NU Gourgeist-Small [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/1]

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[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Power Whip
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Explosion
item: Life Orb
ability: Frisk
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist-S is a very effective wallbreaker because of its great Speed stat, which lets it threaten NU staples like the Silvally formes, Rotom-F, and Toxicroak, and damage output combined with utility moves such as Will-O-Wisp and Explosion. Gourgeist-S also offers further utility by being a spinblocker and resisting Ground-, Grass-, and Water-type attacks while also being immune to Fighting-type attacks. Power Whip has notable offensive value, 2HKOing threats like Silvally-Dark and Rotom-F and even Pokemon that resist it like Togedemaru and Rapidash. Will-O-Wisp wears down common switch-ins like Garbodor, Silvally-Dragon, and Perrserker. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible to pave the way for your teammates and keeps up momentum. Although it has base 122 Defense, Gourgeist-S is still rather frail, so don't switch it in recklessly. For example, players must be wary of Knock Off when switching into Fighting-types like Toxicroak and Sawk.

Piloswine is a great partner for Gourgeist-S. It supports Gourgeist-S with Stealth Rock while also dealing with common Gourgeist-S checks like Garbodor, Ferroseed, and Eldegoss. In return, Gourgeist-S can act as a spinblocker to keep Stealth Rock up as long as possible while also threatening Water-types like Silvally-Water and Wishiwashi. Ice-types like the aforementioned Piloswine and Galarian Mr. Mime can get rid of Grass-, Flying-, and Dragon-types like Eldegoss, Butterfree, and Silvally-Dragon. Fire-types like Rapidash and Silvally-Fire greatly appreciate Gourgeist-S's ability to take on Ground- and Water-types like Sandaconda and Wishiwashi. Conversely, Gourgeist-S welcomes support of the aforementioned Fire-types tackling Grass- and Ice-types.

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[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Power Whip
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Explosion
item: Life Orb
ability: Frisk
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist-S is the most offensive Gourgeist forme and is the fastest Grass-type in the tier. (I don't think these are particularly useful things to note unless you want to talk about how it being a fast Grass-type sets it apart from other Grass-types/wallbreakers) It boasts decent breaking power thanks to its new tool it got this generation, Power Whip. (Power Whip being new is pretty pointless to mention; I'd prefer that you note some damage rolls that showcase how strong it is) Due to its great speed tier, it can threaten NU staples like the multiple viable Silvally's, Rotom's Silvally formes, Rotom-F, Rotom-S, and Toxicroak. Although having a it has base 122 Defence Defense, Gourgeist-S is still rather frail so don't switch it in recklessly. (I think you could place this sentence in a better location, perhaps at the beginning of the next paragraph. Right now this paragraph has really odd flow though. I also think it'd be useful to maybe give a more specific comment about Gourgeist-S's lacking bulk, i.e. what can't it switch into that a player may be tempted to use it as a switch-in for?) Will-O-Wisp wears down common switch-ins like Garbodor and Drampa. Explosion can be used to pave the way for your teammates and keeps up momentum. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible.

Piloswine is a great partner for Gourgeist-S. It supports Gourgeist-S with Stealth Rock, while also dealing with common Gourgeist-S checks like Garbodor, Ferroseed and Eldegoss. In return, Gourgeist-S can act as a spinblocker to keep Stealth Rock up as long as possible while also threatning threatening Water-types like Silvally-Water and Wishiwashi. Ice-types like the aforementioned Piloswine and Galarian Mr. Mime (Abomasnow > Galarian Mr. Mime, you can specify Choice Scarf if you think it fits with the examples you gave better) can get rid of Grass-, Flying- and Dragon-types like Eldegoss, Butterfree and Silvally-Dragon respectively. Fire-types like Rapidash and Silvally-Fire greatly appreciate Gourgeist-S's ability to take on Ground-, and Water-types like Sandaconda and Wishiwashi. Conversely, Gourgeist-S welcomes support of the aforementioned Fire-types tackling the Grass-, Bug-, and Ice-types. (the highest ranked Bug-type is C+, so I don't think directly noting them there is worthwhile)


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[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Power Whip
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Explosion
item: Life Orb
ability: Frisk
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Gourgeist-S is the most offensive Gourgeist forme and finds itself in NU due to its great Speed stat and offensive presence combined with its utility with moves such as Explosion and Will-O-Wisp. the first sentence is really just fluff; we know it's nu, but what is its prupose specifically (just expand a tad on the end and rework the earlier part) Power Whip has notable offensive value, 2HKOing threats like Silvally-Dark and Rotom- you forgot a letter here and even Pokemon that resist Power Whip like Togedemaru and Rapidash get 2HKOed. Due to its great speed tier, it can threaten NU staples like the Silvally formes, Rotom-F, Rotom-S, and Toxicroak. Will-O-Wisp wears down common switch-ins like Garbodor and Drampa. drampa's not really the best mention; unless u have clef burning is kinda useless since it'll just come in and claim a mon Explosion can be used to pave the way for your teammates and keeps up momentum. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible. Although it has base 122 Defense, Gourgeist-S is still rather frail so don't switch it in recklessly. For example, players must be wary of Knock Off when switching it into Fighting-types like Toxicroak and Sawk.

Piloswine is a great partner for Gourgeist-S. It supports Gourgeist-S with Stealth Rock, while also dealing with common Gourgeist-S checks like Garbodor, Ferroseed and Eldegoss. In return, Gourgeist-S can act as a spinblocker to keep Stealth Rock up as long as possible while also threatening Water-types like Silvally-Water and Wishiwashi. Ice-types like the aforementioned Piloswine and Galarian Mr. Mime can get rid of Grass-, Flying- and Dragon-types like Eldegoss, Butterfree and Silvally-Dragon respectively. Fire-types like Rapidash and Silvally-Fire greatly appreciate Gourgeist-S's ability to take on Ground-, and Water-types like Sandaconda and Wishiwashi. Conversely, Gourgeist-S welcomes support of the aforementioned Fire-types tackling the Grass- and Ice-types.


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[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Power Whip
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Explosion
item: Life Orb
ability: Frisk
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist-S is a very effective wallbreaker because of with its great Speed stat and offensive presence combined with its utility,(AC) with moves such as Explosion and Will-O-Wisp. Gourgeist-S also offers some defensive utility by being a spinblocker and resisting Ground-, Grass-, and Water-type attacks while also being immune to Fighting-type attacks (I don't think you need to state what Gourgeist-S resists and is immune to unless these types are common in NU, then you should mention that and disregard my suggestion). Power Whip has notable offensive value, 2HKOing threats like Silvally-Dark and Rotom-F and even Pokemon that resist Power Whip like Togedemaru and Rapidash get 2HKOed. Due to its great Speed speed tier, it can threaten NU staples like the Silvally formes, Rotom-F, Rotom-S, and Toxicroak. Will-O-Wisp wears down common switch-ins like Garbodor, Silvally-Dragon,(AC) and Perrserker. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible and can be used to pave the way for your teammates and keeps up momentum. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible. Although it has base 122 Defense, Gourgeist-S is still rather frail so don't switch it in recklessly. For example, players must be wary of Knock Off when switching it into Fighting-types like Toxicroak and Sawk.

Piloswine is a great partner for Gourgeist-S. It supports Gourgeist-S with Stealth Rock, while also dealing with common Gourgeist-S checks like Garbodor, Ferroseed,(AC) and Eldegoss. In return, Gourgeist-S can act as a spinblocker to keep Stealth Rock up as long as possible while also threatening Water-types like Silvally-Water and Wishiwashi. Ice-types like the aforementioned Piloswine and Galarian Mr. Mime can get rid of Grass-, Flying-,(AC) and Dragon-types like Eldegoss, Butterfree,(AC) and Silvally-Dragon,(AC) respectively. Fire-types like Rapidash and Silvally-Fire greatly appreciate Gourgeist-S's ability to take on Ground-,(RC) and Water-types like Sandaconda and Wishiwashi. Conversely, Gourgeist-S welcomes support of the aforementioned Fire-types tackling the Grass-,(RC) and Ice-types.

[CREDITS]
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- Quality checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 

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[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move 1: Power Whip
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Synthesis
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Explosion
item: Life Orb
ability: Frisk
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist-S is a very effective wallbreaker because of with its great Speed stat, which lets it threaten NU staples like the Silvally formes, Rotom-F, and Toxicroak, and offensive presence damage output (I think "offensive presence" already implies Speed, so this avoids that potential redundancy) combined with its utility with moves such as Explosion and Will-O-Wisp and Explosion. Gourgeist-S also offers some defensive further (I wouldn't call spinblocking "defensive utility") utility by being a spinblocker and resisting Ground-, Grass-, and Water-type attacks while also being immune to Fighting-type attacks (I don't think you need to state what Gourgeist-S resists and is immune to unless these types are common in NU, then you should mention that and disregard my suggestion yea these are definitely worth mentioning within the context of NU). Power Whip has notable offensive value, 2HKOing threats like Silvally-Dark and Rotom-F and even Pokemon that resist Power Whip it like Togedemaru and Rapidash get 2HKOed. Due to its great speed tier, it can threaten NU staples like the Silvally formes, Rotom-F, Rotom-S, and Toxicroak. Will-O-Wisp wears down common switch-ins like Garbodor, Silvally-Dragon,(AC) and Perrserker. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible can be used to pave the way for your teammates and keeps up momentum. Explosion is commonly used to remove checks like Drampa and Rotom-S or as a last ditch effort to do as much damage as possible. Although it has base 122 Defense, Gourgeist-S is still rather frail,(AC) so don't switch it in recklessly. For example, players must be wary of Knock Off when switching it into Fighting-types like Toxicroak and Sawk.

Piloswine is a great partner for Gourgeist-S. It supports Gourgeist-S with Stealth Rock (RC) while also dealing with common Gourgeist-S checks like Garbodor, Ferroseed,(AC) and Eldegoss. In return, Gourgeist-S can act as a spinblocker to keep Stealth Rock up as long as possible while also threatening Water-types like Silvally-Water and Wishiwashi. Ice-types like the aforementioned Piloswine and Galarian Mr. Mime can get rid of Grass-, Flying-,(AC) and Dragon-types like Eldegoss, Butterfree,(AC) and Silvally-Dragon respectively (doesn't work in this context because the list has 3 elements referring back to only 2). Fire-types like Rapidash and Silvally-Fire greatly appreciate Gourgeist-S's ability to take on Ground-,(RC) and Water-types like Sandaconda and Wishiwashi. Conversely, Gourgeist-S welcomes support of the aforementioned Fire-types tackling the Grass-,(RC) and Ice-types.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[poh, 298730]]
- Quality checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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