[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Life Orb
ability: Disguise
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Mimikyu's solid speed tier, ability to quickly boost its Attack to threatening levels with Swords Dance in conjunction to a nearly guaranteed opportunity to do so with its ability Disguise give it all the tools to be a threatening sweeper and breaker. However, Mimikyu must be wary of multi-hit moves like Rhyperior's Rock Blast or status conditions in general, as Disguise does not grant protection from those. Drain Punch is essential to busting past notable Steel-types such as Registeel or Steelix, in addition to being useful for offsetting Life Orb recovery when Shadow Claw isn't needed to KO something. Shadow Sneak lets Mimikyu pick off weakened threats, hit faster threats like Crobat and Flygon moderately hard at +2, and denies prospective revenge killers with priority like Metagross, Decidueye, and Toxicroak chances to stop a sweep. Play Rough is an option to hit Heracross, Dark-types such as Umbreon or Golurk, and the rare Tyrantrum harder, but is extremely hard to justify over any of the above listed attacks in most cases.
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Life Orb
ability: Disguise
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Mimikyu's solid speed tier, ability to quickly boost its Attack to threatening levels with Swords Dance in conjunction to a nearly guaranteed opportunity to do so with its ability Disguise give it all the tools to be a threatening sweeper and breaker. However, Mimikyu must be wary of multi-hit moves like Rhyperior's Rock Blast or status conditions in general, as Disguise does not grant protection from those. Drain Punch is essential to busting past notable Steel-types such as Registeel or Steelix, in addition to being useful for offsetting Life Orb recovery when Shadow Claw isn't needed to KO something. Shadow Sneak lets Mimikyu pick off weakened threats, hit faster threats like Crobat and Flygon moderately hard at +2, and denies prospective revenge killers with priority like Metagross, Decidueye, and Toxicroak chances to stop a sweep. Play Rough is an option to hit Heracross, Dark-types such as Umbreon or Golurk, and the rare Tyrantrum harder, but is extremely hard to justify over any of the above listed attacks in most cases.
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