1v1 Annihilape (Stallbreaker) [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

[Lucario]

[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Counter
move 3: Rage Fist
move 4: Bulk Up / Close Combat
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Taunt denies any status moves from foes like Wo-Chien, forcing them into using their generally weak moves, Counter, or even Struggle.
* Counter is able to deal massive amounts of damage to physical attackers, like Iron Hands and Choice Band users like Meowscarada, Great Tusk, and Dondozo.
* Rage Fist can continue to get stronger during a match, even without having to use Bulk Up. In conjunction with Taunt, Annihilape can force Pokemon to attack it, boosting Rage Fist's base power.
* Bulk Up lets Annihilape break past opposing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Iron Hands. Close Combat can be used against the Normal- and Dark-types that are immune to or resist Rage Fist, such as Slaking, Ting-Lu, and Kingambit.
* The HP and Defense EVs ensure Annihilape isn't 2HKOed by Choice Band variants of Dondozo and Meowscarada. Alternatively, you can run 92 HP / 252 Def / 164 Spe to outspeed Pressure stall Corviknight; it has significantly less overall bulk, however.
* Against Dondozo, use Taunt turn 1 to stop Curse sets and then use Counter. This allows for Annihilape to beat both Curse and Choice Band Dondozo. Sitrus Berry ensures Annihilape isn't 2HKOed by Dondozo's Wave Crash.

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* Taunt forces Pokemon who stall or rely on setting up to attack it or use Struggle, like Corviknight, Clodsire, and Bulk Up Great Tusk.

Corviknight isn't the greatest example, but I think you can get away with saying non-Pressure stall Corviknight. Also, try to explain why these Pokemon attacking Corviknight is a bad thing. Additionally, Bulk Up Great Tusk is iffy, at least with Attack Booster. If you Counter on turn 1, you lose to Bulk Up twice into Headlong Rush, but if you Taunt on turn 1, you might lose to Headlong Rush, which is a 75.8% chance to 2HKO. Additionally, both Speed Booster and Attack Booster Great Tusk often run Bulk Up + Taunt, which can be used to just OHKO with Headlong Rush after a few Bulk Up boosts...

* Counter is able to deal massive amounts of damage towards anything that hits Annihilape with Physical moves without knocking it out, like Choice Band Meowscarada, Great Tusk, Dondozo, and Iron Hands.

Mention Choice item before Great Tusk here. Otherwise, it is fine.

* Rage Fist is used as its main attacking move since it can continue to get stronger during a match, even without having to use Bulk Up.

I would like you to elaborate here a bit more. Why is it getting stronger so important on this set in particular? Mention something where Taunt can be used in conjunction with it to force stall Pokemon to hit it for low damage while boosting up its Rage Fist damage output. You can also get away with mentioning something about Surf from Choice Band Dondozo here I think?

Stallbreaker Haxorus, although the latter can run Taunt to shut down Annihilape.

+2 144+ Atk Life Orb Garchomp Outrage vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Annihilape: 430-508 (101.6 - 120%) -- guaranteed OHKO
This basically is why you can't click Taunt as Annihilape, but it leads to multiple 50/50s on the Outrage / Counter matchup. I think it's really weird and not necessarily worth mentioning Garchomp here. Additionally, Haxorus very often does want to run Taunt on stallbreaker sets, so I would not think this is worth mentioning.

Close Combat is an option for an additional hard-hitting STAB move and can be used against the Normal- and Dark-types that are immune to and resist Rage Fist, respectively.

Can you put mention specific examples of Pokemon that Annihilape needs Close Combat to beat?

causing it to lose some fights.

What fights does it lose? If you're not able to think of any, you can try to phrase it as "However, this comes at the cost of having significantly less bulk overall" or something to that effect.

* Against Dondozo, use Taunt turn 1 to scout for Curse sets, after that use Counter. This allows for Annihilape to beat both Curse and Choice Band Dondozo.

Note Surf from Choice Band here as an additional sentence on this point, you don't want someone to be stuck using Counter on Surf.

Nice analysis overall. QC 1/2 once you get these changes in!

 

[Lucario]

implemented and ready for number 2

 

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[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Counter
move 3: Rage Fist
move 4: Bulk Up / Close Combat
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Taunt forces Pokemon who commonly run Status moves stall to attack it or use Struggle, like non-Pressure stall Corviknight, Clodsire (I would probably remove both of these examples since almost all Corviknight are Pressure Stall and Clodsire's most common set, mental herb still wins, slug should be ok) , and Wo-Chien.
* Counter is able to deal massive amounts of damage to physical attackers towards anything that hits Annihilape with Physical moves without knocking it out, like Choice Band Meowscarada, Choice Band Great Tusk, Dondozo, and Iron Hands.
* Rage Fist is used as its main attacking move since it can continue to get stronger during a match, even without having to use Bulk Up. In conjunction with Taunt, it can force Pokemon to attack Annihilape, which is what boosts Rage Fist.
* Bulk Up lets Annihilape break past opposing setup sweepers like Bellibolt (this doesn't consistently win vs belli) and Swords Dance Iron Hands. Close Combat is an option for an additional hard-hitting STAB move and can be used against the Normal- and Dark-types that are immune to or resist Rage Fist, such as Farigiraf, Ursaring, (you can't beat giraffe and ursa is super irrelevant) Ting-Lu and Kingambit.
* The HP and Defense EVs allow Annihilape to not get OHKOd by Choice Band variants of Dondozo and Meowscarada. Alternatively, you can run 92 HP / 252 Def / 164 Spe to outspeed Pressure Stall Corviknight, however, it has significantly less overall bulk.
* Against Dondozo, use Taunt turn 1 to scout for stop Curse sets, after that use Counter. This allows for Annihilape to beat both Curse and Choice Band Dondozo. However, Choice Band Dondozo runs Surf, which you cannot use Counter against, instead you should opt for Rage Fist to win. (I like the rest but this part seems unnecessary since Surf against ape is weird and i don't think people would continue to use counter vs it)
(probably a good spot to put that Sitrus guarantees the Dondozo matchup here)
* Some Choice Band Meowscarada will run Shadow Claw specifically for Counter Annihilape, due to this you should use Rage Fist turn 1 and follow it up with Counter if they used Flower Trick. This also allows Annihilape to scout for Trick Meowscarada. (This play loses to Play Rough t1 so make sure to have something mentioning it/play rough will be way more common overall than shadow claw and trick so i think it's good to include it)

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[2/2] when done lmk if you have any questions!

 

[Lucario]

GP Team

 

[Tea Guzzler]

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[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Counter
move 3: Rage Fist
move 4: Bulk Up / Close Combat
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Taunt forces Pokemon who that commonly run status moves to attack it or use Struggle, like Wo-Chien. this wording seems a bit off, as "forcing stuff to attack it with taunt" applies to everything regardless of whether or not they commonly use status moves. maybe rewording to something like "Taunt forces foes to attack Annihilape, and it can also force foes using only status moves, like Wo-Chien, to use Struggle." might work, presuming wo-chien only uses status (which is what the existing sentence implies).
* Counter is able to deal massive amounts of damage to physical attackers, like Choice Band Meowscarada, Choice Band Great Tusk, Dondozo, and Iron Hands. band dozo is mentioned later in the paragraph, is it worth mentioning here for consistency? if so then do like "...attackers, like Iron Hands and Choice Band users like Meowscarada, Great Tusk, and Dondozo".
* Rage Fist is used as its main attacking move since it can continue to get stronger during a match, even without having to use Bulk Up. In conjunction with Taunt, it Annihilape can force Pokemon to attack Annihilape it, which is what boosts boosting Rage Fist's Base Power.
* Bulk Up lets Annihilape break past opposing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Iron Hands. Close Combat can be used against the Normal- and Dark-types that are immune to or resist Rage Fist, such as Slaking, Ting-Lu, and Kingambit.
* The HP and Defense EVs allow Annihilape to not get OHKOd ensure Annihilape isn't OHKOed by Choice Band variants of Dondozo and Meowscarada. Alternatively, you can run 92 HP / 252 Def / 164 Spe to outspeed Pressure Stall Corviknight, however, Corviknight; it has significantly less overall bulk, however.
* Against Dondozo, use Taunt turn 1 on Turn One to stop Curse sets, (remove comma) after that and then use Counter. This allows for Annihilape to beat both Curse and Choice Band Dondozo. Sitrus Berry allows Annihilape to not get 2HKOd ensures Annihilape isn't 2HKOed by Dondozo's is this every dondozo? if not then specify which sets Wave Crash.
* Some Choice Band Meowscarada will run sets use Shadow Claw specifically for Counter Annihilape, due . Due start new sentence here to this, (add comma) you should use Rage Fist turn 1 on Turn One and follow it up with Counter if they used Flower Trick. This also allows Annihilape to scout for Trick Meowscarada, although it loses to Play Rough variants, which is are more common.

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[autumn]

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[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Counter
move 3: Rage Fist
move 4: Bulk Up / Close Combat
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Taunt forces Pokemon who that commonly run status moves to attack it or use Struggle, like Wo-Chien. this wording seems a bit off, as "forcing stuff to attack it with taunt" applies to everything regardless of whether or not they commonly use status moves. maybe rewording to something like "Taunt forces foes to attack Annihilape, and it can also force foes using only status moves, like Wo-Chien, to use Struggle." might work, presuming wo-chien only uses status (which is what the existing sentence implies).
* Counter is able to deal massive amounts of damage to physical attackers, like Choice Band Meowscarada, Choice Band Great Tusk, Dondozo, and Iron Hands. band dozo is mentioned later in the paragraph, is it worth mentioning here for consistency? if so then do like "...attackers, like Iron Hands and Choice Band users like Meowscarada, Great Tusk, and Dondozo".
* Rage Fist is used as its main attacking move since it can continue to get stronger during a match, even without having to use Bulk Up. In conjunction with Taunt, it Annihilape can force Pokemon to attack Annihilape it, which is what boosts boosting Rage Fist's Base Power.
* Bulk Up lets Annihilape break past opposing setup sweepers like Swords Dance Iron Hands. Close Combat can be used against the Normal- and Dark-types that are immune to or resist Rage Fist, such as Slaking, Ting-Lu, and Kingambit.
* The HP and Defense EVs allow Annihilape to not get OHKOd ensure Annihilape isn't OHKOed by Choice Band variants of Dondozo and Meowscarada. Alternatively, you can run 92 HP / 252 Def / 164 Spe to outspeed Pressure Stall stall Corviknight, however, Corviknight; it has significantly less overall bulk, however.
* Against Dondozo, use Taunt turn 1 to stop Curse sets, (remove comma) after that and then use Counter. This allows for Annihilape to beat both Curse and Choice Band Dondozo. Sitrus Berry allows Annihilape to not get 2HKOd ensures Annihilape isn't 2HKOed by Dondozo's is this every dondozo? if not then specify which sets Wave Crash.
* Some Choice Band Meowscarada will run sets use Shadow Claw specifically for Counter Annihilape, due . Due start new sentence here to this, (add comma) you should use Rage Fist turn 1 and follow it up with Counter if they used Flower Trick. This also allows Annihilape to scout for Trick Meowscarada, although it loses to Play Rough variants, which is are more common.

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Written by:
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Be careful with dex info here - I didn't actually change anything because I don't play 1v1 but a lot of your sentences are just describing what a move does (like the Rage Fist example) and not relating it back to the meta. Dex info is basically anything you can learn just from reading the dex page/google, like what a move does/the type chart for example, so analyses want to separate themselves from dex info by relating things back to the meta and the Pokemon being written about.

 

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I had some comments in DMs, will upload soontm

 

[Itchy]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/pokemon/annihilape/1v1/