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Copyediting Devastating Demon Derived From Dreams' Depths (Choice Specs Darkrai) [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

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[SET]
Choice Specs
move 1: Dark Pulse
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Focus Blast / Trick
move 4: Ice Beam / Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Dark / Poison
ability: Bad Dreams
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

With Choice Specs, Darkrai can boost its already excellent special attack and its fantastic speed tier to become a devastating wallbreaker. Sludge Bomb helps to shred Faries like Clefable and Primarina that would switch into tank Darkrai’s devastating Dark Pulses, as well as common Tera Fairy users like Gholdengo and Garganacl. Focus Blast can tear through Darks that try to switch into a Dark Pulse like Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Hisuian Samurott, in particular being favored to 2HKO Ting-Lu even with Leftovers, while Ice Beam tears through the likes of Dragonite, Great Tusk, and Gliscor. Either of these can be eschewed for Trick, usually Ice Beam, trading a coverage option for the ability to cripple a would-be wall or setup sweeper like a Blissey or a Dragonite, as well as allowing Darkrai to freely use its moves in a matchup where its power is not needed. Tera Dark can be used to power up your Dark Pulses, allowing you to secure the 2HKO on walls like Garganacl, as well as picking off weakened foes easier, albiet at the cost of not changing its type defensively. Tera Poison doubles both as a defensive tera to let you tank Fighting and Fairy moves like Iron Valiant’s Close Combat or Enamorus’s Moonblast and soak up Toxic and Toxic Spikes as well as powering up your Sludge Bomb, allowing you to OHKO Clefable and non-Assault Vest Primarinas.

Choice Specs Darkrai fits best on Bulky Offense and Balance teams looking for a strong breaker that can still outspeed most offensive threats like. Ogerpon-W and Cinderace. Darkrai appreciates slow pivots like Alomomola, Galarian Slowking, Corviknight, Moltres, and Pecharunt that can bring Darkrai in easily and give it more entry points to break. These pokemon also help form a strong defensive backbone to answer opposing Pokemon that could abuse whatever move Darkrai is locked into to setup or revenge kill, with Pecharunt and Slowking-Galar helping with Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, Slowking-Galar in particular helping with Primarina and Enamorus, and Moltres helping with Kingambit. Even with Darkrai’s coverage options and power, Ting-Lu still poses a large threat to it, forcing it to rely more on predictions and not simply spam its Dark Pulse, so Pokemon like Ogerpon-W or Rillaboom that can switch in on and threaten Ting-Lu help in that regard. Darkrai also helps physical attackers like the aforementioned Ogerpon-W and Rillaboom as well as Dragonite and Zamazenta by blowing past physical walls like Pecharunt and bulky Gholdengo. Gholdengo is a great partner that can help overwhelm shared checks like Ting-Lu and Kingambit as well as switching in and threatening Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, two pokemon that are great at revenging Darkrai, with its Choice Scarf set in particular both allowing Gholdengo to cripple walls like Blissey with Trick as well as outspeeding threats that outpace Darkrai such as Dragapult and Zamazenta. Darkrai’s lack of Heavy-Duty-Boots allows it to be chipped down easily with hazards, so hazard removal options like Great Tusk, Galarian Weezing, Cinderace, or Iron Treads are paramount.



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[SET]
Choice Specs
move 1: Dark Pulse
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Focus Blast/Trick
move 4: Ice Beam/Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Dark / Poison
ability: Bad Dreams
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
With Choice Specs, Darkrai can boost its already excellent special attack and its fantastic speed tier to become a devastating wallbreaker. Sludge Bomb helps to shred Faries like Clefable and Primarina that would switch into tank Darkrai’s devastating Dark Pulses, as well as common Tera Fairy users like Gholdengo and Garganacl. Focus Blast can tear through Darks that try to switch into a Dark Pulse like Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Samurott-Hisui I would mention a calc for Ting-Lu since it also does not appreciate Ice Beam. Main thing would be having a good chance to 2HKO it, while Ice Beam tears through Grounds and Dragons like Dragonite, Great Tusk, and Raging Bolt. Either of these can be eschewed for Trick, usually Ice Beam, trading a coverage option for the ability to cripple a would-be wall or setup sweeper maybe give an example here for each? also mention that it allows Darkrai to freely switch between moves. Tera Dark can be used to power up your Dark Pulses, allowing you to secure the 2HKO on walls like Garganacl, as well as picking off weakened foes easier, albiet at the cost of a purely offensive tera not changing its type defensively you can change the specific wording, but mentioning that it doesn't change it defensively I think is much more clear to the reader on the negatives. Tera Poison doubles both as a defensive tera to let you tank Fighting and Fairy moves like Iron Valiant’s Close Combat or Enamorus’s Moonblast as well as powering up your Sludge Bomb, allowing you to OHKO Clefable and non-Assault Vest Primarinas. Would also add the immunity to Toxic and Toxic Spikes, not the biggest thing in the world but in some MU's it can win games. Probably add it before the offensive benefits of the move, though anywhere is fine if you can't fit it there.

Choice Specs Darkrai fits best on Bulky Offense and Balance teams looking for a strong breaker that can still outspeed most offensive threats Like?. Darkrai appreciates slow pivots like Alomomola, Slowking-Galar, and Pecharunt that can bring Darkrai in easily and give it more entry points to break. As with all Choice Item users, Choice Specs Darkrai can be prone to allowing in pokemon Pokemon who live whatever attack it is locked into to easily setup or revenge kill, so pokemon Pokemon that help form a strong defensive backbone like the three aforementioned bulky pivots as well as Corviknight or Moltres are strongly appreciated. Darkrai’s lack of Heavy-Duty-Boots allows it to be chipped down easily with hazards, so hazard removal options like Great Tusk, Weezing-Galar, Cinderace, or Iron Treads are paramount. Even with Darkrai’s coverage options and power, Ting-Lu still poses a large threat to it, forcing it to rely more on predictions and not simply spam its Dark Pulse, so pokemon Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring or Rillaboom that can switch in on and threaten Ting-Lu help in that regard. Ogerpon-Wellspring stands out in particular, as it can also set Spikes to chip down Ting-Lu even further.

Good work, QC 1/2
 
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A couple of big comments, particularly after the second paragraph, but all fine otherwise. QC 2/2 after implemented, thank you!

[SET]
Choice Specs
move 1: Dark Pulse
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Focus Blast / Trick (Add spaces)
move 4: Ice Beam / Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Dark / Poison
ability: Bad Dreams
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

With Choice Specs, Darkrai can boost its already excellent special attack and its fantastic speed tier to become a devastating wallbreaker. Sludge Bomb helps to shred Faries like Clefable and Primarina that would switch into tank Darkrai’s devastating Dark Pulses, as well as common Tera Fairy users like Gholdengo and Garganacl. Focus Blast can tear through Darks that try to switch into a Dark Pulse like Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Samurott-Hisui, Hisuian Samurott, in particular being favored to 2HKO Ting-Lu even with leftovers, Leftovers, In general I do not think you ahve to be this specific but if you think its worth then thats fine while Ice Beam tears through Grounds and Dragons like Dragonite, Great Tusk, and Raging Bolt. the likes of Dragonite, Great Tusk, and Gliscor. Mentioning Ground and Dragons feels a bit weird since neither resists Dark Pulse, so its not very clear why you need to target them. Raging Bolt in particular im a bit iffy but you could keep it if you want, I would just have Gliscor in the text for sure. Either of these can be eschewed for Trick, usually Ice Beam, trading a coverage option for the ability to cripple a would-be wall or setup sweeper like a Blissey or a Dragonite, as well as allowing Darkrai to freely ues its moves in a matchup where its power is not needed. Tera Dark can be used to power up your Dark Pulses, allowing you to secure the 2HKO on walls like Garganacl, as well as picking off weakened foes easier, albiet at the cost of not changing its type defensively. (AP) Tera Poison doubles both as a defensive tera to let you tank Fighting and Fairy moves like Iron Valiant’s Close Combat or Enamorus’s Moonblast and soak up Toxic and Toxic Spikes as well as powering up your Sludge Bomb, allowing you to OHKO Clefable and non-Assault Vest Primarinas.

Choice Specs Darkrai fits best on Bulky Offense and Balance teams looking for a strong breaker that can still outspeed most offensive threats like Ogerpon-Wellspring or Serperior. Ogerpon-W and Cinderace. More relevant Darkrai appreciates slow pivots like Alomomola, Slowking-Galar, Galarian Slowking, and Pecharunt that can bring Darkrai in easily and give it more entry points to break. As with all Choice Item users, Choice Specs Darkrai can be prone to allowing in Pokemon who live whatever attack it is locked into to easily setup or revenge kill, so Pokemon that help form a strong defensive backbone like the three aforementioned bulky pivots as well as Corviknight or Moltres are strongly appreciated. Is there a way to incorporte this into the previous sentence? Specially cause its not clear why you decide to mention Corviknight and Moltres separatedly since they are also both slow pivots. You could then go a bit into more detail with the threats they can help against, with Pecharunt and Galarian Slowking helping against Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, and Primarina and Enamorus in Galarian Slowking's case, with Moltres aiding against Kingambit. Darkrai’s lack of Heavy-Duty-Boots allows it to be chipped down easily with hazards, so hazard removal options like Great Tusk, Weezing-Galar, Galarian Weezing, Cinderace, or Iron Treads are paramount. Even with Darkrai’s coverage options and power, Ting-Lu still poses a large threat to it, forcing it to rely more on predictions and not simply spam its Dark Pulse, so Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W or Rillaboom that can switch in on and threaten Ting-Lu help in that regard. Ogerpon-Wellspring stands out in particular, as it can also set Spikes to chip down Ting-Lu even further. Feel like this is far too much and not Darkrai specific.

- Right after what you have, you could mention how Darkrai aids physical attackers such as the aforementioned Ogerpon-W and Rillaboom, as well as the likes of Zamazenta and Dragonite, against physical walls such as Pecharunt and defensive Gholdengo.

- Gholdengo can help overwhelm shared checks such as Ting-Lu and Kingambit, threaten the likes of Zamazenta and Iron Valiant that scare Darkrai, and cripple defensive walls such as Blissey with Trick of its own to help open a path for Darkrai while Darkrai can do the same for Gholdengo, Choice Scarf Gholdengo in particular provides extra speed support for the team, being able to get the jump on threats that outpace Darkrai such as Dragapult and Zamazenta. You can pick whatever from here, does not have to be all of course since its a lot.
 
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duckycrater said:
Implemented ty, lmk if u have any more comments, otherwise should be GP ready
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You can tag gp team whenever yeah, I already gave it 2/2. If I were to mention anything, it would be moving the entry hazard removal Pokemon to the end of the paragraph. Pokemon without boots appreciating removal is happens in general and is not too Darkrai specific. Could maybe mention if they do something else like checking Kingambit, Tinkaton or the like. Up to you at this point
 
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