Monotype Galarian Zapdos (Fighting) [GP: 2/2]

[Thunder]

[OVERVIEW]

Fighting
========

Galarian Zapdos's high Attack stat combined with its excellent STAB combination and a great ability in Defiant allows it to act as a fearsome wallbreaker on Fighting-type teams. Its typing allows it to help in the Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-type matchups, notably checking Pokemon such as Buzzwole, Urshifu-S, and Rillaboom. Its STAB combination allows to hit a large portion of the metagame for neutral or super effective damage, while U-turn pivots out of tough matchups and maintains momentum. However, its reliance on Brave Bird to beat troublesome Pokemon such as Toxapex and Galarian Weezing wears it down quickly, thus affecting its wallbreaking potential. Despite its fine Speed tier allowing it to outspeed Pokemon like Mimikyu and Nidoking while Speed tying with Pokemon such as Choice Band Victini, it can be easily revenge killed by faster threats such as Alolan Ninetales, Tornadus-T, and Zeraora or Choice Scarf users such as Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fighting)
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat / Thunderous Kick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Blaze Kick
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Brave Bird acts as Galarian Zapdos's main STAB move, dealing massive damage to any Pokemon not resisting it, OHKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Buzzwole, and Choice Specs Tapu Lele and 2HKOing Pokemon like Clefable and Toxapex after Stealth Rock damage. STAB Close Combat complements Brave Bird nicely, helping it hit Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon like Celesteela, Jirachi, and Tyrantiar. Thunderous Kick can be used over Close Combat to avoid Defense drops and deal with physical walls like Klefki and Mandibuzz a bit better. U-turn helps Galarian Zapdos pivot out of tough matchups or pick off weakened Pokemon while maintaining momentum alongside Pokemon like Volt Switch Cobalion and Flip Turn Keldeo. Blaze Kick acts as coverage move to hit Pokemon like Aegislash and Zapdos better. Defiant is a great ability that allows it to punish Intimidate and Defog users such as Landorus-T and Galarian Weezing, respectively. Maximum Speed investment along with a Jolly nature helps Galarian Zapdos outspeed threats such as Choice Specs Tapu Lele, non-Choice Scarf Urshifu-R, and Mimikyu, while maximum Attack investment along with Choice Band makes it a fearsome wallbreaker.

Galarian Zapdos does a great job at weakening teams for cleaners such as Buzzwole and Urshifu-S. It should avoid directly switching into walls, as they could inflict status conditions that greatly harm its wallbreaking potential, or into most attacks, which can hurt its longevity when combined with Brave Bird recoil. Fighting teams appreciate its ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks like Close Combat and Earthquake from Choice Scarf Buzzwole and Excadrill, respectively. Cobalion acts as a great partner for Galarian Zapdos with its ability to switch into Fairy- and Ice-type attacks, provide Stealth Rock support, and provide Thunder Wave support so it can outspeed threats like Dragapult, Latios, and Tornadus-T. It can also bring Galarian Zapdos in with Volt Switch, and, in return, it appreciates Galarian Zapdos switching into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks. Urshifu-S provides Psychic immunity and further aids Galarian Zapdos in wallbreaking as a Choice Band wallbreaker or Bulk Up setup sweeper. It also beats Ghost- and Psychic-types like Galarian Corsola and Slowbro while dealing with faster threats like Alolan Raichu and Choice Scarf Latias with Sucker Punch. Keldeo can help Galarian Zapdos in dealing with physical walls like Hippowdon and Skarmory a bit better, and it appreciates Galarian Zapdos's ability to deal with special walls such as Blissey and Slowking. Choice Scarf Terrakion can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos and also helps in dealing with Flying-types such as Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which would otherwise trouble Galarian Zapdos, or weakening shared checks with a Swords Dance set. Choice Scarf Buzzwole can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos thanks to Beast Boost while also having Earthquake and Leech Life to beat Electric- and Psychic-types like Zeraora and Choice Specs Latios. Hawlucha can be used alongside Galarian Zapdos for dual Flying-type STAB move spam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fighting
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A Choice Scarf set can be used to outspeed foes such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Keldeo, and Alakazam, but Fighting teams already have access to better Choice Scarf users in Terrakion and Buzzwole, the former having a higher Speed tier and the latter being able to boost its Attack stat with Beast Boost. A Bulk Up set alongside Substitute or Agility with Thunderous Kick and Brave Bird can be utilized, but Choice Band's immediate power is preferred.

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

Fighting
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**Revenge Killers**: Galarian Zapdos is prone to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Tornadus-T, Alakazam, and Choice Scarf Darmanitan; however, they can't directly switch into Galarian Zapdos.

**Status**: Galarian Zapdos is pretty vulnerable to status effects, with burn greatly lowering its damage, paralysis making it easy to revenge kill, and poison further hurting its longevity.

**Aegislash**: Aegislash can be tough to break past for Galarian Zapdos, as it can easily come in on its STAB moves. Aegislash can scout for its moves with King's Shield and can also badly poison it with Toxic. However, it has to be careful of Galarian Zapdos locked into Blaze Kick, as Defiant can give it an Attack boost if Aegislash uses King's Shield. Galarian Corsola on Ghost-type teams and Heatran on Steel-type teams can help Aegislash against Blaze Kick.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- <Fighting> analysis by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Havens, 391540], [Harpp, 320110], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [Finland, 517429]]

 

[Thunder]

Should be qc ready

 

[Havens]

[OVERVIEW]

Fighting
========

* Having excellent typing allows Galarian Zapdos to help in Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-type matchup, notably checking Pokemon such as Buzzwole, Heracross, Rillaboom and Urshifu-S
* Its high attack Attack stat combined with Choice Band allows Galarian Zapdos to act as a great wallbreaker for Fighting-type teams with its excellent STAB combination
* Its STAB combination allows to hit a large portion of the meta for neutral or super-effective damage, while access to U-turn helps it in pivoting out of tough matchup and maintaining momentum
* Reliance Its reliance on Brave Bird as its Flying-type STAB move wears it down quickly thus affecting its breaking potential
* Despite it's fine speed tier, it can get easily revenge killed by faster threats such as Tornadus-Therian, Zeraora, (add comma) and Alolan Ninetails Ninetales, or Choice Scarf users such as Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fighting)
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat / Thunderous Kick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Blaze Kick
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1:
* Brave Bird acts as its main STAB dealing massive damage to any Pokemon not resisting it, OHKOing Pokemons such as Amoonguss, Buzzwole and Tapu Lele while 2HKOing Pokemon like Clefariy and Toxapex after Stealth Rock damage.
* STAB Close Combat compliments Brave Bird nicely helping it hit Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon like Celesteela, Jirachi and Tyrantiar, which otherwise Brave Bird isn't able to deal with.
* Thunderous Kick (Feeling this as a slashed option to help break physically bulky walls)
* U-turn helps it pivoting out of a tough matchup or picking up weakened Pokemon while maintaining momentum (specify teammates that can pivot alongside it)
* Blaze Kick acts as coverage move which allows it hit Pokemon like Aegislash and Zapdos better.
* Galarian Zapdos should avoid directly switching into walls as they could inflict it with Status conditions which greatly harms it's wallbreaking potential, while switching directly into a attacking can hurt it's longevity when combined with Brave Bird recoil. (reads more as a Usage Tip than something that belongs in the initial set description; would suggest moving it into the second paragraph somewhere)
* Max Speed along with Timid Nature helps Zapdos outspeed threats such as Choice Specs Tapu Lele, non-Choice Scarf Urshifu-R and Mimikyu while max Attack invest along with Choice Band makes it a fearsome wallbreaker.

Paragraph 2: (don't necessarily need these placeholders here when you have your bullets down)
* Galarian Zapdos does a great job of weakening teams that allows teammates such as Buzzwole and Urshifu-S to clean teams.
* Fighting-type teams also appreciate Galarian Zapdos its ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks.
* Cobalion acts as a great parter partner for Galarian Zapdos with it's ability to switch into Fairy- and Ice-type attacks and providing Stealth Rock support. It can also bring Galarian Zapdos in with Volt Switch. Cobalion in return appreciates Galarian Zapdos ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks.
* Urshifu-S acts as a Psychic-type attack switch in immunity and further compliments Galarian Zapdos in wallbreaking as a Choice Band breaker or Bulk Up set-up sweeper.
* Keldeo can help it in dealing with physical walls and it appreciates Galarian Zapdos' ability to deal with special walls, while Scarf Buzzwole can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos.
* Scarf Terrakion can help in dealing with Flying-types which otherwise can trouble Galarian Zapdos such as regular Zapdos and Tornadus-therian Tornadus-T.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fighting
--------
* A Choice Scarf set can be used to outspeed foes such as Scarf Darmanitan, Keldeo and Alakazam but Fighting-type already has access to better Choice Scarf absuers in Terrakion and Buzzwole, with former having a higher speed tier while latter's ability to boost Attack stat with Beast Boost
* A Substitute + Bulk Up with Thunderous Kick over Close Combat can be utilized but Choice Band's immediate power is preferred.

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

Fighting
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**Revenge Killers**: Galarian Zapdos is prone to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Tornadus-Therian, Alakazam and Choice Scarf Darmanitan, however they cant directly switch into one Galarian Zapdos moves.
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**Status**: Galarian Zapdos is pretty vulnerable to Status moves as Poison further hurts its longevity while Burn can greatly hurt its damage outspeed and Speed drop from Paralysis makes it easy to be revenge killed.
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**Aegislash**: Aegislash can be tough to break past for Galarian Zapdos as it can easily come in on its STAB moves, and can scout for its moves with King's Shield and Galarian Corsola on Ghost-type teams and Heatran on Steel-type teams can help against Blaze Kick.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<The Thunderbirds>, <475881>]]
- <Fighting> analysis by: [[<The Thunderbirds>, <475881>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

Please double check that you've added periods to the ends of all sentences. QC 1/3

 

[Thunder]

Implemented the changes.

 

[Harpp]

[OVERVIEW]

Fighting
========

* Having excellent typing allows Galarian Zapdos to help in Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-type matchup, notably checking Pokemon such as Buzzwole, Heracross, Rillaboom and Urshifu-S
* Its high Attack stat combined with Choice Band allows Galarian Zapdos to act as a great wallbreaker for Fighting-type teams with its excellent STAB combination
* Its STAB combination allows to hit a large portion of the meta for neutral or super-effective damage, while access to U-turn helps it in pivoting out of tough matchup and maintaining momentum
* Its reliance on Brave Bird as its Flying-type STAB move to beat troublesome Pokemon such as Toxapex and Galarian Weezing wears it down quickly thus affecting its breaking potential
* Despite it's fine speed tier, it can get easily revenge killed by faster threats such as Tornadus-T, Zeraora, and Alolan Ninetales or Choice Scarf users such as Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele [It actually has a very crowded Speed tier, meaning a lot of Pokemon have 100 Base Speed that meaning it would speed tie against Pokemon like Choice Band Victini so you can add this as well]

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fighting)
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat / Thunderous Kick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Blaze Kick
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Brave Bird acts as its main STAB dealing massive damage to any Pokemon not resisting it, OHKOing Pokemons such as Amoonguss, Buzzwole and Tapu Lele while 2HKOing Pokemon like Clefariy and Toxapex after Stealth Rock damage.
* STAB Close Combat compliments Brave Bird nicely helping it hit Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon like Celesteela, Jirachi and Tyrantiar, which otherwise Brave Bird isnt able to deal with.
* Thunderous Kick can be used over Close Combat to avoid Defense drops and deal with physical walls like Klefki and Mandibuzz a bit better.
* U-turn helps it pivoting out of a tough matchup or picking up weakened Pokemon while maintaining momentum alongside Pokemons like Volt Switch Cobalion and Flip Turn Keldeo.
* Blaze Kick acts as coverage move which allows it hit Pokemon like Aegislash and regular Zapdos better.
* Defiant is a great ability allows it to punish Intimidate and Defog users such as Landorus-T and Galarian Weezing respectively.
* Max Speed along with Timid Nature helps Zapdos outspeed threats such as Choice Specs Tapu Lele, non-Choice Scarf Urshifu-R and Mimikyu while max Attack invest along with Choice Band makes it a fearsome wallbreaker

* Galarian Zapdos does a great job of weakening teams that allows teammates such as Buzzwole and Urshifu-S to clean teams.
* Galarian Zapdos should avoid directly switching into walls as they could inflict it with Status conditions which greatly harms it's wallbreaking potential, while switching directly into a attacking can hurt it's longevity when combined with Brave Bird recoil.
* Fighting teams also appreciate its ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks from Pokemon like x and x, examples here
* Cobalion acts as a great partner for Galarian Zapdos with it's ability to switch into Fairy- and Ice-type attacks and providing Stealth Rock support.
* It can also bring Galarian Zapdos in with Volt Switch and in return it appreciates Galarian Zapdos ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks. [Add Twave support to spread paralysis, allowing Gzapdos to outspeed more Pokemon]
* Urshifu-S acts as a Psychic-type immunity and further compliments Galarian Zapdos in wallbreaking as a Choice Band breaker or Bulk Up set-up sweeper. [Talk about Urshifu covering Psychic-type and Ghost-type Pokemon for Gzapdos and mention notable examples] [add sucker punch beating alolan raichu, pretty big threat to fighting in general]
* Keldeo can help it in dealing with physical walls and it appreciates Galarian Zapdos' ability to deal with special walls, while Scarf Buzzwole can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos. [Which Physical wall can keldeo beat that choice band Gzapdos cannot? mention it here, also whenever you talk about cleaning teams add scarf terrakion there instead of buzzwole since Terrakion outspeed a lot of common threats to fighting such as scarf lele, Dracovish and other flying types which buzzwole fails to do, terra is generally more splashable on a team]
* Scarf Terrakion can help in dealing with Flying-types which otherwise can trouble Galarian Zapdos such as regular Zapdos and Tornadus-T. [Or it can weaken shared checks with a Swords Dance set]
* Add Hawlucha as a teammate for Fly STAB spam
* Add Conkeldurr as a teammate to absorb status.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fighting
--------
* A Choice Scarf set can be used to outspeed foes such as Scarf Darmanitan, Keldeo and Alakazam but Fighting-type already has access to better Choice Scarf absuers in Terrakion and Buzzwole, with former having a higher speed tier while later's ability to boost Attack stat with Beast Boost
* A Substitute + Bulk Up with Thunderous Kick over Close Combat can be utilized but Choice Band's immediate power is preferred. [You may also add Agility + Bulk Up set which is basically a dual dance set, you may slash substitute with agility]

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

Fighting
--------
**Revenge Killers**: Galarian Zapdos is prone to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Tornadus-Therian, Alakazam and Choice Scarf Darmanitan, however they cant directly switch into one Galarian Zapdos moves.

**Status**: Galarian Zapdos is pretty vulnerable to Status moves as Poison further hurts its longevity while Burn can greatly hurt its damage outspeed and Speed drop from Paralysis makes it easy to be revenge killed.

**Aegislash**: Aegislash can be tough to break past for Galarian Zapdos as it can easily come in on its STAB moves, and can scout for its moves with King's Shield and Galarian Corsola on Ghost-type teams and Heatran on Steel-type teams can help against Blaze Kick.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<The Thunderbirds>, <475881>]]
- <Fighting> analysis by: [[<The Thunderbirds>, <475881>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<Havens>, <391540>], [<username2>, <userid2>], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

QC 2/3 Good job!

 

[Thunder]

made the changes

 

[maroon]

[Overview]
- talk about its good offensive stats, ability, and attacks (stab/coverage) that make it such a force for fighting teams in the first line (reorder whatever you want to in the paragraph for this)
- for its speed tier would list some threats it can beat because of it like mimikyu, then list some threats its slower than

[Set Comments]
- for the brave bird targets, make sure to specify Choice Specs Tapu Lele, a lot of them run scarf so that's important imo
- remove conkeldurr and heracross from team options
- add buzzwole as a teammate

[Checks and Counters]
- in the status make the order burnt>paralyzed>toxic poisoned
- mention in the aegislash line that if it locks itself into blaze kick, aegislash loses to it since it has defiant

QC 3/3

 

[Thunder]

Implemented ready for GP

 

[Milak]

Add (AC=Add comma, AH=Add hyphen, ASC=Add semicolon)
Remove (RC=Remove comma, RH=Remove hyphen)
GP 1/2

Chocobo

[OVERVIEW]

Fighting
========

Galarian Zapdos's high Attack stat combined with its excellent STAB combination and a great ability in Defiant allows Galarian Zapdos it to act as a fearsome wallbreaker on Fighting-type teams. Its typing allows Galarian Zapdos to help in Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-type matchup matchups, notably checking Pokemon such as Buzzwole, Urshifu-S,(AC) and Rillaboom and Urshifu-S. Its STAB combination allows to hit a large portion of the metagame for neutral or super effective(RH) damage, while access to U-turn helps it in pivoting pivot out of tough matchup matchups and maintaining maintain momentum. Its reliance on Brave Bird as its Flying-type STAB to beat troublesome Pokemon such as Toxapex and Galarian Weezing move wears it down quickly,(AC) thus affecting its wallbreaking potential. Despite it's its fine speed Speed tier allowing it to outspeed Pokemon like Mimikyu and Nidoking while Speed tying with Pokemon such as Choice Band Victini, it can get easily be revenge killed by faster threats such as Alolan Ninetails Ninetales, Tornadus-T,(AC) and Zeraora or Choice Scarf users such as Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fighting)
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat / Thunderous Kick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Blaze Kick
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Brave Bird acts as its main STAB move,(AC) dealing massive damage to any Pokemon not resisting it, OHKOing Pokemons such as Amoonguss, Buzzwole,(AC) and Choice Specs Tapu Lele while ,(AC) and 2HKOing Pokemon like Clefable and Toxapex after Stealth Rock damage. STAB Close Combat compliments complements Brave Bird nicely,(AC) helping it hit Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon like Tyranitar,(AC) Celesteela, and Jirachi and Tyrantiar, which otherwise Brave Bird isnt isn't able to deal with. Thunderous Kick can be used over Close Combat to avoid Defense drops and deal with physical walls like Klefki and Mandibuzz a bit better. U-turn helps it pivoting pivot out of a tough matchup or picking up pick off weakened Pokemon while maintaining momentum alongside Pokemons Pokemon like Volt Switch Cobalion and Flip Turn Keldeo. Blaze Kick acts as coverage move which that allows it hit Pokemon like Aegislash and regular Zapdos better. Defiant is a great ability that allows it to punish Intimidate and Defog users such as Landorus-T and Galarian Weezing,(AC) respectively. Max Maximum Speed investment along with Timid Nature nature helps Zapdos outspeed threats such as Choice Specs Tapu Lele, non-Choice Scarf Urshifu-R,(AC) and Mimikyu,(AC) while max Attack invest maximum Attack investment along with a Choice Band makes it a fearsome wallbreaker.

Galarian Zapdos does a great job of at weakening teams that allows teammates with cleaners such as Buzzwole and Urshifu-S to clean teams. Galarian Zapdos should avoid directly switching into walls,(AC) as they could inflict it with Status status conditions on it,(AC) which greatly harms it's harm its wallbreaking potential, while switching directly into a attacking an attack can hurt it's its longevity when combined with Brave Bird recoil. Fighting teams also appreciate its ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks like Close Combat and Earthquake from Choice Scarf Buzzwole and Excadrill,(AC) respectively. Cobalion acts as a great partner for Galarian Zapdos with it's its ability to switch into Fairy- and Ice-type attacks and providing provide Stealth Rock support. It can also bring Galarian Zapdos in with Volt Switch,(AC) and,(AC) in return,(AC) it appreciates Galarian Zapdos's ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks. It further provides Thunder Wave support,(AC) allowing Galarian Zapdos to outspeed threads threats like Dragapult, Latios,(AC) and Tornadus-T. Urshifu-S acts as a Psychic-type provides a Psychic immunity and further compliments aids Galarian Zapdos in wallbreaking by acting as a Choice Band wallbreaker or Bulk Up set-up set up sweeper. It also beats Ghost- and Psychic-types(AH) like Galarian Corsola and regular Slowbro for Galarian Zapdos while also having Sucker Punch to deal dealing with faster threats like Alolan Raichu and Choice Scarf Latias with Sucker Punch. Keldeo can help it in dealing with physical walls like Hippowdon and Skarmory a bit better while it and appreciates Galarian Zapdos's ability to deal with special walls such as Blissey and Slowking. Choice Scarf Terrakion can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos and also helps in dealing with Flying-types which otherwise can trouble Galarian Zapdos such as regular Zapdos and Tornadus-T,(AC) which would otherwise give Galarian Zapdos trouble,(AC) or weakening shared checks with a Swords Dance set. Choice Scarf Buzzwole can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos thanks to Beast Boost while also having Earthquake and Leech Life to beat Electric-(AH) and Psychic-types like Zeraora and Choice Specs Latios,(AC) respectively. Hawlucha can be used alongside it for dual Flying-type STAB spam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fighting
--------
A Choice Scarf set can be used to outspeed foes such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Keldeo,(AC) and Alakazam but Fighting-type already has ,(AC) but Fighting teams already have access to better Choice Scarf absuers users in Terrakion and Buzzwole, with the former having a higher speed Speed tier while latter's ability and the latter being able to boost its Attack stat with Beast Boost. A Bulk Up set alongside Substitute / Agility with Thunderous Kick and Brave Bird can be utilized,(AC) but the Choice Band's immediate power is preferred.

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

Fighting
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**Revenge Killers**: Galarian Zapdos is prone to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Tornadus-Therian Tornadus-T, Alakazam,(AC) and Choice Scarf Darmanitan,(RC) ;(ASC) however,(AC) they cant can't directly switch into one of Galarian Zapdos's moves.

**Status**: Galarian Zapdos is pretty vulnerable to Status moves status effects,(AC) as Burn a burn can greatly hurt its damage outspeed and,(AC) the Speed drop from Paralysis paralysis makes it easy to be revenge killed while Poison kill,(AC) and poison further hurts its longevity.

**Aegislash**: Aegislash can be tough to break past for Galarian Zapdos,(AC) as it can easily come in on its STAB moves. Aegislash can scout for its moves with King's Shield while it and can also badly poison it with Toxic Galarian Zapdos. Although However,(AC) it have has to be careful about of Galarian Zapdos being locked into Blaze Kick,(AC) as Defiant can give it an Attack boost on if Aegislash uses King's Shield. Galarian Corsola on Ghost-type teams and Heatran on Steel-type teams can help Aegislash against Blaze Kick.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Fighting analysis by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Havens, 391540], [Harpp, 320110], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [username2, userid2]]

Also pls when doing credits don't add these symbols < > next to the usernames and their tags

 

[Thunder]

made the changes

 

[Adeleine]

Add/Fix Remove Comment
(AC)/(RC): Add/Remove Comma

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[OVERVIEW]

Fighting
========

Galarian Zapdos's high Attack stat combined with its excellent STAB combination and a great ability in Defiant allows it to act as a fearsome wallbreaker on Fighting-type teams. Its typing allows Galarian Zapdos it to help in the Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-type matchups, notably checking Pokemon such as Buzzwole, Urshifu-S, and Rillaboom. Its STAB combination allows to hit a large portion of the metagame for neutral or super effective damage, while U-turn pivots out of tough matchups and maintains momentum. However, its reliance on Brave Bird as its Flying-type STAB to beat troublesome Pokemon such as Toxapex and Galarian Weezing (RC) wears it down quickly, (AC) thus affecting its wallbreaking potential. Despite its fine Speed tier allowing it to outspeed Pokemon like Mimikyu and Nidoking while Speed tying with Pokemon such as Choice Band Victini, it can be easily revenge killed by faster threats such as Alolan Ninetales, Tornadus-T, and Zeraora or Choice Scarf users such as Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fighting)
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat / Thunderous Kick
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Blaze Kick
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Brave Bird acts as its Galarian Zapdos's main STAB move, dealing massive damage to any Pokemon not resisting it, OHKOing Pokemons such as Amoonguss, Buzzwole, and Choice Specs Tapu Lele (RC) and 2HKOing Pokemon like Clefable and Toxapex after Stealth Rock damage. STAB Close Combat complements Brave Bird nicely, (AC) helping it hit Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon like Celesteela, Jirachi, (AC) and Tyrantiar, which otherwise Brave Bird isnt able to deal with. Thunderous Kick can be used over Close Combat to avoid Defense drops and deal with physical walls like Klefki and Mandibuzz a bit better. U-turn helps it Galarian Zapdos pivot out of a tough matchups or pick off weakened Pokemon while maintaining momentum alongside Pokemon like Volt Switch Cobalion and Flip Turn Keldeo. Blaze Kick acts as coverage move which allows it to hit Pokemon like Aegislash and Zapdos better. Defiant is a great ability that allows it to punish Intimidate and Defog users such as Landorus-T and Galarian Weezing, respectively. Maximum Speed investment along with a Jolly nature helps Galarian Zapdos outspeed threats such as Choice Specs Tapu Lele, non-Choice Scarf Urshifu-R, and Mimikyu, while maximum Attack investment along with Choice Band makes it a fearsome wallbreaker.

Galarian Zapdos does a great job at weakening teams with for (or maybe "alongside"?) cleaners such as Buzzwole and Urshifu-S. Galarian Zapdos It should avoid directly switching into walls, (AC) as they could inflict status conditions on it which that greatly harm its wallbreaking potential, while switching directly into an attack can or into most attacks, which hurt its longevity when combined with Brave Bird recoil. Fighting teams also appreciate its ability to switch into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks like Close Combat and Earthquake from Choice Scarf Buzzwole and Excadrill, respectively. Cobalion acts as a great partner for Galarian Zapdos with its ability to switch into Fairy- and Ice-type attacks, (AC) and provide Stealth Rock support, (AC) and provide Thunder Wave support so it can outspeed threats like Dragapult, Latios, and Tornadus-T. It can also bring Galarian Zapdos in with Volt Switch, and, in return, it appreciates Galarian Zapdos's ability to switching into Fighting- and Ground-type attacks. It further provides Thunder Wave support, allowing Galarian Zapdos to outspeed threats like Dragapult, Latios, and Tornadus-T. Urshifu-S provides a Psychic immunity and further aids Galarian Zapdos in wallbreaking as a Choice Band wallbreaker or Bulk Up setup (was "set up") sweeper. It also beats Ghost- and Psychic-types like Galarian Corsola and Slowbro while dealing with faster threats like Alolan Raichu and Choice Scarf Latias with Sucker Punch. Keldeo can help it Galarian Zapdos in dealing with physical walls like Hippowdon and Skarmory a bit better, (AC) and it appreciates Galarian Zapdos's ability to deal with special walls such as Blissey and Slowking. Choice Scarf Terrakion can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos and also helps in dealing with Flying-types such as Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which would otherwise trouble Galarian Zapdos, or weakening shared checks with a Swords Dance set. Choice Scarf Buzzwole can clean through teams weakened by Galarian Zapdos thanks to Beast Boost while also having Earthquake and Leech Life to beat Electric- and Psychic-types like Zeraora and Choice Specs Latios, respectively. Hawlucha can be used alongside it Galarian Zapdos for dual Flying-type STAB move spam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fighting
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A Choice Scarf set can be used to outspeed foes such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Keldeo, and Alakazam, but Fighting teams already have access to better Choice Scarf users in Terrakion and Buzzwole, the former having a higher Speed tier and the latter being able to boost its Attack stat with Beast Boost. A Bulk Up set alongside Substitute / or Agility with Thunderous Kick and Brave Bird can be utilized, but the Choice Band's immediate power is preferred.

Checks and Counters
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Fighting
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**Revenge Killers**: Galarian Zapdos is prone to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Tornadus-T, Alakazam, and Choice Scarf Darmanitan; however, they can't directly switch into one of Galarian Zapdos's moves. Galarian Zapdos. (Or you could do like "...can't directly switch into at least one of Galairan Zapdos's moves.")

**Status**: Galarian Zapdos is pretty vulnerable to status effects, (AC) such as a burn can greatly hurt with burn greatly lowering its damage, the Speed drop from paralysis makes paralysis making it easy to revenge kill, and poison further hurts hurting its longevity.

**Aegislash**: Aegislash can be tough to break past for Galarian Zapdos, as it can easily come in on its STAB moves. Aegislash can scout for its moves with King's Shield and can also badly poison it with Toxic. However, it has to be careful of Galarian Zapdos being locked into Blaze Kick, as Defiant can give it an Attack boost if Aegislash uses King's Shield. Galarian Corsola on Ghost-type teams and Heatran on Steel-type teams can help Aegislash against Blaze Kick.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- <Fighting> analysis by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Havens, 391540], [Harpp, 320110], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [Finland, 517429]]

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