Monotype Darmanitan-Galar (Ice) [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Fire Punch / Flare Blitz
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Superpower / Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Darmanitan's tremendous Attack stat bolstered by its ability Gorilla Tactics, along with its decent Speed and coverage options, allows it to serve as an effective sweeper and revenge killer. Icicle Crash allows it to beat Ground- and Dragon-types like Hippowdon and Dragapult. Fire Punch provides great coverage for Bug- and Steel-types like Frosmoth and Corviknight, but Flare Blitz can be run for extra damage output at the cost of recoil damage and is more efficient against Corviknight. U-turn is a solid option for safely bringing in a teammate on a predicted switch. Superpower allows Galarian Darmanitan to OHKO defensive Pokemon like Tyranitar and Snorlax. However, Earthquake serves as great coverage for Aegislash, Toxapex, and Chandelure. Maximum Speed investment with a Jolly nature allows Galarian Darmanitan to Speed tie with opposing Choice Scarf users like Drapion.

With its great Speed tier and offensive presence, Galarian Darmanitan has the flexibility to function as a late-game sweeper or wallbreaker while also being able to provide its team momentum with U-turn. Entry hazard removers such as Avalugg and Galarian Mr. Mime serve as helpful teammates for keeping Galarian Darmanitan healthy throughout a match. Vanilluxe offers Aurora Veil support to bolster Galarian Darmanitan's survivability, especially against Choice Scarf users that outspeed it such as Gengar as well as priority users like Bisharp and Aegislash, while also being able to break through defensive Water-types like Rotom-W and Toxapex with Freeze-Dry. Piloswine and Mamoswine support Galarian Darmanitan with Stealth Rock, allowing defensive checks such as Galarian Corsola and Rotom-W to be slowly worn down into KO range.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[smub, <397606>]]
- <Ice> analysis by: [[<smub>, <397606>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<Havens>, <391540>], [<Decem>, <362454>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<The Dutch Plumberjack>, <232216>]]

 

[Havens]

-Imo, U-turn should be on the set and the slash on the bottom should be (Superpower / Earthquake). Having a pseudo Choice Band ability with a Choice Scarf forces so much out that anything besides stuff like Rotom-W or Toxapex gets damn near 2HKOed by its options.
-In accordance with the above point, it may be helpful to add Rotom-Frost as a teammate because of the VoltTurn core they create.
-Have a bigger mention of Freeze-Dry users as good teammates, being able to take on Water-types such as Rotom-W and Toxapex that Darmanitan will struggle with.
-Talk about how scary Darmanitan is when Dynamaxed; specifically highlight how beneficial Max Flare and Max Knuckle are great in the fight against Steel-types.

Also, QC checks for these mini analyses are 2 instead of 3, so you can go ahead and change that accordingly.

QC 1/2

 

[smub]

Implemented, ready for 2nd check

 

[Havens]

Oi smub; just a quick note to remove the Dynamax mentions now that it's banned. Apologies in advance.

 

[smub]

Sorry this took a while, but the dynamax mentions are gone

 

[Perish Song]

Paragraph 2:
With its great Speed tier ......

Should remove Paragraph 2

Vanilluxe and Lapras offer Aurora Veil support

Lapras cant provide Veil anymore.

 

[mushamu]

[SET COMMENTS]

Implement Perish Song's notes.

Probably worth noting that Flare Blitz is better against Corviknight. Something like "Flare Blitz can be ran over it for extra damage output at the cost of recoil damage and is more efficient against Corviknight" These are some nice calcs:
252 Atk Choice Band Darmanitan-Galar Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Corviknight: 396-468 (99 - 117%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Darmanitan-Galar Flare Blitz vs. +1 252 HP / 0 Def Corviknight: 266-314 (66.5 - 78.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

I would use Bisharp as an example of a priority user, Conkeldurr isn't the best example because Galarian Darmanitan doesn't OHKO in return and Fighting is pretty much unviable right now.

Honestly not too keen on Galarian Corsola as an example of what Stealth Rock helps with, seeing as it will be near full HP most of the time because of Strength Sap. I would try to find a better example, but if there's nothing better, you can keep it.

QC 2/2

 

[smub]

Implemented ready for GP

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1

check

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Fire Punch / Flare Blitz
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Superpower / Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Gorilla Tactics
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Darmanitan's tremendous Attack stat bolstered by its ability Gorilla Tactics, along with its decent Speed and coverage options, allow allows it to serve as an effective sweeper and revenge killer. Icicle Crash allows it to beat Ground- and Dragon-types like Hippowdon and Dragapult. Fire Punch provides great coverage for Bug- and Steel-types like Frosmoth and Corviknight, but Flare Blitz can be ran over it run for extra damage output at the cost of recoil damage and is more efficient against Corviknight. U-turn is a solid option for safely bringing in a teammate on a predicted switch. Superpower allows Galarian Darmanitan to OHKO defensive Pokemon like Tyranitar and Snorlax. However, Earthquake serves as great coverage for Aegislash, Toxapex, and Chandelure. Maximum Speed investment with a Jolly nature allows it Galarian Darmanitan to Speed tie with opposing Choice Scarf users like Drapion.

With its great Speed tier and offensive presence, Galarian Darmanitan has the flexibility to function as a late-game sweeper or wallbreaker (RC) while also being able to provide its team momentum with U-turn. Entry hazard removers such as Avalugg and Galarian Mr. Mime serve as helpful teammates for keeping Galarian Darmanitan healthy throughout a match. Vanilluxe offers Aurora Veil support to bolster Galarian Darmanitan's survivability, especially against Choice Scarf users that outspeed it such as Gengar (RC) as well as priority users like Bisharp and Aegislash, while also being able to break through defensive Water-types like Rotom-W and Toxapex with Freeze-Dry. Piloswine and Mamoswine support Galarian Darmanitan with Stealth Rock utility, allowing for defensive checks such as Galarian Corsola and Rotom-W to be slowly worn down into KO range.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<smub>, (remove triangular brackets) <397606>]]
- <Ice> analysis by: [[<smub>, <397606>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<Havens>, <391540>], [<Decem>, <362454>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

[smub]

Done

 

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