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[SET]
name: Magic Bounce Yveltal
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Aromatherapy / Pursuit / Sucker Punch
move 3: Baton Pass / King's Shield
move 4: Recover / Wish
item: Shed Shell / Safety Goggles
ability: Magic Bounce
nature: Sassy / Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe
Magic Bounce Yveltal uses its good typing and bulk allowing it to soft check foes like non-No Guard Mega Gengar and Mold Breaker Mega Latios, and its ability to effectively check Giratina and bounce back opposing entry hazards, Taunt, Will-O-Wisp, and Parting Shot. Knock Off hits Pokemon like Giratina. Aromatherapy can be used to free a moveslot on passive Wonder Guard teammates, and Yveltal is an effective user of the move because of blocking Taunt via Magic Bounce. Pursuit traps Ghost-type Pokemon, particularly Mega Gengar. Sucker Punch can be used to pick off foes like Mold Breaker Mega Gengar, Mold Breaker Mega Latios after a Shell Smash, and chipped No Guard Deoxys-S. Baton Pass and Wish can be used in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs and a Sassy to slowly pivot to a teammate for them to safely receive Wish. King's Shield allows Yveltal to scout Choice item Mold Breaker users and weaken most offensive Shadow Tag users, like V-create Primal Groudon and Low Kick Mega Mewtwo X, though it leaves Yveltal vulnerable to Trick. Shed Shell allows Yveltal to escape Shadow Tag, users like Primal Groudon and Mega Mewtwo X. However, Safety Goggles can also be used to better check Mold Breaker Spore users vulnerable to Yveltal, such as Mega Gengar. Run a Careful nature of 31 Speed IVs if Yveltal is not running Baton Pass.
Magic Bounce Yveltal can be used on stall or bulky balance teams that struggle with Mold Breaker Mega Gengar and Mega Latios and need a status blocker for longevity. Yveltal also functions well on already well-rounded teams, as Yveltal is passive and only soft checks most of what it switches into. Yveltal has great defensive synergy with Prankster Giratina, as Yveltal checks non-No Guard Mega Gengar and Mold Breaker Mega Latios for it. Mold Breaker teammates, like Mega Latios and Primal Groudon, appreciate Yveltal's ability to slowly pivot to them with Baton Pass and block status moves, like Spore and Will-O-Wisp from Prankster foes, like Giratina. Mega Latios in particular can also be Imposter-proofed to a degree by Safety Goggles Yveltal. Substitute + Baton Pass users, like Xerneas and Wonder Guard Mega Gengar, appreciate Yveltal's ability to block Taunt; Yveltal can also Imposter-proof Mega Gengar in particular effectively because of the former bouncing back Toxic Spikes. Yveltal appreciates Wonder Guard users, like Xerneas and Slaking, to switch into No Guard, Huge Power, and Protean users, which otherwise break through it.
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Alternative status moves, such as Spore and Encore, are options for Prankster Yveltal. Beat Up is another option on most Yveltal sets that can hit past Substitute and isn't detrimental into King's Shield, but it is more unreliable than Knock Off because of the reliance on its team members. Foul Play can be used over Pursuit on Magic Bounce and Prankster sets to better threaten offensive foes such as Mega Latios and Mega Mewtwo X; although, Prankster Giratina comfortably walls Yveltal if it is its strongest Dark-type STAB move and bulkier foes, like Primal Groudon and Xerneas, need to have used Shell Smash for it to deal significant damage. King Shield in conjunction with Wish can be used to help both Yveltal and its teammates recover and help against physical Shadow Tag users; however, this takes up two moveslots. An alternative stat spread of 248 HP / 108 Def / 152 SpD with a Sassy or Careful nature can be run on Yveltal with an ability like Magic Bounce, Prankster, or Poison Heal to live attacks from Thousand Arrows from +2 Primal Groudon and Dragon Ascent from Choice Band Mega Rayquaza. Coverage moves such as Close Combat, Sacred Fire or Gear Grind can be used on Huge Power sets to hit Wonder Guard Pokemon such as Slaking, Mega Scizor or Xerneas. RegenVest and Gale Wings Yveltal can more easily sponge special hits and provide priority that doesn't trigger King's Shield detrimental effect respectively.
Checks and Counters
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**Strong Priority Users**: Pixilate and Refrigerate, users such as Mega Diancie and Kyurem-B OHKO Yveltal with Extreme Speed, and Mega Rayquaza 2HKOes it with the same move. Because they force Yveltal out, it is also unable to block entry hazards, which are frequently used on -ate users. Aditionally, Huge Power Regigigas and Gale Wings Mega Rayquaza threaten Yveltal, the former especially if Yveltal forgoes King's Shield. However, Yveltal can usually comfortably switch out of these because of it's resistance to Pursuit
**No Guard Users**: No Guards users can threaten Yveltal with Sheer Cold. Additionally, most No Guard users live a Sucker Punch from non-Huge Power Yveltal sets.
**Wonder Guard Sweepers**: Wonder Guard sweepers, such as Mega Gardevoir and Xerneas, can threaten most Yveltal sets because of their immunity to Yveltal's attacks.
**Strong Coverage**: Huge Power Pokemon, such as Mega Mewtwo X, can OHKO Yveltal with super effective attacks, especially if it does not run King's Shield. Protean Mega Latios and Mega Mewtwo Y can also threaten Yveltal with coverage like Moonblast and Freeze-Dry. However, these are vulnerable to Huge Power Yveltal's Sucker Punch, though Yveltal needs Dread Plate to OHKO uninvested Mega Mewtwo X with it.
**Wonder Guard**: Wonder Guard users not weak to Dark- or Flying moves are free to do whatever they wish against most Yveltal sets. However, Mold Breaker Yveltal can still remove items with Knock Off and Huge Power Yveltal can threaten non-Ghost Wonder Guard users initially neutral to Dark with Trick-or-Treat into Knock Off or Pursuit.
**Mold Breaker Users**: Setup Mold Breaker users can put Yveltal to sleep with Dark Void to gain turns to set up with Shell Smash. Choice item Mold Breaker users are also a threat to Yveltal, but they dislike talking Sucker Punch from Huge Power Yveltal variants as well as Prankster Yveltal carrying Destiny Bond or Spore.
**Shadow Tag**: If Yveltal does not run Shed Shell, it is susceptible to being trapped and KOed by attackers like Primal Groudon and Mega Mewtwo X, or it can be taken out by Encore + Perish Song users, like Lugia and Arceus.
**Trick**: Being given a Choice item via Trick severely debilitates Magic Bounce Yveltal, as this forces it to either use a recovery move and risk being too passive or respond with a different move and risk being worn down and subsequently KOed.
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