Monotype Aegislash (Ghost)

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance (Ghost)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Iron Head
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Stance Change
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Sporting an excellent Steel / Ghost typing with multiple resistances and immunities with phenomenal base stats and an amazing ability, Aegislash is a dominant force on Ghost teams fulfilling its role as an excellent Swords Dance wallbreaker. Shadow Sneak should be spammed the most after setting up and can pick off weakened foes and clean late-game; it mainly assists versus Psychic teams and opposing Ghost teams. Close Combat is is able to hit threats such as Ferrothorn, Steelix, and Avalugg hard. Iron Head is used to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl, which poses a huge threat to Ghost teams with priority Sucker Punch. Maximum Attack and HP investment allows Aegislash to hit as hard and be as bulky as possible to effectively activate Weakness Policy when in Shield forme, where it exhibits its sky-high defenses.

Entry hazard setters such as Froslass, Runerigus, and Galarian Corsola all serve as great teammates for Aegislash, in order to help it sweep. Dragapult can break down with Choice Band or Choice Specs for Aegislash to sweep, as can Polteageist mid-game. Gengar is also a fine partner, as it can benefit from Aegislash's wallbreaking capabilities and can clean late-game. Lastly, Mimikyu can take on faster Dark-types such as Hydreigon and serves as a secondary check to Grimmsnarl.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[splashbrutha, 437289]]
- Ghost analysis by: [[splashbrutha, 437289]]
- Quality checked by: [[izaya, 311872], [moosical, 215618]
- Grammar checked by: [[the dutch plumberjack, 232216]

 

[Splash]

ready for check 1

 

[Izaya]

"Close Combat was an amazing addition to Aegislash in generation 8 and is able to hit threats hard such as Ferrothorn, Steelix, and Avalugg."
- We don't make references to past gens.

- The Shadow Claw line is a bit too generic right now. Instead of this line, I think you should mention that Shadow Sneak should be the move spammed the most after setting up, while Shadow Claw and Close Combat are used to wallbreak. This will help the line work as a usage tip as well.

- You call Stance Change an amazing ability but never explicitly mention it anywhere in the analysis. I'd mention Stance Change in the line about its EVs and Weakness Policy.

- Add a usage tip about setting up and trying to take advantage of Weakness Policy when in Shield forme.

- Screens Dragapult is alright, but I'd hold off on mentioning it for now since we don't have it mentioned in the Dragapult mini analysis.

- Gengar as a teammate since it can take advantage of Aegislash's wallbreaking to act as a cleaner itself.

1/2

 

[Splash]

thanks , ready for check #2. (sidenote should shadow claw even be worth mentioning much like bug buzz isnt mentioned here on the sample analysis. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sword-shield-monotype-analyses-resources.3656626/#post-8291074)

 

[Moosical]

- add some clarity about how Grimmsnarl is a huge threat to Ghost teams
- delete this: "Also, Aegislash struggles breaking through Dark-types such as Mandibuzz, and Grimmisnarl which Mimikyu is able to break through."
- instead phrase Mimikyu being a great teammate to take on faster Dark-types like Hydreigon and serves as a secondary check to Grimmsnarl
- I don't think Sableye is impactful enough (as a threat to Aegislash) to warrant mentioning specifically, so just delete last line

QC 2/2

 

[Splash]

done thanks, placing into GP

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1

check

[SET]
name: Swords Dance (Ghost)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Iron Head
item: Weakness Policy
ability:(space)Stance Change
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Sporting an excellent Steel / Ghost typing with multiple resists resistances and immunities (RC) with phenomenal base stats (RC) alongside and an amazing ability, Aegislash is a dominant force on Ghost teams fulfilling its role as an excellent Swords Dance wallbreaker. Shadow Sneak is STAB priority which should be spammed the most after setting up and can pick off weakened foes and clean late-game; (AH, SC) and it mainly assists vs versus Psychic teams and opposing Ghost teams. Close Combat are is able to hit threats hard such as Ferrothorn, Steelix, and Avalugg hard. Iron Head is used to hit Fairy-types such as Grimmsnarl, (AC) which poses a huge threat to Ghost teams with priority Sucker Punch. Maximum Attack and HP investment allows Aegislash to hit as hard and be as bulky as possible to be able to utilize effectively activate Weakness Policy when in Shield forme, where it exhibits its sky-high (AH) defenses. (AP)

Entry hazard setters such as Froslass, Runerigus, (AC) and Corsola (Galarian Corsola? Cursola?) all serve as great teammates for Aegislash, as it appreciates their hazard setting capabilities in order to help it sweep. Dragapult is a great teammate for Aegislash as it can wallbreak break down teams with Choice Band or Choice Specs which allows for Aegislash to sweep, (AC) as can Polteageist can break through teams mid-game (AH) allowing Aegislash to clean late game. (if you can just fold Polteageist into the Dragapult sentence then please do, only reason for this change is to preserve the mid-game nuance) Gengar is also a fine partner, (AC) as it can benefit from Aegislash's wall breaking wallbreaking capabilities and can clean late-game. (AH) Lastly, Mimikyu is a fantastic teammate for Aegislash as it can take on faster Dark-types such as Hydreigon and serves as a secondary check to Grimmsnarl.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Splashbrutha, 437289]]
- Ghost analysis by: [[Splashbrutha, 437289]]
- Quality checked by: [[izaya, 311872], [moosical, 215618]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]

 

[Splash]

implemented, ready for upload

 

[deetah]

Addressing this grammar issue that was implemented incorrectly before it gets uploaded.

Shadow Sneak should be spammed the most after setting up and can pick off weakened foes and clean-late game clean late-game; it mainly assists versus Psychic teams and opposing Ghost teams.

Make sure you are implementing grammar checks properly, with preview analyses getting only one check, we need to be extra cautious.

 

[Splash]

thanks my bad for missing that, is there a way for the red text and blue text to remain their original colours when I do the "implementing a GP check" method where you copy and paste the check into the OP. (asking cuz when i do that all the text goes back to black)

 

[deetah]

The wise words of CryoGyro:

Hit reply on the GP check, toggle BB code, remove reply tags, paste raw code and revert back to normal

 

[Moosical]

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