Zoroark-Hisui @ Black Sludge  
Ability: Illusion  
Tera Type: Dark / Ice
EVs: 252 Spe  
Naive / Timid Nature  
IVs: 4 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Substitute  
- Curse  
- Taunt  
- Imprison / Knock Off

Zoroark-Hisui @ Sitrus Berry / Pecha Berry
Ability: Illusion  
Tera Type: Dark / Ice
EVs: 252 Spe  
Naive / Timid Nature  
IVs: 4 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Trick  
- Substitute  
- Taunt  
- Curse / Imprison / Knock Off

Zoroark-Hisui

Thanks to its signature ability Illusion, Zoroark-Hisui gains devastating amounts of tempo luring in certain Pokemon and then manipulating them into not dealing with it quickly enough. Zoroark-H is quite possibly at its best disguising as Steel Beam users - against sloppy opponents who do not go through every move they'd rather use against Imprison users, Zoroark-H can even pull off a competent Klefki impression with a fast Imprison! Zoroark-H disguised as other Steel Beam users lures Imprison-Steel Beam users and uses Substitute while they switch in. Zoroark-H can then use Ghost Curse to complete the self-2HKO while the opposing Pokemon is too busy using Imprison, use Taunt to likely force the Steel Beam user to switch out if has 75% or more of its max. HP remaining, or use Knock Off instead to cripple the Imprison-Steel Beam user and possibly still keep up the disguise (e.g. as Iron Treads). Like its Dark-type cousin Zoroark, Zoroark-H can similarly also use Trick and/or disguise itself as a Prankster user, although Knock Off is more likely to backfire by hitting lured-in Gholdengo, Espeon, and Hatenna, and lured Prankster Dark-types such as Impidimp and Murkrow can last-ditch Taunt to try to catch Zoroark-H off-guard. 4 HP IVs make Zoroark-H's max. HP divisible by 8 to complete the Steel Beam user disguise and enable the Substitute-Ghost Curse self-2HKO; note that this is still advisable on Sitrus Berry Trick sets. A Naive nature along with Black Sludge makes Zoroark-H guaranteed OHKOed by Klefki Steel Beam. Timid Zoroark-H misses out on the Klefki Steel Beam guaranteed OHKO but makes its Knock Off weaker. Tera Dark makes Zoroark-H dodge Pranksters and really helps dig into several of its disguises, while Tera Ice makes it weak to Steel Beam and Stealth Rock and helps dig into disguises such as Gholdengo.

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