Claydol [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

[pazza]

[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Claydol has a small niche in UU as a spinner with a good matchup against spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure and Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior that avoids being passive by providing momentum with Teleport. Psychic is one of Claydol's STAB moves that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Machamp, Galarian Weezing, and Roserade, while Earth Power hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan, and Teleport can bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro and Machamp. Other options could be running Stealth Rock over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves; the combination of Ice Beam and Psychic pressures common entry hazard removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing, but without Earth Power, Claydol can't pressure spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure or Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior, while running Ice Beam over Psychic means Claydol can't hit Fighting- and Poison-types such as Machamp and Galarian Weezing. The Speed EVs allow Claydol to outspeed Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Toxtricity, and Pangoro, since it can use Teleport to bring them safely in on Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine can switch in for free, so Electric- and Grass-type Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners. Claydol's ability Levitate lets it check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the aforementioned Electric-types. Wish support from Sylveon is good, since Claydol has no recovery. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types such as Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Vileplume and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble and against annoying Steel-types like Doublade. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat, so Pokemon that can switch in on it like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, so Fire-type Pokemon, specifically Darmanitan, Arcanine, and Incineroar, the latter of which also checks Chandelure, are particularly good partners. In return, they appreciate Claydol's ability to weaken Ground-types such as Gigalith and Rhyperior and clear entry hazards. Noivern can deal with Claydol's checks like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other revenge killing options for Claydo include Golisopod, which can take out Pokemon like Necrozma.

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[pazza]

should be ready for qc

 

[Estarossa]

[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Claydol's niche in UU is being a Rapid Spinner while also being able to pressure Pokemon like Chandelure, Doublade, and Machamp due to its wide movepool of offensive options. This is good information, but its also important to note that you are running Claydol specifically because its a rapid spinner that has a good matchup versus spinblockers like Doublade/Chandelure, and against Gigalith/Rhyperior as rockers, while being able to provide powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it being passive. Try and more concisely cover all of this in your opening statement if you can. Claydol's main role is to remove entry hazards, so Rapid Spin is a must-have. fluff Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB move that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Adamant Machamp, Galarian Weezing, Toxtricity, and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain momentum and bring in stronger wallbreakers against fatter Pokemon such as Incineroar, Bronzong, and Golispod. Other options for moves are running Stealth Rocks over Rapid Spin. Ice Beam is also ran alongside Stealth Rocks to hit Dragon-types for exampe Noivern, Flygon, and Haxorus. Make this more clear that you are only ever running Rocks + Ice Beam together, you should discuss how claydol suffers from having to drop one of its stabs while doing this, but comment on how ice beam + psychic lets it pressure common removers like Noivern/Weezing. The Speed EV's are to speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers namely Darmanitan, Haxorus, and Noivern, Pangoro (tbh noivern isn't a particularly good wallbreaker and shares checks with Claydol like bulky waters/zong) since it can use Teleport and bring them in safely. mention some of the pokemon claydol actually brings them in on here. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom, and Mantine in for free, because of this Electric-type Pokemon such as Heliolisk and Toxtricity are excellent partners, since they can both deal with Water-types, talk about stuff like Celebi/Roserade here too as options. and because of Claydol's ability Levitate it can soak up Ground-type attacks for Electric-types. this is rather generic info atm, instead focus on how Claydol specifically checks Rhyperior and Gigalith for Electrics. Since Claydol doesn't get any recovery move it can get chipped easily and should have Wish support from Sylveon or Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Toxtricity and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble, talk about how sylveon can help it with pangoro and being able to deal with Fighting-types namely Machamp and Cobalion that threaten Umbreon. Claydol is honestly a very poor check to these, especially to Cobalion since +2 Iron Head 2HKOs you, you barely even hurt it back if it still has shuca, and flinch chances.

Talk about Pokemon that can pressure Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong, the former can readily wallbreak vs you while the latter is a rocks setter you are unable to deal with. Incineroar is a particularly good mention since it also provides you with a Chandelure check.

Put the noivern mention back in but make it separate, focus on how it can handle some of the stuff Claydol struggles with like Celebi and Pangoro, and how Claydol can check Rhyperior/Gigalith for it. You can also talk about some other speed control options like Golisopod here.

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tag me when you have implemented this so i can take another look.

 

[pazza]

Estarossa implemented

 

[Estarossa]

[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

Claydol's has a small niche in UU because its a Rapid Spinner that has a good matchup versus Spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, and against Gigalith and Rhyperior as rockers while being able to provide powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB move that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Adamant Machamp, Galarian Weezing, Toxtricity, and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain momentum and bring in stronger wallbreakers against fatter Pokemon such as Incineroar, Bronzong, and Golispod. Other options could be running Stealth Rocks over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves. Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, Ice Beam + Psychic pressures common removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing. The Speed EV's are to speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like namely Darmanitan, Haxorus, and Pangoro since it can use Teleport and bring them safely on namely Bronzong, Toxtricity, and Necrozma. Toxtricity is never going to switch into Claydol, use a different example like Rotom-W or Escavalier. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine in for free, because of this Electric- and Water-types Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners since they can both deal with Water-types. Due to Claydol's ability Levitate it can check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for Electrics. link these points better since they feel very disjoint atm, and explain how heliolisk and toxtricity benefit from this Since Claydol doesn't get any recovery move it can get chipped easily and should have Wish support from Sylveon or Umbreon. In general i don't like how this point makes wish support sound necessary when Claydol should mainly be a more BO type mon, but in particular Umbreon really doesn't fit on the same sort of teams. Sylveon is a fine mention to help with stuff like Pangoro, but phrase this differently and mention how the Wish support can be hlelpful instead of necessary. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types for example Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Toxtricity and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong, Fire-type Pokemon specifically Incineroar is particularly a good partner since it provides a Chandelure check. Noivern is a great partner for Claydol since it can deal with the stuff Claydol struggles with like Pangoro and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Mention how Noivern can also help claydol deal with SD Cobalion, which can otherwise fairly easily overwhelm Claydol due to Shuca Berry/Flinch chances. Other speed control options for Claydol could be Golispod or Choice Scarf Gardevoir. drop the scarf gardevoir mention here, and just talk about why Golisopod is a good fit with Claydol, as it can revenge kill Pokemon like Haxorus and Necrozma that can set up against Claydol fairly freely.

Try and throw in a mention somewhere about some checks to SD Incineroar in particular, as Sylveon is a poor answer to Flare Blitz variants.

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1/2 once implemented.

 

[pazza]

1/2 once implemented.

implemented

 

[Lily]

[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

Claydol's has a small niche in UU because its a Rapid Spinner that has a good matchup versus Spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, and against Gigalith and Rhyperior as rockers while being able to provide powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB move that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Adamant Machamp, Galarian Weezing, Toxtricity (hit harder by earth power), and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain momentum and bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro, Machamp, (other options if you want) against fatter Pokemon such as Incineroar, Bronzong, and Golispod. Other options could be running Stealth Rocks over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves. Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, Ice Beam + Psychic pressures common removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing. mention how it suffers here, i.e. loses to spinblockers like doub and chandy and struggles to pressure rockers The Speed EV's are to speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Haxorus, i'd consider changing this mention to account for the suspect test - machamp or toxtricity or something is fine here and Pangoro since it can use Teleport and bring them safely on namely Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine in for free, because of this Electric- and Water Grass-types Pokemon such as Heliolisk, the aforementioned Toxtricity, (only if you include tox as a mention in the first line of this paragraph) Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners since they can both all deal with Water-types. Due to Claydol's ability Levitate it can check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the Electric-types aforementioned. Wish support can be helpful so Sylveon is good. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types for example Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Toxtricity claydol def doesn't deal with toxtricity, mention like vileplume here if you really want a mon that claydol can pressure but you can honestly just keep this at the weezing mention and then also mention that claydol is decent against annoying steels like doublade and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat so, Pokemon that can switch-in like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, Fire-type Pokemon specifically Incineroar is particularly a good partner since it also provides a Chandelure check. mention that sd incin appreciates claydol's ability to check/weaken gigalith/rhyp and clear hazard in case its boots are knocked off Gigalith and Noivern are great partners for Claydol since they can deal with the stuff Claydol struggles with like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, gigalith doesn't deal with any of these mons. noivern's ok vs them but remove the gigalith mention here while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other speed control options for Claydol could be Golispod since it can revenge kill Pokemon like Haxorus and Necrozma.

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would like one more look when this is implemented - also, please be sure to go over the spelling and grammar standards! you have a lot of good info here, it's just really hard to actually get that out of the analysis. once you're finished ping me here or in discord and i'll go over it once more before stamping

 

[Lily]

[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

Claydol's has a small niche in UU because it's a Rapid Spinner that has a good matchup versus Spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, and against Gigalith and Rhyperior as rockers while being able to provide powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB move that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Adamant Machamp, Galarian Weezing, and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain momentum and bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro and Machamp. Other options could be running Stealth Rocks over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves. Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, Ice Beam + Psychic pressures common removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing. By removing Earth Power it can't pressure Spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, as well can't pressure other rockers like Gigalith and Rhyperior. The Speed EV's are to speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Toxtricity, and Pangoro since it can use Teleport and bring them safely on Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine in for free, because of this Electric- and Grass-types Pokemon such as Heliolisk, the aforementioned Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners since they can all deal with Water-types. Due to Claydol's ability Levitate it can check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the Electric-types aforementioned. Wish support can be helpful so Sylveon is good. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types for example Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Vileplume and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble. Claydol also helps out annoying Steel-types like Doublade. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat so, Pokemon that can switch-in like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, Fire-type Pokemon specifically Incineroar is particularly a good partner since it also provides a Chandelure check. Incineroar appreciates Claydol being able to weaken Gigalith and Rhyperior and clearing hazards if Incineroar's Heavy-Duty Boots are knocked off. mention a couple other fires here - darm/chandy/arcanine, any two will suffice Noivern is a great partner for Claydol since it can deal with the stuff Pokemon Claydol struggles with like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other speed control options for Claydol could be Golispod since it can revenge kill Pokemon like Haxorus and Necrozma.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2 once implemented, please be sure to proofread before sending this off to GP though!

 

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Please make sure that you're spending some time to proofread your work. There are many small mistakes (for example the first word of the first sentence) that you're able to catch without spending a crazy amount of time. Also, please take a look at Spelling and Grammar standards if you have any doubts about certain words or phrases while you're writing.

Your sentences are quite choppy so I included some recommendations as to where you should combine sentences and whatnot and hopefully that makes the analysis flow a bit better. The analysis is really good though, content wise. I enjoyed reading it.

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[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

Claydol's has a small niche in UU as because it's a spinner Rapid Spinner that has a good matchup against versus (this is subjective, but more formal)spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, and against Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior as rockers while being able to provide providing (no need for extra verbs) powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it from being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB moves that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Machamp, Galarian Weezing, and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain provides momentum and can bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro and Machamp. Other options could be running Stealth Rock over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves. (You should add an explanation for Stealth Rock > Rapid Spin)Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, Ice Beam and +(remove) Psychic pressures common hazard removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing, but.(RP) By removing without (more to the point) Earth Power,(AC) it can't pressure spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, as well as can't pressure other Stealth Rock users rockers like Gigalith and Rhyperior (What about substituting Ice Beam for Psychic? You mentioned Ice Beam > one of its STAB moves but only talk about one). The Speed EVs EV's are to Speed speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Toxtricity, and Pangoro since it can use Teleport and bring them safely in on Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine can switch in for free,(RC) becauseof this so Electric- and Grass-types Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners since they can all deal with Water-types. Due to Claydol's ability Levitate lets it can check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the aforementioned Electric-types aforementioned. Wish support from Sylveon is good since Claydol has no recovery. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types such as for example Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Vileplume and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble (you can combine the previous two sentences). Claydol also helps out against annoying Steel-types like Doublade. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat so,(RC) Pokemon that can switch in switch-in on Incineroar like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, so Fire-type Pokemon specifically Incineroar, Darmanitan, and Arcanine, and Incineroar, who also checks Chandelure, are particularly good partners since Incineroar also provides a Chandelure check. The Fire-types previously mentioned appreciate Claydol being able to weaken Gigalith and Rhyperior (you might want to say "Ground-types such as Gigalith and...")and clearing hazards. Noivern is a great partner for Claydol since it can deal with Claydol's checks (not sure if actually checks, but you can also say "Pokemon that threaten Claydol") the Pokemon Claydol struggles with like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other Speed speed control options for Claydol could be Golispod since it can revenge kill Pokemon like Haxorus and Necrozma.

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[pazza]

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Please make sure that you're spending some time to proofread your work. There are many small mistakes (for example the first word of the first sentence) that you're able to catch without spending a crazy amount of time. Also, please take a look at Spelling and Grammar standards if you have any doubts about certain words or phrases while you're writing.

Your sentences are quite choppy so I included some recommendations as to where you should combine sentences and whatnot and hopefully that makes the analysis flow a bit better. The analysis is really good though, content wise. I enjoyed reading it.

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[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

Claydol's has a small niche in UU as because it's a spinner Rapid Spinner that has a good matchup against versus (this is subjective, but more formal)spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, and against Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior as rockers while being able to provide providing (no need for extra verbs) powerful momentum with Teleport to prevent it from being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's main STAB moves that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Machamp, Galarian Weezing, and Roserade. Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan. Using Teleport Claydol can gain provides momentum and can bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro and Machamp. Other options could be running Stealth Rock over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves. (You should add an explanation for Stealth Rock > Rapid Spin)Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, Ice Beam and +(remove) Psychic pressures common hazard removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing, but.(RP) By removing without (more to the point) Earth Power,(AC) it can't pressure spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, as well as can't pressure other Stealth Rock users rockers like Gigalith and Rhyperior (What about substituting Ice Beam for Psychic? You mentioned Ice Beam > one of its STAB moves but only talk about one). The Speed EVs EV's are to Speed speed creep Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Toxtricity, and Pangoro since it can use Teleport and bring them safely in on Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, it tends to let Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine can switch in for free,(RC) becauseof this so Electric- and Grass-types Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners since they can all deal with Water-types. Due to Claydol's ability Levitate lets it can check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the aforementioned Electric-types aforementioned. Wish support from Sylveon is good since Claydol has no recovery. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types such as for example Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Vileplume and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble (you can combine the previous two sentences). Claydol also helps out against annoying Steel-types like Doublade. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat so,(RC) Pokemon that can switch in switch-in on Incineroar like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, so Fire-type Pokemon specifically Incineroar, Darmanitan, and Arcanine, and Incineroar, who also checks Chandelure, are particularly good partners since Incineroar also provides a Chandelure check. The Fire-types previously mentioned appreciate Claydol being able to weaken Gigalith and Rhyperior (you might want to say "Ground-types such as Gigalith and...")and clearing hazards. Noivern is a great partner for Claydol since it can deal with Claydol's checks (not sure if actually checks, but you can also say "Pokemon that threaten Claydol") the Pokemon Claydol struggles with like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other Speed speed control options for Claydol could be Golispod since it can revenge kill Pokemon like Haxorus and Necrozma.

[CREDITS]
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- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Lilburr, 481709]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

implemented thanks, ill look over the spelling and grammar standards!

 

[Lumari]

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[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Teleport
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 152 Def / 104 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Claydol has a small niche in UU as a spinner that has with a good matchup against spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure (RC) and Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior while that avoids being passive by providing momentum with Teleport to prevent it from being passive. Psychic is one of Claydol's STAB moves that threatens Fighting- and Poison-types like Machamp, Galarian Weezing, and Roserade, (comma) while Earth Power is another STAB move that hits Steel- and Fire-types such as Doublade, Cobalion, Chandelure, and Darmanitan, (comma) and Teleport provides momentum and can bring in stronger wallbreakers like Pangoro and Machamp. Other options could be running Stealth Rock over Rapid Spin and Ice Beam over one of its STAB moves; Although Claydol suffers from losing a STAB move, (covered ahead) the combination of Ice Beam and Psychic pressures common entry hazard removers such as Noivern and Galarian Weezing, but without Earth Power, it Claydol can't pressure spinblockers like Doublade and Chandelure, as well as other or Stealth Rock users like Gigalith and Rhyperior, while running Ice Beam over Psychic makes it so that means Claydol can't hit Fighting- and Poison-types such as Machamp and Galarian Weezing. The Speed EVs are to Speed creep allow Claydol to outspeed Adamant Machamp.

Claydol works well with strong wallbreakers like Darmanitan, Toxtricity, and Pangoro, (AC) since it can use Teleport and to bring them safely in on Pokemon like Bronzong, Rotom-W, and Necrozma. Due to Claydol's poor coverage, Water-types such as Milotic, Rotom-W, and Mantine can switch in for free, (AC) so Electric- and Grass-type Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Toxtricity, Celebi, and Roserade are excellent partners. Claydol's ability Levitate lets it check Ground-types like Rhyperior and Gigalith for the aforementioned Electric-types. Wish support from Sylveon is good, (AC) since Claydol has no recovery. Sylveon can also help deal with Dark-types such as Pangoro and Umbreon. In return, Claydol can deal with the Poison-types such as Vileplume and Galarian Weezing that give Sylveon trouble. Claydol also helps out and against annoying Steel-types like Doublade. Swords Dance Incineroar is a threat, (AC) so Pokemon that can switch in on Incineroar it like Milotic and Rhyperior make excellent partners. Claydol needs a partner to put pressure on certain Steel-types that aren't threatened by it like Escavalier and Bronzong, so Fire-type Pokemon, (AC) specifically Darmanitan, Arcanine, and Incineroar, who the latter of which also checks Chandelure, are particularly good partners. (AP) The Fire-types previously mentioned In return, they appreciate Claydol's ability being able to weaken Ground-types such as Gigalith and Rhyperior and clearing entry hazards. Noivern is a great partner for Claydol since it can deal with Claydol's checks like Pangoro, Swords Dance Cobalion, and Celebi, while Claydol can deal with Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern. Other Speed control revenge killing options for Claydol could be Golispod since it include Golisopod, which can revenge kill take out Pokemon like Necrozma.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Lilburr, 481709]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[autumn]

Hi, we're locking and moving this due to the new meta shifts. Claydol isn't currently back up for reservation, but you can look at the reservation index to take something else.