PU Zweilous

[Punchshroom]

OMNOMNOM

Overview
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Hustle is Zweilous's most significant trait, giving a massive power boost to its physical attacks. This is augmented by Zweilous's access to powerful STAB moves and decent neutral coverage, making it very tricky to withstand Zweilous's attacks. Zweilous also has some useful resistances to Fire, Grass, and Dark, as well as a Psychic immunity, which allows it to wall Pokemon such as Ninetales and Leafeon. That said, its typing also comes with very inconvenient weaknesses, most notably to Fighting and Ice, which isn't helped by its low Speed. Hustle also lowers the accuracy of Zweilous's physical moves, meaning that despite its power, Zweilous can easily whiff and accomplish nothing. Zweilous also competes with Fraxure as a hard-hitting physical Dragon, as Fraxure has better accuracy and the ability to boost its stats.

Choice Band
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Head Smash
ability: Hustle
item: Choice Band
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Crunch is Zweilous's most reliable STAB move, making it the spammable attack of choice. Outrage is used as a nuke that can blow defensive cores open, but it prevents Zweilous from switching and leaves Zweilous easily revenge killed, so it should be used with care. Superpower smashes Steel-types, most notably Klang, that resist Zweilous's Outrage, and hits bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky, Carracosta, Bouffalant, and Piloswine very hard without preventing Zweilous from switching. Head Smash OHKOes physically defensive Togetic and 2HKOes Carbink, Clefairy, and Avalugg; however, it is extremely inaccurate due to Hustle and deals heavy recoil damage, so it should only be used as a last resort.

Set Details
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Maximum Attack investment is for maximum destruction, and maximum Speed investment allows Zweilous to outrun as many walls as possible and Speed tie with Aurorus and Rampardos. A Jolly nature is an option to outrun Pokemon such as Flareon, Aurorus, and Heatmor. Life Orb can be considered over Choice Band, but Choice Band's power and lack of recoil tends to make it the better item choice. Eviolite can be considered to reduce Zweilous's susceptibility to being revenge killed, but Zweilous appreciates the power of Choice Band, which boosts its wallbreaking ability, and Head Smash's recoil would offset Eviolite's bulk increase anyway.

Usage Tips
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Don't expect Zweilous to last too long, as it functions like a glass cannon and is rather easily revenge killed. Zweilous should exploit a team's defensive link, such as Gourgeist, Lickilicky, or Roselia, and proceed to punch a giant hole in the opponent's team. If the opponent has Fairy- or Steel-types, refrain from using Outrage recklessly to avoid giving them free setup opportunities, and go for the safer Crunch. You can click Outrage and watch Pokemon drop like flies, although this exposes Zweilous to be picked off by faster Pokemon, so be wary of them if you want to keep Zweilous around for longer. Zweilous does have the coverage moves and power necessary to nail Outrage switch-ins for massive damage, so do keep that in mind.

Team Options
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Zweilous has several weaknesses that should be covered if one is to make use of its wallbreaking abilities properly. Steel-types can shield Zweilous from Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Dragon-type moves; Metang responds well to Mr. Mime and Regice, Klang can take advantage of foes that Zweilous has weakened, and Bastiodon and Metang can set up Stealth Rock for Zweilous. Poison-types resist Bug-, Fighting-, and Fairy-type moves for Zweilous; Whirlipede and Roselia can provide Spikes and Toxic Spikes support for Zweilous, while Haunter can apply even more additional offensive pressure to the opponent. Because Zweilous can punch holes into the opponent's team, fast sweepers such as Scyther, Tauros, Dodrio, and Rotom-F can be used to clean up, while also covering for Zweilous against faster, offensive teams.

Sticky Web support can be considered, as with a Jolly nature Zweilous can outspeed up to base 110 Speed Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu under Sticky Web; Leavanny and Kricketune are good candidates for the job. Ninjask makes for a very interesting teammate, as it can Baton Pass Speed and even accuracy boosts with Hone Claws, covering up two of Zweilous's largest flaws; Zweilous can even forgo Choice Band for Eviolite in this case. Alternatively, Trick Room can be used instead, with the nature changed accordingly to Brave and the Speed IVs adjusted to 0; Carbink, Beheeyem, Dusknoir, and Kecleon make for good Trick Room setters.

Other Options
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Ice Fang and Thunder Fang allows Zweilous to hit Togetic more accurately, but they miss out on Clefairy, Carbink, and Avalugg. Zweilous can adopt a specially defensive Eviolite set to trade power for bulk and make better use of its resistances, but it walls few Pokemon in the metagame, and they can be responded to with much more effective and useful walls. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down foes, while Dragon Tail can phaze foes and works well with Thunder Wave for parashuffling, but Hustle reduces Dragon Tail's accuracy to shaky levels, so Dragon Tail may be better left off to Dragonair.

Checks & Counters
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**Fairy-types**: Fairy-type Pokemon prevent Zweilous from spamming its STAB moves and can easily OHKO it, and they can easily revenge kill it if it is locked into Outrage. However, Mr. Mime does not resist Crunch, while other Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Carbink are slower than Zweilous and get dented by Head Smash on the switch.

**Faster Pokemon**: Revenge killing is the easiest method of dealing with Zweilous, and it is helped by Zweilous's low Speed, several weaknesses, and tendency to get locked into Outrage. Particularly effective responses include Sneasel, Scyther, Frogadier, Rotom-F, and Articuno, which have super effective STAB moves to easily end Zweilous with.

**Physically Bulky Pokemon**: While these Pokemon can't reliably switch safely into Zweilous, they are usually bulky enough to take one hit from it and respond accordingly, and they can prompt Zweilous to use Outrage or its coverage moves, which all have nasty side effects that can be exploited. Walls with powerful and/or super effective moves, such as Piloswine, Throh, Avalugg, Poliwrath, and Torterra, can retaliate for huge damage against a Zweilous that fails to KO them, whereas more passive walls such as Tangela and Pelipper can instead whittle down Zweilous with status and residual damage.

 

[Punchshroom]

Should Specially Defensive Eviolite get a set? Aside from Ninetales (and Zebstrika >.>), I'm not too sure what else it can wall in the meta.

 

[Punchshroom]

Tagging scorpdestroyer Magnemite TRC for QC input.

 

[WhiteDMist]

I would forgo the specially defensive set. If it becomes a thing, it can go through qc later. Let's finish this skeleton.

 

[Punchshroom]

Ready for QC.

 

[Anty]

Well writte, just a few nitpicks Punchshroom
Overview
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Also say it has a lot of resistances allowing it to wall pokes like leafeon and ninetales

Choice Band
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Set Details
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Say that max speed is required to tie with auroras and rampardos
Mention Jolly here as it lets zwei outspeed pokes like flareon and heatmor, whilst avoiding speed tie from auroras

Other Options
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T-wave for mexicaness

QC 1/3

 

[boltsandbombers]

Mention that twave works well in tandem with dragon tail for para-shuffling :o

 

[Punchshroom]

Implemented.

 

[Ares]

2/3 Punchshroom

 

[Punchshroom]

Written.

 

[scorpdestroyer]

Team Options:
- Don't mention Bastiodon because it sucks
- Don't mention Ariados and Masquerain because they suck, instead put Leavanny.
- Audino isn't PU so replace it with Dusknoir or Kecleon or whatever else you see fit.

QC 3/3 Punchshroom

 

[tehy]

amcheck

read comments etc for super subjective changes

done Punchshroom

comments

Comments:

Is it necessary to say head smash is the best move for fairies when you state it rekts all the fairies? If so, feel free, but it doesn't seem so to me

Various little stuff; steel-types don't 'otherwise resist', that just sounds real odd and tbh, that sentence could use some overhauling anyhow so i did that. Also, zweilous itself can't really go for an EV spread

I assume you'll also want a 0 Speed IV, right? If not feel free to omit

Js, hone claws also gives attack boosts.

A lot of stuff down in Checks and Counters.

amcheck

Overview
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Hustle is Zweilous's most significant trait, giving it a massive power boost to its physical attacks. This is augmented by its powerful dual STABs and decent neutral coverage, making it very tricky to withstand Zweilous's attacks. It also has some useful resistances to Fire, Grass, and Dark, as well as a Psychic immunity, that allow it to resist wall Pokemon such as Ninetales and Leafeon. That said, the typing also comes with very inconvenient weaknesses, most notably to Fighting and Ice, which isn't helped by its low speed Speed. Hustle also lowers the accuracy of Zweilous's physical moves, meaning that despite its power, it won't matter if Zweilous whiffs Zweilous can easily whiff and accomplish nothing. Zweilous also competes with Fraxure as a hard-hitting physical Dragon, except but Fraxure has better accuracy and the ability to boost its stats.

Choice Band
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Head Smash
ability: Hustle
item: Choice Band
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
========
Crunch is Zweilous's most reliable STAB, making it the spammable attack of choice. Outrage is used as a nuke that can blow defensive cores open, but leaves Zweilous easily revenge killed since it locks Zweilous in, so it should be used with care. Superpower smashes Steel-types, most notably Klang, that would otherwise resist Zweilous's Outrage, as well as hitting bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky, Carracosta, Bouffalant, and Piloswine without locking Zweilous itself in. Head Smash is Zweilous's best move for Fairy-types as it
OHKOes physically defensive Togetic and cleanly 2HKOes Carbink and Clefairy(rc), as well as while 2HKOing Avalugg; however, it is extremely inaccurate due to Hustle and induces heavy recoil, so this move should only be used as a last resort.

Set Details
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Zweilous should go for maximum Maximum Attack investment is for maximum destruction, and maximum Speed investment to allow it allows Zweilous to outrun as much many walls as possible. The Speed investment is also useful for speed tying and Speed tie with Aurorus and Rampardos. Jolly is an option to outrun Pokemon such as Flareon and Heatmor, and avoid speed Speed tying with Aurorus. Life Orb can be considered over Choice Band, but Zweilous either adopts a hit-and-run playstyle,(rc) or simply go all in with Outrage, meaning Choice Band's power and lack of recoil tends to make for the better item choice. Eviolite can be considered to reduce Zweilous's susceptibility to being revenge killed, but Zweilous appreciates the power of Choice Band which boosts its wallbreaking ability, plus Head Smash's recoil would offset Eviolite's bulk increase anyway.

Usage Tips
========
Don't expect Zweilous to last too long, as it functions like a glass cannon and is rather easily revenge killed. Zweilous should exploit a team's defensive link, such as Gourgeist, Lickilicky, or Roselia, and proceed to punch a giant hole in the opponent's team. If the opponent has Fairy-types or Steel-types, refrain from using Outrage recklessly to avoid giving them free setup opportunities, and go for the safe Crunch. You can click Outrage and watch things die, although this leaves Zweilous to be easily picked off by faster Pokemon, so be wary of them if you want one wants to keep Zweilous around for longer. Zweilous does have the coverage moves and power necessary to nail Outrage switch-ins for massive damage, so do keep that in mind.

Team Options
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Zweilous has several weaknesses that should be covered,(rc) if one is to make use of its wallbreaking abilities properly. Steel-types can shield Zweilous from Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Dragon-type moves; Metang responds well to Mr. Mime and Regice,(rc) and Klang can take advantage of opponents that Zweilous has weakened, while Bastiodon and Metang can set up Stealth Rock for Zweilous. Poison-types resist Bug-, Fighting- and Fairy-type moves for Zweilous; Whirlipede and Roselia can provide Spikes and Toxic Spikes support for Zweilous, while Haunter can apply even more additional offensive pressure on the opponent. Since Zweilous can holepunch effectively, fast sweepers such as Scyther, Tauros, Dodrio, and Rotom-F can be used to clean up, while also covering for Zweilous against faster, offensive teams.

Sticky Web support can be considered;,(semicolon to comma) as with a Jolly nature Zweilous can outspeed up to base 110s such as Tauros and Raichu.(remove period) under Sticky Web setters such as; Leavanny and Kricketune are good candidates for the job. Ninjask makes for a very interesting teammate, as it can Baton Pass Speed and even accuracy and Attack boosts with Hone Claws, covering up two of Zweilous's largest weaknesses; Zweilous can even forgo Choice Band for Eviolite if this is used in this case. Alternately Alternatively, Trick Room can be used instead, with the nature changed accordingly to Brave.(remove period) and the Speed IV adjusted to 0; Carbink, Beheeyem, Dusknoir, and Kecleon make good Trick Room setters.

Other Options
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Ice Fang hits Togetic more accurately, but it misses out on Clefairy, Carbink, and Avalugg. Zweilous can adopt a specially defensive Eviolite set to trade power for bulk and make better use of its resistances, but it walls limited few Pokemon in the meta and they that can be responded to with much more effective and useful walls. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down opponents.,(period to comma) while Dragon Tail can phase opponents and works well with Thunder Wave for parashuffling, but Hustle reduces Dragon Tail's accuracy to shaky levels, and as such Dragon Tail may be better left off to Dragonair.

Checks & Counters
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**Fairy-types**: Fairy-type Pokemon can prevent Zweilous from spamming its STABs and easily OHKO it.,(period to comma) Alternatively, they can bait Zwielous into Outraging their teamates and proceed to lock Zweilous in for an easy KO. (remove period)or revenge kill it easily if it's Outrage-locked. However,(ac) Mr. Mime does not resist Crunch however, while other Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Carbink are slower than Zweilous and get totalled by Head Smash on the switch.

**Faster Pokemon**: The Revenge killing is the far easier method of dealing with Zweilous, which and is helped by Zweilous's low speed Speed, several weaknesses, and tendency to get locked into Outrage. Particularly effective responses include Sneasel,(rc) Mr. Mime, Scyther, Frogadier, Rotom-F, and Articuno, which have super effective STAB to easily end Zweilous with.

**Physically bulky Bulky Pokemon**: While these Pokemon don't reliably switch safely into Zweilous, they are usually bulky enough to take one hit from it and respond accordingly.,(period to comma) They and can also prompt Zweilous to use Outrage or its coverage moves;,(semicolon to comma) Outrage locks, Zweilous in so that it can be revenge killed, while its coverage moves which all have nasty side effects that can be exploited. Walls with powerful and/or super effective moves, such as Piloswine, Throh, Avalugg, Poliwrath,(rc) Carbink, and Torterra, can retaliate for huge damage against a Zweilous that fails to KO them, whereas passive walls such as Tangela and Pelipper can instead whittle down Zweilous with status and residual damage.

 

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Overview
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Hustle is Zweilous's most significant trait, giving it a massive power boost to its physical attacks. This is augmented by its Zweilous's access to powerful dual STABs STAB moves (always STAB move(s) unless you're talking about the boost itself) and decent neutral coverage, making it very tricky to withstand Zweilous's attacks. It Zweilous also has some useful resistances to Fire, Grass, and Dark, as well as a Psychic immunity, which that allows it to wall Pokemon such as Ninetales and Leafeon. That said, the typing also comes with very inconvenient weaknesses, most notably to Fighting and Ice, which isn't helped by its low Speed. Hustle also lowers the accuracy of Zweilous's physical moves, meaning that despite its power, Zweilous can easily whiff and accomplish nothing. Zweilous also competes with Fraxure as a hard-hitting physical Dragon, as but Fraxure has better accuracy and the ability to boost its stats.

Choice Band
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Head Smash
ability: Hustle
item: Choice Band
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
========
Crunch is Zweilous's most reliable STAB move, making it the spammable attack of choice. Outrage is used as a nuke that can blow defensive cores open, but because it prevents Zweilous from switching and leaves Zweilous easily revenge killed, (AC) since it locks Zweilous in so it should be used with care. Superpower smashes Steel-types, most notably Klang, which that resist Zweilous's Outrage, and hits as well as hitting bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky, Carracosta, Bouffalant, and Piloswine very hard without locking Zweilous in. Head Smash OHKOes physically defensive Togetic and cleanly 2HKOes Carbink, (AC) Avalugg, (AC) and Clefairy, (RC) as well as 2HKOing Avalugg; however, it is extremely inaccurate due to Hustle and deals a lot of induces heavy recoil damage, so this move should only be used as a last resort.

Set Details
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Maximum Attack investment is for maximum destruction, and maximum Speed investment allows Zweilous to outrun as many walls as possible and Speed tie, (RC) as well as Speed tying with Aurorus and Rampardos. Jolly is an option to outrun Pokemon such as Flareon, (AC) Aurorus, (AC) and Heatmor, (RC) and avoid Speed typing with Aurorus. Life Orb can be considered over Choice Band, but Zweilous either adopts a hit-and-run playstyle or simply go all in with Outrage, meaning Choice Band's power and lack of recoil tends to make it for the better item choice. Eviolite can be considered to reduce Zweilous's susceptibility to being revenge killed, but Zweilous appreciates the power of Choice Band, (AC) which boosts its wallbreaking ability, plus Head Smash's recoil would offset Eviolite's bulk increase anyway.

Usage Tips
========
Don't expect Zweilous to last too long, as it functions like a glass cannon and is rather easily revenge killed. Zweilous should exploit a team's defensive link, such as Gourgeist, Lickilicky, or Roselia, and proceed to punch a giant hole in the opponent's team. If the opponent has Fairy-types or Steel-types, refrain from using Outrage recklessly to avoid giving them free setup opportunities, and go for the safe Crunch. You can click Outrage and watch Pokemon faint things die, although this allows leaves Zweilous to be easily picked off by faster Pokemon, so be wary of them if you want to keep Zweilous around for longer. Zweilous does have the coverage moves and power necessary to nail Outrage switch-ins for massive damage, so do keep that in mind.

Team Options
========
Zweilous has several weaknesses that should be covered if one is to make use of its wallbreaking abilities properly. Steel-types can shield Zweilous from Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Dragon-type moves; Metang responds well to Mr. Mime and Regice, Klang can take advantage of foes opponents that Zweilous has weakened, while Bastiodon and Metang can set up Stealth Rock for Zweilous. Poison-types resist Bug-, Fighting-, (AC) and Fairy-type moves for Zweilous; Whirlipede and Roselia can provide Spikes and Toxic Spikes support for Zweilous, while Haunter can apply even more additional offensive pressure on the opponent. Because Since Zweilous can punch holes in the opponent's team holepunch effectively, fast sweepers such as Scyther, Tauros, Dodrio, and Rotom-F can be used to clean up, (RC) while also covering for Zweilous against faster, offensive teams.

Sticky Web support can be considered, as with a Jolly nature Zweilous can outspeed up to base 110s Speed Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu under Sticky Web. (remove period); Leavanny and Kricketune are good candidates for the job. Ninjask makes for a very interesting teammate, as it can Baton Pass Speed and even accuracy boosts with Hone Claws, covering up two of Zweilous's largest weaknesses; Zweilous can even forgo Choice Band for Eviolite in this case. Alternatively, Trick Room can be used instead, with the nature changed accordingly to Brave and the Speed IV adjusted to 0; Carbink, Beheeyem, Dusknoir, and Kecleon make for good Trick Room setters.

Other Options
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Ice Fang allows Zweilous to hit (Ice Fang isn't hitting, necessarily, as Zweilous is using the move) Togetic more accurately, but it misses out on Clefairy, Carbink, and Avalugg. Zweilous can adopt a specially defensive Eviolite set to trade power for bulk and make better use of its resistances, but it walls few Pokemon in the metagame and they can be responded to with much more effective and useful walls. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down foes opponents, while Dragon Tail can phaze foes phase opponents and works well with Thunder Wave for parashuffling, but Hustle reduces Dragon Tail's accuracy to shaky levels, and as such, (AC) Dragon Tail may be better left off to Dragonair.

Checks & Counters
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**Fairy-types**: Fairy-type Pokemon can prevent Zweilous from spamming its STAB moves and can easily OHKO it, (RC) or revenge kill it easily if it is locked into Outrage-locked. However, Mr. Mime does not resist Crunch, while other Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Carbink are slower than Zweilous and get dented (or KOed?) totalled by Head Smash on the switch.

**Faster Pokemon**: Revenge killing is the easiest far easier method of dealing with Zweilous, and it is helped by Zweilous's low Speed, several weaknesses, and tendency to get locked into Outrage. Particularly effective responses include Sneasel, Scyther, Frogadier, Rotom-F, and Articuno, which have super effective STAB moves to easily end Zweilous with.

**Physically Bulky Pokemon**: While these Pokemon don't reliably switch safely into Zweilous, they are usually bulky enough to take one hit from it and respond accordingly, and they can prompt Zweilous to use Outrage or its coverage moves, which all have nasty side effects that can be exploited. Walls with powerful and/or super effective moves, such as Piloswine, Throh, Avalugg, Poliwrath, and Torterra, (AC) can retaliate for huge damage against a Zweilous that fails to KO them, whereas passive walls such as Tangela and Pelipper can instead whittle down Zweilous with status and residual damage.

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Overview
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Hustle is Zweilous's most significant trait, giving it a massive power boost to its physical attacks. This is augmented by Zweilous's access to powerful dual STAB moves and decent neutral coverage, making it very tricky to withstand Zweilous's attacks. Zweilous also has some useful resistances to Fire, Grass, and Dark, as well as a Psychic immunity, which allows it to wall Pokemon such as Ninetales and Leafeon. That said, its the typing also comes with very inconvenient weaknesses, most notably to Fighting and Ice, which isn't helped by its low Speed. Hustle also lowers the accuracy of Zweilous's physical moves, meaning that despite its power, Zweilous can easily whiff and accomplish nothing. Zweilous also competes with Fraxure as a hard-hitting physical Dragon, as Fraxure has better accuracy and the ability to boost its stats.

Choice Band
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Head Smash
ability: Hustle
item: Choice Band
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
========
Crunch is Zweilous's most reliable STAB move, making it the spammable attack of choice. Outrage is used as a nuke that can blow defensive cores open, but because it prevents Zweilous from switching and leaves Zweilous easily revenge killed, so it should be used with care. Superpower smashes Steel-types, most notably Klang, which that resist Zweilous's Outrage, and hits bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky, Carracosta, Bouffalant, and Piloswine very hard without preventing Zweilous from switching (choice band locks it in anyway) locking Zweilous in. Head Smash OHKOes physically defensive Togetic and 2HKOes Carbink, Clefairy, and Avalugg; however, it is extremely inaccurate due to Hustle and deals heavy recoil damage, so this move it should only be used as a last resort.

Set Details
========
Maximum Attack investment is for maximum destruction, and maximum Speed investment allows Zweilous to outrun as many walls as possible and Speed tie with Aurorus and Rampardos. A Jolly nature is an option to outrun Pokemon such as Flareon, Aurorus, and Heatmor. Life Orb can be considered over Choice Band, but Choice Band's power and lack of recoil tends to make it the better item choice. Eviolite can be considered to reduce Zweilous's susceptibility to being revenge killed, but Zweilous appreciates the power of Choice Band, which boosts its wallbreaking ability, and plus Head Smash's recoil would offset Eviolite's bulk increase anyway.

Usage Tips
========
Don't expect Zweilous to last too long, as it functions like a glass cannon and is rather easily revenge killed. Zweilous should exploit a team's defensive link, such as Gourgeist, Lickilicky, or Roselia, and proceed to punch a giant hole in the opponent's team. If the opponent has Fairy- or Steel-types, refrain from using Outrage recklessly to avoid giving them free setup opportunities, and go for the safe safer Crunch. You can click Outrage and watch Pokemon drop like flies, although this exposes Zweilous to be picked off by faster Pokemon, so be wary of them if you want to keep Zweilous around for longer. Zweilous does have the coverage moves and power necessary to nail Outrage switch-ins for massive damage, so do keep that in mind.

Team Options
========
Zweilous has several weaknesses that should be covered if one is to make use of its wallbreaking abilities properly. Steel-types can shield Zweilous from Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Dragon-type moves; Metang responds well to Mr. Mime and Regice, Klang can take advantage of foes that Zweilous has weakened, while and Bastiodon and Metang can set up Stealth Rock for Zweilous. Poison-types resist Bug-, Fighting-, and Fairy-type moves for Zweilous; Whirlipede and Roselia can provide Spikes and Toxic Spikes support for Zweilous, while Haunter can apply even more additional offensive pressure on to the opponent. Because Zweilous can punch holes into the opponent's team, fast sweepers such as Scyther, Tauros, Dodrio, and Rotom-F can be used to clean up, while also covering for Zweilous against faster, offensive teams.

Sticky Web support can be considered, as with a Jolly nature Zweilous can outspeed up to base 110 Speed Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu under Sticky Web; Leavanny and Kricketune are good candidates for the job. Ninjask makes for a very interesting teammate, as it can Baton Pass Speed and even accuracy boosts with Hone Claws, covering up two of Zweilous's largest flaws weaknesses; Zweilous can even forgo Choice Band for Eviolite in this case. Alternatively, Trick Room can be used instead, with the nature changed accordingly to Brave and the Speed IVs adjusted to 0; Carbink, Beheeyem, Dusknoir, and Kecleon make for good Trick Room setters.

Other Options
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Ice Fang or and Thunder Fang allows Zweilous to hit Togetic more accurately, but it they misses out on Clefairy, Carbink, and Avalugg. Zweilous can adopt a specially defensive Eviolite set to trade power for bulk and make better use of its resistances, but it walls few Pokemon in the metagame, (comma) and they can be responded to with much more effective and useful walls. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down foes, while Dragon Tail can phaze foes and works well with Thunder Wave for parashuffling, but Hustle reduces Dragon Tail's accuracy to shaky levels, so and as such, Dragon Tail may be better left off to Dragonair.

Checks & Counters
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**Fairy-types**: Fairy-type Pokemon prevent Zweilous from spamming its STAB moves and can easily OHKO it, or and they can easily revenge kill it easily if it is locked into Outrage. However, Mr. Mime does not resist Crunch, while other Fairy-types such as Clefairy and Carbink are slower than Zweilous and get dented by Head Smash on the switch.

**Faster Pokemon**: Revenge killing is the easiest method of dealing with Zweilous, and it is helped by Zweilous's low Speed, several weaknesses, and tendency to get locked into Outrage. Particularly effective responses include Sneasel, Scyther, Frogadier, Rotom-F, and Articuno, which have super effective STAB moves to easily end Zweilous with.

**Physically Bulky Pokemon**: While these Pokemon don't can't reliably switch safely into Zweilous, they are usually bulky enough to take one hit from it and respond accordingly, and they can prompt Zweilous to use Outrage or its coverage moves, which all have nasty side effects that can be exploited. Walls with powerful and/or super effective moves, such as Piloswine, Throh, Avalugg, Poliwrath, and Torterra, can retaliate for huge damage against a Zweilous that fails to KO them, whereas more passive walls such as Tangela and Pelipper can instead whittle down Zweilous with status and residual damage.

 

[Punchshroom]

Done.

 

[WhiteDMist]

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