Gen 5 [BW] Substitute Walrein [GP: 1/1]

[Monai]

[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitutes to hit the magic number of 101 HP, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of Wormadam-T and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to land a critical hit or freeze is notoriously viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks. Toxic is the standard, stacking increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if Walrein's team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability; the Fire-type resistance is useful against Choice-locked Fire-types like Simisear and Lampent. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allow Walrein to outspeed Pokemon like most Meganium and Solrock while providing a speed tie at minimum against other Walrein and Mienfoo. However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority.

Walrein fits on offense teams that can take advantage of the KOs it force, but it still appreciates some defensive backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting it in on Rock-types while having the Speed and power to revenge kill faster threats to it like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much-needed hit-taking ability for offense teams, trading hits against opposing offense teams in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches in the enemy team, abusing weakened or KOed Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots that can take hits for the team rather than needing to use its valuable health are appreciated. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Aromatherapy or more offense through Swords Dance. Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy; Thunder Wave can allow Walrein to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite its shared weaknesses to Electric- and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as debilitating Clefairy with Knock Off. Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch give Walrein some leeway when dealing with Raichu and occasionally Emolga. Ground-type Pokemon like Hippopotas, Wormadam-G, and Whiscash can block Volt Switch and threaten the user with Earthquake or status, while Emolga and Raichu both gain bonus effects from absorbing Volt Switch.

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[Monai]

Ready for qc 1, lmk if too long lol

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Great job, QC 1/2 when implemented

QC: 1/2

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[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid/ Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

Walrein struts its stuff as one of the best tanks in the tier. Incredible bulk, great offenses, and powerful STAB typings makes Walrein one of the most threatening Pokemon in the tier when it hits the field. However a weakness to Stealth Rock and a reliance on its HP to trade attacks means that Walrein's entrance must be timed carefully to make the most of it. This entire paragraph is unneeded, all this info. is or should be explained later.

Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitute to hit the magic number of 101, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of foes like Wormadam-T and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage, and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to crit or freeze is notoriously viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks on their own. Toxic is the standard that stacks increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if the team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or to fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability, whose Fire-type resistance can be is useful against a Choice item Fire-types like choice-locked Simisear and Lampent. Talking about Fire-types generally is better here imo. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed with a Timid nature allows Walrein to outspeed or speed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Meganium and Solrock while providing a speed tie at minimum against other Walrein and Mienfoo. However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority. Leftovers are the item of choice to keep Walrein healthy to sub repeatedly. Idt you need to explain lefties here, it's pretty self-explanatory.

Walrein fits on offense that can take advantage of the KO's Walrein can force, but Walrein still appreciates some backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting out of Rock-types into Walrein, while having the Speed and power to revenge faster threats to Walrein like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much needed hit-taking ability for offense, trading down against opposing offense in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches, abusing weakened or KO'd Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots can take hits for the team rather than needing to use Walrein's valuable health. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Leech Seed or more offense through Swords Dance. Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy, while Thunder Wave can allow it to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite their shared weaknesses to Electric and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as cripple Clefairy with a Knock Off.

 

[Monai]

Implemented, ready for qc2

 

[sleid]

Hard to find anything to comment about without nitpicking hard. Great work

QC 2/2

[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid/ Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitute to hit the magic number of 101, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of foes like Wormadam-T and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage, and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to crit or freeze is notoriously viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks on their own. Toxic is the standard that stacks increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if the team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or to fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability, whose Fire-type resistance is useful against choice-locked Fire-types like Simisear and Lampent. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed with a Timid nature allows Walrein to outspeed or speed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Meganium and Solrock while providing a speed tie at minimum against other Walrein and Mienfoo. However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority.

Walrein fits on offense that can take advantage of the KO's Walrein can force, but Walrein still appreciates some backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting out of Rock-types into Walrein, while having the Speed and power to revenge faster threats to Walrein like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much needed hit-taking ability for offense, trading down against opposing offense in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches, abusing weakened or KO'd Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots can take hits for the team rather than needing to use Walrein's valuable health. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Leech Seed or more offense through Swords Dance (mentioning Volt-immune partners here as well would be nice since Raichu can just continue to get free switch ins for its teammates against Grass foes). Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy, while Thunder Wave can allow it to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite their shared weaknesses to Electric and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as cripple Clefairy with a Knock Off.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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[Monai]

Thank you implemented GP Team

 

[TheRealBigC]

This is an AMGP check, implement as desired

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Trying my best not to make an "I Am The Walrus" reference

[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid (AS)/ Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitute to hit the magic number of 101 HP, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of foes like such as (repetition) Wormadam-T and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage, and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to land a critical hit or freeze is notoriously very ("notoriously" doesn't feel like the right word here, as BW ZU Walrein employing this strategy is hardly notorious to most) viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks on their own. Toxic is the standard that stacks increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, (RC) such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if the team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or to fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability; (ASC) , whose the Fire-type resistance is useful against cChoice-locked Fire-types like Simisear and Lampent. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allows Walrein to outspeed or sSpeed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Meganium and Solrock while providing a sSpeed tie at minimum against other Walrein and Mienfoo. However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority.

Walrein fits on offense that can take advantage of the KO's KOs Walrein it can force, but Walrein it still appreciates some backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting out of Rock-types into Walrein it, while having the Speed and power to revenge kill faster threats to Walrein like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much needed hit-taking ability for offense, trading down hits against opposing offense in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches in the enemy team, abusing weakened or KO'd KOed Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots can take hits for the team rather than needing to use using Walrein's valuable health. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Leech Seed or more offense through Swords Dance. Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy; (ASC) , (RC) while moreover, Thunder Wave can allow it to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite their its shared weaknesses to Electric- (AH) and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as cripple Clefairy with a Knock Off. Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch gives Walrein some leeway when dealing with Raichu and occasionally Emolga. Ground-type Pokemon like Hippopotas, Wormadam-G, (AC) and Whiscash can block Volt Switch and threaten with Earthquake or status, while Emolga and Raichu both gain bonus effects from absorbing Volt Switch.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:

 

[Rose]

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[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid (AS)/ Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitute Substitutes to hit the magic number of 101 HP, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of foes like Wormadam-T Wormadam-S and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage, (comma) and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to land a critical hit or freeze is notoriously viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks on their own. Toxic is the standard, (comma) that stacks stacking increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if the Walrein's team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or to fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability; (ASC) , whose the Fire-type resistance is useful against cChoice-locked Fire-types like Simisear and Lampent. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allows allow Walrein to outspeed or speed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Pokemon like Meganium and Solrock while providing a and sSpeed tie at minimum against foes such as other Walrein and Mienfoo. (to avoid sounding repetitive) However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority.

Walrein fits on offense teams that can take advantage of the KO's Walrein KOs it can force, but Walrein it still appreciates some (I'd put defensive here if that's what you mean) backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting out of Rock-types into Walrein, (comma) it in on Rock-types while having the Speed and power to revenge kill faster threats to Walrein it like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much needed much-needed hit-taking ability for offense teams, trading down hits against opposing offense teams in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, (this should stay as Wormadam-S if you mean Wormadam-Trash and be replaced with Wormadam-G if you mean Wormadam-Sandy) Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches in the enemy team, abusing weakened or KO'd KOed Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots that can take hits for the team rather than needing to use Walrein's its valuable health are appreciated. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Leech Seed or more offense through Swords Dance. Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy; (ASC) , (RC) while moreover, Thunder Wave can allow it Walrein (I assume this is what you meant) to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite their its shared weaknesses to Electric- (AH) and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as cripple debilitating Clefairy with a Knock Off. Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch gives give Walrein some leeway when dealing with Raichu and occasionally Emolga. Ground-type Pokemon like Hippopotas, Wormadam-G, (AC) and Whiscash can block Volt Switch and threaten the user (I assume this is what you meant. replace with the correct subject if not) with Earthquake or status, while Emolga and Raichu both gain bonus effects from absorbing Volt Switch.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sleid.601970/
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- Having both "the likes of" and "foes like/such as" is redundant, so you can just keep one of them.
- The Wormadam formes are named after their typing rather than their actual name, so Wormadam-Trash is Wormadam-S (for Steel).
- "Surf provides solid neutral coverage, and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon." - a comma is only used before coordinating conjunctions (for, and, not, but, or, yet, so) when it connects two independent clauses (parts of a sentence that can make a complete sentence all on their own). "Terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon" is not a full sentence, so there should not be a comma here.
- A comma (pair) can be used before a such clause if it is non-restrictive. Most of the time, you can just stick with the writer's comma usage.
- Because you added "EVs", which is plural, "allows" should be "allow" in the sentence about Speed EVs.
- Not an error, but for changes like the "KO's Walrein" one that are super close together, you can just group the removals together and the additions together. It's not that obvious here, but it can be annoying to implement if there's 3+ close but disjoined changes.
- A comma is only used after "while" when it is being used to show contrast; don't include a comma when it's showing that two things are happening at the same time.
- "Compound adjectives (two or more words combined to form a single adjective—e.g. well-known, world-renowned, 120-Base Power) need to be hyphenated only when they used in an attributive sense (i.e. directly tied to the noun without any linking verb in between). When they are used in a predicative sense (i.e. linked to the noun with a word like "seem", "appear", or "be"), however, they should not be hyphenated.

• e.g. The red-hot kettle was boiling. vs Well known as it may be for its versatility, Tornadus in fact has many severe limitations.
• Remember also that modifiers made up of an adverb and adjective are never hyphenated (a really good cat, not a really-good cat)."

This means that the "much-needed" in "much-needed hit-taking ability" should be hyphenated.
- "needing to use" was fine, though I changed the sentence a bit because it sounded like the defensive pivots could only take hits as a result of Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness, which was a bit weird.
- "lots of status" was fine.
- Not an error, but for single letter removals like what you did with "gives" in the sentence beginning "Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch" can be easily missed; I recommend removing the whole word and adding the new one or just removing the letter then highlighting the whole changed word in addition color.
- The last sentence was missing a subject; it wasn't stated what is being threatened.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit TheRealBigC too!

 

[Monai]

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[SET]
name: Substitute
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Toxic / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Timid (AS)/ Modest
evs: 176 HP / 80 SpA / 252 Spe

Walrein's huge HP stat allows its Substitute Substitutes to hit the magic number of 101 HP, blanking Seismic Toss and Night Shade, as well as surviving weak attacks from the likes of foes like Wormadam-T Wormadam-S and Vullaby. Behind a Substitute, Walrein's STAB attacks are extremely difficult to handle. Surf provides solid neutral coverage, (comma) and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon. STAB Ice Beam is a great complement to Surf, hitting Grass-types like Meganium and Leafeon for enormous damage. Thanks to the continuous safety of Substitute, spamming Ice Beam for the chance to land a critical hit or freeze is notoriously viable, allowing Walrein to force its way through Clefairy with a bit of luck. The last move is used to harass walls that can stand up to Walrein's attacks on their own. Toxic is the standard, (comma) that stacks stacking increasing damage on Water-types and walls that can take Surf and Ice Beam, such as Staryu, Munchlax, and other Walrein. Encore is another good option if the Walrein's team can cover for Water-types, as the free turns generated can be used to set up a Substitute or to fire off more attacks. Thick Fat is Walrein's only consistent ability; (ASC) , whose the Fire-type resistance is useful against cChoice-locked Fire-types like Simisear and Lampent. 176 HP EVs are necessary for Walrein to reach 404 HP. 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allows allow Walrein to outspeed or speed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Pokemon like Meganium and Solrock while providing a and sSpeed tie at minimum against foes such as other Walrein and Mienfoo. (to avoid sounding repetitive) However, a Modest nature can be used if immediate damage is a higher priority.

Walrein fits on offense teams that can take advantage of the KO's Walrein KOs it can force, but Walrein it still appreciates some (I'd put defensive here if that's what you mean) backbone. Emolga is a standout Walrein partner, pivoting out of Rock-types into Walrein, (comma) it in on Rock-types while having the Speed and power to revenge kill faster threats to Walrein it like Leafeon and Simisear. In return, Walrein provides some much needed much-needed hit-taking ability for offense teams, trading down hits against opposing offense teams in a way staples like Persian, Emolga, and Raichu can't afford. Arbok also has good synergy with Walrein, baiting in common answers like Wormadam-S, (this should stay as Wormadam-S if you mean Wormadam-Trash and be replaced with Wormadam-G if you mean Wormadam-Sandy) Hippopotas, and Solrock for Walrein to take advantage of. Cleaners like Pelipper and Kingler appreciate the holes Walrein punches in the enemy team, abusing weakened or KO'd KOed Frillish and Clefairy to go for a win. Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness can limit its longevity, so defensive pivots that can take hits for the team rather than needing to use Walrein's its valuable health are appreciated. Meganium is a solid defensive presence that covers Walrein against Electric-types while either providing utility like Leech Seed or more offense through Swords Dance. Staryu is commonly seen as a partner thanks to Rapid Spin support keeping Walrein healthy; (ASC) , (RC) while moreover, Thunder Wave can allow it Walrein (I assume this is what you meant) to outspeed offensive Pokemon that try to switch into Staryu. Pelipper is another great teammate despite their its shared weaknesses to Electric- (AH) and Rock-types, as it can spread lots of status with Scald and Toxic, as well as cripple debilitating Clefairy with a Knock Off. Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch gives give Walrein some leeway when dealing with Raichu and occasionally Emolga. Ground-type Pokemon like Hippopotas, Wormadam-G, (AC) and Whiscash can block Volt Switch and threaten the user (I assume this is what you meant. replace with the correct subject if not) with Earthquake or status, while Emolga and Raichu both gain bonus effects from absorbing Volt Switch.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sleid.601970/
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- Having both "the likes of" and "foes like/such as" is redundant, so you can just keep one of them.
- The Wormadam formes are named after their typing rather than their actual name, so Wormadam-Trash is Wormadam-S (for Steel).
- "Surf provides solid neutral coverage, and terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon." - a comma is only used before coordinating conjunctions (for, and, not, but, or, yet, so) when it connects two independent clauses (parts of a sentence that can make a complete sentence all on their own). "Terrorizes staples like Solrock and Lairon" is not a full sentence, so there should not be a comma here.
- A comma (pair) can be used before a such clause if it is non-restrictive. Most of the time, you can just stick with the writer's comma usage.
- Because you added "EVs", which is plural, "allows" should be "allow" in the sentence about Speed EVs.
- Not an error, but for changes like the "KO's Walrein" one that are super close together, you can just group the removals together and the additions together. It's not that obvious here, but it can be annoying to implement if there's 3+ close but disjoined changes.
- A comma is only used after "while" when it is being used to show contrast; don't include a comma when it's showing that two things are happening at the same time.
- "Compound adjectives (two or more words combined to form a single adjective—e.g. well-known, world-renowned, 120-Base Power) need to be hyphenated only when they used in an attributive sense (i.e. directly tied to the noun without any linking verb in between). When they are used in a predicative sense (i.e. linked to the noun with a word like "seem", "appear", or "be"), however, they should not be hyphenated.

• e.g. The red-hot kettle was boiling. vs Well known as it may be for its versatility, Tornadus in fact has many severe limitations.
• Remember also that modifiers made up of an adverb and adjective are never hyphenated (a really good cat, not a really-good cat)."

This means that the "much-needed" in "much-needed hit-taking ability" should be hyphenated.
- "needing to use" was fine, though I changed the sentence a bit because it sounded like the defensive pivots could only take hits as a result of Walrein's Stealth Rock weakness, which was a bit weird.
- "lots of status" was fine.
- Not an error, but for single letter removals like what you did with "gives" in the sentence beginning "Pokemon that can punish Volt Switch" can be easily missed; I recommend removing the whole word and adding the new one or just removing the letter then highlighting the whole changed word in addition color.
- The last sentence was missing a subject; it wasn't stated what is being threatened.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit TheRealBigC too!

Hello, I'm working to complete all the necessary grammar checks. However the editing of "Walrein to outspeed or speed tie as many Pokemon as possible, beating out most Meganium and Solrock" removes an important piece of information. Solrock and Meganium commonly run low speed, below 230, but offensive variants of Meganium and fast defensive or offensive Solrock usually run above 230. I would like to still include that Walrein outspeeding defensive variants of these is extremely important to its function.

Thanks
GP Team

 

[Rose]

Didn't realize I snipped "most", sorry. You can just re-add it before the examples, making it "Pokemon like most Meganium and Solrock."

 

[Monai]

Gp implemented thank you, tagging Tuthur and Gangsta Spongebob