OU Bisharp 2/2

[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Throat Chop
move 4: Sucker Punch
item: Black Glasses / Life Orb
ability: Defiant
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bisharp is a great wallbreaker in the tier because it is able to break past the bulkier teams by boosting its Attack stat with Swords Dance. Defiant is a great ability that can discourage opposing Pokemon from using Defog in fear of giving Bisharp a boost to its Attack to better break past the aforementioned bulky Pokemon. Sucker Punch is invaluable to make up for Bisharp's lack of Speed to prevent it from being revenge killed by threats such as Dragapult, Gengar, and Excadrill. Black Glasses boosts the power of its Dark-type STAB moves, which allows it to 2HKO Toxapex with a Swords Dance boosted Throat Chop and makes it easier to revenge kill threats with Sucker Punch. Alternatively, Life Orb can be used to boost the power of Iron Head too, which lets it inflict more damage to threats like Tyranitar and Kommo-o. A Lum Berry can also be considered as it allows Bisharp to set up on Pokemon like Galarian Corsola and Rotom-W without fear of being burned by Will-O-Wisp and OHKO both of them on the following turn; however, this comes at the downside of not boosting its coverage options, unlike the previously mentioned items. An Adamant nature gives Bisharp the best wallbreaking potential, however a Jolly nature can be chosen to outspeed Jolly Tyranitar.

Bisharp fits best on offense-oriented teams that appreciate its potential as a wallbreaker and sweeper. Bisharp struggles to deal with Fighting-types such as Kommo-o and Conkeldurr as they can survive a boosted Sucker Punch and retaliate thanks to higher Speed or priority Mach Punch to OHKO Bisharp, so checks in Clefable, Togekiss, and Hatterene make for great partners. Other wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and the aforementioned Hatterene can alleviate pressure off Bisharp and help it sweep better. Entry hazard users like Excadrill, Ferrothorn, and Seismitoad can force opponents to come in and Defog to give Bisharp a Defiant boost, while these entry hazards also help wear down threats into range of a boosted attack. Likewise, Grimmsnarl makes a great partner as it can set up dual screens for Bisharp to set up a Swords Dance easier and can Prankster Thunder Wave faster threats like Dragapult and Dracovish. Rotom-H and Rotom-W make great partners as they can bring in Bisharp safely with Volt Switch and lure in Flash Cannon variants of Hydreigon, which Bisharp can set up on.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[TDK, 185591], [Mannat, 144451]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Mafeking, 122460]]

 

[CreamyGlasses]

NOT sure if this is the best set, but set with max hp spread and stealth rocks over throat chop has been used before.

 

[kumiko]

I know you basically went in order by how things are listed, but I think Defiant should be mentioned in the first sentence or two. It's not like Bisharp can only ever do anything when it gets a Defiant boost, but having Defiant is Bisharp's biggest niche, aka punishing Defog. And in this meta ruled by Corviknight and Mandibuzz Defogging every other turn, it's a very threatening mon.

I also don't think you really need to mention what Throat Chop does. It's the best option because it's the strongest, not because it prevents Kommo-o from clicking its Dragon-type attack against Bisharp. Like, yeah, you can mention it, but it's an absurdly specific scenario that will rarely ever come into play.

I think you should reword the bit about the Item choice; Life Orb improves Iron Heads power as well which can be very useful in some scenarios, ie Tyranitar, Kommo-o, but also the way it's worded you seem to imply Black Glasses is the superior choice while listing Life Orb first. ftr I think Black Glasses is better and should be first anyway. You also mention Night Slash in the item portion without mentioning it elsewhere (it shouldn't be mentioned).

I don't really agree with the partners portion, I think Mew and Mimikyu are pretty mediocre in this metagame, I also don't think Gengar or Mamoswine are really worth mentioning. I would mention stuff like Grimmsnarl (screens), Rotom-W/H to get momentum, Seismitoad (brings in Corviknight to fog), Ferrothorn (brings in Defoggers), and Hatterene (takes advantages of Fighters). These are just examples, you can change them however you want but I think they fit better than what you have. Excadrill is good too though.

1/2

 

[Twilight]

done rdy for second check

 

[MANNAT]

Comments in Purple

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Throat Chop
move 4: Sucker Punch
item: Black Glasses / Life Orb
ability: Defiant
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bisharp is a great wallbreaker in the tier with being able to break past the bulkier Pokemon like Aegislash, Toxapex, and Ferrothorn bulkier teams (you don't need to mention specific mons here since you should just be talking about its role as a breaker in the start rather than what mons it breaks through specifically) through the ability to boost its Attack stat with Swords Dance. Defiant is a great ability that can punish opposing Pokemon from using Defog in fear of giving Bisharp a boost in its Attack to better break past the aforementioned bulky Pokemon. Sucker Punch is invaluable to make up for Bisharp's lack of Speed to prevent being revenge killed by threats such as Dragapult, Gengar, and Excadrill. Black Glasses boosts the power of its Dark-type STAB moves, which allows it to 2HKO Toxapex with Throat Chop (specify +2 Throat Chop) and make it easier to revenge kill threats with Sucker Punch better. Alternatively, Life Orb can be used to boost the power of its Iron Head too, which lets it inflict more damage to threats like Tyranitar and Kommo-o. I think that Lum Berry should be mentioned as an alternative item option, but not slashed. Being able to SD on stuff like Wisp Corsola and Rotom (not heat) is fairly useful, and you can force more favorable situations against Scarf Rotom-W and Rotom-C especially. The lack of a power boost on Sucker Punch especially from the two boosting items is obviously a downside and why it only deserves a passing mention, rather than a slash. An Adamant nature gives it the best wallbreaking potential, however, a Jolly nature can be opted to outspeed Jolly Tyranitar.

Put in a sentence about how Bisharp tends to find itself on very offensive teams. Bisharp struggles to deal with Fighting-types such as Kommo-o and Conkeldurr as they can take a boosted Sucker Punch and the former is faster while the latter has access to priority Mach Punch to OHKO Bisharp, so checks in Clefable, Togekiss, and Hatterene make great partners. Other wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and the aforementioned Hatterene can alleviate pressure off Bisharp and help it better sweep. Entry hazard users like Excadrill, Ferrothorn, and Seismitoad can force opponents to come in and Defog to give Bisharp a Defiant boost, these entry hazards also help wear down threats into range of a boosted attack. Likewise, Grimmsnarl makes a great partner as it can set up dual screens for Bisharp to set up a Swords Dance easier and can Prankster Thunder Wave faster threats like Dragapult and Dracovish. Rotom-H and Rotom-W make great partners as they can bring in Bisharp safely with Volt Switch and lure in Flash Cannon variants of Hydreigon, which Bisharp can set up on.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[TDK, 185591], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

Solid stuff, QC 2/2

 

[Mafeking]

remove additions (comments)

we need more chess pokemon imo

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Throat Chop
move 4: Sucker Punch
item: Black Glasses / Life Orb
ability: Defiant
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bisharp is a great wallbreaker in the tier with being because it is able to break past the bulkier teams through the ability to by boosting its Attack stat with Swords Dance. Defiant is a great ability that can punish discourage opposing Pokemon from using Defog in fear of giving Bisharp a boost in to its Attack to better break past the aforementioned bulky Pokemon. Sucker Punch is invaluable to make up for Bisharp's lack of Speed to prevent it from being revenge killed by threats such as Dragapult, Gengar, and Excadrill. Black Glasses boosts the power of its Dark-type STAB moves, which allows it to 2HKO Toxapex with a Swords Dance boosted Throat Chop and makes it easier to revenge kill threats with Sucker Punch better. Alternatively, Life Orb can be used to boost the power of its Iron Head too, which lets it inflict more damage to threats like Tyranitar and Kommo-o. A Lum Berry can also be considered as it allows Bisharp to set up on Pokemon like Galarian Corsola and Rotom-W without fear of being burned by Will-O-Wisp and OHKO both of them on the following turn,; (replace comma with semicolon) however, this comes at the downside of not boosting its coverage options, unlike the previously mentioned items. An Adamant nature gives it Bisharp the best wallbreaking potential, however, (remove comma) a Jolly nature can be opted chosen to outspeed Jolly Tyranitar.

Bisharp fits best on offensively-oriented (remove hyphen) (or change to "offense-oriented" if you prefer) teams that appreciate its potential as a wallbreaker and sweeper. Bisharp struggles to deal with Fighting-types such as Kommo-o and Conkeldurr as they can take survive a boosted Sucker Punch and retaliate thanks to higher Speed or the former is faster while the latter has access to priority Mach Punch to OHKO Bisharp, so checks in Clefable, Togekiss, and Hatterene make for great partners. (I figured changing the wording on this was better than sorting out where a bunch of commas would need to go in the original sentence) Other wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and the aforementioned Hatterene can alleviate pressure off Bisharp and help it better sweep better. Entry hazard users like Excadrill, Ferrothorn, and Seismitoad can force opponents to come in and Defog to give Bisharp a Defiant boost, while these entry hazards also help wear down threats into range of a boosted attack. Likewise, Grimmsnarl makes a great partner as it can set up dual screens for Bisharp to set up a Swords Dance easier and can Prankster Thunder Wave faster threats like Dragapult and Dracovish. Rotom-H and Rotom-W make great partners as they can bring in Bisharp safely with Volt Switch and lure in Flash Cannon variants of Hydreigon, which Bisharp can set up on.

Congrats on writing the first sentence in an analysis that I've actually thought looks better when adding a semicolon. Good stuff. GP 1/1.

 

[Twilight]

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[GMars]

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