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Gen 1 Rhydon [QC 2/2]

TerraSpark

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[SET]
name: Low Level Stall Breaker
level: 50
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Rock Slide
move 3: Blizzard / Double Team
move 4: Rest / Substitute / Double Team

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

* Rhydon's massive power, STAB combination, defensive typing, and movepool make it one of the sturdiest and most threatening physical attackers in the game.

* Earthquake backed by base 130 Attack cleanly OHKOes Gengar and the best evasion staller in the game, Jolteon effectively bypassing the annoyance of Double Team + Rest stall strategies and switch stall strategies.

* Rock Slide OHKOes Jynx and low- to mid-level Articuno, which effectively makes Rhydon a late-game cleaner against stall teams with paralysis support.

* Despite Rhydon's abysmal base 45 Special, Blizzard's 30% freeze rate in Nintendo Cup 1997 enables it to fish for freezes against common switch-ins like Exeggutor and Tauros. This often deters the opponent from bringing any Pokemon forced out by Rhydon during the Team Preview phase.

* Rest ensures Rhydon can not be broken by evasion Zapdos, even after tanking a Psychic from Gengar or Exeggutor. Additionally, it provides added stability against mono-Normal-type attacking Tauros and Pokemon relying on Seismic Toss for damage.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Substitute or Double Team can both be used to stay in on Ice-type switch-ins, potentially allowing Rhydon's threat potential to get out of hand. However, replacing Rest greatly limits the amount of damage that Rhydon can take and opens the door for it to lose to Zapdos, and even with evasion set up, the risk when staying in against Ice-types even is massive.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Blizzard Users**: Blizzard users that aren't immediately threatened by Rhydon's STAB combination like Starmie, level 55 Lapras, and Tauros can threaten an OHKO or 2HKO on Rhydon in addition to the 30% freeze chance, and they often deny Rhydon entry if they aren't using Rest.

**Grass-types**: While Exeggutor and Venusaur must be wary of Rhydon's Blizzard and its generally high damage output, they can often switch in and threaten status or an OHKO, preying on Rhydon's poor special bulk.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/terraspark.679405

Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/2xnoodle.610927

Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sabelette.583793
 
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"Often proving to be substantial deterrence to electric types entirely during team preview."
I'm confused as to why this is included on the bullet point talking about Blizzard. Should this be in the overview or elaborated more on?
 
2xNoodle said:
"Often proving to be substantial deterrence to electric types entirely during team preview."
I'm confused as to why this is included on the bullet point talking about Blizzard. Should this be in the overview or elaborated more on?
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Well my thought process was it's Blizzard that makes Rhydon so difficult to switch into, therfore using a pokemon that let's Rhydon in at all is kind of a big problem, especially for Articuno teams that don't wanna switch in their ice type to block the potential Blizzard at all. This was seen in practice during my battle with Ranshiin
 
TerraSpark said:
Well my thought process was it's Blizzard that makes Rhydon so difficult to switch into, therfore using a pokemon that let's Rhydon in at all is kind of a big problem, especially for Articuno teams that don't wanna switch in their ice type to block the potential Blizzard at all. This was seen in practice during my battle with Ranshiin
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Makes sense. I think you should incorporate that logic into the analysis so it's clear for the reader..
 
This would be better as a more general statement than specifically tied to anything like rest, just generally stating that the threat of blizzard makes rhydon very difficult to switch into
 
*Despite Rhydon's abysmal base 45 special stat, Blizzard's 30% freeze rate in Nintendo Cup 1997 serves as a crucial pillar of Rhydon's threat potential, enabling it to fish for freezes on common switch-ins like Exeggutor and Tauros. Often proving to be substantial deterrence to any pokemon forced out by Rhydon during team preview.
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Grammar team handles grammar revisions, right? Might sound better as "...Tauros, proving to be a substantial..."

Grammar aside, from a content standpoint, this has my QC stamp.
 
If you catch a grammar mistake you’re more than welcome to correct it, but yes GP team will handle making sure everything is written properly
 
TerraSpark said:
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[OVERVIEW]

Rhydon's massive power, STAB combination, defensive typing, and move pool make it one of the sturdiest and most threatening physical attackers in the game.

[SET]
name: LOW LEVEL STALL BREAKER
level: 50
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Rock Slide
move 3: Blizzard/Double Team
move 4: Rest/Substitute/Double Team

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

*Earthquake when backed by a base 130 attack stat can cleanly OHKO Gengar and the best evasion staller in the game; Jolteon. Effectively bypassing the annoyance of Double Team plus Rest stall strategies, and switch stall strategies.

*Rock Slide in a similar manner to Earthquake is used to OHKO Jynx and mid to low level Articuno, this STAB combination effectively makes Rhydon a game ender against stall teams with paralysis support

*Despite Rhydon's abysmal base 45 special stat, Blizzard's 30% freeze rate in Nintendo Cup 1997 serves as a crucial pillar of Rhydon's threat potential, enabling it to fish for freezes on common switch-ins like Exeggutor and Tauros. Often proving to be substantial deterrence to any pokemon forced out by Rhydon during team preview.

*Rest is used to ensure Rhydon can not be broken by evasion Zapdos, even after tanking a Psychic from Gengar or Exeggutor. Additionally, it provides added stability against mono normal attacking Tauros, and sets relying on Seismictoss for damage

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Substitute or Double Team can both be used to stay in on ice type switch-ins, potentially enabling Rhydon's threat potential to cascade way out of hand very quickly. However, the cost of replacing Rest greatly limits the amount of Damage that Rhydon can take, and opens the door for losing to Zapdos, while the risk of staying in against ice types even with evasion set up is inconsistent.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Blizzard**: Blizzard users that aren't immediately threatened by Rhydon's STAB combination like Starmie, ace Lapras, and Tauros can threaten 2HKOs or OHKOs on Rhydon in addition to the 30% freeze chance, and often deny Rhydon a point of entry apart from Rest.

**Grass-types**: While Exeggutor and Venusaur must be weary of Rhydon's Blizzard or repeated attacks, they can often switch in and threaten status or an OHKO preying on Rhydon's specially weak stat spread.
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[OVERVIEW] Remove the overview if it's just gonna be one line, we can collapse this into set comments

Rhydon's massive power, STAB combination, defensive typing, and move pool make it one of the sturdiest and most threatening physical attackers in the game.

[SET]
name: Low Level Stall Breaker
level: 50
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Rock Slide
move 3: Blizzard / Double Team
move 4: Rest / Substitute / Double Team
spaces are needed between slashes for the dex to read it properly

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
spaces are needed after asterisks to function properly, please note
* Rhydon's massive power, STAB combination, defensive typing, and movepool one word, not two make it one of the sturdiest and most threatening physical attackers in the game.

* Earthquake when backed by a base 130 Attack stat can cleanly OHKO OHKOes Gengar and the best evasion staller in the game; (RSC), (AC) Jolteon. (RP), (AC) effectively bypassing the annoyance of Double Team plus + Rest stall strategies, (RC) and switch stall strategies.

* Rock Slide in a similar manner to Earthquake is used to OHKO OHKOes Jynx and mid low- to low level mid-level Articuno, this STAB combination which effectively makes Rhydon a game ender late-game cleaner against stall teams with paralysis support. (AP)

* Despite Rhydon's abysmal base 45 Special stat, Blizzard's 30% freeze rate in Nintendo Cup 1997 serves as a crucial pillar of Rhydon's threat potential, enabling enables it to fish for freezes on against common switch-ins like Exeggutor and Tauros. Often proving to be substantial deterrence to This often deters the opponent from bringing any Pokemon forced out by Rhydon during team the Team Preview phase. Team Preview is always capitalized per the GP standards

* Rest is used to ensure ensures Rhydon can not be broken by evasion Zapdos, even after tanking a Psychic from Gengar or Exeggutor. Additionally, it provides added stability against mono normal mono-Normal-type attacking Tauros, (RC) and sets Pokemon relying on Seismictoss Seismic Toss for damage. (AP)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Substitute or Double Team can both be used to stay in on ice type Ice-type switch-ins, potentially enabling allowing Rhydon's threat potential to cascade way get out of hand very quickly. However, the cost of replacing Rest greatly limits the amount of damage that Rhydon can take, (RC) and opens the door for losing it to lose to Zapdos, while and even with evasion set up, (AC) the risk of when staying in against ice types even with evasion set up Ice-types is inconsistent massive.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Blizzard Users**: Blizzard users that aren't immediately threatened by Rhydon's STAB combination like Starmie, ace level 55 "ace" is jargon that doesn't really come up in any other formats with dex analyses, so this is probably a better way to make it clear to new players Lapras, and Tauros can threaten 2HKOs an OHKO or OHKOs 2HKO on Rhydon in addition to the 30% freeze chance, and they often deny Rhydon a point of entry apart from entry if they aren't using Rest.

**Grass-types**: While Exeggutor and Venusaur must be weary wary of Rhydon's Blizzard or repeated attacks and its generally high damage output, they can often switch in and threaten status or an OHKO, (AC) preying on Rhydon's specially weak stat spread poor special bulk.

don't forget credits
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/terraspark.679405

Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/2xnoodle.610927

Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sabelette.583793
 
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