Gothita QC (2/2) GP (1/1)

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Trapper (Gothita) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Shadow Tag
Level: 5
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 236 SpA / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Trick
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball


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Gothita serves as a support Pokemon in Little Cup thanks to its ability to trap Poison-types such as Foongus and Mareanie and other metagame staples such as Mienfoo, forcing them to Terastallize to survive once in range of Psychic. Trick is very important on Gothita because without it, Gothita cannot reliably threaten a healthy Foongus due to the threat of Spore, and Trick is effective at crippling bulky foes. Thunderbolt provides coverage against Vullaby, while Energy Ball deals extra damage to Ground-types such as Mudbray. Tera Psychic is the most common Tera type to enable Gothita to secure earlier KOes such as OHKOing a healthy Mienfoo.

Gothita fits best on bulky offense or balance teams with other pivots, most notably Mienfoo and Hisuian Voltorb, which typically struggle against bulky Regenerator Pokemon like Foongus and Mareanie. Choice Scarf Hisuian Growlithe also has significant synergy with Gothita, as bulky Fire resistant Pokemon such as Mareanie and Glimmet are vulnerable to being trapped. Gothita's biggest weaknesses are that it gives free entry to offensive Dark- and Steel-types after it secures a KO and that it lacks power by itself. Therefore, Gothita needs both a defensive backbone with teammates such as Mienfoo, Mudbray, and Glimmet to switch into Dark-types, as well as offensive threats and sweepers like Shellder and the aforementioned Hisuian Voltorb to break through defensive cores.

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[SET]
Trapper (Gothita) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Shadow Tag
Level: 5
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 236 SpA / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Gothita serves as a support Pokemon in Little Cup, thanks to its ability to trap metagame staples such as Foongus and Mareanie even if they Terastalize, as well as Mienfoo and Glimmet if Terastalization is used prior Poison-types like Foongus and Mareanie, and other metagame staples like Mienfoo, forcing the use of Terastalization to survive. Its also It also serves as an excellent revenge killer vs a variety of chipped targets that it will out speed with its Choice Scarf against almost any chipped target that it can outpace with Choice Scarf. Trick is very important on Gothita, as it can cripple Foongus and Mareanie in particular, regardless of Tera But you already mentioned these as Pokemon you should target with Psychic? Rewrite the Trick section in a way that makes more sense (e.g. "defensive Pokemon" as opposed to these Poison-types) and mentions the main use of Trick, locking a Pokemon into a weak/utility move that you can set up something like Shellder against. Thunderbolt hits chipped provides coverage against Vullaby, while Energy Ball deals extra damage to Ground Types Ground-types like Mudbray. Tera Psychic is the most common Tera Type used to power up Gothita's Psychic to secure earlier KOs, but other options such as Fighting can be used to weaken Sucker Punch from Alolan Diglett. If it's not slashed no need to mention it.

Gothita fits best on bulky offenses or balance teams with other pivots, most notably Mienfoo and Voltorb Hisui Hisuian Voltorb., (AC) Those Pokemon cannot immediately threaten Foongus and in Mienfoo's case Mareanie without Terastalization, but they can pivot Gothita in to remove Foongus and Mareanie quickly, making them much more threatening which typically struggle against bulky Regenerator Pokemon like Foongus and Mareanie, but become much more threatening when they are removed by Gothita. Choice Scarf Hisuian Growlithe also has significant synergy with Gothita, as many bulky Fire resists Fire-resists are vulnerable to being trapped, and while Hisuian Growlithe can punish any Mienfoos that Terastalize into a Steel Type Mienfoo that are forced to use Tera Steel by Gothita. Gothita's main 2 biggest weaknesses are that it gives free entry to Dark Types and other offensive threats after it traps something offensive Dark- and Steel-types after it secures a KO, and that it is rarely a strong endgame threat and cannot revenge kill most setup sweepers lacks power by itself. Therefore, Gothita needs both a defensive backbone with Pokemon teammates such as Mienfoo, Mudbray, and Glimmet to switch into dark types Dark-types, and it needs as well as offensive threats that it synergizes with to be threatening in the late game. and sweepers to synergize and break through defensive cores with.

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[SET COMMENTS]
Gothita serves as a support Pokemon in Little Cup, thanks to its ability to trap Poison types such as Foongus and Mareanie, and other metagame staples such as Mienfoo, forcing them to Terastalize to survive once in range of Psychic. It also serves as an excellent revenge killer against almost any chipped foe that it can outspeed with its Choice Scarf. (i dont particularly agree with this bc it just lets in a guy like stunky or vullaby in after)Trick is very important on Gothita, because without it Gothita cannot reliably threaten a healthy Foongus due to the threat of Spore, and Trick is effective at crippling bulky foes regardless of any defensive Terastalization(dont see this as particularly relevant). Thunderbolt provides coverage against Vullaby, while Energy Ball deals extra damage to Ground Types such as Mudbray. Tera Psychic is the most common Tera Type to enable Gothita to secure earlier KOes such as KOing a healthy Mienfoo.

Gothita fits best on bulky offenses or balance teams with other pivots, most notably Mienfoo and Hisuian Voltorb, which typically struggle against bulky regenerator pokemon like Foongus and Mareanie, but become much more threatening after they are removed by Gothita. Choice Scarf Hisuian Growlithe also has significant synergy with Gothita, as many bulky Fire-resists such as Mareanie and Glimmet are vulnerable to being trapped, while Hisuian Growlithe can punish Mienfoos that are forced to use Tera Steel by Gothita (we got rid of tera steel mentions on pivot foo. delete or rework). Gothita's biggest weaknesses are that it gives free entry offensive Dark- and Steel-types after it secures a KO, and that it is lacks power by itself. Therefore, Gothita needs both a defensive backbone with teammates such as Mienfoo, Mudbray, and Glimmet to switch into dark-types, as well as offensive threats and sweepers like <offensive threat> and shellder to synergize and break through defensive cores with.
 
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The moveset order should match the order that you bring the moves up in the paragraph. So you should either move the mention of Trick to the end of the paragraph, or move Trick up in the move order of the set.
[SET]
Trapper (Gothita) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Shadow Tag
Level: 5
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 236 SpA / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Gothita serves as a support Pokemon in Little Cup, (RC) thanks to its ability to trap Poison-types hyphen such as Foongus and Mareanie, (RC) and other metagame staples such as Mienfoo, forcing them to Terastalize Terastallize to survive once in range of Psychic. Trick is very important on Gothita, (RC) because without it, (AC) Gothita cannot reliably threaten a healthy Foongus due to the threat of Spore, and Trick is effective at crippling bulky foes. Thunderbolt provides coverage against Vullaby, while Energy Ball deals extra damage to Ground-types Types such as Mudbray. Tera Psychic is the most common Tera type to enable Gothita to secure earlier KOes such as KOing OHKOing revert if incorrect a healthy Mienfoo.

Gothita fits best on bulky offenses offense or balance teams with other pivots, most notably Mienfoo and Hisuian Voltorb, which typically struggle against bulky Regenerator Pokemon caps like Foongus and Mareanie. Choice Scarf Hisuian Growlithe also has significant synergy with Gothita, as bulky Fire-resists resistant Pokemon such as Mareanie and Glimmet are vulnerable to being trapped. Gothita's biggest weaknesses are that it gives free entry to offensive Dark- and Steel-types after it secures a KO, (RC) and that it is lacks power by itself. Therefore, Gothita needs both a defensive backbone with teammates such as Mienfoo, Mudbray, and Glimmet to switch into Dark-types, as well as offensive threats and sweepers like Shellder and the aforementioned Hisuian Voltorb to break through defensive cores with.

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