RU AV Cyclizar (QC 2/2 GP 1/1)

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Draco Meteor / Dragon Tail / Facade
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid / Jolly
evs: 104 HP / 152 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Steel / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Assault Vest Cyclizar can safely switch into most special attackers and provide opportunities for its teammates to enter the game thanks to U-turn. Rapid Spin clears entry hazards while also granting Cyclizar a boost to Speed, which helps it outspeed most Choice Scarf users in the tier like Gardevoir and Gengar. It also gives even a paralyzed Cyclizar the opportunity to pivot out of slower opponents like Empoleon and Hippowdon. Knock Off can hit the tier's Pyschic-types such as Reuniclus and Slowbro for decent damage while also threatening the frail Ghost-types like Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark. Draco Meteor can be used to hit physical walls like Hippowdon and Slowbro. Dragon Tail is great at forcing opposing setup sweepers like Cresselia and Slowbro out. Facade can take advantage of status like burn or paralysis that Cyclizar may be inflicted by throughout the course of a game from opposing Moltres, Slowbro, and Thundurus. Assault Vest helps with its otherwise low natural bulk, which is also helped significantly by Regenerator recovery. Timid maximum Speed Cyclizar is faster than the majority of the tier, and the bulk provided allows it to survive a +2 Modest Blastoise Ice Beam along with taking two Ice Beams or Sludge Waves from other threats such as Basculegion-F and Gengar, respectively. Tera Fairy flips Cyclizar's weakness to Dragon-type moves into an immunity and gives a resistance to Fighting-type moves, helping against opposing Cyclizar, Salamence, and Slither Wing. Tera Steel makes Cyclizar resistant to Fairy- and Ice-type moves from the likes of Gardevoir and Empoleon, respectively. Tera Ghost makes it immune to Normal-type, allowing it to stop Rapid Spin attempts from opposing Cyclizar, while adding an immunity to Fighting-type attacks as well.

Assault Vest Cyclizar can reliably slot onto balance or bulky offense teams as the main form of entry hazard removal while also providing item removal and pivoting. It can also be used on stall teams, though these structures often want another hazard removal option such as Defog Talonflame to reliably maintain hazard control. Cyclizar pairs well with other Regenerator Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Mienshao, and Slowbro, creating teams that are very difficult to break offensively and can provide pressure through status, hazard chip, and gradual damage. Strong offensive teammates like Crawdaunt, Conkeldurr, and Volcanion appreciate Cyclizar giving them free entry points. While Cyclizar can often keep hazards off the field, it is advised to still run hazard-resilient or Heavy-Duty Boots teammates, such as Amoonguss, Cobalion, and Mienshao, since Cyclizar may struggle against teams with Ghost-types like Palossand or Mimikyu. Assault Vest Cyclizar can struggle to retain HP against hazard-stacking archetypes, being unable to remove hazards against teams utilizing Tera Ghost on their hazard setters. To mitigate this dynamic, Cyclizar relies on pivoting into teammates who can apply offensive pressure to deny hazards from being established, like Basculegion-F, Gardevoir, and Volcanion.

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Draco Meteor / Dragon Tail / Facade
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid / Jolly
evs: 104 HP / 152 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Steel / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Assault Vest Cyclizar is a staple in the RU metagame for many reasons, namely its utility in being a fast pivot option with longevity in the form of Regenerator and great coverage in Knock Off and U-Turn. This will be talked about in the Pokemon's Overview (outside of this set). Feel free to write the overview and checks/counters if you wish ; you don't have to though, it is your choice. While Assault Vest Cyclizar itself doesn't often pressure teams offensively, it can safely switch into most of the Special Attackers in the tier and provide opportunities for its teammates to enter the game thanks to U-turn. Assault Vest helps with an otherwise low natural bulk, which is also helped significantly by Regenerator recovery. Talk about Rapid Spin and Knock Off here. a few elements to get you started: in addition to removing hazards, Rapid Spin can allow Cyclizar to outspeed Choice Scarf mons and a decent chunk of the tier even if paralyzed. Knock Off removes items while hitting Psychics decently hard and being very threatening to frail Ghosts. Draco Meteor or Facade are often run to provide some offensive pressure while Dragon Tail is great at forcing opposing setup sweepers like Cresselia and Slowbro out.Separate explanations for Draco Meteor and Facade. Draco Meteor for consistent damage against non-Dragon resists while pressuring Salamence. Facade can absorb Thunder Wave from Thundurus/Slowbro and burns from Moltres/Volcanion. Timid max Speed Cyclizar is faster than a majority of the tier and the bulk provided allows it to live a +2 Modest Blastoise Ice Beam, along with living two attacks from other threats such as Basculegion-F and Gengar. Tera Fairy flips the weakness to Dragon into an immunity while Steel becomes resistant to Fairy and Ghost becomes immune to Fighting.

Cyclizar is one of the most commonly used mons in RU, retaining a top usage role for months since its arrival to the tier. This is for the overview potentially. You can reliably slot Assault Vest Cyclizar onto your balance, bulky offense or stall teams as the main form of hazard removal while providing item removal and pivoting. Talk about Stall potentially running Cyclizar here, but that Stall should also run a Defogger to reliably clear hazards. Cyclizar pairs well with other Regenerator mons such as Amoonguss, Mienshao and Slowbro, creating teams that are very difficult to break offensively and can provide offensive pressure through Status, Hazard chip and gradual damage. Strong offensive teammates like Crawdaunt, Conkeldurr and Volcanion Okidogi appreciate being given free entry points. Talk about how it's advised to run hazard resilient or Heavy-Duty Boots mons since Cyclizar can have a tough time clearing hazards against Ghosts like Palossand or Mimikyu. Overall, Cyclizar is generally a safe pick when building teams because of its dynamic role compression and ability to check and pivot around opposing breakers special attackers multiple times throughout a game.

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Good job, after checking the qc please let me know if you write the Overview and Checks/Counters section on this thread.
 
QC 1/2 implemented. I did not write an Overview or do the Checks/Counters, but if the QC team wants me to do so I can!
(small edit but didn't see the / Jolly addition originally, is updated now)
 
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[SET COMMENTS]

Assault Vest Cyclizar can safely switch into most of the Special Attackers in the tier and provide opportunities for its teammates to enter the game thanks to U-turn. Assault Vest helps with an otherwise low natural bulk, which is also helped significantly by Regenerator recovery. Rapid Spin clears hazards from your side of the field while also granting a boost to Speed, which helps Cyclizar outspeed most of the Choice Scarf users in the tier like Gardevoir and Gengar, as well as allowing even a Paralyzed Cyclizar the opportunity to U-turn away from slower opponents like Empoleon and Hippowdon. Knock Off is a generally good move but works great for Cyclizar since it can hit the tiers Pyschic types for decent damage while also threatening the frail ghosts like Gengar and Zoroark-Hisui. Draco Meteor can be used to hit physical walls like Hippowdon and Slowbro. Facade can take advantage of status like Burn that Cyclizar may get throughout the course of a game from opposing Moltres, Slowbro or Thundurus. Dragon Tail is great at forcing opposing setup sweepers like Cresselia and Slowbro out. switch the two sentences to keep the set order Timid max Speed Cyclizar is faster than a majority of the tier and the bulk provided allows it to live a +2 Modest Blastoise Ice Beam, along with living two attacks from other threats such as Basculegion-F and Gengar. Tera Fairy flips the weakness to Dragon-type moves into an immunity add fighting resistance while Tera Steel becomes makes it resistant to Fairy- and Ice-type moves from the likes of Gardevoir or Empoleon respectively. and Ghost becomes makes it immune to Fighting-type attacks and blocks Rapid Spin attempts from opposing Cyclizar.

You can reliably slot Assault Vest Cyclizar onto your balance or bulky offense teams as the main form of hazard removal while providing item removal and pivoting. You can also use Assault Vest Cyclizar on stall teams, though these structures often want another removal option such as Defog Talonflame to reliably maintain hazard control. Cyclizar pairs well with other Regenerator mons such as Amoonguss, Mienshao and Slowbro, creating teams that are very difficult to break offensively and can provide pressure through Status, Hazard chip and gradual damage. Strong offensive teammates like Crawdaunt, Conkeldurr and Volcanion appreciate being given free entry points. While Cyclizar can often keep hazards off the field, it is advised to still run hazard resilient or Heavy-Duty Boots teammates since Cyclizar may struggle against teams with Ghost types like Palossand or Mimikyu. add a quick sentence about how this set is weak to hazards (hazard stack archetypes in particular) which can hinder its ability to keep them off the field Overall, Cyclizar is generally a safe pick when building teams because of its dynamic role compression and ability to check and pivot around opposing special attackers multiple times throughout a game.
Great job

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1/1 GP Team done (sets are 1 check, fulls are 2)
I think this is your first analysis, so take a look at this guide (video in point 3) on how to implement a GP check

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Draco Meteor / Dragon Tail / Facade
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid / Jolly
evs: 104 HP / 152 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Steel / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Assault Vest Cyclizar can safely switch into most of the special attackers in the tier and provide opportunities for its teammates to enter the game thanks to U-turn. Assault Vest helps with an its otherwise low natural bulk, which is also helped significantly by Regenerator recovery. (this needs to be moved down - paragraph order is always moves first (in the order they appear on the set) and then other stuff like items etc) Rapid Spin clears entry hazards from your side of the field while also granting Cyclizar a boost to Speed, which helps Cyclizar it outspeed most of the Choice Scarf users in the tier like Gardevoir and Gengar, (RC) as well as allowing. (AP) It also gives even a paralyzed Cyclizar the opportunity to U-turn away from pivot out of slower opponents foes like Empoleon and Hippowdon. Knock Off is a generally good move but works great for Cyclizar since it (fluff) can hit the tiers Pyschic tier's Psychic-types (such as?) for decent damage while also threatening the frail ghosts Ghost-types like Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark-Hisui. Draco Meteor can be used to hit physical walls like Hippowdon and Slowbro. Dragon Tail is great at forcing opposing setup sweepers like Cresselia and Slowbro out. Facade can take advantage of status like burn or paralysis (remove if this is incorrect but you give thund as an example and that doesn't get a move that burns) that Cyclizar may get be inflicted by throughout the course of a game from opposing Moltres, Slowbro, (AC) and or Thundurus. Timid max maximum Speed Cyclizar is faster than a the majority of the tier, (AC) and the bulk provided allows it to live survive a +2 Modest Blastoise Ice Beam, (RC) along with living taking two attacks from other threats such as Basculegion-F and Gengar. ('taking two attacks from other threats' is super vague and doesn't really apply. which attacks? you can't generalise with evs bc theres a diff between 2 focus blasts and 2 sludge waves for example) Tera Fairy flips the Cyclizar's weakness to Dragon-type moves into an immunity and gives a resistance to Fighting-type moves. (any examples of what tera fairy actually helps it beat? saying what fairy does as a type is dex info (basic game info that you can find on the dex or google), and our analyses take the basic info and apply iy to a given metagame. what do these resistances help it check after tera?) Tera Steel makes Cyclizar resistant to Fairy- and Ice-type moves from the likes of Gardevoir or and Empoleon, respectively. Tera Ghost makes it immune to Fighting-type attacks and blocks Rapid Spin attempts from opposing Cyclizar. (would put the spinblocking point before fighting immunity because the former isn't dex info)

You Assault Vest Cyclizar can reliably slot Assault Vest Cyclizar fit onto your balance or bulky offense teams as the main form of entry hazard removal while also providing item removal and pivoting. You It can also use Assault Vest Cyclizar be used on stall teams, though these structures often want another hazard removal option such as Defog Talonflame to reliably maintain hazard control. Cyclizar pairs well with other Regenerator mons Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Mienshao, (AC) and Slowbro, creating teams that are very difficult to break offensively and can provide pressure through status, hazard chip, (AC) and gradual damage. Strong offensive teammates like Crawdaunt, Conkeldurr, (AC) and Volcanion appreciate being given Cyclizar giving them free entry points. While Cyclizar can often keep hazards off the field, it is advised to still run hazard-resilient (add hyphen) or Heavy-Duty Boots teammates, (AC) since Cyclizar may struggle against teams with Ghost-types (add hyphen) like Palossand or and Mimikyu. (any examples of these hazard resilient/boots teammates?) Assault Vest Cyclizar can struggle to retain health HP against hazard-stacking stack archetypes, being unable to remove hazards against teams utilizing Tera Ghost on their hazard setters. (is there anything cyc / its team can do help with this? teammates paragraphs want to talk about what it struggles with and then how to mitigate it) Overall, Cyclizar is generally a safe pick when building teams because of its dynamic role compression and ability to check and pivot around opposing special attackers multiple times throughout a game. (RP)(we don't really do fluff conclusion phrases like this because everything has already been said)

[SET CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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