Why don't people use Zacian on a sun team?

I mean it learns solar blade, so…

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You guys are missing something critical… peopledouse Zacian on sun teams. However, the reason why has nothing to do with Solar Blade, and everything to do with Zacian just beingthat good of a Pokemon.

If you’ve played Ubers or AG anywhere above the lower ladder, then you will know that Zacian-C is one of the most prevalent Pokemon in both formats. Sun team or not, the Pokemon is going to get usage because it’s simply too good of a wallbreaker and end-game sweeper.

A little bit of extra damage from Fire attacks does not change the fact Zacian-C outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, has an incredible typing, and goes to +1 upon every switch-in to go with its base 170 Attack. Venusaur, Charizard, etc. are mainstays on sun teams, but they don’t get anywhere close to replacing Zacian.

If you won’t take it from me, then you can take it from the stats. Zacian-C features on61% of high-rating Ubers teams(that isallteams, not just sun), and on52% of high-rating AG teams. The Ubers stats also show thatZacian-C is used 18% more often on teams that also include Torkoal(which itself sits at 9% usage). If you’re playing AG, then you’re probably not going to see sun teams in the first place, because Pokemon like Torkoal and Venusaur are so off-pace with the others available in that format.

Solar Blade does clock in at 7% usage on non-crowned Zacian, but again, it’s not the difference-maker for its viability on sun teams.

Well Ill try to answer this. Basically, I think gmax stellar lucario said it best-just because it has solar blade doesn’t make it suddenly a must on a sun team. While it does provide coverage against ground, it still doesn’t nessicarily mean that you have to have it. Finally, sun teams are great but a lot of times the weather helps get the Pokemon going and they can sweep or at least do a good amount of damage from there. Zacian on the other hand, can’t really use solar blade after the sun goes away, and is forced to use other moves. So basically, the answer would be just because it has solar blade doesn’t mean that it should be on a sun team. Also, other Pokemon( like mixed growth gmax venuasaur) can take better advantage than zacian because zacian only benifits from sun with only one move.