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Quiver Dance + Terastallization The combination of Quiver Dance and Terastallization makes Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Muk and Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk. In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth. , protecting it from being revenge killed by Lycanroc's Accelrock. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and , as well as abuse Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross's Dragon Tail and still helping against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff. Special Wwalls like such as added some conjunction variety Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 depending on its Tera Type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed not OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast Ground:, pair Frosmoth should be paired with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is also quite vulnerable to common Scarfers like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham, which outspeed it even at +1 speed and threaten it without the proper Tera Type, [note: this edit here is kind of context dependent but the original sentence was kind of unclear and I know what was intended] making defensive switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have valuable.
 
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Overall, good job! I put some notes below.
Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Muk and Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk.
- "Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast" can be shortened to "Tera Blast Ground"
- Feel like moving the Muk mention was pretty unnecessary.
In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth. , protecting it from being revenge killed by Lycanroc's Accelrock.
- "Rock resist" should be expanded to "Rock resistance"
- You didn't need to rephrase that entire "Accelerock can't revenge kill" part; that's a lateral change. It was fine as-is, except for the hyphenated revenge kill.
Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and , as well as abuse Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat.
- "1v1" should be expanded b/c it is an abbreviation. A better way to phrase that would be "...with Tera Ghost to beat Chansey one-on-one
- Also didn't need to change the "and" to "as well as" there.
- We generally avoid using "abuse" t b/c it means "to use negatively." I would replace "abuse" with "take advantage of" or something similar.
Special Wwalls like such as added some conjunction variety Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 depending on its Tera Type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed not OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast Ground:, pair Frosmoth should be paired with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, and Pyroar to soften up these checks.
- Same point as above re: 1v1 - that needs to be expanded.
- I would have changed the bolded "or" to "and." Or implies a singluar noun, but given that special "walls" were mentioned before that, it signifies that the plural "and" should be used.
- "type" in "Tera type" needs to be lowercase.
- You didn't need to expand the contraction "aren't" into "are not." Nice change for OHKOed, though!
- The colon should be replaced with a semicolon because the prior phrase isn't really introducing anything. It's two separate, but related, ideas.
Also, Frosmoth is also quite vulnerable to common Scarfers like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham, which outspeed it even at +1 speed and threaten it without the proper Tera Type, [note: this edit here is kind of context dependent but the original sentence was kind of unclear and I know what was intended] making defensive switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have valuable.
- "Scarfers" is not a coined term and needs to be expanded to "Choice Scarf users"
- You're on the right track in adding Speed, but it needs to be capitalized.
- I don't think you needed to change "good to have" to "valuable"
 
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Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, (AC) and solid natural bulk, (AC) making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game that can be difficult to take down without super-effective super effective coverage. Torterra can also support its team as a breaker wallbreaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) giving which gives it some flexibility (slight reword to make it flow better). Unfortunately, Torterra's low Speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras great Torterra's wide coverage, it struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who that are to too bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water the Water-type and a severe weakness to Scald, (AC) making which maekes it less splashable given the opportunity cost of using it over other (RC) more consistent Grass Types Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.

Scald is a reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make can inflict burns, making Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks and threatens in addition to threatening Fire, Rock, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix and Palossand. Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z, (AC) enabling and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro, (AC) with the help of Calm Mind. Block is the crux of the set and (remove filler) lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank, (AC) as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and defensive Slowbro. Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on special attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott. Rest restores all of (remove filler) Slowbro's HP and clears it of any status from Pokemon like Xatu, Vaporeon, and Seismitoad, making it difficult to wear down once it gets multiple boosts from Calm Mind. Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon that rely on Toxic to defeat it, (AC) such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which (rephrase to let the sentence flow better) and enables it rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters and enables Slowbro PP-stall Pokemon immune to pp-stall Water immunities Pokemon the Water-type like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.

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Utility Talonflame fits on balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns and punishing opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn VoltTurn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin switch in against several dangerous (cut filler) physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien Wo-Chien desirable. Talonflame also struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates for it. Tsareena is a valuable teammate which provides hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other a different utility moves move, and checks the bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates.

Quiver Dance + and Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Blast Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk. In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist so that Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and abuse Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock are locked into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross' Dragon Tail and while still helping against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff and Mabosstiff. Special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 depending on its Tera type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast Ground. Hence, pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, (AC) and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is also quite vulnerable to common Scarfers Choice Scarf users like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham even at +1 Speed without the proper Tera Type, making defensive switchins switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.

Choice Band Rayquaza is one of the strongest wallbreakers in the tier thanks to its high Attack and high Base Power moves. Dragon Ascent is Rayquaza's main STAB move of choice, 2HKO'ing prominent defensive walls such as Clefable and Slowking. V-Create lets Rayquaza overpower Pokemon who resist Dragon Ascent such as Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM, Corviknight, Skarmory, and Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C. ExtremeSpeed Extreme Speed allows Rayquaza to finish off chipped Pokemon like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Raichu-Alolan Alolan Raichu. Earthquake still dents Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C and Excadrill without lowering Rayquaza's stats, (AC) while and also provides providing (this flows better imo) coverage against Tyranitar, (AC) Tapu-Koko, and Heatran. However, EQ it is significantly weaker, (AC) failing and fails to 2HKO physical defensive Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM. Scale Shot is another option which turns Rayquaza into a potential lategame late-game cleaner thanks to its Speed boost and it gives it a chance to break Lunala; (ASC) however, (AC) but it suffers from inconsistent damage (RSC). (AP) Outrage is an option for burst damage against bulkier threats like Giratina and Zekrom, (AC) but locking Rayquaza into it for 2 to 3 turns is a steep penalty if any Fairy types Fairy-types remain on the opposing side.
 
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Hey marlyne! This is a great start and I would love to see you try more GP in the future. Looking at the first two now and will come back for the rest if I have time later today or tomorrow.

making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game
"Late-game" "early-game" etc are always used on their own, never with "during the" or "in the" before them. This is for the same reason you say 'I'll do this tomorrow' and not 'I'll do this in the tomorrow'.

(AC) giving which gives it some flexibility (slight reword to make it flow better).
The difference between 'giving' and 'which gives' isn't much and both phrases essentially mean the same thing, so this is more of a lateral change. Make sure to avoid lateral changes, or edits that go from one correct phrasing to another one for no reason apart from sounding better to you. As GP, we want to preserve the voice and style of writers as much as possible so their work can be up on site in their own words. There are always going to be some small edits that change this, but keeping voice in mind is key. You want to make sure you're checking what's in the analysis and not what you'd personally write if this was your own analysis; what sounds better to you may not sound better to the writer.

by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it
Good change with who -> that, but there isn't any need to cut 'the myriad of' because it's useful content that tells a reader that there are a lot of faster Pokemon in the relevant metagame as opposed to a few. Maintaining content is important - any phrasing that would change meaning / nuance needs to be kept.

Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel and Delphox
Smogon uses the serial/Oxford comma, or a comma before and in a list of three or more, so there should be a comma after Sneasel here.

it struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise
Similarly here, but removing 'greatly', you're removing relevant cintent that highlights this as an especially bad matchup as opposed to a 'this is annoying but it can be fine' one. You don't have to worry about character counts or consicison here (unless the sentence is rambling/running on), and maintaining the nuances is the most important part because we don't play these metagames and can't make calls on what should/shouldn't be emphasised.

Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water the Water-type
Neutrality to Water is fine to say; this is how we talk about type resistances:
  • A Pokemon can have a Water weakness, Water resistance, or Water immunity. It can be weak to Water, resist Water, or be immune to Water.
  • It is not immune to Water-types or does not have a Water-type immunity (or resistance/weakness); saying it's weak to Water-types / Water-type weakness disregards the fact that these Pokemon can run super effective coverage. It is not inherently weak to Pokemon of those types.
  • A Pokemon can also have a weakness / resistance / immunity to Water-type moves; this is correct if already written but not necessary to correct from 'weakness to Water'. This is because the Pokemon is weak to the moves used.
  • A Pokemon can't be a Water immunity / Water resistance (or resist) / Water weakness; an immunity / resistance weakness is a trait a Pokemon has, not something it is.
  • This is different from moves; it's a Water-type move/attack always, not a Water move.

making which maekes it less splashable
Similarly here, the disctinction between making / which makes is lateral. Since the writer has used that structure a lot, you can vary one of them for repetition reasons, but both of these are correct to say, which means it comes down to the writer's voice.

The word 'splashable' also isn't accepted in analyses:
  • The word "splashable" should not be used to refer to Pokemon that fit on teams easily; it has a highly specific meaning ("can be used to power up an otherwise already completed deck / team even further without providing any substantial downsides in any situation") that does not work in a Pokemon context, and therefore it should be avoided in all Smogon writing (including articles).

Fire, Rock, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix and Palossand
When it comes to talking about multiple types, there should be a hyphen after all of them, so Fire-, Rock-, and Ground-types. This is a shortened way of saying Fire-types, Rock-types, and Ground-types, as the hyphens before the first two indicate that they have the same second part as Ground-types.

There should also be an Oxford comma in the second list, so Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix, and Palossand.

Waterium-Z
This one isn't going to be super common unless you check old gens, but Waterium Z and any other Z-Crystal names aren't hyphenated (the word Z-Move Z-Crystal themselves are, though).

Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z, (AC) enabling and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro, (AC) with the help of Calm Mind.
The 'with the help of Calm Mind' part isn't its own separate clause and doesn't need a comma before it. With this change, you've created a set of two commas too (one before enabling one before with); when there is a comma pair in the sentence, it acts like parentheses and the rest of the sentence should make sense without that part.

Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used with Waterium Z, enabling Slowbro to break past even Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbro, with the help of Calm Mind

Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used with Waterium Z with the help of Calm Mind

passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank, (AC) as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and defensive Slowbro.
With 'as well as', if you're using it as a substitute for 'and' to separate two verbs that are the same (like 'it can check foes as well as pivot with U-turn') or using it to separate two lists ('it struggles against Grass-types lke Venusaur and Meganium as well as Water-types like Blastoise and Feraligatr'), then you don't need a comma to separate them. However, if you're using an 'as well as (verb)ing' structure, this creates a new dependent clause and should be separated by a comma.

This is two lists 'passive Pokemon like Mega Audino, Feroseed, and Miltank' / 'bulky Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and defensive Slowbro', so the comma isn't needed following the above.

Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott
This list would also need an Oxford comma after Comfey.

Pokemon that rely on Toxic to defeat it, (AC) such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which (rephrase to let the sentence flow better) and enables it rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters and enables Slowbro PP-stall Pokemon immune to pp-stall Water immunities Pokemon the Water-type like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.
This is a good edit - just note that PP stall isn't hyphenated, 'immune to Water' is fine, and the writer misspelled Seismitoad here.
 
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several dangerous (cut filler) physical attackers
When it comes to filler / fluff cutting, these are phrases that use too many words to get to a point like 'Scald is the STAB move of choice to hit Ground-types' instead of just 'Scald hits Ground-types' - we know it's the move of choice because it's on the set. Single words generally aren't filler unless completely unnecessary, and an adjective like 'dangerous' isn't filler because it's providing context and meaning to the physical attackers. The new prosw guide here has a good section on filler https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...ew-writers-please-read.3588923/#post-10381023

Tsareena is a valuable teammate which provides hazard removal
The words 'which' and 'that' aren't interchangeable, and this should be 'that'.
  • 'Which' clauses are used when the clause is non-restrictive, meaning that you can remove the 'which' clause and the sentence still makes sense. Which clauses also always need a comma before them. (Ghost-types, which are immune to Rapid Spin - non-restrictive because every single Ghost-type is immune, no restrictions/exceptions)
  • 'That' clauses are restrictive and don't need a comma before them - the 'that' clause is needed for the rest of the sentence to make sense. (Pokemon that resist Grass - restrictive because some Pokemon resist Grass whereas others do not)
  • This article helps elaborate on this https://www.grammarly.com/blog/grammar/which-vs-that/
Here, the sentence is saying 'a teammate that can provide' because not every single teammate can provide this, only certain ones can (which is the restriction).

The first mention of hazards per paragraph should be 'entry hazards' to introduce the concept; after that, just 'hazards' is fine.

Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk.
Similarly to the 'as well as' edit I explained in the previous post, the comma isn't needed here because it's not creating a new 'as well as (verb)ing' dependent claause.

In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist so that Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth.
Rock resist should be written out as Rock resistance; we don't use 'resist' in this way.

The word revenge kill isn't hyphenated.

You can also change the second 'Frosmoth' to 'it' in this sentence to avoid repeating the subject twice.

Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and abuse Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham
We don't use abbreviations like 1v1, so this can be written out as 'beat Chansey one-on-one'.

We also don't ever use the word 'abuse' because the definition is to use in a negative way - phrasing like 'take advantage of' means the same thing without the negative connotation.

Eelektross'
When a Pokemon name ends in -s, to make it possessive we still use the 's ending, so Eelektross's / Latias's / Froslass's etc.

helping against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff and Mabosstiff.
The origina uses the 'as well as' to clarify that Passimian is Choice Scarf but Mabosstiff isn't, which could be ambiguous if 'and' was kept, so this change isn't really needed. There's also no 'and' repetition after you changed the first one to 'while'.

Special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring
'x and y' is plural, while 'x or y' is singular. If you're referring to multiple things (teammates, threats, foes etc) then you need to use 'and' in lists of examples to ensure grammatical agreement. If you're talking about one thing (a teammate, a threat, a foe etc) then you need to use 'or.'

Here, the subject is special walls (more than one wall), so 'or' doesn't grammatically agre with the plural subject. Changing or -> and makes both parts plural.

Tera Type
The type in Tera type shouldn't be capitalised.

high Base Power
Good change with the capitalisations here - also note that it should be high-Base Power as a compound adjective.

Dragon Ascent is Rayquaza's main STAB move of choice, 2HKO'ing prominent defensive walls such as Clefable and Slowking.
The 'is Rayquaza's main STAB move of choice' is an example of fluff / filler because it doesn't add anything that 'Dragon Ascent 2HKOes prominent defensive walls' would not.

OHKOing, 2HKOing etc also don't have apostrophes included.

V-Create lets Rayquaza overpower Pokemon who resist Dragon Ascent
The c in V-create is not capitaised; this one isn't comment, but U-turn follows that rule as well and is a common one to keep an eye out for.

We also don't use 'who' to refer to Pokemon because they aren't people, so we use which or that instead. Here it would be that because it's restrictive - some Pokemon do resist Dragon Ascent and some do not.

Earthquake still dents Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C and Excadrill without lowering Rayquaza's stats, (AC) while and also provides providing (this flows better imo) coverage against Tyranitar, (AC) Tapu-Koko, and Heatran.
With this change, the comma before 'while' isn't correct. Commas before 'while' are needed when it means 'whereas' / is showing contrast. If 'while' is used to mean 'at the same time as' (while also / while (verb)ing) then a comma isn't needed. 'While providing' doesn't show a contrast and instead talks about two things at the same time.

Tapu Koko also doesn't have a hyphen - make sure to keep an eye out for stray hyphens in writing.

Scale Shot is another option which turns Rayquaza into a potential lategame late-game cleaner
This 'which' should also be a 'that' - it's an option that turns Rayquaza into a cleaner, and not every single option can do that, just this one.

2 to 3 turns
Small numbers like this should be written out as words, so 'two to three turns'
 
Tried out a tool recommended by adorluigi. Will try completing the rest of these in the coming days. Best to do them separately though, good for implementing feedback. ALSO, just wanted to focus on fixing more objective things for now

Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, (AC) and solid natural bulk making it a functional late-game sweeper in the lategame that can be difficult to take down without super-effective coverage. Torterra can also support its team as a breaker wallbreaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility. Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not immediately be immediately threatened by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras Torterra's great coverage, it struggles greatly with against Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who that are to too bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald, (AC) which maekes makes it less splashable flexible given the opportunity cost of using it over other, (RC) more consistent Grass Types Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.
 
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Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, (AC) and solid natural bulk making it a functional late-game sweeper in the lategame that can be difficult to take down without super-effective coverage.
A lot of good objectives fixes here!
  • There should be a comma before 'making' here because it introduces a new dependent clause. Without a comma, it reads like only the natural bulk makes it a good late-game sweeper, but adding a comma and making it a new clause correctly implies that all three of the listed positives make it one.
  • The term 'super effective' is never hyphenated.
Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost
Stats should be capitalised when you're talking directly above the stat, so here because you're talking about its Speed stat, it needs a capital s.

such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel and Delphox
Smogon uses the Oxford comma / serial comma, which is a comma before and in a list of three or more (so Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel, and Delphox).
 
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Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, ( AC) and solid natural bulk, (AC) making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game that can be difficult to take down without super-effective super effective coverage. Torterra can also supports its team as a breaker wallbreaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility. Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed Speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel, (AC) and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras Torterra's great coverage, it struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who that are too bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald, (AC) which maekes makes it less splashable given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.

Scald is a reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks and threatens Fire, Rock, FIre-, Rock-, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix, (AC) and Palossand. Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott, (AC) as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro with the help of Calm Mind. Block is the crux of the set and that lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and Defensive defensive Slowbro. Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on Special Attackers special attackers like Diancie, Comfey, (AC) and Whimsicott. Rest restores all of Slowbro's hp HP and clears it of any status from Pokemon like Xatu, Vaporeon, and Seismitoad, making it difficult to wear down once it gets multiple boosts from Calm Mind. Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Slowbro and enables Slowbro it to pp-stall Water immunities immune Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.

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Quiver Dance + and Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it Frosmoth can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, (RC) as well as Muk. In addition, Tera Ground also gives Frosmoth a Rock resist resistance, (AC) so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth cannot revenge kill it. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and abuse take advantage of Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock locked into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross' Elektross's Dragon Tail and still helping against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff. As Special Walls special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 depending on its Tera Type type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed are not OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast, pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, (AC) and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is quite vulnerable to common Scarfers Choice Scarf users like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham, (AC) even at +1 without the proper Tera Type type, making defensive switchins switch-in to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.
 
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making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game
Early-game, late-game etc are always found on their own and not with 'in the' or 'during the' etc before them. This is for the same reason you'd say 'I'm going to do this tomorrow' and not 'I'm going to do this in the tomorrow'.

Torterra can also supports its team as a breaker wallbreaker
There's no reason to change 'can support' to 'supports'. Not only is this a lateral change (changing one correct thing to anotehr correct thing because it sounds better), it also changes the nuance of the sentence. 'Can' is not definite; something can sometimes do something, but otehr times it can't. Saying 'it supports' instead of 'can support' makes the sentence more definite, saying that it always does this role instead of doing it sometimes when the sweeper role doesn't work.

In general, if something isn't incorrect, especially single words like this, you want to preserve voice and meaning.

which maekes makes it less splashable
The word 'splashable' is not used in analyses - it has a specific meaning that doesn't apply to a Pokemon context. It should always be changed.

Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott, (AC) as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro with the help of Calm Mind.
I like the dex info cut here. 'Even' would be fine to keep because the sentence is going for is that it can break through anything, even the Grass-types that resist it.

'As well as' can be used in a few ways:
- As substitute for 'and' to separate two verbs that are the same (like 'it can check foes as well as pivot with U-turn')
- To separate two lists ('it struggles against Grass-types lke Venusaur and Meganium as well as Water-types like Blastoise and Feraligatr')
- To create a new dependent clause using 'as well as (verb)ing'.

The former two do not need commas before as well as, whereas the latter does need one. Here, the sentence is 'Waterium Z enables Slowbro to break through Grass-types as well as opposing Slowbro' - this separates two lists of examples and doesn't create a new (verb)ing dependent clause, so you didn't need to add the comma here.

Block is the crux of the set and that lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon
'is the crux of the set' is entirely filler and doesn't add any new information. Saying 'Block lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon' removes that filler while keeping all meaning intact.

Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Slowbro
Be conscious about altering meaning with your edits - the original was saying that these Pokemon rely on Toxic to beat bulky Water-types in general and Slowbro takes advantage of that fact.

enables Slowbro it to pp-stall Water immunities immune Pokemon
PP stall is formatted like that, capitalising PP and not using a hyphen. If you're ever unsure of a standard, go to the standards thrad and use ctrl + f and type 'pp' and you'd find a reference to it.

Water-immune, Water-resistant etc are hyphenated.

Copperrajah
This isn't sppelled correctly and should be Copperajah- make sure to double check any Pokemon names especially for tiers you don't have as much exposure to.

In addition, Tera Ground also
There wasn't a need to add also here. In additional and also both mean the exact same thing, so adding both makes one of them redundant. You don't need to stack phrases like in addition / also / additionally etc, you only need one to make the point.

Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth cannot revenge kill it
There's nothing wrong with using abbreviations like can't; this isn't an adacemic paper. Rest of the changes are good!

Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey
difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1
1v1 isn't an accepted term, so you can say 'beat Chansey one-on-one'.

Eelektross' Elektross's
You're correct to add the apostrophe here, but you've changed it from the correct spelling to an incorrect one. I would recommend trying out the GP formatting tool so you can make small edits like these; the tooll will do all the markup for you.

special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring
Here, 'or' needs to be changed to 'and' because 'walls' is plural.
  • 'x and y' is plural, while 'x or y' is singular. If you're referring to multiple things (teammates, threats, foes etc) then you need to use 'and' in lists of examples to ensure grammatical agreement. If you're talking about one thing (a teammate, a threat, a foe etc) then you need to use 'or.'
In a sentence like this, you need to look out for two parts:

special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring.

The first is what the list is giving examples of, so here it's walls. The second is the conective used to join the list together. These two pieces need to have grammatical agreement. This means that both have to be plural or both have to be singular, and you can't have one singular one plural.

'Walls' is plural because it refers to more than one wall. 'Or' as the connective is singular. This means there isn't agreement, so if you change 'or' to the plural connective 'and'. you now have two plurals and agreement. You want to always change the connective instead of the subject in case the writer wanted to specify either a singular or a plural subject.

making defensive switchins switch-in to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.
Here, switch-in should be switch-ins (plural) because you're referring to multiple. If it was singular, you would say 'a defensive switch-in'.
As a general note, group your additions and removals together so the check is easier to read. Instead of switchins switch-in to them, you can do switchins to them switch-ins.

If you find formatting annoying, the GP tool is really worth trying out because it saves so much time and means you don't have to worry about the visuals of the check.
https://zrp200.github.io/cc-diff/
 
Utility Talonflame fits on Balance balance and Bulky Offense bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns, (AC) and punishing opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn VoltTurn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin switch in against several dangerous physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien Wo-Chien desirable. Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-Types Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making that makes Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates. Tsareena is a valuable teammate which that provides entry hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves, and checks the check bulky Water-Types Water-types that Talonflame hates.
 
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Utility Talonflame fits on Balance balance and Bulky Offense bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns, (AC) and punishing opposing pivots
  • Commas before 'and' 'but' 'or' are only needed if the clause that comes after it is independent, meaning it’s a grammatically correct sentence without the other part. If it isn’t independent, the comma is not needed.
An independent clause is a clause that makes sense on its own without the other part of the sentence required. Here, the comma you added isn't correct because 'punishing opposing pivots' does not make sense without the other part of the sentence.

When checking for these, you can split it out like this:
1. Talonflame fits on teams that appreciate it spreading burns
2. Punishing opposing pivots

Through this, you can see that 1 works on its own without 2, but 2 doesn't work on its own without 1.

Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-Types Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making that makes Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates.
The original sentence structure with making was correct. This current sentence doesn't make sense. Without the markup, you get this:

Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel that makes Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates.

The original sentence was two clauses: Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel (main clause), making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates (dependent clause). What the change has done is combine the two clauses into one big clause that doesn't really make sense - it struggles against Electric-types that make things good teammates? That edit removes the cause and effect of 'it struggles against Electric-types, making Ground-types good partners'.

Formatting-wise, you also didn't mark on the comma removal. I think the GP tool would help you out a lot, so make sure to try it and let me know if you have questions about it. The GP tool also lets you read the text without markup, so with complex sentences like this, you'll always be able to sanity check your edits.

Tsareena is a valuable teammate which that provides entry hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves, and checks the check bulky Water-Types Water-types that Talonflame hates.
'Checks' was fine here becase it sues the same verb form as 'provides'. This sentence is complicated, so you can break it down a the main clause and the aside clause that's separated by commas in the middle. Aside clauses can be removed with the rest of the sentence making sense, so the main clause you're working with is this:

Tsareena is a valuable teammate that provides entry hazard removal and check bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates.

This is a list of two items. Lists have to follow certain rules to be grammatically correct:

1. Each list item should make sense when read with the non-list part of the sentence independently of any other list items. Something like 'It can switch in, pivot, and attacks foes' doesn't work because 'it can attacks foes' doesn't make sense.
2. Lists should also use the same grammatical structure across list items. Something like 'I like eating, sleeping, and to go for a walk' doesn't work because the third item has a different verb form even through all three would follow the first rule.

Applying rule 1 to your changed sentence,, you get:

Tsareena is a valuable teammate that provides entry hazard removal
Tsareena is a valuable teammate that check bulky Water-types


That second one doesn't work because 'a valuable teammate that check' doesn't agree. A teammate - singular and check = plural. If the sentence was 'a valuable teammate that checks', then it works, so the original was correct here.
 
New to GP, just wanted to try new things out as I was bored :]

I'm also partially interested in contributing to C&C :sylveon:

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Torterras niche largely comes from it's good coverage, access to Rock Polish, and solid natural bulk making it a functional sweeper in the lategame that can be difficult to take down without super-effective coverage. Torterra can also support its team as a breaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely which gives it some flexibility. Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened by the myriad of Pokemon who are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras great coverage, it struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who are to bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald which maekes it less splashable given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.

Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, and solid natural bulk, (AC) making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game that can be difficult to take down without super-effective super effective coverage. Torterra can also support its team as a breaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility. Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed Speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened to avoid being immediately threatened (minor reword to improve readability of the sentence) by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel, (AC) and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras Torterra's great coverage, it struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who that are to too bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald which maekes it less splashable , (AC) limits its viability (reword as "splashable" is not an officially accepted term and to retain the original meaning) given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types Grass-Types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.

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Scald is reliable STAB that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks and threatens Fire, Rock, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix and Palossand. Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros with the help of Calm Mind. Block is the crux of the set and lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega, Ferroseed, and Miltank as well as bulky Waters like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and Defensive Slowbro. Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on Special Attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott. Rest restores all of Slowbro's hp and clears it of any status from Pokemon like Xatu, Vaporeon, and Seismitoad, making it difficult to wear down once it gets multiple boosts from Calm Mind. Additionally it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters and enables Slowbro to pp-stall Water immunities Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.

Scald is reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks and threatens Fire-, Rock-, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix, (AC) and Palossand. Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro with the help of Calm Mind. Block is the crux of the set and lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and defensive Slowbro. Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on special attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott. Rest restores all of Slowbro's HP and clears it of any status from Pokemon like Xatu, Vaporeon, and Seismitoad, making it difficult to wear down once it gets multiple boosts from Calm Mind. Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Water-types and enables Slowbro to pp-stall PP stall Water immunities immune Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed Seismitoad

Utility Talonflame fits on Balance and Bulky Offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns and punishing opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin against several dangerous physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien desirable. Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-Types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates. Tsareena is a valuable teammate which provides hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves, and checks the bulky Water-Types that Talonflame hates.

Utility Talonflame fits on balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading its ability to spread burns and punishing punish opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn VoltTurn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin switch in against several dangerous physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien Wo-Chien desirable. Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates. Tsareena is a valuable teammate, (AC) as it which provides entry hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves, and checks the bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates.

Quiver Dance + Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk. In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 Chansey and abuse Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross' Dragon Tail and still helping against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff.

Special Walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 depending on its Tera Type, and others like Copperajah, AV Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast, pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is quite vulnerable to common Scarfers like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham even at +1 without the proper Tera Type, making defensive switchins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.

Quiver Dance + and Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Blast Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah Copperajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk. In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist resistance so that Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth revenge kill it. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 beat Chansey one-on-one and abuse punish Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross' which blocks Eelektross's Dragon Tail and still helping helps against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff Mabosstiff.

Special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or and Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 beat one-on-one depending on its Tera type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast Ground. Hence, pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, (AC) and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is quite vulnerable to common Scarfers Choice Scarf users like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham even at +1 Speed without the proper Tera type, making defensive switchins switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.
 
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Torterra can also support its team as a breaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility.
- The term “breaker” should never be used alone. It should always be “wallbreaker” or “stallbreaker”, and in this case, it's “wallbreaker”.

Unfortunately, Torterra's low speed Speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened to avoid being immediately threatened (minor reword to improve readability of the sentence) by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel, (AC) and Delphox.
- There are good changes here like the “Speed” and “that” changes.
- However, your slight rewording to improve readability is unnecessary. This is a lateral change, which is discouraged, since it removes the author’s voice without cause, as the sentence can be easily understood either way.

Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald which maekes it less splashable , (AC) limits its viability (reword as "splashable" is not an officially accepted term and to retain the original meaning) given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types Grass-Types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.
- Here, after “Scald”, a comma is required for the “which” clause.
- You are correct to remove “splashability”, but turning it into “viability” changes the meaning. Originally, the sentence was just trying to explain how Torterra can’t fit on as many teams as it’d like to due to its Scald weakness. To better maintain this meaning, I’d use “flexibility” or “makes it harder to fit on teams”. You got the basic idea down, though, good job.
- The comma between “other” and “more” is poorly placed, since those adjectives don’t equally modify the noun. To test for this, you can simply add an “and” between the adjectives as well as flip them around and ensure it makes sense in both cases.
- Additionally, “Grass-Types” is wrong as well; the “Types” half should always be lowercased like in “Water-types”.
 
vAdeRaven

Scald is reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks and threatens Fire-, Rock-, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix, (AC) and Palossand.
- “STAB move” is the right change, but doing this means that you need to rephrase it as “Scald is a reliable STAB move”.

Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on special attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott.
- Smogon uses the oxford comma, a.k.a. the one that pops up before the “and” in a list of three or more things. So, here, it’d be “Diancie, Comfey, and Whimsicott”.

Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Water-types and enables Slowbro to pp-stall PP stall Water immunities immune Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed Seismitoad.
- Good job with this sentence overall.
- However, there is a slight change that’s needed. “Water immune” should be written with a hyphen like “Water-immune”, and this goes for other type interactions as well such as “Water-resistant” and “Water-weak”.

Utility Talonflame fits on balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading its ability to spread burns and punishing punish opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor.
- Fixing the capitalization of the team archetypes was correct.
- But, changing the phrasing of “it spreading burns and punishing opposing pivots” to “its ability to spread burns and punish opposing pivots” is a lateral change. For more info on how to identify a lateral change or when a prose change is required, check the spoiler tab.
(From GP Beginner Notes (link))
Make sure to avoid lateral changes, or edits that go from one correct phrasing to another one for no reason apart from sounding better to you. As GP, we want to preserve the voice and style of writers as much as possible so their work can be up on site in their own words. There are always going to be some small edits that change this, but keeping voice in mind is key. You want to make sure you're checking what's in the analysis and not what you'd personally write if this was your own analysis; what sounds better to you may not sound better to the writer. The points below offer good examples of when a change isn't lateral and you're fixing a prose error.

  • Fluff - phrases like 'is the STAB move of choice' 'is the item of choice' etc are unnecessary; we know a move is chosen because it's on the set, and an overlong fluff phrase makes it harder to actually get to the information about why it's chosen. Dex info phrases (things you can find on the dex / online) also do this; our analyses aim to give information about how a Pokemon functions in a specific metagame and not bsic info about the game itself like type charts.
  • Repetition - writers often repeat the same words / phrases / ideas a lot. Is the prose saying the same word twice in a sentence? (“Garchomp is a good teammate, as Garchomp can do xyz”) Is it using the same structure across a paragraph? Has the Pokemon's name been used multiple times in the last sentence and should be changed to 'it'?
  • Repeating a Pokemon name twice in the same sentence / high usage across multiple sentences means you can change one to 'it'.
  • If the writer makes the same point twice, you can cut one. If the points are similar but slightly different, you can combine them.
  • If the writer overuses words/phrases in the same sentence, you can vary them.
  • If the paragraph uses the same sentence structure over and over again, you can vary them.
  • Redundancy - similar to repetition, writers can often make the same point multiple times without realising. They can also use redundant phrasing like 'bulky walls' / 'defensive walls' (all walls are bulky) or 'alternatively, it can also be used' (alternatively and also mean the same thing).
  • Clarity - make sure that the points being made are clearly communicated in a way a new player would understand. Using implied meta knowledge makes things inaccessible, so if there's ever something unclear that requires knowledge to fix, leave a comment.
  • Overlong/run-on sentences - Adding clause after clause after clause makes a sentence difficult to read and understand even if it's technically grammatically correct. You can split sentences up into two or condense clauses to make it more readable.

More information can be found in the prose guide https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/guide-to-the-gp-process-new-writers-please-read.3588923/#post-10381023

Tsareena is a valuable teammate, (AC) as it which provides entry hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves, and checks the bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates.
- This change works, though the question was checking in if you knew when to use “which” vs “that”. In this case, it would’ve been “that”, since the clause is restrictive. If you’d like clarification or more information, check the spoiler tab.
(From Grammarly (link))
  • Which introduces nonrestrictive clauses, whereas restrictive clauses are introduced by that.
  • That with a restrictive clause adds essential details and clarification, whereas which with a nonrestrictive clause adds nonessential details and context.
  • Use commas with which, but generally avoid them with that except in a parenthetical phrase.
  • Knowing how to use which and that correctly is important because these words have different meanings and thus affect sentences’ meanings.
  • If the details are crucial to the sentence, use that. If they aren’t crucial, use which.
One example that a fellow GPer, sunny004, uses that I believe works quite well is:

- “I like elephants, which are big.”
- “I like elephants that are big.”

The first says that I like elephants, and independent of that, they happen to be big. However, the second states that I only like big elephants.

Quiver Dance + and Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers.
- Tier names should always be shortened if possible like NU (Never Used), OU (Over Used), and BH (Balanced Hackmons).

Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Blast Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah Copperajah and Perrserker, as well as Muk.
- The comma after “Perrserker” should be deleted, since it’s not introducing a new “as well as” + [verb]ing dependent clause.

In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist resistance so that Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill Frosmoth revenge kill it.
- Small note: when “so” is being used in as a shortened version of “so that”, it doesn’t require a “that” after it—you just need to make sure there’s no comma before it. Adding a “that” isn’t actively bad, though. I just thought that I should mention this.

Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking Eelektross' which blocks Eelektross's Dragon Tail and still helping helps against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff Mabosstiff.

- “Eelektross's” and “Mabosstiff” is right.
- However, reworking the sentence makes this a lateral change, since it’s easily understood either way. You can check the Talonflame tab for more information.
 
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Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, (AC) and solid natural bulk, (AC) making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game that can be difficult to take down without super-effective coverage. Torterra can also support its team as a breaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility. Unfortunately, Torterra's low Speed makes it incredibly reliant on obtaining a Rock Polish boost to not be immediately threatened by the myriad of Pokemon who that are faster than it, such as Aerodactyl, Sigilyph, Sneasel, (AC) and Delphox. Additionally, despite Torterras Torterra's great coverage, it greatly struggles greatly with Pokemon like Weezing and Dhelmise who that are to too bulky to overwhelm without Swords Dance. Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald which maekes makes it less splashable harder to fit on teams (splashable isn't used to describe Pokemon that fit on teams easily) given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.

Scald is a reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks (Awkwardly worded, mention that it has a chance to burn any physical attacker switching in) and threatens Fire-, Rock-, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix and Palossand. Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro with the help of Calm Mind. Block is the crux of the set and lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank, (AC) as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and Defensive Slowbro. Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on Special Attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott. Rest restores all of Slowbro's HP and clears it of any status from Pokemon like Xatu, Vaporeon, and Seismitoad, making it difficult to wear down once it gets multiple boosts from Calm Mind. Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Water-types and enables Slowbro to pp-stall PP stall Water immunities immune Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.

(Not sure about the first sentence, it sounds awkward but I'm not sure if just striking it and asking for a rewording is okay.)
 
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Torterras Torterra's niche largely comes from it's its good coverage, access to Rock Polish, (AC) and solid natural bulk, (AC) making it a functional sweeper in the lategame late-game that can be difficult to take down without super-effective coverage.
- Good job on “its” vs “it’s” and the commas.
- However, Similar to how you don’t say “in the tomorrow”, “late-game” shouldn’t be proceeded by “in the”.
- Also, “super effective” doesn’t include a hyphen

Torterra can also support its team as a breaker in matchups where sweeping is unlikely, (AC) which gives it some flexibility.
- “Breaker” should never be alone; it’s always “wallbreaker” or “stallbreaker”. In this case, it’s “wallbreaker”.

Torterra is also marred by a neutrality to Water and a severe weakness to Scald which maekes makes it less splashable harder to fit on teams (splashable isn't used to describe Pokemon that fit on teams easily) given the opportunity cost of using it over other, more consistent Grass Types Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile.
- Great phrase change for “splashable”.
- The “which” clause, though, requires a comma before the “which”: “…weakness to Scald, which …”
- Additionally, the comma between “other” and “more” is incorrect, as those adjectives don’t equally modify the noun. To test for this, you can simply add an “and” between the adjectives as well as flip them around and check if it makes sense in both cases.

Scald is a reliable STAB move that possesses a chance to make Slowbro even more difficult to take down with physical attacks (Awkwardly worded, mention that it has a chance to burn any physical attacker switching in) and threatens Fire-, Rock-, and Ground-types like Delphox, Rhydon, Steelix and Palossand.
- Technically, the first half that you crossed out is written correctly. However, there is definitely an argument for clunkiness, though—since there isn’t an author implementing this—it would’ve been nice to see what you would’ve done.
- Good job on hyphenating “Fire” and “Rock”, but you forgot to add a comma after “Steelix” it seems.

Scald becomes Hydro Vortex when used alongside Waterium-Z and enables Slowbro to break past even Grasses Grass-types like Sceptile and Whimsicott as well as opposing Slowbros Slowbro with the help of Calm Mind.
- It’s rare, since you’ll only see it in past metgames, but “Waterium Z” lacks a hyphen.
- The “even” should stay because it conveys that Waterium Z's power. Calm Mind-boosted Hydro Vortex is so strong it can also beat Grass-types.

Block is the crux of the set and lets Slowbro trap passive Pokemon like Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Ferroseed, and Miltank, (AC) as well as bulky Waters Water-types like Vaporeon, Blastoise, and Defensive Slowbro.
- “Is the crux of the set” is always filler and should be deleted.
- There shouldn’t be a comma before “as well as”, since it’s not introducing a new “as well as” + [verb]ing dependent clause.
- “Defensive” should be in lowercase due to it not referencing a stat outright.

Calm Mind allows Slowbro to better take on Special Attackers like Diancie, Comfey and Whimsicott.
- “Special Attackers” should be in lowercase because it doesn’t plainly say a stat.
- The oxford comma (x, y, and z >> x, y and z) is required here in this list after “Comfey”.

Additionally, (AC) it lets Slowbro reliably trap and eliminate Pokemon such as Audino-Mega Mega Audino, Vaporeon, and Miltank, which rely on Toxic to defeat bulky Waters Water-types and enables Slowbro to pp-stall PP stall Water immunities immune Pokemon like Vaporeon and Seismitoed.
- Good job on this sentence overall.
- Though, “Water-immune” is written like that, with the hyphen. The same goes for other type interactions, such as “Water-weak” and “Water-resistant”.
- “Seismitoed” is spelled wrong; there’s an “a” at the end. “Seismitoad” is the correct spelling.

(Not sure about the first sentence, it sounds awkward but I'm not sure if just striking it and asking for a rewording is okay.)
- Typically, it’s better to adjust the sentence to make it easier to understand if you know what the author is trying to say. However, if you don’t, reaching out and asking is always fine and works as well. In this case, it’s okay, though I agree that its clunkiness could potentially be improved.
 
Quiver Dance + Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers. Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah Copperajah and Perrserker (RC) as well as Poison-types like Muk. In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist resistance so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill revenge kill Frosmoth. Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 beat Chansey one-on-one and abuse set up on Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat. Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking which blocks Eelektross' Dragon Tail and still helping helps against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff Mabosstiff. Special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 beat depending on its Tera Type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast (RC); (ASC) pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, (AC) and Pyroar to soften up these checks. Also, Frosmoth is quite vulnerable to common scarfers like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham even at +1 without the proper Tera type, making defensive switchins switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.

Utility Talonflame fits on balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns and punishing opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn VoltTurn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin switch in against several dangerous physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien Wo-Chien desirable. Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates. Tsareena is a valuable teammate which that checks the bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates and provides hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves (RC) and checks the bulky Water-Types that Talonflame hates.

Choice Band Rayquaza is one of the strongest wallbreakers in the tier thanks to its high Attack and high Base Power moves. Dragon Ascent is Rayquaza's main stab of choice, 2HKO'ing lets Rayquaza 2HKO prominent defensive walls such as Clefable and Slowking. V-create lets Rayquaza overpower Pokemon who resist Dragon Ascent such as Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM, Corviknight, Skarmory, and Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C. ExtremeSpeed Extreme Speed allows Rayquaza to finish off chipped Pokemon like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Raichu-Alolan Alolan Raichu. Earthquake still dents Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C and Excadrill without lowering Rayquaza's stats and also provides coverage against Tyranitar, (AC) Tapu-Koko, and Heatran. However, EQ Earthquake is significantly weaker and fails to 2HKO physical defensive Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM. Scale Shot is another option, (AC) which turns Rayquaza into a potential lategame late-game cleaner thanks to its Speed boost. (AP) It and it gives it Rayquaza a chance to break Lunala, (AC) but it suffers from inconsistent damage; Outrage is an option for burst damage against bulkier threats like Giratina and Zekrom, (AC) but locking Rayquaza into it for 2 to 3 turns is a steep penalty if any Fairy types opposing Fairy-types remain on the opposing side.
 
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Quiver Dance + Terastallization make Frosmoth one of NeverUsed's deadliest sweepers.

- Unlike "Quiver Dance and Terastallization", "Quiver Dance + Terastallization" is actually singular so should be used with "makes" instead. This is because two things joined with a "+" is effectively saying "the combination of A + B", which is singular.
- We prefer using shortened format names, i.e, "NU" instead of "NeverUsed".

Despite its mediocre coverage, it can use Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast to beat Steel-types like Copperrajah Copperajah and Perrserker (RC) as well as Poison-types like Muk.

- "Tera Ground alongside Tera Blast" can be shortened to simply "Tera Blast Ground".
- Good job catching the spelling error.
- I wouldn't have added "Poison-types like" before Muk because the "like" implies there could be more than one Poison-type Tera Blast hits, whereas the original is clear that Muk is the only Poison-type target. It's not a massive deal here, but you should avoid changing the meaning of texts as much as possible.

In addition, Tera Ground gives Frosmoth a Rock resist resistance so Lycanroc's Accelerock can't revenge-kill revenge kill Frosmoth.

- Good job expanding the abbreviation and removing the hyphen in "revenge kill".
- You could have replaced the second "Frosmoth" with "it" to reduce repetition, as here it would be clear what "it" is referring to.

Alternatively, Frosmoth can drop Giga Drain and run Substitute with Tera Ghost to 1v1 beat Chansey one-on-one and abuse set up on Choice Scarf Passimian and Medicham that lock into Close Combat.

- Good job changing "1v1" to "beat one-on-one".
- Getting rid of "abuse" was correct, but something like "take advantage of" would've been a more appropriate replacement. The original didn't specifically refer to just setting up and could've also meant that Frosmoth can revenge kill these foes; again, avoid changing meaning as much as possible.

Another option is Tera Fairy, blocking which blocks Eelektross' Dragon Tail and still helping helps against Choice Scarf Passimian as well as Mabbosstiff Mabosstiff.

- Singular possessives should always end in 's even if the noun already ends in "s", so it should be "Eelektross's".
- Rewording the sentence wasn't really necessary here; the original was fine even if the change may sound a bit better.
- Good job catching the spelling error.

Special walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Chansey, or Ursaring are difficult for Frosmoth to 1v1 beat depending on its Tera Type, and others like Copperajah, AV Assault Vest Perrserker, and Muk aren't 1HKOed OHKOed by +1 Ground Tera Blast (RC); (ASC) pair Frosmoth with special wallbreakers such as Zoroark, Abomasnow, (AC) and Pyroar to soften up these checks.

- "walls" is plural, so the list here should include "and" instead of "or". "or" is used when the noun is singular.
- It should be "Tera Blast Ground", not "Ground Tera Blast".
- The many changes in the sentence are good, though!

Also, Frosmoth is quite vulnerable to common scarfers like Passimian, Mabosstiff, and Medicham even at +1 without the proper Tera type, making defensive switchins switch-ins to them such as Qwilfish, Dachsbun, and Drifblim good to have.

- "scarfers" is not a coined term; it should be expanded to just "Choice Scarf users"
- Good job fixing the capitalization error in "Tera types" and adding the hyphen to "switch-ins".

Utility Talonflame fits on balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate it spreading burns and punishing opposing pivots, namely Slither Wing and Scizor. It can form a potent Volt-turn VoltTurn core with teammates like Sandy Shocks and Slither Wing to pressure opposing teams. Talonflame cannot safely switchin switch in against several dangerous physical attackers like Tyranitar and Gyarados, making bulky teammates like Hippowdon and Wo Chien Wo-Chien desirable. Talonflame struggles against powerful Electric-types like Sandy Shocks and Kilowattrel, making Gastrodon and Hippowdon good teammates.

- Good changes here; I have no criticisms.

Tsareena is a valuable teammate which that checks the bulky Water-types that Talonflame hates and provides hazard removal, letting Talonflame drop Defog for other utility moves (RC) and checks the bulky Water-Types that Talonflame hates.

- Good job changing "which" to "that" and removing the capital "T" in "Water-types".
- Reordering the sentence wasn't really necessary; it was easy enough to understand before.
- The first mention of hazards in a paragraph should be written out in full as "entry hazards". Subsequent mentions in the same paragraph are okay to be shortened, though.

Choice Band Rayquaza is one of the strongest wallbreakers in the tier thanks to its high Attack and high Base Power moves.

- Good job correcting capitalizing "Base Powe", but "high-Base Power" should also be hyphenated when it's being used as an adjective and comes before what it's describing. I would check out the section on compound adjectives here for more information on them.

Dragon Ascent is Rayquaza's main stab of choice, 2HKO'ing lets Rayquaza 2HKO prominent defensive walls such as Clefable and Slowking.

- Really good job removing the pointless filler phrase and fixing the capitalization in "defensive".

V-create lets Rayquaza overpower Pokemon who resist Dragon Ascent such as Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM, Corviknight, Skarmory, and Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C.

- Good job fixing the move name and forme names.
- Don't use "who" to refer to Pokemon; use "that" or "which" (here it should be "that").

ExtremeSpeed Extreme Speed allows Rayquaza to finish off chipped Pokemon like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Raichu-Alolan Alolan Raichu. Earthquake still dents Zamazenta-Crowned Zamazenta-C and Excadrill without lowering Rayquaza's stats and also provides coverage against Tyranitar, (AC) Tapu-Koko, and Heatran.

- Only thing here is the second mention of Tapu Koko shouldn't be hyphenated. The changes are good.

However, EQ Earthquake is significantly weaker and fails to 2HKO physical defensive Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM.

- Good job fixing the names.
- It should be "physically defensive" when used as an adjective.

Scale Shot is another option, (AC) which turns Rayquaza into a potential lategame late-game cleaner thanks to its Speed boost. (AP) It and it gives it Rayquaza a chance to break Lunala, (AC) but it suffers from inconsistent damage; Outrage is an option for burst damage against bulkier threats like Giratina and Zekrom, (AC) but locking Rayquaza into it for 2 to 3 turns is a steep penalty if any Fairy types opposing Fairy-types remain on the opposing side.

- Good job fixing the missing commas and "late-game".
- I probably would've moved "is another option" after the which clause if i wanted to keep the "which" wording because it kind of sounds like the which clause is referring to "option" otherwise.
- I also probably would've split the sentence up where the semicolon is rather than mid-way through the Scale Shot explanation; the points about the two moves aren't particularly related.
- Small numbers are generally written out (with a few exception), so it should be "two to three turns".
 
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