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[SET]
Glass Cannon (Calyrex-Shadow) @ Choice Specs / Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 28 HP / 84 Def / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Ghost
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Expanding Force / Psychic / Psyshock
- Pollen Puff
- Shadow Ball / Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
Calyrex-S is used as a nuke, getting OHKOs left and right with its high Speed and Special Attack paired with its powerful Astral Barrage, which allows it to snowball quickly and sweep unprepared teams thanks to As One. It has generally good matchups into teams centered around Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I, since it is immune to Zamazenta-C's main attacking move and hits Calyrex-I for super effective damage. Expanding Force is used as strong spread damage when paired with Indeedee-F, with Psychic and Psyshock being alternatives when not running Indeedee-F; Psyshock, in particular, hits Assault Vest Pokemon and Calm Mind Terapagos harder at the cost of base damage. Pollen Puff is used for threats such as Rillaboom and Tera Grass Calyrex-I, since it hits both super effectively and with a Helping Hand boost, can KO Rillaboom. Shadow Ball is used on Choice Specs variants to avoid Wide Guard, while Protect is used on Life Orb variants. Choice Specs is used to maximize damage, while Life Orb trades power for flexibility. The defensive investment allows Calyrex-S to always survive a Tera Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R and the Special Attack investment allows Choice Specs variants to almost always secure the OHKO with Astral Barrage onto Calyrex-I. Tera Ghost is used to maximize the power of Astral Barrage.

Strong priority moves and Pokemon that are faster than Calyrex-S can be huge threats to it, since it is frail and can be taken out easily. Tornadus and Indeedee-F are strong partners for Calyrex-S, with Tornadus providing Tailwind support and Indeede-F enabling it with Follow Me and Helping Hand, blocking opposing Sucker Punch from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-S, and reversing Trick Room for Calyrex-S. Pokemon that can take an attack from Calyrex-S, such as Incineroar, Chi-Yu, and Assault Vest Raging Bolt and Iron Hands, are also checks to Calyrex-S, since they can retaliate with powerful attacks of their own, while the former two can OHKO it with super effective Dark-type moves. Urshifu-S is also a good partner for Calyrex-S, since it can help against opposing Dark-and Normal-types such as Chi-Yu and Farigiraf, and it can help against opposing Calyrex-S, which can be problematic.

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Good work, only minor changes, can mark as QC 1/2!

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[SET]
Offensive (Calyrex-Shadow) @ Choice Specs / Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 28 HP / 84 Def / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Ghost / Normal (Pretty much nonexistent, two t256s out of every event so far isn't enough to warrant a slash imo.)
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Expanding Force / Psychic / Psyshock
- Pollen Puff
- Shadow Ball / Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1
Calyrex-S is used as a nuke, getting OHKO's left and right with its high speed and special attack paired with its powerful Astral Barrage that allow it to snowball quickly and sweep unprepared teams (When highlighting snowball, definitely mention As One.). It has good matchups into Pokemon such as Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I. Expanding Force is used when Calyrex-S is partnered with Indeedee-F, allowing for extremely strong spread damage. Psychic and Psyshock are both used when Calyrex-S is not partnered with Indeedee-F; Psychic is used to maximize damage while Psyshock allows you to hit Pokemon that are bulkier on the special side such as Calm Mind Terapagos and Calyrex-S, and Assault Vest Pokemon like Rillaboom and Raging Bolt. Pollen Puff is used for coverage against Dark-Types that resist Calyrex-S's STAB moves such as Chi-Yu and Incineroar (Any better examples? Hits the two for neutral, which means they do just as much as single target Astral Barrage), while also offering healing for Calyrex-S's teammates. Shadow Ball is used on Choice Specs variants to avoid Wide Guard, while Protect is used on Life Orb variants to increase the longevity of Calyrex-S. Choice Specs is used to maximize damage, while Life Orb trades power for flexibility. The defensive investment allows Calyrex-S to always survive a Tera Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R, the speed allows it to outspeed bulky Calyrex-S and force them to Terastallize to avoid the OHKO, and the Special Attack investment allows Choice Specs variants to almost always secure the OHKO with Astral Barrage onto Calyrex-I. Tera Ghost is used to maximize the power of Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S, while Tera Normal is used for an immunity to popular Ghost-Type attacks that would otherwise OHKO Calyrex-S such as Shadow Ball from Flutter Mane and Astral Barrage from opposing Calyrex-S.

Strong priority moves and Pokemon that are faster than Calyrex-S can be huge threats to it. Tornadus and Indeedee-F can help with these weaknesses, as Tornadus can offer speed control with priority Tailwind, while Indeedee-F offers psychic terrain support, blocking the aformentioned threatening priority moves such as Sucker Punch from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-S,, while also boosting the power of Expanding Force and making it a spread move. Indeedee-F also offers Follow Me and Helping Hand support, which increase the longevity and the power of Calyrex-S respectively. (Indd always carries Trick Room so good to mention for reversing it.) Incineroar and Chi-Yu are also checks to Calyrex-S, since they resist or are immune to both of Calyrex-S's STAB moves, and can retaliate with an OHKO with Knock Off and Dark Pulse respectively. Urshifu-R is a good partner for Calyrex-S, since it can easily deal with both of these Pokemon. Finally, Chi-Yu is a good partner for Calyrex-S, since Beads of Ruin can increase Calyrex-S's damage to astronomical levels, and since Chi-Yu can chip opposing Pokemon down, allowing Calyrex-S to sweep with As One boosts.

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Hi, sorry might have gone a bit hard on you but this is my mon and theres a lotta details that are weird here. I'll do another check, ping me on disc for questions
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Offensive Cmon man I know you can come up with a better set name >:( (Calyrex-Shadow) @ Choice Specs / Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 28 HP / 84 Def / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Ghost / Normal Whos running this
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Expanding Force / Psychic / Psyshock
- Pollen Puff
- Shadow Ball / Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1
Calyrex-S is used as a nuke, getting OHKO's left and right with its high speed and special attack paired with its powerful Astral Barrage that allow it Will leave up to GP ultimately, but this is way too casual for me personally to snowball quickly and sweep unprepared teams Kinda nitpicky, most teams are very prepared for Specs Caly-S. Its more so players who cant handle a good piloter. It has generally good matchups into Pokemon such as Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I teams centering around Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I You better explain why, at least add this later in the paragraph two. The reasons why its kinda good into both are not very clear at all. Expanding Force is used when Calyrex-S is partnered with Indeedee-F, allowing for extremely strong spread damage. Psychic and Psyshock are both used when Calyrex-S is not partnered with Indeedee-F; Psychic is used to maximize damage while Psyshock allows you to hit Pokemon that are bulkier on the special side such as Calm Mind Terapagos and Calyrex-S, and Assault Vest Rillaboom and Raging Bolt. is used as strong spread damage when paired with Indeede-F, with Psychic and Psyshock being alternatives when not running Indeede-F, Psyshock in particular trading better with Assault Vested Pokemon and Calm Mind Terapagos at the cost of damage. Shortening Pollen Puff is used for coverage against Dark-Types that resist Calyrex-S's STAB moves such as Chi-Yu and Incineroar, while also offering healing for Calyrex-S's teammates What? No, its like never used for that, your doing nothing to Incin/Chi-Yu and its pretty much always a wasted turn to heal. Its pretty much always used for Grass types or maybe some neutral mons, stuff like HH killing Rilla and Tera Grass Calyrex-I. Shadow Ball is used on Choice Specs variants to avoid Wide Guard, while Protect is used on Life Orb variants to increase the longevity of Calyrex-S. Choice Specs is used to maximize damage, while Life Orb trades power for flexibility. The defensive investment allows Calyrex-S to always survive a Tera Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R, the speed allows it to outspeed bulky Calyrex-S and force them to Terastallize to avoid the OHKO Your 252, this has nothing to do with the evs even if true, and the Special Attack investment allows Choice Specs variants to almost always secure the OHKO with Astral Barrage onto Calyrex-I Dont think you need to mention this, I think its assumed you've calced specifically for defense so this is leftover. Tera Ghost is used to maximize the power of Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S, while Tera Normal is used for an immunity to popular Ghost-Type attacks that would otherwise OHKO Calyrex-S such as Shadow Ball from Flutter Mane and Astral Barrage from opposing Calyrex-S.

Strong priority moves and Pokemon that are faster than Calyrex-S can be huge threats to it. Like? Thats true of any Pokemon Tornadus and Indeedee-F can help with these weaknesses, as Tornadus can offer speed control with priority Tailwind, while Indeedee-F offers psychic terrain support, blocking the aformentioned threatening priority moves such as Sucker Punch from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-S,, while also boosting the power of Expanding Force and making it a spread move. Indeedee-F also offers Follow Me and Helping Hand support, which increase the longevity and the power of Calyrex-S respectively. Tornadus and Indeede-F are strong partners for Calyrex-S, with Tornadus providing Tailwind support and Indeede-F enabling with Follow Me and Helping Hand, as well as blocking opposing Sucker Punches from Chien-Pao. Incineroar and Chi-Yu are also checks to Calyrex-S, since they resist or are immune to both of Calyrex-S's STAB moves, and can retaliate with an OHKO with Knock Off and Dark Pulse respectively. This is the real point, not just Chi-Yu and Incin, any Pokemon that can eat hits like AV Bolt and Iron Hands or even Farigiraf are really hard to deal with, speaking with experience. Calyrex-S relys so hard on snowballing and catching bad positioning, mons that just eat its attacks are terrible. Highlight this more. Urshifu-R is a good partner for Calyrex-S, since it can easily deal with both of these Pokemon. Finally, Chi-Yu is a good partner for Calyrex-S, since Beads of Ruin can increase Calyrex-S's damage to astronomical levels, and since Chi-Yu can chip opposing Pokemon down, allowing Calyrex-S to sweep with As One boosts. At least for Choice Specs its not worth mentioning these. Urshifu-S is actually more common as a partner, the dark coverage and Sash is way more useful. IMO sack Chi-Yu too.

Another thing, you never really mention why to use Choice Specs over a more set up set, what advantages does Choice Specs have?

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Please be sure to add the QC/GP credits, I see they are still the placeholder links! 1/1 GP Team done
[SET]
Glass Cannon (Calyrex-Shadow) @ Choice Specs / Life Orb
Level: 50
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 28 HP / 84 Def / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Ghost
Timid Nature
- Astral Barrage
- Expanding Force / Psychic / Psyshock
- Pollen Puff
- Shadow Ball / Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
Calyrex-S is used as a nuke, getting OHKO's OHKOs left and right with its high Speed and Special Attack paired with its powerful Astral Barrage, which allows that allow it to snowball quickly and sweep unprepared teams thanks to As One. It has generally good matchups into teams centering centered around Zamazenta-C and Calyrex-I, since it is immune to Zamazenta-C's main attacking move and hits Calyrex-I for supereffective super effective damage. Expanding Force is used as strong spread damage when paired with Indeedee-F, with Psychic and Psyshock being alternatives when not running Indeedee-F, (RC); (ASC) Psyshock, (AC) in particular, hits trading better with Assault Vest Pokemon and Calm Mind Terapagos harder at the cost of base damage. Pollen Puff is used for threats such as Rillaboom and Tera Grass Calyrex-I, since it hits both for supereffective, super effectively and with a Helping Hand boost, it can kill KO Rillaboom. Shadow Ball is used on Choice Specs variants to avoid Wide Guard, while Protect is used on Life Orb variants. Choice Specs is used to maximize damage, while Life Orb trades power for flexibility. The defensive investment allows Calyrex-S to always survive a Tera Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R and the Special Attack investment allows Choice Specs variants to almost always secure the OHKO with Astral Barrage onto Calyrex-I. space Tera Ghost is used to maximize the power of Astral Barrage.

Strong priority moves and Pokemon that are faster than Calyrex-S can be huge threats to it, (AC) since it is frail and can be taken out easily. Tornadus and Indeedee-F are strong partners for Calyrex-S, with Tornadus providing Tailwind support and Indeede-F enabling it with Follow Me and Helping Hand, as well as blocking opposing Sucker Punches Punch from Chien-Pao and Urshifu-S, (AC) and reversing Trick Room for Calyrex-S. Pokemon that can take an attack from Calyrex-S, such as Incineroar, Chi-Yu, and Assault Vest Raging Bolt and Iron Hands, are also checks to Calyrex-S, since they can easily take attacks from Calyrex-S and retaliate with powerful attacks of their own, redundant from beginning of sentence while the former 2 two can OHKO it with super effective Dark-type lowercase moves. Urshifu-S is also a good partner for Calyrex-S, since it can help against opposing Dark-and Normal-types such as Chi-Yu and Farigiraf, and it can help against opposing Calyrex-S, which can be problematic.

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