National Dex Monotype Choice Scarf Great Tusk (Ground) [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Great Tusk @ Choice Scarf
Name: Choice Scarf (Ground)
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Ice Spinner / Megahorn

[SET COMMENTS]
With a handy dandy Choice Scarf, Great Tusk breaks the threshold of 450 Speed to outspeed threats like Greninja, Latios, and Latias, shifting the sands of the battle. Knock Off is great for removing items from pesky bulky Pokemon like Rocky Helmet on Skarmory and Eject Button on Hippowdon. Ice Spinner helps versus Flying-types like Gliscor, Landorus, and Dragonite while also hitting Mega Altaria for a 2HKO; Great Tusk outspeeds it even after a Dragon Dance. Alternatively, Megahorn can be used to deal with Ogerpon-W, Celebi, Slowbro, and Latios, and Latias, which makes Great Tusk a huge threat versus Psychic teams. Although Great Tusk has all these great attributes, it lacks the bulk that more defensive sets typically run and can be threatened out quite easily by Grass- and Water-types and by special attackers like Keldeo and Greninja. Clodsire makes a good teammate, as it can swap into these threats reliably, sponge hits from them, and provide an effective Water immunity. Clodsire also provides status and entry hazards to assist Great Tusk in cleaning up the competition with reliable chip damage. Hippowdon is a great secondary partner that can sponge damage for Great Tusk and set up sand and hazards for much-needed chip damage. Excadrill, is a secondary physical wallbreaker, utilizing either Swords Dance or Choice Band under sand to check Fairy- and Ice-type threats that Great Tusk can't outspeed like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan with its Steel-type STAB moves. Mamoswine additionally assists as a secondary wallbreaker, as it reliably takes on Flying-type threats that it can OHKO with its powerful Icicle Crash like non-Choice Specs Zapdos and Crobat. Landorus with Gravity helps check Steel / Flying types, assisting Great Tusk by breaking a notable defensive answer. Additionally, Mega Garchomp helps versus Dragon-types while also threatening Steel / Flying types.

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[SET]
4 Def over 4 SpD for leftover EVs.

[SET COMMENTS]
- The whole "Great Tusk finds itself to be a reliable form of speed control when given a shiny Choice Scarf, rattling the turn of events by outspeeding it's opponents it naturally couldn't and shifting the sands. With a Jolly Nature, and its handy dandy Choice Scarf, Great Tusk breaks the speed threshold of 450 to outspeed threats like Greninja and non-Choice Scarf Meowscarada." sentence is redundant; think you could mesh both into a single period. Would maybe give another example other than meow since that's almost always scarf in NDM;
- No need to describe what each STAB move does;
- Megahorn also hits Celebi, Slowbro, and Lati@s the hardest and makes Tusk pretty threatening into Psychic as a result;
- You can probably remove Hippo's mention as it's not directly related to Tusk; if you wanna keep it, then definitely add that it sets SR and Sand for auxiliary chip;
- Mention Landorus and Mega Garchomp as teammates that beat walls GT can't, like the steel birds and others.

1/2, great job! :staravia:
 
- For Mamo targets, add non-Choice Specs infront of Zapdos and remove Torn-T; add crobat. Z fly just destroys us.
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[SET]
Great Tusk @ Choice Scarf
Name: Choice Scarf (Ground)
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Ice Spinner / Megahorn

[SET COMMENTS]
With a handy dandy Choice Scarf, Great Tusk breaks the speed threshold of 450 Speed to outspeed threats like Greninja, (AC) Latios, (AC) and the Lati Twins Latias, shifting the sands of the battle. Knock Off is great for removing items off pesky bulky Pokemon like Rocky Helmet on Skarmory and Eject Button on Hippowdon. Ice Spinner helps versus Flying-types like Gliscor, Landorus, and Dragonite (RC) while also hitting Mega Altaria for a 2kho while 2HKO and outspeeding it even after a it uses Dragon Dance. Alternatively, Megahorn can be used to deal with Ogerpon-W, Celebi, Slowbro, and the Lati twins, (AC) which makes Great Tusk a huge threat versus Psychic teams as well. Although Great Tusk has all these great attributes, it lacks the bulk that more defensive sets typically run and can be threatened out quite easily by Grass- and Water- type Water-type threats (RC) along with and by special attackers. Clodsire pairs well with Great Tusk, (AC) as it Clodsire can swap in reliably, (AC) and sponge these hits from those threats, (AC) (I assume the previous examples are what this is referring to) and be an effective water immunity. Clodsire also provides status and entry hazards to assist Great Tusk in cleaning up the competition with reliable hazard chip damage. Hippowdon is a great secondary partner who Great Tusk that can pivot into to sponge damage sponge damage for Great Tusk (assuming that the original text meant switching to Hippowdon from Great Tusk) and not only setup set up sand but and hazards as well for much needed chip damage. Excadrill, when partnered with Great Tusk, provides a secondary physical wallbreaker (RP), (AC) utilizing either setup with Swords Dance under sand or Choice Band under sand to check Fairy- and Ice- type Ice-type threats that Great Tusk can't outspeed like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele or and Mamoswine with its Steel- Excadrill's Steel-type STAB moves. Mamoswine additionally assists as a secondary wallbreaker, (AC) as it reliably takes on Flying- type Flying-type threats that it can OHKO with its powerful Icicle Crash like Non Choice non-Choice Specs Zapdos or and Crobat. Landorus with Gravity helps to check the Steel flyers/Flying-types, assisting Great Tusk by breaking a notable defensive answer. Additionally, (AC) Mega Garchomp helps additionally versus Dragon Dragon-types while also threatening the Steel flyers/Flying-types.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/elvira.635656/
Set(s) by:
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
 
1/1 GP Team done credit both of us
[SET]
Great Tusk @ Choice Scarf
Name: Choice Scarf (Ground)
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Ice Spinner / Megahorn

[SET COMMENTS]
With a handy dandy Choice Scarf, Great Tusk breaks the speed threshold of 450 Speed to outspeed threats like Greninja, (AC) Latios, (AC) and the Lati Twins Latias, shifting the sands of the battle. Knock Off is great for removing items off from pesky bulky Pokemon like Rocky Helmet on Skarmory and Eject Button on Hippowdon. Ice Spinner helps versus Flying-types like Gliscor, Landorus, and Dragonite (RC) while also hitting Mega Altaria for a 2kho while 2HKO; Great Tusk outspeeds outspeeding it even after a Dragon Dance. Alternatively, Megahorn can be used to deal with Ogerpon-W, Celebi, Slowbro, and the Lati twins Latios, and Latias, (AC) which makes Great Tusk a huge threat versus Psychic teams as well. Although Great Tusk has all these great attributes, it lacks the bulk that more defensive sets typically run and can be threatened out quite easily by Grass- and Water- type Water-types (RC) along with and by special attackers. (any specific examples here?) Clodsire pairs well with Great Tusk makes a good teammate, (AC) as it can swap into these threats reliably, (AC) and sponge these hits from them, (AC) (I assume the previous examples are what this is referring to) and be an effective water provide an effective Water immunity. Clodsire also provides status and entry hazards to assist Great Tusk in cleaning up the competition with reliable hazard chip damage. Hippowdon is a great secondary partner who Great Tusk that can pivot into to sponge damage sponge damage for Great Tusk (assuming that the original text meant switching to Hippowdon from Great Tusk) and not only setup set up sand but and hazards as well for much needed much-needed chip damage. Excadrill, when partnered with Great Tusk, provides is a secondary physical wallbreaker (RP), (AC) utilizing either setup with Swords Dance under sand or Choice Band under sand to check Fairy- and Ice- type Ice-type threats that Great Tusk can't outspeed like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele or and Mamoswine with its Steel- Steel-type STAB moves. (scarf mamo is slower than scarf tusk so this sentence isn't accurate, would be good to check with qc) Mamoswine additionally assists as a secondary wallbreaker, (AC) as it reliably takes on Flying- type Flying-type threats that it can OHKO with its powerful Icicle Crash like Non Choice non-Choice Specs Zapdos or and Crobat. Landorus with Gravity helps to check Steel / Flying types the Steel flyers/Flying-types, assisting Great Tusk by breaking a notable defensive answer. Additionally, (AC) Mega Garchomp helps additionally versus Dragon Dragon-types while also threatening the Steel flyers / Flying types.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/elvira.635656/
Set(s) by:
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/mateeus.321991/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
Grammar checked by:
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