NU *Gulp* (Cramorant)

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[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile, paired with its STAB combination of Water- and Flying-type attacks, also gives Cramorant favorable matchups against many common hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Heracross and Paldean Tauros-W, and Infernape. Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to Electric-type attacks from common Pokemon such as Bellibolt and Raikou. Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it take heavy damage from strong neutral attacks such as Overqwil's Gunk Shot and Flamigo's Brave Bird. Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively, as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.

[SET]
Name: Defogger
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 SpD
Tera type: Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Brave Bird ensures that Cramorant can hit Vaporeon, Breloom, and Tsareena, and it synergizes greatly with Gulp Missile's activation dropping the foe's Defense. On the other hand, Ice Beam further improves Cramorant's matchup against Flying-types like Altaria and Kilowattrel, which otherwise don't mind attacking it. The Special Defense EVs allow Cramorant to avoid the 2HKO from Chandelure's Shadow Ball. Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Electric improves Cramorant's matchup against common Flying-types like Kilowattrel, Scyther, and Tornadus.

Toxicroak and Goodra are amazing teammates for Cramorant because of their ability to sweep bulky teams running Vaporeon, which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant easily wears down entry hazard-setting Steel-types with Surf as they come in to use Defog, making it a helpful partner for Munkidori, Meloetta, and Tornadus, as they struggle against these foes without support. Cramorant is a useful option for balance teams because it also patches up Water-and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type. Access to Defog makes Cramorant a useful hazard control option for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users such as Infernape and bulky Pokemon that prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalize on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyze the foe, allowing it to survive an incoming attack and recover with Roost or use Surf again. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane hits Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively but is less accurate than Brave Bird and thus unreliable.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant's typing causes fast Electric-types like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening. Bellibolt is also dangerous for Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Several offensive Pokemon can run Electric-type coverage that threatens Cramorant and forces it to switch out, including Infernape and Breloom.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity, and Meloetta, as they can break through it easily before it even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its foes. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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QC ready I believe! The overview feels a little too short, I may add some small details over the next few days.
 
qc 1/2 when implemented
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[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilise utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile paired with its STAB combination of Water and Flying-type attacks also gives Cramorant favourable matchups into many common entry hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Breloom and both Paldean Tauros formes. Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to common Electric-types such as Kilowattrel and Raikou. Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it somewhat easy to overwhelm for offensive teams. Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.


[SET]
Name: Physically Defensive
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Hurricane / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 Spe 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Tera type: Steel / Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Mention Brave Bird vs. Ice Beam here. Cramorant can opt to run 64 Speed EVs in order to always outspeed Adamant Incineroar and bulky Tsareena, allowing it to use Surf and set up Gulp Missile to chip down these foes. Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane would hit Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively, but is less accurate than Brave Bird and unreliable. Tera Steel as well as Hurricane will go in other options. Add a mention for Tera Electric which helps it more vs. Flamigo and Breloom without losing to Seed Bomb from the latter (you are also much better against Kilo, G-Art, Torn, and Scyther).

Breloom is an amazing teammate for Cramorant because of its ability to sweep the bulky teams running Vaporeon which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant's ability to wear down Steel-types with Surf can make it a beneficial partner to Munkidori and Diancie as they cannot handle these foes without support. Cramorant also patches up Water and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type, which makes it a useful option for balance teams. Access to Defog makes Cramorant useful hazard control for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users it could be paired with such as Infernape, and bulky Pokemon which prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty. One of Cram's biggest niches over Altaria as a Defogger is Gulp Missile being so hard to switch around, add a mention of that.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalise on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyse the opponent. Endure allows it to survive an incoming attack, and recover with Roost, or use Surf again, the turn after when the opposing Pokemon is paralysed. Cramorant can run Ice Beam, however this only hits Flying-types like Kilowattrel and Altaria hard enough to warrant using a moveslot on it. Tera Steel and Hurricane can go here.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant being 4x weak to Electric-type attacks causes fast threats like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening. Bellibolt is also a threat to Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Electric-type coverage is big right now on stuff like Breloom and Infernape, which Cramorant want to check.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity and Meloetta as they can break through it easily before Cramorant even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its opponents. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/vaporeonds.671267/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user6.105/
 
[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile paired with its STAB combination of Water and Flying-type attacks also gives Cramorant favourable matchups into many common entry hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Breloom and both Paldean Tauros formes. Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to common Electric-types such as Kilowattrel and Raikou (probably replace kilo with bellibolt). Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it somewhat easy to overwhelm for offensive teams (you just said it's great against offense tho...). Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.


[SET]
Name: Physically Defensive
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe I like 24 spdef for non-specs chandy sball tho im unsure how practical this is. also not sure if we need to include the speed evs in the analysis because the base 55s we're creeping are things like bonnet (never runs max speed) and golurk (lol)
Tera type: Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Brave Bird is a useful STAB attack for Cramorant to ensure it can still hit Vaporeon, Breloom, and Tsareena hard enough. (also synergizes nicely with Gulp Missile's Defense drops) On the other hand, Ice Beam further improves Cramorant's matchup into Flying-types like Altaria and Kilowattrel which otherwise don't mind attacking it. Cramorant can opt to run 64 Speed EVs in order to always outspeed Adamant Incineroar and bulky Tsareena, allowing it to use Surf and set up Gulp Missile to chip down these foes. Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Electric gives Cramorant a better matchup into Breloom as it commonly runs Electric-type coverage; Tera Electric means Cramorant resists this and isn't hit harder by Seed Bomb. Tera Electric also improves Cramorant's matchup into common Flying-types like Kilowattrel, Scyther, and Tornadus.

Breloom is an amazing teammate for Cramorant because of its ability to sweep the bulky teams running Vaporeon which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant's ability to wear down Steel-types (rephrase a bit to address how they're often hazard setters too that you're defogging vs imo) with Surf can make it a beneficial partner to Munkidori and Diancie as they cannot handle these foes without support. Cramorant also patches up Water and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type, which makes it a useful option for balance teams. Access to Defog makes Cramorant useful hazard control for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users it could be paired with such as Infernape, and bulky Pokemon which prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty. Gulp Missile reinforces Cramorant's niche as a premier Defogger, alongside Altaria, because it is incredibly difficult to switch around without taking major chip damage and paralysis.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalise on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyse the opponent. Endure allows it to survive an incoming attack, and recover with Roost, or use Surf again, the turn after when the opposing Pokemon is paralysed. Cramorant can run Ice Beam, however this only hits Flying-types like Kilowattrel and Altaria hard enough to warrant using a moveslot on it. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane would hit Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively, but is less accurate than Brave Bird and unreliable.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant being 4x weak to Electric-type attacks causes fast threats like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening. Bellibolt is also a threat to Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Several offensive Pokemon can run Electric-type coverage which threatens Cramorant and forces it to switch out, including Infernape and Breloom.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity and Meloetta as they can break through it easily before Cramorant even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its opponents. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/vaporeonds.671267/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lucario.189361/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user6.105/
qc 2/2 when done
 
qc 2/2, updated (please implement this relatively soon)
[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile paired with its STAB combination of Water and Flying-type attacks also gives Cramorant favourable matchups into many common entry hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Breloom Flamigo and both Paldean Tauros formes. Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to common Electric-types such as Kilowattrel and Raikou (probably replace kilo with bellibolt). Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it somewhat easy to overwhelm for offensive teams (you just said it's great against offense tho... (best to reword this as wallbreakers beat it down easily but maybe you can find another way)). Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.


[SET]
Name: Physically Defensive
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 SpD244 Def / 16 Spe I like 24 spdef for non-specs chandy sball tho im unsure how practical this is. also not sure if we need to include the speed evs in the analysis because the base 55s we're creeping are things like bonnet (never runs max speed) and golurk (lol)
Tera type: Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Brave Bird is a useful STAB attack for Cramorant to ensure it can still hit Vaporeon, Breloom, and Tsareena hard enough. (also synergizes nicely with Gulp Missile's Defense drops) On the other hand, Ice Beam further improves Cramorant's matchup into Flying-types like Altaria and Kilowattrel which otherwise don't mind attacking it. Cramorant can opt to run 64 Speed EVs in order to always outspeed Adamant Incineroar and bulky Tsareena, allowing it to use Surf and set up Gulp Missile to chip down these foes. (mention the spdef for nonSpecs chandy shadow ball (u get 3hkoed)) Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Electric gives Cramorant a better matchup into Breloom as it commonly runs Electric-type coverage; Tera Electric means Cramorant resists this and isn't hit harder by Seed Bomb. Tera Electric also improves Cramorant's matchup into common Flying-types like Kilowattrel, Scyther, and Tornadus.

Breloom is an Toxicroak and Goodra are amazing teammates for Cramorant because of its their ability to sweep the bulky teams running Vaporeon which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant's ability to wear down Steel-types (rephrase a bit to address how they're often hazard setters too that you're defogging vs imo) with Surf can make it a beneficial partner to Munkidori and Galarian Articuno Diancie as they cannot handle these foes without support. Cramorant also patches up Water and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type, which makes it a useful option for balance teams. Access to Defog makes Cramorant useful hazard control for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users it could be paired with such as Infernape, and bulky Pokemon which prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty. Gulp Missile reinforces Cramorant's niche as a premier Defogger, alongside Altaria, because it is incredibly difficult to switch around without taking major chip damage and paralysis.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalise on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyse the opponent. Endure allows it to survive an incoming attack, and recover with Roost, or use Surf again, the turn after when the opposing Pokemon is paralysed. Cramorant can run Ice Beam, however this only hits Flying-types like Kilowattrel and Altaria hard enough to warrant using a moveslot on it. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane would hit Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively, but is less accurate than Brave Bird and unreliable.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant being 4x weak to Electric-type attacks causes fast threats like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening. Bellibolt is also a threat to Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Several offensive Pokemon can run Electric-type coverage which threatens Cramorant and forces it to switch out, including Infernape and Breloom.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity and Meloetta as they can break through it easily before Cramorant even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its opponents. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/vaporeonds.671267/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lucario.189361/
(add rabia and me)
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user6.105/
 
[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile paired with its STAB combination of Water- and Flying-type attacks also gives Cramorant favorable matchups into many common entry hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Heracross and both Paldean Tauros formes. Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to Electric-type attacks from common Electric-types Pokemon such as Bellibolt and Raikou. Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it take heavy damage from strong neutral attacks such as Overqwil's Gunk Shot and Flamigo's Brave Bird. Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively, (AC) as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.


[SET] missing a set name
Name: Defogger
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 SpD
Tera type: Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Brave Bird is a useful STAB attack for ensures that Cramorant to ensure it can still hit Vaporeon, Breloom, and Tsareena hard enough unless there's something specific it needs to hit hard enough for, it's fluff, and it synergizes greatly with Gulp Missile's activation dropping the foe's Defense. On the other hand, Ice Beam further improves Cramorant's matchup into Flying-types like Altaria and Kilowattrel, (AC) which otherwise don't mind attacking it. 24 SpD EVs allows Cramorant to get 3HKOed by Chandelure's Shadow Ball. Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Electric also improves Cramorant's matchup into common Flying-types like Kilowattrel, Scyther, and Tornadus.

Toxicroak and Goodra are amazing teammates for Cramorant because of their ability to sweep the bulky teams running Vaporeon, which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant easily wears down entry hazard-setting Steel-types with Surf as it comes they come in to use Defog, meaning making it is a beneficial helpful partner to benefitted/beneficial redundancy for Munkidori, Meloetta, and Tornadus, (AC) as they struggle against these foes without support. Cramorant also patches up Water- and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type, which makes it a useful option for balance teams. Access to Defog makes Cramorant useful hazard control for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users it could be paired with such as Infernape (RC) and bulky Pokemon which prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalise capitalize on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyse paralyze the opponent. Endure allows foe, allowing it to survive an incoming attack (RC) and recover with Roost (RC) or use Surf again (RC) the turn after when the opposing Pokemon is paralysed. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane would hit hits Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively (RC) but is less accurate than Brave Bird and thus unreliable.

Checks and Counters
====

**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant being 4x weak to Electric-type attacks Cramorant's typing causes fast threats Electric-types like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening avoids the "threat" redundancy without introducing an "Electric-types". Bellibolt is also a threat to dangerous for Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Several offensive Pokemon can run Electric-type coverage which that threatens Cramorant and forces it to switch out, including Infernape and Breloom.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity and Meloetta, (AC) as they can break through it easily before Cramorant even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its opponents foes. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.
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[OVERVIEW]
Cramorant's access to Defog and amazing defensive typing make it one of NU's premier entry hazard control options. Unlike Altaria, which is quite passive, Cramorant can utilize its ability Gulp Missile to spread chip damage and paralysis onto most opposing Pokemon. Gulp Missile, (AC) paired with its STAB combination of Water- and Flying-type attacks, (AC) also gives Cramorant favorable matchups into against many common entry hazard setters such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Swampert. Cramorant is also great against offensive teams because it can take on common Fighting-types such as Heracross and both Paldean Tauros formes. (there are 3 formes, the base + water + fire) Despite Cramorant's potency at removing hazards, it is very weak to Electric-type attacks from common Electric-types Pokemon such as Bellibolt and Raikou. Cramorant also doesn't have as much bulk as other options like Altaria, which makes it take heavy damage from strong neutral attacks such as Overqwil's Gunk Shot and Flamigo's Brave Bird. Furthermore, Cramorant is completely walled by Vaporeon, which can make it hugely ineffective against common balance structures. Special attackers like Munkidori and Choice Specs Chandelure also break Cramorant very effectively, (AC) as it doesn't have the special bulk to take hits from any of these Pokemon.

[SET]
Name: Defogger
Move 1: Defog
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Surf
move 4: Brave Bird / Ice Beam
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Gulp Missile
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP / 236 Def / 24 SpD
Tera type: Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Brave Bird is a useful STAB attack for ensures that Cramorant to ensure it can still hit Vaporeon, Breloom, and Tsareena hard enough unless there's something specific it needs to hit hard enough for, it's fluff, and it synergizes greatly with Gulp Missile's activation dropping the foe's Defense. On the other hand, Ice Beam further improves Cramorant's matchup into against Flying-types like Altaria and Kilowattrel, (AC) which otherwise don't mind attacking it. 24 SpD EVs allows Special Defense EVs allow Cramorant to get 3HKOed by Chandelure's Shadow Ball. (would consider rephrasing from 'allow it to get 3hkoed' to 'allow it to avoid the 2hko' so you're talking about the benefit more clearly) Tera Ground lets Cramorant block an incoming Volt Switch or Thunderbolt from Raikou or Kilowattrel and hit back with a Surf to set up Gulp Missile. Tera Electric also improves Cramorant's matchup into against common Flying-types like Kilowattrel, Scyther, and Tornadus.

Toxicroak and Goodra are amazing teammates for Cramorant because of their ability to sweep the bulky teams running Vaporeon, which Cramorant cannot touch. Cramorant is also benefitted by the presence of Flygon and Rhyperior, as they are immune to the Electric-type attacks Cramorant cannot handle. Cramorant easily wears down entry hazard-setting Steel-types with Surf as it comes they come in to use Defog, meaning making it is a beneficial helpful partner to benefitted/beneficial redundancy for Munkidori, Meloetta, and Tornadus, (AC) as they struggle against these foes without support. Cramorant is a useful option for balance teams because it also patches up Water- and Fighting-type weaknesses in defensive cores that use Rhyperior and a Steel-type, which makes it a useful option for balance teams. (avoids repeated structure) Access to Defog makes Cramorant a useful hazard control option for many teams, which benefits Choice Scarf users it could be paired with such as Infernape (RC) and bulky Pokemon which that prefer to run Leftovers like Klefki and Scrafty. (the access doesn't make it useful hazard control directly)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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While niche, Cramorant can use Endure to capitalise capitalize on situations where it has a Gulp Missile ready to paralyse paralyze the opponent. Endure allows foe, allowing it to survive an incoming attack (RC) and recover with Roost (RC) or use Surf again (RC) the turn after when the opposing Pokemon is paralysed. Tera Steel provides a neutrality to Electric-type attacks and gives Cramorant the capability to take several strong, common attacks better such as Munkidori's STAB attacks, Toxtricity's Boomburst, Sylveon's Hyper Voice, and Flygon's Outrage. Hurricane would hit hits Scrafty running Bulk Up more effectively (RC) but is less accurate than Brave Bird and thus unreliable.

Checks and Counters
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**Electric-types and Electric-type coverage**: Cramorant being 4x weak to Electric-type attacks Cramorant's typing causes fast threats Electric-types like Kilowattrel and Raikou to be especially threatening avoids the "threat" redundancy without introducing an "Electric-types". Bellibolt is also a threat to dangerous for Cramorant because it doesn't care about being hit by Surf and can threaten to OHKO Cramorant back. Several offensive Pokemon can run Electric-type coverage which that threatens Cramorant and forces it to switch out, including Infernape and Breloom.

**Special Attackers**: Cramorant's mediocre special bulk causes it to be very weak to special attackers like Munkidori, Toxtricity, (AC) and Meloetta, (AC) as they can break through it easily before Cramorant it even gets the chance to chip them with Gulp Missile.

**Vaporeon**. Vaporeon completely shuts down Cramorant's main way to hit back against its opponents foes. This makes Cramorant extremely ineffective against the many balance structures Vaporeon features on.
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