National Dex Monotype Swords Dance + Z Move
Zoroark-Hisui @ Ghostium Z / Fightinium Z
Ability: Illusion
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak
Since there wasn't any physical Hisuian Zoroark sets on this thread, here is a Swords Dance Z move set it can use in National Dex Monotype on offense (or HO) teams. This set can be used on both Normal and Ghost teams. While Hisuian Zoroark's Attack stat is lower than its Special Attack stat by 25 points, Swords Dance Hisuian Zoroark has a thing going for it, being a more powerful STAB move to utilize in the form of Poltergeist.
Swords Dance lets Hisuian Zoroark boost its Attack stat to let it become a potent sweeper late game. Poltergeist is used for Hisuian Zoroark's powerful STAB move, being useful to threaten a 2HKO or OHKO against Pokemon who don't resist or are immune to Ghost moves (though some Dark-types such as Hydreigon and Alolan Muk get 2HKOed by a +2 Poltergeist). Low Kick lets Hisuian Zoroark hit Normal- and Dark-types such as Ursaluna, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Lopunny, Hydreigon, Terapagos, Hisuian Samurott, Greninja, and Weavile super effectively. Low Kick is also nice to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Archaludon, and Hisuian Goodra super effectively. Low Kick is chosen over Brick Break since most Pokemon Hisuian Zoroark wants to use Low Kick against are heavy enough to have for Low Kick to have decent power. Poltergiest + Low Kick basically gives Hisuian Zoroark perfect coverage as long as you don't run into Ditto or opposing Hisuian Zoroark. Shadow Sneak gives a priority STAB move that can revenge kill faster Pokemon that are weakened to enough to get picked off by Shadow Sneak. You can consider using Knock Off instead to hit opposing Hisuian Zoroark super effectively, though keep in mind you should only use Knock Off to hit opposing Hisuian Zoroark since Poltergeist needs opposing Pokemon to have a held item. Ghostium Z allows Hisuian Zoroark to have a one time nuke to easily break past physically defensive Pokemon such as Celesteela, Corviknight, Hipppowdon, Skarmory, and Toxapex. Z-Poltergeist also gives Hisuian Zoroark a one time ghost move that can't miss and can be used against Pokemon who lost/consumed their item. Alternatively, you can use FIghtinium Z if you want to delete Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Archaludon, as well as a way to break past Dark-types such as Ting-Lu, Galarian Moltres and Alolan Muk. I recommend using Ghostium Z on Normal teams and Fightinium Z on Ghost teams.
Illusion Tips: If you use this on Normal, I recommend disguising Hisuian Zoroark as Ursaluna, as it is a scary breaker that can force switches, and Ursaluna can potentially have Swords Dance on its set. You can also disguise as other Normal-types due to its immunity to Fighting moves, though I find Zoroark-Hisui being disguised as Ursaluna having the best results. For Ghost teams, you can disguise Hisuian Zoroark as Ceruledge to dissuade physical attackers from attacking you, plus both of them have Poltergeist, Swords Dance, and Shadow Sneak. Mimikyu can also work since they both can use Swords Dance and Shadow Sneak, as well as the Ghost immunity helping opening up setup opportunities. You can also disguise Hisuian Zoroark as something passive such as Galarian Corsola against Pokemon who can use Galarian Corsola as setup fodder so you can get off an attack or Swords Dance.
