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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast / Iron Head
move 4: Play Rough / Iron Head
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc-N makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker with No Guard + STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Alolan Dugtrio and Normal-types like Zangoose and Sawsbuck. Rock Blast is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-F, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. Play Rough hits Gabite, which makes for an otherwise great Lycanroc-N check, while Iron Head nails Carbink. With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc-N outspeeds threats like Alolan Persianand Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc-N's most spammable moves. Tera Fighting also allows Lycanroc-N to resist Sucker Punch from the likes of Honchkrow and Skuntank.

Lycanroc-N is checked by Pokemon that resist Rock like Gabite, Tinkatuff, and Whiscash, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. As a Choice Scarf cleaner, Lycanroc-N appreciates entry hazard support from the likes of Whiscash and Carbink to more easily put foes in range of its moves. When locked into an undesirable move, Lycanroc-N appreciates defensive teammates to fall back on like Articuno and Perrserker, which can also provide momentum with U-turn for Lycanroc-N to safely hit the field.

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gm Ashley, im here to give you an AMQC so implement what you want

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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Play Rough / Psychic Fangs / Iron Head
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker, with a powerful STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. (The setence should probably just end here. You can just say something like "Lycanroc's unique combo of No Guard (huge reasoning why its so good imo), a powerful spammable STAB move in Stone Edge and great coverage allows it to become a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker in PU.") in Close Combat and Play Rough to hit checks like Perrserker and Gabite respectively. (These should be split into 2 sentences. Close Combat also hits stuff like Zangoose Dugtrio-A so might be worth to mention.) Rock Blast is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-Frost, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. No Guard fixes the pesky accuracy of Lycanroc's Rock-type moves. (See above, this should be in the first sentence.) With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc outspeeds common Choice Scarf users like Flapple and Honchkrow, while outspeeding other threats like Persian-Alola and Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc's most spammable moves. Lycanroc is checked by Rock resistances like Perrserker, Gabite, and Tinkatuff, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. (No comment on Psychic Fangs or Iron Head? Iron Head hits Carbink hard and Psychic Fangs chips stuff like Crabominable and Mareanie for good damage aswell. Also, you need a second paragraph on teammates. You can take the last sentence and use it to start the second paragraph. Just to give you an example for a Pokemon Lycanroc can benefit from, Lycanroc has issues breaking down stuff such as Whiscash and Quaxwell, and in general defensive waters. Something such as Dragon Dance Flapple is an excellent partner in that regard, threating out Whiscash and Quaxwell while Lycanroc can threaten out Pokemon that normally threaten Flapples attempts to set up, such as Charizard or Honchkrow.)


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uhBella said:
gm Ashley, im here to give you an AMQC so implement what you want

additions removals comments
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Play Rough / Psychic Fangs / Iron Head
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker, with a powerful STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. (The setence should probably just end here. You can just say something like "Lycanroc's unique combo of No Guard (huge reasoning why its so good imo), a powerful spammable STAB move in Stone Edge and great coverage allows it to become a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker in PU.") in Close Combat and Play Rough to hit checks like Perrserker and Gabite respectively. (These should be split into 2 sentences. Close Combat also hits stuff like Zangoose Dugtrio-A so might be worth to mention.) Rock Blast is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-Frost, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. No Guard fixes the pesky accuracy of Lycanroc's Rock-type moves. (See above, this should be in the first sentence.) With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc outspeeds common Choice Scarf users like Flapple and Honchkrow, while outspeeding other threats like Persian-Alola and Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc's most spammable moves. Lycanroc is checked by Rock resistances like Perrserker, Gabite, and Tinkatuff, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. (No comment on Psychic Fangs or Iron Head? Iron Head hits Carbink hard and Psychic Fangs chips stuff like Crabominable and Mareanie for good damage aswell. Also, you need a second paragraph on teammates. You can take the last sentence and use it to start the second paragraph. Just to give you an example for a Pokemon Lycanroc can benefit from, Lycanroc has issues breaking down stuff such as Whiscash and Quaxwell, and in general defensive waters. Something such as Dragon Dance Flapple is an excellent partner in that regard, threating out Whiscash and Quaxwell while Lycanroc can threaten out Pokemon that normally threaten Flapples attempts to set up, such as Charizard or Honchkrow.)


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good advice ty
 
Togkey said:
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Play Rough / Iron Head (i'd just slash 1 of these w rock blast instead of giving rock blast its own slot, i think it's good but also ends up being less important in a lot of scenarios)
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker, with No Guard + STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. Rock Blast (this should b mentioned after cc - do it in order of the moves) is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-Frost, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Dugtrio-Alola and Normal-types like Zangoose and Sawsbuck. (obviously up to u, but i think u could just make this more interesting to read by saying like. "close combat pairs well with lycanroc's main stab" etc etc. content here is good this is just me nitpicking so ermies)(also mention that it's ur best option for whiscash) Play Rough hits Gabite which makes for an otherwise great Lycanroc check, while Iron Head nails Carbink. With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc outspeeds common Choice Scarf users like Flapple and Honchkrow, (these arent rly relevant in this meta, just say that w a scarf u can outspeed x and y) while outspeeding other threats like Persian-Alola and Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc's most spammable moves. (tera rock feels p self explanatory, but maybe move the tera fighting part to where u talk abt cc? and also mention how the typing can help u vs some stuff like resisting sucker punch)

Lycanroc is checked by Rock resistances like Perrserker, (just mention whiscash instead, perr gets 2hkoed so) Gabite, and Tinkatuff, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. Bulky Water-types like Whiscash and Quaxwell also give Lycanroc trouble, so offensive Grass-types like Flapple and Tera Grass Charizard make for good teammates. (this feels v similar to the first point, i think u could just merge them. what makes whiscash good vs lycan is its ground typing, not the fact that it's a water mon. also quaxwell is a sneak) In return, Lycanroc also greatly threatens Flying-types like Honchkrow and Charizard that give Grass-types trouble. As a Choice Scarf cleaner, Lycanroc appreciates entry hazard support from the likes of Whiscash and Carbink to more easily put foes in range of Lycanroc's moves.

these r like, fine but they dont rly go in-depth. i think another thing worth mentioning would b having some teammates to fall back on, cuz lycanroc kinda hates locking itself into anything. u can build off the entry hazards point since u mention defensive mons there anyway

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qc 1/1 :toast:
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast / Iron Head
move 4: Play Rough / Iron Head
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc-N makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker, (remove comma) with No Guard + STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Alolan Dugtrio-Alola and Normal-types like Zangoose and Sawsbuck. Rock Blast is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-Frost, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. Play Rough hits Gabite, (add comma) which makes for an otherwise great Lycanroc-N check, while Iron Head nails Carbink. With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc-N outspeeds threats like Alolan Persian-Alola and Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc-N's most spammable moves. Tera Fighting also allows Lycanroc-N to resist Sucker Punch from the likes of Honchkrow and Skuntank.

Lycanroc-N is checked by Pokemon that resist Rock resistances like Gabite, Tinkatuff, and Whiscash, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. As a Choice Scarf cleaner, Lycanroc-N appreciates entry hazard support from the likes of Whiscash and Carbink to more easily put foes in range of Lycanroc's its moves. When locked into an undesirable move, Lycanroc-N appreciates defensive teammates to fall back on like Articuno, (remove comma) and Perrserker, which can also provide momentum with U-turn for Lycanroc-N to safely hit the field.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Quality checked by:
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GP Team done
 
implemented, ty
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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Rock Blast / Iron Head
move 4: Play Rough / Iron Head
item: Choice Scarf
ability: No Guard
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Rock / Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]

Lycanroc-N makes for a fantastic cleaner and wallbreaker, (remove comma) with No Guard + STAB Stone Edge and great coverage. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Alolan Dugtrio-Alola and Normal-types like Zangoose and Sawsbuck. Rock Blast is a great way of getting around Substitute from the likes of Articuno and Rotom-Frost, while preventing Focus Sash Masquerain from setting up Sticky Web. Play Rough hits Gabite, (add comma) which makes for an otherwise great Lycanroc-N check, while Iron Head nails Carbink. With a Choice Scarf, Lycanroc-N outspeeds threats like Alolan Persian-Alola and Pyroar. Tera Rock and Tera Fighting both boost Lycanroc-N's most spammable moves. Tera Fighting also allows Lycanroc-N to resist Sucker Punch from the likes of Honchkrow and Skuntank.

Lycanroc-N is checked by Pokemon that resist Rock resistances like Gabite, Tinkatuff, and Whiscash, so Pokemon that can weaken these checks like Zangoose and Basculin make for great offensive partners. As a Choice Scarf cleaner, Lycanroc-N appreciates entry hazard support from the likes of Whiscash and Carbink to more easily put foes in range of Lycanroc's its moves. When locked into an undesirable move, Lycanroc-N appreciates defensive teammates to fall back on like Articuno, (remove comma) and Perrserker, which can also provide momentum with U-turn for Lycanroc-N to safely hit the field.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Quality checked by:
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GP Team done
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