National Dex UU [DONE] Keldeor than Me

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Keldeo) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Air Slash / Flip Turn / Toxic
- Secret Sword
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Keldeo leverages its fantastic offensive and defensive typing to be a reliable wallbreaker, capable of threatening defensive staples like Ting-Lu, Celesteela, Scizor, and Tyranitar while taking little from their attacks. Hydro Pump is generally preferred on Keldeo, OHKOing Buzzwole and Scizor after Stealth Rock and having odds to 2HKO defensive Celesteela. Surf hits similarly hard, and while it misses these damage thresholds, it provides greater consistency and more PP; this is particularly notable against Celesteela, which can waste Hydro Pump PP with Protect. Air Slash 2HKOes Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, while Flip Turn is an option alongside Pursuit users like Tyranitar and Bisharp, as they can threaten the aforementioned defensive options as well as other answers to Keldeo like Slowking and Mega Latias. Toxic is an alternative on teams without Pursuit to cripple checks like Slowking and Mega Latias, but it significantly hinders Keldeo's matchup against Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, making it a niche option. Vacuum Wave provides Keldeo with powerful priority that is able to pick off faster threats like Sand Rush Excadrill and Greninja as well as weakened targets like Iron Boulder and Mega Aerodactyl. Keldeo is typically seen on offense and sand teams looking for a powerful special attacker that can shore up weaknesses to offensive threats like Greninja and Iron Boulder. Sand teams in particular utilize Keldeo well, as Tyranitar can Pursuit trap Slowking and Mega Latias with Pursuit and provides sand, preventing Tapu Fini and Synthesis Mega Venusaur from being reliable long-term checks to Keldeo. Keldeo in return can help force damage onto Rotom-W and handle physical walls like Skarmory and Buzzwole. While Keldeo is powerful, it can struggle against teams with multiple Pokemon resistant or immune to its STAB attacks, which include defensive options such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Mega Latias. It can also be outsped quite easily by the offensive metagame, which consists of Pokemon such as Iron Moth, Iron Boulder, and Mega Aerodactyl. For these reasons, teammates like Scizor and Mienshao are appreciated for their ability to pressure shared checks, use Knock Off to remove important held items like Leftovers from Aegislash and Celesteela, and provide offensive answers to these Pokemon that threaten Keldeo. Teammates like Iron Moth and Zeraora work similarly, pivoting Keldeo in against Ground- and Grass-type Pokemon that it can threaten. Ting-Lu, Skarmory, and Celesteela help provide Keldeo's team with a defensive backbone against options like Iron Boulder and Clefable, with the former two able to set entry hazards to wear down many of its checks.

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Keldeo-Resolute) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Air Slash / Flip Turn / Toxic
- Secret Sword
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Keldeo leverages its fantastic offensive and defensive typing to be a reliable wallbreaker, capable of threatening defensive staples like Ting-Lu, Celesteela, Scizor, and Tyranitar while taking little from their attacks. Hydro Pump is generally preferred on Keldeo due to its greater power, allowing Keldeo to OHKO Buzzwole and Scizor after Stealth Rock while having odds to 2HKO defensive specify Celesteela. Surf hits similarly hard, and while it misses these damage thresholds it provides greater consistency and more PP, which is particularly notable against Celesteela, which can waste Hydro Pump PP with Protect. Air Slash is the coverage move of choice, easily 2HKOing the Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss which resist both of Keldeo's STAB moves, but Flip Turn is an option alongside Pursuit users like Tyranitar or Bisharp, as they can threaten the aforementioned defensive options as well as other answers to Keldeo, like Slowking and Mega Latias. Toxic can be used on teams lacking Pursuit with reliable answers to Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss Might be redundant here from what I'm reading above, msg me on cord if you wanna elaborate though to make Slowking and Mega Latias less reliable checks. Vacuum Wave provides Keldeo with powerful priority, able to pick off faster threats like Sand Rush Excadrill and this one feels huge for offense teams Greninja as well as weakened targets like Iron Boulder and Mega Aerodactyl. Keldeo is typically seen on offense and Sand teams looking for an powerful special attacker that can shore up weaknesses to offensive threats like Greninja and Iron Boulder. Sand in particular utilizes Keldeo well, as Tyranitar can trap Slowking and Mega Latias with Pursuit and provide Sand that prevents Tapu Fini from being a reliable long-term check to Keldeo and Mega Venusaur from using Synthesis effectively to do the same. Maybe add a blurb about how keld supports the sand core of ttar/exca in return? Like how it can pressure washer and abuse other annoying phys walls for the duo. While Keldeo is powerful, it can struggle against teams with multiple resists or immunities to its STAB attacks, as well as many common defensive options such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Mega Latias. It can also be outsped quite easily by the offensive metagame, such as Iron Moth, Iron Boulder, and Mega Aerodactyl. For these reasons, teammates like Scizor and Mienshao are appreciated for their ability to pressure shared checks, use Knock Off remove important held items like Leftovers from? (aegislash celesteela etc) To expand on this you could also mention things like hdb from amoong or av from tang, and provide offensive answers to the Pokemon that threaten Keldeo. Teammates like Iron Moth and Zeraora work similarly, pivotting Keldeo in against Ground- and Grass-type Pokemon that it can threaten. Ting-Lu, Skarmory, and Celesteela help provide Keldeo with a defensive backbone against options like Iron Boulder and Clefable, with the former two able to set hazards to wear down many of its checks.

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1/1 when implemented. Good stuff :blobthumbsup:
 
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[SET]
Choice Specs (Keldeo) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Air Slash / Flip Turn / Toxic
- Secret Sword
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Keldeo leverages its fantastic offensive and defensive typing to be a reliable wallbreaker, capable of threatening defensive staples like Ting-Lu, Celesteela, Scizor, and Tyranitar while and taking little from their attacks. Hydro Pump is generally preferred on Keldeo due to its greater power, allowing which allows Keldeo to OHKO Buzzwole and Scizor after Stealth Rock while having and have odds to 2HKO defensive Celesteela. Surf hits similarly hard, and while it misses these damage thresholds, (AC) it provides greater consistency and more PP, (RC) ; (ASC) which this is particularly notable against Celesteela, which as it can waste Hydro Pump PP with Protect. Air Slash 2HKOes Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, while Flip Turn is an option alongside Pursuit users like Tyranitar or and Bisharp, as they can threaten the aforementioned defensive options as well as other answers to Keldeo like Slowking and Mega Latias. Toxic is an option alternative using "options" quite a bit on teams without Pursuit to cripple checks like Slowking and Mega Latias, but it significantly hinders Keldeo's matchup into against Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, making it a niche option. Vacuum Wave provides Keldeo with powerful priority, (RC) which that is able to pick off faster threats like Sand Rush Excadrill and Greninja as well as weakened targets like Iron Boulder and Mega Aerodactyl. Keldeo is typically seen on offense and Sand sand teams looking for a powerful special attacker that can shore up weaknesses to offensive threats like Greninja and Iron Boulder. Sand in particular utilizes Keldeo well, as Tyranitar can trap Slowking and Mega Latias with Pursuit and provide Sand sand, preventing Tapu Fini and Synthesis Mega Venusaur from being a reliable long-term checks to Keldeo and Mega Venusaur from using Synthesis well to do the same. Keldeo in return can help force damage onto Rotom-W, (RC) wearing it down while also handling and handle physical walls like Skarmory and Buzzwole. While Keldeo is powerful, it can struggle against teams with multiple resists or immunities Pokemon resistant or immune to its STAB attacks, as well as many the following pokemon all resists its stabs which includes common defensive options such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Mega Latias. It can also be outsped quite easily by the offensive metagame, consisting of Pokemon such as Iron Moth, Iron Boulder, and Mega Aerodactyl. For these reasons, teammates like Scizor and Mienshao are appreciated for their ability to pressure shared checks, use Knock Off to remove important held items like Leftovers not aware if you have discussed it with them, but in case you missed it, the qc checker wanted a couple examples here, and provide offensive answers to the Pokemon that threaten Keldeo. Teammates like Iron Moth and Zeraora work similarly, pivoting Keldeo into against Ground- and Grass-type Pokemon that it can threaten. Ting-Lu, Skarmory, and Celesteela help provide Keldeo's team with a defensive backbone against options like Iron Boulder and Clefable, with the former two being able to set entry hazards to wear down many of its checks.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/danbear02.589016/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/iride.546157/
Grammar checked by:
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Implemented, though excluded some changes like 'and' over 'while' and a few others because as an AMGPer I'm curious to receive specific feedback if those wordings are considered more accurate and preferred when writing/GPing.
 
[SET]
Choice Specs (Keldeo) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Air Slash / Flip Turn / Toxic
- Secret Sword
- Vacuum Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Keldeo leverages its fantastic offensive and defensive typing to be a reliable wallbreaker, capable of threatening defensive staples like Ting-Lu, Celesteela, Scizor, and Tyranitar while taking little from their attacks. Hydro Pump is generally preferred on Keldeo due to its greater power, allowing Keldeo to (dex info) OHKOing Buzzwole and Scizor after Stealth Rock and having have odds to 2HKO defensive Celesteela. Surf hits similarly hard, and while it misses these damage thresholds, it provides greater consistency and more PP; this is particularly notable against Celesteela, which can waste Hydro Pump PP with Protect. Air Slash 2HKOes Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, while Flip Turn is an option alongside Pursuit users like Tyranitar and Bisharp, as they can threaten the aforementioned defensive options as well as other answers to Keldeo like Slowking and Mega Latias. Toxic is an alternative on teams without Pursuit to cripple checks like Slowking and Mega Latias, but it significantly hinders Keldeo's matchup against Mega Venusaur and Amoonguss, making it a niche option. Vacuum Wave provides Keldeo with powerful priority that is able to pick off faster threats like Sand Rush Excadrill and Greninja as well as weakened targets like Iron Boulder and Mega Aerodactyl. Keldeo is typically seen on offense and Sand sand teams looking for a powerful special attacker that can shore up weaknesses to offensive threats like Greninja and Iron Boulder. Sand teams in particular utilize utilizes Keldeo well, as Tyranitar can Pursuit trap Slowking and Mega Latias with Pursuit and provides sand, preventing Tapu Fini and Synthesis Mega Venusaur from being reliable long-term checks to Keldeo. Keldeo in return can help force damage onto Rotom-W and handle physical walls like Skarmory and Buzzwole. While Keldeo is powerful, it can struggle against teams with multiple Pokemon resistant or immune to its STAB attacks, which include includes defensive options such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Mega Latias. It can also be outsped quite easily by the offensive metagame, consisting which consists of Pokemon such as Iron Moth, Iron Boulder, and Mega Aerodactyl. For these reasons, teammates like Scizor and Mienshao are appreciated for their ability to pressure shared checks, use Knock Off to remove important held items like Leftovers from Aegislash and Celesteela, and provide offensive answers to the Pokemon that threaten Keldeo (could be worth specifying which mons, but up to you). Teammates like Iron Moth and Zeraora work similarly, pivoting Keldeo in against Ground- and Grass-type Pokemon that it can threaten. Ting-Lu, Skarmory, and Celesteela help provide Keldeo's team with a defensive backbone against options like Iron Boulder and Clefable, with the former two able to set entry hazards to wear down many of its checks.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/danbear02.589016/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/iride.546157/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sir-tetris.655207/
1: For the first sentence, the while -> and change wasn't necessary because original was fine; keldeo checked these pokemon and at the same time takes little damage from them.

2: Hydro pump change was good because it was 2 unrelated things, but the verb was in the incorrect form (it's within a participle clause):
Hydro Pump is generally preferred on Keldeo due to its greater power, allowing Keldeo to OHKO Buzzwole and Scizor after Stealth Rock and having odds to 2HKO defensive Celesteela.

3: Using option in place of alternative is okay

4: "While Keldeo is powerful, it can struggle against teams with multiple Pokemon resistant or immune to its STAB attacks, which include includes defensive options such as..."
"include" here is connected to "teams", which is a plural, so the verb shouldn't have an s at the end

5: "It (Keldeo) can also be outsped quite easily by the offensive metagame, consisting of Pokemon such as..."
the verb "consisting" is connected to Keldeo; it currently says "Keldeo is outsped by the offensive metagame. Keldeo consists of Pokemon such as..."
however, the hydro pump line at the start of the analysis was okay; "Hydro pump is preferred due to... Hydro pump allows Keldeo to..." the verbs are connected to the same noun, so it makes sense here (you can interpret hydro pump's power as the thing allowing Keldeo to reach these benchmarks, but in this case, both forms work perfectly, so we'll go with what the writer wrote and trust that this is what they mean.

(this note is for danbear) all weather must be lowercase (sun, sand, rain, etc) even when mentioning "sand teams". abilities stay capitalized though
GP Team done
by the way, don't credit amchecks unless the gper says to
(but you can credit us both for this one)
 
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