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Gallade (Stallbreaker) (GP: 2/2)

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[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Stone Edge / Night Slash
item: Leftovers
ability: Steadfast
nature: Adamant
evs: 72 HP / 248 Atk / 188 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up and Swords Dance Gallade have issues with Pokemon such as Qwilfish, Gligar, and Quagsire. This Gallade can get past all of them with the combination of Taunt + Will-O-Wisp, while also being an effective stallbreaker. Taunt shuts down non-attacking moves, and Will-O-Wisp halves the victim's physical attacking power. It helps that Gallade has a naturally high Special Defense stat, so it doesn't have to do anything to tank special hits well. Drain Punch helps Gallade recover health, while Stone Edge is for coverage. Drain Punch and Stone Edge have almost perfect coverage in RU, only missing out on Claydol, Golurk, and Gallade—who all hate Taunt and Will-O-Wisp. It's also useful to note that Stone Edge hits most Pokemon immune to burn, such as Moltres, Entei, and Guts Swellow, super effectively. If you're concerned about Psychic- and Ghost-types, Night Slash can be used to hit them harder than Stone Edge.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>If the targets you need to Taunt or Will-O-Wisp against are faster than Gallade, this set wouldn't be nearly as effective. As such, using 188 Speed EVs is recommended as it allows Gallade to outspeed all common Qwilfish, Adamant Honchkrow, and minimum Speed Miltank. If you don't mind failing to outspeed some threats and would rather put the Speed EVs in bulk, a bulkier spread of 204 HP / 248 Atk / 56 EVs is effective. Substitute can fool the opponent into thinking that Gallade is the Bulk Up variant, and then they end up having their Gallade check crippled. Drain Punch isn't the strongest of moves, so Close Combat can be used to deal more damage. Unfortunately, Close Combat ruins Gallade's bulk thanks to the defense drops, and it doesn't provide the useful recovery that Drain Punch gives. Thunder Wave and Toxic can be used over Will-O-Wisp as a status move, but Will-O-Wisp is more threatening to most of Gallade's checks.</p>

<p>As for partners for Gallade, like always, Ghost-types such as Dusknoir and Cofagrigus give it trouble. Drapion and Spiritomb are great at getting rid of these Ghost-types with Pursuit and can also get rid of Psychic-types which can be annoying to Night Slash-less Gallade. If status manages to contact Gallade, it's severely crippled no matter which status it is, therefore clerics such as Lickilicky and Clefable are helpful. They also happen to synergize well with Gallade, and Lickilicky's Wish can come in handy too.</p>
 
This set seems pretty good. It gets past Gallade's counters as you mentioned and can completely mess up someone's strategy; who expects to have their Gligar burned when they bring it in on a Gallade of all things? Add Substitute to the AC as an option over the Taunt, as this Gallade will force a lot of switches. Mention a more defensive spread in the AC too (With all of the Attack EVs into Special Defense and a Careful nature, with Drain Punch as the STAB move) since this Gallade would be a good supporter.

QC APPROVED 1/3
 
I was forced here at gunpoint.

Move Shadow Sneak and Close Combat to AC. Too many slashes, and the other moves are superior imo.

QC APPROVED 2/3
 
I don't think that Shadow Sneak should be slashed in the last slot. Without any boosts it is weak as shit even against targets that it hits super effectively.

Also you don't need Shadow Sneak for Gallade since you already countering him by burning him. And assuming he subs while you switch in, no problem because Drain Punch deals 27.59 - 32.64% to Bulk Up Gallade easily breaking his sub. Next turn you just WoW since you are faster and you can survive a Shadow Sneak from a +1 Bulk Up Gallade, which deals around 50%.
So Shadow Sneak is AC material at best.

EDIT: ninja'd
 
tbh I think that the main EVspread should be 72 HP / 248 Atk / 188 Spe, which puts you just above standard Honchkrow while also letting you outspeed basically all common Qwilfish, since it's really important that you get the Taunt off before they do (44 speed only outruns absolute min speed Qwilfish, which is ok, but fast Qwilfish got somewhat more common and you want to be able to always outrun them).

QC APPROVED 3/3
 
reminded dtc about this. just some nitpicks (i know this was already qc approved but w/e):

remove justified, since it's illegal with drain punch and close combat isn't even slashed

make Taunt the first move and WoW the second and change the set's name to something like "Stallbreaker", since that's basically what this set is. that also allows us to keep stuff uniform (making this similar to Stallbreaker Mew and other Pokemon who run similar sets in terms of moveset order / name). also, mention Toxic in AC.

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QC APPROVED 4/3
 
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DTC said:
[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Stone Edge / Night Slash
item: Leftovers
ability: Steadfast
nature: Adamant
evs: 72 HP / 248 Atk / 188 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up and Swords Dance Gallade have issues with Pokemon such as Qwilfish, Gligar, and Quagsire. This Gallade can get past all of them with the combination of Taunt + Will-O-Wisp, while also being an effective stallbreaker in general. Taunt shuts down non attacking non-attacking moves and Will-O-Wisp cripples the Pokemon so that when they are forced to use an attacking move they don't do nearly as much damage as they would have done halves the victim's physical attacking power. It helps that Gallade has a naturally high Special Defense stat, so it doesn't have to do anything to tank special hits well. Drain Punch is used to help Gallade recover health, (< Comma) while Stone Edge is for coverage. Drain Punch and Stone Edge have almost perfect coverage in RU, only missing out on Claydol, Golurk, and Gallade—who hate being hit with Taunt and Will-O-Wisp. It's also useful to note that Stone Edge hits most Pokemon immune to burn, such as Moltres, Entei, and Guts Swellow, hard super effectively. If you're concerned about Psychic- and Ghost-types, Night Slash can be used to hit them harder than Stone Edge would.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>If the targets you need to use Taunt or Will-O-Wisp on are faster than you Gallade, this set wouldn't be nearly as effective. As such, using 188 Speed EV's EVs is recommended as it allows you Gallade to outspeed all common Qwilfish, Adamant Honchkrow, and minimum Speed Miltank. If you don't mind failing to outspeed some threats and would rather put the Speed EV's EVs into bulk, a more bulky spread with bulkier spread of 204 HP / 248 Atk / 56 EV's EVs is effective. Substitute can be used to create an illusion to the opponents fool the opponent into thinking that Gallade is really the Bulk Up variant, (< Comma) and then they end up having their Gallade check crippled. Drain Punch isn't the strongest moves, so Close Combat can be used to do deal more damage. Unfortunately, Close Combat ruins Gallade's bulk thanks to the Defense drops and it doesn't get the useful recovery from Drain Punch. Thunder Wave and Toxic can be used over Will-O-Wisp as a status move, however Will-O-Wisp is more threatening to most of Gallade's checks than Toxic and Thunder Wave.</p>

<p>As for partners for Gallade, like always, Ghost-types such as Dusknoir and Cofagrigus give it trouble. Drapion and Spiritomb are great at getting rid of these Ghost-types with Pursuit, and can also get rid of Psychic-types which can be annoying to Night Slash-less Gallade. If status manages to contact Gallade, it's severely crippled, (< Remove Comma) no matter which status it is, therefore clerics such as Lickilicky and Clefable are helpful. They also happen to synergise synergize well with Gallade, and Lickilicky's Wish can come in handy, as well too.</p>
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[SET]
name: Stallbreaker
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Stone Edge / Night Slash
item: Leftovers
ability: Steadfast
nature: Adamant
evs: 72 HP / 248 Atk / 188 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up and Swords Dance Gallade have issues with Pokemon such as Qwilfish, Gligar, and Quagsire. This Gallade can get past all of them with the combination of Taunt + Will-O-Wisp, while also being an effective stallbreaker. in general. Taunt shuts down non-attacking moves and Will-O-Wisp halves the victim's physical attacking power. It helps that Gallade has a naturally high Special Defense stat, so it doesn't have to do anything to tank special hits well. Drain Punch is used to helps Gallade recover health, while Stone Edge is for coverage. Drain Punch and Stone Edge have almost perfect coverage in RU, only missing out on Claydol, Golurk, and Gallade—who hate Taunt and Will-O-Wisp. It's also useful to note that Stone Edge hits most Pokemon immune to burn, such as Moltres, Entei, and Guts Swellow, super effectively. If you're concerned about Psychic- and Ghost-types, Night Slash can be used to hit them harder than Stone Edge. would.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>If the targets you need to use Taunt or Will-O-Wisp against are faster than Gallade, this set wouldn't be nearly as effective. As such, using 188 Speed EVs is recommended as it allows Gallade to outspeed all common Qwilfish, Adamant Honchkrow, and minimum Speed Miltank. If you don't mind failing to outspeed some threats and would rather put the Speed EVs in bulk, a bulkier spread of 204 HP / 248 Atk / 56 EVs is effective. Substitute can be used to fool the opponent into thinking that Gallade is the Bulk Up variant, and then they end up having their Gallade check crippled. Drain Punch isn't the strongest of moves, so Close Combat can be used to deal more damage. Unfortunately, Close Combat ruins Gallade's bulk thanks to the Defense drops and it doesn't provide the useful recovery that Drain Punch gives. Thunder Wave and Toxic can be used over Will-O-Wisp as a status move, but Will-O-Wisp is more threatening to most of Gallade's checks.</p>

<p>As for partners for Gallade, like always, Ghost-types such as Dusknoir and Cofagrigus give it trouble. Drapion and Spiritomb are great at getting rid of these Ghost-types with Pursuit, and can also get rid of Psychic-types which can be annoying to Night Slash-less Gallade. If status manages to contact Gallade, it's severely crippled no matter which status it is, therefore clerics such as Lickilicky and Clefable are helpful. They also happen to synergize well with Gallade, and Lickilicky's Wish can come in handy too.</p>
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