OU Kartana

[Zneon]

Kartana @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Synthesis

Kartana is a very solid and potent wallbreaker in the OU metagame; Synthesis Kartana especially has been picking up usage over Sacred Sword variants for its ability to give Kartana the longevity it needs versus Pokemon such as Clefable and Ferrothorn, and due to Knock Off already hitting targets that Sacred Sword hits neutrally, Sacred Sword became much more redundant. Knock Off lets Kartana KO or heavily damage Pokemon that resist Leaf Blade such as Galarian Slowking, Zapdos, Ferrothorn, Corviknight, and Heatran. Life Orb allows Kartana to get important KOs after a Swords Dance, such as against Heatran, Rillaboom, and defensive Garchomp. Pokemon that check Kartana such as Cinderace, Dragapult, and Tornadus-T can be very troubling to deal with; therefore, Pokemon like Garchomp, Hydreigon, and Tapu Koko make for great teammates. Furthermore, pivots such as Tapu Koko, Cinderace, and Rillaboom can help bring Kartana in safely, with Rillaboom being especially noteworthy due to its Grassy Terrain healing off Life Orb recoil and powering up its Leaf Blade, making it harder to switch into.

 

[Jordy]

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Kartana @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Synthesis

Kartana is a very solid and potent wallbreaker in the OU metagame; with its outstanding Attack stat, solid Speed tier and great coverage it is able to threaten a large pool of the OU metagame, including Landorus-T, Garchomp, Clefable and Slowbro. We know this already. Remember that this is a set spotlight and not a Pokemon spotlight. I'm more interested in learning why Synthesis is suddenly being run on Kartana and why Sacred Sword is less important. Knock Off lets Kartana hit Pokemon that resist Leaf Blade for a lot of damage, such as Galarian Slowking, Heatran, Zapdos, Ferrothorn, and Corviknight. I think that you should note that it's able to OHKO Heatran at +2. It's pretty important and a calc that allows you to drop Sacred Sword easier. Definitely talk about what KOs running Life Orb nets you. Synthesis gives Kartana much needed longevity, allowing it to keep itself healthy against Pokemon such as Clefable, Corviknight and Ferrothorn. Pokemon that can handle Kartana's checks such as Cinderace, Spectrier, and Heatran make for great teammates; Garchomp, Hydreigon and Dragapult are examples of Pokemon that can handle a few of Kartana's checks. This is a little confusing because it potentially suggests that Cinderace, Spectrier, and Heatran (mediocre check anyway) take care of Kartana's checks. Due to how abysmal its Special Defense is, it is prone to being 2HKOd by even resisted hits, as such Specially Defensive pivots such as Galarian Slowking and Blissey can be valuable teammates for Kartana. This is a pretty weak point in my opinion, I'd much rather read about pivots that synergize with Kartana and can make it easy to bring into play.

This needs a major rework, tag me once this is implemented.

 

[Jordy]

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Kartana @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Synthesis

Kartana is a very solid and potent wallbreaker in the OU metagame; Synthesis Kartana especially has been picking up usage over Sacred Sword for its ability to give Kartana the longevity it needs, and Knock Off hitting targets that Sacred Sword hits neutrally, making Sacred Sword much more redundant in comparison to Synthesis. Knock Off lets Kartana hit Pokemon that resist Leaf Blade for KOs or a lot of damage, such as Galarian Slowking, Heatran, Zapdos, Ferrothorn, Corviknight, and Heatran. Synthesis gives Kartana much needed longevity, allowing it to keep itself healthy against Pokemon such as Clefable, Corviknight and Ferrothorn. It would make sense to interpret this into the first sentence. Life Orb allows Kartana to get important KOs after a Swords Dance, such as Heatran, Rillaboom and defensive Garchomp. Pokemon that check Kartana such as Cinderace, Spectrier, and Tornadus-T can be very troubling to deal with, as such, Pokemon like Garchomp, Hydreigon and Dragapult make for great teammates. Which of those is the good Tornadus-T check? Tapu Koko and Rotom-W are both really strong teammates and I think you'll definitely want to mention one of the two. Furthermore, pivots such as Tapu Koko, Cinderace and Rillaboom can help bring Kartana in safely, Rillaboom especially due to its Grassy Terrain healing off the Life Orb and powering up its Leaf Blade, making it harder to switch into.

Looks good, 1/1.

 

[Milak]

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Kartana @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Synthesis

Kartana is a very solid and potent wallbreaker in the OU metagame; Synthesis Kartana especially has been picking up usage over Sacred Sword variants for its ability to give Kartana the longevity it needs versus Pokemon such as Clefable and Ferrothorn, and due to Knock Off already hitting targets that Sacred Sword hits neutrally, making Sacred Sword became much more redundant in comparison to Synthesis. Knock Off lets Kartana hit KO or heavily damage Pokemon that resist Leaf Blade for KOs or a lot of damage,(RC) such as Galarian Slowking, Heatran,(RC) Zapdos, Ferrothorn, Corviknight, and Heatran. Life Orb allows Kartana to get important KOs after a Swords Dance, such as against Heatran, Rillaboom,(AC) and defensive Garchomp. Pokemon that check Kartana such as Cinderace, Spectrier, and Tornadus-T can be very troubling to deal with,(RC) as such ;(ASC) therefore, Pokemon like Garchomp, Hydreigon,(AC) and Tapu Koko make for great teammates. Furthermore, pivots such as Tapu Koko, Cinderace,(AC) and Rillaboom can help bring Kartana in safely, with Rillaboom being especially noteworthy due to its Grassy Terrain healing off the Life Orb recoil and powering up its Leaf Blade, making it harder to switch into.

 

[Eisenherz]

 

[Astra]

Hey Zneon, be sure to edit this accordingly for the Spectrier ban!