UU Fire Monke [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2]

[NDK]

[OVERVIEW]

Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams, with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into. Under sun, even the sturdiest of Water-types like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch in without risking a 2HKO. Its coverage moves also hit most Fire-resistant Pokemon for good damage, with Rock Slide hitting Moltres and Rotom-H, while Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego and lets Darmanitan revenge kill Tentacruel. Both coverage moves also don't have recoil damage. Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill, as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and many faster threats are unable to switch in safely. However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness severely limit its entry points, and it is still forced out by Lycanroc-D and Choice Scarf Hydreigon once they are in. Flare Blitz, its main STAB attack, has substantial recoil damage that racks up over time, which reduces Darmanitan's overall longevity. It also struggles to break past Fire-resistant Pokemon with recovery if it lacks sun support, like Primarina and Salamence. Darmanitan faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock resistance and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]


With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits most Pokemon very hard, OHKOing threats such as Scizor, Azelf, Amoonguss, and Celesteela. U-turn allows Darmanitan to take advantage of the switches it forces and pivot out on Pokemon that aren't 2HKOed by Flare Blitz, like Primarina and Slowking. Rock Slide hits Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres, and Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while also hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10%, and Excadrill without incurring recoil. Choice Scarf ensures that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10%, and Crobat.


Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, which appreciate its revenge killing while strengthening its nuclear Flare Blitz. Torkoal is the cornerstone of sun teams, providing Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, and sun. Venusaur sets up on foes that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and trade with Noivern, as well as pivoting out of bad matchups like Primarina and Keldeo to give Venusaur setup opportunities. Defensive Celesteela checks Hydreigon and Excadrill, while Darmanitan breaks through Celesteela checks like Chansey. Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support, and can heal Darmanitan's chip damage from Stealth Rock with Healing Wish. Swampert and Chansey are great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon. Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. It also handles many physical attackers that threaten Darmanitan, such as Diggersby and Hippowdon, well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Trick is an option to debilitate defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it sacrifices the Speed boost from Choice Scarf, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary, and has to replace a coverage move. Choice Band can further increase Darmanitan's power, but it becomes more vulnerable to revenge killers like Nihilego and Cobalion, and the additional power is mostly unnecessary. Heavy-Duty Boots grants Darmanitan more longevity, letting it fit on different team archetypes, but the loss of Speed prevents it from fulfilling an offensive pivot role that well compared to other options like Azelf.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not commonly running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With that and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down very quickly. Hippowdon's summoned sand also wears down Darmanitan and removes sun.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's Attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Choice Scarf Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed, and it can potentially predict Darmanitan switching out to wallbreak.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Primarina, Slowking, Swampert, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan with their STAB moves. However, if sun is active, they might struggle to switch in on Flare Blitz. Keldeo acts as an offensive check, but it doesn't like to directly switch in, and Azumarill can revenge kill Darmanitan with Aqua Jet.

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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Sage, 192277]]
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[romanji]

AM Check! Make sure to fix your grammar.

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[OVERVIEW]

-Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker on sun teams with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier. Mention how even resistances like keld and nihi get 2hkoed
-Its Coverage also enables it to hit the majority of the tier for good damage. such as?
When combined with a Choice Scarf, its speed lets it catch opposing teams off guard. 99% of darms are scarf so i would reword this to state how it is very hard to outspeed darm in a tier with limited speed control
-However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness make it highly vulnerable to getting revenge killed by priority and other Choice Scarf users like Hydreigon.
-It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon such as Primarina and Hippowdon.
-It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock neutrality, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits the majority of the tier very hard.
- U-turn is used to pivot around awkward matchups, such as Hippowdon, while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces.
-Rock Slide is used to hit Flying types such as Salamence and Thundurus-T Moltres for Super Effective Damage.
-Earthquake hits Cobalion and Excadrill hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. Nihilego is an important mention too
-Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed the entire unboosted metagame.
- The listed spread maximizes Darmanitan's Speed and Attack. pointless fluff

Paragraph 2
-Because Darmanitan only fits on sun teams , Torkoal and Venusaur are necessary partners.
Torkoal provides sun and Stealth Rock support. It also provides Rapid Spin support to clear hazards.
Venusaur deals with Water and Ground types such as Hippowdon and Primarina. reword to show Darm lures these pivots and would bring venu in on those threats
-Celesteela deals with Hydreigon and Excadrill, in turn, Darmanitan deals with walls such as Chansey. mention how it likes the boost to flamethrower
there are many partners you could have
- Mention Hatterene as a check to dragon-types which can also heal off the chip it takes from blitz recoil and rocks with healing wish
- Swampert and Chansey as defensive pivots
- skarm can stack spikes with

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Superpower can be used to hit Zarude for super effective damage without recoil, however, the lowering of attack makes it more prone to switching out.
-Zen Headbutt could be run to hit Keldeo for super effective damage, however, it loses out on more valuable coverage moves.
- I think trick might be worth bringing up to cripple defensive walls like hippo and prim
- Choice Band can increase Darmanitan's power further but makes it more vulnerable to getting revenge killed.
- Life Orb could be run to boost Darmanitan's damage output, however, this makes it get worn down even faster. i wouldn't use this over band and the rocks chip wears it down far too quickly
-Heavy Duty Boots may be an option to mitigate Darmanitan's entry hazard weakness, but the lack of Choice Scarf hurts it a lot.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Describe why the Pokemon is a threat. Due to not running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down really fast.

**Faster Threats and Priority**: Describe why the Pokemon is a threat. Common Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon and Zarude can deal major damage with their moves. However, they cannot switch in, especially Zarude. Priority users such as Scizor, Lycanroc-D, Azumarill, and Zygarde-10% can all KO a chipped Darmanitan.

**Bulky Pokemon**: Hippowdon can come in on Darmanitan and force it out with Earthquake, it also overwrites sun with sand. Primarina can come in on Darmanitan outside of sun and proceed to KO it with water-type moves. Slowking should also be here

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[Monky25]

if I had a nickel every time darm...

[OVERVIEW]

-Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker on sun teams with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier.
-Even Pokemon that resist its attacks such as Keldeo and Nihilego get 2HKOed. Under sun, the sturdiest of Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot even switch in without risking a 2HKO.
-Its Coverage also enables it to hit the majority of the tier for good damage, with Rock Slide dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H Flying types and Earthquake dealing with Keldeo and Zygarde-10% without having to take recoil. Poison types. I fixed this section up since most flying-types drop to flare blitz, same with poisons. Understand why you would use these moves beyond super effective damage, it's so darm doesnt have to click flare blitze unless necessary.
-It is very difficult to outspeed a Choice Scarfed Darmanitan with limited speed control options.
-However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness make it highly vulnerable to getting revenge killed by priority and other Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon.
-highlight how it's main stab kills itself over time and thus has awful longevity
-It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon such as Primarina, Salamence, and Hippowdon.
-It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock neutrality, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits the majority of the tier very hard. get specific, say what KOs it nets.
-U-turn is used to pivot around awkward matchups, such as Hippowdon and Slowking, while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces.
-Rock Slide is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres for Super Effective Damage.
-Earthquake hits Cobalion, Zygarde-10%, and Excadrill hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. It also OHKOs Nihilego.
-Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while still having nuclear power

Paragraph 2
-try to make the writing stronger; something like "Darmanitan best fits at home on sun teams that appreciate its revenge killing capabilities while enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz." You can then talk about how Torkaol sets up stealth rock and removes entry hazards while Venusaur picks off Water- and Ground-types that Darmanitan lure in. You get the idea; I don't want to write out the whole thing
-Because Darmanitan only fits on sun teams, Torkoal and Venusaur are necessary partners.
Torkoal provides sun and Stealth Rock support. It also provides Rapid Spin support to clear hazards.
-Darmanitan can lure Hippowdon and Primarina and pivot into Venusaur, which defeats them.
-Celesteela deals with Hydreigon and Excadrill, in turn, Darmanitan deals with walls such as Chansey.
-Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rocks with Healing Wish.
-Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely. expand more here, bring up some threats they can check for Darmanitan too
-Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. for? Say what the chip is needed to do

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Superpower can be used to hit Zarude for super effective damage without recoil, however, the lowering of attack makes it more prone to switching out.
-Zen Headbutt could be run to hit Keldeo for super effective damage, however, it loses out on more valuable coverage moves. these seem pretty bad I wouldn't run these, cut them
-Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and loses out on one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary.
-Choice Band can increase Darmanitan's power further but makes it more vulnerable to getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion.
-Heavy Duty Boots may be an option to mitigate Darmanitan's entry hazard weakness, but the lack of Choice Scarf hurts it a lot. it's less about this, this should be worded how boots lets it attempt to fit on more bulky offense and Voltturn teams but its main move killing itself and middling speed and lack of defensive utility means this option isn't really worth it

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down really fast.

**Faster Threats and Priority**: Common Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon and Zarude can deal major damage with their moves. However, they cannot switch in, especially Zarude. Priority users such as Scizor, Lycanroc-D, Azumarill, and Zygarde-10% can all KO a chipped Darmanitan.

**Bulky Pokemon**: Hippowdon can come in on Darmanitan and force it out with Earthquake, it also overwrites sun with sand. Primarina can come in on Darmanitan outside of sun and proceed to KO it with water-type moves. Slowking can also come in outside of sun and hit Darmanitan for major damage.

I want these sections changed to reflect a more cleaner and better grouping of Darmanitan's checks and counters. See below

**Dragon-types**: Here defensive salamence, hydreigon, and zygarde-10% should be brought up. Say how the former is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and hindering it with intimidate, while the latter two revenge kill it by either being faster than it (scarf hydra) or with priority (zydog)

**Water-types**: Slowking, Primarina, and Rotom-W should be brought up as solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage it with scald, but note they get 2HKOed if they switch in while sun is up and can't KO it back due to water-type moves being weakened. Mention Keldeo as an offensive check and azumarill as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.

**Ground-types**: Bring up Hippo's ability to tank a hit, remove sun with sand, and force it out with eq, but acknowledge it can't reliably switch in. Bring up swampert and rhyperior as other ground-types that can take a hit and KO it back with earthquake

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- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

QC 1/3 make sure to implement this all
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avg great job with this AM check and your other recent ones.

 

[NDK]

Implemented!

 

[Mystras]

I won't mark right now, ill check again later to see how well you implemented. Sorry for the wait

Not bad, though I think you can use some help with adding more information in general. For some advice try looking on the VR while you write so you can gain more ideas to work with.
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NoahDeKnight, post: 9284836, member: 458971

[OVERVIEW]

-Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier.
-Even Pokemon that resist its attacks such as Keldeo and Nihilego get 2HKOed. Under sun, the sturdiest of Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch even in without risking a 2HKO. I'd swap these two sentences, you want to make the more standout things about them to come first.
-Its coverage lowercased also enables it to hit the majority of the tier for good damage, with Rock Slide dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake dealing with Keldeo and Zygarde-10% without having to take recoil. id also add that eq is a means of immediately killing Nihilego
-It is very difficult to outspeed a Choice Scarfed Darmanitan with limited speed control options. "speed control" is not a term used in singles, try finding a way to say that darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill as it resists Scizor's bullet punch and the faster Pokemon like scarf hydreigon cannot switch in safely
-However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness make it highly vulnerable to getting revenge killed by priority and other Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon.
-Flare Blitz, its main STAB only stab attack, has a substantial amount of recoil over time, which makes Darmanitan have awful longevity.
-It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon such as Primarina, Salamence, and Hippowdon.
-It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock neutrality, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits the majority of the tier very hard, KOing threats such as Scizor, Amoongus, and Azelf.
-U-turn is used to pivot around unfavorable awkward matchups, such as Hippowdon and Slowking while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces.
-Rock Slide is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres for super effective damage.
-Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while hitting hits Cobalion, Zygarde-10% and Excadrill hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. It also OHKOs Nihilego.
-Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while still having nuclear power. try being more specific, Pokemon like crobat, azelf, etc.

Paragraph 2
- Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who appreciate its revenge-killing capabilities while enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz.
- Torkoal provides sun and Stealth Rock support. It also provides Rapid Spin support to clear hazards.
- Venusaur can pick off Water and Ground types that Darmanitan lures in. I think you can put a little more detail, mention specific Pokemon that darmanitan breaks for venusaur like Celesteela, forces damage on opponents like noivern. Venusaur can setup on opponents that revenge kill darmanitan like keldeo and primarina lacking coverage.
- Celesteela deals with Hydreigon and Excadrill, in turn, Darmanitan deals with walls such as Chansey.
- Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rocks with Healing Wish.
- Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against? have examples that they lure in, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon.
- Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan, which is useful in OHKOing Chansey in sun. give other things that Skarmory handles for darmanitan, Diggersby and taking advantage of Hippowdon are nice attributes

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary.
-Choice Band can increase Darmanitan's power further but makes it more vulnerable to getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion.
-Heavy Duty Boots attempts to make Darmanitan fit on bulky offense and Voltturn teams but with its main move killing itself and also having middling speed makes this option suboptimal.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down really fast.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Defensive Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's attack with Intimidate.dont forget roost for longevity Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan with a Choice Scarf and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed.

**Water-types**: Water-Types such as Primarina, Slowking, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan with Scald or Hydro Pump in the case of Rotom-W. However, they get 2HKOed if they switch in while the sun is up and are unable to KO it back due to water moves being weaker under the effects of sun. Keldeo acts as an offensive check with Hydro Pump, and Azumarill can act as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.

**Ground-Types**: Hippowdon can tank a hit from Darmanitan, remove sun with sand, and can force Darmanitan out with Earthquake. However, it is unable to reliably switch in. Swampert and Rhyperior are other Ground-types that can take a hit from Darmanitan and KO it with Earthquake.

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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
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[NDK]

Implemented

 

[Mystras]

2/3 Remember to take out the bullet points when you implement this and merge them into paragraphs.

By the way, the text in purple are meant to be for my own personal comments, you don't have to add them word for word. I'd rather you find your own wording when I make comments like this because even if you fumble at the start, it's a good learning experience.
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NoahDeKnight, post: 9284836, member: 458971

[OVERVIEW]

-Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier.
-Under sun, the sturdiest of Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch even in without risking a 2HKO. Even Pokemon that resist its attacks such as Keldeo and Nihilego get 2HKOed.
-Its coverage also enables it to hit the majority of the tier for good damage, with Rock Slide dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake to OHKO Nihilego and revenge kill dealing with Keldeo and Zygarde-10% without having to take recoil while also allowing Darmanitan to instantly OHKO Nihilego.
-Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and faster threats such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon are unable to switch in safely.
-However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness make it highly vulnerable to getting revenge killed by other priority moves like Lycanroc-D's Accelerock and other Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon.
-Flare Blitz, main STAB attack, has a substantial amount of recoil over time, which makes Darmanitan have awful longevity.
-It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon such as Primarina, Salamence, and Hippowdon.
-It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock neutrality, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits the majority of the tier very hard, OHKOing threats such as Scizor, Amoongus, and Azelf. I would like a little bit more emphasis that Darmanitan can revenge kill Pokemon like Azelf and Raikou cause of their frailty, since this sort of information might not be very intuitive for some
-U-turn is used to pivot around unfavorable matchups, such as Hippowdon, Primarina, and Slowking while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces.
-Rock Slide is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres for super effective damage.
-Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10% and Excadrill hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. OHKOs Nihilego.
-Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10% and Crobat while still having nuclear power.

Paragraph 2
-Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who appreciate its revenge-killing capabilities while enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz.
Torkoal provides sun and Stealth Rock support. It also provides Rapid Spin support to clear hazards.
-Venusaur can set up on opponents that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and can put damage on trade with Noivern. try to implement something about Darmanitan giving venusaur more opportunities to threaten them with U-turn in this sentence
-Celesteela deals with Hydreigon and Excadrill, in turn, Darmanitan deals with walls such as Chansey.
-Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rocks with Healing Wish.
-Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon.
-Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan, which is useful in OHKOing Chansey in sun. It also handles Diggersby and Hippowdon well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary.
-Choice Band can increase Darmanitan's power further but makes it more vulnerable to getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion.
-Heavy-Duty Boots added hyphen attempts to make Darmanitan fit on bulky offense and VoltTurn fixed capitalization teams but with its main move killing itself and also having middling speed makes this option suboptimal.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down really fast.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Defensive Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan with a Choice Scarf and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed.

**Water-types**: Water-Types such as Primarina, Slowking, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan with Scald or Hydro Pump in the case of Rotom-W. However, they get 2HKOed if they switch in while the sun is up and are unable to KO it back due to water moves being weaker under the effects of sun. Keldeo acts as an offensive check with Hydro Pump, and Azumarill can act as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.

**Ground-Types**: Hippowdon can tank a hit from Darmanitan, remove sun with sand, and can force Darmanitan out with Earthquake. However, it is unable to reliably switch in. Swampert and Rhyperior are other Ground-types that can take a hit from Darmanitan and KO it with Earthquake.

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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

 

[Sage]

NoahDeKnight Tag me on discord once this is implemented and i'll look over to approve for GP, nice job. one thing I noticed for future checks is that sometimes you presented incorrect information for OHKOs or Darmanitan needing Sun to kill things it already killed in neutral weather, make sure to double check your calcs!

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Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier. Under sun, the sturdiest of Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch even in without risking a 2HKO. Even Pokemon that resist its attacks such as Keldeo and Nihilego get 2HKOed. Superfluous, doesn't need to be stated that frailer resists also die. Its coverage also enables it to hit the majority of the tier's Fire resists for good damage, with Rock Slide dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake to OHKO Nihilego and revenge kill Tentacruel. Keldeo and Zygarde-10% without having to take recoil. Resisted Flare Blitz is already stronger than neutral coverage moves for Darmanitan. Even with the factor of recoil, in the main body coverage moves should only be suggested for super effective targets that resist Flare Blitz, you can add a line in strategy about using non recoil moves for low hp targets. Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and many faster threats are unable to switch in safely, but its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness severely limit its entry points into a game and it still can be forced out by Lycanroc-D's priority and Choice Scarf Hydreigon once they are in. However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness make it highly vulnerable to getting revenge killed by other priority moves such as Lycanroc-D's Accelerock and other Choice Scarf users such as Hydreigon. This was phrased quite weirdly with Hydreigon mentioned as both something that is good at and bad at revenge killing it, so changed wording to convey the point better. Flare Blitz, its main STAB attack, has a substantial amount of recoil over time, which makes Darmanitan have awful longevity. It also can struggle with breaking past Pokemon that resist Fire with recovery such as Primarina and Salamence without Sun support. Salamence, and Hippowdon. Analysis Hippo spread is a high chance to be 2hkoed coming into Flare Blitz and doesn't really fit as a counter that should be explicitly mentioned. It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock neutrality, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

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With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits the majority of the tier very hard, enabling Darmanitan to OHKO threats such as Scizor, Amoonguss, Azelf, and Celesteela. It can also revenge kill threats such as Azelf, Raikou, and Starmie with sun up. Majority of all of these died without Sun, don't need to mention sun support in its move descriptions. U-turn is used to pivot around unfavorable matchups where Flare Blitz won't result in a 2HKO, such as Hippowdon, Primarina and Slowking while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces. Rock Slide is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres for super effective damage, and Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10% and Excadrill hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10% and Crobat.

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Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who appreciate its revenge-killing capabilities while enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz. Torkoal is the main part of Sun teams, adding Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin support, and the Sun itself. Torkoal provides sun and Stealth Rock support, It also provides Rapid Spin support to clear hazards. Venusaur can set up on opponents that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and can trade with Noivern, as well as pivoting out of bad matchups like Primarina and Keldeo to get Venusaur setup opportunities. Darmanitan can pivot out of these bad matchups with U-turn, and in turn, gives Venusaur more opportunities to threaten the aforementioned Primarina and Keldeo. Defensive Celesteela checks Hydreigon and Excadrill, in turn, while Darmanitan uses Celesteela's answers like Chansey as wall-breaking chances. deals with walls such as Chansey . General cleanup to better describe the game flow of what Darmanitan accomplishes. Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support, and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rocks with Healing Wish. Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon. Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. ,which is useful in OHKOing Chansey in sun. Only an 18% chance to OHKO with a Spike, be careful when adding KO threshold suggestions that they are correct. It also handles many physical attackers which can threaten Darmanitan, such as Diggersby and Hippowdon well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary. Choice Band can increase Darmanitan's power further but makes it more vulnerable to getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion, and the additional power is mostly unnecessary. Heavy-Duty Boots grants Darmanitan more longevity to try and fit on different team archetypes, but the loss of speed prevents it from fulfilling this role that well compared to other offensive pivot options like Azelf. Heavy-Duty Boots attempts to make Darmanitan fit on bulky offense and VoltTurn teams but with its main move killing itself and also having middling speed makes this option suboptimal. Good job with this section, only slight additions / wording changes.

Checks and Counters
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**Chip Damage**: Due to not commonly running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down really fast. Hippowdon's Sand Stream is another source of chip damage tat also can remove the Sun which enables Darmanitan.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan with a Choice Scarf and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed, as well as use Darmanitan switching out to wall-break.

**Water-types**: Water-Types such as Primarina, Slowking, Swampert, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan with their STAB moves. Scald or Hydro Pump in the case of Rotom-W. However, if Sun is active they might struggle coming into Flare Blitz. they get 2HKOed if they switch in while the sun is up and are unable to KO it back due to water moves being weaker under the effects of sun. Still depends on their sets so best to just say they may struggle with checking it in Sun. Keldeo acts as an offensive check that doesn't like to directly switch in, with Hydro Pump and Azumarill can act as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.

**Ground-Types**: Hippowdon can tank a hit from Darmanitan, remove sun with sand, and can force Darmanitan out with Earthquake. However, it is unable to reliably switch in. Swampert and Rhyperior are other Ground-types that can take a hit from Darmanitan and KO it with Earthquake. Remove this section, Hippowdon can't switch into Flare Blitz well at all and Rhyperior is barely existent as a Pokemon in the meta. Hippo will now be mentioned in the Chip damage section and Swampert will be moved to Water-types.

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[OVERVIEW]

Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams, (ac) with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for many Pokemon. the majority of the tier. Under sun, even the sturdiest of Water-types Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch in without risking a 2HKO. Its coverage also lets it enables it to hit most Fire-resistant Pokemon for good damage, the majority of the tier's Fire resists for good damage, with Rock Slide hitting Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake OHKOing Nihilego and revenge killing Tentacruel. dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake to OHKO Nihilego and revenge kill Tentacruel without having to take recoil. Both of the aforementioned coverage moves also don't have recoil damage. Aditionally, the aforementioned moves can be used if Darmanitan does not want to suffer recoil damage. Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill, (ac) as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and many faster threats are unable to switch in safely. safel. (ap) However, but its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness severely limit its entry points, (ac) into a game and it is still still can be forced out by Lycanroc-D's Accelerock priority and Choice Scarf Hydreigon once they are in. Flare Blitz, its main STAB attack, has a substantial amount of recoil damage that racks up over time, over time, which reduces Darmanitan's overall longevity. makes Darmanitan have awful longevity. It also struggles to break past Fire-resistant Pokemon with recovery if it lacks sun support, like Primarina and Salamence. It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon that resist Fire with recovery such as Primarina and Salamence without Sun support. Darmanitan It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock resistance and lack of recoil damage. reisistance, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits most Pokemon the majority of the tier very hard, OHKOing enabling Darmanitan to OHKO (i also don't think enable is necessary as a word here when these pokemon are super frail or weak to it and would be ohkoed otherwise) threats such as Scizor, Azelf, (ac) Amoonguss, and Celesteela. U-turn allows Darmanitan to take advantage of the switches it forces and pivot out on Pokemon that aren't 2HKOed by Flare Blitz, like Primarina and Slowking. U-turn is used to pivot around unfavorable matchups where Flare Blitz won't result in a 2HKO , such as Primarina, and Slowking while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces. Rock Slide hits is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres for super effective damage and Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while also hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10% and Excadrill without taking recoil. hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. Choice Scarf is run to ensure that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10% and Crobat.

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Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who appreciate its revenge killing (removed hyphen) capabilities while strengthening enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz. Torkoal is the main part of sun Sun teams, providing Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, and setting the sun. adding Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin support, and the Sun itself. Venusaur sets up on can set up on opponents that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and can trade with Noivern, as well as pivot pivoting out of bad matchups like Primarina and Keldeo to give get Venusaur setup opportunities. Defensive Celesteela checks Hydreigon and Excadrill, while Darmanitan breaks through Celesteela checks like Chansey. Darmanitan uses Celesteela's answers like Chansey as wall-breaking chances. Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support, and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rock Rocks with Healing Wish. Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon. Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. It also handles many physical attackers that which can threaten Darmanitan, such as Diggersby and Hippowdon well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and has to replace one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary. Choice Band can further increase Darmanitan's power, (ac) further but makes it more vulnerable to being getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion and the additional power is mostly unnecessary. Heavy-Duty Boots grants Darmanitan more longevity, (ac) letting it fit on to try and fit on different team archetypes, but it is generally inferior to other offensive pivots like Azelf due to the loss of speed. but the loss of speed prevents it from fulfilling this role that well compared to other offensive pivot options like Azelf.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not commonly running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With that Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down very really fast. Hippowdon's Sand Stream also wears down Darmanitan and removes the sun that strengthens Darmanitan. is another source of chip damage that also can remove the Sun which enables Darmanitan.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's Attack attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Choice Scarf Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan with a Choice Scarf and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed, (ac) and can potentially predict Darmanitan switching out to wallbreak. as well as use Darmanitan switching out to wall-break. (is this what you meant?)

**Water-types**: Water-types Water-Types such as Primarina, Slowking, Swampert, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan their STAB moves. However, if sun Sun is active, (ac) they might struggle to switch in on Flare Blitz. coming into Flare Blitz. Keldeo acts as an offensive check, (ac) but that doesn't like to directly switch in, and Azumarill can revenge kill Darmanitan act as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.


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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Sage, 192277]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams, (ac) with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into for the majority of the tier. Under sun, even the sturdiest of Water-types like Water-type resists like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch in without risking a 2HKO. Its coverage also lets it enables it to hit most Fire-resistant Pokemon for good damage, the majority of the tier's Fire resists for good damage, with Rock Slide hitting Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake OHKOing Nihilego and revenge killing Tentacruel. dealing with Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake to OHKO Nihilego and revenge kill Tentacruel without having to take recoil. Both of the aforementioned coverage moves also don't have recoil damage. Aditionally, the aforementioned moves can be used if Darmanitan does not want to suffer recoil damage. Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill, (ac) as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and many faster threats are unable to switch in safely. safel. (ap) However, but its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness severely limit its entry points, (ac) into a game and it is still still can be forced out by Lycanroc-D's Accelerock priority and Choice Scarf Hydreigon once they are in. Flare Blitz, its main STAB attack, has a substantial amount of recoil damage that racks up over time, over time, which reduces Darmanitan's overall longevity. makes Darmanitan have awful longevity. It also struggles to break past Fire-resistant Pokemon with recovery if it lacks sun support, like Primarina and Salamence. It also struggles with breaking past Pokemon that resist Fire with recovery such as Primarina and Salamence without Sun support. Darmanitan It faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock resistance and lack of recoil damage. reisistance, and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits most Pokemon the majority of the tier very hard, OHKOing enabling Darmanitan to OHKO (i also don't think enable is necessary as a word here when these pokemon are super frail or weak to it and would be ohkoed otherwise) threats such as Scizor, Azelf, (ac) Amoonguss, and Celesteela. U-turn allows Darmanitan to take advantage of the switches it forces and pivot out on Pokemon that aren't 2HKOed by Flare Blitz, like Primarina and Slowking. U-turn is used to pivot around unfavorable matchups where Flare Blitz won't result in a 2HKO , such as Primarina, and Slowking while also taking advantage of the many switches it forces. Rock Slide hits is used to hit Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres, (ac) for super effective damage and Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while also hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10%, (ac) and Excadrill without taking recoil. hard without having the recoil of Flare Blitz. Choice Scarf is run to ensure ensures that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10%, (ac) and Crobat.

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Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who appreciate its revenge killing (removed hyphen) capabilities while strengthening enabling its nuclear Flare Blitz. Torkoal is the main part of sun Sun teams, providing Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, and setting the sun. adding Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin support, and the Sun itself. Venusaur sets up on can set up on opponents that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and can trade with Noivern, as well as pivot pivoting out of bad matchups like Primarina and Keldeo to give get Venusaur setup opportunities. Defensive Celesteela checks Hydreigon and Excadrill, while Darmanitan breaks through Celesteela checks like Chansey. Darmanitan uses Celesteela's answers like Chansey as wall-breaking chances. Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support, and can heal the chip damage from Stealth Rock Rocks with Healing Wish. Swampert and Chansey act as great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon. Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. It also handles many physical attackers that which can threaten Darmanitan, such as Diggersby and Hippowdon well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Trick is an option to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses the speed boost from Choice Scarf, and has to replace one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary. Choice Band can further increase Darmanitan's power, (ac) further but makes it more vulnerable to being getting revenge killed by threats like Nihilego and Cobalion and the additional power is mostly unnecessary. Heavy-Duty Boots grants Darmanitan more longevity, (ac) letting it fit on to try and fit on different team archetypes, but it is generally inferior to other offensive pivots like Azelf due to the loss of Speed. but the loss of speed prevents it from fulfilling this role that well compared to other offensive pivot options like Azelf.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not commonly running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With that Hazard Damage and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down very really fast. Hippowdon's Sand Stream also wears down Darmanitan and removes sun. is another source of chip damage that also can remove the Sun which enables Darmanitan.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's Attack attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Choice Scarf Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan with a Choice Scarf and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed, (ac) and can potentially predict Darmanitan switching out to wallbreak. as well as use Darmanitan switching out to wall-break. (is this what you meant?)

**Water-types**: Water-types Water-Types such as Primarina, Slowking, Swampert, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan their STAB moves. However, if sun Sun is active, (ac) they might struggle to switch in on Flare Blitz. coming into Flare Blitz. Keldeo acts as an offensive check, (ac) but that doesn't like to directly switch in, and Azumarill can revenge kill Darmanitan act as a revenge killer with Aqua Jet.


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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Sage, 192277]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [UT, 523866], [username3, userid3]]

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[OVERVIEW]

Darmanitan is a great wallbreaker and revenge killer on sun teams, with its sun-boosted Flare Blitz being extremely difficult to switch into. Under sun, even the sturdiest of Water-types like Slowking and RestTalk Primarina cannot switch in without risking a 2HKO. Its coverage also lets it moves also hit most Fire-resistant Pokemon for good damage, with Rock Slide hitting Moltres and Rotom-H and Earthquake OHKOing Nihilego and revenge killing (if you want to keep this point, use "with Rock Slide hitting Moltres and Rotom-H, while Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego and lets Darmanitan revenge kill") Tentacruel. Both of the aforementioned coverage moves also don't have recoil damage. Darmanitan can be difficult to revenge kill, as it resists Scizor's Bullet Punch and many faster threats are unable to switch in safely. However, its poor bulk and Stealth Rock weakness severely limit its entry points, and it is still forced out by Lycanroc-D's Accelerock and Choice Scarf Hydreigon once they are in. Flare Blitz, its main STAB attack, has a substantial amount of substantial recoil damage that racks up over time, which reduces Darmanitan's overall longevity. It also struggles to break past Fire-resistant Pokemon with recovery if it lacks sun support, like Primarina and Salamence. Darmanitan faces competition as a Choice Scarf user with Diggersby, which has better longevity due to its Stealth Rock resistance and lack of recoil damage.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Earthquake
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
With a Sheer Force boost and STAB, Flare Blitz hits most Pokemon very hard, OHKOing threats such as Scizor, Azelf, Amoonguss, and Celesteela. U-turn allows Darmanitan to take advantage of the switches it forces and pivot out on Pokemon that aren't 2HKOed by Flare Blitz, like Primarina and Slowking. Rock Slide hits Flying-types such as Salamence and Moltres, and Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego while also hitting Cobalion, Zygarde-10%, and Excadrill without taking incurring recoil. Choice Scarf ensures that Darmanitan can outspeed Pokemon such as Azelf, Zygarde-10%, and Crobat.

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Darmanitan best fits on sun teams, who which appreciate its revenge killing capabilities while strengthening its nuclear Flare Blitz. Torkoal is the main part cornerstone of sun teams, providing Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, and setting the sun. Venusaur sets up on opponents foes that threaten Darmanitan, such as Keldeo and Primarina lacking Psychic. In exchange, Darmanitan can break through Celesteela and can trade with Noivern, as well as pivoting out of bad matchups like Primarina and Keldeo to give Venusaur setup opportunities. Defensive Celesteela checks Hydreigon and Excadrill, while Darmanitan breaks through Celesteela checks like Chansey. Hatterene checks Dragon-types such as Salamence and Hydreigon, provides Magic Bounce support, and can heal the Darmanitan's chip damage from Stealth Rock with Healing Wish. Swampert and Chansey act as are great pivots that can bring in Darmanitan safely against Excadrill and Krookodile, with Swampert checking Rotom-W and Chansey checking Hydreigon. Skarmory can provide Spikes support, which is valuable in providing chip damage for Darmanitan. It also handles many physical attackers that threaten Darmanitan, such as Diggersby and Hippowdon, (AC) well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Trick is an option to cripple debilitate defensive Pokemon such as Hippowdon, Chansey, and Primarina. However, it loses sacrifices the speed Speed boost from Choice Scarf, and has to replace one of its coverage moves, so it should only be used when Choice Scarf is no longer necessary, and has to replace a coverage move. Choice Band can further increase Darmanitan's power, but makes it more vulnerable to being revenge killed by threats it becomes more vulnerable to revenge killers like Nihilego and Cobalion, (AC) and the additional power is mostly unnecessary. Heavy-Duty Boots grants Darmanitan more longevity, letting it fit on different team archetypes, but the loss of speed Speed prevents it from fulfilling this an offensive pivot role that well compared to other offensive pivot options like Azelf.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chip Damage**: Due to not commonly running Heavy-Duty Boots, Darmanitan takes substantial entry hazard damage upon switching in. With that and Flare Blitz recoil, Darmanitan gets worn down very fast. quickly. Hippowdon's Sand Stream summoned sand also wears down Darmanitan and removes sun.

**Dragon-types**: Dragon-types such as Salamence, Hydreigon, and Zygarde-10% all present problems for Darmanitan. Defensive Salamence is the best counter available, resisting Flare Blitz and also lowering Darmanitan's Attack with Intimidate. Salamence can also use Roost to heal any damage that Darmanitan inflicts. Choice Scarf Hydreigon revenge kills Darmanitan and Zygarde-10% can revenge kill with Extreme Speed, and it can potentially predict Darmanitan switching out to wallbreak.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Primarina, Slowking, Swampert, and Rotom-W are solid checks that can tank a hit and heavily damage Darmanitan with their STAB moves. However, if sun is active, they might struggle to switch in on Flare Blitz. Keldeo acts as an offensive check, but it doesn't like to directly switch in, and Azumarill can revenge kill Darmanitan with Aqua Jet. (removed extra line break under)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Sage, 192277]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [UT, 523866], [Adeleine, 517429]]

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