1v1 Choice Band Haxorus [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Choice Band (Haxorus) @ Choice Band
Ability: Unnerve / Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- First Impression
- Close Combat / Iron Tail / Poison Jab

[SET COMMENTS]
* Bolstering a massive Attack stat, Haxorus uses its natural strength combined with a Choice Band to overwhelm its foes.
* Outrage is Haxorus's strongest option, threatening KOs on many Pokemon that don't resist it, such as Pecharunt, Volcarona, and Volcanion.
* Scale Shot allows Haxorus to break through Substitutes created by SubSeed Pokemon such as Serperior.
* First Impression allows Haxorus to get the jump on Meowscarada and Chien-Pao.
* For the last move, Close Combat can be used to threaten KOs on Steel-types such as Heatran and Hisuian Goodra. Iron Tail can be used to KO Diancie and Sylveon. Finally, Poison Jab can OHKO Whimsicott.
* Unnerve is Haxorus's generally preferred ability to prevent Pokemon that use resistance berries such as Haban Berry Raging Bolt and Chople Berry Hisuian Goodra and Urshifu-S from preventing an OHKO. However, Mold Breaker can be used to break through Hisuian Avalugg's Sturdy.

* As Choice Band Haxorus is locked into a move after it selects one, it is advised to select the move that does the most damage.
* Steel-types that don't care for Haxorus's coverage moves such as Corviknight and Iron Crown can defeat Haxorus, while faster Ice- and Fairy-type Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Kyurem and Iron Valiant can threaten a KO on Haxorus. Good Fire- and Steel-type partners like Volcanion and one's own Iron Crown can help Haxorus in these poor matchups.

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using copyedit now hope you like it

Iron Tail can be used to exclusively KO Diancie.
exclusively diancie? what about 252+ Atk Choice Band Haxorus Iron Tail vs. 72 HP / 244+ Def Sylveon: 374-440 (107.1 - 126%) -- guaranteed OHKO (this is the most bulk you're going to probably see a sylv running and even if it runs max max it's around a 50/50, so I think Sylveon is worth a mention here, while keeping pjab for Primarina).

Poison Jab can OHKO less bulky variants of Sylveon and Primarina.
as I said, you can remove Sylveon in this mention, but also i'd say to add Whimsicott, since it's an important target for pjab.

- Unnerve is Haxorus' generally preferred ability to prevent resist berries such as Haban Berry and Chople Berry from stopping an OHKO.
put examples like Haban Berry Raging Bolt, Chople Berry Hisuian Goodra and Chople Berry Urshifu-S.

Mold Breaker can be used to break through Donphan's Sturdy.
include Hisuian Avalugg. also Outrage doesn't OHKO donphan always which is slightly annoying but I'll let it slide, don't know if the other QCer will tho.

also this isn't part of any copyedit but reminder that the bullet points are done with an asterisk (*), not a hyphen (-).

qc 1/2, gj!
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thnx i'll remove donphan, will add it back if needed
 
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[SET]
Choice Band (Haxorus) @ Choice Band
Ability: Unnerve / Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- First Impression
- Close Combat / Iron Tail / Poison Jab

[SET COMMENTS]
* Bolstering a massive Base 147 Attack, Haxorus uses its natural strength combined with a Choice Band to overwhelm its foes.
* Outrage is Haxorus' strongest option, threatening KOs on many Pokemon that don't resist it, such as Pecharunt, Volcarona, and Volcanion.
* Scale Shot allows Haxorus to break through Substitutes created by SubSeed Pokemon such as Serperior.
* First Impression allows Haxorus to get the jump on Meowscarada and Chien Pao and Scarf Hoopa-U (Scarf Hoopa-U doesn't KO so it doesn't matter if you outspeed it. Outrage should be clicked in front of Hoopa-Us so you don't get got by endure. Chien Pao is a much better example), OHKOing them.
* For the last move, Close Combat can be used to threaten KOs on Steel-types such as Heatran and Goodra-Hisui. Iron Tail can be used to KO Diancie and Sylveon. Finally, Poison Jab can OHKO Primarina and (Primarina pretty easily bulks Band PJab and KOs back with Fairy STAB. 252+ Atk Choice Band Haxorus Poison Jab vs. 144 HP / 216 Def Primarina: 312-368 (92.5 - 109.1%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO (set comp custap) 252+ Atk Choice Band Haxorus Poison Jab vs. 88 HP / 244+ Def Primarina: 276-326 (85.4 - 100.9%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO (set comp WP) Whimsicott.
* Unnerve is Haxorus' generally preferred ability to prevent resist berries such as Haban Berry Raging Bolt and Chople Berry Hisuian Goodra and Urshifu from stopping an OHKO. However, Mold Breaker can be used to break through Hisuian Avalugg's Sturdy.

* As Choice Band Haxorus is locked into a move after it selects one, it is advised to select the move that does the most damage.
* Steel-types that don't care for Haxorus' coverage moves such as Corviknight and Iron Crown can defeat Haxorus, while faster Pokemon that can threaten a KO on Haxorus like Iron Valiant. Good Fire type and Steel type partners like Volcanion and one's own Iron Crown can help Haxorus in these poor matchups.

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[SET]
Choice Band (Haxorus) @ Choice Band
Ability: Unnerve / Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- First Impression
- Close Combat / Iron Tail / Poison Jab

[SET COMMENTS]
* Bolstering a massive Base 147 Attack Attack stat (dex info), Haxorus uses its natural strength combined with a Choice Band to overwhelm its foes.
* Outrage is Haxorus' Haxorus's strongest option, threatening KOs on many Pokemon that don't resist it, such as Pecharunt, Volcarona, and Volcanion.
* Scale Shot allows Haxorus to break through Substitutes created by SubSeed Pokemon such as Serperior.
* First Impression allows Haxorus to get the jump on Meowscarada and Chien Pao Chien-Pao. (AP).
* For the last move, Close Combat can be used to threaten KOs on Steel-types such as Heatran and Goodra-Hisui Hisuian Goodra. Iron Tail can be used to KO Diancie and Sylveon. Finally, Poison Jab can OHKO Whimsicott.
* Unnerve is Haxorus' Haxorus's generally preferred ability to prevent Pokemon that use resist resistance berries such as Haban Berry Raging Bolt and Chople Berry Hisuian Goodra and Urshifu Urshifu-S from stopping preventing an OHKO. However, Mold Breaker can be used to break through Hisuian Avalugg's Sturdy.

* As Choice Band Haxorus is locked into a move after it selects one, it is advised to select the move that does the most damage.
* Steel-types that don't care for Haxorus' Haxorus's coverage moves such as Corviknight and Iron Crown can defeat Haxorus, while faster Pokemon that can threaten a KO on Haxorus like Iron Valiant (this sentence is incomplete). Good Fire- type and Steel type Steel-type partners like Volcanion and one's own Iron Crown can help Haxorus in these poor matchups.

[CREDITS]
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