0998 Baxcalibur

Dragon Breath + Dragon Claw is a classic spammy combination and serves as the bread and butter of Baxcalibur's damage output. Avalanche is one of the best Charged Attacks in the game thanks to its incredible DPE and moderately low cost; it also benefits from Baxcalibur's secondary STAB and provides coverage against various Fairy-, Flying- and Ground-type Pokemon. Outrage is a good move, but it can't viably replace either Dragon Claw's spamminess or Avalanche's coverage. Blizzard is just too expensive and is practically inferior to Avalanche in every way

Baxcalibur's other fast attack, Ice Fang, can see play in certain limited formats due to it providing consistent Ice-type damage. In the vast majority of cases, though, Dragon Breath's superior energy generation for the same DPT makes Ice Fang an inferior option

Generally speaking, Arctibax is a superior choice in this league due to it sporting a superior stat product than Baxcalibur while maintaining the same moveset.

Baxcalibur's matchups vs top threats aren't ideal; its strong moveset is held back by Baxcalibur's overall glassiness, weaknesses, and competition from other Dragon-type threats such as Dragonite, Giratina-A, and Zygarde-C. It also competes with Kyurem, whose access to Glaciate arguably makes it a better overall Pokemon. With that said, Avalanche is still a crazy strong move, and Baxcalibur packs more closing power as a result.

With the removal of the CP cap, Baxcalibur can shine brightest in this league. Although the numerous Dragon-type competitors in the Master League don't make it easy for Baxcalibur, its access to the powerful Avalanche can work wonders in a metagame filled with Ice weak Pokemon. Unfortunately for Baxcalibur, Kyurem remains a competitor in this league, and Baxcalibur doesn't have the greatest future once Kyurem's stronger formes are released. Issues vs Steel- and Fairy-type Pokemon further plague Baxcalibur's potential.

What Baxcalibur does have over Kyurem (other than Avalanche's more potent closing power), is that it is not a Legendary Pokemon and therefore can be used in the Master League Premier Cup. Its issues vs Steel- and Fairy-type Pokemon remain, and although Xerneas, Zacian, and Solgaleo are no longer present, it'll instead run into Metagross, Florges, and Primarina.