VGC Groudon

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Groudon @ Assault Vest
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Atk / 4 Def / 172 SpD / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
- Fire Punch
- Heavy Slam / Shadow Claw

With a massive Attack stat and access to a powerful spread move in Precipice Blades, Groudon is truly a titan in the VGC 2022 metagame. Drought allows it to enable two Pokemon that benefit from the sun, Charizard and Venusaur; the former improves Groudon's matchup against Calyrex-I and Ferrothorn and provides Speed boosts with Max Airstream, while the latter threatens Water-types like Kyogre thanks to Chlorophyll doubling its Speed. In return, Groudon deals with Thundurus and Regieleki for Charizard and pressures Fire-types like Incineroar and Rotom-H for Venusaur. Stone Edge is a strong alternative to Rock Slide on Groudon variants that do not want to Dynamax, as it 2HKOes a Dynamaxed Thundurus. Fire Punch allows for massive damage in sun, 2HKOing Amoonguss and cleanly OHKOing Kartana even when it is Dynamaxed. Heavy Slam OHKOes Grimmsnarl through Reflect and lets Groudon boost its Defense against Zacian-C with Max Steelspike. Alternatively, Shadow Claw allows Groudon to OHKO Calyrex-S. If you would like to use Groudon, here's Chongjun's Salt Lake City Regionals-winning team! https://pokepast.es/17db02a566282da4
 
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Groudon @ Assault Vest
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Atk / 4 Def / 172 SpD / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
- Fire Punch
- Heavy Slam / Shadow Claw

With a massive Attack stat and access to powerful spread damage in Precipice Blades, Groudon is truly a titan in the VGC 2022 metagame. Its Ability in Drought allows it to enable two Pokemon that thrive in benefit from the sun, in Charizard and Venusaur; with the former helping improve improving Groudon's matchup against Calyrex-I and Ferrothorn and passing Groudon as wll as providing Max Airstream Speed boosts,(AC) while the latter threatens Water-types like Kyogre with its doubled Speed thanks to Chlorophyll doubling its speed. In return, Groudon deals with Thundurus and Regieleki for Charizard and pressures Fire-types like Incineroar and Rotom-H for Venusaur. Stone Edge is a strong alternative to Rock Slide on Groudon variants that do not want to Dynamax as it allows for higher damage on Dynamaxed Thundurus, cleanly 2HKOing it. Rock Slide is a more consistent option accuracy-wise. (not a big need to say this) Fire Punch allows for massive damage in sun on Amoonguss and Kartana, 2HKOing the former Amoonguss and cleanly OHKOing the latter Kartana even when it is Dynamaxed, both when in sun. Heavy Slam OHKOes Grimmsnarl through Reflect and lets Groudon boost its Defense against Zacian-C via Max Steelspike. Alternatively Shadow Claw allows Groudon to OHKO Calyrex-S. If you would like to use Groudon, here's Eric Rios's Europe International Championships-winning team! (PokePaste to be updated)

Yo Sole, you did a really good job!
I just corrected the phrasing in order to make it easier to understand but all your sentences were on point.
Keep up the good work.
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Groudon @ Assault Vest
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 76 Atk / 4 Def / 172 SpD / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Precipice Blades
- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
- Fire Punch
- Heavy Slam / Shadow Claw

With a massive Attack stat and access to powerful spread damage in a powerful spread move in Precipice Blades, Groudon is truly a titan in the VGC 2022 metagame. Its Ability in Drought allows it to enable two Pokemon that benefit from the sun, Charizard and Venusaur; with the former improving improves Groudon's matchup against Calyrex-I and Ferrothorn as well as providing Max Airstream boosts and provides Speed boosts with Max Airstream, while the latter threatens Water-types like Kyogre thanks to Chlorophyll doubling its speed Speed. In return, Groudon deals with Thundurus and Regieleki for Charizard and pressures Fire-types like Incineroar and Rotom-H for Venusaur. Stone Edge is a strong alternative to Rock Slide on Groudon variants that do not want to Dynamax, (comma) as it allows for higher damage on Dynamaxed Thundurus, cleanly 2HKOing it 2HKOes a Dynamaxed Thundurus. Fire Punch allows for massive damage in sun, 2HKOing Amoonguss and cleanly OHKOing Kartana even when it is Dynamaxed. Heavy Slam OHKOes Grimmsnarl through Reflect and lets Groudon boost its Defense against Zacian-C via with Max Steelspike. Alternatively, (comma) Shadow Claw allows Groudon to OHKO Calyrex-S. If you would like to use Groudon, here's Eric Rios's Europe International Championships-winning team!

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