Grammar-Prose Workshop v6

Super sick rn, but I want to keep up the GP streak
One of Brelooms Breloom's main struggles when trying to wall break wallbreak is getting past Poison Types Poison-types like Vileplume, Dragalge, (AC) and Slowbro-Galar Galarian Slowbro, so Psychic- and Ground-types like Munkidori, Uxie, or and Flygon are greatly appreciated. The former two as well as Kilowattrel and Dragalge excel at pivoting Breloom in on Dark- and Steel-types like Alolan Muk, (AC) Klefki, and Registeel or Muk-Alola with their U-turn and Flip Turn. Articuno-G Galarian Articuno is an exceptionally good partner, (AC) as on top of providing U-turn support, (AC) it can use Future Sight to limit Breloom's switchins switch-ins even further (RC) and abuse. (AP) It also benefits from Vileplume's Strength Sap with its Competitive ability. In a similar vein, pivot partners pivots such as Mienshao, Incineroar, Inteleon, (AC) and the aforementioned Flygon make good partners, (AC) since they commonly draw in Water types Water-types like Vaporeon, Milotic, Gastrodon, (AC) and or Swampert (RC) for Breloom to abuse take advantage of. Teammates like Incineroar, A-Muk Alolan Muk, and Bronzong (RC) also make for decent teammates, handling the Psychic- and Fairy-types, like Uxie, Munkidori, Whimsicott, (AC) and or Sylveon, (AC) which who force Breloom out.
 
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Psychic- and Ground-types Ground-type partners
Using 'Ground-types' to mean 'Ground-type Pokemon' is correct and doesn't need to be changed. Saying 'Ground-types ar greatly appreciated' implies the partners part (and in a real analysis, this will be in a teammates paragraph), so no need to worry about losing information there.

Galarian Articuno is an exceptionally good partner, (AC) as on top of providing U-turn support, (AC) it can use Future Sight to limit Breloom's switchins switch-ins even further, and abuse it can take advantage of Vileplume's Strength Sap with its ability, (AC) Competitive.
Good changes - I like turning the trength Sap part into an independent clause so you can separate the idea without a comma error.

pivot partners pivot-partners
Pivot partners isn't a coined term that needs a hyphen; it just means 'partners that are pivots'. It's not a compound adjecitve to describe a noun after it, so no hyphen is needed.

pivot-partners such as Mienshao, Incineroar, Inteleon, (AC) and the aforementioned Flygon make good partners
A key prose error to look out for is repetition. In this sentence, when you take out the examples you essentially get 'pivot partners make good partners', which is repetitive and doesn't read naturally. Since the partners part has been stated once, it doesn't need to be restated and ca either be removed 'pivots like xyz make good partners' or reworded 'pivot partners like xyz can help Breloom'.

The later sentence 'teammates like Incineroar...make good teammates' has the same repetition error, which was a good catch!
 
earthfromthefuture good stuff buddy! I'll message you soon for some feedback on the cms stuff too
Tera Fairy further boosts its STABs Fairy-type moves, (AC) making it extremely hard to check (RC) even when it's not using damage boosting damage-boosting items and giving gives it the benefit of taking less damage from stealth rocks a Stealth Rock neutrality.
here, "making it extremely hard to check" is a participle phrase; it starts with "making" and ends with "damage-boosting items", which means a comma must close it off before "and gives it a Stealth Rock neutrality"

Types like Tera Fire and Ground boosts it's boost its coverage moves further (RC) while flipping some of it's its weaknesses.
This edit may be correct in other contexts, but it's wrong here because it changes the meaning of the sentence
"Tera types like Fire and Ground" implies there are other types
"Tera Fire and Ground" specifies just these two

Tera Water, Poison, (AC) and Steel allow you it to kill beat opponents you it otherwise would not, especially on set up setup sets.
the opponent is the person you're against, while foes are the pokemon you're actually trying to beat

Tera Ghost and Electric gives give it extra coverage via Tera Blast (RC) and handles allow Enamorus to handle certain attacks better.
I would turn the first "it" into Enamorus and turn the Enamorus => it here

also a note for most of the past sentences: you can edit the pokemon's name in if it hasn't been mentioned for the past 2 lines or if a different pokemon was mentioned in between. if you see it hasn't been mentioned the past sentence, feel free to add it in to help re-clarify

I feel like I should mention Tera Stellar separately from Tera Blast Stellar, but wasn't sure how much we can really change. Something like "Tera Stellar synergizes with Contrary and Tera Blast, allowing Enamorus to boost its offensive stats while dealing reliable damage to all foes." Is that more of a QC team or does the GP jurisdiction extend to making what they believe the author's original intent easier to understand?
imo Tera Blast Stellar is the specific move that synergizes well with contrary here, since it's specifically that move that boosts stats with contrary, while I guess tera stellar enables both? still, the more direct link is tera blast stellar => contrary, and tera stellar is already implied with the move name--plus it doesn't talk about tera stellar's properties to warrant mentioning tera stellar alone. that aside, the edits you made to the tera blast line were great!
 
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Slither-WingSlither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which that uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, (AC) and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, (AC) and or Kingambit. U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's Slither Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge, (AC) and it importantly allows Slither-Wing Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOs 2HKOes Miraidon, (AC) which Body Press cannot do. Will-o-Wisp's Burn Will-o-Wisp stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, and it also punishes opponents foes such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing for 50% of its health Slither Wing dex information, I don't think this is necessary?, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk. Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu (RC) and Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, (AC) allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack. 168 Speed EVs out speed adamant enable Slither Wing to outspeed Adamant Breloom, (AC) and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
 
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One of Brelooms Breloom's main struggles when trying to wall break wallbreak is getting past Poison Types Poison-types like Vileplume, Dragalge, (AC) and Slowbro-Galar Galarian Slowbro, so Psychic- and Ground-types like Munkidori, Uxie, or and Flygon are greatly appreciated.
- You accidentally added an extra space after "wallbreak" but that change is good otherwise
- The addition of the hyphen after Psychic could be a bit difficult to see; I would have added a more noticeable flag there
The former two as well as Kilowattrel and Dragalge excel at pivoting Breloom in on Dark- and Steel-types like Alolan Muk, (AC) Klefki, and Registeel or Muk-Alola with their U-turn and Flip Turn.
- Great catch to move Muk to the front of the list
Articuno-G Galarian Articuno is an exceptionally good partner, (AC) as on top of providing U-turn support, (AC) it can use Future Sight to limit Breloom's switchins switch-ins even further (RC) and abuse. (AP) It also benefits from Vileplume's Strength Sap with its Competitive ability.
- Good!
In a similar vein, pivot partners pivots such as Mienshao, Incineroar, Inteleon, (AC) and the aforementioned Flygon make good partners, (AC) since they commonly draw in Water types Water-types like Vaporeon, Milotic, Gastrodon, (AC) and or Swampert (RC) for Breloom to abuse take advantage of.
- Leaving in "the aforementioned" was fine.
Teammates like Incineroar, A-Muk Alolan Muk, and Bronzong (RC) also make for decent teammates, handling the Psychic- and Fairy-types, like Uxie, Munkidori, Whimsicott, (AC) and or Sylveon, (AC) which who force Breloom out.
- On a more prose-based note, I think this could have used some editing to remove some of the repetition. The last three sentences all begin with "X is/are good partner(s)..." so breaking up that repeating pattern by changing one of those sentences is ideal.
 
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Slither-WingSlither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which that uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, (AC) and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, (AC) and or Kingambit.
when talking about a pokemon's type like this, you say "its typing"
so, you can say a pokemon is a Dark-type, but you talk about its Dark typing, or discuss how Slither Wing's typing benefits it

Will-o-Wisp's Burn Will-o-Wisp stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, and it also punishes opponents foes such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in.
here you gotta follow showdown formatting for moves; Will-o-Wisp is typed as Will-O-Wisp

Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing for 50% of its health Slither Wing dex information, I don't think this is necessary?, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk.
correct! it's just dex info

Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu (RC) and Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, (AC) allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack. 168 Speed EVs out speed adamant enable Slither Wing to outspeed Adamant Breloom, (AC) and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
the rest of this is all solid as well, great job!!!
 
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Choice Specs Calyrex-Shadow Calyrex-S is an excellent breaker who independantly breaks wallbreaker, independently breaking through most of its usual switch ins 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 2HKOes Ting-Lu, pressures neutral foes like Arceus, and OHKOes Arceus-Water and Arceus-Ground after entry hazards. Grass Knot pressures neutral targets like Arceus-Normal as well (RP) Psychic 2HKOes Arceus-Normal Arceus, (AC) but Psyshock is an alternative STAB that 2HKOs 2HKOes offensive Ho Oh Ho-Oh and hits Pokémon Pokemon such as Blissey. Trick + Choice Specs debilitate Calyrex-Shadow's cripples Calyrex-S's checks like Ho Oh Ho-Oh, Ting Lu Ting-Lu, and Arceus by removing the longevity their Item grant Choice-locking them and forcing them to attack hampering their longevity. Tera Ghost Astral Barrage 2HKOs 2HKOes Ting Lu with less chip and 2HKOs Ho Oh 2HKOes Ho-Oh and defensive Arceus forms formes after Calyrex-Shadow loses Calyrex-S Tricks away its Choice Specs. Tera Grass gives Grass Knot a has good chance odds of scoring a OHKO on Ting Lu OHKOing Ting-Lu after hazard damage (RC) hazards and lets it secures a 2HKO on Arceus. Tera Normal turns Calyrex-Shadow into gives Calyrex-S a Ghost immunity, preventing revenging revenge kill attempts from opposing Calyrex-Shadows Calyrex-S. All 3 three Tera types also allow you Calyrex-S to survive attacks like Ting Lu's Payback and Arceus' Arceus's Shadow Claw, though the latter 2 two make it vulnerable to Extreme Killer Arceus' ESpeed.

The second sentence mentioning pressuring neutral foes like Arceus feels redundant and could probably be removed but that sounds like a QC thing. I removed Trick + Choice Specs because the set itself is based on having the Choice Specs item, nothing else would be Tricked in this scenario so restating the item felt pointless. Replaced debilitate with cripple for consistency's sake across the website, and I'm unsure if "Tricks" is a valid verb form of Trick, or if that is even done with moves at all. I'm also fairly certain "Tera Ghost Astral Barrage 2HKOes Ting Lu with less chip" is entirely wrong and shouldn't be mentioned in the set, but that also sounds like a QC thing. I'm unsure how to phrase Tera X (Tera-boosted move), because I'm pretty sure that the Terastallization boosting the move is implied. I.e (Tera Ghost-boosted Astral Barrage vs. Tera Ghost Astral Barrage)
I also removed Extreme Speed because the presence of "Extreme Killer" implies the Arceus set with Extreme Speed.
 
earthfromthefuture

Overall, you have really strong objective knowledge as well as a good eye for prose changes, which is great! Just make sure to avoid lateral changes, or edits that go from one correct phrasing to another one for no reason apart from sounding better to you.

As GP, we want to preserve the voice and style of writers as much as possible so their work can be up on site in their own words. There are always going to be some small edits that change this, but keeping voice in mind is key. You want to make sure you're checking what's in the analysis and not what you'd personally write if this was your own analysis; what sounds better to you may not sound better to the writer.
Choice Specs Calyrex-Shadow Calyrex-S is an excellent breaker who independantly breaks wallbreaker, independently breaking through most of its usual switch ins switch-ins with accurate prediction.
Removing the 'who' and changing breaker -> wallbreaker is good here, but there's nothing structurally wrong with 'wallbreaker that independently breaks', which preserves a bit more of the original prose. For a short sentence like this, it's best to defer to the writer's structure unless you're fixing a structural issue / removing repetition if the structure has been used constantly throughout the paragraph.

Grass Knot kills Arceus-Water and Arceus-Ground in one hit after hazard damage. Grass Knot also 2HKOs Ting Lu 2HKOes Ting-Lu, pressures neutral foes like Arceus, and OHKOes Arceus-Water and Arceus-Ground after entry hazards. Grass Knot pressures neutral targets like Arceus-Normal as well (RP)
Great catch idenfiying that the three Grass Knot sentences can be combined. However, the order of the three ideas doesn't need to be restructured - the list can start with the OHKO calcs, then the 2HKO calcs, then pressuring neutral targets in the same way the original text did. When making necessary prose edits, it's best to make the least intrusive change to preserve as much intent as possible even when a change hasto happen (like here).

Psyshock is an alternative STAB
STAB here on its own isn't correct because STAB = the 1.5x bonus to damage, but you can change it to 'STAB move / STAB attack' instead of removing the idea entirely.

Trick + Choice Specs debilitate Calyrex-Shadow's cripples Calyrex-S's
This change with your comment makes a lot of sense and actually isn't something that I'd considered before. Just note that changing debilitates -> cripples is a bit of a lateral change because both phrasings were correct. so deferring to the word choices of the writer is better. Consistency across the website shouldn't be a concern here because there are multiple words that have very similar meanings, and we don't standardise word choice here and prefer writer voice.

by removing the longevity their Item grant Choice-locking them and forcing them to attack hampering their longevity.
Similarly here, the ordering of the original sentence prioritised the idea of removing their longevity and then forcing them to attack, so reordering this takes that away a bit. There isn't anything wrong with the original structurally (outside the grammar errors).

Tera Ghost Astral Barrage 2HKOs 2HKOes Ting Lu with less chip
Note that Ting-Lu (and the other ruin Pokemon) have hyphens in their names.

A good piece of general advice is if you find a writer makes a simple mistake like mispelling Pokemon names, missing capitalisation etc, and you've identified it more than once, you can use ctrl + f to check you've caught them all. My beginner notes document also has a section on proofreading with ctrl + f with a more general list of basic errors to check for.

'Chip' should also be 'chip damage' here - chip can't be used as a noun (Stealth Rock chip is wrong, Stealth Rock chip damage is correct), but it can be used as a verb (it can chip foes). This point doesn't really make sense as you said, so if you were doing a real GP check, you'd be able to leave a comment to the writer (on the tool, put { } around comments to format) - for worksho entries no need to worry.

Calyrex-S Tricks away
We want to avoid using moves as verbs, so this change isn't needed.

Tera Grass gives Grass Knot a has good chance odds of scoring a OHKO on Ting Lu OHKOing Ting-Lu after hazard damage (RC) hazards and lets it secures a 2HKO on Arceus.
This first change is also somewhat lateral because 'gives Grass Knot a good chance to do x' isn't incorrect, so you're going from one correct phrasing to a second correct one. It also means that you've had to restructure quite a lot of the rest of the sentence, which takes voice away in ways that wouldn't have been needed.

survive attacks like Ting Lu's
This Ting-Lu also needs a hyphen added.
 
Here's my first attempt at a practice correction.

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Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, or and Kingambit. U-Turn U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing Slither Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge, and it importantly allows Slither-Wing Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOs Miraidon, which Body Press cannot do. Which of these interactions is Body Press unable to achieve? Clarify. Will-o-Wisp's Will-O-Wisp's Burn burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, and it also punishes opponents such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing for 50% of its health, helping it helps Slither Wing to consistently switch into Great Tusk. Removing redundant description of Morning Sun's effect. Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu, and as well as Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin Palafin-H, allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack. 168 speed Speed EVs allow Slither Wing to out speed outspeed adamant Adamant Breloom, and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.

Some questions I have:
The analysis describes Slither Wing as having an "interesting type". To me, this sounds too vague, but I wouldn't know what the best thing to suggest to replace it would be.
The phrase "dumped into physical bulk" at the end sounds unprofessional to me. But I don't know if that's acceptable for an analysis or not.
 
EthanLac

Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, or and Kingambit.

- Which clauses are always preceded by a comma/surrounded by a comma pair, so to preserve the lack of comma it should be "that" instead of "which".
- A Pokemon has "some typing" not "some type".
- Marking punctuation additions/removals on their own like that isn't ideal because they can be easy to miss for writers implementing them. You should add an accompanying comment to draw attention to them, e.g., "serviceable bulk, (AC) and reliable recovery" or "serviceable bulk, (comma) and reliable recovery".

Close Combat OHKOs Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOs Miraidon, which Body Press cannot do.

- "XHKOs" is a noun meaning "multiple X hit knock outs"; "XHKOes" is the verb form.

Will-o-Wisp's Will-O-Wisp's Burn burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, and it also punishes opponents such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in.

- I recommend grouping adjacent changes together to make it easier for the writer to read/implement them, e.g., "Will-o-Wisp's Burn Will-O-Wisp's burn" instead of "Will-o-Wisp's Will-O-Wisp's Burn burn".
- "opponents" refers to people you battle; "foes" means opposing Pokemon.

Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing for 50% of its health, helping it helps Slither Wing to consistently switch into Great Tusk. Removing redundant description of Morning Sun's effect.

- Good job removing the dex info.

Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu, and as well as Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin Palafin-H, allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack.

- Don't change any relevant information in analyses; "Palafin" implies both the base forme and the hero forme, while "Palafin-H" only refers to the latter.

"Interesting" isn't the most descriptive adjective but also wouldn't really hurt to leave alone. An alternative would be something like "uncommon", though, and if in doubt you can just leave a comment asking the writer to fix something.
Dumping EVs is a fine and commonly used phrase in analyses.
 
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Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom or and Kingambit. U-Turn U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing Slither Wing's team against mons Pokémon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge and it importantly allows Slither-Wing 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 Pokémon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as setup fodder, it and also punishes opponents Pokémon such as Toxapex or Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing Slither Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch in to Great Tusk throughout a game. 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 Slither Wing to get a surprise attack off. 168 speed EVs outspeed aAdamant 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. (idk if this is true so I deleted this in case it was an opinion. I have never played draft in my entire life.) Tera fairy further boosts its Fairy STABs making it extremely hard difficult to check, even when it is not using damage boosting items and giving it the benefit of taking less damage from stealth rocks reducing damage from Stealth Rock. Other Tera 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 flip weaknesses and get an extra attack off. Ghost and eElectric gives it extra coverage via Tera Blast, and handles certain attacks better removes certain weaknesses. Stellar type Tera Blast deals 80 damage to opponents and hits them all neutrally which while synergizesing well with Contrary and choice scarf boosting Enamorus-I's offensive stats while dealing massive damage to all opponents reliably., boosting it's offensive stats.
 
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Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting type
The 'which' after niche defensive pivot should be changed to 'that'. These two words aren't interchangeable and mean slightly different things.
Which
  • Which clauses are used when the sentence is non-restrictive, meaning that the part of the sentence in the 'which' clause applies to every potential example with no restrictions or exceptions.
  • For example 'Pokemon, which are immune to Draco Meteor' would not be non-restrictive because 'are immune to Ground' does not apply to every Pokemon. However, 'Fairy-types, which are immune to Draco Meteor' would be non-restrictive because there is no exceptions to the rule that Fairy-types are immune to Dragon.
  • You can remove the 'which' clause and the sentence both still makes sense grammatically and holds the same meaning; you should be able to cut it out of the sentence entirely with the original idea staying the same.
  • Which clauses also always need a comma before them. Even if you're not sure of the distinction, a which clause without a comma needs a fix.
  • An example would be "Ghost-types, which are immune to Rapid Spin" - non-restrictive because every single Ghost-type is immune, no restrictions/exceptions.
That
  • 'That' clauses are restrictive and don't need a comma before them.
  • The 'that' part of the sentence is needed for the rest of the sentence to make sense and communicate an idea.
  • No part of a sentence using 'that' is removable.
  • An example would be 'Electric-types that are immune to Ground check Landorus-T'. This has to be restrictive because some Electric-types are immune to Ground and others are not, so things like Zapdos/Rotom-W do check it, but a Pikachu does not.
  • This article helps elaborate on this https://www.grammarly.com/blog/grammar/which-vs-that/

In this case, the sentence is restrictive because you're saying it's a niche defensive pivot that uses those three attributes to check those specific attackers. Not every singe defensive pivot can do those things, so the sentence is restrictively applying to Slither Wing and can't apply to every possible example.

Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom or and Kingambit.
  • 'Interesting type' should be interesting typing; a Pokemon has some typing not some type.
  • There should be a comma after reliable recovery; Smogon uses the Oxford/serial comma (comma in a list of three or more).
  • For the same reason, there should be a comma after Breloom. Good change with the or -> and!
U-Turn U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing Slither Wing's team against mons Pokémon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge and it importantly allows Slither-Wing Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle.
The word Pokemon doesn't use the e accent in analyses, so it's written like I just did.

As GP, we don't ever remove content from an analysis. By the time something gets to the GP stage, it has been checked by at least 2 quality control members, who are experts in the metagame that's being written about. Thye check if all information is correct, then once they are done, we check if the grammar is correct. The QC team memebrs decided that the Gothitelle mention is important, and they know the metagame enough to make that call, so us as metagame outsiders should never change what an analysis actually says.

The second 'Slither Wing' in this sentence could be changed to 'it' to avoid subject repetition; Slither Wing has already been stated as the subject the first time, so you can replace it with a pronoun now.

Close Combat OHKOs Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOs Miraidon which Body Press cannot do.
  • OHKOes as the verb form (Salamence OHKOes Alakazam) and OHKOs as a plural noun (Salamence scores many OHKOs). OHKOed is the past tense (Salamence OHKOed Alakazam). In this case, you're using it as a verb to describe the action, so you want OHKOes.
  • This which is correct usage-wise, but 'which' clauses should always be surrounded by commas.

Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Pokémon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as setup fodder, it and also punishes opponents Pokémon such as Toxapex or Corviknight for switching in.
  • The O in Will-O-Wisp is capitalised; if you're ever onsure on moves, please check the dex or the PS teambuilder.
  • As explained before, Pokemon doesn't have the e accent for analyses.
  • Opponents is incorrect because opponent = opposing player, but by changing it to Pokemon, you've now created a bit of repetition because that word has already been used in this sentence. A quick fix is changing it to 'foes', which refers to opposing Pokemon.
  • Toxapex or Corvknight should be Toxapex and Corviknight - 'x and y' is plural, while 'x or y' is singular. If you're referring to multiple things (teammates, threats, foes etc) then you need to use 'and' in lists of examples to ensure grammatical agreement. If you're talking about one thing (a teammate, a threat, a foe etc) then you need to use 'or.'
Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing Slither Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch in to Great Tusk throughout a game.
As I explained above, GP checks should never change content / what the analysis actually says, so removing the explanation the writer gave and coming up with a new one is not something we do.

Be careful of dex info here as well. Dex info is basic information about the game that can be found elsewhere on the dex / on Google (such as the type chart, what moves / items / abilities do etc). This should be removed from analyses as a piece of fluff (‘Flamethrower is a Fire-type STAB move that has a change to burn, hitting Ferothron’ -> ‘Flamethrower hits Ferrothorn’). Here, you don't need to explain what Morning Sun actually does (heals 50%) and instead all you need is why it helps Slither Wing (lets it switch into Great Tusk more)

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 Slither Wing to get a surprise attack off.
Good change in removing the comma. To make comma / period / any punctuation change easier to see, we use markets like (AC) = add comma (RP) = remove period etc next to all of these changes because al isolated red comma is very hard to see and for a writer to reliably implement. If you use the GP formatting tool that I linked in the server, you don't have to add these because the tool does it for you.

There should be a comma before 'allowing' here because your change has created a new dependent (verb)ing clause.

168 speed EVs outspeed aAdamant Breloom and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
  • Stats should always be capitalised, so Speed not speed.
  • Make sure EV spreads are always talking about the Pokemon. Instead of ‘252 Speed EVs outspeed Garchomp’ you can say that ‘252 Speed EVs allow Latios to outspeed Garchomp’. The EVs themselves don’t do the outspeeding, the Pokemon does.

Enamorus-I is a top tier tera captain which should always be made one when drafted. (idk if this is true so I deleted this in case it was an opinion. I have never played draft in my entire life.)
Enamorus-I is incorrect; the base / genie forme is Enamorus. The Therian forme is Enamrous-T. The same applies for Landorus, Tornadus, and Thundurus as well. For Pokemon forme names, go to the top of the standards thread https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/spelling-and-grammar-standards.3712738/ and you can find them all there.

As GP, we don't ever remove content from an analysis. By the time something gets to the GP stage, it has been checked by at least 2 quality control members, who are experts in the metagame that's being written about. Thye check if all information is correct, then once they are done, we check if the grammar is correct. The QC team memebrs decided that the Gothitelle mention is important, and they know the metagame enough to make that call, so us as metagame outsiders should never change what an analysis actually says.

You might not know if this is true because you've never played Draft, but the two draft QC members do know that, and that's why it's in the analysis. Everything in an analysis has bee checked for content, so assume it's all correct unless there's an obvious mistake (like 'Skarmory resists Rock').

top tier tera captain
  • Top-tier should be hyphenated because it's a compound adjective; both 'top' and 'tier' describe it as a Tera Captain.
  • Tera Captain is capitalised because it's a coined ter,; oif you ctrl + f on the standards, you can find it.
) Tera fairy further boosts its Fairy STABs making it extremely hard difficult to check, even when it is not using damage boosting items and giving it the benefit of taking less damage from stealth rocks reducing damage from Stealth Rock.
  • Fairy STAB should be Fairy-type STAB move. It's formatted as x-type STAB move/attack, not just STAB.
  • There should be a comma before 'making', as you're adding a new )verb)ing dependent clause here.
  • There's nothing wrong with extremely hard here, so no need to change to dificult. Make sure to avoid lateral changes, or edits that go from one correct phrasing to another one for no reason apart from sounding better to you. As GP, we want to preserve the voice and style of writers as much as possible so their work can be up on site in their own words. There are always going to be some small edits that change this, but keeping voice in mind is key. You want to make sure you're checking what's in the analysis and not what you'd personally write if this was your own analysis; what sounds better to you may not sound better to the writer. The points below offer good examples of when a change isn't lateral and you're fixing a prose error.
  • Damage-boosting should be hyphenated as a compound adjective; both 'damage' and 'boosting' combie to describe the item.
Other Tera types like Fire and Ground boosts it's coverage moves further, while flipping some of it's weaknesses.
  • This should be other types boost, not boosts; 'types' is plural, so you need 'boost' to agree with that plurality, as boosts is singular.
  • Good change removing the apostrophe there, but as mentioned in the Slither Wing check, just making a small punctuation mark red is difficult to see and implement, so using a comment like remove apostrophe or just rewriting the word is easier. If you use the formatting tool, you don't need to worry about these.
  • There shouldn't be a comma before 'while' here Commas before 'while' are needed when it means 'whereas' / is showing contrast. If 'while' is used to mean 'at the same time as' (while also / while (verb)ing) then a comma isn't needed.
Water, Poison and Steel allow you to kill opponents you otherwise would not, especially on set up sets flip weaknesses and get an extra attack off.
  • There should be an Oxford comma after Poison.
  • Don't use 'you' to refer to a Pokemon; you aren't Terastallizing, Enamorus is.
  • This edit is a pretty big content change; you lose the content about killing Pokemon it otherwise wouldn't and how that's more useful on setup sets. You add information about flipping wealnesses (implied but not states) and getting another attack off (not there). If you add new information, you can't guarantee it's correct because the QC team haven't signed it off. Like you said, you've never played Draft before, so you adding what you think is correct opens the door for content errors.
Stellar type Tera Blast deals 80 damage to opponents and hits them all neutrally which while synergizesing well with Contrary and choice scarf boosting Enamorus-I's offensive stats while dealing massive damage to all opponents reliably., boosting it's offensive stats.
  • Tera Blast Stellar should be used to refer to tera Blast types.
  • the 'deals 80 damage and hits neutrally' is dex info and can be removed.
  • Opponents is incorrect here; opponent = opposing player and foe = opposing Pokemon.
  • You've removed a lot of content here. The fact that it synergises with Choice Scarf is gone.
  • 'It's' in your change also isn't correct; it's means 'it is', so 'boosting it is offensive stats' doesn't make sense.

Make sure to note these two key points:
  • GP checks should never change / add / remove content. These analyses get checked by metagame experts before GP gets tehre, so we can be comfident in whatever facts are written.
  • GP wants to preserve as much of the original writing and voice as possible, so don't change one correct thing to another correct this because it sounds better.
Overall, I'd recommend taking some time to read and familiarise yourself with our key resources. There is a lot to learn in GP, so when doing a check, make sure to have tabs open and check everything you're unsure of. This feedback + sunny's feedback is also important to keep open.

The best starting place is the beginner notes doc. This document combines and categorises the most common Smogon standards and the most common English rules to learn, so it covers ~90% of what you need to know in one place. Take the time to learn all the rules here, and you'll be well on your way. There is also a section right at the end on using ctrl + f to proofread, which helps substantively with learning all these rules because you can systematically check for them one at a time.
The beginner notes document doesn't cover everything because it's a collection of the most common rules, so if something comes up that isn't there, these two threads below will help. Use ctrl + f to find a more niche rule you're looking for. The standards thread is for Pokemon grammar, while the grammar notes thread is for English grammar.
 
  • There should be a comma after reliable recovery; Smogon uses the Oxford/serial comma (comma in a list of three or more).
lol this shouldn't be after reliable recovery; it should be after serviceable bulk.
Thanks a lot
 
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Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which that uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, (AC) and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, (AC) or and Kingambit. U-Turn U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's Slither Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge, (AC) and it importantly allows Slither-Wing Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOes Miraidon, (AC) which Body Press cannot do. Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing checks Will-O-Wisp burns Slither Wing's checks and stops them from using it as set-up fodder; it also punishes opponents foes such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing 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, (AC) and Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, (AC) allowing for a last ditch counterattack. 168 Speed EVs out speed let Slither Wing outspeed Adamant Breloom, (AC) and the rest of the EVs are dumped into physical bulk. HP and Defense.
 
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Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which that uses it's its interesting type, serviceable bulk, (AC) and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, (AC) or and Kingambit. U-Turn U-turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's Slither Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge, (AC) and it importantly allows Slither-Wing Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOes Miraidon, (AC) which Body Press cannot do.
- No comments for any of this. Great job!
Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing checks Will-O-Wisp burns Slither Wing's checks and stops them from using it as set-up fodder; it also punishes opponents foes such as Toxapex or and Corviknight for switching in.
- It should be "setup" instead of "set-up" in this instance
- Great job catching the comma splice and changing it to a semicolon, but make sure that you are marking that change properly in your edits!
Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing Slither Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk.
- The reader does not need to know that Morning Sun heals for 50%; that is dex info. You can get away with "Morning Sun helps it..." here.
Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu, (AC) and Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, (AC) allowing for a last ditch counterattack.
- "Last-ditch" needs to be hyphenated since it is a compound adjective.
168 Speed EVs out speed let Slither Wing outspeed Adamant Breloom, (AC) and the rest of the EVs are dumped into physical bulk. HP and Defense.
- Your change isn't wrong per se, but you didn't actually need to add "of the EVs" in.
Overall, great job! Only a few minor nitpicks.
 
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Thanks to Tidy Up, (AC) Cinccino is the main enabler of hyper offense teams, letting them run many powerful hazard weak entry hazard-weak Pokemon such as Oricorio-Pa'u Oricorio-P, Arcanine, and Ninetales-Alola Alolan Ninetales. Knock Off lets Cinccino hit Ghost Types Ghost-types like Chandelure, as well as hitting Bronzong, an otherwise problematic wall. Encore allows Cincinno Cinccino to capitalize on passive foes that setup set up hazards, boost their stats, or heal up such as Gligar, Registeel, and Sylveon. Teammates like Diancie, Toxtricity, (AC) and Scyther can work alongside Cinccino to overwhelm shared Steel-type checks like Copperajah and Bronzong. (AP) However, however Fires Fire- and Fightings Fighting-types such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Heracross that easily beat these same Steel-types work as well. Grassy Terrain teams also heavily benefit from Cinccinos Cinccino's presence, since it lets Oricorio forms formes, Grafaiai, and Arcanine switch-in switch in without having to take chip damage from hazards.
 
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Knock Off lets Cinccino hit Ghost Types Ghost-types like Chandelure, as well as hitting Bronzong, an otherwise problematic wall.
In this case, I'd personally remove the comma between "Chandelure" and "as" instead, in order to preserve the author's writing as much as possible. Adding "hitting" after "as well as" would be a bit redundant because the author originally wrote "hit" as the transitive verb to the Ghost-types as well as Bronzong. Additionally, I'd leave commas that separate dependent clauses like those that start with "as well as" only if the sentence is very lengthy.

Teammates like Diancie, Toxtricity, (AC) and Scyther can work alongside Cinccino to overwhelm shared Steel-type checks like Copperajah and Bronzong. (AP) However, however Fires Fire- and Fightings Fighting-types such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Heracross that easily beat these same Steel-types work as well.
  • While replacing the comma after "Bronzong" with a period is fine here, it'd be better to replace it with a semicolon instead. That way, it still shows that they are two independent sentences while also indicating that they're related to each other; replacing it with a period may make their relationship a bit ambiguous.
    • Also note that instead of typing out ". (AP)", something like ". (RC, AP)" would be better to more clearly indicate the change in punctuation.
  • The comma after "However" should have (AC) to indicate its addition, as the original writing had no punctuation after the word.

Grassy Terrain teams also heavily benefit from Cinccinos Cinccino's presence, since it lets Oricorio forms formes, Grafaiai, and Arcanine switch-in switch in without having to take chip damage from hazards.

Catching the error on "formes" is good, but note that when referring to multiple formes of a Pokemon like Oricorio, Arceus, and Indeedee, "the" would be generally used before "[name] formes". This is because we are referring to a specific group of Pokemon, i.e. the formes of Oricorio.

These are minor quirks/nitpicks, as your check is pretty solid. Nice catches on the "chip damage" wording and the "Cincinno" typo.
 
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In this case, I'd personally remove the comma between "Chandelure" and "as" instead, in order to preserve the author's writing as much as possible. Adding "hitting" after "as well as" would be a bit redundant because the author originally wrote "hit" as the transitive verb to the Ghost-types as well as Bronzong. Additionally, I'd leave commas that separate dependent clauses like those that start with "as well as" only if the sentence is very lengthy.


  • While replacing the comma after "Bronzong" with a period is fine here, it'd be better to replace it with a semicolon instead. That way, it still shows that they are two independent sentences while also indicating that they're related to each other; replacing it with a period may make their relationship a bit ambiguous.
    • Also note that instead of typing out ". (AP)", something like ". (RC, AP)" would be better to more clearly indicate the change in punctuation.
  • The comma after "However" should have (AC) to indicate its addition, as the original writing had no punctuation after the word.



Catching the error on "formes" is good, but note that when referring to multiple formes of a Pokemon like Oricorio, Arceus, and Indeedee, "the" would be generally used before "[name] formes". This is because we are referring to a specific group of Pokemon, i.e. the formes of Oricorio.

These are minor quirks/nitpicks, as your check is pretty solid. Nice catches on the "chip damage" wording and the "Cincinno" typo.
thank you for the review! fwiw, I am using the CC Diff tool, so the AP / RC, AP stuff was done automatically for me. Not sure if that's something I can enable, but yeah, I didn't type out any of those
 
thank you for the review! fwiw, I am using the CC Diff tool, so the AP / RC, AP stuff was done automatically for me. Not sure if that's something I can enable, but yeah, I didn't type out any of those
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Make sure that the 'only isolated' box isn't ticked - if it is, then it only adds a marking to isolated comma changes (where there's no other change next to it) instead of all of them.
 
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Black Glasses + Tera Dark should exclusively be is normally used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these propel Kingambit's offensive pressure (RSC). (AP) With 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach feats like 2HKOing 2HKO Dondozo with using Kowtow Cleave, (AC) and 1HKOing can 1HKO Walking-Wake and at +2 Multiscale Dragonite through Multiscale with using Sucker Punch. Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup on would be possible checks in such as Landorus-T and most Great Tusks Tusk, become a sturdy safely switch in to offense threats like such as Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite, whose who rely on their Ground-type coverage to can hit it, and gain an immunity to Spikes that limits Kingambit before it gets going. Kingambits. Kingambit's potential and defensive utility in the late game make late-game makes it a nearly near staple on offensive archetypes from Bulky to Hyper Offense, (AC) while still fitting on Balance. Physical teammates like such as Ogerpon-Wellspring, Zamazenta (Zamazenta-H or Zamazenta-C), and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta (Zamazenta-H or Zamazenta-C?), Landorus-Therian, and Dondozo. Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat in threats such as Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui can form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists like such as Zamazenta (once again, which Zamazenta) and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo such as Gholdengo and Moltres together.
 
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Black Glasses + Tera Dark should exclusively be is normally used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these propel Kingambit's offensive pressure (RSC). (AP)

"Black Glasses + Tera Dark" is considered a singular noun (i.e. the combination of Black Glasses and Tera Dark), so "these propel" should be "this propels" instead.

With 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach feats like 2HKOing 2HKO Dondozo with using Kowtow Cleave, (AC) and 1HKOing can 1HKO Walking-Wake and at +2 Multiscale Dragonite through Multiscale with using Sucker Punch.
  • In regards to "5 Supreme Overlord boosts", small numbers should be written out alphabetically (ex. "five"), unless the writer is using them in the context of EVs.
  • Adding the comma after Kowtow Cleave is unnecessary because there are only two verbs used in the sentence after the subject ("Kingambit can 2HKO Dondozo [...] and can 1HKO Walking-Wake and [...] Dragonite.")
  • "Walking-Wake" has no hyphen in its name.
  • If a writer says that an attack one-shots an opposing Pokemon, it should be written as "OHKO", not "1HKO". ("Kingambit can OHKO Walking Wake with Sucker Punch.")
  • "through Multiscale" is valid phrasing; the writer is saying that Sucker Punch can KO Dragonite even w/ Multiscale's defensive boost.
  • Removing "at" before "+2" would be incorrect in this situation. Given how the sentence was originally written:
[...] with 5 Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach feats like [...] 1HKOing Walking-Wake and at +2 Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch.

The writer is likely saying that Kingambit's +2 Sucker Punch w/ five Supreme Overlord boosts can OHKO Dragonite even with Multiscale active. Removing "at" would now make the sentence read that Kingambit's Sucker Punch with the Supreme Overlord boosts can OHKO +2 Defense Dragonite with Multiscale. If you're unsure on how to interpret a writer's sentence, it's often best to ask them directly or leave a comment on the ambiguity.

Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup on would be possible checks in such as Landorus-T and most Great Tusks Tusk, become a sturdy safely switch in to offense threats like such as Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite, whose who rely on their Ground-type coverage to can hit it, and gain an immunity to Spikes that limits Kingambit before it gets going. Kingambits.
  • "setup" is a noun or a part of a compound noun ("setup sweepers"), "set up" is a verb and the correct change here.
  • Changing "would-be" to "possible" is unnecessary. "Would-be" implies that Landorus-T can otherwise check Kingambit if it didn't have Air Balloon; "possible" makes it so that the writing is just saying that Landorus-T can check it.
  • Writers can use either "like" or "such as" to introduce a list of examples, based on their personal preference. Here, changing "like" to "such as" is unneeded.
  • Writers can't refer to Pokemon with "who"; keep in mind that in most media, Pokemon are generally depicted as animals, forces of nature, or both. In the case with "whose Ground-type coverage", it is better to change the original phrase to "which rely on their Ground-type coverage".
  • Removing the bit after "Spikes" is unnecessary because the writer and QC members consider it important information for readers to know.
Kingambit's potential and defensive utility in the late game make late-game makes it a nearly near staple on offensive archetypes from Bulky to Hyper Offense, (AC) while still fitting on Balance.

Team styles like "bulky offense" and "balance" are lowercase.

Physical teammates like such as Ogerpon-Wellspring, Zamazenta (Zamazenta-H or Zamazenta-C), and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta (Zamazenta-H or Zamazenta-C?), Landorus-Therian, and Dondozo.

The GP team follows a standardized list of names when referring to different formes of a Pokemon. Here:
  • "Ogerpon-Wellspring" and "Landorus-Therian" would be "Ogerpon-W" and "Landorus-T".
  • "Zamazenta" is correct when referring to the "Hero of Many Battles" base forme, not "Zamazenta-H". While it's a reasonable and good idea in some cases to ask the writer which forme of a Pokemon they're referring to, there are cases where you can infer what specific forme they're talking about, based on context of the format the analysis is written for.
Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat in threats such as Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui can form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists like such as Zamazenta (once again, which Zamazenta) and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo such as Gholdengo and Moltres together.
  • Regional formes of a Pokemon should be written with their regional name first; here, "Samurott-Hisui" would be "Hisuian Samurott".
  • "Darkspam" should be "Dark-type spam".
  • Adding in "can" is not needed, as "Dark-type offensive threats [...] form a Dark-type spam core with Kingambit" reads fine w/o it.
  • "Dark resists" should be "Dark-resistant Pokemon".

I've alluded to this a bit with some of the critique above, but I noticed that you tend to either remove or reword phrases or words the author has written. Some examples are:
Black Glasses + Tera Dark should exclusively be is normally (here) used with Kowtow Cleave
Kingambit can reach feats like 2HKOing 2HKO (here) Dondozo with using Kowtow Cleave
Dark-type offensive threat in threats [...] can form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists [...] together. (here)
Air Balloon allows Kingambit to [...] become a sturdy safely (here) switch in to offense threats like such as Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite

You need to be very careful when altering an author's words like this, since you could be making unneeded subjective changes. When it comes to prose, the job of the GP member is to make sure what the author is saying is communicated clearly to readers while preserving as much of their words as possible. Changing the phrasing without reasoning beyond something like "it sounds better" is not advised because you could be altering what the author is trying to say. Going through the quotes here in order:
  • "should exclusively be" implies that Black Glasses + Tera Dark should only be used with Kowtow Cleave; "is normally" can imply that the combination could be used with a different move if the reader wants to.
  • For the second quote, there is nothing inherently wrong with the phrasing that would require shortening it down.
  • "together" is likely used because the writer wants to stress the effectiveness of pairing Kingambit with a fellow Dark-type.
  • "become a sturdy switch-in to" is a phrase that doesn't need any changes. Addtionally, changing it to "safely switch into" would no longer highlight Kingambit's bulk helping it switch into those threats, removing info the writer/QC deems important.
 
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Enamorus-I Enamorus is a top tier tera captain which top-tier Tera Captain, and should always be made one when drafted. Tera fairy Fairy further boosts its STABs Fairy-type STAB moves, making it extremely hard to check, (remove comma) even when it is not using damage boosting damage-boosting items, (AC) and giving it the benefit of taking less damage causes it to take less damage from stealth rocks Stealth Rock. Types Tera types like Fire and Ground boosts it's boost Enamorus's coverage moves further, (remove comma) while flipping some of it's its weaknesses. Which weaknesses? Clarify. Tera Water, Poison, (AC) and Steel allow you Enamorus to kill opponents you otherwise would not KO foes it otherwise could not, especially on set up setup sets. Tera Ghost and electric gives Electric give it extra coverage via Tera Blast, and handles allow it to withstand certain attacks better. Which types of attacks would you use these Tera types for? Clarify. Stellar type If running Tera Stellar, (AC) Tera Blast deals 80 damage to opponents and hits them all neutrally which synergizes well with Contrary and choice scarf Choice Scarf, (AC) boosting Enamorus-I's Enamorus's offensive stats while dealing massive damage to all opponents reliably hitting all foes neutrally.

  • Should the clause at the start about Enamorus always being made a Tera Captain be rewritten? It reads as being somewhat hyperbolic to me.
  • When reviewing, where should I ask for more specific details? I was considering adding a request for details after the sentence about Tera Water/Poison/Steel about the threats those types help it to counter, but since Draft has a varying pool of relevant Pokémon, I wasn't sure whether it'd be worth including.
 
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Overall, great work!

Enamorus-I Enamorus is a top tier tera captain which top-tier Tera Captain, and should always be made one when drafted.
- Great catches here, but when you changed "which" to "and" you should have removed the comma. Conjunctions should not have commas before them when connecting dependent clauses. The phrase after "and" here is a dependent clause, as it cannot stand on its own as an independent sentence and depends on the preceding clause to make sense.
Tera fairy Fairy further boosts its STABs Fairy-type STAB moves, making it extremely hard to check, (remove comma) even when it is not using damage boosting damage-boosting items, (AC) and giving it the benefit of taking less damage causes it to take less damage from stealth rocks Stealth Rock.
- Frankly, the entire underlined portion is dex info (information that we expect people to know beforehand and should not be mentioned in an analysis) and could have been removed. I recognize that you may be hesitant to remove so much, which is fine. Regardless, you should not have added "Fairy-type" when discussing its boosted STAB moves as that is explicitly redundant dex info.
- Great catch hyphenating "damage-boosting!"
Types Tera types like Fire and Ground boosts it's boost Enamorus's coverage moves further, (remove comma) while flipping some of it's its weaknesses. Which weaknesses? Clarify. Tera Water, Poison, (AC) and Steel allow you Enamorus to kill opponents you otherwise would not KO foes it otherwise could not, especially on set up setup sets.
- These changes are all good! (See below for my answer for your question)
Tera Ghost and electric gives Electric give it extra coverage via Tera Blast, and handles allow it to withstand certain attacks better. Which types of attacks would you use these Tera types for? Clarify.
- Stylistic thing, but it is slightly more proper to move "better" between "to" and "withstand" in this sentence. Your edits are fine as-is grammatically, so no need to dwell on this, but having better at the end is more informal.
Stellar type If running Tera Stellar, (AC) Tera Blast deals 80 damage to opponents and hits them all neutrally which synergizes well with Contrary and choice scarf Choice Scarf, (AC) boosting Enamorus-I's Enamorus's offensive stats while dealing massive damage to all opponents reliably hitting all foes neutrally.
- I like this removal of dex info, especially at the beginning of the sentence, but you should actually go a bit further by just saying "Tera Blast Stellar" for the underlined portion. It is implied that you would be (optionally) running Tera Stellar anyway with that construction.

  • Should the clause at the start about Enamorus always being made a Tera Captain be rewritten? It reads as being somewhat hyperbolic to me.
Not necessarily. You can ask the author via comment, but what may seem to you as hyperbole may be necessary to get the author's point across.
  • When reviewing, where should I ask for more specific details? I was considering adding a request for details after the sentence about Tera Water/Poison/Steel about the threats those types help it to counter, but since Draft has a varying pool of relevant Pokémon, I wasn't sure whether it'd be worth including.
I would defer a lot to QC here. It is mainly QC's determination as to the desired level of detail, and if they wanted more specific details, it should have been raised then. However, you should ask for more details if the sentence glaringly lacks content (to the point where a normal reader would be confused) OR if there are multiple valid interpretations of what was written. Additionally, you are always fine to ask if more detail should be necessary; it's just when you impose an absolute "this needs more detail" that you should exercise a bit more restraint.
 
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Weavile is a staple on Ice-teams 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, (AC) and it prevents chip damage from opponents foes like Great Tusk and Skarmory by Knocking Off removing their Rocky Helmet. At +2, (AC) Triple Axel secures the OHKO on foes like the Ogerpon forms formes, Kyurem, Walking Wake, Ceruledge, (AC) and Goodra-Hisui Hisuian Goodra. Furthermore, it is able to i kinda wanted to put offensively check here but unsure check defensive Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Non non-Choice Scarf Gholdengo, (AC) who can prove to be formidable foes for Ice Type teams. Ice Shard serves as a reliable countermeasure against faster foes like Choice Scarf Enamorus, Landorus-I Landorus, and Roaring Moon. At +2, it is also able to OHKO Dragapult (RC) while also OHKOing Garchomp without making contact, (AC) which avoids chip damage from its Rough Skin.

pretty sure there should be a swords dance mention somewhere but it's probably fine if it's in the set?
 
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Knock Off denies passive recovery on opponents like Corviknight or Dondozo
Couple things to note here:

The word 'opponent' refers to the opposing human player, whereas 'foe' is used to refer to an opposing Pokemon. Using opponent to refer to a Pokemon isn't correct usage. The ctrl + f list should help out with this one becaue you changed the instance after this.

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The 'or' here needs to be changed to 'and' because 'foes' (with the correct change, opponennts if not) is plural.

In a sentence like this, you need to look out for two parts:
1. The subject of what the examples are )so something like threats, teammates, foes etc- what the list items are examples or)
2. The word used to separate the list items (either 'and' or 'or')

Knock Off denies passive recovery on foes (1) like Corviknight or (2) Dondozo

You need the 1 and 2 to agree grammatically.
  • If 1 is plural, then 2 needs to be 'and'. The word 'and' is plural as well, so there's agreement
  • If 1 is singular (so if it said 'a foe' instead of 'foes'), then 2 needs to be 'or'. The word 'or' is singular as well, so there's agreement.
  • If 1 is plural and 2 is singular / 1 is singular and 2 is plural, there isn't agreement, and the sentence is incorrect.
Furthermore, it is able to i kinda wanted to put offensively check here but unsure check defensive Great Tusk
As a GPer, you shouldn't want to add any content that isn't already there.

Content that is in the analysis has been checked by metagame expert QC teams. If you're adding something new, you don't have that QC stamp of approval, so there's no way for you or us as GP mods or the writer to know whether your change is good or not.

If you think there's an issue with the content, leave a comment like you did, but make sure it's phrased as a suggestion to the writer to make a decision with rather than 'I wanted to do this but wasn't sure'. Comments always need to have a clear action for the writer to do.

who can prove to be formidable foes
The word 'who' shouldn't be used to refer to a Pokemon because they're not people. 'Who' should be changed to either 'which' or 'that'. The ctrl + f list should helpyouout with finding these too.

pretty sure there should be a swords dance mention somewhere but it's probably fine if it's in the set?
If a move is self explanatory and not slashed with another one (think setup moves, main STAB move etc), a writer/QC team can choose to drop the explanation on that basis. If it's slashed with another move, you need the explanation there to provide a reason for why you would use one move over another.
 
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