LC Zigzagoon

[Yagura]

Overview
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Zigzagoon is one of the most unique sweepers in the Little Cup metagame, due to its access to the Belly Drum + Extremespeed combination, which makes it very powerful after it sets up and difficult to revenge kill because of Extreme Speed's +2 priority. However, Zigzagoon has a shallow movepool and a mediocre offensive typing; it's also very slow, though Extreme Speed mitigates this flaw. Zigzagoon also relies on setting up Belly Drum to perform its role and is kind of useless if it fails in doing so; it also needs a lot of team support compared to other sweepers so that it can perform its role perfectly.

Belly Drum
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name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: Thief
move 4: Seed Bomb / Protect
ability: Pickup
item: Berry Juice
evs: 132 HP / 196 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD / 36 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Belly Drum is used to maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, letting it OHKO most Pokemon with Extreme Speed, a strong STAB move that has +2 priority. Thief lets Zigzagoon hit Ghost-types, which are immune to Extreme Speed and would otherwise wall Zigzagoon, super effectively and also steal its target's item if Zigzagoon has consumed its Berry Juice. Seed Bomb lets Zigzagoon hit Omanyte and Tirtouga, which resist Extreme Speed, and Hippopotas, which can't be OHKOed by Extreme Speed but has a 50% chance to get OHKOed by Seed Bomb. Protect can also be used to shield Zigzagoon from Fake Out.

Set Details
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196 Attack EVs and an Adamant nature maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, and 32 Speed EVs let Zigzagoon outspeed Pumpkaboo. The rest of the EVs are thrown into HP and the defenses to allow Zigzagoon to set up reliably; the HP EVs let it hit an even number in HP, causing Berry Juice to activate when Zigzagoon is at 50% health. Pickup lets Zigzagoon get the last item consumed at the end of the turn if it's not holding an item.

Usage Tips
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Zigzagoon shouldn't switch in until all its potential checks are down, or else it won't be able to reliably sweep. Zigzagoon should also wait for the right opportunity to get in and set up so that it can perform its role as a late-game sweeper as perfectly as possible. It should also avoid switching in on moves that do more than 50% so that it doesn't prematurely consume Berry Juice, so either send Zigzagoon after one of your Pokemon has fainted or use a slow Volt Switch or U-turn user.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can use Memento are solid teammates, as Memento drops the foe's Attack and Special Attack, allowing Zigzagoon to set up reliably with Belly Drum without being afraid of getting OHKOed. Some examples are Diglett, which can use its high Speed to use Memento and can also trap Pokemon that check Zigzagoon such as Pawniard and Tirtouga; Cottonee also has access to priority Memento due to Prankster. Another great Memento user is Stunky, which can also Pursuit trap Ghost-types such as Gastly as well as break Abra's Focus Sash, which can be problematic for Zigzagoon if it's still intact. Gothita is also a nice teammate to have, as it can trap Pokemon that can revenge kill Zigzagoon, such as Archen, Tirtouga, and Ferroseed, and hurt them with Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, and Hidden Power Fire, respectively. It can also Trick its Choice Scarf onto bulky Pokemon. Pancham can be a great teammate due to its ability to use Parting Shot; it can also deal with Tirtouga, Pawniard, Ferroseed, and other Pokemon that check Zigzagoon. Pokemon that can deal with Ferroseed and Zigzagoon's other checks, such as Mienfoo, are also appreciated. Zigzagoon appreciates having entry hazard support, as it lets Zigzagoon sweep more reliably, so teammates that can set them up such as Dwebble are great to have. Knock Off users such as Mienfoo, Timburr, and Pawniard can remove Eviolites and Berry Juices from the foes, allowing Zigzagoon to secure OHKOs on Pokemon such as Timburr and Spritzee.

Other Options
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Iron Tail can help against defensive Archen, while Gunk Shot can be used to OHKO Spritzee, which can survive an Extreme Speed. Zigzagoon also has access to Rock Smash, which can be used to hit Lileep, Aron, and Shieldon super effectively. Zigzagoon can also use a set with Salac Berry, Belly Drum, Gluttony, and maximum Attack and Speed EVs to deal with Pokemon such as Gastly, but it's hard to pull off.

Checks & Counters
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**Ghost-types**: Ghost-types are immune to Extreme Speed, but they should be wary of Thief. Life Orb Gastly is a great check to Zigzagoon, as it has a high chance of OHKOing Zigzagoon with Sludge Bomb.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types resist Extreme Speed, making them solid checks. A great example is Pawniard, which can Knock Off Zigzagoon's Berry Juice and knock it below 50% health, making Zigzagoon's Belly Drum fail; it can also switch into Memento and Parting Shot users to get an Attack boost thanks to Defiant.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Timburr and bulky variants of Mienfoo have a chance of surviving Extreme Speed and can hit Zigzagoon back with a powerful super effective STAB Fighting-type attack.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Tirtouga, Omanyte, and Lileep resist Extreme Speed, though they should be wary of Seed Bomb and Rock Smash.

**Taunt users**: Pokemon with Taunt stop Zigzagoon from setting up Belly Drum and therefore prevent it from sweeping.

 

[doomsday doink]

Moves:
- "...maximize Zigzagoon's Attack making it hit letting it hit 52 in it which..." GP 1/2
- Rock Smash still doesn't do much to Ferroseed, regardless of it being super effective

Other Options:
- Gluttony + Salac Berry is brutal af, but hard to pull off

Checks & Counters:
- Mention bulky Fighting-types, as they have a chance to live +6 E-Speed often; Timburr can also set up Bulk Up when Ziggy sets up BD, letting it live E-Speed nicely and OHKO back with Drain Punch

QC 1/3

 

[Yagura]

Implemented, thanks.

 

[OP]

Moves:
Rock Smash seems bad to me. Zigzagoon gets hit once by Pawniard or Magnemite whether or not it has it and by just using E-speed twice you don't risk getting flinched and get off guaranteed damage before a potential crit happens. Rock Smash doesn't benefit Zigzagoon at all if Magnemite has sturdy. I think this should be moved to OO and said that it helps for hitting things like Lileep, Aron, and Shieldon.
Fake Out has higher priority than Extremespeed, not accuracy lol

Team Options:
Mention Stunky. Provides memento support and pursuit traps ghosts.

Other Options:
Iron Tail helps against Defensive Archens as well.

Checks & Counters:
Rock Smash doesn't do all that much before setting up and two espeeds is better after doing so, remove mention of it in the Steel section. It's notable in the Rock-types section because you mentioned Lileep so you can keep it there.

Nice work QC 2/3

 

[Yagura]

Implemented, thanks. Ready for the 3rd QC.

 

[The Avalanches]

Overview:

- Try to mention that Zigzagoon requires a bit more intensive team support than other sweepers
- Put a little more emphasis on how hard Zigzagoon is to revenge kill

Team Options:

- Obligatory Knock Off mention, helps Zig secure KOs on stuff like Spritzee and Timburr

QC 3/3, nicely written

 

[Rowan]

scarf gothita as teammate, it traps archen with tbolt, or ferro with hp fire, or tirtouga/omanyte with eball, can trap fake out mienfoos, also trick scarf onto bulky mons. obviously has to forgo one of tbolt/hpfire/eball/trick but still a good partner

any reason for the SpD evs? it was originally designed to take less than 50% from dgleam missy but i can't see it's use anymore. anyone know the optimum ziggy spread?

 

[Yagura]

ugh too late

wrote this up

 

[OP]

Moves: Rephrase the last sentence, it gives the wrong impression for how using Fake Out works.

Set Details: Talk about pickup

QC 4/4 :]

 

[Yagura]

Moves: Rephrase the last sentence, it gives the wrong impression for how using Fake Out works.

Set Details: Talk about pickup

QC 4/4 :]

Implemented, thanks. Not sure about the Fake Out sentence but I'm pretty sure on of the GP can help out.

Ready for GP!

 

[tehy]

get chekt

a few preform->perform and a LOT of Extremespeed-> Extreme Speed.

read comments for subjective changes and shit

comments

Comments:

Moves: You say espeed can kill stuff hard twice in the same sentence, so I cut the second time.

Moves: I stated that Seed Bomb can take out Omanyte and Tirtouga easily because something had to be said there and it seemed to fit, but you can phrase that however you personally want. Also, sturdy and such, so if you feel that's worth mentioning there feel free.

Checks and Counters: You talk a lot about Pawniard pre-ziggy's setup, does it beat ziggy post-setup? Do other Steel-types? Does Lileep really fear Seed Bomb? Are taunt users really worth talking about as mons that can't do anything to you unless you haven't set up yet? What about Hippoptas, who can phaze you half the time and 100% if Protect? what about generally bulky physical walls? E T C.

Other Options: I can tell it doesn't have many other options because you've listed a grand total of three other moves and one other set. You don't need to write a whole sentence just to tell me about it. Similarly, I know it has attacks it can run and they're outclassed. Just get on to the meat, i.e. the moves.

Set Details: The specific speed is pretty irrelevant;outspeeding pumpkaboo is the key mention. If you really disagree, you can keep it in, but I bet that you would disagree because of X pokemon you outspeed, which you should just mention instead.

amcheck

Overview
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Zigzagoon is one of the most unique sweepers in the Little Cup metagame,(ac) with access to the Belly Drum + Extremes Speed combination,(ac) that which makes it hit really hard after it sets up and difficult to revenge kill because of Extremes Speed's +2 priority. However Zigzagoon has a bunch of flaws such as having,(ac) Zigzagoon has a shallow movepool and the fact that the Normal-typing is not the best offensively,;(period to semicolon) Zigzagoon it's also very slow,(ac) but though it doesn't need much sSpeed as it'll be using Extremes Speed most of the time. Zigzagoon also relies on setting up Belly Drum to preform perform its role and it'll be kind of useless if it fails in doing so,;(comma to semicolon) it also needs a lot of team support compared to other sweepers so that it can prerform its role perfectly.

Belly Drum
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name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extremes Speed
move 3: Thief
move 4: Seed Bomb / Protect
ability: Pickup
item: Berry Juice
evs: 132 HP / 196 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD / 36 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Belly Drum is used to maximize Zigzagoon's Attack letting it hit 52 in it, which allows it to OHKO most of LC Pokemon with its STAB, Extremes Speed, a strong STAB whose which has a +2 priority which means that it'll go first most of the time,(rc) it also does a huge amount of damage after Zigzagoon sets up with Belly Drum. Thief lets Zigzagoon hit Ghost-types,(ac) which that are immune to Extremes Speed,(ac) super effectively,(ac) so that it doesn't get walled by them, it also lets it and lets Zigzagoon steal its target's item if it consumed its Berry Juice. Seed Bomb lets Zigzagoon hit Omanyte and Tirtouga super effectively,(ac) which resist Extremes Speed, and Hippopotas,(ac) which Extreme Speed cannot OHKO, super effectively,(ac) easily taking out the first two and beating Hippoptas 50% of the time can't be OHKOed by Extremespeed but has a 50% chance to be OHKOed by Seed bomb.Protect can also be used to protect shield Zigzagoon from Fake Out users making the move unusable.

Set Details
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196 Attack EVs and an Adamant nature maximizes Zigzagoon's Attack.,(period to comma) and 32 Speed EVs lets Zigzagoon hit 13 in Speed which allows it to outspeed Pumpkaboo. The rest of the EVs are thrown in HP and the defenses to allow Zigzagoon to set up reliably,;(comma to semicolon) the HP EVs also let it hit an even number in HP, causing Berry Juice to activate when Zigzagoon hits in 50% in health. Pickup is chosen as an ability as it lets Zigzagoon get the last item consumed at the end of the turn if it's not holding an item.

Usage Tips
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Zigzagoon shouldn't switch in until all its potential checks are down, as it won't be able to sweep reliably with them still around. Zigzagoon should also wait for the right opportunity to get in and set up so that it can pereform its role as a late game sweeper as perfectly as possible. It should also avoid switching in on moves that do more than 50%, so that it doesn't consume Berry Juice and can set up reliably, so either send Zigzagoon after one of your Pokemon is down has fainted or use a slow Volt Switch or U-turn user.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can use Memento are solid teammates, as Memento drops the opponent's Attack and Special Attack,(ac) allowing Zigzagoon to set up reliably with Belly Drum without being afraid of getting OHKOed most of the time,.(period to comma, decapitalize) sSome great examples are Diglett, which can use its really high Speed to use Memento and can also trap Pokemon that can check Zigzagoon such as Pawniard and Tirtouga, another Pokemon is as well as Cottonee,(ac) which can use Prankster to use Memento with a +1 priority. Another great Memento user is Stunky, which can also trap Ghost-types such as Gastly using with Pursuit as well as while breaking Abra's Focus Sash, which can be problematic for Zigzagoon if it's still intact. Gothita is also a nice teammate to have, as it can trap Pokémon that can revenge kill Zigzagoon such as Archen, Tirtouga, and Ferroseed, and hurt them with Thunderbolt, Energy Ball and Hidden Power Fire respectively, while Tricking its Choice Scarf onto it can also Trick its scarf into bulky Pokemon. Pancham which can be a great teammate with its ability to use Parting Shot,(rc) it can also and deal with Tirtouga, Pawniard, Ferroseed, and other Pokémon that check Zigzagoon. Pokemon that can deal with Ferroseed and Zigzagoon's other checks,(ac) such as Mienfoo, are also appreciated such as Mienfoo. Zigzagoon appreciates having a hazards support, as it lets it sweep more reliably, so teammates that can set entry hazards them up,(ac) such as Dwebble are great to have. Pokemon that can use Knock Off, such as Mienfoo, Timburr, and Pawniard, are good teammates too as it lets it they can remove Eviolites and Berry Juices from the foes, allowing Zigzagoon to secure the OHKOs on Pokéemon such as Timburr and Spritzee.

Other Options
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Zigzagoon's moveset is pretty shallow so it doesn't have much stuff to run other than the set stated before. However it has a bunch of attacks that it can run even though the one in the set outclass it, one of them is Iron Tail that can help against the defensive variant of Archen,(ac) and Gunk Shot which can be used to OHKO Spritzee, which can live an Extremes Speed. It also has Rock Smash which can be used to hit Lileep, Aron, and Shieldon super effectively. Zigzagoon can also use a set with Salac Berry, Belly Drum, Gluttony, and a max Attack and Speed EV spread, which lets it deal with stuff like Gastly, but it's hard to pull off.

Checks & Counters
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**Ghost-types:** Ghost-types are immune to Extremse Speed so they don't worry much about it, however but they should be wary of Thief. A great Ghost-type Zigzagoon check is Life Orb Gastly which has a high chance of OHKOing Zigzagoon with Sludge Bomb.

**Steel-types:** Steel-types resist Extremes Speed, making them solid checks a solid check, a great example is; Pawniard which can Knock Off Zigzagoon's Berry Juice and make its HP less than 50% which makes Zigzagoon's Belly Drum fail, it and can also switch into Memento and Parting Shot users and let its Attack be raised thanks to Defiant.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Timburr and the bulky variants of Mienfoo have a chance of living Extremes Speed and can hit Zigzagoon back with a powerful super effective STAB Fighting-type attack.

**Rock-types:** Rock-types also resist Extremespeed, some examples are such as Tirtouga, Omanyte, and Lileep resist Extreme Speed. However,(ac) they should be wary of Seed Bomb and Rock Smash.

**Taunt users**: Pokemon with Taunt stop Zigzagoon from setting up Belly Drum, stopping it from sweeping.

 

[P Squared]

GP 1/2
tehy - I didn't work directly over your check because it would get kind of cluttered, but I did use most of your edits, so you can consider this a stamp if you like.

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Overview
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Zigzagoon is one of the most unique sweepers in the Little Cup metagame, (comma) with access to the Belly Drum + Extremespeed combination, which that makes it hit really hard very powerful after it sets up and difficult to revenge kill because of Extreme Speed's +2 priority. However, (comma) Zigzagoon has a bunch of flaws such as having a shallow movepool and a mediocre offensive typing; the fact that the Normal-typing is not the best offensively, it's also very slow, though Extreme Speed mitigates this flaw but it doesn't need much speed as it'll be using Extremespeed most of the time. Zigzagoon also relies on setting up Belly Drum to perform its role and is it'll be kind of useless if it fails in doing so., It also needs a lot of team support compared to other sweepers so that it can perform its role perfectly.

Belly Drum
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name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: Thief
move 4: Seed Bomb / Protect
ability: Pickup
item: Berry Juice
evs: 132 HP / 196 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD / 36 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Belly Drum is used to maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, (comma) letting it hit 52 in it which allows it to OHKO most of LC Pokemon with its STAB, Extremespeed Extreme Speed, a strong STAB move that has which has a +2 priority which means that it'll go first most of the time, it also does a huge amount of damage after Zigzagoon sets up with Belly Drum. Thief lets Zigzagoon hit Ghost-types, which that are immune to Extreme Speed and would otherwise wall Zigzagoon, super effectively so that it doesn't get walled by them, it and also lets it steal its target's item if it Zigzagoon has consumed its Berry Juice. Seed Bomb lets Zigzagoon hit Omanyte and Tirtouga, (comma) super effectively which resist Extreme Speed, and Hippopotas, (comma) which can't be OHKOed by Extreme Speed but has a 50% chance to get OHKOed by Seed Bomb. Protect can also be used to protect shield Zigzagoon from Fake Out users making the move unusable.

Set Details
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196 Attack EVs and an Adamant nature maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, and 32 Speed EVs let lets Zigzagoon hit 13 in Speed which allows it to outspeed Pumpkaboo. The rest of the EVs are thrown in HP and the defenses to allow Zigzagoon to set up reliably,; (semicolon) the HP EVs let it hit an even number in HP, (comma) causing Berry Juice to activate when Zigzagoon is at hits in 50% in health. Pickup is chosen as an ability as it lets Zigzagoon get the last item consumed at the end of the turn if it's not holding an item.

Usage Tips
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Zigzagoon shouldn't switch in until all its potential checks are down, (comma) as it won't be able to sweep reliably with them still around. Zigzagoon should also wait for the right opportunity to get in and set up so that it can perform its role as a late-game sweeper as perfectly as possible. It should also avoid switching in on moves that do more than 50% so that it doesn't prematurely consume Berry Juice and can set up reliably, so either send Zigzagoon after one of your Pokemon has fainted is down or use a slow Volt Switch or U-turn user.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can use Memento are solid teammates, (comma) as Memento drops the foe's opponent's Attack and Special Attack, allowing Zigzagoon to set up reliably with Belly Drum without being afraid of getting OHKOed. Some most of the time, some great examples are Diglett, (comma) which can use its really high Speed to use Memento and can also trap Pokemon that can check Zigzagoon such as Pawniard and Tirtouga, as well as another Pokemon is Cottonee, (comma) which can use Prankster for priority to use Memento with a +1 priority. Another great Memento user is Stunky, (comma) which can also Pursuit trap Ghost-types such as Gastly using Pursuit as well as breaking Abra's Focus Sash, (comma) which can be problematic for Zigzagoon if it's still intact. Gothita is also a nice teammate to have, (comma) as it can trap Pokemon that can revenge kill Zigzagoon, (comma) such as Archen, Tirtouga, and Ferroseed, (comma) and hurt them with Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, (comma) and Hidden Power Fire, (comma) respectively. (period) It can also Trick its Choice Scarf onto scarf into bulky Pokemon. Pancham which can be a great teammate with its ability to use Parting Shot,; (semicolon) it can also deal with Tirtouga, Pawniard, Ferroseed, (comma) and other Pokemon that check Zigzagoon. Pokemon that can deal with Ferroseed and Zigzagoon's other checks, such as Mienfoo, are also appreciated such as Mienfoo. Zigzagoon appreciates having a hazards entry hazard support, (comma) as it lets it sweep more reliably, so teammates that can set them up such as Dwebble are great to have. Pokemon that can use Knock Off users such as Mienfoo, Timburr, and Pawniard are good teammates too as it lets it can remove Eviolites and Berry Juices from the foes, (comma) allowing Zigzagoon to secure the OHKOs on Pokemon such as Timburr and Spritzee.

Other Options
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Zigzagoon's moveset is pretty shallow so it doesn't have much stuff to run other than the set stated before. However it has a bunch of attacks that it can run even though the one in the set outclass it, one of them is Iron Tail that can help against the defensive variant of Archen, while and Gunk Shot which can be used to OHKO Spritzee, (comma) which can survive an Extreme Speed live an Extremespeed. It Zigzagoon also has Rock Smash, (comma) which can be used to hit Lileep, Aron, and Shieldon super effectively. Zigzagoon can also use a set with Salac Berry, Belly Drum, Gluttony, and a maximum Attack and Speed EVs to spread which lets it deal with Pokemon such as stuff like Gastly, but it's hard to pull off.

Checks & Counters
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**Ghost-types**: (move colons outside of asterisks; same goes for the other categories) Ghost-types are immune to Extreme Speed, but so they don't worry much about it, however they should be wary of Thief. A great Ghost-type Zigzagoon check is Life Orb Gastly is a great check to Zigzagoon, as it which has a high chance of OHKOing Zigzagoon with Sludge Bomb.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types resist Extreme Speed, making them a solid checks. A great example is Pawniard, (comma) which can Knock Off Zigzagoon's Berry Juice and knock it below 50% health, making make its HP less than 50% which makes Zigzagoon's Belly Drum fail,; (semicolon) it can also switch into Memento and Parting Shot users to get an Attack boost and let its Attack be raised thanks to Defiant.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Timburr and the bulky variants of Mienfoo have a chance of surviving Extreme Speed living Extremespeed and can hit Zigzagoon back with a powerful super effective STAB Fighting-type attack.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as also resist Extremespeed, some examples are Tirtouga, Omanyte, and Lileep resist Extreme Speed, though. However they should be wary of Seed Bomb and Rock Smash.

**Taunt users**: Pokemon with Taunt stop Zigzagoon from setting up Belly Drum, (comma) stopping it from sweeping.

 

[Yagura]

P Squared

Implemented thanks.

Ready for 2nd gp check

 

[Winry]

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Overview
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Zigzagoon is one of the most unique sweepers in the Little Cup metagame, (RC) with due to its access to the Belly Drum + Extremespeed combination, which makes it very powerful after it sets up and difficult to revenge kill because of Extreme Speed's +2 priority. However, Zigzagoon has a shallow movepool and a mediocre offensive typing; it's also very slow, though Extreme Speed mitigates this flaw. Zigzagoon also relies on setting up Belly Drum to perform its role and is kind of useless if it fails in doing so; (comma -> semi) it also needs a lot of team support compared to other sweepers so that it can perform its role perfectly.

Belly Drum
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name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: Thief
move 4: Seed Bomb / Protect
ability: Pickup
item: Berry Juice
evs: 132 HP / 196 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD / 36 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Belly Drum is used to maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, letting it OHKO most Pokemon with Extreme Speed, a strong STAB move that has +2 priority. Thief lets Zigzagoon hit Ghost-types, which are immune to Extreme Speed and would otherwise wall Zigzagoon, super effectively and also lets it steal its target's item if Zigzagoon has consumed its Berry Juice. Seed Bomb lets Zigzagoon hit Omanyte and Tirtouga, which resist Extreme Speed, and Hippopotas, which can't be OHKOed by Extreme Speed but has a 50% chance to get OHKOed by Seed Bomb. Protect can also be used to shield Zigzagoon from Fake Out users. (Shielded from the move, not the Pokemon)

Set Details
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196 Attack EVs and an Adamant nature maximize Zigzagoon's Attack, and 32 Speed EVs let Zigzagoon outspeed Pumpkaboo. The rest of the EVs are thrown into HP and the defenses to allow Zigzagoon to set up reliably; the HP EVs let it hit an even number in HP, causing Berry Juice to activate when Zigzagoon is at 50% health. Pickup lets Zigzagoon get the last item consumed at the end of the turn if it's not holding an item.

Usage Tips
========

Zigzagoon shouldn't switch in until all its potential checks are down, or else as it won't be able to reliably sweep reliably with them still around. Zigzagoon should also wait for the right opportunity to get in and set up so that it can perform its role as a late-game sweeper as perfectly as possible. It should also avoid switching in on moves that do more than 50% so that it doesn't prematurely consume Berry Juice and can set up reliably, so either send Zigzagoon after one of your Pokemon has fainted or use a slow Volt Switch or U-turn user.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can use Memento are solid teammates, as Memento drops the foe's Attack and Special Attack, allowing Zigzagoon to set up reliably with Belly Drum without being afraid of getting OHKOed. Some examples are Diglett, which can use its high Speed to use Memento and can also trap Pokemon that check Zigzagoon such as Pawniard and Tirtouga; (comma -> semi) as well as Cottonee also has access to priority Memento due to, (RC) which can use Prankster for priority Memento (before it wasn't totally clear that Cottonee was a teammate and not a Pokemon Diglett checks). Another great Memento user is Stunky, which can also Pursuit trap Ghost-types such as Gastly as well as break Abra's Focus Sash, which can be problematic for Zigzagoon if it's still intact. Gothita is also a nice teammate to have, as it can trap Pokemon that can revenge kill Zigzagoon, such as Archen, Tirtouga, and Ferroseed, and hurt them with Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, and Hidden Power Fire, respectively. It can also Trick its Choice Scarf onto bulky Pokemon. Pancham can be a great teammate due to with its ability to use Parting Shot; it can also deal with Tirtouga, Pawniard, Ferroseed, and other Pokemon that check Zigzagoon. Pokemon that can deal with Ferroseed and Zigzagoon's other checks, such as Mienfoo, are also appreciated. Zigzagoon appreciates having entry hazard support, as it lets it Zigzagoon (if there are two "it" in the sentence referring to different things change one to the object) sweep more reliably, so teammates that can set them up such as Dwebble are great to have. Knock Off users such as Mienfoo, Timburr, and Pawniard can remove Eviolites and Berry Juices from the foes, allowing Zigzagoon to secure OHKOs on Pokemon such as Timburr and Spritzee.

Other Options
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Iron Tail can help against defensive Archen, while Gunk Shot can be used to OHKO Spritzee, which can survive an Extreme Speed. Zigzagoon also has access to Rock Smash, which can be used to hit Lileep, Aron, and Shieldon super effectively. Zigzagoon can also use a set with Salac Berry, Belly Drum, Gluttony, and maximum Attack and Speed EVs to deal with Pokemon such as Gastly, but it's hard to pull off.

Checks & Counters
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**Ghost-types**: Ghost-types are immune to Extreme Speed, but they should be wary of Thief. Life Orb Gastly is a great check to Zigzagoon, as it has a high chance of OHKOing Zigzagoon with Sludge Bomb.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types resist Extreme Speed, making them solid checks. A great example is Pawniard, which can Knock Off Zigzagoon's Berry Juice and knock it below 50% health, making Zigzagoon's Belly Drum fail; it can also switch into Memento and Parting Shot users to get an Attack boost thanks to Defiant.

**Bulky Fighting-types**: Bulky Fighting-types such as Timburr and bulky variants of Mienfoo have a chance of surviving Extreme Speed and can hit Zigzagoon back with a powerful super effective STAB Fighting-type attack.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Tirtouga, Omanyte, and Lileep resist Extreme Speed, though they should be wary of Seed Bomb and Rock Smash.

**Taunt users**: Pokemon with Taunt stop Zigzagoon from setting up Belly Drum and therefore prevent, (RC) stopping (repetition) it from sweeping.

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[Yagura]

Alright this is done, thanks to the fellow QCs and GPers for the help.

 

[Goddess Briyella]

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