Crustle [QC : 0/3]

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Overview
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Pros
  • Good Defense
  • Decent Attack
  • Good hazard access
  • Shell Smash
  • Good offensive movepool
  • Sturdy is a good ability
Cons
  • Low Special Defense
  • Slow
  • Weak to Stealth Rock
  • Shell Smash is weak to priority

Defensive
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name: Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Spikes
move 3: Stone Edge / Rock Blast
move 4: X-Scissor / Toxic
ability: Sturdy
item: Leftovers / Mental Herb
evs: 224 HP / 252 Def / 32 SpD
nature: Impish

Moves
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  • Stealth Rock is for damaging opponents that switch in, potentially crippling them
  • Spikes deals additional damage when switching in
  • Rock Blast is useful for breaking Substitutes and Focus Sashes
  • Stone Edge can be used for more reliable power, but is less accurate and does not get past Focus Sash
  • X-Scissor is a reliable STAB move
  • Toxic can be used to stall for residual damage

Set Details
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  • HP EVs provide a Leftovers number with an extra point to round down Stealth Rock damage
  • Maximized defense to take physical hits to the best of its ability
  • Impish nature to add to its Defense
  • Rest is invested in Special Defense
  • Leftovers for residual recovery
  • Mental Herb can be used to guarantee a hazard is set up

Usage Tips
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  • Setting up Stealth Rock is the number one priority, followed by Spikes
  • Can come in on physical hits and begin setting hazards
  • Can wall physical attackers
  • Should be used in the early-game to set up hazards as fast as possible for the rest of the match

Team Options
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  • Pokemon with good Special Defense to come in on Crustle's weaker side
  • Offensive Pokemon that appreciate the hazards Crustle sets
  • Pokemon that provide Wish support, as Crustle has no reliable recoveru

Shell Smash
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name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: X-Scissor
move 4: Earthquake
ability: Sturdy
item: White Herb / Life Orb
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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  • Shell Smash is used to instantly boost to +2 in Attack and Speed
  • Stone Edge is Crustle's most powerful STAB move
  • X-Scissor is a more reliable secondary STAB move
  • Earthquake is helpful for coverage
  • Knock Off is decently powerful and removes the opponent's item

Set Details
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  • EVs and nature maximize Attack and Speed, the most important stats for a Shell Smash sweeper
  • White Herb clears the drop to its defenses
  • Life Orb can be used for the extra power it provides

Usage Tips
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  • Switch in on something it can force out and use Shell Smash
  • Try to come in off of a U-turn, Volt Switch, a KOed team member, or a resisted hit as Crustle does not like taking more damage than it needs to, especially if it chooses to use Life Orb
  • Boosts from Shell Smash make it an effective sweeper as well as a wallbreaker

Team Options
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  • Pokemon with U-turn, Volt Switch, or Baton Pass to help Crustle come in
  • Users of aforementioned moves should be slow to get Crustle in as much as possible
  • Pokemon that can remove physically bulky opponents such as Gligar, Alomomola, and Doublade


Other Options
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  • Poison Jab can be used to hit Fairies hard, but offers no utility outside of that
  • Aerial Ace can be used to hit Fighting-types
  • Counter can be used to hit physical attackers hard, but requires prediction and Crustle has a high Defense stat

Checks & Counters
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**Special Attackers**: Strong special attackers can take advantage of Crustle's low Special Defense and deal heavy damage. Clawitzer doesn't take much from any of Crustle's moves and can OHKO back with Water Pulse provided Sturdy is broken, making it an effective check.

**Status**: All status hurts Crustle; burns half its Attack and wears it down, Toxic wears it down quickly, and paralysis stops the Shell Smash set's sweeping capabilities

**Bronzong**: Crustle can't do anything to Bronzong, and Bronzong can use Toxic or set up Stealth Rock or Trick Room

**Taunt Users**: Taunt users such as Mega Banette can stop Crustle from setting up entry hazards or Shell Smash.

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, especially Steel-types such as Steelix, can stop Crustle's sweep with little effort.

**Trick and Switcheroo users**: Trick and Switcheroo users such as Rotom-C and Delphox can severely cripple Crustle as they can lock it into a hazard move, Shell Smash, or make it essentially useless if it is given a Choice Scarf as Crustle has very low Speed.
 
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Excuse me if I'm incorrect, but I thought Custap Berry was unreleased...?

worldtour edit: It is unreleased :(
 
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LightningLuxray is right custap is unreleased pull it from the hazards set m8 go mental herb imo so you can eat a taunt also EQ deserves a slash on the hazards set as a 4th move because edgequake is usually worth it
 
Settle down. They'll get to this when they can.

Since you are eager to make progress on this, I'll make some suggestions:

- For the Shell Smash set, I would make EQ the only slash in the last slot. The super effective coverage on Rock and Steel types is too important to give up. Knock Off is okay though so shift it to Moves.
- For Usage Tips on the Defensive set, add in that it's meant to be used as a lead or in the "early game" of a match for its ability to reliably set up hazards
- For Checks And Counters, add in that Taunt users are a pain in the neck, leaving it unable to set up hazards or use Shell Smash and Toxic
- On the first bullet in Team Options for the Shell Smash set, do three things;
1. Add Baton Pass to that list
2. Emphasize that the users of these moves are preferably slow so they can get Crustle in without having a rustle take damage
3. Give examples of these Pokemon
- For the second bullet in Usage Tips for the SS (Shell Smash) set, add Baton Pass to the list of things that can bring Crusted in safely
- Add "Physical Walls" or something like that to C&C and remember to give examples such as Steelix
- For C&C, give examples of "Special Attackers"
- Also add "Item Switchers" to C&C and give examples of Pokemon that commonly use Trick/Memento such as Rotom-C
- For Usage Tips on the Shell Smash set, add what that set is supposed to function as. Is it a wall breaker? Is it a late-game sweeper? What is it?
- Depending on what you do for the previous bullet, add in wall-breakers if Crustle is supposed to be a late-game sweeper or vice versa, and remember to give examples

Hope I helped and good luck with the analysis! :D
 
Oh and I forgot a few things:

- For the Pros add that it has a decent offensive movepool
- Also for the Pros add that Sturdy is a good ability, allowing it to set up Shell Smash and lay down hazards easier
- Add for the Cons that the Shell Smash set is weak to priority
- Add Priority users to C&C but specify that it is for the Shell Smash set, not the Defensive set
 
Looks pretty good :) just one more thing though:

Add in the Overview what gives it competition for its roles, why they give it competition, and what sets Crustle apart from those Pokemon. For example, you could say "Receives competition from so-and-so as a boosting sweeper because it has (so-and-so)" or something like that
 
Hi, so the reason people on QC have been hesitant to QC check this, is that we are probably going to have to reassign this analysis. Neither of these sets are viable in RU, and at this point, it would be easier for one of us to write the analysis than to attempt to make the changes to this analysis, because barring the overview, pretty much everything has to be redone.

On another note, the QC team appreciates the fact that you are so motivated to get into C&C, but I would like to emphasize the fact that reserving Pokemon that you are inexperienced with is not the way to go about it. You should also note that tagging all of the QC members in a post is not the way to go about getting a check, as we are all busy doing other things/don't like being mass tagged. If you wish to get help with an analysis, talking to one of us on IRC, or VMing us, is a much better way to get a response. Good luck with all your other current analyses, and once again please don't lose your motivation to do this work, as your other analysis was well done. Tagging Worldtour to take it from here.
 
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