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In this video, we showcase the Palkia - Calyrex Ice Rider team that we made as 1 of 5 rentals for the month of August. This was the archetype that I brought to the NYC X9 League locals back in May, but have since updated the team. That rendition had Dusclops on it, and while it served me well, I think they Porygon-2 is slightly better for this pairing.
Palkia is great overall in Series 12 for being so bulky and hard-hitting with a base 150 special attack. It's water-dragon typing allows it to wall Kyogre, and with base 100 speed you speed tie other base 100s like Zapdos or Charizard, but you can also make it slow for Trick Room and invest the speed EV's into more bulk for survivability. With great coverage like Max Geyser, Quake, and Wyrmwind for reducing attacks from physical attackers, Palkis is a great threat so far into the meta. To pair with it, redirection is always great, so the Amoongus was chosen, and it works out since Amoongus can abuse the Trick Room mode and put things to sleep. From here, Incineroar earned the next slot to round out the fire water grass core.
Calyrex Ice Rider was the next restricted to add here since it benefits from the Rain set by Palkia's Geyser and is a nice pivot into Incineroar's Flare Blitz and Zacian's Behemoth Blade since those are resisted by Palkia. We used to run Weakness Policy on it, but with Intimidate flying around, we've changed the item since to White Herb. The missing piece, however, was the Tapu Fini. Because Sun teams running around have Gastrodon, Fini neuters this because Misty Terrain prevents Yawn Spam (as well as Sleep, Burn, and Paralysis spam from others). The Misty Terrain also reduces dragon damage done against Palkia so Dialga is not as threatening. With great support moves like Natures Madness & Heal Pulse, Tapu Fini was a fantastic addition.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction & Team Preview
3:07 - Battle #1 (vs. Torkoal/Zacian/Calyrex-Shadow Rider/Chansey/Lapras/Landorus)
17:31 - Battle #2 (vs. Reshiram/Zacian/Urshifu/Thundurus/Lapras/Incineroar)
29:12 - Battle #3 (vs. Calyrex-Shadow Rider/Zacian/Regieleki/Galarian Zapdos/Mimikyu/Indeedee-F)
41:27 - Rental Code & Recap
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