Monotype Baxcalibur (Ice) [(QC:2/2)(GP:1/1)]

[Bka Onon]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Baxcalibur is a potent offensive threat for any Ice-type team with its impressive Attack, Dragon Dance, great STAB moves, and coverage which let it beat common defensive staples like Rotom-W, Corviknight, and Toxapex. However, it struggles to break through Unaware walls, such as Quagsire and Dondozo, and Pokemon that resist its STAB Combination and threaten it, such as Scizor and Azumarill. Thermal Exchange lets it switch into and punish Will-O-Wisp users such as Rotom-W and Sableye and Fire-type moves from Ceruledge and Fire Spin Skuntank. Glaive Rush hits Rotom-W, Toxapex, Volcarona and Quaquaval, while Ice-type STAB moves let it threaten Meowscarada, Ting-Lu, and Great Tusk. Earthquake is a great option to hit Steel-types such as Gholdengo and Kingambit super effectively, while Ice Shard lets it pick off weakened Pokemon and Choice Scarf users such as Meowscarada, Flamigo, and Dragapult. An Adamant nature maximizes Baxcalibur's power while outspeeding Pokemon like Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao at +1; however, a Jolly nature outspeeds Gholdengo and Quaquaval and Speed ties Choice Scarf Great Tusk at +1.

Baxcalibur appreciates teammates that can provide it with setup opportunities. Froslass can set Spikes and stop opposing hazards with Taunt, spread burns, and use Destiny Bond to KO opposing threats to Baxcalibur. Abomasnow provides Baxcalibur with snow's defense boost and Aurora Veil to help it set up while also checking Dondozo and Quagsire. Swords Dance Chien-Pao can break Skeledirge, Iron Valiant, and Kingambit and can pick off Pokemon that Baxcalibur has weakened with Ice Shard or Sucker Punch. Alternatively, Choice Scarf Chien-Pao can effectively clean up the battle once Baxcalibur has dealt significant damage. Avalugg and Cloyster can both remove hazards for Baxcalibur in case its Heavy-Duty Boots have been removed. Cloyster can also to clean up after Baxcalibur with Shell Smash, while Avalugg can beat Kingambit, Iron Treads, and more with Iron Defense + Body Press if Baxcalibur forgoes Earthquake. Cryogonal's combination of Freeze-Dry and Rapid Spin can help Baxcalibur deal with Quagsire while also removing entry hazards that Ice-type teams often struggle with.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Ice analysis by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [UT, 523866]]

 

[Bka Onon]

Ready for QC

 

[Neko]

Bax-chan

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Loaded Dice
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Baxcalibur is a potent offensive threat for any Ice type team with its impressive Attack, access to Dragon Dance and great STAB moves and coverage (?)STAB offensive typings which lets it beat common defensive staples like Rotom-Wash, Corviknight and Toxapex. However,, but even with it's great offensive prowess, it struggles to break through Unaware Walls such as Quagsire, Dondozo and other Pokemon that threaten it like Scizor and Azumarill (but why?). It's ability Thermal Exchange lets it switch into Will-o-Wisp users such as Rotom-Wash and Sableye, and Fire-type moves from Pokemon such as Ceruledge (Cerul is quite a bad matchup for Bax though, would refrain switching directly onto it. Use a diff one) and Fire Spin Skuntank to punish them. Glaive Rush is an excellent neutral STAB to hits the likes of Rotom-Wash, Toxapex, Volcarona and Quaquaval, while Ice STAB lets it threaten Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Ting-Lu and Great Tusk. Earthquake is a great option to be able to hit the likes of Gholdengo and Kingambit super effectively, while Ice Shard lets it pick off weakened Pokemon and Choice Scarf users such as Meowscarada, Flamigo, and Dragapult. Baxcalibur can utilise utilize Heavy-Duty Boots to ignore hazards to safely switch in, or Loaded Dice to guarantee Icicle Spear hitting 4-5 times (whats notable about hitting 4-5 times? Do you break anything?). An Adamant nature would maximize Baxcalibur's power and would use Ice Shard well to OHKO Flamigo and weakened Choice Scarf Great Tusk, and a Jolly Nature would let it safely outspeed Gholdengo, Quaquaval and Speed-tie max Speed Great Tusk (so Eq is better, since one of the reasons is to outspeed ghold?).

Baxcalibur appreciates support from its teammates to set up easily and wreck havoc. Froslass can spread Spikes and stop opposing hazards with Taunt while also spreading burns and even being able to take down opposing threats to Baxcalibur with Destiny Bond. Abomasnow provides Baxcalibur with Snow's defense boost and Aurora Veil to help it set up, and also being able to check Dondozo and Quagsire. Choice Scarf Chien-Pao can both wallbreak (scarf Pao not a breaker) for Baxcalibur against Pokemon such as Skeledirge, Kingambit and Iron Valiant and also clean up after Baxcalibur has done enough damage, and being able to pick off weakened foes with Sucker Punch or Ice Shard (this refers to a diff pao set. You could reference SD and Scarfy if you want). Avalugg and Cloyster can both remove hazards for Baxcalibur if it foregoes Heavy-Duty Boots; Cloyster also being able to be a cleaner after Baxcalibur with Shell Smash. Walls such as Quagsire which would otherwise wall the core of Chien-Pao and Baxcalibur can be removed by Cryogonal's Freeze-Dry, enabling these to dish out massive damage (it can also spin).

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Ice analysis by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

will recheck after these edits

 

[Neko]

bax

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Loaded Dice
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Baxcalibur is a potent offensive threat for any Ice type team with its impressive Attack, access to Dragon Dance and STAB moves and coverage which lets it beat common defensive staples like Rotom-Wash, Corviknight and Toxapex. However, it struggles to break through Unaware Walls such as Quagsire, Dondozo and Pokemon that resist its STABs and threaten it such as Scizor and Azumarill. It's ability Thermal Exchange lets it switch into and punish Will-o-Wisp users such as Rotom-W and Sableye, and Fire-type moves from Pokemon such as Rotom-H and Fire Spin Skuntank to punish them. Glaive Rush hits the likes of Rotom-Wash, Toxapex, Volcarona and Quaquaval, while Ice STAB lets it threaten Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Ting-Lu and Great Tusk. Earthquake is a great option to be able to hit the likes of Gholdengo and Kingambit super effectively, while Ice Shard lets it pick off weakened Pokemon and Choice Scarf users such as Meowscarada, Flamigo and Dragapult. Baxcalibur can utilize Heavy-Duty Boots to ignore hazards to safely switch in, or Loaded Dice to guarantee Icicle Spear hitting 4-5 times, letting it safely break through Corviknight. An Adamant nature would maximizes Baxcalibur's power and would use Ice Shard well to OHKO Flamigo and weakened Choice Scarf Great Tusk, and a Jolly Nature would let it safely outspeed Gholdengo which is threatened by Earthquake, Quaquaval and Speed-tie max Speed Great Tusk (so, scarf Tusk at +1....).

Baxcalibur appreciates support from its teammates to set up easily and wreck havoc. Froslass can spread Spikes and stop opposing hazards with Taunt while also spreading burns and even being able to take down opposing threats to Baxcalibur with Destiny Bond. Abomasnow provides Baxcalibur with Snow's defense boost and Aurora Veil to help it set up, and also being able to check Dondozo and Quagsire. Chien-Pao can wallbreak for Baxcalibur against Pokemon such as Skeledirge, Kingambit and Iron Valiant. Choice Scarf Chien-Pao can effectively clean up the battle once Baxcalibur has inflicted significant damage. Alternatively, a Swords Dance-boosted Chien-Pao can take advantage of weakened opponents with moves like Sucker Punch or Ice Shard. (Move this to chien pao sentence #1) Avalugg and Cloyster can both remove hazards for Baxcalibur if it foregoes Heavy-Duty Boots; Cloyster also being able to be a cleaner after Baxcalibur with Shell Smash (a little confusing sentence, but yes). Walls such as Quagsire which would otherwise wall the core of Chien-Pao and Baxcalibur can be removed by Cryogonal's Freeze-Dry, which is also capable of removing entry hazards with Rapid Spin, enabling these to dish out massive damage.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Ice analysis by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

1/2, thankie Onion

 

[Bka Onon]

Bumping for 2nd QC Check

 

[Rio Vidal]

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Loaded Dice
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

idt you ever give up boots on ice teams, remove those mentions from the paragraph as well

[set comments]
- rotom-h probably still does a decent chunk with overheat, prob best to rem ove that as a thermal exchange example
- mention how eq hits steel types for damage, something that resists both of its stabs
- mention that adamant can outpace flutter mane and chien pao at +1, however say before a boost it can threaten mons like gholdengo instead. talk about the trade offs. pm me on discord if you want more explanation
- mention what sd chienpao can break for baxcalibur, dont be vague
- talk abt body press avalugg
- adjust the rapid spin to say if boots are knocked off

QC 2/2

 

[Bka Onon]

Tagging GP Team

 

[bellchime]

amgp, please implement whatever you see fit!

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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Baxcalibur is a potent offensive threat for any Ice-type team with its impressive Attack, access to Dragon Dance,(AC) and STAB moves,(AC) and coverage,(AC) which lets it beat common defensive staples like Rotom-Wash, Corviknight,(AC) and Toxapex. However, it struggles to break through Unaware walls,(AC) such as Quagsire,(RC) and Dondozo,(AC) and Pokemon that resist its STABs and threaten it,(AC) such as Scizor and Azumarill. It's ability Thermal Exchange lets it switch into and punish Will-O-Wisp users such as Rotom-W and Sableye,(RC) and Fire-type moves from Pokemon such as Ceruledge and Fire Spin Skuntank. Glaive Rush hits the likes of Rotom-W, Toxapex, Volcarona,(AC) and Quaquaval, while Ice-type STAB moves lets it threaten Pokemon such as Meowscarada, Ting-Lu,(AC) and Great Tusk. Earthquake is a great option to be able to hit Steel-types such as Gholdengo and Kingambit super effectively, while Ice Shard lets it pick off weakened Pokemon and Choice Scarf users such as Meowscarada, Flamigo,(AC) and Dragapult. An Adamant nature maximizes Baxcalibur's power and while outspeeds outspeeding Pokemon like Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao at +1 Speed at the cost of being slower than the likes of Gholdengo and Quaquaval unboosted; however a Jolly nature would let Baxcalibur outspeed even those Gholdengo and Quaquaval and let it Speed-tie Speed tie Choice Scarf Great Tusk at +1 Speed.

Baxcalibur appreciates support from its teammates to be able to set up easily and wreck havoc. Froslass can spread Spikes,(AC) and stop opposing hazards with Taunt,(AC) while also spreading burns,(AC) and use even being able to take down opposing threats to Baxcalibur with Destiny Bond to KO opposing threats to Baxcalibur. Abomasnow provides Baxcalibur with Snow's snow's defense boost and Aurora Veil to help it set up,(RC) and while also being able to check Dondozo and Quagsire. Swords Dance Chien-Pao can break Pokemon such as Skeledirge, Iron Valiant,(AC) and Kingambit;(RSC) and can pick off Pokemon that Baxcalibur has weakened with Ice Shard or Sucker Punch. Alternatively, Choice Scarf Chien-Pao can effectively clean up the battle once Baxcalibur has inflicted dealt significant damage. Avalugg and Cloyster can both remove hazards for Baxcalibur incase in case its Heavy-Duty Boots have been knocked off;(RSC).(AP) Cloyster can also being able to clean up after Baxcalibur with Shell Smash,(AC) while and Avalugg also being able to can beat Kingambit, Iron Treads,(AC) and more with Iron Defense and Body Press Iron Defense + Body Press if Baxcalibur forgoes Earthquake. Walls such as Quagsire which would otherwise wall the core of Chien-Pao and Baxcalibur can be removed by Cryogonal's Freeze-Dry, which is also capable of removing entry hazards with Rapid Spin, enabling these to dish out massive damage. Cryogonal's combination of Freeze Dry and Rapid Spin can help Baxcalibur deal with Quagsire while also removing entry hazards that Ice-type teams often struggle with. (I suppose this makes sense? The major issue here is the phrase "Freeze Dry, which is also capable of removing entry hazards with Rapid Spin, enabling these to dish out massive damage" because it reads as if Freeze Dry can remove entry hazards with Rapid Spin while enabling Rapid Spin to deal massive damage.)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Ice analysis by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Bka Onon]

Lumii Hii, ty for AM GP, Changes Implemented

Edit: I did not see it was AM GP and changed to Done tag, fixed tho'-'

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

GP Check

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance (Ice)
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Glaive Rush
move 3: Icicle Crash
move 4: Earthquake / Ice Shard
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Thermal Exchange
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Baxcalibur is a potent offensive threat for any Ice-type team with its impressive Attack, access to Dragon Dance, add an adjective here; strong STAB moves? STAB moves, and coverage which let it beat common defensive staples like Rotom-W, Corviknight, and Toxapex. However, it struggles to break through Unaware walls, such as Quagsire and Dondozo, comma and Pokemon that resist its STABs STAB combination and threaten it, such as Scizor and Azumarill. Thermal Exchange lets it switch into and punish Will-O-Wisp users such as Rotom-W and Sableye and Fire-type moves from Ceruledge and Fire Spin Skuntank. Glaive Rush hits Rotom-W, Toxapex, Volcarona and Quaquaval, while Ice-type STAB moves let it threaten Meowscarada, Ting-Lu, comma and Great Tusk. Earthquake is a great option to hit Steel-types such as Gholdengo and Kingambit super effectively, while Ice Shard lets it pick off weakened Pokemon and Choice Scarf users such as Meowscarada, Flamigo, and Dragapult. An Adamant nature maximizes Baxcalibur's power while outspeeding Pokemon like Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao at +1 Speed; however, comma a Jolly nature would let Baxcalibur outspeed outspeeds Gholdengo and Quaquaval and let it Speed tie Speed ties Choice Scarf Great Tusk at +1 Speed.

Baxcalibur appreciates support from its teammates to be able to set up easily teammates that can provide it with setup opportunities. Froslass can spread set Spikes, comma and stop opposing hazards with Taunt, spread burns, and use Destiny Bond to KO opposing threats to Baxcalibur. Abomasnow provides Baxcalibur with snow's defense boost and Aurora Veil to help it set up while also being able to check checking Dondozo and Quagsire. Swords Dance Chien-Pao can break Skeledirge, Iron Valiant, and Kingambit and can pick off Pokemon that Baxcalibur has weakened with Ice Shard or Sucker Punch. Alternatively, Choice Scarf Chien-Pao can effectively clean up the battle once Baxcalibur has dealt significant damage. Avalugg and Cloyster can both remove hazards for Baxcalibur in case its Heavy-Duty Boots have been knocked off removed. Cloyster can also to clean up after Baxcalibur with Shell Smash, while Avalugg can beat Kingambit, Iron Treads, comma and more with Iron Defense + Body Press if Baxcalibur forgoes Earthquake. Cryogonal's combination of Freeze-Dry hyphen and Rapid Spin can help Baxcalibur deal with Quagsire while also removing entry hazards that Ice-type teams often struggle with.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Ice analysis by: [[ASKid679, 532439]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1!

GP Team done

 

[Bka Onon]

Changes implemented, ty UT
Tagging GP Team