Monotype Durant (Steel) [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/1]

[Guwahavel]

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker (Steel)
move 1: First Impression
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Iron Head / Crunch
item: Life Orb
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Durant's impressive Speed tier, decent coverage options, and access to Hustle make it a powerful attacker and revenge killer for Steel teams, being able to naturally outpace and threaten Pokemon such as Hydreigon and Keldeo. STAB First Impression is a strong priority attack that allows it to deal massive damage to faster offensive threats such as Alolan Raichu, Barraskewda, and sun-boosted Venusaur. Superpower lets Durant hit Steel-types such as Excadrill and Ferrothorn, while Rock Slide targets Flying- and Fire-types such as Mandibuzz and Centiskorch, preventing these Pokemon from reliably switching in and checking Durant. Iron Head gives Durant a reliable attack that does not lower its stats, while Crunch can be used to threaten Ghost-types such as Aegislash and Jellicent.

Durant should generally avoid switching into strong attackers directly due to its poor bulk, instead utilizing predicted double switches or switching in after a teammate is KOed. Durant should try to inflict as much damage as possible once switched in, using First Impression to hit faster threats for high damage and using Superpower or Rock Slide to deal with potential defensive switch-ins, such as Lucario and Charizard. Durant's ability to dispose of fast threats is greatly appreciated by defensive teammates such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight. Ferrothorn's Grass typing and access to Leech Seed allow it to check Water-types such as Seismitoad and Gyarados that Durant can struggle with and it can also use Stealth Rock or Spikes to weaken Pokemon such as Dracovish so that Durant can KO them with First Impression. Corviknight provides a Ground immunity and can take advantage of Durant's checks such as Toxapex and Aegislash with Taunt. Melmetal is a monstrously powerful wallbreaker that can use its wide movepool to break past Pokemon such as Toxapex and Corviknight that can easily switch into Durant. Aegislash is a bulky attacker that can utilize Toxic or Choice Specs to wear down or break through teams for Durant to clean late-game, while also pressuring Ghost-types that resist First Impression, such as Gengar, with Shadow Ball. In exchange, Durant can threaten Dark-types such as Bisharp and Hydreigon that can try to take advantage of Aegislash. Choice Scarf Duraludon can alleviate pressure from Durant in checking fast threats and can Draco Meteor and Thunderbolt to KO Pokemon such as Dragapult and Pelipper for Durant. Bisharp can utilize Swords Dance and Knock Off to break past bulky Pokemon such as Toxapex and Sableye, allowing Durant to pose a larger threat to teams late-game, as well as Sucker Punch to threaten faster offensive teams in conjunction with Durant.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Steel Analysis by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Quality Checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar Checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Guwahavel]

Ready for QC 1

 

[mushamu]

[SET COMMENTS]
I would highlight First Impression's ability to pick off faster offensive threats as a strong priority move and use Venusaur under sun as an example over Hydreigon.

Since you talk about its good natural speed, I would talk go into more depth about it and say how it can naturally outspeed things like Hydreigon and Keldeo and connect that to how it can utilize its other attacks pretty well.

Mandibuzz > Noivern as an example. 252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Mandibuzz: 198-234 (46.6 - 55.1%) -- 68.4% chance to 2HKO
This makes it extremely good against Dark.

Let's see a usage tip or two on how you would generally use Durant thoughout a match.

Would definitely talk about Melmetal as an example over Bronzong, the latter isn't too common right now and Melmetal is a slower wallbreaker that can break down Pokemon like Toxapex for Durant while Durant has the fast, strong priority.

Since SubToxic Aegislash is now out, I would just focus on how it can spread status for Durant. Would run like Bisharp and Hydreigon as examples of Dark-type Pokemon that Aegislash struggles with and Durant can beat, don't have to mention Shadow Sneak.

Bisharp's synergy as a priority user needs to be talked about.

QC 1/2

 

[Guwahavel]

Implemented and ready for QC 2

 

[maroon]

- would mention aegislash can pretty much slap anything with its choice specs set, making them a nice wallbreaking core

QC 2/2

 

[Guwahavel]

Implemented QC 2

 

[kt3]

amcheck :')

add, remove, (comments)

Good writing :). Just be careful on which vs that and hyphenation.

f for kd

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker (Steel)
move 1: First Impression
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Iron Head / Crunch
item: Life Orb
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Durant's impressive Speed tier, decent coverage options, and access to Hustle make it a powerful attacker and revenge killer for Steel teams, being able to naturally outpace and threaten Pokemon such as Hydriegon Hydreigon and Keldeo. Durant's access to STAB First Impression allows it to have is a strong priority attack that can deal massive damage to faster offensive threats such as Alolan Raichu, Barraskewda, and sun-boosted Venusaur under sun (very nitpicky and optional; for clarity that it's only saur under sun). Superpower lets it Durant hit Steel-types such as Excadrill and Ferrothorn, while Rock Slide targets Flying- (AH) and Fire-types such as Centiskorch and Mandibuzz and Centiskorch, preventing these Pokemon from reliably switching in and checking Durant. Iron Head gives Durant a reliable attack that does not lower its stats, while Crunch can be used to threaten Ghost-types such as Aegislash and Jellicent.

Durant should generally avoid switching into strong attackers directly due to its poor bulk, instead utilizing predicted double switches or switching in after a Pokemon on its team is knocked out teammate is KOed. Durant should try to inflict as much damage as possible once switched in, using First Impression to hit faster threats for high damage, (RC) and using Superpower or Rock Slide to deal with potential defensive switch-ins, (RC) such as Lucario or and Charizard. Durant's ability to dispose of fast threats is greatly appreciated by defensive teammates such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight. Ferrothorn's Grass typing (RH) and access to Leech Seed allows it to check Water-types such as Seismitoad and Gyarados which that Durant can struggle with, (RC) while also being able to use Stealth Rock or Spikes to weaken Pokemon such as Dracovish so that (kinda optional) Durant can KO them with First Impression. Corviknight provides a Ground immunity (RH) and can take advantage of Durant's checks, such as Toxapex and Aegislash, (optional AC pair for clarity which has Taunt) with Taunt. Melmetal is a monstrously powerful wallbreaker that can use it's its movepool ("coverage" maybe? weird word choice imo) to break past Pokemon such as Toxapex and Corviknight which that can easily switch into Durant. Aegislash is a bulky attacker that can utilize Toxic or Choice Specs to wear down and or break through teams for Durant to clean late-game, (RC) while also pressuring Ghost-types which that resist First Impression, such as Gengar, with Shadow Ball. In exchange, Durant can threaten Dark-types such as Bisharp and Hydriegon which Hydreigon that can try to take advantage of Aegislash. Duraludon can act as a an Choice Scarf user to alleviate pressure from Durant in checking fast threats, (RC) and can use Draco Meteor and Thunderbolt to KO Pokemon such as Pelliper and Dragapult and Pelipper for Durant. Bisharp can utilize Swords Dance and Knock Off to break past bulky Pokemon such as Toxapex and Sableye, allowing Durant to pose a larger threat to teams in the late-game, as well as utilize Sucker Punch to threaten faster offensive teams in conjunction with Durant.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Steel Analysis by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Quality Checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar Checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

[Lumari]

kt3: add, remove, (comments)
tdp: add / fix remove (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1

f for kd

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker (Steel)
move 1: First Impression
move 2: Superpower
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Iron Head / Crunch
item: Life Orb
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Durant's impressive Speed tier, decent coverage options, and access to Hustle make it a powerful attacker and revenge killer for Steel teams, being able to naturally outpace and threaten Pokemon such as Hydriegon Hydreigon and Keldeo. Durant's access to STAB First Impression allows it to have is a strong priority attack that can deal ("allows it to deal") massive damage to faster offensive threats such as Alolan Raichu, Barraskewda, and sun-boosted Venusaur under sun (very nitpicky and optional; for clarity that it's only saur under sun). (keep as is) Superpower lets it Durant hit Steel-types such as Excadrill and Ferrothorn, while Rock Slide targets Flying- (AH) and Fire-types such as Centiskorch and Mandibuzz and Centiskorch, preventing these Pokemon from reliably switching in and checking Durant. Iron Head gives Durant a reliable attack that does not lower its stats, while Crunch can be used to threaten Ghost-types such as Aegislash and Jellicent.

Durant should generally avoid switching into strong attackers directly due to its poor bulk, instead utilizing predicted double switches or switching in after a Pokemon on its team is knocked out teammate is KOed. (either works) Durant should try to inflict as much damage as possible once switched in, using First Impression to hit faster threats for high damage, (RC) and using Superpower or Rock Slide to deal with potential defensive switch-ins, (RC) such as Lucario or and Charizard. Durant's ability to dispose of fast threats is greatly appreciated by defensive teammates such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight. Ferrothorn's Grass typing (RH) and access to Leech Seed allows it to check Water-types such as Seismitoad and Gyarados which that Durant can struggle with, (RC) (keep) while also being able to and it can also use Stealth Rock or Spikes to weaken Pokemon such as Dracovish so that (kinda optional) (meh) Durant can KO them with First Impression. Corviknight provides a Ground immunity (RH) and can take advantage of Durant's checks, such as Toxapex and Aegislash, (optional AC pair for clarity which has Taunt) with Taunt. Melmetal is a monstrously powerful wallbreaker that can use it's its movepool ("coverage" maybe? weird word choice imo) to break past Pokemon such as Toxapex and Corviknight which that can easily switch into Durant. Aegislash is a bulky attacker that can utilize Toxic or Choice Specs to wear down and or break through teams for Durant to clean late-game, (RC) while also pressuring Ghost-types which that resist First Impression, such as Gengar, with Shadow Ball. In exchange, Durant can threaten Dark-types such as Bisharp and Hydriegon which Hydreigon that can try to take advantage of Aegislash. Choice Scarf Duraludon can act as a an Choice Scarf user to alleviate pressure from Durant in checking fast threats, (RC) and can use Draco Meteor and Thunderbolt to KO Pokemon such as Pelliper and Dragapult and Pelipper for Durant. Bisharp can utilize Swords Dance and Knock Off to break past bulky Pokemon such as Toxapex and Sableye, allowing Durant to pose a larger threat to teams in the late-game, as well as utilize Sucker Punch to threaten faster offensive teams in conjunction with Durant.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Steel Analysis by: [[Guwahavel, 446329]]
- Quality Checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar Checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

[Havens]

Guwahavel have you implemented TDP's check yet?

 

[Guwahavel]

I am busy with school currently but I can implement this on 5/27.

 

[Guwahavel]

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[mushamu]

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