Toxic. Lastly, Air Balloon Gholdengo is a great teammate for Cresselia thanks to its ability to wear down Swords Dance Baxcalibur, which can easily survive hits from an unboosted Cresselia and brute force past or irreparably damage it with a +2 Tera-boosted Icicle Spear or Glaive Rush.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dreadfury.408271/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chimp.197439/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/
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