National Dex Ubers - Meteor Beam Lunala [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1] (2024)

[SET]
name: Meteor Beam
move 1: Meteor Beam
move 2: Moongeist Beam
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psyshock
item: Power Herb
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Timid nature
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
tera type: Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]

* Meteor Beam Lunala is an essential wallbreaker in Pyspam teams which works in conjunction with other Pokemon such as Meteor Beam Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to overwhelm shared counterplay such as Arceus-Dark and Yveltal. Despite appearing to be a good option as a standalone wallbreaker for balance and bulky offense, Meteor Beam Lunala should only be used on Psyspam teams. Without the full support of a Psyspam team Meteor Beam Lunala is outclassed by other wallbreakers such as Eternatus and Palkia-O Yveltal palko? consistent? bro is everything BUT consistent with that accuracy which are more consistent and do not require nearly the same degree of precision to be effective. mention how these guys (mostly etern) are harder to revenge kill on balance/BO teams unlike lunala who folds to marshadow and yveltal
* Meteor Beam is used to OHKO Pokemon which would otherwise wall Lunala such as as Yveltal and Ho-Oh. The Special Attack boost provided by Meteor Beam makes it difficult to check Lunala defensively. For example, defensive Primal Groudon and utility Arceus formes are 2HKOed by +1 Moongeist Beam while defensive Primal Kyogre and Ho-Oh are 2HKOed by +1 Psyshock in Psyshic Terrain.
* Moongeist Beam and Psyshock are Lunala's STAB moves and provide strong neutral coverage. Moonblast rounds out Lunala's moveset and makes Dark-types such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Chien-Pao hesitate to switch-in.
* Lunala frequently utilizes Tera Fairy for defensive purposes and to wallbreak for its teamates. Tera Fairy enables Lunala to effortlessly remove one of the biggest threats to Psyspam teams, Choice Scarf Yveltal. Since Yveltal poses no threat to Lunala after Tera, it can either opt OHKO with Meteor Beam and get a boost or Tera Fairy Moonblast after Stealth Rock. Additionally, +1 Tera Fairy Moonblast OHKOes utility Arceus-Dark after Stealth Rock.
* Lunala is best used as a midgame wallbreaker. Lunala often uses Tera Fairy to remove Pokemon which can be headache to Psyspam teams such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Marshadow. Using Tera to remove these threats is a worthwhile expendature as it often enables teammates such as Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to sweep.
* Tapu Lele is a mandatory teammate to set Psychic Terrain. Tapu Lele's Moonblast also relives Lunala of some of the burden of handling Dark-types such as Yveltal and Arceus-Dark. Glimmora is commonly used as a dedicated lead as it can consistently set and remove entry hazards mention how this keeps lunala's shadow shield in tact. Additionally, Smeargle and Shuckle can be used instead of or alongside Glimmora to provide Sticky Web support. which lets Lunala do what?
* Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma round out an offensive core that is difficult for many teams to withstand. Deoxys-A provides speed control to help with Pokemon such as Chien-Pao and Zacian-C. It provides a second Meteor Beam which can be useful in case Lunala misses or the opposing team has multiple targets such as Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Ultra Necrozma adds a physical attacker and potent win condition after a Dragon Dance. Furthermore, it has some reslience to Ditto as it needs to be heavily chipped to be revenge killed. Additionally, Ditto makes an excellent teammate itself as it can revenge kill boosted threats such as Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Rock Polish Primal Groudon which can easily slice through Psyspam teams if given an opportunity to boost.

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[SET]
name: Meteor Beam
move 1: Meteor Beam
move 2: Moongeist Beam
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psyshock
item: Power Herb
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Timid nature
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
tera type: Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]

* Meteor Beam Lunala is an essential wallbreaker on Pyspam Psyspam teams which works in conjunction with other Pokemon such as Meteor Beam Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to overwhelm shared counterplay such as Arceus-Dark and Yveltal. Despite appearing to be a good option as a standalone wallbreaker for balance and bulky offense, Meteor Beam Lunala should only be used on Psyspam teams. Without the full support of a Psyspam team Meteor Beam Lunala is outclassed by other wallbreakers such as Eternatus and specially offensive Yveltal which are more consistent and do not require nearly the same degree of precision do you mean prediction? If not be a bit more specific to be effective. These Pokemon, Eternatus in particular, are substantially more difficult to revenge kill due to their defensive typing and higher speed.
* Meteor Beam is used to OHKO Pokemon which would otherwise wall Lunala such as as Yveltal and Ho-Oh. The Special Attack boost provided by Meteor Beam makes it difficult to check Lunala defensively. For example, defensive Primal Groudon and utility Arceus formes are 2HKOed by +1 Moongeist Beam while defensive Primal Kyogre and Ho-Oh are 2HKOed by +1 Psyshock in Psychic Terrain.
* Moongeist Beam and Psyshock are Lunala's STAB moves and provide strong neutral coverage. Moonblast rounds out Lunala's moveset and makes Dark-types such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Chien-Pao hesitate to switch-in. Should note why Psyshock is ran over Psychic, should also note what it hits that Moongeist Beam doesn't
* Lunala frequently utilizes Tera Fairy for defensive purposes and to wallbreak for its teamates. Tera Fairy enables Lunala to effortlessly remove one of the biggest threats to Psyspam teams, Choice Scarf Yveltal. Since Yveltal poses no threat to Lunala after Tera, it can either opt OHKO with Meteor Beam and get a boost or Tera Fairy Moonblast after Stealth Rock. Additionally, +1 Tera Fairy Moonblast OHKOes utility Arceus-Dark after Stealth Rock.
* Lunala is best used as a mid-game wallbreaker. It often uses Tera Fairy to remove Pokemon which can be headache to Psyspam teams such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Marshadow. Using Tera to remove these threats is a worthwhile expendature as it often enables teammates such as Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to sweep.
* Tapu Lele is a mandatory teammate to set Psychic Terrain. Tapu Lele's Moonblast also relives Lunala of some of the burden of handling Dark-types such as Yveltal and Arceus-Dark. Glimmora is commonly used as a dedicated lead as it can consistently set and remove entry hazards to keep Shadow Shield intact. Additionally, Smeargle and Shuckle can be used instead of or alongside Glimmora to provide Sticky Web support to enable Lunala to outspeed Pokemon such as Marshadow, Eternatus, and Zacian-C.
* Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma round out an offensive core that is difficult for many teams to withstand. Deoxys-A provides speed control to help with Pokemon such as Chien-Pao and Zacian-C. It provides a second Meteor Beam which can be useful in case Lunala misses or the opposing team has multiple targets such as Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Ultra Necrozma adds a physical attacker and potent win condition after a Dragon Dance. Furthermore, it has some reslience to Ditto as it needs to be heavily chipped to be revenge killed. Additionally, Ditto makes an excellent teammate itself as it can revenge kill boosted threats such as Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Rock Polish Primal Groudon which can easily slice through Psyspam teams if given an opportunity to boost.

[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
name: Meteor Beam
move 1: Meteor Beam
move 2: Moongeist Beam
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psyshock
item: Power Herb
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
tera type: Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]

* Meteor Beam Lunala is an essential wallbreaker on Psyspam teams which that if there isn't a comma directly before it, use "that" instead of "which" works in conjunction with other Pokemon such as Meteor Beam Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to overwhelm shared counterplay such as Arceus-Dark and Yveltal. Despite appearing to be a good option as a standalone wallbreaker for balance and bulky offense, Meteor Beam Lunala it should only be used on Psyspam teams (RP); (ASC) without heavily related the full support of a Psyspam team, (AC) Meteor Beam Lunala is outclassed by other wallbreakers such as Eternatus and specially offensive Yveltal, (AC) here the "which" is appropriate for the aside which are more consistent and require little support to be effective wallbreakers. These Pokemon, Eternatus in particular, are substantially more difficult to revenge kill due to their defensive typing and higher Speed.
* Meteor Beam is used to OHKO Pokemon which that would otherwise wall Lunala such as as Yveltal and Ho-Oh. The Special Attack boost provided by Meteor Beam makes it difficult to check Lunala defensively (RP); (ASC) for example, heavily related defensive Primal Groudon and utility Arceus formes are 2HKOed by +1 Moongeist Beam, (AC) while defensive Primal Kyogre and Ho-Oh are 2HKOed by +1 Psyshock in Psychic Terrain.
* Moongeist Beam and Psyshock are Lunala's STAB moves and fluff provide strong neutral coverage. Moonblast rounds out Lunala's moveset and makes Dark-types such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Chien-Pao hesitate to switch-in switch in "switch-in" is the noun form. Psyshock is run over Psychic to enable Lunala to deal with special walls such as Ho-Oh and more niche Pokemon such as Chansey which that shrug off Moongeist Beam.
* Lunala frequently utilizes Tera Fairy for defensive purposes and to wallbreak for its teamates teammates. Tera Fairy enables Lunala it to effortlessly remove one of the biggest threats to Psyspam teams, Choice Scarf Yveltal. Since Yveltal poses no threat to Lunala it after Tera, it Lunala unclear subject can either opt to OHKO with either Meteor Beam and get a boost or with Tera Fairy Moonblast after Stealth Rock parallelism. Additionally, +1 Tera Fairy Moonblast OHKOes utility Arceus-Dark after Stealth Rock.
* Lunala is best used as a mid-game wallbreaker. It often uses Tera Fairy to remove Pokemon which that can be a headache to Psyspam teams, (AC) such as Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Marshadow. Using Tera to remove these threats is a worthwhile expendature expenditure, (AC) as it should always have comma before this if used instead of "because" this often enables teammates such as Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma to sweep.
* Tapu Lele is a mandatory teammate to set Psychic Terrain. Tapu Lele's Moonblast also relives relieves Lunala of some of the burden of handling Dark-types such as Yveltal and Arceus-Dark. Glimmora is commonly used as a dedicated lead, (AC) as it can consistently set and remove entry hazards to keep Shadow Shield intact. Additionally, Smeargle and Shuckle can be used instead of or alongside Glimmora to provide Sticky Web support to enable Lunala to outspeed Pokemon such as Marshadow, Eternatus, and Zacian-C.
* Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma round out an offensive core that is difficult for many teams to withstand. Deoxys-A provides speed control to help with Pokemon such as Chien-Pao and Zacian-C (RP) It, (AC) and it also provides a second Meteor Beam which that can be useful in case Lunala misses or when the opposing team has multiple targets such as Ho-Oh and Yveltal. Ultra Necrozma adds a physical attacker and a potent win condition after a Dragon Dance. Furthermore, it has some reslience resilience to Ditto, (AC) as it needs to be heavily chipped to be revenge killed. Additionally, Ditto makes an excellent teammate itself, (AC) as it can revenge kill boosted threats such as Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Rock Polish Primal Groudon, (AC) which can easily slice through Psyspam teams if given an opportunity to boost.

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