Latias: Dragon/Psychic
Stats:
HP: 80
Atk: 80-100
Def: 90-120
Sp. Atk: 110-140
Sp. Def: 130-150
Spe: 110
Ability:
Levitate
Viable moves:
Draco Meteor
Dragon Pulse
Psyshock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power
Calm Mind
Roost
Healing Wish
Defog
Stored Power
Substitute
Reflect Type
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Common sets:
Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock/Thunderbolt
- Healing Wish/ Roost
Latias @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 84 Def / 176 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Reflect Type/ Substitute/ Dragon Pulse
- Stored Power/ Psyshock
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Why using Latias?
You have two main ways to use Latias- The regular Latias and the Mega Latias. Since each path is extremely different, it should be completely separated. So first of all, lets start with the regular Latias:
Latias is one of the best Defog users in the metagame. Thanks to its bulk and great speed, as well as its good special attack, Latias can find many opportunities to use Defog and thus help her teammates to switch in safely without getting hurt by hazards. Healing Wish gives her another great way to support the team by fainting and give another teammate its health back as well as clearing any status condition it had before coming in. Healing Wish Latias is one of the greatest help for set-up sweepers, giving them another chance to sweep the opponent's team. Although Latias is being used mainly for its supportive abilities, she is still a great offensive Pokemon. 110 SpA with Life Orb and Draco Meteor allows her to put offensive pressure if needed. Psyshock can break through specially defensive mons and Thunderbolt can deal with Azumarill which otherwise can threat Latias greatly with Play Rough or Belly Drum set up.
Latios, her twin brother, give her a lot of competition, with its base 130 SpA and 110 Spe it is considered to be one of the best offensive defoggers if not the best one. Dark types Pokemon are the number 1 threat for Latias. Mainly Bisharp and Weavile. Bisharp can come in on Latias's Defog and receive +2 Atk with its ability while Weavile can simply outspeed Latias and OHKO her with Knock Off.
Why using Mega Latias?
As stated above, Mega Latias serves a completely different role than Latias's vanilla form. With much greater bulk and the ability to take only weak Knock Offs thanks to its megastone, it is much harder to take her down with just one hit. Along with Roost and Reflect type, Mega Latias can stay in and set up in front of many threats such as Ferrothorn and Mega Metagross. Finally, with her ability to use a deadly combo of Calm mind+Stored power, Latias can sweep the opponent's team while tanking hits one after another. The problem comes when you realize how almost every team these days has all 3 of the types Mega Latias hates to go against: Steel, Dark and Fairy. Not to mention the fact that you must take down Dark-types with another teammate before sending Mega Latias to sweep since they are immune to Psychic-type moves. This can be solved by switching Reflect Type for Dragon Pulse but then you lose the ability to set up in front of Mega Metagross.
Some questions for discussion:
How do you think Latias is doing in the current metagame?
What other things makes Latias a good Pokemon in the current metagame? What makes it bad?
What other sets you think are viable?
What Pokemon makes a great core with Latias and in general what are the best teammates for him?
Have you used Mega Latias before? Please share with us the set you've used and the team if possible.
Stats:
HP: 80
Atk: 80-100
Def: 90-120
Sp. Atk: 110-140
Sp. Def: 130-150
Spe: 110
Ability:
Levitate
Viable moves:
Draco Meteor
Dragon Pulse
Psyshock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power
Calm Mind
Roost
Healing Wish
Defog
Stored Power
Substitute
Reflect Type
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Common sets:
Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock/Thunderbolt
- Healing Wish/ Roost
Latias @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 84 Def / 176 Spe
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Reflect Type/ Substitute/ Dragon Pulse
- Stored Power/ Psyshock
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Why using Latias?
You have two main ways to use Latias- The regular Latias and the Mega Latias. Since each path is extremely different, it should be completely separated. So first of all, lets start with the regular Latias:
Latias is one of the best Defog users in the metagame. Thanks to its bulk and great speed, as well as its good special attack, Latias can find many opportunities to use Defog and thus help her teammates to switch in safely without getting hurt by hazards. Healing Wish gives her another great way to support the team by fainting and give another teammate its health back as well as clearing any status condition it had before coming in. Healing Wish Latias is one of the greatest help for set-up sweepers, giving them another chance to sweep the opponent's team. Although Latias is being used mainly for its supportive abilities, she is still a great offensive Pokemon. 110 SpA with Life Orb and Draco Meteor allows her to put offensive pressure if needed. Psyshock can break through specially defensive mons and Thunderbolt can deal with Azumarill which otherwise can threat Latias greatly with Play Rough or Belly Drum set up.
Latios, her twin brother, give her a lot of competition, with its base 130 SpA and 110 Spe it is considered to be one of the best offensive defoggers if not the best one. Dark types Pokemon are the number 1 threat for Latias. Mainly Bisharp and Weavile. Bisharp can come in on Latias's Defog and receive +2 Atk with its ability while Weavile can simply outspeed Latias and OHKO her with Knock Off.
Why using Mega Latias?
As stated above, Mega Latias serves a completely different role than Latias's vanilla form. With much greater bulk and the ability to take only weak Knock Offs thanks to its megastone, it is much harder to take her down with just one hit. Along with Roost and Reflect type, Mega Latias can stay in and set up in front of many threats such as Ferrothorn and Mega Metagross. Finally, with her ability to use a deadly combo of Calm mind+Stored power, Latias can sweep the opponent's team while tanking hits one after another. The problem comes when you realize how almost every team these days has all 3 of the types Mega Latias hates to go against: Steel, Dark and Fairy. Not to mention the fact that you must take down Dark-types with another teammate before sending Mega Latias to sweep since they are immune to Psychic-type moves. This can be solved by switching Reflect Type for Dragon Pulse but then you lose the ability to set up in front of Mega Metagross.
Some questions for discussion:
How do you think Latias is doing in the current metagame?
What other things makes Latias a good Pokemon in the current metagame? What makes it bad?
What other sets you think are viable?
What Pokemon makes a great core with Latias and in general what are the best teammates for him?
Have you used Mega Latias before? Please share with us the set you've used and the team if possible.
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