ZU (SS) Electivire (GP 1/1) [DONE]

[Melons-N-Soda]

[OVERVIEW]
Electivire might seem appealing on paper due to its high attacking stats and good coverage movepool, but this is offset by the lack of a good physical STAB move and setup options, making its damage output often underwhelming. Electivire is outclassed as an offensive Electric-type by Rotom, Rotom-S, and even Manectric, and as a general mixed attacker by the likes of Silvally-Poison and Silvally-Fighting.

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Focus Blast / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Darkest Lariat
item: Life Orb
ability: Motor Drive
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to make use of Electivire's decent attacking stats and movepool. However, it falls short because of the fact that Electivire has to make do with a rather weak STAB Thunderbolt, and its attacking stats are such that Electivire can often fail to get the KOs it really wants. Pokemon such as Silvally-Poison and Silvally-Fighting work better as mixed attackers due to either stronger STAB moves or a reliable boosting option, both of which Electivire lacks. As an offensive Electric-type in general, Rotom, Rotom-S, and Manectric are better choices due to having more reliable damage options.

[SET CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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[OVERVIEW]
Electivire has historically struggled in competitive Pokemon, and it's no different in SS ZU. Irrelevant + viré is a top mon in sm zu On paper, Electivire might seem appealing due to its high attacking stats and good coverage movepool, but this offset by the low base power of a lot of these moves, the lack of good physical STAB move and set up options making its damage output often underwhelming. Electivire is outperformed as an offensive Electric-type by Rotom, Rotom-Fan, and even Manectric, and as a general mixed attacker by the likes of Silvally-Poison and Silvally-Fighting.

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Focus Blast / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Darkest Lariat
item: Life Orb
ability: Motor Drive
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to make use of Electivire's decent attacking stats and movepool. It falls short though because of the fact that Electivire has to make due with a rather weak STAB Thunderbolt, and its attacking stats are such that Electivire can often fail to get the KOes it really wants. Pokemon such as Silvally-Poison or Silvally-Fighting work better as mixed attackers due to either stronger STAB or a reliable boosting option, both of which Electivire lacks. As an offensive Electric-type in general, Rotom, Rotom-Fan, and Manectric are better choices due to having more reliable damage options.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/melons-n-soda.206635/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

QC 1/1

 

[Melons-N-Soda]

Implemented those changes and the QC.

 

[Melons-N-Soda]

Tagging GP Team

 

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[OVERVIEW]
On paper, Electivire might seem appealing on paper due to its high attacking stats and good coverage movepool, but this is offset by the lack of a good physical STAB move and set(RS)up options, making its damage output often underwhelming ("often" doesn't quite flow well at this spot in the sentence, maybe try something like "fairly"?). Electivire is outperformed outclassed as an offensive Electric-type by Rotom, Rotom-Fan, and even Manectric, and as a general mixed attacker by the likes of Silvally-Poison and Silvally-Fighting.

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Focus Blast / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Darkest Lariat
item: Life Orb
ability: Motor Drive
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to make use of Electivire's decent attacking stats and movepool. However, it falls short though because of the fact that Electivire has to make due do with a rather weak STAB Thunderbolt, and its attacking stats are such that Electivire can often fail to get the KOes KOs it really wants. Pokemon such as Silvally-Poison or Silvally-Fighting work better as mixed attackers due to either stronger STAB or a reliable boosting option, both of which Electivire lacks. As an offensive Electric-type in general, Rotom, Rotom-Fan, and Manectric are better choices due to having more reliable damage options.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/melons-n-soda.206635/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tuthur.369076/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

 

[Melons-N-Soda]

Implemented those changes.

 

[Milak]

Apologies for the double check, but given how short this analysis is it shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
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[OVERVIEW]
On paper, Electivire might seem appealing on paper due to its high attacking stats and good coverage movepool, but this is offset by the lack of a good physical STAB move and set(RS)up (make sure you format these in the clearest way possible: opt for something like -> set up setup) options, making its damage output often underwhelming ("often" doesn't quite flow well at this spot in the sentence, maybe try something like "fairly"? -> nah, this is fine, nothing worth worrying about). Electivire is outperformed outclassed as an offensive Electric-type by Rotom, Rotom-Fan Rotom-S, and even Manectric, and as a general mixed attacker by the likes of Silvally-Poison and Silvally-Fighting.

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Focus Blast / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Darkest Lariat
item: Life Orb
ability: Motor Drive
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to make use of Electivire's decent attacking stats and movepool. However, it falls short though because of the fact that Electivire has to make due do with a rather weak STAB Thunderbolt, and its attacking stats are such that Electivire can often fail to get the KOes KOs it really wants. Pokemon such as Silvally-Poison or and Silvally-Fighting work better as mixed attackers due to either stronger STAB moves or a reliable boosting option, both of which Electivire lacks. As an offensive Electric-type in general, Rotom, Rotom-Fan Rotom-S, and Manectric are better choices due to having more reliable damage options.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/melons-n-soda.206635/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tuthur.369076/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/
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GP Team done

 

[Melons-N-Soda]

Implemented the GP check. Analysis is now ready to go!