Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy  
Ability: Quark Drive  
Tera Type: Dark  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Swords Dance  
- Encore  
- Knock Off  
- Close Combat / Spirit Break

Baxcalibur @ Choice Band  
Ability: Thermal Exchange  
Tera Type: Dragon  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Glaive Rush  
- Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear  
- Earthquake  
- Ice Shard

SD Val + Banded Bax Stall Breaker

by Dreadfury

The idea here is relatively straightforward; Baxcalibur clicks buttons and breaks walls like nobody's business with its ludicrously strong Glaive Rush alongside amazing coverage in an Ice move and Earthquake to open up an Iron Valiant sweep against faster teams, while Iron Valiant can use Knock Off and Encore to cripple defensive or setup-reliant threats that Baxcalibur can use for easy entry and an opportunity to turn something into a vegetable with its Glaive Rush. Ice Shard Baxcalibur (like the Banded set listed here, but also Swords Dance variants) provides strong, dangerous priority to deal with opposing priority users or to deal with threats that are even faster than Iron Valiant (think +1 Roaring Moon), ensuring that this core maintains ways to deal with offensive teams on both ends of the spectrum as well. Unfortounately the defensive synergy between these two is weak to say the least, so defensive steels, or bulky waters to pivot with in order to safely get in Baxcalibur/Iron Valiant would do great for potential teammates.

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