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Overview
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Out of the darkness comes Chandelure, which has a unique Fire / Ghost typing with three typed Fire and Ghost-typed Pokemon. This Pokemon can have up to 3 immunities, more than most Pokemon in the format. Chandelure also has a high Special Attack stat, making its attacks do lots of cold, hard damage. It loves the Sunny weather as well as Substitutes. This Pokemon It is good in Trick Room teams as well as when holding Choice Scarfed. However, it this Pokemon has five weakness to common attacking Pokemon types in the VGC. It hates super effective wide ranged spread moves and as well as priority. Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, such as Rotom-Wash (dash) and Garchomp, (comma) are pains.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Heat Wave
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Will-O-Wisp / Substitute / Trick Room
move 4: Protect
ability: Flash Fire / Infiltrator
item: Focus Sash
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Modest

Moves
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Its first move Heat Wave hits both Pokemon and has with STAB, but has a slightly low accuracy. Shadow Ball is a basic Ghost-type STAB move for it. Then we have Will-O-Wisp which is used for inflicting burns and lowering the power of physical attackers damage. Substitute is one an alternative for Will-O-Wisp, as it to helps you dodge Chandelure avoid Rock Slides and Sucker Punches. Trick Room is the last alternative to Will-O-Wisp, However you have to and if running it, give it Chandelure 0 Speed IVs in Speed, run the a Quiet nature, and move the Speed get ride of all the EVs in Speed and move them into HP. The last move is Protect, which allows you Chandelure to avoid taking damage from attacks, but has a chance to fail the more times you it in a row.

Set Details
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The A Modest nature is used to maximize Chandelure's for a high Special Attack stat. (comma to period) Plus it has Max investment for in Speed and Special Attack is for fast, hard heavy hitting. The Focus Sash is used to give Chandelure you one guaranteed attack. The abilities Flash Fire or Infiltrator can be used, though Flash Fire is better than Infiltrator for the absorption of Fire-typed moves and so that they don't break Chandelure's Focus Sash your Stash.

Usage Tips
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Make sure to use Protect when necessary, such as when you know a spread wide range move is coming. Also If Flash Fire is its ability, use it Chandelure to absorb Fire-typed moves for Pokemon who that have a weakness to the type, such as Ferrothorn or and Scizor.

Team Options
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Some One of the best teammates members for Chandelure in this set is anything are Pokemon that enjoys Fire-typed coverage, such as Mawile and Amoongus. It also likes Floating Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Talonflame that can avoid Ground-typed moves like Rotom-W and Talonflame. Then it Chandelure also likes Pokemon that have the move Wide Guard, such as like Aegislash and Mienshao. Lastly, if you are using Trick Room, then other slow Pokemon that can benefit from Trick Room, such as members like Ferrothorn and Reuniclus, (comma) would be good for Chandelure.

Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Energy Ball / Hidden Power Ice
ability: Infiltrator / Flash Fire
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe 252 Spd, 252 SpAtk, 6 SpDef
nature: Timid

Moves
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Overheat is Chandelure's main move on this set, as it can OHKO almost every non-bulky Pokemon that does not resist it who take at least normal damage. However, it lowers your harshly lowers your Chandelure's Special Attack. Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type basic STAB move for Chandelure and covers one of its weaknesses. Heat Wave is a STAB spread its wide range move, great for passing by the worries for bypassing Protect, it also has STAB. Energy Ball is its coverage against over other Pokemon types that its weak to such as Water-, (dash) Rock-, (dash) and Ground-typed Pokemon, which have super effective STAB moves. Hidden Power Ice is the an alternative to Energy Ball as it that covers its Chandelure's Ground-type weakness as well as Dragon-typed Pokemon, which resist its Fire-typed STAB moves.

Set Details
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Both Flash Fire or Infiltrator can be used on this set, as both are efficient. Flash Fire gives you Chandelure an immunity to Fire-typed moves and the great twist of while boosting your its own, (period to comma) while Infiltrator can allows Chandelure's attacks to go right through Substitutes and dual screens. The max EV investment for in Speed and Special Attack is for you Chandelure to hit hard and fast. Timid is a necessary nature for Chandelure as it helps it out Chandelure outspeed (remove space) most Pokemon with its item the Choice Scarf, which boost your Speed by 50%. These both help it almost always allow you to out speed even fully invested in Speed Pokemon, but not always.

Usage Tips
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Look out for Sucker Punches, Carrying Choice being Scarfed means your Chandelure is a sitting duck for any and all Sucker Punches. Also look out for rain, which and the ability Swift Swim as both also endangers it. You should make frailer attacking Pokemon you think you can damage more a priority. As such, its Chandelure's job is to take out fast attackers, then bulkier Pokemon.

Team Options
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One good Pokemon for a team member is one with a form of Priority users moves, such as Meowstic, as these are good for taking out and crippling other priority Pokemon. Another good team member Pokemon that enjoys Chandelure's Flash Fire are bulky Grass- and or Steel-type Pokemon like such as Amoonguss and Ferrothorn. Chandelure enjoys having bulky Water-typed Pokemon like such as Rotom-Wash (dash), (comma) as it they can kill cover a lot of its weaknesses. Garchomp is a great teammate, Pokemon as it can take out weather setters. Flying-typed Pokemon as well as Pokemon with Levitate are good for avoiding Ground-type moves, which Chandelure is weak to one of Chandelures weaknesses. One last thing Chandelure loves is Pokemon with Wide Guard because of how almost all wide ranged spread moves are super effective to against it.

Other Options
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Flame Body is one thing you can use usable on both sets, (comma) as it can help with all the physical attackers out there, including like Kangaskhan and Aegislash. Hex is a nice move for both sets, mainly if you have a Prankster Pokemon on your team like such as Meowstic that can spread status. Trick Room + Imprison is a nice counter for the Trick Room set verses a dedicated Trick Room teams. Hidden Power Ice is great for the first set as it covers its Ground-type weakness as well as Dragon-type, which resist its Fire-type STAB. (moves listed on the set should not go in other options) The item, Air Balloon, can be used on the first set to avoid common Earthquakes as well as other Ground-type moves. Also, a Modest nature as well as Choice Specs can be used on both sets as well. Choice Specs can also be used.

Checks & Counters
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**Priority Moves**: A weakness to both sets is priory moves, as Chandelure doesn't have any priority and is thus outprioritized by priority moves sped, and most priority moves are also super effective to against Chandelure. Though its immune to some priority moves.

**Wide Range Spread Moves**: Wide range Almost all spread moves, including Rock Slide, are another weakness to Chandelure as they are almost always super effective against Chandelure. to it, such as Rock Slide.

**Resistant Pokemon**: The one thing that hurts a Chandelures offensive side are resistant Pokemon. Even with its Chandelure's base 145 Special Attack, Pokemon like Tyranitar and Garchomp can wall it and Plus, most of them can OHKO it in return.

**Rain**: While weather had been demoted and only last 5 to 8 turns, it is still a problem for Chandelure as it Rain lowers the power of Chandelure's STAB Fire-typed moves and increases the power of super effective Water-typed moves.
 
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Overview
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Out of the darkness comes Chandelure, which has a unique Fire / Ghost typing with that gives it three immunities,. Chandelure also has a high Special Attack stat, making so its special attacks do lots of damage. It is good in Trick Room teams as well as when holding a Choice Scarf. (how does this make sense? Choice Scarf makes it faster, so its slower in Trick Room) However, it has five weaknesses to common attacking types in VGC. It hates both super effective spread moves and priority. Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, such as Rotom-W and Garchomp, are pains.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Heat Wave
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Will-O-Wisp / Substitute / Trick Room
move 4: Protect
ability: Flash Fire / Infiltrator
item: Focus Sash
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Modest

Moves
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Heat Wave hits both many Pokemon and has STAB. Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type STAB move. Will-O-Wisp is used for inflicting burns and lowering the power of physical attackers. Substitute is an alternative for to Will-O-Wisp to that helps Chandelure avoid Rock Slides and Sucker Punches. Trick Room is the last alternative to Will-O-Wisp, (RC) and if Chandelure is running it, give Chandelure 0 Speed IVs, run a Quiet nature, and move the Speed EVs to HP. Protect, (RC) allows Chandelure to avoid taking damage from attacks.

Set Details
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A Modest nature is used to maximize Chandelure's Special Attack stat. Max investment in Speed and Special Attack is for to hit hard and fast, hard hitting. Focus Sash is used to gives Chandelure one guaranteed attack and sometimes even more. Flash Fire is better than Infiltrator, as it gives Chandelure an immunity to for the absorption of Fire-type moves, (AC) so that they don't break Chandelure's Focus Sash.

Usage Tips
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Make sure to use Protect when necessary, such as when you know a spread move is coming. If Flash Fire is its Chandelure's ability, use Chandelure it to absorb Fire-type moves for Pokemon that have a weakness to the type, such as Ferrothorn and Scizor.

Team Options
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Some of the best teammates for this set are Pokemon that enjoys Fire-type ecoverage, such as Mawile and Amoongus. It also likes Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Talonflame that can avoid Ground-type moves, such as Rotom-W and Talonflame. Chandelure also likes Pokemon that have the move access to Wide Guard, such as Aegislash and Mienshao, also make for great partners. Lastly, if you are using Trick Room, then other slow Pokemon that can benefit from Trick Room, such as Ferrothorn and Reuniclus, would be good partners for Chandelure.

Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Energy Ball / Hidden Power Ice
ability: Infiltrator / Flash Fire
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Overheat is Chandelure's main move on this set, as it can OHKO almost every non-bulky Pokemon that does not resist it. However, it harshly lowers Chandelure's Special Attack by two stages. Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type STAB move(remove space). Heat Wave is a STAB spread move, that is great for bypassing Protect. (how does it bypass protect?) Energy Ball is its provides Chandelure with coverage against Water-, Rock-, and Ground-type Pokemon, which havehose STAB moves deal super effective damage to Chandelure STAB moves. Hidden Power Ice is an alternative to Energy Ball that covers Chandelure's Ground-type weakness, (AC) as well as Dragon-types Pokemon, which resist its Fire-type STAB moves.

Set Details
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Either Flash Fire or Infiltrator can be used on this set, as both are efficient. Flash Fire gives Chandelure an immunity to Fire-type moves while and boostings its own if Chandelure is hit by one, while Infiltrator allows Chandelure's attacks to go right through Substitutes and dual screens. The Max investment in Speed and Special Attack is for allows Chandelure to hit hard and fast. A Timid nature is a necessary nature for Chandelure, (AC) as it helps allows Chandelure to outspeed most Pokemon when coupled with a Choice Scarf.

Usage Tips
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Carrying With a Choice Scarf, (AC) means Chandelure is a sitting duck for Sucker Punches. Also look out for rain, which endangers it Chandelure and weakens its Fire-type moves. You should make frailer attacking Pokemon a priority. As such, Chandelure's job is to take out fast attackers first, then bulkier Pokemon.

Team Options
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Priority users, such as Meowstic, are good for taking out and crippling other foe priority Pokemon users. Pokemon that enjoy Chandelure's Flash Fire ability are bulky Grass- or and Steel-type Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Ferrothorn. Chandelure enjoys having bulky Water-type Pokemon, (AC) such as Rotom-W, (AC) as teammates, as they can cover a lot of its weaknesses. Garchomp is a great teammate, as it can take out weather setters. Flying-type Pokemon, (AC) as well as Pokemon with Levitate, (AC) are good for avoiding Ground-type moves, which Chandelure is weak to. One last thing Chandelure absolutely loves is Pokemon with access Wide Guard because of how it is weak to almost all spread moves are super effective to against it. (add period)

Other Options
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Flame Body is usable on both sets, as it can help with all the physical attackers out there, including Kangaskhan and Aegislash. Hex is a nice move for both sets, mainly especially if you have a Prankster user Pokemon such as Meowstic that can spread status, such as Meowstic. Trick Room + Imprison is a nice counter for to dedicated Trick Room teams. Air Balloon can be used on the first set to avoid Ground-type moves. Also, a Modest nature can be used on both sets as well. Choice Specs can also be used.

Checks & Counters
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**Priority Moves**: Chandelure doesn't have any priority and is thus outprioritized by moves before priority moves, and most priority moves are also super effective against Chandelure.
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**Spread Moves**: Almost all spread moves, including Rock Slide, are super effective against Chandelure.
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**Resistant Pokemon**: Even with Chandelure’s base 145 Special Attack, Pokemon like Tyranitar and Garchomp can wall it and OHKO it in return
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**Rain**: Rain lowers the power of Chandelure's STAB Fire-type moves and increases the power of super effective Water-type moves.

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Sorry but this analysis tells me nothing. I read the overview and was like "ok this is poorly worded but fixable" so I fixed it, and then I got to the first paragraph of the set and I couldn't believe the base level of information that's there.

"Heat Wave hits many Pokemon and has STAB. Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type STAB move. Will-O-Wisp is used for inflicting burns and lowering the power of physical attackers."

This doesn't tell the reader anything that they don't already know. What Pokemon is Heat Wave actually hitting? No shit Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type STAB move, so what? So is Astonish. Will-O-Wisp is used for burning? Please tell me more.

You need to actually explain how Chandelure works in the context of the VGC metagame. What use does it have? What are the moves actually /doing/ for me? Why should I use Chandelure over something like Charizard Y?
 
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also just read this sentence

"On top of that, there are common Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, including Rotom-W and Garchomp, which can be a detriment to using Chandelure."

neither rotom-w nor garchomp resist shadow ball. I'm pretty sure nothing in VGC resists both of its STAB moves besides Tyranitar and Hydreigon so remove that...

"Substitute is an alternative to Will-O-Wisp that helps Chandelure avoid Rock Slides and Sucker Punches."

This isn't even true, Chandelure is still hit by Rock Slide when it subs just not damaged... you might as well include muddy water and earthquake there too. Substitute is good because Chandelure forces a lot of switches on Pokemon like Mega Kangaskhan.
 
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Can I have some thoughts on this now Laurel
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Yeah ill take a look in a minute.

Edit 1: mention sub is good because it has so many immunities and it practically gets a free sub on arguably the 3 best megas (kangaskhan, zard-y, mawile) the grammar will need to be fixed again

It's much better ill keep reading when i have more time.
 
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