Gen 5 [BW] Choice Scarf Glaceon [DONE]

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Glaceon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Glaceon outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, and its high Special Attack and strong STAB Ice Beam make it a threatening revenge killer. Despite Glaceon's Ice typing offering little defensive value, its high Defense can let it take a hit from foes like Persian and Emolga while shrugging off priority from Muk, Arbok, and Persian. Glaceon's STAB Ice Beam lacks Ice-immune switch-ins, is perfectly accurate, and can freeze unlucky foes, making it much more spammable than the STAB moves of other revenge killers like Persian, Simisear, and Grumpig. Ice-weak foes like Leafeon, Emolga, and Shelgon are excellent targets for Choice Scarf Glaceon to spam Ice Beam against. Glaceon's coverage moves are much less spammable than its STAB move but still cover its problematic matchups. Hyper Voice is consistent, strong, and reliable, making it a solid neutral option for foes like Simisear and Staryu. Shadow Ball nails several Ghost-weak foes that resist Ice, namely Grumpig, Frillish, and Lampent. Hidden Power Fighting covers Lairon and Walrein, two otherwise good checks to Glaceon.

Balance teams appreciate Glaceon as strong and reliable speed control. Staryu can remove Stealth Rock to keep Glaceon healthy, and Glaceon makes up for Staryu lacking much power on its own. Mienfoo is an excellent partner to Glaceon, checking problematic foes like Wormadam-S, Lairon, Clefairy, and Munchlax, and it can bring Glaceon in safely with U-turn. Walrein is a good switch-in to many of Glaceon's moves, making Clefairy a great partner to handle Walrein. Stealth Rock setters like Wormadam-S, the aforementioned Clefairy, and Solrock can set up entry hazards to wear down Glaceon's checks. Glaceon also benefits offensively from Stealth Rock, reliably OHKOing Grumpig with Shadow Ball and 2HKOing Slaking and bulky Whiscash with Ice Beam. Special wallbreakers like Simisear, Raichu, and Choice Specs Mr. Mime can weaken special walls for Glaceon, letting it potentially sweep.

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Glaceon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Glaceon outspeeds the unboosted metagame, and its high Special Attack and strong STAB Ice Beam make it a threatening revenge killer. Despite Glaceon's Ice type offering little defensive value, its high Defense can let it take a hit from foes like Persian or Emolga while shrugging off priority from Muk, Arbok, and Persian. Glaceon's STAB Ice Beam lacks immunities, is perfectly accurate, and can even freeze unlucky foes, making it much more spammable than the STABs of revenge killers like Persian, Simisear, and Grumpig. Specially frail offensive Pokemon like Persian, Arbok, and Pikachu are run over by Choice Scarf Glaceon fluff. Ice-weak foes like Leafeon, Emolga, and Shelgon are excellent targets for Choice Scarf Glaceon to spam its STAB against. Glaceon's coverage moves are much less spammable than its STAB but still cover its problematic matchups. Hyper Voice is consistent, strong, and reliable, making it a solid neutral option for foes like Simisear, Staryu, and Kingler I'd probably cut Kingler because Kingler gets 2HKOed from Ice Beam anyways. Shadow Ball nails several Ghost-weak Ice-resists, namely Grumpig, Frillish, and Lampent. Hidden Power Fighting covers Lairon and Walrein, two otherwise good checks to Glaceon.

Balance teams appreciate Glaceon as strong and reliable speed control. Staryu can remove Stealth Rock to keep Glaceon healthy, and Glaceon makes up for Staryu lacking much power on its own. Mienfoo is an excellent partner to Glaceon, checking problematic foes like Wormadam-S, Lairon, Clefairy, and Munchlax, and it can bring Glaceon in safely with U-turn. Walrein is a good switch-in to many of Glaceon's moves, making Clefairy a great partner to handle it. Stealth Rock setters like Wormadam-S, the aforementioned Clefairy, and Solrock can set up entry hazards to wear down Glaceon's checks. You can include calculations like reliably 2HKOing Slaking and bulky Whiscash with Rocks up; it also has good odds of 2HKOing even bulky Grumpig with Shadow ball after Rocks too Special wallbreakers like Simisear, Raichu, and Choice Specs Mr. Mime can weaken specially defensive walls for Glaceon, letting it potentially sweep.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Good work, QC 2/2 when implemented

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Glaceon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Glaceon outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, and its high Special Attack and strong STAB Ice Beam make it a threatening revenge killer. Despite Glaceon's Ice type offering little defensive value, its high Defense can let it take a hit from foes like Persian or and Emolga while shrugging off priority from Muk, Arbok, and Persian. Glaceon's STAB Ice Beam lacks immunities, is perfectly accurate, and can even freeze unlucky foes, making it much more spammable than the STABs moves of other revenge killers like Persian, Simisear, and Grumpig. Ice-weak foes like Leafeon, Emolga, and Shelgon are excellent targets for Choice Scarf Glaceon to spam its STAB Ice Beam against. Glaceon's coverage moves are much less spammable than its STAB move but still cover its problematic matchups. Hyper Voice is consistent, strong, and reliable, making it a solid neutral option for foes like Simisear and Staryu. Shadow Ball nails several Ghost-weak Ice-resists foes that resist Ice, namely Grumpig, Frillish, and Lampent. Hidden Power Fighting covers Lairon and Walrein, two otherwise good checks to Glaceon. Mention why it runs Ice Body

Balance teams appreciate Glaceon as strong and reliable speed control. Staryu can remove Stealth Rock to keep Glaceon healthy, and Glaceon makes up for Staryu lacking much power on its own. Mienfoo is an excellent partner to Glaceon, checking problematic foes like Wormadam-S, Lairon, Clefairy, and Munchlax, and it can bring Glaceon in safely with U-turn. Walrein is a good switch-in to many of Glaceon's moves, making Clefairy a great partner to handle it. Stealth Rock setters like Wormadam-S, the aforementioned Clefairy, and Solrock can set up entry hazards to wear down Glaceon's checks. Glaceon also benefits offensively from Stealth Rock, reliably OHKOing Grumpig with Shadow Ball and 2HKOing Slaking and bulky Whiscash with Ice Beam. Special wallbreakers like Simisear, Raichu, and Choice Specs Mr. Mime can weaken specially defensive walls for Glaceon, letting it potentially sweep.

[CREDITS]
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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Glaceon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 3 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Fighting

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Glaceon outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, and its high Special Attack and strong STAB Ice Beam make it a threatening revenge killer. Despite Glaceon's Ice typing type offering little defensive value, its high Defense can let it take a hit from foes like Persian and Emolga while shrugging off priority from Muk, Arbok, and Persian. Glaceon's STAB Ice Beam lacks Ice-immune switch-ins immunities, is perfectly accurate, and can even freeze unlucky foes, making it much more spammable than the STAB moves of other revenge killers like Persian, Simisear, and Grumpig. Ice-weak foes like Leafeon, Emolga, and Shelgon are excellent targets for Choice Scarf Glaceon to spam Ice Beam against. Glaceon's coverage moves are much less spammable than its STAB move but still cover its problematic matchups. Hyper Voice is consistent, strong, and reliable, making it a solid neutral option for foes like Simisear and Staryu. Shadow Ball nails several Ghost-weak foes that resist Ice, namely Grumpig, Frillish, and Lampent. Hidden Power Fighting covers Lairon and Walrein, two otherwise good checks to Glaceon. Glaceon runs Ice Body because Snow Cloak is banned. (feels kind of obvious and maybe dex info if it's the only legal ability)

Balance teams appreciate Glaceon as strong and reliable speed control. Staryu can remove Stealth Rock to keep Glaceon healthy, and Glaceon makes up for Staryu lacking much power on its own. Mienfoo is an excellent partner to Glaceon, checking problematic foes like Wormadam-S, Lairon, Clefairy, and Munchlax, and it can bring Glaceon in safely with U-turn. Walrein is a good switch-in to many of Glaceon's moves, making Clefairy a great partner to handle Walrein it. Stealth Rock setters like Wormadam-S, the aforementioned Clefairy, and Solrock can set up entry hazards to wear down Glaceon's checks. Glaceon also benefits offensively from Stealth Rock, reliably OHKOing Grumpig with Shadow Ball and 2HKOing Slaking and bulky Whiscash with Ice Beam. Special wallbreakers like Simisear, Raichu, and Choice Specs Mr. Mime can weaken specially defensive walls for Glaceon, letting it potentially sweep.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
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Grammar checked by:
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