NFE Hakamo-o [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
name: Substitute + Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dragon Claw / Dual Chop
move 4: Drain Punch
item: Eviolite
ability: Bulletproof
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Hakamo-o's solid bulk and defensive typing allow it to check a variety of offensive threats, including Roselia, Lampent, and Thwackey, although it must be wary of Grassy Seed Acrobatics sets from the latter. It can take advantage of these Pokemon to set up with Dragon Dance, which helps compensate for its middling Speed and Attack stats and allows it to sweep through teams late-game. Substitute provides Hakamo-o with even more opportunities to set up, as it can set up a Substitute in front of Pokemon like Tangela, Charjabug, and Ferroseed and boost up without fear of getting statused or having its Eviolite removed by Knock Off. Dual Chop can be used in place of Dragon Claw to KO Focus Sash Kadabra after a Dragon Dance and damage foes like Lampent through a Substitute, but the imperfect accuracy and increased chance of triggering Galarian Corsola's Cursed Body make it a risky option. Drain Punch helps to compensate for the HP lost when setting up Substitute and makes it very difficult for Hakamo-o to be worn down low enough to be knocked out by a priority move. Alternatively, Iron Head can be used to KO weakened Fairy-types after a boost, especially if their Eviolite has been removed. Bulletproof makes Hakamo-o immune to Roselia's Sludge Bomb and Lampent's Shadow Ball, which makes it an effective check to both of those Pokemon and gives it more chances to set up.

Hakamo-o struggles a lot against Fairy-types like Clefairy and Togetic, particularly if it isn't running Iron Head, and needs foes like Galarian Corsola, defensive Gloom, and Haze Mareanie to be weakened before it can sweep. As such, Machoke makes for a great teammate for Hakamo-o, as it can use Knock Off to remove Eviolites from physical walls, and variants with Heavy Slam or Flame Orb + Facade can lure in and KO or heavily weaken Fairy-types. A Steel-type like Klang can check the aforementioned Fairy-types as well as Psychic-types like Hattrem and Kadabra, which force Hakamo-o out. When paired with a Wish passer like Lickitung or Teleport Clefairy, Hakamo-o is more free to switch in against Pokemon like Thwackey and Lampent early in the game without worrying about its HP getting too low to sweep later on. Choice Band Thwackey partners nicely with Hakamo-o, as it can bring it in safely via U-turn against Tangela, Koffing, and Ferroseed, which Hakamo-o can set up against. The passive recovery from Grassy Terrain that Thwackey provides allows Hakamo-o to stay healthy as it cuts its HP for Substitute. Thwackey can also bait in some of Hakamo-o's checks like Galarian Corsola, Gloom, and Togetic and remove their Eviolites with Knock Off. Hattrem can pair with Hakamo-o to limit the recovery of Strength Sap users such as Galarian Corsola and Gloom. It also can take advantage of Haze Mareanie and heal Hakamo-o up with Healing Wish if Hakamo-o is statused or low on health to potentially give it another opportunity to sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[MAMP, 225453]]
- Quality checked by: [[uhuhuhu7, 407249], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]
 
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[SET]
name: Substitute + Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dragon Claw / Dual Chop
move 4: Drain Punch
item: Eviolite
ability: Bulletproof
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Hakamo-o's solid bulk and defensive typing allows it to check a variety of offensive threats, including Roselia, Pikachu, and Lampent. It can take advantage of these Pokemon to set up with Dragon Dance, which helps compensate for its middling Speed and Attack stats and allows it to sweep through teams in the late game. Substitute provides Hakamo-o with even more opportunities to set up, as it can set up a Substitute in front of Pokemon like Tangela, Vullaby Charjabug; Brave Bird is a fringe option but common enough, and Ferroseed and boost up without fear of getting statused or having its Eviolite removed by Knock Off. Dual Chop can be used in place of Dragon Claw to knock out Focus Sash Kadabra after a Dragon Dance worth noting sub here too, particularly vs lampent, but the imperfect accuracy and increased chance of triggering Galarian Corsola's Cursed Body makes it a risky option. Drain Punch helps to compensate for the HP lost when setting up Substitute, and makes it very difficult for Hakamo-o to be worn down low enough to be knocked out by a priority move. Bulletproof makes Hakamo-o immune to Roselia's Sludge Bomb and Lampent's Shadow Ball, which makes it an effective check to both of those Pokemon and gives it more chances to set up. Add Iron Head as a comment, not having recovery on sub DD can be yikes if you need it to check things though so consensus is no slash

Hakamo-o struggles a lot against Fairy-types like Clefairy and Togetic, and needs foes like Galarian Corsola, defensive Gloom, and Haze Mareanie to be weakened before it can sweep. As such, Machoke makes for a great teammate for Hakamo-o, as it can use Knock Off to remove Eviolites from physical walls, and variants with Heavy Slam or Flame Orb + Facade can lure in and knock out or heavily weaken Fairy-types. add something about steel-types, particularly klang, for checking the aforementioned fairies & also psychic-types (less so ferroseed for hattrem but still). When paired with a Wish passer like Lickitung or Teleport Clefairy, Hakamo-o is freer to switch in against Pokemon like Thwackey or Lampent early in the game without worrying about its HP getting too low to sweep later on. Choice Band Thwackey partners nicely with Hakamo-o as it can U-turn into it on a switch into Tangela, Koffing, and Ferroseed which Hakamo-o can set up against, and the passive recovery from Grassy Terrain allows Hakamo-o to stay healthy as it cuts its HP for Substitute. Thwackey can also Knock Off Eviolites from some Hakamo-o checks like Galarian Corsola, Gloom, and Togetic.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[MAMP, 225453]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

good stuff, not much to add
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qc 2/2. really nice work, just a few things.

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[SET]
name: Substitute + Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dragon Claw / Dual Chop
move 4: Drain Punch
item: Eviolite
ability: Bulletproof
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Hakamo-o's solid bulk and defensive typing allows it to check a variety of offensive threats, including Roselia, Thwackey (Thwackey does occasionally run Grassy Seed Acrobatics so I'd say maybe consider another mon or mention that it should be wary about that set), and Lampent. It can take advantage of these Pokemon to set up with Dragon Dance, which helps compensate for its middling Speed and Attack stats and allows it to sweep through teams in the late game. Substitute provides Hakamo-o with even more opportunities to set up, as it can set up a Substitute in front of Pokemon like Tangela, Charjsabug, and Ferroseed and boost up without fear of getting statused or having its Eviolite removed by Knock Off. Dual Chop can be used in place of Dragon Claw to knock out Focus Sash Kadabra after a Dragon Dance and to damage foes like Lampent through a Substitute, but the imperfect accuracy and increased chance of triggering Galarian Corsola's Cursed Body makes it a risky option. Drain Punch helps to compensate for the HP lost when setting up Substitute, and makes it very difficult for Hakamo-o to be worn down low enough to be knocked out by a priority move. Alternatively, Iron Head can be used to knock out weakened Fairy-types after a boost, especially if their Eviolite has been removed. Bulletproof makes Hakamo-o immune to Roselia's Sludge Bomb and Lampent's Shadow Ball, which makes it an effective check to both of those Pokemon and gives it more chances to set up.

Hakamo-o struggles a lot against Fairy-types like Clefairy and Togetic, particularly if it isn't running Iron Head, and needs foes like Galarian Corsola, defensive Gloom, and Haze Mareanie to be weakened before it can sweep. As such, Machoke makes for a great teammate for Hakamo-o, as it can use Knock Off to remove Eviolites from physical walls, and variants with Heavy Slam or Flame Orb + Facade can lure in and knock out or heavily weaken Fairy-types. A Steel-type like Klang can check the aforementioned Fairy-types as well as Psychic-types like Hattrem and Kadabra, which force Hakamo-o out. When paired with a Wish passer like Lickitung or Teleport Clefairy, Hakamo-o is more free to switch in against Pokemon like Thwackey or Lampent early in the game without worrying about its HP getting too low to sweep later on. Choice Band Thwackey partners nicely with Hakamo-o as it can U-turn into it on a switch into Tangela, Koffing, and Ferroseed which Hakamo-o can set up against, and the passive recovery from Grassy Terrain allows Hakamo-o to stay healthy as it cuts its HP for Substitute. Thwackey can also bait in and Knock Off Eviolites from some Hakamo-o checks like Galarian Corsola, Gloom, and Togetic. Hattrem also pairs well with Hakamo-o, as its Magic Bounce ability allows it to limit the recovery of Strength Sap users such as Galarian Corsola and Gloom. Additionally, Hattrem threatens Haze Mareanie with Psychic and can use Healing Wish on Hakamo-o, if Hakamo-o gets statused or is low on health. (You can reword the Hattrem part to how you see fit but its definitely worth mentioning.)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[MAMP, 225453]]
- Quality checked by: [[uhuhuhu7, 407249], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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Add Remove Comments (AH) = Add Hyphen (AC) = Add Comma (RC) = Remove Comma (SC) = Semicolon

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[SET]
name: Substitute + Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dragon Claw / Dual Chop
move 4: Drain Punch
item: Eviolite
ability: Bulletproof
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Hakamo-o's solid bulk and defensive typing allows allow it to check a variety of offensive threats, including Roselia, Lampent, and Thwackey, although it must be wary of Grassy Seed Acrobatics sets from the latter. It can take advantage of these Pokemon to set up with Dragon Dance, which helps compensate for its middling Speed and Attack stats and allows it to sweep through teams in the late-(AH)game. Substitute provides Hakamo-o with even more opportunities to set up, as it can set up a Substitute in front of Pokemon like Tangela, Charjabug, and Ferroseed and boost up without fear of getting statused or having its Eviolite removed by Knock Off. Dual Chop can be used in place of Dragon Claw to knock out KO Focus Sash Kadabra after a Dragon Dance and to damage foes like Lampent through a Substitute, but the imperfect accuracy and increased chance of triggering Galarian Corsola's Cursed Body makes make it a risky option. Drain Punch helps to compensate for the HP lost when setting up Substitute, (RC) and makes it very difficult for Hakamo-o to be worn down low enough to be knocked out by a priority move. Alternatively, Iron Head can be used to knock out KO weakened Fairy-types after a boost, especially if their Eviolite has been removed. Bulletproof makes Hakamo-o immune to Roselia's Sludge Bomb and Lampent's Shadow Ball, which makes it an effective check to both of those Pokemon and gives it more chances to set up.

Hakamo-o struggles a lot against Fairy-types like Clefairy and Togetic, particularly if it isn't running Iron Head, and needs foes like Galarian Corsola, defensive Gloom, and Haze Mareanie to be weakened before it can sweep. As such, Machoke makes for a great teammate for Hakamo-o, as it can use Knock Off to remove Eviolites from physical walls, and variants with Heavy Slam or Flame Orb + Facade can lure in and knock out KO or heavily weaken Fairy-types. A Steel-type like Klang can check the aforementioned Fairy-types as well as Psychic-types like Hattrem and Kadabra, which otherwise force Hakamo-o out. When paired with a Wish passer like Lickitung or Teleport Clefairy, Hakamo-o is more free to switch in against Pokemon like Thwackey or and Lampent early in the game without worrying about its HP getting too low to sweep later on. Choice Band Thwackey partners nicely with Hakamo-o, (AC) as it can U-turn into it on a switch into bring it in safely via U-turn against (I believe that's what you're implying?) Tangela, Koffing, and Ferroseed, (AC) which Hakamo-o can then set up against; (SC) and the passive recovery from Grassy Terrain that Thwackey provides allows Hakamo-o to stay healthy as it cuts its HP for Substitute. Thwackey can also bait in some of Hakamo-o's checks like Galarian Corsola, Gloom, and Togetic and Knock Off remove their Eviolites with Knock Off. Hattrem can pair with Hakamo-o to limit the recovery of Strength Sap users such as Galarian Corsola and Gloom. It also can take advantage of Haze Mareanie and heal Hakamo-o up with Healing Wish if Hakamo-o is statused or low on health to potentially give it another opportunity to sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[MAMP, 225453]]
- Quality checked by: [[uhuhuhu7, 407249], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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