LC Cleffa

[zizalith]

[OVERVIEW]

Cleffa is a horrendous Pokemon that struggles to establish a useful niche for itself due to its shallow movepool, terrible stats, and lack of any STAB move. Its rare access to Magic Guard means Cleffa can at least run a Counter set, allowing it to be a catch-all stop, although it is easy to circumvent and completely unreliable. You're better off running Focus Sash Abra or any SturdyJuice Pokemon, like Magnemite or Onix, all of which actually have an offensive presence and can fulfill the same niche Cleffa attempts.

[SET]
name: Counter
move 1: Counter
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Encore
item: Focus Sash
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 196 HP / 76 SpA / 236 Spe
ivs: 3 Def / 9 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard allows Cleffa to always fire off an attack in retaliation and hopefully do something useful for the team. While Encore and Thunder Wave slightly set it apart from other catch-all stops, its complete lack of offensive presence and inability to threaten Ghost-types mean its attempt at a niche is not worth losing a team slot for, compared to simply using Abra or any other SturdyJuice Pokemon.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith,410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[Fiend,208173], [Merritt,213064]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Electrolyte,148071]]

 

[Fiend]

Good set!
"You're better off running Focus Sash Abra or any SturdyJuice Pokemon, like Magnemite or Onix." doesn't feel like a complete sentence/thought. polish it out.

and in set details make isn't -> is not

not much to rlly say.
qc 1/2

 

[Merritt]

[OVERVIEW]
Remove the word "suboptimal" when describing the set since it makes it sound like Cleffa has better options. It doesn't.
Rephrase "and can check the same type of Pokemon Cleffa can." to be something like "and fulfill the same role Cleffa attempts" or such.

[SET]
you have an extra "s" in "ivs" please fix that

[SET COMMENTS]
Try to combine the last sentence with the second or restate the last sentence so I'm not getting so much deja vu from when you mention "Focus Sash Abra or any SturdyJuice Pokemon".

[CREDITS]
fine, although Fiend's name is capitalized

2/2

 

[Electrolyte]

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[OVERVIEW]

Cleffa is a horrendous Pokemon that struggles to establish a useful niche for itself due to a combination of a its shallow movepool, terrible stats, and lacking of any STAB move. Its rare access to Magic Guard means Cleffa can at least run a Counter set, allowing it to be a catch-all stop, although it is easy to circumvent and completely unreliable. You're better off running Focus Sash Abra or any SturdyJuice Pokemon, like Magnemite or Onix, all of which actually have an offensive presence and can fulfill the same niche Cleffa attempts.

[SET]
name: Counter
move 1: Counter
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Encore
item: Focus Sash
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Hasty
evs: 196 HP / 76 SpA / 236 Spe
ivs: 3 Def / 9 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard allows Cleffa to always fire off an attack in retaliation and hopefully do something useful for the team. While Encore and Thunder Wave slightly set it apart from other catch-all stops, its complete lack of offensive presence and inability to threaten Ghost-types mean its attempt at a niche is not worth losing a team slot for, compared to simply using Abra or any other SturdyJuice Pokemon.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith,410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[Fiend,208173], [Merritt,213064]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Electrolyte,148071], <userid1>]]

GP 1/2

 

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