[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Recover
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Thunderbolt / Surf
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* CM allows lati to act as a sweeper late-game
* Recover keeps lati healthy to check stuff like koko and successfully performed a sweep.
* Stored power means lati can easily sweep late game w/ enough boosts.
* Tbolt hits the most prominent dark type (ninja), Haze Mantine and if stored power is latis most consistent move w/o boosts.
* Surf over tbolt hits ttar and allows it to act as a check to lando
* Refresh + stored power for more dedicated sweeping sets, but means lati can't do anything in a lot of matchups.
* Psyshock over Stored Power allows lati to do more damage w/o boosts.
Set Details
========
* Max speed allows you to outspend stuff like chomper and kartana, rest goes in bulk
* Latiasite gives improved bulk, allowing for easier sweeps.
Usage Tips
========
* Avoid toxic
* Checks like ttar need to be eliminated / weakened for a sweep
* Can still act as a strong check to shit like zard y and keldeo in the early game.
* Good for CM wars w/ cune and stuff because psyshock ignores CM boosts and stored power is absurdly powerful at +6 even when their sp def is so high
* Don't be hesitant to recover so it isn't worn down by stuff like rocks and koko u turn.
* Getting burned on purpose is often useful so latias no longer has to worry about being toxiced.
Team Options
========
* Strong wincon for balance and bulky offense.
* Dark type lures like ghostium gengar (bluffs scarf, ttar comes in, kills w/ focus blast) can help latias sweep.
* Can fit on teams lacking a check to stuff like keldeo, zard y, camerupt, tapu koko.
* Spikes and Toxic Spikes users, like Ferrothorn, Toxapex and Greninja, can wear down latias' checks, particularly since latias forces plenty of switches.
* Fighting types like Keldeo and Buzzwole can come in on pokemon like Ferrothorn and Weavile that threaten latias.
Dugtrio can trap Toxic Heatran and Tyranitar for Latias.
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Recover
move 4: Defog / Reflect Type
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Ice beam hits stuff like lando and chomp for good damage.
* Tbolt hits stuff like keldeo and zard y, good synergy w/ tbolt.
* Recover allows lati to stay healthy to check stuff like lando
* Defog removes hazards, valuable team support for all teams, gets plenty of opportunities bc of all its useful resistances.
* Reflect Type means it can't be pursuit trapped by mons like ttar, particularly helpful vs zard y teams.
Set Details
========
* Max speed allows you to outspend stuff like pinsir and zard y, rest goes in bulk to improve its ability to beat stuff like keldeo.
* Latiasite gives improved bulk, improving your ability to support your team and check dangerous Pokemon.
Usage Tips
========
* Good switchin to Pokemon like Landorus-T, Mega Camerupt and Keldeo.
* When free turns are available, recovering is usually the best idea, because Latias often struggles to check the pokemon it aims to check at low HP.
* On Defog sets, making predictions for pursuit trappers like Tyranitar to switch in is often a good idea, since if Latias is your only check to a pokemon, losing it early on in the game can prove extremely costly.
* Can also revenge kill mons like Kartana and Pinsir.
Team Options
========
* Can fit on teams that lack check to mons like Landorus-t, Mega Manectric, and Mega Charizard Y.
* Fighting types like Keldeo and Infernape can take advantage of pokemon that come in on Latias like Weavile, Tyranitar, Scizor-mega, and in the case of Keldeo, Ash Greninja.
* Spikes and Toxic Spikes users wear down latias' checks, which allows it to more comfortably pivot in and take on what it aims to take on.
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Recover
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Thunderbolt / Surf
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* CM allows lati to act as a sweeper late-game
* Recover keeps lati healthy to check stuff like koko and successfully performed a sweep.
* Stored power means lati can easily sweep late game w/ enough boosts.
* Tbolt hits the most prominent dark type (ninja), Haze Mantine and if stored power is latis most consistent move w/o boosts.
* Surf over tbolt hits ttar and allows it to act as a check to lando
* Refresh + stored power for more dedicated sweeping sets, but means lati can't do anything in a lot of matchups.
* Psyshock over Stored Power allows lati to do more damage w/o boosts.
Set Details
========
* Max speed allows you to outspend stuff like chomper and kartana, rest goes in bulk
* Latiasite gives improved bulk, allowing for easier sweeps.
Usage Tips
========
* Avoid toxic
* Checks like ttar need to be eliminated / weakened for a sweep
* Can still act as a strong check to shit like zard y and keldeo in the early game.
* Good for CM wars w/ cune and stuff because psyshock ignores CM boosts and stored power is absurdly powerful at +6 even when their sp def is so high
* Don't be hesitant to recover so it isn't worn down by stuff like rocks and koko u turn.
* Getting burned on purpose is often useful so latias no longer has to worry about being toxiced.
Team Options
========
* Strong wincon for balance and bulky offense.
* Dark type lures like ghostium gengar (bluffs scarf, ttar comes in, kills w/ focus blast) can help latias sweep.
* Can fit on teams lacking a check to stuff like keldeo, zard y, camerupt, tapu koko.
* Spikes and Toxic Spikes users, like Ferrothorn, Toxapex and Greninja, can wear down latias' checks, particularly since latias forces plenty of switches.
* Fighting types like Keldeo and Buzzwole can come in on pokemon like Ferrothorn and Weavile that threaten latias.
Dugtrio can trap Toxic Heatran and Tyranitar for Latias.
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Recover
move 4: Defog / Reflect Type
item: Latiasite
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Ice beam hits stuff like lando and chomp for good damage.
* Tbolt hits stuff like keldeo and zard y, good synergy w/ tbolt.
* Recover allows lati to stay healthy to check stuff like lando
* Defog removes hazards, valuable team support for all teams, gets plenty of opportunities bc of all its useful resistances.
* Reflect Type means it can't be pursuit trapped by mons like ttar, particularly helpful vs zard y teams.
Set Details
========
* Max speed allows you to outspend stuff like pinsir and zard y, rest goes in bulk to improve its ability to beat stuff like keldeo.
* Latiasite gives improved bulk, improving your ability to support your team and check dangerous Pokemon.
Usage Tips
========
* Good switchin to Pokemon like Landorus-T, Mega Camerupt and Keldeo.
* When free turns are available, recovering is usually the best idea, because Latias often struggles to check the pokemon it aims to check at low HP.
* On Defog sets, making predictions for pursuit trappers like Tyranitar to switch in is often a good idea, since if Latias is your only check to a pokemon, losing it early on in the game can prove extremely costly.
* Can also revenge kill mons like Kartana and Pinsir.
Team Options
========
* Can fit on teams that lack check to mons like Landorus-t, Mega Manectric, and Mega Charizard Y.
* Fighting types like Keldeo and Infernape can take advantage of pokemon that come in on Latias like Weavile, Tyranitar, Scizor-mega, and in the case of Keldeo, Ash Greninja.
* Spikes and Toxic Spikes users wear down latias' checks, which allows it to more comfortably pivot in and take on what it aims to take on.
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