The build
Item
Loaded Dice
Ability
Thermal Exchange
Tera type
Ghost
Nature · EVs
Adamant · 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moves
Showdown export
Baxcalibur @ Loaded Dice Ability: Thermal Exchange Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Glaive Rush - Icicle Spear - Earthquake - Dragon Dance
Overview
Baxcalibur is Gen 9's signature Dragon Dance sweeper. Glaive Rush is 120 BP and ignores accuracy checks (no missing) but the next attack against you crits if you survive — perfect on a +1 attacker that's about to OHKO anyway. Icicle Spear with Loaded Dice is a guaranteed 4-5 hits, breaking Sub and Focus Sash users. Tera Ghost (immune to Fighting and Normal) is the standard escape from Mach Punch and Tera Normal Tera Blast.
Move analysis
Dragon Dance turn 1 against a safe matchup (slow Pokémon you outspeed at +0). Glaive Rush is your nuke after +1 Atk. Icicle Spear breaks Substitute on Dragapult, Toxapex, etc. Earthquake hits Steel-types and Heatran. Tera Ghost shifts your weakness profile and gives Tera-typed STAB if you hit something with Tera Blast (alternative set).
Team partners
Glimmora (Toxic Spikes + Stealth Rock support), Sinistcha (Matcha Gotcha sustains Bax through long matches), Gholdengo (Steel/Ghost defensive backbone), Iron Bundle (revenge kill insurance).
What beats Baxcalibur
Skarmory (resists Dragon + Ground via Levitate + Whirlwind), Toxapex (Haze + Regenerator), Tera Fairy + Moonblast (Iron Valiant), Tera Water + Ice Beam from Iron Bundle catches Bax-Tera-Ghost off guard.
How to use the build
Open our damage calculator and plug in the EV spread above to see what Baxcalibur OHKOs and 2HKOs against the current OU/VGC meta. Drop Baxcalibur into the team builder to check defensive coverage gaps when paired with your other 5 slots.
Other Dragon/Ice options
If you want to run a different Dragon-type, browse our competitive builds hub. For more on Tera mechanics, see the damage calculator's Tera explainer and our guide on type matchups.