Balance Icium Z Toxapex

Diancie-Mega @ Diancite  
Ability: Magic Bounce  
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe  
Hasty Nature  
- Stealth Rock  
- Moonblast  
- Diamond Storm  
- Earth Power

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb  
Ability: Poison Heal  
EVs: 244 HP / 200 SpD / 64 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Facade  
- Roost  
- Swords Dance

Kartana @ Grassium Z  
Ability: Beast Boost  
EVs: 128 HP / 128 Atk / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Leaf Blade  
- Knock Off  
- Synthesis  
- Defog

Toxapex @ Icium Z  
Ability: Regenerator  
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpA  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Scald  
- Blizzard  
- Recover  
- Toxic

Magearna @ Leftovers  
Ability: Soul-Heart  
EVs: 248 HP / 28 Def / 232 SpD  
Calm Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk / 6 Spe  
- Volt Switch  
- Flash Cannon  
- Pain Split  
- Heart Swap

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Rocky Helmet  
Ability: Regenerator  
EVs: 248 HP / 56 SpA / 204 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Hurricane  
- Knock Off  
- Heat Wave  
- Taunt

by Skypenguin

This is a balance team built around the core of Mega Diancie and Swords Dance Gliscor. Diancie is an underrated Mega Evolution that can easily break through teams lacking Ferrothorn, Chansey, or the combination of Toxapex alongside another special wall. I chose Gliscor as the Ground-type, as it is one of the best wincons in the tier and helps mitigate problems that bulkier teams featuring Mega Diancie and Landorus-T have with Toxapex and Clefable. Defog Kartana was added next, as Mega Diancie teams are commonly annoyed by Ferrothorn, which this set mostly invalidates. Kartana also adds some immediate offensive pressure that the other members lack, providing counterplay to Pokemon like Manaphy and Rotom while also answering Garchomp and Landorus-T, since the team lacks a Landorus-T of its own. At this point, I was very weak to opposing Gliscor, which led me to the double Z core of Kartana and Blizzard Toxapex—two Pokemon that are able to bait Gliscor, especially if their teammate has revealed its Z-Crystal by taking a Knock Off. Gliscor normally counters and sets up on Toxapex, but the given set and EVs ensure the KO against specially defensive Gliscor and let Toxapex almost always survive a +2 Earthquake after Stealth Rock damage. This set can also nuke other threats like Garchomp and Hawlucha when they're expecting a standard specially defensive Toxapex. The team is rounded out with the defensive core of Heart Swap Magearna for Psychic- and Fairy-types and Taunt Tornadus-T to break opposing bulky teams thanks to Kartana assuming hazard control duties.

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