Deino (Analysis)

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Deino

Quality control 2/3 (Crux, Zeph, Diana)
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[OVERVIEW]
<p>Deino is certainly one of the most unique Pokemon available in Little Cup. With an exclusive Dark / Dragon typing, Deino has access to two of the most useful and effective STABs. It has a good immunity and a few pretty good resistances. A good ability in Hustle and a great movepool, including moves such as Draco Meteor, Crunch, and Outrage, to pair with acceptable stats, makes Deino a good contender for a slot on your team.</p>


[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Fire Fang
move 4: Ice Fang / Draco Meteor
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly / Hasty
evs: 20 HP / 236 Atk / 36 Def / 212 Spe

[Set Comments]
<p>The Choice Scarf set capitalizes on taking advantage of dealing huge STAB damage to either of the opponent's defenses. With great coverage and high base power STABs, the opponent will probably have to let one of their Pokemon be KOed to even switch into Deino, provided you have predicted correctly. Deino also acts as a great revenge killer, coming into many Pokemon with a one stage boost to Speed and threatening them with heavy damage. Outrage and Crunch make up the core of Deino's attacking movepool, while Fire Fang fills in most of the coverage gap. The final slot choice is down to Ice Fang or Draco Meteor. The EVs are used to make the best of enhancing its Speed and Attack.</p>

[Additional Comments]
<p>Ice Fang does consistent damage without worry of having to switch out. If you choose to use Draco Meteor on Deino, you'll have to shift Deino's nature to Hasty and possibly shift some EVs over to Special Attack. Although this weakens Deino's durability, Draco Meteor is a great offensive choice for Deino and should be considered. Frillish makes a good partner to Deino, as it can come in to take the super effective priority moves that plague Deino's longevity on the battlefield, such as Vacuum Wave. Ferroseed can switch in and take the Ice- and Dragon-type moves aimed at Deino, as well as Bronzor and most other Steel-type Pokemon. Magnemite can trap Steel-type Pokemon to make it easier for Deino to sweep without prediction.</p>

[Other Options]
<p>Deino does have some other interesting options that could support a mixed or special set, but its lackluster Special Attack stat makes these generally ineffective. Draco Meteor, Earth Power, and Dragon Pulse are a few examples, but only Draco Meteor will see any use, as the huge base power and STAB make up for the general lack of Special Attack strength. Deino has access to Head Smash as a potential move over either Fire Fang or Ice Fang.</p>

[Checks and Counters]
<p>A healthy Steel-type Pokemon can come into any move bar Fire Fang, and threaten Deino out, or damage Deino if it is locked into Outrage. Wynaut can beat Deino with Counter if it switches into Fire Fang or Ice Fang, but cannot deal with Deino's STAB moves. Croagunk, Meditite, and Timburr can also easily inflict tons of damage to Deino with priority moves. An Ice Shard user such as Snover or Swinub can hit Deino very hard.</p>
 

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This has already passed QC in Heysup's skeleton form, but I'd like an extra QC stamp as it has been redone.
 

Nails

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as we said on irc, need mention of being a hard counter to vanha. wait for suspect to be over to see if it's banned though.

and still needs mention of houndour rapage.

other than that looks good i guess but i can't stamp yet obviously
 

Diana

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Sure why not, this has been good it just got updated for the bans.


[QC 3/3]
 

prem

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why is there no mention of a band... i know its a scarf set. but cb outrage from this thing hurts A LOT. at least an OO mention?
 

Nix_Hex

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Cap/decap


[OVERVIEW]
<p>Deino is certainly one of the most unique Pokemon available in the Little Cup tier. With an exclusive Dark / Dragon typing, Deino has access to two very useful and effective STABs. It has a good immunity and a few pretty good resistances. A good ability in Hustle and a great movepool,(comma) including moves such as Draco Meteor, Crunch, and Outrage
,(comma) to pair with acceptable stats,(comma) makes Deino a good contender for a slot on your team.</p>


[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Fire Fang
move 4: Ice Fang / Draco Meteor
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly / Hasty
evs: 20 HP / 236 Atk / 36 Def / 212 Spe

[Set Comments]
<p>The Choice Scarf set capitalizes on taking advantage of dealing huge STAB damage from both sides of the offensive spectrums. With great coverage and high base power STABs, the opponent will probably have to sack a Pokemon each switch into Deino
,(comma) given you predict the right move. Deino also acts as a great revenge killer, coming into many +1 Speed boosted Pokemon and threatening them with heavy damage. Outrage and Crunch make up the core of Deino's attacking movepool, while Fire Fang fills in most of the coverage gap. The final slot choice is down to Ice Fang or Draco Meteor. The EVs are used to make the best of enhancing its Speed and attack power.</p>

[Additional Comments]
<p>Ice Fang is good for being does consistent damage without worry of having to switch out. If you choose to use Draco Meteor on Deino, you'll have to shift Deino's nature to Hasty and possibly shift some EVs over to Special Attack. Although this weakens Deino's durability, Draco Meteor is a great offensive choice for Deino and should be considered. Misdreavus and Frillish makes a good partner to Deino
,(comma) as they it can come in to take the super effective priority moves that plague Deino's longevity on the battle field,(comma) such as Vacuum Wave. Ferroseed can come into switch in and take the Ice- and Dragon-type moves aimed at Deino.,(comma, no period) Same for as well as Bronzor and most other Steel-type Pokemon. Magnemite can trap Steel-type Pokemon to make it easier for Deino to sweep without prediction.</p>

[Other Options]
<p>Deino does have some other interesting options that could support a mixed or special set, but its lackluster Special Attack stat makes these generally ineffective. Draco Meteor, Earth Power, and Dragon Pulse to name a few, are a few examples, but only really Draco Meteor will see any use
,(comma) as the huge base power and STAB make up for the general lack of Special Attack strength. Deino has access to Head Smash as a potential move over any of the fang moves.</p>

[Checks and Counters]
<p>A healthy Steel-type Pokemon can come into any move bar Fire Fang, and threaten Deino out, or damage Deino if it gets locked into Outrage. Wynaut can beat Deino with Counter if it switches into a fang move. Croagunk, Meditite, and Timburr can also easily inflict tons of damage to Deino with priority moves. an Ice Shard user such as Snover or Swinub can hit it very hard.</p>

There were a couple incomplete sentences and some awkwardness, but it was good overall....



[GP 1/2]
 

Zystral

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[OVERVIEW]
<p>Deino is certainly one of the most unique Pokemon available in the Little Cup tier. With an exclusive Dark / Dragon typing, Deino has access to two of the most useful and effective STABs. It has a good immunity and a few pretty good resistances. A good ability in Hustle and a great movepool, including moves such as Draco Meteor, Crunch, and Outrage, to pair with acceptable stats, makes Deino a good contender for a slot on your team.</p>


[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Crunch
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Fire Fang
move 4: Ice Fang / Draco Meteor
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly / Hasty
evs: 20 HP / 236 Atk / 36 Def / 212 Spe

[Set Comments]
<p>The Choice Scarf set capitalizes on taking advantage of dealing huge STAB damage from both sides of the offensive spectrums to either of the opponent's defenses. With great coverage and high base power STABs, the opponent will probably have to sack a Pokemon each switch into Deino, given you predict the right move let one of their Pokemon be KOed to even switch into Deino, provided you have predicted correctly. Deino also acts as a great revenge killer, coming into many +1 speed boosted Pokemon Pokemon with a one stage boost to Speed and threatening them with heavy damage. Outrage and Crunch make up the core of Deino's attacking movepool, while Fire Fang fills in most of the coverage gap. The final slot choice is down to Ice Fang or Draco Meteor. The EVs are used to make the best of enhancing its Speed and Attack power.</p>

[Additional Comments]
<p>Ice Fang does consistent damage without worry of having to switch out. If you choose to use Draco Meteor on Deino, you'll have to shift Deino's nature to Hasty and possibly shift some EVs over to Special Attack. Although this weakens Deino's durability, Draco Meteor is a great offensive choice for Deino and should be considered. Frillish makes a good partner to Deino, as it can come in to take the super effective priority moves that plague Deino's longevity on the battlefield, such as Vacuum Wave. Ferroseed can switch in and take the Ice- and Dragon-type moves aimed at Deino, as well as Bronzor and most other Steel-type Pokemon. Magnemite can trap Steel-type Pokemon to make it easier for Deino to sweep without prediction.</p>

[Other Options]
<p>Deino does have some other interesting options that could support a mixed or special set, but its lackluster Special Attack stat makes these generally ineffective. Draco Meteor, Earth Power, and Dragon Pulse are a few examples, but only Draco Meteor will see any use, as the huge base power and STAB make up for the general lack of Special Attack strength. Deino has access to Head Smash as a potential move over either Fire Fang or Ice Fang.</p>

[Checks and Counters]
<p>A healthy Steel-type Pokemon can come into any move bar Fire Fang, and threaten Deino out, or damage Deino if it is locked into Outrage. Wynaut can beat Deino with Counter if it switches into Fire Fang or Ice Fang, but cannot deal with Deino's STAB moves. Croagunk, Meditite, and Timburr can also easily inflict tons of damage to Deino with priority moves. An Ice Shard user such as Snover or Swinub can hit Deino very hard.</p>
 
[Set Comments]
<p>The Choice Scarf set capitalizes on taking advantage of dealing huge STAB damage to either of the opponent's defenses. With great coverage and high base power STABs, the opponent will probably have to let one of their Pokemon be KOed to even switch into Deino, provided you have predicted correctly. Deino also acts as a great revenge killer, coming into many Pokemon with a one stage boost to Speed and threatening them with heavy damage. Outrage and Crunch make up the core of Deino's attacking movepool, while Fire Fang fills in most of the coverage gap. The final slot choice is down to Ice Fang or Draco Meteor. The EVs are used to make the best of enhancing its Speed and Attack.</p>
This sentence doesn't read right to me. Maybe change it to something like 'The EVs are there to maximise its Speed and Attack with the remainder going to HP and Defense to add a little bulk', although this may be a personal thing.

Also there's a red comma in the 'Checks and Counters' section that needs to be removed.
 

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