RU Attack Booster Iron Leaves (Done)

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[SET]
Booster Energy: Attack (Iron Leaves) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fire / Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Psyblade
- Trailblaze
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
Attack Booster Iron Leaves cements itself as a top-tier wallbreaker in the RU metagame. Trailblaze is chosen over Leaf Blade so Iron Leaves can attempt to sweep weakened teams late-game while still smacking Water- and Ground-type Pokemon hard despite Trailblaze’s low Base Power. Close Combat is Iron Leaves’s strongest coverage option and targets Steel-type Pokemon that resist the Grass / Psychic STAB combination. Thanks to Quark Drive giving Iron Leaves an Attack boost, it can start punching holes in the opposing team as soon as it enters the field, threatening huge damage on common offensive Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Cobalion as well as physical walls weak to one of Iron Leaves’s attacks such as Chesnaught and Amoonguss. Swords Dance allows Iron Leaves to reach terrifying levels of breaking power, and it also lets Iron Leaves boost its Attack even if it has already used its Booster Energy. Tera Fire turns Iron Leaves's 4x weakness to U-turn into a resistance, removes its Flying weakness, and prevents it from being burned, making it much safer to attack the common Moltres, which carries Flame Body, U-turn, and Brave Bird. Tera Fighting is an option that turns Close Combat into an exceptionally strong STAB move while turning Iron Leaves's Bug and Dark weaknesses into resistances, which lets it resist U-turn and Foul Play from Pokemon like Cyclizar and Wo-Chien, respectively.

Iron Leaves works best on offense or bulky offense structures looking for a fast wallbreaker with late-game sweeping capabilities. It is often run in tandem with Sticky Web to allow Iron Leaves to outspeed naturally faster threats such as Cyclizar and Mienshao, as well as Choice Scarf users with a base Speed lower than Iron Leaves's, such as Gardevoir and Jirachi. As such, Araquanid is a great teammate, being the tier's best Sticky Web setter. Because Iron Leaves will be the target of revenge killing attempts from priority and Choice Scarf users, a sturdy defensive backbone to fall back on is very appreciated on bulkier archetypes. Hippowdon handily answers such attempts from physical threats such as Bisharp, Slither Wing, and Mienshao while providing Stealth Rock support and softening up the enemy team through Rocky Helmet and sand chip so Iron Leaves has an easier time looking for a late-game sweep. Special sponges such as Empoleon and Assault Vest Cyclizar handle special Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark while keeping momentum through Flip Turn and U-turn, respectively. Moltres is a thorn in Iron Leaves’s side, so Pokemon that can take advantage of it such as Volcanion and Basculegion-F or Pokemon able to bait and KO it like Stone Edge Cobalion and Meteor Beam Jirachi are great teammates. Physical threats that are also checked by Moltres, such as Galarian Zapdos and Okidogi, can work in tandem with Iron Leaves to brute force past it. Rotom-H is a great partner for Iron Leaves, as it answers Moltres and Yanmega beautifully while providing Volt Switch pivoting support. While Iron Leaves’s Speed is quite good, it still gets outsped by a good chunk of RU’s offensive threats. As such, speed control in the form of naturally fast Pokemon such as Azelf and Barraskewda as well as Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Terrakion is necessary.

[SET CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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[SET]

Booster Energy: Attack (Iron Leaves) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fire / Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Psyblade
- Trailblaze
- Close Combat


[SET COMMENTS]

Attack Booster Iron Leaves cements itself as a top-tier wallbreaker in the RU metagame. Trailblaze is chosen over Leaf Blade so Iron Leaves can attempt to sweep weakened teams late-game while still smacking Water- and Ground-type Pokemon hard despite Trailblaze’s low base power Base Power. Close Combat is the coverage move of choice, being Iron Leaves’s strongest coverage option and targets Steel-type Pokemon that resist the Grass/Psychic STAB combination. Close Combat can also be powered up through Tera Fighting, turning it into an incredibly strong third STAB Talk about Tera Fighting towards the end of the paragraph with some defensive mention like dark resist. Thanks to Booster Energy Quark Drive giving an Attack boost, Iron Leaves can start punching holes in the opposing team as soon as it enters the field, threatening OHKOs on common offense Pokemon such as Thundurus-Therian and Cobalion as well as physical walls weak to one of Iron Leaves’s attacks such as Chesnaught and Amoonguss These two are not OHKOs at +0, either remove or reword. After a Swords Dance, Iron Leaves reaches terrifying levels of breaking power, achieving feats such as being able to OHKO physically defensive Moltres Again, not an OHKO if the Quark Drive boost is active, which is normally one of the sturdiest answers to Iron Leaves. Tera Fire turns Iron Leaves's double 4x weakness to U-turn into a resistance Tera Fighting also does this, removes its Flying weakness and protects from Burn status, making it much safer to attack into the common Moltres, who carries Flame Body, U-turn and Brave Bird.

This set works best on Bulky Offense and Balanced teams looking for a fast wallbreaker with late-game sweeping capabilities Is it not more suited to more offensive structures than balanced ones?. Because Iron Leaves will be the target of revenge killing attempts from priority and Choice Scarf users, a sturdy defensive backbone to fall back on is very appreciated. Hippowdon handily answers such attempts from physical threats such as Bisharp, Slither Wing and Mienshao while providing Stealth Rock support and softening up the enemy team through Rocky Helmet and Sandstorm chip so Iron Leaves has an easier time looking for a late-game sweep, while specially defensive walls such as Empoleon and Cyclizar Cyclizar is not a wall handle special Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Zoroark-Hisui, with the former bringing Stealth Rock and Flip Turn pivoting support and the latter offering Rapid Spin and U-turn pivoting support This sentence could probably be condensed or split into several sentences. Moltres is a thorn on in Iron Leaves’s side, so Pokemon that can take advantage of it such as Volcanion and Thundurus-T, or Pokemon able to bait and KO it like Stone Edge Cobalion and Meteor Beam Jirachi, are great teammates. Physical threats who are also checked by Moltres, such as Knock Off Galarian Zapdos and Wild Charge Slither Wing, can work in tandem with Iron Leaves to brute force past it. Rotom-H is a great partner for Iron Leaves, as it answers Moltres and Yanmega beautifully while providing Volt Switch pivoting support. While Iron Leaves’s speed stat is quite good, it still gets outsped by a good chunk of RU’s offensive threats. As such, speed control in the form of naturally fast Pokemon such as Azelf and Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Terrakion is necessary. Maybe mention webs, since that's at least 90% of this set's use.

Implement all this and QC 1/2.
 
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[SET]
Booster Energy: Attack (Iron Leaves) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fire / Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Psyblade
- Trailblaze
- Close Combat


[SET COMMENTS]
Attack Booster Iron Leaves cements itself as a top-tier wallbreaker in the RU metagame. Trailblaze is chosen over Leaf Blade so Iron Leaves can attempt to sweep weakened teams late-game while still smacking Water- and Ground-type Pokemon hard despite Trailblaze’s low Base Power. Close Combat is the coverage move of choice, being Iron Leaves’s strongest coverage option and targets Steel-type Pokemon that resist the Grass/Psychic STAB combination. Thanks to Quark Drive giving an Attack boost, Iron Leaves can start punching holes in the opposing team as soon as it enters the field, threatening huge damage on common offense Pokemon such as Thundurus-Therian and Cobalion as well as physical walls weak to one of Iron Leaves’s attacks such as Chesnaught and Amoonguss. Swords Dance allows Iron Leaves to reach terrifying levels of breaking power, and it also lets Iron Leaves boost its Attack even if it has already used its Booster Energy. add quick sentence about how this set is more versatile than the speed booster counterpart because it is less dependent on booster energy to function Tera Fire turns Iron Leaves's 4x weakness to U-turn into a resistance, removes its Flying weakness and protects from Burn status, making it much safer to attack into the common Moltres, who carries Flame Body, U-turn and Brave Bird. Tera Fighting is an option that turns Close Combat into an exceptionally strong STAB while turning Iron Leaves's Bug and Dark weaknesses into resistances, which lets it resist U-turn and Foul Play from Pokemon like Cyclizar and Wo-Chien respectively.

This set works best on offensive structures looking for a fast wallbreaker with late-game sweeping capabilities. This set is often run in tandem with Sticky Web to allow Iron Leaves to outspeed naturally faster threats add example and Choice Scarf users with a Base Speed lower than Iron Leaves's add example. As such, Araquanid is a great teammate, being the tier's best Sticky Web setter. Because Iron Leaves will be the target of revenge killing attempts from priority and Choice Scarf users, a sturdy defensive backbone to fall back on is very appreciated in bulkier archetypes. Hippowdon handily answers such attempts from physical threats such as Bisharp, Slither Wing and Mienshao while providing Stealth Rock support and softening up the enemy team through Rocky Helmet and Sandstorm chip so Iron Leaves has an easier time looking for a late-game sweep. Special sponges such as Empoleon and Assault Vest Cyclizar handle special Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Zoroark-Hisui while keeping momentum through Flip Turn and U-turn respectively. Moltres is a thorn in Iron Leaves’s side, so Pokemon that can take advantage of it such as Volcanion and Thundurus-T, or Pokemon able to bait and KO it like Stone Edge Cobalion and Meteor Beam Jirachi, are great teammates. Physical threats who are also checked by Moltres, such as Knock Off Galarian Zapdos and Wild Charge Slither Wing Okidogi, can work in tandem with Iron Leaves to brute force past it. Rotom-H is a great partner for Iron Leaves, as it answers Moltres and Yanmega beautifully while providing Volt Switch pivoting support. While Iron Leaves’s speed stat is quite good, it still gets outsped by a good chunk of RU’s offensive threats. As such, speed control in the form of naturally fast Pokemon such as Azelf and Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Terrakion is necessary.
good work, don't forget to add the credits

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I think this is your first analysis, so use the guide method (video in point 3) to implement this
ac = add comma / rc = remove comma
[SET]
Booster Energy: Attack (Iron Leaves) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fire / Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Psyblade
- Trailblaze
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Attack Booster Iron Leaves cements itself as a top-tier wallbreaker in the RU metagame. Trailblaze is chosen over Leaf Blade so Iron Leaves can attempt to sweep weakened teams late-game while still smacking Water- and Ground-type Pokemon hard despite Trailblaze’s low Base Power. Close Combat is the coverage move of choice, being (fluff phrase) Iron Leaves’s strongest coverage option and targets Steel-type Pokemon that resist the Grass/Psychic Grass / Psychic STAB combination. Thanks to Quark Drive giving Iron Leaves an Attack boost, Iron Leaves it can start punching holes in the opposing team as soon as it enters the field, threatening huge damage on common offense offensive Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Cobalion as well as physical walls weak to one of Iron Leaves’s attacks such as Chesnaught and Amoonguss. Swords Dance allows Iron Leaves to reach terrifying levels of breaking power, and it also lets Iron Leaves boost its Attack even if it has already used its Booster Energy. (make sure paragraph order matches set order - sd is move 1 on the set but mentioned last here,so change one) This set is more versatile than the Speed Booster variant due to being less dependant on the Quark Drive boost to function thanks to Trailblaze and the Sticky Web it is commonly paired with. (this doesn't really fit here - we don't really want to cross-reference sets so a reader can only read this attack booster set and understand everything without having to read about speed booster. things like this fit better in an overview that covers all sets; this paragraph is only explaining what attack booster does) Tera Fire turns Iron Leaves's 4x weakness to U-turn into a resistance, removes its Flying weakness and protects from Burn status weakness, and prevents it from being burned, making it much safer to attack into the common Moltres, who which carries Flame Body, U-turn, (AC) and Brave Bird. Tera Fighting is an option that turns Close Combat into an exceptionally strong STAB move while turning Iron Leaves's Bug and Dark weaknesses into resistances, which lets it resist U-turn and Foul Play from Pokemon like Cyclizar and Wo-Chien, (AC) respectively.

This set Iron Leaves works best on offensive structures looking for a fast wallbreaker with late-game sweeping capabilities. This set It is often run in tandem with Sticky Web to allow Iron Leaves to outspeed naturally faster threats such as Cyclizar and Mienshao, as well as Choice Scarf users with a Base base Speed lower than Iron Leaves's, such as Gardevoir and Jirachi. As such, Araquanid is a great teammate, being the tier's best Sticky Web setter. Because Iron Leaves will be the target of revenge killing attempts from priority and Choice Scarf users, a sturdy defensive backbone to fall back on is very appreciated in on bulkier archetypes. (the first sentence says that iron leaves fits best on offense, but then you're talking about a bulky backbone here. would be worth amending the first senetnce to 'offense or bulky offense' if that's the case) Hippowdon handily answers such attempts from physical threats such as Bisharp, Slither Wing, (AC) and Mienshao while providing Stealth Rock support and softening up the enemy team through Rocky Helmet and Sandstorm sand chip so Iron Leaves has an easier time looking for a late-game sweep. Special sponges such as Empoleon and Assault Vest Cyclizar handle special Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark while keeping momentum through Flip Turn and U-turn, (AC) respectively. Moltres is a thorn in Iron Leaves’s side, so Pokemon that can take advantage of it such as Volcanion and Basculegion-F (RC) or Pokemon able to bait and KO it like Stone Edge Cobalion and Meteor Beam Jirachi (RC) are great teammates. Physical threats who that are also checked by Moltres, such as Galarian Zapdos and Okidogi, can work in tandem with Iron Leaves to brute force past it. Rotom-H is a great partner for Iron Leaves, as it answers Moltres and Yanmega beautifully while providing Volt Switch pivoting support. While Iron Leaves’s speed stat Speed is quite good, it still gets outsped by a good chunk of RU’s offensive threats. As such, speed control in the form of naturally fast Pokemon such as Azelf and Barraskewda (RC) and as well as Choice Scarf users like Gengar and Terrakion is necessary.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/fluff.614438/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rarelyme.513635/
Grammar checked by:
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