Updated by autumn, Rose, PowerOfMemes, sunny004, and Techno.
Welcome to the Grammar Prose Workshop v6! We've decided to revive and revamp this project in order to encourage more users to contribute to Smogon through GP checking analyses and articles. This workshop is where users can turn to learn more about the process known as Grammar and Prose, commonly referred to as "GP". This particular facet of Smogon handles the editing of written content to ensure that it is grammatically correct before going on-site. There are several areas where grammar checking is needed, including the following:
Areas Where GP Is Needed
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that amchecks are currently not allowed on The Flying Press articles and Social Media Spotlights due to their time sensitive nature, but you are welcome to practice on analyses in the C&C forum!
Useful Links
Before being accepted as an official member of the GP team, you'll obviously need to prove that you have what it takes to fit the bill. The best way to show your skills here is to do what we call amchecks, or amateur checks. These can be posted in any analysis after it reaches the Copyediting phase as indicated by the thread tag. The writer is not required to implement your changes, but they are allowed to, and it's not uncommon for an official GPer to come behind you and validate your work or give you a few pointers to help you improve. If you have an official tutor, thye will take a look at all of your checks,
Keep in mind, however, that your amchecks do not count as official checks and thus do not count toward the completion of the Copyediting phase, unless an official GPer stamps your work to indicate that it is satisfactory (which is huge if that happens). However, official GPers will not always go over amchecks and may go on and just post an official one. Remember to make sure the writer knows it's an amcheck to avoid confusion.
When you do checks of your own, you'll want to do is establish a key at the top of your amcheck post first and foremost, which indicates what colors mean to add and remove content, and you can use them to indicate other things as well, including side comments, capitalization, and so on. Blue is used for add, red is used for remove, and any other distinct color can be used for comments. You can customize the different shades of blue and red, but make sure you stick to those base colors! The GP chck formatting tool can create a color key by selecting the Color Legend option.
A worked example of a GP check courtesy of autumn is as follows:
Explanations for all the edits in the above hide tag are as follows:
The comma before 'but' is added here because the clause after it is independent. As explained in fleur's notes:
As explained above, STAB can't be used on its own. The type name also can't be used on its own (without -type at the end) when talking about moves, so instead of 'a Water STAB move', we can change it to 'a Water-type STAB move.'
Pokemon forme names (not form) are truncated, and the full list of them is in the very first point of the standards. Not all of them are intuitive (like this one where you would assume Rotom-M, which isn't the case), so make sure to always reference this list!
The term super effective / super effectively does not use any capital letters or hyphens, so look out for this example and super-effectively, both of which are incorrect.
This sentence is a good example of when a GPer would place a comment. From the GP standards, we know that using "Basculegion" without any suffix is incorrect. However, it isn't readily apparent whether the author is referring to Basculegion-M or -F, so we should ask the author or QC team for clarification.
The comma before 'but' here also uses the same rule as the first sentence change. 'Its lower Base Power means that it's worse at breaking through other Pokemon' works as a standalone without depending on the other part.
Note that Base Power does use capital letters.
Once you have done a fair amount of solid amchecks, you can submit an application to join the GP team by messaging the GP leaders and mods (deetah, Lumari, Rabia, adorluigi, autumn, sunny004) a submission including proof of your GP abilities. They will either tell you how you can improve, ask for more examples before they come to a decision, or add you to the GP team. More information about joining the GP team can be found in the guide thread.
Time to Practice!
Below are some exercises that contain several errors. Test yourself here first if you'd like by providing GP editions of these examples to correct where they are wrong. Some have more identifiable mistakes than others, and some may need to be completely reworded. To receive feedback, simply provide your corrections as a response to this thread!
Disclaimer: Some of these exercises were taken from published work on Smogon. We trust you to work with pure honesty, using your own judgement only; of course, practice is the key and making mistakes will only help you gain more confidence. So don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure!
Disclaimer: For the best use of the GP workshop, please avoid doing more than two of the exercises at a time before receiving feedback. This is because some exercises have the same errors in them, so getting feedback between trying them out will improve your knowledge and allow you to identify errors that you may have missed before. This also makes it easier for GPers to provide timely feedback!
Welcome to the Grammar Prose Workshop v6! We've decided to revive and revamp this project in order to encourage more users to contribute to Smogon through GP checking analyses and articles. This workshop is where users can turn to learn more about the process known as Grammar and Prose, commonly referred to as "GP". This particular facet of Smogon handles the editing of written content to ensure that it is grammatically correct before going on-site. There are several areas where grammar checking is needed, including the following:
Areas Where GP Is Needed
Contributions & Corrections
Commonly abbreviated as C&C, this is the part of the site where Pokemon analyses and articles that dictate or explain relevant information for the many generations and tiers are written. The GP phase happens after the QC (Quality Control) phase, which fine-tunes the competitive quality of the content. After an analysis has received all its Quality Control checks (usually indicated by QC 1/1 or QC 2/2), the writer will change the thread tag to Copyediting, which means that it's time for the writeup to go through GP, usually consisting of one or two checks. After the writer of the analysis has implemented the GP checks, the analysis is generally ready for upload.
Commonly abbreviated as C&C, this is the part of the site where Pokemon analyses and articles that dictate or explain relevant information for the many generations and tiers are written. The GP phase happens after the QC (Quality Control) phase, which fine-tunes the competitive quality of the content. After an analysis has received all its Quality Control checks (usually indicated by QC 1/1 or QC 2/2), the writer will change the thread tag to Copyediting, which means that it's time for the writeup to go through GP, usually consisting of one or two checks. After the writer of the analysis has implemented the GP checks, the analysis is generally ready for upload.
The Flying Press
The spiritual successor to The Smog, The Flying Press releases individual articles about a variety of topics relating to Smogon, from Pokemon spotlights to tournament coverage to PS! room overviews. Note that the GP standards for The Flying Press are more relaxed than in C&C. Also, unlike C&C, The Flying Press's writing workshop is not public; you must have permission to view it, which is usually only given through having an article approved in the submission phase or becoming part of the official GP or HTML team.
Once an article's thread tag changes to Grammar, the writer is done with the article and is now awaiting your edits. After the writer of the article has implemented two GP checks, the article must have HTML done, and then it is generally ready for publishing. Be advised that art may come to a project at any time of these projects and has no bearing on the order of phases therein.
The spiritual successor to The Smog, The Flying Press releases individual articles about a variety of topics relating to Smogon, from Pokemon spotlights to tournament coverage to PS! room overviews. Note that the GP standards for The Flying Press are more relaxed than in C&C. Also, unlike C&C, The Flying Press's writing workshop is not public; you must have permission to view it, which is usually only given through having an article approved in the submission phase or becoming part of the official GP or HTML team.
Once an article's thread tag changes to Grammar, the writer is done with the article and is now awaiting your edits. After the writer of the article has implemented two GP checks, the article must have HTML done, and then it is generally ready for publishing. Be advised that art may come to a project at any time of these projects and has no bearing on the order of phases therein.
Social Media Spotlights
Social Media Spotlights consist of individual Pokemon set spotlights for different tiers that are uploaded to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. These are meant to be short and sweet and only require one QC and GP check each.
Social Media Spotlights consist of individual Pokemon set spotlights for different tiers that are uploaded to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. These are meant to be short and sweet and only require one QC and GP check each.
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that amchecks are currently not allowed on The Flying Press articles and Social Media Spotlights due to their time sensitive nature, but you are welcome to practice on analyses in the C&C forum!
Useful Links
- The Spelling and Grammar Standards is a full list of the criteria the GP team follows (we suggest bookmarking it). If you've lurked here on Smogon for a while, a lot of the common terms and usage of the terms should be somewhat second-nature by now, which is a huge benefit. If you haven't lurked very much, not to worry; this is a task that becomes easier with experience because there's a lot of repetition. It won't take long to catch on even though it may seem like a ton.
- The GP Discord is the best way to meet other GPers and amcheckers as well as receive feedback and answers from others. Once you have joined, you can go to #reaction-roles to self-assign the amchecker role, which gives you access to a feedback-focused channel for amcheckers.
- fleurdyleurse has compiled an extensive list of notes for new GPers to use as a reference as well. It can be found here.
- autumn has complied a beginner-friendly document containing key standards and grammar rules to learn as well as advice on subjective changes and proofreading.
- A guide to making subjective GP changes can be found here.
- The GP Team Queue is where analyses that are ready for the GP phase are listed; the list of links in the OP is an automated list of every analysis currently waiting for GP checks. Although you can go and search for analyses to practice on yourself, this thread will help you find an analysis much easier.
- If you've done a few amchecks and/or workshop exercises already and are interested in joining the GP team, consider signing up for tutoring to receive more involved and thorough feedback here. An official GPer will be assigned to you and will help mentor you by answering any questions you may have and looking over your amchecks.
- Zrp200 has created a tool that auto-formats GP checks, which can be found here.
Before being accepted as an official member of the GP team, you'll obviously need to prove that you have what it takes to fit the bill. The best way to show your skills here is to do what we call amchecks, or amateur checks. These can be posted in any analysis after it reaches the Copyediting phase as indicated by the thread tag. The writer is not required to implement your changes, but they are allowed to, and it's not uncommon for an official GPer to come behind you and validate your work or give you a few pointers to help you improve. If you have an official tutor, thye will take a look at all of your checks,
Keep in mind, however, that your amchecks do not count as official checks and thus do not count toward the completion of the Copyediting phase, unless an official GPer stamps your work to indicate that it is satisfactory (which is huge if that happens). However, official GPers will not always go over amchecks and may go on and just post an official one. Remember to make sure the writer knows it's an amcheck to avoid confusion.
When you do checks of your own, you'll want to do is establish a key at the top of your amcheck post first and foremost, which indicates what colors mean to add and remove content, and you can use them to indicate other things as well, including side comments, capitalization, and so on. Blue is used for add, red is used for remove, and any other distinct color can be used for comments. You can customize the different shades of blue and red, but make sure you stick to those base colors! The GP chck formatting tool can create a color key by selecting the Color Legend option.
A worked example of a GP check courtesy of autumn is as follows:
Hydro Pump is the preferred STAB due to its power but it can be unreliable at times. Alternatively, Surf can be run for accuracy in exchange for power. Ice Beam compliments Inteleon's Water STAB really well by hitting Grass types like Rotom-Mow and Vileplume Super Effectively. Dark Pulse provides Inteleon with a coverage move so that it isn't completely useless against Water-types like Vaporeon or Basculegion. Instead of Ice Beam or Dark Pulse, Inteleon could opt for Air Slash to better target Toxicroak and Tauroa-Paldea-Aqua but its lower base power means that it's worse at breaking through other Pokemon.
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Hydro Pump is the preferred STAB move due to its power, (AC) but it can be unreliable at times. Alternatively, Surf can be run for accuracy in exchange for power. Ice Beamcompliments complements Inteleon's Water Water-type STAB move really well by hitting Grass types Grass-types like Rotom-Mow Rotom-C and Vileplume Super Effectively super effectively. Dark Pulse provides Inteleon with a coverage move so that it isn't completely useless against Water-types like Vaporeon or and Basculegion. Do you mean Basculegion-M or Basculegion-F? It needs to be one of the two. Instead of Ice Beam or Dark Pulse, Inteleon could opt for Air Slash to better target Toxicroak and Tauroa-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, (AC) but its lower base power Base Power means that it's worse at breaking through other Pokemon.
Hydro Pump is the preferred STAB move due to its power, (AC) but it can be unreliable at times. Alternatively, Surf can be run for accuracy in exchange for power. Ice Beam
Explanations for all the edits in the above hide tag are as follows:
The term 'STAB' can't be used on its own because STAB refers to the 1.5x bonus only and not any actual moves that are boosted by the bonus. Therefore, if a writer has 'STAB' on its own, you should change it to STAB move, STAB attack, or STAB option.Hydro Pump is the preferred STAB option due to its power, (AC) but it can be unreliable at times.
The comma before 'but' is added here because the clause after it is independent. As explained in fleur's notes:
- Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) should not be preceded by a comma when the clause that comes after is dependent (i.e. the clause cannot stand alone as a sentence).
- In the same vein, when the two clauses being connected are independent, a comma must be placed before the coordinating conjunction.
- e.g. Kingdra is a great fit on Water teams and works well on Dragon teams too (correct). / Kingdra is a great fit on Water teams, and it works well on Dragon teams too (second clause is now independent; needs comma after).
A common error made is confusing compliment and complement. A compliment is something like 'you're really good at GP!', whereas complement refers to one thing working well with another. In a Pokemon context, you'll always be looking for 'complement' because analyses talk about pairings and synergy.Ice Beamcomplimentscomplements Inteleon'sWaterWater-type STAB move
As explained above, STAB can't be used on its own. The type name also can't be used on its own (without -type at the end) when talking about moves, so instead of 'a Water STAB move', we can change it to 'a Water-type STAB move.'
Types are hyphenated, so we say Grass-types and not Grass types or Grass Types.by hittingGrass typesGrass-types likeRotom-MowRotom-C and VileplumeSuper Effectivelysuper effectively.
Pokemon forme names (not form) are truncated, and the full list of them is in the very first point of the standards. Not all of them are intuitive (like this one where you would assume Rotom-M, which isn't the case), so make sure to always reference this list!
The term super effective / super effectively does not use any capital letters or hyphens, so look out for this example and super-effectively, both of which are incorrect.
As explained in fleur's notes:Dark Pulse provides Inteleon with a coverage move so that it isn't completely useless against Water-types like Vaporeonorand Basculegion. Do you mean Basculegion-M or Basculegion-F? It needs to be one of the two.
- Note that "x and y" is plural, while "x or y" is singular.
- e.g. Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Dugtrio is correct, but Ground-types such as Landorus-T or Dugtrio is not, as "Ground-types" is plural and needs to be matched with a plural. If "x or y" is preferred by the writer, opt for A Ground-type such as Landorus-T or Dugtrio.
This sentence is a good example of when a GPer would place a comment. From the GP standards, we know that using "Basculegion" without any suffix is incorrect. However, it isn't readily apparent whether the author is referring to Basculegion-M or -F, so we should ask the author or QC team for clarification.
The first change here follows on from the previous formes point where the standards will guide you. It is also worth noting that for regional formes, they are formatted with the region first and differ from the PS teambuilder. The GP standard is Alolan Ninetales / Galarian Slowking / Hisuian Samurott not Ninetales-Alola.Inteleon could opt for Air Slash to better target Toxicroak andTauroa-Paldea-AquaPaldean Tauros-W, (AC) but its lowerbase powerBase Power means that it's worse at breaking through other Pokemon.
The comma before 'but' here also uses the same rule as the first sentence change. 'Its lower Base Power means that it's worse at breaking through other Pokemon' works as a standalone without depending on the other part.
Note that Base Power does use capital letters.
Once you have done a fair amount of solid amchecks, you can submit an application to join the GP team by messaging the GP leaders and mods (deetah, Lumari, Rabia, adorluigi, autumn, sunny004) a submission including proof of your GP abilities. They will either tell you how you can improve, ask for more examples before they come to a decision, or add you to the GP team. More information about joining the GP team can be found in the guide thread.
Time to Practice!
Below are some exercises that contain several errors. Test yourself here first if you'd like by providing GP editions of these examples to correct where they are wrong. Some have more identifiable mistakes than others, and some may need to be completely reworded. To receive feedback, simply provide your corrections as a response to this thread!
Disclaimer: Some of these exercises were taken from published work on Smogon. We trust you to work with pure honesty, using your own judgement only; of course, practice is the key and making mistakes will only help you gain more confidence. So don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure!
Disclaimer: For the best use of the GP workshop, please avoid doing more than two of the exercises at a time before receiving feedback. This is because some exercises have the same errors in them, so getting feedback between trying them out will improve your knowledge and allow you to identify errors that you may have missed before. This also makes it easier for GPers to provide timely feedback!
Slither-Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's interesting type, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom or Kingambit. U-Turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's team against mons such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge and it importantly allows Slither-Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOs Miraidon which Body Press cannot do. Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing checks from using it as set up fodder, it also punishes opponents such as Toxapex or Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk. Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu, and Water type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin allowing for a last ditch counterattack. 168 speed EVs out speed adamant Breloom and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
Enamorus-I is a top tier tera captain which should always be made one when drafted. Tera fairy further boosts its STABs making it extremely hard to check, even when it is not using damage boosting items and giving it the benefit of taking less damage from stealth rocks. Types like Fire and Ground boosts it's coverage moves further, while flipping some of it's weaknesses. Water, Poison and Steel allow you to kill opponents you otherwise would not, especially on set up sets. Ghost and electric gives it extra coverage via Tera Blast, and handles certain attacks better. Stellar type Tera Blast deals 80 damage to opponents and hits them all neutrally which synergizes well with Contrary and choice scarf boosting Enamorus-I's offensive stats while dealing massive damage to all opponents reliably.
Thanks to Tidy Up Cinccino is the main enabler of Hyper Offense teams, letting them run many powerful hazard weak Pokemon such as Oricorio-Pa'u, Arcanine, and Ninetales-Alola. Knock Off lets Cinccino hit Ghost Types like Chandelure, as well as Bronzong, an otherwise problematic wall. Encore allows Cincinno to capitalize on passive foes that setup hazards, boost their stats, or heal up such as Gligar, Registeel, and Sylveon. Teammates like Diancie, Toxtricity and Scyther can work alongside Cinccino to overwhelm shared Steel-type checks like Copperajah and Bronzong, however Fires and Fightings such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua, and Heracross that easily beat these same Steel-types work as well. Grassy terrain teams also heavily benefit from Cinccinos presence, since it lets Oricorio forms, Grafaiai, and Arcanine switch-in without having to take chip from hazards.
Black Glasses + tera dark should exclusively be used with Kowtow Cleave as these propel Kingambit's offensive pressure; with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach feats like 2HKOing Dondozo with Kowtow Cleave and 1HKOing Walking-Wake and at +2 Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch. Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup on would be checks in Landorus-T and most Great Tusks, become a sturdy switch in to offense threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite who rely on their Ground-type coverage to hit it, and gain an immunity to Spikes that limits Kingambit before it gets going. Kingambits potential and defensive utility in the late game make it a nearly staple on offensive archetypes from Bulky to Hyper Offense while still fitting on Balance. Physical teammates like Ogerpon-Wellspring, Zamazenta, and Swords Dance Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta, Landorus-Therian, and Dondozo. Dark Type offensive threat in Darkrai, and Samurott-Hisui form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists like Zamazenta and tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo and Moltres together.
Specs Calyrex-Shadow is an excellent breaker who independantly breaks through most of its usual switch ins with accurate prediction. Grass Knot kills Arceus-Water and Arceus-Ground in one hit after hazard damage. Grass Knot also 2HKOs Ting Lu. Grass Knot pressures neutral targets like Arceus-Normal as well. Psychic 2HKOes Arceus-Normal but Psyshock is an alternative STAB that 2HKOs offensive Ho Oh and hits Pokémon such as Blissey. Trick + Choice Specs debilitate Calyrex-Shadow's checks like Ho Oh, Ting Lu, and Arceus by removing the longevity their Item grant them and forcing them to attack. Tera Ghost Astral Barrage 2HKOs Ting Lu with less chip and 2HKOs Ho Oh and Defensive Arceus forms after Calyrex-Shadow loses its Specs. Tera Grass gives Grass Knot a good chance of scoring a OHKO on Ting Lu after hazard damage, and lets it 2HKO Arceus. Tera Normal turns Calyrex-Shadow into a Ghost immunity, preventing revenging attempts from opposing Calyrex-Shadows. All 3 Tera Types also allow you to survive attacks like Ting Lu's Payback and Arceus' Shadow Claw, though the latter 2 make it vulnerable to extreme killer Arceus' ESpeed.
Scarf Meowscarada with Sword Of Ruin is a top-notch offensive pivot and revenge-killer against set-up sweepers like Polteageist, as well as other Scarfers like Sandy-Shocks. On top of that, Meowscarada can potentially clean in the late-game after using Knock Off + U-Turn to sufficiently weaken checks like Corviknight and Scream Tail. Trick is an immediate and sure-fire way for Meowscarada to shut down it's checks while Knock Off paired with Spikes are good at chipping the grounded ones into KO range. Early game breakers such as Dragonite, Chi Yu and Greninja can punch huge holes into the foe's team so that Meowscarada can sweep, in return, Meowscarada cripples Dondozo and Corviknight with its STABs for the first and offers pivot support for the latter two. Corviknight is a solid defogger and pivot that also switches into priority attacks like First Impression, -Ate Extreme Speed, and Ice Shard as well, which frees up Meowscarada to pivot more freely throughout the game.
Weavile is a staple on Ice-teams thanks to its incredible speed tier and high attack. Knock Off denies passive recovery on opponents like Corviknight or Dondozo by removing their Leftovers and it prevents chip from opponents like Great Tusk and Skarmory by Knocking Off their Rocky Helmet. At +2 Triple Axel secures the OHKO on foes like the Ogerpon forms, Kyurem, Walking Wake, Ceruledge and Goodra-Hisui. Furthermore, it is able to check Defensive Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Non Scarf Gholdengo who can prove to be formidable foes for Ice Type teams. Ice Shard serves as a reliable countermeasure against faster foes like Scarf Enamorus, Landorus-I, and Roaring Moon. At +2, it is also able to OHKO Dragapult, while also OHKOing Garchomp without making contact which avoids chip from its Rough Skin.
One of Brelooms main struggles when trying to wall break is getting past Poison Types like Vileplume, Dragalge and Slowbro-Galar, so Psychic and Ground-types like Munkidori, Uxie, or Flygon are greatly appreciated. The former two as well as Kilowattrel and Dragalge excel at Pivoting Breloom in on Dark and Steel-types like Klefki, Registeel or Muk-Alola with their U-Turn and Flip Turn. Articuno-G is an exceptionally good partner as on top of providing U-Turn support it can use Future Sight to limit Breloom's switchins even further, and abuse Vileplume's Strength Sap with its Competitive. In a similar vein, pivot partners such as Mienshao, Incineroar, Inteleon and the aforementioned Flygon make good partners since they commonly draw in Water types like Vaporeon, Milotic, Gastrodon or Swampert, for Breloom to abuse. Teammates like Incineroar, A-Muk, and Bronzong, also make for decent teammates, handling the Psychic and Fairy-types, like Uxie, Munkidori, Whimsicott or Sylveon who force Breloom out.
Chien Pao appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away hazards to prevent it from being worn down by hazards. It can also bring Chien Pao in safely using a slow U-Turn. Mandibuzz is a great switch in to Fighting attacks from enemies like Scarf Sneasler and Scarf Tusk which Chien Pao is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up sweepers like Azumarill or Scizor with Foul Play. In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents like Sandy Shocks or Baxcalibur who can cause problems for Mandibuzz. Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao due to its Neutrality to Fairy-type, being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head, and Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks. In return Chien Pao hits threats to Kingambit like DD Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian and Defensive Gliscor.
Normalium-Z Serperior utilises Leaf Storm boosted Z-Hyper Beam to bypass most of its checks, namely Mega-Venusaur, Amoonguss, Mega-Latias, Iron Moth, Hydrapple or Victini. Hidden Power [Fire] allows Serperior to chip Aegislash and Celesteela, the only checks unfazed by a boosted Breakneck Blitz, slowly wearing them down into range of +2 or +4 HP Fire in the late game. Synthesis allows you to switch in to Rotom W and Ting Lu throughout longer games without being worn down, abusing these opportunities to chip away at its checks. Glare eases the MU against Aegislash and Celesteela by allowing you to paralyse them, and attempt to remove them. Normalium-Z Serperior is only seen on Webs and other Offense teams as its aggressive playstyle and lackluster bulk leaves it unable to attempt to setup multiple times against teams with revenge-killers like Greninja, Iron Boulder, or Mega-Aerodactyl. Sticky Webs slow down the first two but answers to Mega-Aerodactyl like Balloon Aegislash, Azumarill, Scizor and Scarf Mienshao are recommended given its ability to dodge the hazard.
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