1v1 Buzzwole [QC 3/3] [ GP 2/2 ] [Done]

[edudittA]

[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame, which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a diverse movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has subpar Special Defense, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up helps set up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so it can survive the next attack and retaliate. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps combat Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost heals the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps defeat some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps KO slow Grass- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana. Since it is usually best to send Buzzwole in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest in Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the physical attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

 

[motogp]

Overview:
Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame.Its solid physical bulk allows it to tank some very strong attacks like a +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados and Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X with little investment. With an Attack stat of 139 along with moves like Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls like Avalugg, Zygarde-Complete, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a good range of coverage moves too, like Superpower and Lunge for STAB, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon like Jumpluff and non-Mega Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon like Charizard and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types like Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves like Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats like Porygon-Z’s Hyper Beam, Greninja’s Hydro Cannon, and Mega Gengar’s Sludge Wave. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types like Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it’s vulnerable to threats like Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

Fightium Z
Fightinium Z

Buzzwole @ Fightinium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 248 HP / 152 Atk / 108 Def
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Stone Edge / Roost
- Superpower
- Lunge


Set Comments:

Moves

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon like Mega Gyarados, Mega Metagross, Zygarde-Complete,and Garchomp. Since it raises both Attack and Defense, and combined with Buzzwole’s already high Defense stat, Buzzwole has a very high chance of surviving the next attack and returning the damage in full. Also, Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon like Landorus-T, Mawile, and Gyarados. Stone Edge helps in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, like Mega Charizard X
152+ Atk Buzzwole Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Charizard-Mega-X: 216-256 (72.7 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and Alolan Marowak
152+ Atk Buzzwole Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Marowak-Alola: 216-256 (66.8 - 79.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
. Roost can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Bulk Up + 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats like Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-, Dark-, and Psychic-type Pokemon like Tapu Bulu. Sometimes, Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon like Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst like Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details

248 HP EVs and 108 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X, with the rest of the EVs going into the Attack
252+ Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 108 Def Buzzwole: 390-458 (93.5 - 109.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
. The 152 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature help it to defeat Pokemon like Mega Gyarados, Mega Charizard X, and Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummelling and for faster setup with Z-Bulk Up.

Charizard-Mega-X vs Buzzwole is a shaky matchup,but it's heavily in Charizard's favor since it can just Flame Charge->Flare Blitz to guaranteedly win,while bulkier variants can live a Stone Edge even after Flare Blitz recoil,not to mention the 50/50 with Bulk Up and Dragon Dance.
I recommend changing your EVs and removing this section.

Usage Tips

Buzzwole’s Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, like Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, and Kartana. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up and then Lunge to increase physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers, since it lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank attacks from them and also because it just cannot tank a Flying-type attack, being 4x weak to Flying. Also, avoid sending it in against Ghost-type Pokemon, since it has nothing to do neutral damage. Try to avoid sending this against Charizard unless you are certain it is Mega Charizard X, because while it can tank a Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X, it cannot tank an Air Slash or a Fire-type move from Mega Charizard Y.

Team Options

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and is weak to Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates for Buzzwole. Both also appreciate Buzzwole's high physical bulk threatening physical pokemon that could take advantage of their low physical bulk. Since most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego is weak to are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon like Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole is additionally weak to Pokemon like Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the speed to take out Tapu Lele and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, since Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon like Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can also be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. In addition to these, Water-type Pokemon like Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert can also be used. Here, Mega Swampert can also take advantage of Buzzwole covering its Grass weakness. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon like Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used to decent avail. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge, and Earthquake or Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon like Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be given to it to defeat some special attackers like Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.


Checks and Counters

Flying-type Pokemon: Flying-types are Buzzwole's biggest counters, since it just does not have the required bulk to tank a 4x super effective move from any Pokemon. Thus, Pokemon like Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite have a huge advantage over Buzzwole.

Fire-type Pokemon: Pokemon like Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably knock out Buzzwole, because Fire is super effective against Buzzwole.

Special Attackers: Buzzwole can't tank even neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

Powerful Physical Attackers: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of Huge Power or Pure Power and strong offensive super effective STAB moves, like Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

Physically Defensive Walls: Pokemon like Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, because of their unusually high Defense stat and access to moves like Iron Defence and Will-o-Wisp, along with recovery.

other than a few stuff its generally fine,you get the qc when you implement

 

[edudittA]

Stone Edge helps in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, like Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak.
152+ Atk Buzzwole Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Marowak-Alola: 216-256 (66.8 - 79.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

After a Z-Bulk Up:

+2 168+ Atk Buzzwole Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Marowak-Alola: 320-378 (99 - 117%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO

So, the Stone Edge part for AlolaWak part stays. Implemented every other QC, waiting for QC stamp :D

 

[motogp]

In theory,AlolaWak can click Flame Charge->Flare Blitz to win.
But since not many run it,I think I can give you the first QC.
QC 1/3 it is.

 

[DEG]

Overview:
Seems ok

Set comments;

Moves
-You should mention that Alolan-Marowak is a rare sight
-Mention that roost is generally better as it allows Buzzwole to check metagame threats
-Put Non Fly-Z Lando-T as it won't matter if it's Fly-Z
-Mention an example of Dark-, and Psychic-type Pokemon, you only mentioned Tapu Bulu

Usage Tips
ok

Team Options
-Nothing that has to do with the content but there's way too much in addition, replace some with something else like Furthermore, adding to that, Additionally, Also...

Other Options
ok

Checks and Counters
-You said in the introduction that Buzzwole lives some Specially offensive hits but here you say that it can't live any. Either fix the intro or fix this.


QC 2/3

 

[edudittA]

Overview:
Seems ok

Set comments;

Moves
-You should mention that Alolan-Marowak is a rare sight
-Mention that roost is generally better as it allows Buzzwole to check metagame threats
-Put Non Fly-Z Lando-T as it won't matter if it's Fly-Z
-Mention an example of Dark-, and Psychic-type Pokemon, you only mentioned Tapu Bulu

Usage Tips
ok

Team Options
-Nothing that has to do with the content but there's way too much in addition, replace some with something else like Furthermore, adding to that, Additionally, Also...

Other Options
ok

Checks and Counters
-You said in the introduction that Buzzwole lives some Specially offensive hits but here you say that it can't live any. Either fix the intro or fix this.


QC 2/3

Implemented check.. Ty for QC :)

 

[charizard8888]

Overview
Looks good. Replace Mega Gengar's Sludge Wave with some better example in my opinion.

Fightinium Z

Usage Tips
In avoiding sending it against Special, Flying, and Ghost Pokemon give an example of each.

Other Options

Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge, and Earthquake or Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon like Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott.

Mention what exactly would Thunder Punch and Earthquake be useful for.

Be sure to specify bulky Mega Metagross throughout the analysis as Roost and Bulk Up can't outstall the offensive one:
252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. 248 HP / 92 Def Buzzwole: 258-306 (61.8 - 73.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. +1 248 HP / 92 Def Buzzwole: 174-206 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
168+ Atk Buzzwole All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Metagross-Mega: 237-280 (78.7 - 93%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Necrozma is an important Pokemon which takes out Buzzwole so mention that somewhere.

Great job QC 3/3

 

[edudittA]

Overview
Looks good. Replace Mega Gengar's Sludge Wave with some better example in my opinion.

Fightinium Z

Usage Tips
In avoiding sending it against Special, Flying, and Ghost Pokemon give an example of each.

Other Options

Mention what exactly would Thunder Punch and Earthquake be useful for.

Be sure to specify bulky Mega Metagross throughout the analysis as Roost and Bulk Up can't outstall the offensive one:
252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. 248 HP / 92 Def Buzzwole: 258-306 (61.8 - 73.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Zen Headbutt vs. +1 248 HP / 92 Def Buzzwole: 174-206 (41.7 - 49.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
168+ Atk Buzzwole All-Out Pummeling (190 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Metagross-Mega: 237-280 (78.7 - 93%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Necrozma is an important Pokemon which takes out Buzzwole so mention that somewhere.

Great job QC 3/3

Implemented everything. Didn't get a Pokemon which EQ can beat that nothing else in my set can, so removed it.

 

[autumn]

hi, after qc 3/3 remember to post in the gp queue https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...eue-its-a-whole-new-world-we-live-in.3588435/ for a check.

before we can check it though, your analysis needs to follow the formatting here. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...ons-read-before-posting.3588426/#post-7113521

fix that (and nihi too) and tag me then i can gp this

 

[edudittA]

Tagging martha to GP my Buzzwole. Thank you for offering me this info! :)

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame. (AS) Its solid physical bulk allows it to tank some very strong attacks, (AC) like for instance a +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados and Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X with little investment. With an Attack stat of 139 along with moves like such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls like such as Avalugg, Zygarde-Complete, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a good range of coverage moves too, like for example Superpower and Lunge for STAB, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon like such as Jumpluff and non-Mega Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon like such as Charizard and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types like such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves like such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats like such as Porygon-Z’s Hyper Beam, Greninja’s Hydro Cannon, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types like such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it’s vulnerable to threats like such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Buzzwole
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 168 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-Complete, (AS) and Garchomp. Since it raises both Attack and Defense, and combined with Buzzwole’s already high Defense stat, Buzzwole has a very high chance of surviving the next attack and returning the damage in full. Also, Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon like such as Groundium Z Landorus-T, Mawile, and Gyarados. Stone Edge helps aids in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, like such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. Alternatively, Roost is a better option that can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon like such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Bulk Up + paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats like such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-, (RC) and Psychic-type Pokemon like such as Tapu Bulu, (RC) and Musharna. Sometimes Occasionally, Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst like such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

248 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from max Attack Mega Blaziken, with the rest of the EVs going into the Attack. The 168 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature help assist it to defeat in defeating Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummelling and for faster setup with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole’s Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, like such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, and Kartana, (AC) for instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up and then followed by Lunge to increase physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers like such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, (AC) and Porygon Z, since it lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank attacks from them and also because it just cannot tank a Flying-type attack, being 4x weak to Flying. Also, avoid sending it Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon longer such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it has nothing to do deal any neutral damage. Try to avoid sending this against Fire-type Pokemon like such as Mega Charizards Mega Charizard and Heatran, since both usually invest speed Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and is weak to Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates for Buzzwole. Both also appreciate Buzzwole's high physical bulk threatening physical pokemon Pokemon that could take advantage of their low physical bulk. Since most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego is are weak to are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon like such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole is further weak to Pokemon like such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, since Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon like such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can also be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Additionally, Water-type Pokemon like such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert can also be used. Here, Mega Swampert can also take advantage of Buzzwole covering its Grass-type weakness. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon like such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used to decent avail. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge, (RC) and Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon like non Mega such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be given to it utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

Flying-type Pokemon: Flying-types are Buzzwole's biggest counters, since it just does not have the required bulk to tank a 4x super effective move from any Pokemon. Thus, Pokemon like such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite have a huge advantage over Buzzwole.

Fire-type Pokemon: Pokemon like such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably knock out Buzzwole, because Fire-type moves are is super effective against Buzzwole.

Special Attackers: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, (AC) and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

Powerful Physical Attackers: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of Huge Power or Pure Power and strong offensive super effective STAB moves, like such as Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

Physically Defensive Walls: Pokemon like such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, because of their unusually high Defense stat and access to moves like such as Iron Defence and Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp, along with recovery.

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame. (AS) Its solid physical bulk allows it to tank some very strong attacks, (AC) like for instance a +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados and Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X with little investment. With an Attack stat of 139 along with moves like such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls like such as Avalugg, Zygarde-Complete, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a good range of coverage moves too, like for example Superpower and Lunge for STAB, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon like such as Jumpluff and non-Mega Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon like such as Charizard and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types like such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar sub-par Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves like such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats like such as Porygon-Z’s Hyper Beam, Greninja’s Hydro Cannon, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types like such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it’s vulnerable to threats like such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Buzzwole
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 168 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-Complete, (AS) and Garchomp. Since it raises both Attack and Defense, and combined with Buzzwole’s already high Defense stat, Buzzwole has a very high chance of surviving the next attack and returning the damage in full. Also, Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon like such as Groundium Z Landorus-T, Mawile, and Gyarados. Stone Edge helps aids in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, like such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. Alternatively, Roost is a better option that can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon like such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Bulk Up + paired with 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats like such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-, and Psychic-type Pokemon like such as Tapu Bulu, (RC) and Musharna. Sometimes Occasionally, Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst like such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

248 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from max Attack Mega Blaziken, with the rest of the EVs going into the Attack. The 168 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature help assist it to defeat in defeating Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummelling and for faster setup with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole’s Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, like such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, and Kartana, (AC) for instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up and then followed by Lunge to increase physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers like such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, (AC) and Porygon Z, since it lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank attacks from them and also because it just cannot tank a Flying-type attack, being 4x weak to Flying. Also, avoid sending it Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon longer such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it has nothing to do deal any neutral damage. Try to avoid sending this against Fire-type Pokemon like such as Mega Charizards Mega Charizard and Heatran, since both usually invest speed Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and is weak to Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates for Buzzwole. Both also appreciate Buzzwole's high physical bulk threatening physical pokemon Pokemon that could take advantage of their low physical bulk. Since most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego is are weak to are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon like such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole is further weak to Pokemon like such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, since Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon like such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can also be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Additionally, Water-type Pokemon like such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert can also be used. Here, Mega Swampert can also take advantage of Buzzwole covering its Grass-type weakness. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon like such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used to decent avail. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge, (RC) and Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon like non Mega such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be given to it utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

Flying-type Pokemon: Flying-types are Buzzwole's biggest counters, since it just does not have the required bulk to tank a 4x super effective move from any Pokemon. Thus, Pokemon like such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite have a huge advantage over Buzzwole.

Fire-type Pokemon: Pokemon like such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably knock out Buzzwole, because Fire-type moves are is super effective against Buzzwole.

Special Attackers: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, (AC) and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

Powerful Physical Attackers: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of Huge Power or Pure Power and strong offensive super effective STAB moves, like such as Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

Physically Defensive Walls: Pokemon like such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, because of their unusually high Defense stat and access to moves like such as Iron Defence and Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp, along with recovery.

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Implemented the entirety of the AM GP. Thank you, I found out why "such as" and not "like"....

 

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Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame. (RP) Its solid physical bulk, (AC) which allows it to tank some very strong attacks, (RC) for instance a such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados and Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X with little investment. With an a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a good range of coverage moves too, for example movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and non-Mega Gyarados, (implied when not saying "mega") Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a sub-par subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, (AC) such as Porygon-Z’s Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Greninja’s Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it’s it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: BulkingUp Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 168 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C, and Garchomp. Since it raises both Attack and Defense, and combined with Buzzwole’s already high Defense stat, Buzzwole has a very high chance of surviving the next attack and returning the damage in full. Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon such as Groundium Z Landorus-T, Mawile, and Gyarados, (AC) and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Stone Edge aids in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. (Couldn't you find a better example, then?) Alternatively, Roost is a better (If roost is better why isn't it even slashed on the set, and for that matter why isn't it the FIRST slash?) option that can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-, and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu, (RC) and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

248 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from max maximum Attack Mega Blaziken, (RC) with the rest of the EVs going into the Attack. (keep period) The 168 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist it Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummelling Pummeling and for faster setup with in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole’s Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, (Include an Ice-type it beats here or remove the mention of Ice-types) and Kartana, for instance.Since instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon Z Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank attacks from them and also because it just cannot tank a Flying-type attack, being 4x weak to Flying strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it has nothing to deal any neutral damage. (Stone edge is on the set. Reword this such that it makes sense given this fact.) Try to avoid sending this Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon like such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, (This was a major issue in nihilego as well but PLEASE do not refer to Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y collectively as "Charizard" or "Mega Charizard". Treat them as two different Pokemon, as they are two different Pokemon.) and Heatran, since both they usually invest speed Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and is weak to struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates for Buzzwole. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's high physical bulk threatening physical pokemon Pokemon that could take advantage of their low physical bulk ability to beat the special attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Since Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego are weak to has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole is further weak to struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the speed Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, since because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can also be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Additionally, Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert can also be used. Here, Mega Swampert can also take advantage of Buzzwole covering its Grass-type weakness. are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. (thanks to Quantum Tesseract for help w that; you gotta have an actual reason for a set of mons being in team options other than just "they can be used") Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
======== (add 8 equals signs)
(add linebreak)
A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower (unknown if this is your meaning; needs a change for clarification either way) and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used to with decent avail success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge and Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Flying-types are Buzzwole's biggest counters, since it just does not have the required bulk to tank a 4x super effective move from any Pokemon. Thus, Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite have a huge advantage over Buzzwole can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably knock out Buzzwole, because Fire-type is super effective against Buzzwole beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of Huge Power or Pure Power and strong offensive their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves, (RC) such as in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physically Defensive Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, because of their unusually high Defense stat and access to moves such as Iron Defence and Will-O-Wisp, along with recovery. as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

there's literally zero reason i can see for buzzwole to be running 248 hp instead of 252. If there are no objections, please change it to 252 and edit set details accordingly.

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame. (RP) Its solid physical bulk, (AC) which allows it to tank some very strong attacks, (RC) for instance a such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados and Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X with little investment. With an a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a good range of coverage moves too, for example movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and non-Mega Gyarados, (implied when not saying "mega") Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Charizard Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a sub-par subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, (AC) such as Porygon-Z’s Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Greninja’s Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it’s it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: BulkingUp Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 248 HP / 168 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C, and Garchomp. Since it raises both Attack and Defense, and combined with Buzzwole’s already high Defense stat, Buzzwole has a very high chance of surviving the next attack and returning the damage in full. Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon such as Groundium Z Landorus-T, Mawile, and Gyarados, (AC) and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Stone Edge aids in taking out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. (Couldn't you find a better example, then?) Alternatively, Roost is a better (If roost is better why isn't it even slashed on the set, and for that matter why isn't it the FIRST slash?) option that can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-, and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu, (RC) and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

248 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from max maximum Attack Mega Blaziken, (RC) with the rest of the EVs going into the Attack. (keep period) The 168 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist it Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non Zen non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummelling Pummeling and for faster setup with in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole’s Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, (Include an Ice-type it beats here or remove the mention of Ice-types) and Kartana, for instance.Since instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon Z Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank attacks from them and also because it just cannot tank a Flying-type attack, being 4x weak to Flying strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it has nothing to deal any neutral damage. (Stone edge is on the set. Reword this such that it makes sense given this fact.) Try to avoid sending this Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon like such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, (This was a major issue in nihilego as well but PLEASE do not refer to Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y collectively as "Charizard" or "Mega Charizard". Treat them as two different Pokemon, as they are two different Pokemon.) and Heatran, since both they usually invest speed Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and is weak to struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates for Buzzwole. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's high physical bulk threatening physical pokemon Pokemon that could take advantage of their low physical bulk ability to beat the special attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Since Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego are weak to has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole is further weak to struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the speed Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, since because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can also be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Additionally, Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert can also be used. Here, Mega Swampert can also take advantage of Buzzwole covering its Grass-type weakness. are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. (thanks to Quantum Tesseract for help w that; you gotta have an actual reason for a set of mons being in team options other than just "they can be used") Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
======== (add 8 equals signs)
(add linebreak)
A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower (unknown if this is your meaning; needs a change for clarification either way) and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used to with decent avail success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge and Poison Jab could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Flying-types are Buzzwole's biggest counters, since it just does not have the required bulk to tank a 4x super effective move from any Pokemon. Thus, Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite have a huge advantage over Buzzwole can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably knock out Buzzwole, because Fire-type is super effective against Buzzwole beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of Huge Power or Pure Power and strong offensive their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves, (RC) such as in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physically Defensive Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, because of their unusually high Defense stat and access to moves such as Iron Defence and Will-O-Wisp, along with recovery. as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

there's literally zero reason i can see for buzzwole to be running 248 hp instead of 252. If there are no objections, please change it to 252 and edit set details accordingly.

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame,(<Add Comma) which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. (Couldn't you find a better example, then?) Alternatively, Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-,(Remove Comma) and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-type Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana, for instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the special attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

ok now it's actually stamped after you implement

 

[edudittA]

i removed various doublespaces throughout without marking them

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame,(<Add Comma) which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps in combating Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. (Couldn't you find a better example, then?) Alternatively, Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing slow Grass-,(Remove Comma) and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-type Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana, for instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the special attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

ok now it's actually stamped after you implement

Implemented, and for one more time, thank you!

 

[Yveltal321]

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame, which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a large (or however you'd describe) movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53, due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up is helpful in setting helps set up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps in combating combat Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost can also be used to heal the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame Mega Charizard X (what ACake mentioned in his check, I assume that Charizard is more common). Alternatively, Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps in defeating defeat some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps in KOing KO slow Grass- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana, for instance. Since it is usually best to send it in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the special physical attackers (pretty much everything above implies that it beats physicals not specials, so I assume you meant physical, not to mention Nihi and Chansey's defense) that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

 

[edudittA]

Thanks Umbra Aura. :] Implemented everything else except this

Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame Mega Charizard X (what ACake mentioned in his check, I assume that Charizard is more common).

I didn't include this because it doesn't take much investment for Mega Charizard X to tank Stone Edge+Flare Blitz recoil. Alolan Marowak is a better example, coz Z-BulkUp+Stone Edge KOes.

 

[Fireflame]

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame, which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a diverse movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53 (tbh 53 is worse than subpar. Either way, this is just filler dex info), due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up helps Buzzwole set up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full retaliate. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps combat Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost can also be used to heal heals the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. Alternatively,(RC) Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps defeat some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps KO slow Grass- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana,(RC) for instance. Since it is usually best to send it Buzzwole in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest in Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the physical attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

GP 2/2

 

[edudittA]

Remove Add Comments (AC)= add comma (RC)= remove comma (AH)= add hyphen (RH)= remove hyphen

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[OVERVIEW]

Buzzwole is one of the most physically bulky Pokemon available in the 1v1 metagame, which allows it to tank strong attacks such as Flare Blitz from Mega Charizard X and +2 Waterfall from Mega Gyarados with little investment. With a base Attack stat of 139 along with moves such as Bulk Up and Roost, it is able to defeat some physical walls such as Avalugg, Zygarde-C, and Mega Aggron. Buzzwole has a diverse movepool as well; it has Superpower and Lunge for STAB attacks, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch to take care of some Flying-type Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Gyarados, Stone Edge and Earthquake to take care of Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Alolan Marowak, and Poison Jab for Fairy-types such as Whimsicott. Although Buzzwole has a subpar Special Defense stat of 53 (tbh 53 is worse than subpar. Either way, this is just filler dex info), due to its high HP, it is able to tank neutral moves such as Mega Launcher-boosted Water Pulse from Mega Blastoise. However, it is unable to tank attacks from common metagame threats, such as Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, Hydro Cannon from Greninja, and Clangorous Soulblaze from Kommo-o. Buzzwole's main drawback is its weakness to commonly used offensive types such as Fire, Fairy, and Flying, meaning it's vulnerable to threats such as Charizard, Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Celesteela.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Roost / Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Lunge
item: Fightinium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Bulk Up helps Buzzwole set up against physically offensive Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, Zygarde-C, and Garchomp so that it can survive the next attack and return the damage in full retaliate. Also, the additional boost in Attack from Z-Bulk Up helps combat Intimidate from Pokemon such as Mawile, Gyarados, and Groundium Z Landorus-T. Roost can also be used to heal heals the damage taken from Pokemon such as Mega Metagross, Zygarde, and Excadrill. Alternatively, Stone Edge can also be used to take out some Fire-type Pokemon, such as Alolan Marowak, which is not a common sight in the metagame. Alternatively,(RC) Bulk Up paired with a 190-Base Power All-Out Pummeling from Superpower helps defeat some very powerful threats such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Heracross, and Mega Metagross. Lunge helps KO slow Grass- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Tapu Bulu and Musharna. Lunge can also be used for reducing the Attack of Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados and for inflicting not very effective or neutral damage against Sturdy Pokemon that use Counter or Metal Burst such as Aggron, Donphan, and Crustle.

Set Details
=======

252 HP EVs and 92 Defense EVs allow Buzzwole to tank a Flare Blitz from maximum Attack Mega Blaziken. 164 Attack EVs coupled with an Adamant nature assist Buzzwole in defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, non-Zen Headbutt Mega Metagross, and all Sturdy Pokemon barring Magnezone. Fightinium Z helps both in defeating a large number of Pokemon with All-Out Pummeling and in setting up more quickly with Z-Bulk Up.

Usage Tips
=======

Buzzwole's Bug / Fighting typing means it can be sent out against most Normal-, Rock-, Steel-, Dark-, Ice-, and Grass-type Pokemon, such as Snorlax, Golem, Mega Aggron, Mega Gyarados, Avalugg, and Kartana,(RC) for instance. Since it is usually best to send it Buzzwole in against physically offensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Bulk Up, followed by Lunge to increase Buzzwole's physical tanking capacity. Avoid sending Buzzwole in against Flying-type Pokemon and strong special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Celesteela, and Porygon-Z, since it is 4x weak to Flying and lacks the special bulk to reliably and consistently tank strong special attacks. Also, avoid sending Buzzwole in against Ghost-type Pokemon such as Blacephalon and Mega Gengar, since it does not deal enough damage to Ghost-types before they can KO it. Try to avoid sending Buzzwole in against Fire-type Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Heatran, since they usually invest in Speed EVs to outspeed Buzzwole.

Team Options
=======

Since Buzzwole has very average special bulk and struggles to take on Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, Nihilego and Chansey are good teammates. Both of them also appreciate Buzzwole's ability to beat the physical attackers that would otherwise threaten them. Because most of the Ground-type Pokemon that Nihilego has difficulties against are physical attackers, Buzzwole can take them out. Other specially defensive Pokemon such as Meloetta and Hoopa-U can be used as teammates, since Buzzwole struggles against Pokemon such as Aegislash, and it does not have the bulk or the Speed to take out Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and other such Psychic-type Pokemon. Also, because Buzzwole is not very fast, some fast Pokemon such as Mega Blaziken and Zeraora can be used to make up for its not-so-high Speed. Water-type Pokemon such as Mega Blastoise and Mega Swampert are good teammates because they can deal with the Fire-types that give Buzzwole issues, and Buzzwole can check several Grass-types for them in return. Magnezone with Electroweb can also be used alongside Buzzwole, since, in addition to defeating Pokemon such as Mimikyu, it also learns Mirror Coat to KO special attackers.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=======

A Choice Band set with Hammer Arm over Superpower and Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, or Earthquake instead of Bulk Up with the same EVs can be used with decent success. Since Buzzwole lacks sufficient Speed, a Choice Scarf set with Lunge, Superpower, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, or Stone Edge could also be used to take out some Pokemon such as Gyarados, Greninja, Jumpluff, Mega Charizard Y, and Whimsicott. An Assault Vest can also be utilized to defeat some special attackers like such as Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Choice Specs Greninja, and Aegislash.

Checks and Counters
=======

**Flying-type Pokemon**: Buzzwole is 4x weak to Flying, so Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Charizard Y, Celesteela, and Dragonite can easily KO it.

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Heatran, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Blaziken can reliably beat Buzzwole with super effective Fire-type attacks.

**Special Attackers**: Buzzwole can't tank strong neutral special attacks, since it has very poor special bulk. Thus, Pokemon like Greninja, Porygon-Z, Tapu Lele, Necrozma, and Meloetta easily defeat Buzzwole.

**Powerful Physical Attackers**: Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile are some of the physically offensive Pokemon that are able to defeat Buzzwole because of the combination of their high Attack stats and their strong super effective STAB moves in Zen Headbutt and Play Rough.

**Physical Walls**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye are successful in checking Buzzwole, as they have high physical bulk and access to reliable recovery and moves such as Iron Defense and Will-O-Wisp.

GP 2/2

Implemented GP 2/2. Thanks Fireflame479.

 

[edudittA]

Tagging DEG Uselesscrab Chloe E4 Flint because analysis is done, and ready to be uploaded!

 

[Uselesscrab]

uploaded