Doubles BW Metagross

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[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Meteor Mash
move 2: Zen Headbutt / Earthquake
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Metagross is one of the most fearsome Substitute users in the metagame thanks to its excellent defensive typing and bulk, which allow it to set up and maintain Substitute against common Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Jellicent. Additionally, it is immune to Intimidate and has a sky-high Attack stat that can be further boosted with Meteor Mash. This allows Metagross to snowball behind a Substitute, giving it the opportunity to quickly take over games. Metagross, however, is held back by a lackluster Speed tier, allowing common Pokemon, such as Thundurus and Heatran, to outspeed and break its Substitute.
  • Meteor Mash is the preferred STAB attack due to its Base Power, doing significant damage to Tyranitar and Kyurem-B, and chance of raising Metagross's Attack. Zen Headbutt is a secondary STAB attack that hits Amoonguss super effectively and does reliable damage to Steel-resistant foes such as Thundurus and Jellicent. Earthquake hits Heatran, a common Metagross counter, and opposing Metagross super effectively. Zen Headbutt is typically the more reliable option, though, as Amoonguss and Conkeldurr are more common foes. Zen Headbutt also does more damage to neutral foes that have a resistance to Steel such as Thundurus and Jellicent.
  • Metagross is most effective behind a Substitute, so it is best preserved until it finds a favorable opportunity to set it up, such as against Amoonguss, or when its teammate is able to outspeed and KO the foe. Even without Substitute, Metagross is still very usable, as its strong attacks and immunity to Intimidate make it difficult to switch into.
  • Intimidate users effectively increase Metagross's Defense, allowing it to set up Substitute easier. Landorus-T is a great teammate, as it threatens Steel-types, such as Heatran and Excadrill, that can switch in and threaten Metagross. Thundurus makes up for Metagross's low Speed with Thunder Wave while threatening Landorus-T, a common Metagross check, and Water-types such as Jellicent. Water-types, such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, are also excellent teammates due to their ability to check Heatran and Ground-types that threaten Metagross. As a result, Metagross can be found on rain teams, as Kingdra is a more offensive Water-type that checks Heatran and Ground-types while also able to outspeed and KO foes that threaten Metagross to facilitate Substitute opportunities. Metagross, in return, beats Tyranitar and Amoonguss while also matching up well against Latios.

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DaAwesomeDude1 said:
[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Meteor Mash
move 2: Zen Headbutt / Earthquake
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Metagross is one of the most fearsome Substitute users in the metagame, thanks to its excellent defensive typing and bulk that can allow allows it to set up and maintain Substitute against common Pokemon, such as Amoonguss and Jellicent. Additionally, it is immune to Intimidate and has a sky-high Attack stat that can be further boosted with Meteor Mash. This allows Metagross to snowball when it is behind Substitute, giving it the opportunity to quickly take over games. Metagross, however, is held back by a lackluster Speed tier, allowing common Pokemon such as Thundurus and Heatran to outspeed Metagross and break its Substitute.
  • Meteor Mash is the preferred STAB attack due to its base power and chance of raising Metagross's Attack. Zen Headbutt is a secondary STAB attack that can do does reliable damage to Steel-resistant foes, such as Thundurus and Jellicent. Earthquake hits Heatran, a common Metagross counter, and opposing Metagross super effectively. While Zen Headbutt is typically the more reliable option, however, the choice between the two attacks oftentimes comes down to a team's needs. this is a bit vague, can you add more or omit this entirely?
  • Metagross is most effective behind Substitute, so it is best preserved until it finds a favorable opportunity to set it up. explain here a favorable opportunity e.g. into gothitelle, amoonguss, when ur teammates pincers foes etc. can also explain here that it wants to stay on the field for extended turns, w leftovers recovery Even without a Substitute, Metagross is still very usable, as its strong attacks and immunity to Intimidate makes it difficult to switch in to.
  • Intimidate users effectively increase Metagross's Defense, allowing it to set up Substitute easier. Landorus-T is a great teammate, as it threatens Steel-types, such as Heatran and Excadrill, that can switch in and threaten Metagross. Hitmontop nobody uses this mon esp next to sub gross, if anything you'd mention conk here but thats also not super common can also threaten these Steel-types, block Earthquake and Heat Wave with Wide Guard, and generate opportunities for Substitute with Fake Out. Thundurus can make makes up for Metagross's low Speed with Thunder Wave, while threatening Landorus-T, a common Metagross check and steel-resistant water-types. Water-types, such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, are also excellent teammates due to their ability to check Heatran and Ground-types that threaten Metagross. you could also mention here that it is sometimes found on rain for the same reasons, with kingdra being able to pincers foes (& exca) so metagross sets up, while metagross also blows tyranitar to smithereens. example replays mishi vs wob; kokuyo vs wob
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DaAwesomeDude1 said:
[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Meteor Mash
move 2: Zen Headbutt / Earthquake
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Metagross is one of the most fearsome Substitute users in the metagame, thanks to its excellent defensive typing and bulk that allows it to set up and maintain Substitute against common Pokemon, such as Amoonguss and Jellicent. Additionally, it is immune to Intimidate and has a sky-high Attack stat that can be further boosted with Meteor Mash. This allows Metagross to snowball when it is behind Substitute, giving it the opportunity to quickly take over games. Metagross, however, is held back by a lackluster Speed tier, allowing common Pokemon such as Thundurus and Heatran to outspeed Metagross and break its Substitute.
  • Meteor Mash is the preferred STAB attack due to its base power and chance of raising Metagross's Attack. mention tar/kb as the primary target here Zen Headbutt is a secondary STAB attack that does reliable damage to Steel-resistant foes, such as Thundurus and Jellicent. also an offensive check to amoonguss Earthquake hits Heatran, a common Metagross counter, and opposing Metagross super effectively. Zen Headbutt is typically the more reliable option. explain more, it's more reliable because it not only does it beat amoong and conk, it's still very strong when hitting neutral targets i.e. thund jelli as you say
  • Metagross is most effective behind Substitute, so it is best preserved until it finds a favorable opportunity to set it up, such as against Amoonguss, or when its teammate pincers the foe. Even without Substitute, Metagross is still very usable, as its strong attacks and immunity to Intimidate makes it difficult to switch in to.
  • Intimidate users effectively increase Metagross's Defense, allowing it to set up Substitute easier. Landorus-T is a great teammate, as it threatens Steel-types, such as Heatran and Excadrill, that can switch in and threaten Metagross. Thundurus makes up for Metagross's low Speed with Thunder Wave, while threatening Landorus-T, a common Metagross check, and Steel-resistant dex info, implied due to them being water type Water-types, such as Jellicent. Water-types, such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, are also excellent teammates due to their ability to check Heatran and Ground-types that threaten Metagross. As a result, Metagross can be found on rain teams, as Kingdra is a more offensive Water-type to check Heatran and Ground-types while also able to pincer foes to facilitate Substitute opportunities. Metagross, in return, beats Tyranitar and Amoonguss. it's also a good defensive option against latios esp. behind sub puts a lot of pressure on it

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[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Meteor Mash
move 2: Zen Headbutt / Earthquake
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Metagross is one of the most fearsome Substitute users in the metagame (rc) thanks to its excellent defensive typing and bulk, (ac) that allows which allow it to set up and maintain Substitute against common Pokemon (rc) such as Amoonguss and Jellicent. Additionally, it is immune to Intimidate and has a sky-high Attack stat that can be further boosted with Meteor Mash. This allows Metagross to snowball when it is behind a Substitute, giving it the opportunity to quickly take over games. Metagross, however, is held back by a lackluster Speed tier, allowing common Pokemon, (ac) such as Thundurus and Heatran, (ac) to outspeed Metagross and break its Substitute.
  • Meteor Mash is the preferred STAB attack due to its base power Base Power, allowing Metagross to do doing significant damage to Tyranitar and Kyurem-B, and chance of raising Metagross's Attack. Zen Headbutt is a secondary STAB attack that hits Amoonguss super-effectively super effectively and does reliable damage to Steel-resistant foes (rc) such as Thundurus and Jellicent. Earthquake hits Heatran, a common Metagross counter, and opposing Metagross super effectively. Zen Headbutt is typically the more reliable option, (ac) though, as Amoonguss and Conkeldurr are more common foes. Zen Headbutt also does more damage to neutral foes that have a resistance to Steel-types (rc) such as Thundurus and Jellicent.
  • Metagross is most effective behind a Substitute, so it is best preserved until it finds a favorable opportunity to set it up, such as against Amoonguss, or when its teammate pincers i'd choose a more specific/direct verb here; this isn't "incorrect" but it could be read as vague in the sense not everyone will directly know what you intend for it to here, such as if you mean flinching or redirection/etc the foe. Even without Substitute, Metagross is still very usable, as its strong attacks and immunity to Intimidate makes it difficult to switch into. removed a space between in & to
  • Intimidate users effectively increase Metagross's Defense, allowing it to set up Substitute easier. Landorus-T is a great teammate, as it threatens Steel-types, such as Heatran and Excadrill, that can switch in and threaten Metagross. Thundurus makes up for Metagross's low Speed with Thunder Wave (rc) while threatening Landorus-T, a common Metagross check, and Water-types (rc) such as Jellicent. Water-types, such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, are also excellent teammates due to their ability to check Heatran and Ground-types that threaten Metagross. As a result, Metagross can be found on rain teams, as Kingdra is a more offensive Water-type to that checks Heatran and Ground-types while also able to pincer same note as above - probably choose something more direct here; i'm unsure what it's supposed to mean in this case foes to facilitate Substitute opportunities. Metagross, in return, beats Tyranitar and Amoonguss while also matching up well against Latios.

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