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Quality Control Kommo-O [QC 0/2]

KingNoahC13

KingNoahC13

Overview



Kommo-O is a very powerful and well-rounded special attacking attacker or setup sweeper. For its first set, it uses one of its signature moves, Clangorous Soul, to give an Omni-boost to itself for a low cost of 33% HP so that it can snowball into a win with its other signature move, Clanging Scales. Kommo-O’s ability Soundproof is another very powerful tool to help avoid Hyper Voices and most importantly patch the Perish Trap matchup against Mega Gengar. However, Kommo-O’s typing and stats are a very dual-edged sword because being a special attacking fighting type makes this Pokémon one of a kind, but due to not being very fast and having an under-average HP stat, it can have trouble taking hits and getting set up safely. Its typing also is very bad defensively due to having a 4x Weakness to Mega Floette and Sylveon, and taking super effective damage from other important meta-threats such as Mega Froslass, Mega Salamence, Mega Garchomp Z, Garchomp, Farigiraf, Armarouge, and Mega Gardevoir, all of which can either do heavy damage or OHKO Kommo-O.



Setup Sweeper



Kommo-O @ Leftovers

Level: 50

Ability: Soundproof

EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe

Modest Nature

  • Clanging Scales
  • Aura Sphere
  • Clangorous Soul
  • Protect


  • Kommo-O takes advantage of support from its partners such as Incineroar so it can get in a safe position to use Clangorous Soul and click big and consistent damage into the opponent.


  • Clangorous Soul can be a pretty difficult move to use because of it chipping down Kommo-O’s HP stat and taking up a turn to set up. Because of this, you always want support with it, just like the aforementioned Incineroar.


  • Leftovers on this set is super good because it lets you take back the HP you lost. This also combos with Grassy Terrain support from Rillaboom or Hospitality from Sinistcha.


Usage Tips



  • This set can be pretty bad against Floette Mega, Gholdengo, Sylveon, Primarina, Gardevoir Mega, and Indeedee. This is because of the Kommo-O’s lack of strong coverage against them or that they can do super effective damage into it.


  • Common partners Mega-wise are Mega Delphox, Mega Raichu Y, and Mega Gengar. This is because of good type synergy and being able to use Perish Song without worrying about Kommo-O, respectively. This is also due to the fact that these Pokémon like similar partners. Kingambit is a strong Pokémon that can work as another setup sweeper or get straight to the damage. As for Incineroar and Rillaboom, they both have fake out and pivoting alongside Intimidate and Grassy Terrain support, respectively. For redirection, Vivillon and Sinistcha are best. Vivillon can use Sleep Powder to buy Kommo-O more turns, and Sinistcha can allow it to gain HP back much quicker.




Life Orb Attacker



Kommo-O @ Life Orb

Level: 50

Ability: Soundproof

EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe

Modest Nature

  • Clanging Scales
  • Aura Sphere
  • Flamethrower
  • Protect


  • Kommo-O makes use of the increased damage output and coverage to do all-around solid damage.


  • Flamethrower is a strong tool here to help defeat Gholdengo and Froslass Mega.


Usage Tips



  • This set still has problems against the strong Fairy and Psychic types of the format, such as Floette Mega, Sylveon, Primarina, Gardevoir Mega, and Indeedee.


  • Good Mega partners for this set include Charizard Mega Y and Gardevoir Mega. This is because they’re both offensive pieces that Kommo-O can be used by to deal with their threats. Both forms of Indeedee work nicely with Kommo-O because of their ability to enable the team with Psychic Terrain. Kingambit works with this set as well, but finds a lot more use when trained offensively. Basculegion is another good Pokémon since it can help either clean up in the endgame or remove major threats.
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Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kingnoahc13.716171/

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I was informed by Skwovetboi I incorrectly formatted my Analysis and was told my Usage Tips were done incorrectly as well. I can change it and have it fixed by tomorrow.
 
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[OVERVIEW]
Kommo-O is a very powerful and well-rounded special attacking attacker or setup sweeper. For its first set, it uses one of its signature moves, Clangorous Soul, to give an Omni-boost to itself for a low cost of 33% HP so that it can snowball into a win with its other signature move, Clanging Scales. Kommo-O’s ability Soundproof is another very powerful tool to help avoid Hyper Voices and most importantly patch the Perish Trap matchup against Mega Gengar. However, Kommo-O’s typing and stats are a very dual-edged sword because being a special attacking fighting type makes this Pokémon one of a kind, but due to not being very fast and having an under-average HP stat, it can have trouble taking hits and getting set up safely. Its typing also is very bad defensively due to having a 4x Weakness to Mega Floette and Sylveon, and taking super effective damage from other important meta-threats such as Mega Froslass, Mega Salamence, Mega Garchomp Z, Garchomp, Farigiraf, Armarouge, and Mega Gardevoir, all of which can either do heavy damage or OHKO Kommo-O.

(I actually don't think Kommo-o needs an overview. It is only supposed to be one set, and Pokemon with an overview typically have multiple)

[SET]
Setup Sweeper Offensive (Kommo-O) @ Leftovers / Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: Soundproof
SPs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
- Clanging Scales
- Aura Sphere
- Clangorous Soul / Flamethrower
- Protect (these sets can pretty easily be merged, considering you gave them the same SP spreads and they only have a one move difference)

[SET COMMENTS]
* Kommo-O takes advantage of support from its partners such as Incineroar so it can get in a safe position to use Clangorous Soul and click big and consistent damage into the opponent. (this is very meh. edit to better fit the new set, talk more about it being capable of outputting consistent damage and setting up)

* Clangorous Soul can be a pretty difficult move to use because of it chipping down Kommo-O’s HP stat and taking up a turn to set up. Because of this, you always want support with it, just like the aforementioned Incineroar. (eh, add flamethrower here and talk about why it'd be run over clangorous soul. i'd also mention a KO that clangorous soul lets Kommo-o achieve and a speed tier)

* Leftovers on this set is super good because it lets you take back the HP you lost. This also combos with Grassy Terrain support from Rillaboom or Hospitality from Sinistcha. (try to avoid using "you" + add life orb here)


Usage Tips
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* This set can be pretty bad against Floette Mega, Gholdengo, Sylveon, Primarina, Gardevoir Mega, and Indeedee. This is because of the Kommo-O’s lack of strong coverage against them or that they can do super effective damage into it. (you're missing quite a bit. Mega Staraptor is one that comes to mind, as Brave Bird does lots of damage and Close Combat makes it hard to take down. Mega Garchomp Z, Mega Salamence, and other faster Dragon-types can remove Kommo-o before it can move with Draco Meteor. You should elaborate on Gholdengo resisting Dragon-type moves and being immune to Aura Sphere, but especially Gholdengo using Kommo-o as setup fodder. Mega Froslass is similarly immune to Aura Sphere and threatens Blizzard as well as using Aurora Veil to weaken Kommo-o's attacks. You should also talk more about Mega Floette using Calm Mind in front of Kommo-o, same for Mega Gardevoir and Primarina. Split these up into multiple bullet points in the ways that you see fit)

* Common partners Mega-wise are Mega Delphox, Mega Raichu Y, and Mega Gengar. This is because of good type synergy and being able to use Perish Song without worrying about Kommo-O, respectively (you should elaborate on these more. Mega Delphox helps a lot into Mega Staraptor, Mega Froslass, Gholdengo, and Fairy-types, while Kommo-o gives it support against Kingambit, Basculegion-M, Incineroar, and Mega Tyranitar. Mega Raichu Y provides similar support against Mega Staraptor while using Fake Out to give Kommo-o chances to set up or using Zap Cannon to slow down foes like Mega Gengar, leaving them vulnerable to Kommo-o. Kommo-o provides support into Rillaboom in return. Mega Gengar uses Perish Song next to Kommo-o thanks to Soundproof, while also threatening Gholdengo and Fairy-types. Kommo-o then helps against Dark-types. Mention these!). This is also due to the fact that these Pokémon like similar partners. Kingambit is a strong Pokémon that can work as another setup sweeper or get straight to the damage. As for Incineroar and Rillaboom, they both have fake out and pivoting alongside Intimidate and Grassy Terrain support, respectively. For redirection, Vivillon and Sinistcha are best. Vivillon can use Sleep Powder to buy Kommo-O more turns, and Sinistcha can allow it to gain HP back much quicker. (feel like you can elaborate on these more. Kingambit helping against the Ghost-types immune to Aura Sphere is something you are definitely missing, as well as doing nicely into Mega Salamence that forego Flamethrower. They both form a strong offensive core, as Kommo-o helps cover the opposing Dark-types, namely Incineroar and opposing Kingambit, that Kingambit sometimes struggles with. That should have it's own bullet point IMO. THen, talking about Incineroar and Rillaboom, you did fine, but be sure to link it back to Kommo-o and the foes it doesn't like; mentioning that Incineroar helps versus Ghost-types and Rillaboom versus the Fairy-types by hitting them on their weaker physical side is essential. Then you can talk about what Kommo-o provides in return if you want. Finally, for the redirection support, I think you did fine, just again link it back to the set up a bit more clearly and actually talk about their redirection.)

[SET]
Life Orb Attacker (Kommo-O) @ Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: Soundproof
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
- Clanging Scales
- Aura Sphere
- Flamethrower
- Protect

* Kommo-O makes use of the increased damage output and coverage to do all-around solid damage.

* Flamethrower is a strong tool here to help defeat Gholdengo and Froslass Mega.


Usage Tips
========

* This set still has problems against the strong Fairy and Psychic types of the format, such as Floette Mega, Sylveon, Primarina, Gardevoir Mega, and Indeedee.

* Good Mega partners for this set include Charizard Mega Y and Gardevoir Mega. This is because they’re both offensive pieces that Kommo-O can be used by to deal with their threats. Both forms of Indeedee work nicely with Kommo-O because of their ability to enable the team with Psychic Terrain. Kingambit works with this set as well, but finds a lot more use when trained offensively. Basculegion is another good Pokémon since it can help either clean up in the endgame or remove major threats. (merge these with the above, now that it's one set)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kingnoahc13.716171/

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