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Agility Basculegion-F is a potent special wallbreaker with an excellent and near-unresisted STAB combination for the tier. Ice Beam allows it to break through Dragon-types like Cyclizar and Noivern and Grass-types like Amoonguss and Chesnaught. Weakness Policy sets are particularly strong against a weak Knock Off from utility Pokemon like Cyclizar, Empoleon, and Chesnaught. On the other hand, Life Orb is a more reliable but less powerful option for powering up Basculegion-F's attacks. Its natural bulk along with this EV spread allows it to survive several key benchmark hits. 52 Defense EVs ensure Basculegion can comfortably survive a Sucker Punch from max Attack Bisharp from full health. Choice Scarf Gengar outspeeds Basculegion-F even after one Agility boost, but with 24 Special Defense EVs, Basculegion-F is guaranteed to take one Shadow Ball from Gengar from full health and fire back with its own Shadow Ball or use Agility a second time. 196 Speed EVs allow unboosted Basculegion-F to outspeed Bisharp and Timid Magnezone. Adaptability makes Basculegion-F a subpar user of Terastallization, as the additional power boost from either Tera Ghost or Water is minimal and comes at the expense of losing its Adaptability boost on its other STAB type. However, Basculegion-F can utilize either Tera Ghost or Water in a pinch to squeeze out some extra damage or remove one of its weaknesses against foes such as Magnezone or Krookodile. Agility Basculegion fits well on offensive structures in search of a powerful special attacker and potential mid- to late-game sweeper. It appreciates rain support from Politoed to boost the power of its Water-type moves. Entry hazard support from Pokemon like Terrakion, Krookodile, and Chesnaught enable Basculegion-F's ability to clean late-game as well. Chesnaught is an excellent partner for Basculegion-F on Spikes-stacking teams, as Chesnaught can tank the Dark- and Electric-type moves that threaten the fish while enjoying Basculegion-F's natural immunity to Rapid Spin from Cyclizar. Weakness Policy Basculegion-F sets can subsequently take advantage of Cyclizar by baiting a careless Knock Off and setting up with Agility or firing back with a boosted Ice Beam. Basculegion-F's ability to deny hazard removal from Cyclizar makes it an excellent addition to Sticky Web teams as well. Specially defensive Pokemon like Empoleon, Wo-Chien, and Hisuian Goodra are problematic for Basculegion-F, as they can comfortably stomach any of its unboosted attacks. Therefore, powerful Fighting-type wallbreakers like Terrakion and Lucario pair well with Basculegion-F in helping to eliminate these threatening foes. Basculegion-F in turn aids these Fighting-type wallbreakers by threatening their defensive answers like Quagsire and Slowbro. Basculegion-F is notably vulnerable to paralysis from status spreaders like Amoonguss and Jirachi, since the speed drop from paralysis neuters its ability to set up and sweep teams. Therefore, partners that can absorb paralysis like Magnezone can be helpful teammates. If Basculegion-F is unable to use Agility, then Choice Scarf Gardevoir can take advantage of it due to Trace copying Adaptability. As a result, Steel-type stalwarts like Jirachi and Registeel are helpful in keeping Gardevoir at bay. Basculegion-F is also appreciative of teammates like Gastrodon, Chesnaught, and Krookodile that can deal with strong priority users like Sucker Punch Bisharp and Shadow Sneak Mimikyu. Basculegion-F should be paired with allies like Hisuian Goodra, Bisharp, and Krookodile that can manage revenge killers that outspeed and KO a weakened Basculegion-F after one Agility, such as Choice Scarf Gengar and opposing Bisharp.

Choice Scarf Basculegion-F is a strong option for speed control thanks to its powerful Adaptability-boosted attacks and good defensive typing. Its bulk and resistances offer it many opportunities to enter the field against common Pokemon like Slowbro, Jirachi, and Registeel. Choice Scarf enables Basculegion-F to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, including Jolly Barraskewda and Noivern. Ice Beam is important to hit the Dragon- and Grass-types that resist Basculegion-F's STAB attacks like Cyclizar and Bulletproof Chesnaught. Flip Turn allows Basculegion-F to pivot out against special walls like Hisuian Goodra and Empoleon while still dealing respectable damage thanks to Adaptability. It is not recommended to Terastallize Basculegion-F, as the damage boost is minimal, and Adaptability will no longer apply to its old typings. For this reason, it uses either Tera Ghost or Water, and it should be Terastallized primarily for the defensive benefits. Tera Ghost means that Basculegion is no longer weak to Electric- and Grass-type attacks from Hisuian Goodra, Raikou, and Amoonguss, while Tera Water sheds the vulnerability to Sucker Punch from Bisharp and Shadow Sneak from Mimikyu. Choice Scarf Basculegion-F is most comfortable on bulky offense teams that appreciate its speed control while also making use of its defensive qualities to serve as a pivot. Since it is expected to enter the field multiple times, entry hazard removal options such as Cyclizar and Noivern are valuable allies, with Cyclizar being able to survive Electric- and Grass-type attacks from Choice-locked Hisuian Goodra and Amoonguss, while Noivern can tank physical attacks from faster Choice Scarf users like Krookodile and Flamigo. Basculegion-F can form a VoltTurn core with teammates like Flamigo and Flygon that want to attack the special walls like Umbreon and Hisuian Goodra that answer Basculegion-F. These Fighting-types can also take Knock Off from Pokemon like Krookodile while threatening the Dark- and Dragon-types that can switch into Basculegion-F such as Umbreon, Hisuian Goodra, and Cyclizar. As Basculegion-F often needs help breaking through bulky Water- and Grass-types like Empoleon, Gastrodon, and Wo-Chien, other special attackers like Gardevoir and Hisuian Goodra have the power and coverage to create holes in the opposing team for Basculegion-F to exploit. Hazards set by Pokemon such as Krookodile, Chesnaught, and Jirachi can weaken checks into KO range of Basculegion-F's attacks and rack up extended damage as it forces switches and pivots out.

Set Details Choice Specs Basculegion-F is an incredibly powerful wallbreaker that can use the threat of forcing out common Pokemon like Slowbro, Jirachi, and Chesnaught to its advantage. Hydro Pump trades accuracy for power, notably allowing Basculegion-F to OHKO Magnezone. Ice Beam is important coverage for threatening Dragon- and Grass-types like Cyclizar, Noivern, and Wo-Chien. Flip Turn is useful for pivoting out of special walls like Assault Vest Hisuian Goodra and Umbreon into Pokemon that can exploit them like Terrakion. Adaptability boosts Basculegion-F's power to immense heights, while Swift Swim can be used under rain to turn Basculegion-F into a frightening sweeper with few switch-ins. While Adaptability means Basculegion-F rarely wants to use Terastallization, it can occasionally be used to secure KOs on crucial foes; for example, Tera Ghost guarantees a 2HKO on Choice Specs Hisuian Goodra. Tera Water can be particularly useful for Swift Swim Basculegion, as when paired with rain, it boosts its Water-type attacks enough to even guarantee a 2HKO on Assault Vest Cyclizar after Stealth Rock without needing to click Ice Beam. Choice Specs Basculegion-F fits well on balance and bulky offense structures, as well as niche but threatening rain teams, that are in search of a special wallbreaker that can almost always force progress with incredibly powerful attacks. Pivot partners such as Flamigo, Noivern, and Magnezone can form powerful VoltTurn cores with Basculegion-F that can make progress by luring in relatively passive Pokemon that it can exploit, such as Slowbro and Jirachi, or wearing down shared checks, like Gastrodon and Hisuian Goodra. In particular, Fighting-type pivots like the aforementioned Flamigo are beneficial for Basculegion-F, as they can check Dark-types like Krookodile, Bisharp, and Umbreon that threaten it and absorb Knock Off from Pokemon like Cyclizar. On rain teams, wallbreaker teammates like Barraskewda and Kilowattrel can similarly pivot around with Basculegion-F while wearing down or eliminating its checks like Umbreon and Empoleon. Entry hazard support from partners like Krookodile and Chesnaught can help further in chipping away at the opposing team. In offensive structures, setup sweepers and cleaners such as Porygon-Z, Feraligatr, and Choice Scarf Krookodile particularly appreciate Basculegion-F's ability to blow holes in the opposing team that they can use to pull off a sweep. Defensive partners such as Slowbro, Umbreon, and Jirachi are essential partners for Basculegion-F in bulkier structures to mitigate its weakness to faster wallbreakers such as Terrakion, Gengar, and Gardevoir. Basculegion-F also appreciates partners like Cyclizar and Noivern that can help it enter the field more safely via hazard removal and pivoting.