UU Gliscor (Double Dance)

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[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Fang
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Rock Polish
item: Groundium Z
ability: Hyper Cutter / Poison Heal
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Earthquake, in conjunction with Groundium Z, is Gliscor's best Ground-type STAB move. Ice Fang provides nice coverage alongside Earthquake, nailing Ground-immune foes such as Latias, Hydreigon, and opposing Gliscor. Swords Dance raises Gliscor's Attack two stages, increasing its sweeping capabilities. Rock Polish allows Gliscor to outspeed revenge killers such as Mega Aerodactyl, Latias, and Mega Pidgeot.

Set Details
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Maximum Attack investment along with an Adamant nature let Gliscor hit as hard as possible in its pursuit of a sweep. 252 Speed EVs makes Gliscor faster than Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Nasty Plot Togekiss while ensuring it outspeeds all potential revenge killers at +2 Speed. A Jolly nature allows Gliscor to outspeed foes such as Nidoking and Kommo-o prior to using Rock Polish, but Gliscor generally prefers the extra power provided by an Adamant nature. Groundium Z provides Gliscor with a one-time nuke, letting it OHKO bulky targets such as Swampert, Amoonguss, and Mega Aggron at +2 Attack. Hyper Cutter prevents the Attack drop from opposing Intimidate users like Mega Manectric. Alternatively, Poison Heal lets Gliscor potentially take advantage of Alolan Muk's Poison Touch-enhanced attacks and Toxic users like opposing Gliscor, granting it passive recovery afterwards, though both abilities are rather lackluster for this set.

Usage Tips
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Avoid switching in Gliscor before attempting to sweep, as the lack of Toxic Orb activation immediately gives away the set. Weaken bulky Pokemon like Mega Aggron and Alomomola that can stomach Gliscor's boosted attacks before setting up to sweep late-game. Take advantage of Knock Off users like Krookodile that will look to remove Gliscor's Toxic Orb, as they make for perfect setup fodder. Provided the opportunity presents itself, use Swords Dance as many times as needed to OHKO potential revenge killers. If running Poison Heal, switching into predicted Toxic provides Gliscor with solid recovery. Due to this set's lack of longevity, it is generally best to only set up when aiming to sweep.

Team Options
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Double dance Gliscor fits best on offensive teams that appreciate its unpredictability and sweeping capabilities. Latias lures in Pursuit users such as Krookodile, Alolan Muk, and Choice Band Scizor that provide Gliscor with ideal setup opportunities. Grass-types such as Breloom, Serperior, and Rotom-C threaten Gliscor's most sturdy answers in bulky Water-types and commonly weaken Dragon-types like Latias and Hydreigon to the point where they are more easily KOed by Ice Fang. Wallbreakers like Heracross and Choice Band Azumarill soften bulkier foes for Gliscor to power through them later on. Stealth Rock support is essential alongside this Gliscor set, notably guaranteeing OHKOs on Latias and Hydreigon with +2 Ice Fang; this makes reliable setters such as Empoleon and Mega Aggron solid partners.

 

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Set Details
- When talking about Intimidate, mention Mega Manectric by name, as it checks most Gliscor sets and OHKOes this one before Earthquake KOes if its Speed hasn't been boosted. If it is at +2 Speed and has KOed a foe, Manectric may switch in to try to drop Attack, which makes this useful. Intimidate Krookodile could also be mentioned too.
- Mention some foes that commonly use Toxic with the Poison Heal point.
- Say that both abilities are situational for this set.

Usage Tips
- Give examples of some bulky foes that should be weakened like Alomomola and potentially Mega Aggron, as this set can't set up on it due to lack of recovery. Specify physically defensive foes here as well.
- When talking about Knock Off, mention Alolan Muk if running Poison Heal.
- Mention this set's lack of recovery and longevity, which can be combined with bringing it in only when it can sweep.

Team Options
- In the Grass-types point, mention how Rotom-C can also Defog and provide overall utility with Will-O-Wisp.

 

[Amaroq]

Calling Mega Manectric a Gliscor check is misleading and Alolan Muk does not run Poison Heal, but otherwise the amcheck above is fine.

Mention Jolly as an option to outspeed stuff like Nidoking and Kommo-o before using Rock Polish since you can't necessarily get both boosts (no need to slash it though, since the use is fairly limited).

Mention Flyinium-Z + Sky Attack somewhere. It's much less consistent, but it does let you muscle past some stuff without depending on a boost.

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[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Fang
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Rock Polish
item: Groundium Z
ability: Hyper Cutter / Poison Heal
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Earthquake, in conjunction with Groundium Z, is Gliscor's best Ground-type STAB move. Ice Fang provides nice coverage alongside Earthquake, nailing Ground-immune foes immunities such as Latias, Hydreigon, and opposing Gliscor. Swords Dance raises Gliscor's Attack two stages, increasing its sweeping capabilities. Rock Polish allows Gliscor to outspeed revenge killers such as Mega Aerodactyl, Latias, and Mega Pidgeot.

Set Details
========

Maximum Attack investment along with an Adamant nature let Gliscor hit as hard as possible in its pursuit of a sweep. 252 Speed EVs makes Gliscor faster than Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Nasty Plot Togekiss, (RC) while outspeeding ensuring it outspeeds all potential revenge killers at +2 Speed. A Jolly nature allows Gliscor to outspeed foes such as Nidoking and Kommo-o prior to using Rock Polish, but Gliscor generally prefers the extra power provided by an Adamant nature. Groundium Z provides Gliscor with a one-time nuke, netting an OHKO on bulky targets such as Swampert, Amoonguss, and Mega Aggron at +2 Attack. Hyper Cutter prevents the Attack drop from opposing Intimidate users like Mega Manectric. Alternatively, Poison Heal lets Gliscor potentially take advantage of Alolan Muk's Poison Touch-enhanced attacks and Toxic users like opposing Gliscor, healing 12.5% per turn afterwards, though both abilities are rather lackluster for this set.

Usage Tips
========

Avoid switching in this Gliscor before attempting to sweep, as the lack of Toxic Orb activation immediately gives away the set. Weaken bulky Pokemon like Mega Aggron and Alomomola that can stomach Gliscor's boosted attacks before setting up to sweep late-game. Take advantage of Knock Off users like Krookodile that will look to remove Gliscor's Toxic Orb, as they make for perfect setup fodder. Provided the opportunity presents itself, use Swords Dance as many times as needed to OHKO potential revenge killers. If running Poison Heal, switching into predicted Toxic provides Gliscor with solid turn per turn recovery. Due to this set's lack of longevity, it is generally best to only setup set up when aiming to sweep.

Team Options
========

Double Dance Gliscor fits best on offensive teams that appreciate its unpredictability and sweeping capabilities. Latias lures in Pursuit users such as Krookodile, Alolan Muk, and Choice Band Scizor, which provide Gliscor with ideal setup opportunities. Grass-types such as Breloom, Serperior, and Rotom-C threaten Gliscor's most sturdy answers in bulky Water-types while commonly weakening Dragon-types like Latias and Hydreigon to the point where they are more easily KO'd by Ice Fang. Wallbreakers like Heracross and Choice Band Azumarill soften bulkier foes for Gliscor to power through them later on. Entry hazard Stealth Rock support (for the calcs you mentioned, Spikes would be pointless. If this changes your intentions too much, feel free to ignore this change and the deletion before the semicolon) is essential alongside this Gliscor set, notably guaranteeing the OHKO on Latias and Hydreigon with +2 Ice Fang after Stealth Rock damage; this makes reliable setters such as Empoleon and Mega Aggron solid partners.

 

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[SET]
name: Double Dance
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Fang
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Rock Polish
item: Groundium Z
ability: Hyper Cutter / Poison Heal
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Earthquake, in conjunction with Groundium Z, is Gliscor's best Ground-type STAB move. Ice Fang provides nice coverage alongside Earthquake, nailing Ground-immune foes such as Latias, Hydreigon, and opposing Gliscor. Swords Dance raises Gliscor's Attack by two stages, increasing its sweeping capabilities. Rock Polish allows Gliscor to outspeed revenge killers such as Mega Aerodactyl, Latias, and Mega Pidgeot.

Set Details
========

Maximum Attack investment along with an Adamant nature let Gliscor hit as hard as possible in its pursuit of a sweep. 252 Speed EVs makes Gliscor faster than Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Nasty Plot Togekiss while ensuring it outspeeds all potential revenge killers at +2 Speed. A Jolly nature allows Gliscor to outspeed foes such as Nidoking and Kommo-o prior to using Rock Polish, but Gliscor generally prefers the extra power provided by an Adamant nature. Groundium Z provides Gliscor with a one-time nuke, netting an letting it OHKO on bulky targets such as Swampert, Amoonguss, and Mega Aggron at +2 Attack. Hyper Cutter prevents the Attack drop from opposing Intimidate users like Mega Manectric. Alternatively, Poison Heal lets Gliscor potentially take advantage of Alolan Muk's Poison Touch-enhanced attacks and Toxic users like opposing Gliscor, healing 12.5% per turn granting it passive recovery afterwards, though both abilities are rather lackluster for this set.

Usage Tips
========

Avoid switching in this Gliscor before attempting to sweep, as the lack of Toxic Orb activation immediately gives away the set. Weaken bulky Pokemon like Mega Aggron and Alomomola that can stomach Gliscor's boosted attacks before setting up to sweep late-game. Take advantage of Knock Off users like Krookodile that will look to remove Gliscor's Toxic Orb, as they make for perfect setup fodder. Provided the opportunity presents itself, use Swords Dance as many times as needed to OHKO potential revenge killers. If running Poison Heal, switching into a predicted Toxic provides Gliscor with solid recovery. Due to this set's lack of longevity, it is generally best to only set up when aiming to sweep.

Team Options
========

Double Dance dance Gliscor fits best on offensive teams that appreciate its unpredictability and sweeping capabilities. Latias lures in Pursuit users such as Krookodile, Alolan Muk, and Choice Band Scizor, (RC) which that provide Gliscor with ideal setup opportunities. Grass-types such as Breloom, Serperior, and Rotom-C threaten Gliscor's most sturdy answers in bulky Water-types while and commonly weakening weaken Dragon-types like Latias and Hydreigon to the point where they are more easily KO'd KOed by Ice Fang. Wallbreakers like Heracross and Choice Band Azumarill soften bulkier foes for Gliscor to power through them later on. Stealth Rock support is essential alongside this Gliscor set, notably guaranteeing the OHKO OHKOs on Latias and Hydreigon with +2 Ice Fang; this makes reliable setters such as Empoleon and Mega Aggron solid partners.

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