Contributions & Corrections (C&C) Analysis Formatting Guide
Welcome to C&C. If this is your first time visiting this forum, I highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the policies discussed in C&C's Rules & Guidelines and read over C&C's General Information announcement before continuing here. Once you are up to speed on both the policies and general structure of C&C, you'll find the style and formatting techniques described in this thread of particular use.
For either a brand new analysis or a full update to an analysis, there are some formatting requirements for the writing to be put on-site. The following template shows how every new analysis or full update is written and how it should be formatted. Note that all text not within the section headers must be put in <p></p> tags so that the website will recognize it. Within the sections below, I have included a description of what that section is for. Finally, note that below the tags are bolded for emphasis, but in actual writing in your Pokemon's thread you would not bold them.
[Overview]
<p>The overview section for a Pokemon describes the Pokemon's assets and downsides in a nutshell. Do not attempt to make a Pokemon sound better than it is, rather portray it exactly as it is.</p>
[SET]
name: Set Name
move 1: Most Important
move 2: Second Most Important
move 3: Third Most Important
move 4: Least Important
item: Item
ability: Ability
nature: Nature
evs: EVs
ivs: IVs
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Above, if you need to separate different items, natures, or EVs, do so with a forward slash. For example, you might have "Bold / Calm", "4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe", or "Leftovers / Life Orb". You can also do this for moves if two or more moves are valuable for a slot, such as "Pursuit / Quick Attack". Furthermore, make sure that all EVs add up to 508; that if both abilities are useful, you remove that section; and that if you have no specific recommendations for IVs that, you delete that section entirely.</p>
<p>When listing specific stats in the evs and ivs section above, use the following abbreviations:</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The area under the [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] tag doesn't appear immediately when you look at an analysis. Instead, the contents of this section appear when you click the link that says "Team Options & Additional Comments >>>". This exists to condense the length of an analysis except where the user actually does want to read more.</p>
<p>If you must include damage calculations in a set writeup because they are particularly convincing, then do so as follows. Please also make sure to follow the format for how the damage calculations get written as can also be seen below. The + seen in some calculations indicates a Defense or Special Defense boosting nature. In the case of damage calculations that exceed 100%, do not truncate the damage at 100%, show the actual percent damage dealt. This can be useful to show the reader exactly how likely the chance to KO is.</p>
<ul class="damage_calculation">
<li>Close Combat vs. 252/252+ Skarmory 84.4% - 99.7%</li>
<li>Close Combat vs. 252/0+ Skarmory 101.5% - 119.5%</li>
</ul>
<p>The first paragraph of the additional comments section is reserved for explaining other aspects of the set, such as EV selection, nature selection, item selection, IV selection, and ability selection. The first paragraph is also used to describe moves that are still viable on the set for specific teams, but that are not slashed into the set for general use. The second paragraph is reserved for team options and counters. This is to inform the reader why and how certain Pokemon work better with this Pokemon than others, and similarly how certain Pokemon beat this Pokemon better than others. Note that this second paragraph is not to describe the general purpose team options and counters to the Pokemon, rather certain specific Pokemon that work better with or against this set.</p>
[Team Options]
<p>This area of the analysis elaborates upon general purpose allies for the Pokemon and why they work. Generally, the length of this section ranges from a single paragraph to four, depending on how many other Pokemon work well with this Pokemon or how much support this Pokemon needs.</p>
[Optional Changes]
<p>The optional changes tag lists other things that the Pokemon can do. This includes, but is not limited to, general purpose changes that can be made to any set, such as using a different ability; moves that aren't really recommended and why; and sets that are decent if used properly, but not successful enough to warrant a full analysis.</p>
[Counters]
<p>Counters is fairly self-explanatory, as here you would describe how certain Pokemon beat down the Pokemon you're writing about. This may include a list of Pokemon with a certain feature, such as those with Insomnia against a sleep-inducing Pokemon, or it may include specific Pokemon that beat the one you're writing about due to typing, attacking moves, walling capacity, or status moves. This may also include a description of battle conditions that counter the Pokemon you're writing about, such as how sandstorm would thwart a Pokemon reliant on rain, or how Stealth Rock utterly defeats Pokemon 4x weak to it.</p>
Now that you've seen the format for an analysis, you should be able to figure out how to apply that to any analyses that you write. Note that if you're not posting a full update or a new analysis, but rather just a single set, you only include the sections relevant to that set and none of the others like Team Options. If you have absolutely any questions about formatting analyses, or if you'd like me to include something here that I may have missed, feel free to PM me and I'll happily help you out.
Good luck with writing your analyses!
Welcome to C&C. If this is your first time visiting this forum, I highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the policies discussed in C&C's Rules & Guidelines and read over C&C's General Information announcement before continuing here. Once you are up to speed on both the policies and general structure of C&C, you'll find the style and formatting techniques described in this thread of particular use.
For either a brand new analysis or a full update to an analysis, there are some formatting requirements for the writing to be put on-site. The following template shows how every new analysis or full update is written and how it should be formatted. Note that all text not within the section headers must be put in <p></p> tags so that the website will recognize it. Within the sections below, I have included a description of what that section is for. Finally, note that below the tags are bolded for emphasis, but in actual writing in your Pokemon's thread you would not bold them.
[Overview]
<p>The overview section for a Pokemon describes the Pokemon's assets and downsides in a nutshell. Do not attempt to make a Pokemon sound better than it is, rather portray it exactly as it is.</p>
[SET]
name: Set Name
move 1: Most Important
move 2: Second Most Important
move 3: Third Most Important
move 4: Least Important
item: Item
ability: Ability
nature: Nature
evs: EVs
ivs: IVs
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Above, if you need to separate different items, natures, or EVs, do so with a forward slash. For example, you might have "Bold / Calm", "4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe", or "Leftovers / Life Orb". You can also do this for moves if two or more moves are valuable for a slot, such as "Pursuit / Quick Attack". Furthermore, make sure that all EVs add up to 508; that if both abilities are useful, you remove that section; and that if you have no specific recommendations for IVs that, you delete that section entirely.</p>
<p>When listing specific stats in the evs and ivs section above, use the following abbreviations:</p>
- Attack (Atk)
- Defense (Def)
- Special Attack (SpA)
- Special Defense (SpD)
- Speed (Spe)
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The area under the [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] tag doesn't appear immediately when you look at an analysis. Instead, the contents of this section appear when you click the link that says "Team Options & Additional Comments >>>". This exists to condense the length of an analysis except where the user actually does want to read more.</p>
<p>If you must include damage calculations in a set writeup because they are particularly convincing, then do so as follows. Please also make sure to follow the format for how the damage calculations get written as can also be seen below. The + seen in some calculations indicates a Defense or Special Defense boosting nature. In the case of damage calculations that exceed 100%, do not truncate the damage at 100%, show the actual percent damage dealt. This can be useful to show the reader exactly how likely the chance to KO is.</p>
<ul class="damage_calculation">
<li>Close Combat vs. 252/252+ Skarmory 84.4% - 99.7%</li>
<li>Close Combat vs. 252/0+ Skarmory 101.5% - 119.5%</li>
</ul>
<p>The first paragraph of the additional comments section is reserved for explaining other aspects of the set, such as EV selection, nature selection, item selection, IV selection, and ability selection. The first paragraph is also used to describe moves that are still viable on the set for specific teams, but that are not slashed into the set for general use. The second paragraph is reserved for team options and counters. This is to inform the reader why and how certain Pokemon work better with this Pokemon than others, and similarly how certain Pokemon beat this Pokemon better than others. Note that this second paragraph is not to describe the general purpose team options and counters to the Pokemon, rather certain specific Pokemon that work better with or against this set.</p>
[Team Options]
<p>This area of the analysis elaborates upon general purpose allies for the Pokemon and why they work. Generally, the length of this section ranges from a single paragraph to four, depending on how many other Pokemon work well with this Pokemon or how much support this Pokemon needs.</p>
[Optional Changes]
<p>The optional changes tag lists other things that the Pokemon can do. This includes, but is not limited to, general purpose changes that can be made to any set, such as using a different ability; moves that aren't really recommended and why; and sets that are decent if used properly, but not successful enough to warrant a full analysis.</p>
[Counters]
<p>Counters is fairly self-explanatory, as here you would describe how certain Pokemon beat down the Pokemon you're writing about. This may include a list of Pokemon with a certain feature, such as those with Insomnia against a sleep-inducing Pokemon, or it may include specific Pokemon that beat the one you're writing about due to typing, attacking moves, walling capacity, or status moves. This may also include a description of battle conditions that counter the Pokemon you're writing about, such as how sandstorm would thwart a Pokemon reliant on rain, or how Stealth Rock utterly defeats Pokemon 4x weak to it.</p>
Good luck with writing your analyses!