NU Diancie [QC 2/2] [GP 2/2]

[Oathkeeper]

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and a Rock / Fairy typing make Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition in Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Offs and U-turns. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. Unfortunately, Diancie's typing leaves it with a weakness to NU's many Water-types like Vaporeon as well as Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong. It also faces competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter, which has less exploitable typing and an ability in Stamina that more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn and check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press's power lets it hit Steel-types hard and 2HKO Copperajah, which would otherwise safely check Diancie, while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon and Mudsdale while making Diancie better at directly handling Sirfetch'd. Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to it like Mudsdale and Golurk. Specially defensive EV spreads can be considered too to better take on foes like Dragalge, Salazzle, and Heliolisk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for them. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as a spinner partner to form an entry hazard control core with Diancie, since most common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong hate facing Dhelmise.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Calm Mind lets Diancie overwhelm passive answers to it like Vaporeon and make use of its great coverage options. Similarly, Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used on special attacking sets to hit opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong.


Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former is 2HKOed by Body Press, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume are just a few threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Rotom-C can also deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Blastoise can use Diancie as setup fodder as it switches out. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and retaliate with Earthquake. Mudsdale does not want to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[quziel, 297859], [Rabia, 336073]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [deetah, 297659]]

 

[Rabia]

48 hours

 

[Oathkeeper]

Alright, have at it QC!

 

[quziel]

[OVERVIEW]

With great overall bulk, typing, and access to utility moves like Heal Bell, Diancie is one of the best Stealth Rock users in NU. Additionally, it serves as an excellent check to Pokemon like Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine; unlike its other Stealth Rock-setting competition in Copperajah and Bronzong. Diancie also serves as an excellent Knock Off and U-turn switch-in for teams that need a Stealth Rock teammate that can do so. With a 4x weakness to Steel, threats like Escavalier and Bronzong have little to fear from it. Even Dragon-types like Dragalge and Goodra which carry Poison-type coverage can face Diancie one-on-one and come out on top despite Diancie's typing. Lastly, Diancie does face competition from Mudsdale as physically defensive Stealth Rock setter due to its ability in Stamina and more reliable Defense boosts. This is quite negative for a well, fairly solid mon.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press' power lets it hit Steel-types like Copperajah that would otherwise check it and Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie like Mudsdale and Golurk. Note that Body Press 2HKOs Copperajah.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Choice Scarf Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for it. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. What specific mons work well with it to form a complete hazard control core, what mons appreciate Heal Bell.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

No Other Options ???


Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye and Dhelmise are just a couple of threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Vileplume and Rotom-C are also and can deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running. Neither one wants to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

Implement these and I'll give another look, this needs a fair bit of work so it may need to go through multiple iterations.

 

[Oathkeeper]

quziel Alright, I'm hoping this looks good!

 

[quziel]

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and a Rock / Fairy typing makes Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition from Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Off and U-turn hits. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. While its typing does provide a valuable Dragon-immunity, it does leave it with a weakness to Water, which leaves it unable to check Vaporeon well, as well as a 4x weakness to Steel, which makes it dislike Escavalier and Bronzong. Lastly, Diancie does face competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter which has less exploitable typing, and whose ability in Stamina automatically grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press' power lets it hit Steel-types and 2HKO Copperajah that would otherwise check it while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. What does moonblast do for you in terms of matchups (list, eg Mudsdale). Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie like Mudsdale and Golurk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Choice Scarf Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for it. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Sirfetch'd and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie are appreciated. Dhelmise works as Rapid Spin partner to form a hazard control core with Diancie since common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong doesn't like facing it. Dhelmise also can fearlessly switch into Scald from foes like Vaporeon since Diancie can get rid of any burn that Dhelmise gets with Heal Bell.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

A special attacking set utilizing Calm Mind and attacking moves like Earth Power can be used as well. Mention Power Gem to beat up Braviary now. Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used for hitting opposing Steel-types with the bonus hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder.


Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye and Dhelmise are just a couple of threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Vileplume and Rotom-C are also and can deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running. Neither one wants to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

Implement and then this is enough for 1/2

 

[Oathkeeper]

Ready for QC #2

 

[Rabia]

add remove comments

qc

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and a Rock / Fairy typing makes Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition from Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Off and U-turn hits. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. While its typing does provide a valuable Dragon-immunity, it does leave it with a weakness to Water, which leaves it unable to check Vaporeon well, as well as a 4x weakness to Steel, which makes it dislike Escavalier and Bronzong.(this point feels super contrived. What is the connection between having an immunity to Dragon and being unable to handle Vaporeon and Steel-types? I'm just not really sure what you're aiming to say here other than "Diancie can switch into Draco Meteor but loses to Vaporeon and Copperajah," which, while true, feels really oddly specific) Lastly, Diancie does face competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter which has less exploitable typing, and whose ability in Stamina automatically more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press's power lets it hit Steel-types and 2HKO Copperajah that would otherwise check it while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon, Mudsdale, and Fighting-types like Sirfetch'd.(reword the second part of this a bit to something like "makes Diancie better at directly handling Sirfetch'd") Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie like Mudsdale and Golurk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Choice Scarf Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for it them.(both of them do not like Fire-types) A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Sirfetch'd Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as Rapid Spin partner to form a hazard control core with Diancie since common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong doesn't like facing it.(yet Copperajah rather seamlessly deals with Dhelmise because of Heat Crash. you can afford to reword to saying it does well against most of the common Stealth Rock setters) Dhelmise also can fearlessly switch into Scald from foes like Vaporeon since Diancie can get rid of any burn that Dhelmise gets with Heal Bell.(you can just work this bit into the previous sentence given the change to replace the Sirfetch'd mention with a Dhelmise mention)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

A special attacking set utilizing Calm Mind and attacking moves like Earth Power can be used as well; Power Gem can be used on this to better deal with Braviary than Diamond Storm.(redo this sentence a bit because it's structured quite poorly and I think misses the point to using Calm Mind Diancie) Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used for hitting opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong.

Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye and Dhelmise are just a couple of threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Vileplume(surely this should be mentioned in the previous sentence; Diamond Storm isn't beating you before you outstall Diancie with Strength Sap healing) and Rotom-C are also and can deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.(well, if we're mentioning what these mons do when Diancie is forced out, might as well say Blastoise can Shell Smash on the switch)

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running. Neither one wants to be poisoned by Toxic, though.(does Golurk actually care that much about Toxic? it's not staying in too many turns in a row anyway and is mostly just sorta annoying for it)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

ding me when you do this

 

[Oathkeeper]

Alright Rabia, how about now?

 

[Rabia]

add remove comments

qc

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and Rock / Fairy typing makes Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition from Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Off and U-turn hits. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. Diancie's typing leaves it with a weakness to NU's many Water-types like Vaporeon, as well as Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong. Lastly, Diancie does face competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter which has less exploitable typing, and whose ability in Stamina more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press' power lets it hit Steel-types and 2HKO Copperajah that would otherwise check it while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon, Mudsdale, while making it better at directly handling Sirfetch'd. Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie like Mudsdale and Golurk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure them. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for it them (this was not a suggestion; this was a required edit). A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as Rapid Spin partner to form a hazard control core with Diancie since most of the common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong don't like facing Dhelmise; it can also fearlessly switch into Scald from foes like Vaporeon and since Diancie get rid of any burn that Dhelmise gets with Heal Bell.(yea so the idea behind putting this second bit into this sentence wasn't that you'd just... make it a second independent clause. you can be less verbose with it)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

A special attacking set utilizing Calm Mind to make Diancie a setup sweeper while buffing its Special Defense can be used too. Calm Mind lets Diancie overwhelm passive answers to it like Vaporeon and make use of its great coverage options. Similarly, Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used for hitting opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong.

Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out.(Bronzong seldom runs a Steel-type move tho?) The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume are just a few threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Rotom-C can also deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Blastoise can use Diancie as setup fodder as it switches out. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running.(why did you remove the part about Mudsdale not wanting to be poisoned)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

qc 2/2 when done

 

[Rabia]

oh also add a mention of spdef Diancie to OO

 

[Oathkeeper]

Ready for GP!

 

[Aaronboyer]

This is an amateur GP check. Feel free to only implement changes you agree with.
Also hi Oath, long time no see.
ADD REMOVE (COMMENTS)

AM GP Check

[OVERVIEW]
Great natural bulk and Rock / Fairy typing makes Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition from Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Off and U-turn hits. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. Diancie's typing leaves it with a weakness to NU's many Water-types like Vaporeon, as well as Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong. Lastly, Diancie does face competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter which has less exploitable typing, and whose ability in Stamina more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press' power lets it hit Steel-types and 2HKO Copperajah that would otherwise check it while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon,(RC) and Mudsdale,(RC) while making it better at directly handling Sirfetch'd. Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie like Mudsdale and Golurk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure them. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for them. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as Rapid Spin partner to form a hazard control core with Diancie since most common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong hate facing Dhelmise.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Calm Mind lets Diancie overwhelm passive answers to it like Vaporeon and make use of its great coverage options. Similary Similarly, Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used for hitting opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong. Running a fully specially defensive variant for Diancie to eat up such hits from threats like Dragalge, Goodra, and Heliolisk can potentially be a viable set as well.

Checks and Counters
====
**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume are just a few threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Rotom-C can also deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Blastoise can use Diancie as setup fodder as it switches out. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running. Mudsdale does not want to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[quziel, 297859], [Rabia, 336073]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

Very, very well written. I cannot believe how much you have improved as a writer.

 

[Oathkeeper]

Done, thanks friend Aaronboyer

 

[Rabia]

add remove comments

gp

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and Rock / Fairy typing makes Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition from in Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Offs and U-turns hits. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. Unfortunately,(AC) Diancie's typing leaves it with a weakness to NU's many Water-types like Vaporeon (RC) as well as Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong. Lastly, Diancie does face It also faces competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter,(AC) which has less exploitable typing (RC) and whose ability in Stamina more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn as well as and check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press's power lets it hit Steel-types hard and 2HKO Copperajah,(AC) that which would otherwise check it safely check Diancie,(AC) while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon and Mudsdale while making it Diancie better at directly handling Sirfetch'd. Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties to it and its team, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to Diancie it like Mudsdale and Golurk. Specially defensive EV spreads can be considered too to better take on foes like Dragalge, Salazzle, and Heliolisk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure them it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for them. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as Rapid Spin a spinner partner to form a hazard control core with Diancie,(AC) since most common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong hate facing Dhelmise.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Calm Mind lets Diancie overwhelm passive answers to it like Vaporeon and make use of its great coverage options. Similarly, Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used on special attacking sets for hitting opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong. Running a fully specially defensive variant for Diancie to eat up such hits from threats like Dragalge, Goodra, and Heliolisk can potentially be a viable set as well.

Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume are just a few threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Rotom-C can also deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Blastoise can use Diancie as setup fodder as it switches out. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and fight right back to send it running retaliate with Earthquake. Mudsdale does not want to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

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Diancie

[OVERVIEW]

Great natural bulk and a Rock / Fairy typing make Diancie one of the easiest answers to Talonflame, Salazzle, and Arcanine to put on a team while additionally setting Stealth Rock. Diancie can also support its team through Heal Bell, and unlike its competition in Copperajah and Bronzong, it can easily take Knock Offs and U-turns. Thanks to Diamond Storm and Body Press, Diancie can also threaten to sweep certain physically inclined teams thanks to Defense boosts granted. Unfortunately, Diancie's typing leaves it with a weakness to NU's many Water-types like Vaporeon as well as Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong. It also faces competition from Mudsdale as a physically defensive Stealth Rock setter, which has less exploitable typing and whose an ability in Stamina that more consistently grants Defense boosts.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Diamond Storm
move 3: Body Press
move 4: Moonblast / Heal Bell / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Clear Body
nature: Relaxed / Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Diancie fits nicely onto balanced or bulky offensive teams needing a Stealth Rock user that can switch into Knock Off or U-turn and check Fire-types. Thanks to Diancie's naturally high Defense stat, Body Press's power lets it hit Steel-types hard and 2HKO Copperajah, which would otherwise safely check Diancie, while Diamond Storm can potentially make it stronger. Moonblast hits threats like Flygon and Mudsdale while making Diancie better at directly handling Sirfetch'd. Alternatively, Heal Bell grants Diancie clerical duties, whereas Toxic cripples switch-ins to it like Mudsdale and Golurk. Specially defensive EV spreads can be considered too to better take on foes like Dragalge, Salazzle, and Heliolisk.

Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong easily force Diancie out, so teammates like Salazzle and Arcanine are appreciated here. These same teammates can deal with Grass-types like Rotom-C, Dhelmise, and Decidueye that also threaten Diancie. Rotom-C and Heliolisk are great teammates for Diancie to come in on Water-types that pressure it. Rotom-C also deals with Ground-types like Mudsdale and Golurk that easily switch into Diancie. In return, Diancie checks Fire-types for them. A teammate like Decidueye or Ninjask that can pivot on Fire-types to allow Diancie to come in and set Stealth Rock or use Heal Bell is also appreciated. Teammates like Dhelmise and Flygon that appreciate Heal Bell support from Diancie work well as partners. Dhelmise works as a spinner partner to form an entry hazard control core with Diancie, since most common Stealth Rock setters like Bronzong hate facing Dhelmise.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Calm Mind lets Diancie overwhelm passive answers to it like Vaporeon and make use of its great coverage options. Similarly, Choice Specs turns Diancie into a dangerous wallbreaker for teams not anticipating it while having perfect coverage. Mystical Fire can be used on special attacking sets for hitting to hit opposing Steel-types with the bonus of hitting foes like Vileplume and Escavalier harder, but it still leaves Diancie walled by Heatproof Bronzong.


Checks and Counters
====

**Steel-types**: Copperajah, Escavalier, and Bronzong can take advantage of Diancie's 4x weakness to Steel by forcing it out. The former goes down to two Body Press attacks is 2HKOed by Body Press, though.

**Grass-types**: Decidueye, Dhelmise, and Vileplume are just a few threats that hit Diancie hard while not caring about Body Press. Rotom-C can also deal significant damage to Diancie.

**Water-types**: Blastoise, Vaporeon, and Starmie offensively pressure and force out Diancie. Blastoise can use Diancie as setup fodder as it switches out. Vaporeon and Starmie can even use that opportunity to heal off any lost HP.

**Ground-types**: Mudsdale and Golurk eat up anything Diancie throws at them and retaliate with Earthquake. Mudsdale does not want to be poisoned by Toxic, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeepre, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[quziel, 297859], [Rabia, 336073]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [username2, userid2]]

 

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