VGC 21 Groudon QC 1/1 GP 1/1

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[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Precipice Blades
move 2: Heat Crash
move 3: Swords Dance / Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Drought
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Groudon threatens nearly the whole metagame with its Ground- and Fire-type coverage from its base 150 Attack stat; additionally, its solid natural bulk makes it difficult to remove quickly. Drought strengthens Groudon's Heat Crash and weakens Water-type attacks from Pokemon such as Kyogre and Urshifu-R, which can completely turn Groudon's matchup against these Pokemon around. Precipice Blades is very strong, capable of OHKOing Incineroar, Entei, and Tapu Lele while 2HKOing most other neutral targets. Heat Crash takes advantage of Groudon's massive weight to beat Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Tsareena, and Amoonguss. Swords Dance can offset Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Incineroar and boost Groudon's Attack to insane levels, for example OHKOing Xerneas with +2 Precipice Blades. Substitute is an option over Swords Dance making it more difficult for Pokemon like Rillaboom to threaten Groudon. Life Orb gives Groudon a much appreciated power boost, allowing it to OHKO Zacian-C with Precipice Blades, Amoonguss, and Calyrex-S.

Groudon's relatively average base 90 Speed often leaves it reliant on speed control such as Trick Room from Porygon2 and Stakataka, Electroweb from Regieleki, or Tailwind from Talonflame and Whimsicott. As Groudon is vulnerable to Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Venusaur, Fire-types like Incineroar and Volcarona pair well with it, and they also advantage of sun with their Fire-type attacks. Even in sun, Kyogre threatens Groudon for massive damage, so be sure to add Grass- and Electric-type teammates such as Assault Vest Rillaboom, Regieleki, and Venusaur to help check it. Venusaur is especially notable, as Drought enables its Chlorophyll, letting it outspeed the entire unboosted metagame and threaten Sleep Powder, as well as giving it access to a Fire-type Weather Ball. Tsareena is another solid teammate, keeping Groudon safe from priority attacks like Fake Out and Grassy Glide while threatening opposing Grass-types with Triple Axel.


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- Written by: [[Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Quality checked by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
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add remove comment, gonna be pretty direct with the changes to get this into gp fast, but its mostly rephrasing anyways

Yourwelcomethanku, post: 8925266, member: 541847

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Precipice Blades
move 2: Heat Crash
move 3: Swords Dance / Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Drought
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Groudon threatens nearly the whole metagame with its Ground- and Fire-type coverage from its base 150 Attack stat; additionally, its solid natural bulk makes it difficult to remove quickly. Ground STAB and Fire coverage as well as being bulky and hard to take down. Drought strengthens Groudon's Heat Crash and weakens opposing Water-type attacks from Pokemon such as Kyogre and Urshifu-R, which can completely turn Groudon's matchup against these Pokemon around to Groudon. Precipice Blades offers the strongest amount of damage possible when it comes to Ground-type moves, capable of OHKOing Incineroar, Entei, and Tapu Lele while 2HKOing most other neutral targets. there was just straight up not a line here abt the ground move at all Heat Crash takes advantage of Groudon's massive weight to beat Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Tsareena, and Amoonguss. when you explain moves in a moveset you should also explain what they hit, having higher base power versus most relevant targets then Fire Punch. Swords Dance can offset Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Incineroar and boost Groudon's Attack to insane levels, such as being able to OHKO Xerneas with a +2 Precipice Blades. example calc of what this lets you do Substitute is an option over Swords Dance making it more difficult for Pokemon like Rillaboom to threaten Groudon if it safely got a substitute up. Life Orb gives Groudon a much appreciated power boost allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Incineroar, Amoonguss, and Calyrex-S. concise, the reader should know by this point they arent ohkoing incineroar with heat crash Rillaboom after Intimidate, OHKO Amoonguss, and OHKO Calyrex-Shadow with Heat Crash.

Groudon relatively average base 90 Speed tier often leaves it reliant on has a average speed tier of base ninety so speed control such as Trick Room from Porygon2 and Stakataka, Electroweb from Regieleki, and Tailwind from Talonflame or and Whimsicott are greatly appreciated. As Groudon is vulnerable to Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Venusaur, Fire-types like Incineroar and Volcarona pair well with Groudon, covering the Grass-types while taking advantage of sun with their Fire-type attacks. can cover the Grass-types, as well as appreciating the extra power from Groudon's Drought. Even in sun Kyogre threatens Groudon for massive damage, so be sure to add Grass- and Electric-type teammates such as Assault Vest Rillaboom, Regieleki, and Venusuar can to help check it Kyogre. Venusuar is especially notable as Drought enables Venusaur's Chlorophyll letting it outspeed the entire unboosted metagame and threaten Sleep Powder, as well as giving it access to a Fire-type Weather Ball. Tsareena is another solid Groudon partner, as it keeps Groudon safe from priority attacks like Fake Out or Grassy Glide while matching up well into opposing Grass-types thanks to Triple Axel. Ho-oh blanks Groudon completely and can slam it with Sacred Fire boosted by Groudon's own Drought. Nihilego, Stakataka, and Regieleki are good Ho-oh answers and Groudon teammates. ho-oh usage is going through the floor, this isnt relevant enough anymore imo


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- Written by: [[Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Precipice Blades
move 2: Heat Crash
move 3: Swords Dance / Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Drought
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Groudon threatens nearly the whole metagame with its Ground- and Fire-type coverage from its base 150 Attack stat; additionally, its solid natural bulk makes it difficult to remove quickly. Drought strengthens Groudon's Heat Crash and weakens Water-type attacks from Pokemon such as Kyogre and Urshifu-R, which can completely turn Groudon's matchup against these Pokemon around. Precipice Blades offers the strongest amount of damage possible when it comes to Ground-type moves, is very strong, (feel free to tinker) capable of OHKOing Incineroar, Entei, and Tapu Lele while 2HKOing most other neutral targets. Heat Crash takes advantage of Groudon's massive weight to beat Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Tsareena, and Amoonguss. Swords Dance can offset Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Incineroar and boost Groudon's Attack to insane levels, such as being able to OHKO for example OHKOing Xerneas with +2 Precipice Blades. Substitute is an option over Swords Dance making it more difficult for Pokemon like Rillaboom to threaten Groudon if it safely got a substitute up. Life Orb gives Groudon a much appreciated power boost, (AC) allowing it to OHKO Zacian-C with Precipice Blades, Amoonguss, and Calyrex-S with Precipice Blades.

Groudon's relatively average base 90 Speed tier often leaves it reliant on speed control such as Trick Room from Porygon2 and Stakataka, Electroweb from Regieleki, and or Tailwind from Talonflame and Whimsicott. As Groudon is vulnerable to Grass-types such as Rillaboom and Venusaur, Fire-types like Incineroar and Volcarona pair well with Groudon, covering the Grass-types while taking it, and they also advantage of sun with their Fire-type attacks. Even in sun, (AC) Kyogre threatens Groudon for massive damage, so be sure to add Grass- and Electric-type teammates such as Assault Vest Rillaboom, Regieleki, and Venusuar Venusaur to help check it. Venusuar Venusaur is especially notable, (AC) as Drought enables Venusaur's its Chlorophyll, letting it outspeed the entire unboosted metagame and threaten Sleep Powder, as well as giving it access to a Fire-type Weather Ball. Tsareena is another solid teammate, (AC) keeping Groudon safe from priority attacks like Fake Out and Grassy Glide while threatening opposing Grass-types with Triple Axel.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Quality checked by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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