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BW1 Roserade (Offensive) [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2]

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Only for BW tho
 
I'll get to work on this soon.

Pocket, I'd test it, but it has no room on any of my current teams and I'm awful at initial teambuilding, so a BW2 Roserade wouldn't be up for a long time. It's on my to-do list though.
 
I'm sorry it took so long, but I finally got around to writing this up. Ready for GP checks. I'm afraid my Poke-grammar isn't that great, so help with that would be much appreciated.
 
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Ground
move 4: Sleep Powder / Rest
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>While Roserade's most common role is as an offensive user of Toxic Spikes, it can pull off a surprisingly good offensive set due to its excellent Speed and Special Attack stats. Its typing and ability provide even more benefits not commonly seen in the Overused OU tier: due to its Poison typing, it is one of the best offensive Toxic Spikes absorbers, and while the an immunity to poison status might seem to conflict redundant in conjunction with its ability, Natural Cure allows it to practically shrug off paralysis and sleep, conditions which would otherwise effectively remove an any other offensive Pokemon from the match, by merely switching out.</p>

<p>First and foremost, Its Roserade's powerful STAB Leaf Storm—running off of its high Special Attack—is the strongest unboosted Grass attack in OU. Leaf Storm's unfortunate side effect often forces it out after one hit, however, so Sludge Bomb provides a powerful secondary STAB attack. Hidden Power Fire rounds off the Roserade's coverage, allowing and allows Roserade it to hit Pokemon such as Skarmory and Ferrothorn super effectively. Because Hidden Power Fire requires a lowered Speed IV, the set's 232 Speed EVs allow it to reach 300 Speed, outspeeding neutral base 100 Pokemon by one point. Hidden Power Ground is an alternative that allows you Roserade (don't use "you" to refer to the Pokemon, "you" are the trainer) to hit Heatran, who otherwise walls you it, and gives it a 31 Speed IV. but it sacrifices However, it comes at the cost of the ability to hit many of OU's Steel-types. Sleep Powder is an excellent utility move that can cripple remove a problematic Pokemon from the match, while Rest allows you Roserade to heal yourself itself completely and switch out to wake up.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>As Hidden Power Fire requires a lowered Speed IV, the set's 232 Speed EVs allow Roserade to reach 300 Speed and outrun neutral base 100 Pokemon by one point. Although mostly barren, Roserade's movepool is surprisingly large for a Grass / Poison (spaces!) Pokemon, and as such it has a a couple more options to run in the fourth slot. Shadow Ball provides the best coverage with the given moves, while Weather Ball is an excellent move on weather teams and allows you Roserade to run a different Hidden Power. Growth is Roserade's only boosting move, but Roserade is too frail to boost effectively, and Leaf Storm will simply remove the boost. Leech Seed can catch Blissey and Heatran off-(hyphen)guard on the switch and help make up for Life Orb recoil. Stun Spore and Aromatherapy can be used if you are in need of provide some extra team support or if you already have a sleep move on your team. Hidden Power Ice can be used in the third slot to hit Pokemon such as Dragonite, although but this leaves you Roserade helpless against Steel-types.</p>

<p>Roserade has an interesting set of teammates (huh? roserade can be paired with a wide variety of teammates? there are many routes you can take to support roserade?). It loves fast Pokemon partners with Ground, Fighting, (smogon uses the serial comma) or Water moves, to which help remove Steel- and Fire-types from the match. - think Good options for these include Starmie, Terrakion or , and Dugtrio, who the latter of whom can also traps grounded Steel- and Fire-types and destroys them with Earthquake. If running Weather Ball, Roserade fits nicely onto weather teams with Weather Ball. Ninetales allows it to run Weather Ball with Hidden Power Ground, while Politoed gives it can use Weather Ball and Hidden Power Ice if paired with Politoed. Both options allow it to hit Steel-types more effectively ( , particularly Heatran) , more effectively. Furthermore, physical walls can soak up attacks aimed at Roserade's awful Defense stat - . A special mention goes to Slowbro, who resists all of Roserade's weaknesses the elemental types Roserade is weak to bar Flying and can switch out and regain health through Regenerator. Heatran resists Flying, is immune to Fire, and can set up Stealth Rock to help Roserade secure some KOs. Finally, Roserade is an excellent partner for any Pokemon that fears status afflictions due to its innate immunity to Toxic and Natural Cure to remove status (give some specific examples, probably pokemon who tend to lure in attacks roserade can switch in on?).</p>

<p>Any offensive Pokemon has its counters, and Roserade is no exception. Blissey and Chansey take a pittance from its attacks, and Heatran is immune to two of its three most common moves and can threaten with its Fire STAB, but though it fears Hidden Power Ground or a Rain-boosted Weather Ball in rain (note that rain isn't capitalized). Speedier variants of Volcarona can set up on it or just kill KO it outright with Fire attacks, but using the moth is risky. The is in general a riskier counter as standard 240/216+ bulky Volcarona is outsped and almost 2HKOed by Sludge Bomb, and the which also has a 30% chance to inflict of inflicting poison makes it difficult for Volcarona to switch in. Volcarona cannot truly counter Roserade unless it can outspeed it. Any Pokemon with a faster or priority physical move faster physically based Pokemon or priority attacker, such as Landorus or Scizor respectively, can easily capitalize on Roserade's garbage Defense stat. No matter how well a Pokemon fares against Roserade, however, it risks being crippled by Sleep Powder, possibly for the entirety of the match.</p>

(is this last paragraph intended to go under the [checks and counters] section? if not, you need to suggest teammates that can cover for the limitations of this set. for what it's worth though, i think it'd make a fine addition to the [checks and counters] portion as it is!)
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I haven't fixed the final paragraph yet, but I've run out of time for now. Rest assured I'll get to it later. Thanks sirndpt!
 
Finally fixed the last paragraph, and added a couple extra sentences as per sirndpt's comment.
 
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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Ground
move 4: Sleep Powder / Rest
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>While Roserade's most common role is as an offensive user of Toxic Spikes, it can pull off a surprisingly good offensive set due to its excellent Speed and Special Attack stats. Its typing and ability provide even more benefits not commonly seen in the OU tier: due to its Poison typing, it is one of the best offensive Toxic Spikes absorbers, and while an immunity to poison might seem redundant in conjunction with its ability, Natural Cure allows it to practically shrug off paralysis and sleep, which would otherwise effectively remove any other offensive Pokemon from the match.</p>

<p>First and foremost, Roserade's powerful STAB Leaf Storm—running off of its high Special Attack—is the strongest unboosted Grass attack in OU. Leaf Storm's unfortunate side effect often forces it out after one hit, however, so Sludge Bomb provides a powerful secondary STAB attack. Hidden Power Fire rounds off Roserade's coverage, and allows it to hit Pokemon such as Skarmory and Ferrothorn super effectively. Hidden Power Ground is an alternative that allows Roserade to hit Heatran, who otherwise walls it, and gives a 31 Speed IV. However, it comes at the cost of the ability to hit many of OU's Steel-types. Sleep Powder is an excellent utility move that can remove a problematic Pokemon from the match, while Rest allows Roserade to heal itself completely and switch out to wake up.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>As Hidden Power Fire requires a lowered Speed IV, the set's 232 Speed EVs allow Roserade to reach 300 Speed and outrun neutral base 100 Pokemon by one point. Although mostly barren, Roserade's movepool is surprisingly large for a Grass / Poison Pokemon, and as such it has a a couple more options to run in the fourth slot. Shadow Ball provides the best coverage with the given moves, while Weather Ball is an excellent move on weather teams and allows Roserade to run a different Hidden Power. Growth is Roserade's only boosting move, but Roserade is too frail to boost effectively, and Leaf Storm will simply remove the boost. Leech Seed can catch Blissey and Heatran off-guard on the switch and help make up for Life Orb recoil. Stun Spore and Aromatherapy can provide some extra team support if you already have a sleep move on your team. Hidden Power Ice can be used in the third slot to hit Pokemon such as Dragonite, but this leaves Roserade helpless against Steel-types.</p>

<p>Roserade can be paired with a wide variety of teammates. It loves fast partners with Ground, Fighting, or Water moves, to remove Steel- and Fire-types from the match. Good options for these include Starmie, Terrakion, and Dugtrio, the latter of whom can also trap grounded Steel- and Fire-types and destroy them with Earthquake. If running Weather Ball, Roserade fits nicely onto weather teams. Ninetales allows it to run Weather Ball with Hidden Power Ground, while it can use Weather Ball and Hidden Power Ice if paired with Politoed. Both options allow it to hit Steel-types, particularly Heatran, more effectively. Furthermore, physical walls can soak up attacks aimed at Roserade's awful Defense stat. A special mention goes to Slowbro, who resists all the elemental types Roserade is weak to bar Flying and can switch out and regain health through Regenerator. Heatran resists Flying, is immune to Fire, and can set up Stealth Rock to help Roserade secure some KOs. Finally, Roserade is an excellent partner for any Pokemon that fears status afflictions, such as bulky Waters or Choice attackers, due to its innate immunity to Toxic and Natural Cure to remove status.</p>

<p>Any offensive Pokemon has its counters, and Roserade is no exception. Since this set lacks entry hazards, it can be outright walled, whereas other sets can still set up their hazard against walls. Blissey and Chansey take a pittance from its attacks, and Heatran is immune to two of its three most common moves and can threaten back with its Fire STAB, though it fears Hidden Power Ground or a Weather Ball in rain. Speedier variants of Volcarona can set up on it or just KO it outright with Fire attacks, but is in general a riskier counter as standard 240/216+ bulky Volcarona is outsped and almost 2HKOed by Sludge Bomb, which also has a 30% chance of inflicting poison. Espeon is in a similar boat to Volcarona, as it outspeeds and OHKOs with Psychic but is destroyed by Leaf Storm if it switches in. Thankfully, a Terrakion or Infernape carrying a Choice Scarf is able to defeat these Pokemon easily with a quick Stone Edge or Close Combat. Any faster physically based Pokemon or priority attacker, such as Landorus or Scizor respectively, can easily capitalize on Roserade's garbage Defense stat. No matter how well a Pokemon fares against Roserade, however, it risks being crippled by Sleep Powder, possibly for the entirety of the match.</p>

excellent job, sirn must have picked up nearly everything

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can qc weigh in on this before i upload it? tornadus-t and genesect come to mind in terms of bw2 pokemon that should potentially be mentioned. all that's needed is maybe a sentence or two
 
yea, this is just a placeholder if you will until BW2 analysis for Roserade is done. Go ahead and upload this, big man iconic.
 
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