bu scrafty (qc 2/2) (gp 1/1)

[Hera]

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STAB moves that give it longevity, utility, and the ability to weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox. Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. Rest also synergizes well with Shed Skin, buffing Rest's recovery while giving it setup opportunites on status users like Bellibolt and Altaria, which is preferable to Intimidate. Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resistance, letting it set up on foes like Scream Tail and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting resistance for foes like Virizion and Flamigo. This is mainly a defensive Terastallization, though, and Scrafty is unable to properly threaten these Pokemon without outside support or some chip damage accrued beforehand.

Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro that can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Mudsdale and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return, they appreciate Scrafty removing items from these checks. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastallizes, and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terastallization, so checks like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.

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[Hera]

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[Bella]

View attachment 637873
[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STABs that give it longevity and utility (Maybe mention some Knock targets like Gligar or Deci here?), respectively, while also hitting hard enough for Scrafty not to be passive. Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resist, letting it setup on foes like Florges and Scream Tail, (Boomburst just owns you if its CM or if its Wish it just Encores you, mention something like Grimmsnarl here instead imo.) as well as giving it a useful Fighting-type resistance for foes like Virizion and Hisuian Decidueye. (This mon is balls, mention something else here instead like Migo or Bull)
(Maybe mention Pjab? Its not better than rest, but i find that theres situtations where u rly want to take out Florges that you cant rly do that consistenly w/o Pjab. Up to you but i think its fine to mention as an OO as long as you mention its major downsides.)
Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro, who can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Toxtricity (Boomburst is a 2HKO and Scrafty doesnt rly do much back, I would rather mention another Special Attacker like Delphox or something like that instead here.) and Zoroark. Scrafty's Knock Off utility is also useful for entry hazards teammates like Coalossal and Gastrodon, which heavily appreciate the foes that switch into Scrafty, like Florges and Bellibolt, taking entry hazards damage. Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Bellibolt and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return they appreicate Scrafty removing their items, forcing them to take more damage.
(I think mentioning some checks to Florges in particular would be really nice to see, since that pretty much full counters it w/o Pjab / Tera so Pokemon like GalarBro, Aslash, etc could be good mentions.)
[SET CREDITS]
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1/2 good job!

 

[Hera]

1/2 good job!

implemented

 

[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d]

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STABs that give it longevity, utility, and help it weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox also hitting hard enough for Scrafty not to be passive (Needed examples of what it actually checked on the special side, no need to go into this justification for these STAB attacks). Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. (Mention that Shed Skin pairs well in buffing Rest as a recovery move while also giving it setup opportunities against physical walls like Bellibolt and Altaria; it's worth explaining this to justify over Intimidate, which may seem like a valid option otherwise to pair with Bulk Up like Arcanine and paldean taur) Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resist, letting it setup on foes like Florges and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting-type resistance for foes like Virizion and Hitmonlee. (Just kept it as flipping the matchup versus Fairy- and Fighting-types, and try for more relevant examples than Hitmonlee. There's also the fact that defensive Florgres is faster and can now use Psychic Noise versus Scrafty, which still doesn't have good coverage for it, so make sure it's clear that the terastailzation against the types its vulnerable against isn't always perfect.)

Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro, who can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Scrafty's Knock Off utility is also useful for entry hazards teammates like Coalossal and Gastrodon, which heavily appreciate the foes that switch into Scrafty, like Florges and Bellibolt, taking entry hazards damage. (This is analysis on what teammates help Scrafty, not the other way around; this point is appropriate in an analysis for Coal or Gastro, but not Scrafty. You can rewrite this as another "in return" statement, but I'm more interested on how they help Scrafty. I would say that they makeup for some of Scrafty's shortcomings as a sepecial wall, like how Gastrodon can take on strong Water-types like Intelleon and Tatsugiri, and Coaloassal is great for Toxtricity) Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Bellibolt Mudsdale (Doesn't belli always lose to this set?) and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return they appreicate appreciate Scrafty removing their items, forcing them to take more damage. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastalizes and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terstalization, so checks to them like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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QC 2/2

 

[Hera]

Comments in Bold and Strikethrough

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STABs that give it longevity, utility, and help it weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox also hitting hard enough for Scrafty not to be passive (Needed examples of what it actually checked on the special side, no need to go into this justification for these STAB attacks). Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. (Mention that Shed Skin pairs well in buffing Rest as a recovery move while also giving it setup opportunities against physical walls like Bellibolt and Altaria; it's worth explaining this to justify over Intimidate, which may seem like a valid option otherwise to pair with Bulk Up like Arcanine and paldean taur) Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resist, letting it setup on foes like Florges and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting-type resistance for foes like Virizion and Hitmonlee. (Just kept it as flipping the matchup versus Fairy- and Fighting-types, and try for more relevant examples than Hitmonlee. There's also the fact that defensive Florgres is faster and can now use Psychic Noise versus Scrafty, which still doesn't have good coverage for it, so make sure it's clear that the terastailzation against the types its vulnerable against isn't always perfect.)

Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro, who can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Scrafty's Knock Off utility is also useful for entry hazards teammates like Coalossal and Gastrodon, which heavily appreciate the foes that switch into Scrafty, like Florges and Bellibolt, taking entry hazards damage. (This is analysis on what teammates help Scrafty, not the other way around; this point is appropriate in an analysis for Coal or Gastro, but not Scrafty. You can rewrite this as another "in return" statement, but I'm more interested on how they help Scrafty. I would say that they makeup for some of Scrafty's shortcomings as a sepecial wall, like how Gastrodon can take on strong Water-types like Intelleon and Tatsugiri, and Coaloassal is great for Toxtricity) Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Bellibolt Mudsdale (Doesn't belli always lose to this set?) and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return they appreicate appreciate Scrafty removing their items, forcing them to take more damage. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastalizes and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terstalization, so checks to them like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
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QC 2/2

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[Tbolt]

GP 1/1

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STABs STAB moves that give it longevity, utility, and help it the ability to weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox. Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. Rest also synergizes well with Shed Skin, buffing Rest's recovery while giving it setup opportunites on status users like Bellibolt and Altaria, which is preferable to Intimidate. Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resist resistance, letting it setup set up on foes like Scream Tail and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting-type Fighting resistance for foes like Virizion and Flamigo, (RC) although this . (AP) This is mainly a defensive Terastalization Terastallization, though, (AC) and it Scrafty is unable to properly threaten these Pokemon without outside support or some chip damage accrued beforehand.

Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro, (RC) who that can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Mudsdale and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return, (AC) they appreciate Scrafty removing their items items from these checks. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastalizes Terastallizes, (AC) and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terstalization Terastallization, so checks to them like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Grammar checked by:
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GP Team done

 

[Hera]

GP 1/1

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison

[SET COMMENTS]

Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STABs STAB moves that give it longevity, utility, and help it the ability to weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox. Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. Rest also synergizes well with Shed Skin, buffing Rest's recovery while giving it setup opportunites on status users like Bellibolt and Altaria, which is preferable to Intimidate. Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resist resistance, letting it setup set up on foes like Scream Tail and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting-type Fighting resistance for foes like Virizion and Flamigo, (RC) although this . (AP) This is mainly a defensive Terastalization Terastallization, though, (AC) and it Scrafty is unable to properly threaten these Pokemon without outside support or some chip damage accrued beforehand.

Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro, (RC) who that can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Mudsdale and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return, (AC) they appreciate Scrafty removing their items items from these checks. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastalizes Terastallizes, (AC) and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terstalization Terastallization, so checks to them like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/s1nn0hc0nfirm3d.231074/
Grammar checked by:
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GP Team done

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