OU Hawlucha (QC 2/2) (GP 2/2)

[Windingsss]

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all Pokemon in the metagame and makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its Terrain Seed, so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit from, like Kartana. It also has problems with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro, and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread allows Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as revenge killing threats like +1 Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put into HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item and therefore Unburden. Rillaboom provides a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overwhelm them together. However, Tapu Koko acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, as well as bringing in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders like Ferrothorn with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks removed or chipped into KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots and Leftovers from its checks like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together and let one clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB moves. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha can form an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult pressures key targets like Zapdos or Toxapex and forces damage on them with its powerful STAB moves; it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status effects like burn and poison from walls like Toxapex and Hippowdon; this also allows Hawlucha to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them, like Zapdos and Skarmory.

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can reset its boosts with Haze and burn or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one-on-one, and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing a boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention, since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status ailments can severely cripple Hawlucha, as they can halve its Attack or Speed, slowly chip it down, or shut it down completely. Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poison, hindering its ability to sweep.

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on Terrains to start its sweep, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, as they can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if it's boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

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- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
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[ausma]

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Hora de la lucha!

[Overview]

• Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden and its powerful STAB moves. I think emphasizing just how powerful its dual STAB combination actually is would better emphasize this point.
• When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokémon, and thus making it hard to revenge kill without priority.
• However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item, meaning it has a hard time when trying to set up. Explaining that it needs to set up on things it can either take a hit from or that it can force switches against is a better way of highlighting this point.
• It also has problems at breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Corviknight, and Mandibuzz, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage.
• Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to acomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 134 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

• Acrobatics and Close Combat are used as high-Base Power STAB moves that can finish off weakened teams with Swords Dance. We know what Acrobatics and Close Combat do. Instead, explain what Swords Dance is here for.
• Stone Edge allows Hawlucha to break through Mandibuzz and Zapdos, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex and Quagsire, by disabling their recovery moves, at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hippowdon is a good example of a Taunt target too. Also I don't really like saying Mandibuzz walls it because Mandibuzz doesn't run anything other than Foul Play to actually beat it, that and it can get pretty easily overwhelmed before it can actually punish it.
• Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on screen teams Electric Seed should be the choice. Maybe explain what the defense boost can do for it? Does it let it more freely set up against anything in particular?
• The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other threats like +1 Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put on HP to increase its overall bulk.

• Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item, thus activating Unburden. Rillaboom provides a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, so they can wear them down together. However, Tapu Koko gives an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or Slowbro. Can these Pokemon pivot against any notable targets that Hawlucha can use as setup fodder, or help to overload anything in specific?
• As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Weavile, Kartana and Landorus-T very valuable, as they can remove Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, Like what? making Hawlucha's job easier. Landorus-T can also set Stealth Rock, while Kartana and Weavile share checks with Hawlucha. Why is sharing checks prominent? It is, but explain this in a bit more depth, while also maybe explaining in what ways they can help to also handle that Hawlucha appreciates pressure against.
• Slowking is a great teammate that offers Future Sight support, which can wear down Toxapex and Zapdos, and a free switch in with Teleport. Does it pivot against any prominent targets? Always use examples if you can.
• Together, Dragapult and Hawlucha make an offensive core that can be hard to manage, since one of them can chip down the opposing team, thus allowing the other one to clean in late-game. Dragapult can also offer support in the form of status, and it appreciates Heatran, Tyranitar and Blissey gone. I think my issue with this bullet point is just the general lack of examples and how these Pokemon synergize in execution. Does Dragapult pressure any potentially key targets more directly with its STABs or force damage on anything crucial? Pressuring stuff like Toxapex is pretty major, and giving Hawlucha a setup opportunity with its U-turn against Tyranitar and Blissey can be pretty crucial.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

• Substitute is a posible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status, like burns and poisons, from walls; this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more set up opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them.

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Corviknight can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze its boosts and burn or poison it, while Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight, and Corviknight can heavily damage it with Brave Bird and Rocky Helmet. Giving a mention to Zapdos and Aegislash is a good call I think too since it makes Hawlucha reliant on Stone Edge to handle, and the latter just completely decimates it.

**Status**: Status from Pokémon like Toxapex, Tapu Koko and Hippowdon can severely cripple Hawlucha: Burns will halve its attack, paralysis will reduce its main attribute, its Speed, and poison will slowly chip it down, making its sweep harder.

**Terrain Changing**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains to start its clean, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which can force Hawlucha out after switching in. The former three can also threat Hawlucha with their powerful STAB moves. Giving a special mention to Tapu Koko for stomaching its STABs is worth mentioning too. Tapu Lele is weird because it only wins if Hawlucha is still holding its item; Fini too, but to a lesser extent since it can stomach a full Acrobatics or two.

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qc 1/2

 

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Hora de la lucha!

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokemon, and making it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item, so it can only set up on Pokemon it can force out or take a hit of, like Kartana. It also has problems at breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Corviknight, and Mandibuzz, Both get 2hkoed after a swords dance and cant do much in return since corv cant do much with body press and neither can mandi with foul play, mention skarmory and slowbro instead cuz skarmory can id after the first cc living the second and then roosting so it wins the mu, and Slowbro can wall it for days and threaten it with scald/fs even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to acomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 134 Spe 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves, at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on screen teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against some threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other threats like +1 Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put on HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item, thus activating Unburden. Rillaboom provides a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Corviknight Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overload them together. However, Tapu Koko gives an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or Slowbro, and it can send Hawlucha against setup fodders, like Ferrothorn, with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Weavile, Kartana and Landorus-T Lando-T doesnt carry knock off very often on ho, cuz it usually wants sub if sd or sd if suicide lead very valuable, as they can remove Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, like Toxapex and Zapdos. Landorus-T can also set Stealth Rock, while Kartana and Weavile share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together, allowing one to clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their stab moves, which is heavily appreciated. Slowking is also a great teammate that offers Future Sight support, which can wear down Toxapex and Zapdos, and a free switch in with Teleport. It can also pivot against some targets like Heatran and Tapu Lele and wear them down with Scald, making Hawlucha's clean easier. Hawlucha doesnt rlly struggle against these mons and Slowking also doesnt rlly fit in the same kind of teams that Hawlucha does. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha make an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult can pressure key targets and force damage on them, like Zapdos or Toxapex, with its powerful STAB moves, and it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Hawlucha's setup fodders like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a posible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status, like burns and poisons, from walls; this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more set up opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them.

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Corviknight cant check replace with skarm, and Zapdos can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze its boosts and burn or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Corviknight can heavily damage it with Brave Bird and Rocky Helmet and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own. Remove mentions of corv or make it clear that it almost dies in the process of checking checking it since +2 cc damage and bb recoil leaves it at roughly about 5% or so.

**Status**: Status from Pokémon like Toxapex, Tapu Koko Cant spread status and Hippowdon can severely cripple Hawlucha: Burns will halve its attack, paralysis will reduce its main attribute, its Speed Neither spreads paralysis, and poison will slowly chip it down, making its sweep harder.

**Terrain Changing Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains to start its clean, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all Hawlucha's attacks, even if boosted, while Fini can only stomach an Acrobatics and fire back. Tapu Fini eats cc and se too so dont say that it can only stomach an acrobatics.

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QC 2/2, Good job nerd.

 

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lucha libra stuff is cool ngl

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination offensive typing. (You mean this; STAB combination implies attacks, but you haven't noted any, so "offensive typing" makes more sense.) When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokemon, and making makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item Terrain Seed, (this isn't the set, so the reader doesn't know what "its item" actually is; GP said this is fine) so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit of from, like Kartana. It also has problems at with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game. ("during all match" is already established by the word "until")

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves, at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against some threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other revenge kill threats like +1 boosted Volcarona if needed. (apparently Abhisdn wanted this) The rest of the EVs are put on into HP to increase its overall bulk. ("on" would be something like placing a banana on a table, that's not really what we're doing here. Think when people say "invest in bulk", etc.)

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item, thus activating Unburden. Rillaboom provides is a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overload overwhelm them together. (Rillaboom is the wallbreaker. It's not handing you a hammer to bonk Toxapex on the head with, is it?) However, Tapu Koko gives acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or Slowbro, and it can send as well as bring in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders, like Ferrothorn, with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone removed or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together, allowing one to clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB (this is capitalized) moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha make an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult can pressures (definitive statement) key targets, like Zapdos or Toxapex, and forces damage on them, like Zapdos or Toxapex, with its powerful STAB moves; (ASC, removes run-on sentence problem) and it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Hawlucha's setup fodders Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

(The Dragapult sentence had issues with order; you said "them" but didn't refer to what the key targets actually were until afterwards. I rearranged it a bit and split some clauses with a semicolon. "fodder" is never pluralised, as the word is rooted in referring to things like straw. In regards to "setup fodder", it's often used when referring to a Pokemon coming in on something it walls/forces out and setting up for free, so saying a Pokemon is always setup fodder can be interpreted as a bit wrong. I think the restructuring I did was ok?)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status, like burns and poisons, from walls (what walls?); this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup (spacing) opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them. (This just needs proper examples. What Pokemon get better matchups against SubLucha, specifically?)

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, (AC) can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze its boosts, (AC) and burn, (AC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one versus one one-on-one, (fewer syllables) and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status can severely cripple Hawlucha as they halve its attack, speed or slowly chip it down. (You've technically missed out sleep and freeze, so you may want to reword this in some way) Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poisonings, hindering its ability to sweep. (Subjective: consider moving pex here from physical walls, since the primary concern appears to be the status it rains down while walling it. It also removes an article from an already long list)

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains to start its clean sweep, (alternatively, "start cleaning") Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

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lucha libra stuff is cool ngl

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination offensive typing. (You mean this; STAB combination implies attacks, but you haven't noted any, so "offensive typing" makes more sense.) When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokemon, and making makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item Terrain Seed, (this isn't the set, so the reader doesn't know what "its item" actually is; GP said this is fine) so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit of from, like Kartana. It also has problems at with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game. ("during all match" is already established by the word "until")

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves, at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against some threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other revenge kill threats like +1 boosted Volcarona if needed. (apparently Abhisdn wanted this) The rest of the EVs are put on into HP to increase its overall bulk. ("on" would be something like placing a banana on a table, that's not really what we're doing here. Think when people say "invest in bulk", etc.)

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item, thus activating Unburden. Rillaboom provides is a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overload overwhelm them together. (Rillaboom is the wallbreaker. It's not handing you a hammer to bonk Toxapex on the head with, is it?) However, Tapu Koko gives acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or Slowbro, and it can send as well as bring in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders, like Ferrothorn, with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone removed or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together, allowing one to clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB (this is capitalized) moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha make an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult can pressures (definitive statement) key targets, like Zapdos or Toxapex, and forces damage on them, like Zapdos or Toxapex, with its powerful STAB moves; (ASC, removes run-on sentence problem) and it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Hawlucha's setup fodders Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

(The Dragapult sentence had issues with order; you said "them" but didn't refer to what the key targets actually were until afterwards. I rearranged it a bit and split some clauses with a semicolon. "fodder" is never pluralised, as the word is rooted in referring to things like straw. In regards to "setup fodder", it's often used when referring to a Pokemon coming in on something it walls/forces out and setting up for free, so saying a Pokemon is always setup fodder can be interpreted as a bit wrong. I think the restructuring I did was ok?)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status, like burns and poisons, from walls (what walls?); this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup (spacing) opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them. (This just needs proper examples. What Pokemon get better matchups against SubLucha, specifically?)

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, (AC) can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze its boosts, (AC) and burn, (AC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one versus one one-on-one, (fewer syllables) and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status can severely cripple Hawlucha as they halve its attack, speed or slowly chip it down. (You've technically missed out sleep and freeze, so you may want to reword this in some way) Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poisonings, hindering its ability to sweep. (Subjective: consider moving pex here from physical walls, since the primary concern appears to be the status it rains down while walling it. It also removes an article from an already long list)

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains to start its clean sweep, (alternatively, "start cleaning") Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [Abhisdn417, 526987]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

Thank you so much for the check! I implemented all of this and its really helpful, and its not overwhelming by any mean, ty again

 

[Milak]

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GP 1/2 I know you've already implemented this, but since I did a combined check in PVK's PMs I figured I should upload a clearer version of the GP for you to implement (again), sry for the inconvenience.

Hawlucha

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination offensive typing. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokemon,(RC) in the metagame and making makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item Terrain Seed, so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit of from, like Kartana. It also has problems at with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro,(AC) and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves,(RC) at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against some threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other revenge killing threats like +1 boosted Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put on into HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item,(RC) thus activating and therefore Unburden. Rillaboom provides is a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overload overwhelm them together. However, Tapu Koko gives acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or and Slowbro, and it can send as well as bringing in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders,(RC) like Ferrothorn,(RC) with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone removed or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together,(RC) allowing one to and let one clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha make can form an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult can pressures key targets,(RC) like Zapdos or Toxapex,(RC) and forces damage on them, like Zapdos or Toxapex, with its powerful STAB moves; (ASC) and it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Hawlucha's setup fodders Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status,(RC) like burns and poisons,(RC) from walls (give a few examples pls); this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them. (same here)

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, (AC) can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze reset its boosts, (AC) with Haze and burn, (AC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one versus one one-on-one,(AC) and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing a boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention,(AC) since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status can severely cripple Hawlucha,(AC) as they can either halve its attack,(RC) speed or Attack or Speed,(AC) slowly chip it down,(AC) or shut it down completely. Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poisonings, hindering its ability to sweep.

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains Terrains to start its clean sweep, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or ,(AC) and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which as they can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [Abhisdn417, 526987]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [username2, userid2]]

 

[Windingsss]

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GP 1/2 I know you've already implemented this, but since I did a combined check in PVK's PMs I figured I should upload a clearer version of the GP for you to implement (again), sry for the inconvenience.

Hawlucha

[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination offensive typing. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all OU Pokemon,(RC) in the metagame and making makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its item Terrain Seed, so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit of from, like Kartana. It also has problems at with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro,(AC) and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight during all the match until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves,(RC) at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against some threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread maximizes Hawlucha's damage output while also allows it Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as some other revenge killing threats like +1 boosted Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put on into HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item,(RC) thus activating and therefore Unburden. Rillaboom provides is a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overload overwhelm them together. However, Tapu Koko gives acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with some walls like Toxapex or and Slowbro, and it can send as well as bringing in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders,(RC) like Ferrothorn,(RC) with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks gone removed or chipped into its KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or other items like Leftovers from its checks, like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together,(RC) allowing one to and let one clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha make can form an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult can pressures key targets,(RC) like Zapdos or Toxapex,(RC) and forces damage on them, like Zapdos or Toxapex, with its powerful STAB moves; (ASC) and it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Hawlucha's setup fodders Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status,(RC) like burns and poisons,(RC) from walls (give a few examples pls); this also allows it to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them. (same here)

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, (AC) can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can haze reset its boosts, (AC) with Haze and burn, (AC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one versus one one-on-one,(AC) and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing a boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention,(AC) since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status can severely cripple Hawlucha,(AC) as they can either halve its attack,(RC) speed or Attack or Speed,(AC) slowly chip it down,(AC) or shut it down completely. Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poisonings, hindering its ability to sweep.

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on terrains Terrains to start its clean sweep, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Koko or ,(AC) and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, which as they can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [Abhisdn417, 526987]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [username2, userid2]]

Implemented as well! Thank you so much, ready for next check

 

[Lumari]

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GP 2/2

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[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all Pokemon in the metagame and makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its Terrain Seed, so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit from, like Kartana. It also has problems with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro, and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread allows Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as revenge killing threats like +1 Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put into HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item and therefore Unburden. Rillaboom provides a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overwhelm them together. However, Tapu Koko acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, as well as bringing in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders like Ferrothorn with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks removed or chipped into KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or and Leftovers from its checks (RC) like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together and let one clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha can form an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult pressures key targets like Zapdos or Toxapex and forces damage on them with its powerful STAB moves; it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status ike effects like burn and poison from walls like Toxapex and Hippowdon; this also allows it Hawlucha to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them, like Zapdos and Skarmory.

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can reset its boosts (RC) with Haze and burn (RC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one-on-one, and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing a boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention, since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status ailments can severely cripple Hawlucha, as they can either halve its Attack or Speed, slowly chip it down, or shut it down completely. Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poison, hindering its ability to sweep.

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on Terrains to start its sweep, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, as they can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if it's boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [Abhisdn417, 526987]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [username2, userid2]]

 

[Windingsss]

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GP 2/2

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[Overview]

Hawlucha stands as a good late-game cleaner on hyper offense or dual screens teams thanks to the combination of Swords Dance, Unburden, and its powerful STAB combination. When Unburden is activated, Hawlucha turns into a fearsome cleaner because of its unparalleled Speed tier, which allows it to outpace all Pokemon in the metagame and makes it hard to revenge kill without priority. However, Hawlucha is frail, even with the Defense boost provided by its Terrain Seed, so it can only set up on Pokemon that it can force out or take a hit from, like Kartana. It also has problems with breaking through some common walls like Toxapex, Slowbro, and Skarmory, even after a Swords Dance boost, and it can get heavily crippled by status or chip damage. Lastly, Hawlucha heavily relies on its teammates and their survival to accomplish its role, meaning it will be dead weight until late-game.

[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Stone Edge / Taunt
item: Grassy Seed / Electric Seed
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Swords Dance turns Hawlucha into a fearsome cleaner when combined with the Speed boost provided by Unburden. Stone Edge allows it to break through Zapdos and Tornadus-T, which otherwise could wall it; however, Taunt allows it to defeat certain walls, like Toxapex, Quagsire, and Hippowdon, by disabling their recovery moves at the cost of losing against the aforementioned Flying-types. Hawlucha's item is interchangeable depending on its teammates; on hyper offense teams, Hawlucha should run Grassy Seed, while on dual screens teams Electric Seed should be the choice. The Defense boost also allows it to set up more freely against threats like Kartana and Garchomp. The given EV spread allows Hawlucha to outspeed Excadrill in sand after Unburden activates, as well as revenge killing threats like +1 Volcarona if needed. The rest of the EVs are put into HP to increase its overall bulk.

Hawlucha should always be used in tandem with Tapu Koko or Rillaboom, as their abilities activate its item and therefore Unburden. Rillaboom provides a strong wallbreaker that shares checks with Hawlucha, like Tornadus-T and Zapdos, so they can overwhelm them together. However, Tapu Koko acts as an offensive pivot that can set up screens and deal with walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, as well as bringing in Hawlucha against would-be setup fodders like Ferrothorn with U-turn. As Hawlucha only has one opportunity to clean, it appreciates having all of its checks removed or chipped into KO range; this makes Knock Off support from Kartana and Weavile very valuable, as they can remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots or and Leftovers from its checks (RC) like Toxapex and Zapdos. Both Kartana and Weavile also share checks with Hawlucha; this allows them to wear them down together and let one clean late-game. They can also pressure some of Hawlucha's checks, like Slowbro and Hippowdon, with their STAB moves, which is heavily appreciated. Finally, Dragapult and Hawlucha can form an offensive core that can be hard to manage. Dragapult pressures key targets like Zapdos or Toxapex and forces damage on them with its powerful STAB moves; it can also offer setup opportunities with U-turn, as it gets forced out by Pokemon that Hawlucha wants to use as setup fodder, like Blissey and Tyranitar.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Substitute is a possible option over Stone Edge or Taunt to avoid status ike effects like burn and poison from walls like Toxapex and Hippowdon; this also allows it Hawlucha to tank some weak attacks and gives it more setup opportunities. However, Hawlucha hates losing these moves, as it has a bigger pool of checks and counters without them, like Zapdos and Skarmory.

Checks and Counters
====

**Physical Walls**: Physical walls, such as Toxapex, Slowbro, Skarmory, and Zapdos, can take all of Hawlucha's attacks and retaliate back. Toxapex can reset its boosts (RC) with Haze and burn (RC) or poison it, Slowbro can eliminate it with Future Sight and Scald, Skarmory can win one-on-one, and Zapdos can paralyze it with Static and OHKO with its STAB moves, only fearing a boosted Stone Edge. Aegislash deserves a special mention, since it resists all Hawlucha's attacks and can decimate it with its own.

**Status**: All status ailments can severely cripple Hawlucha, as they can either halve its Attack or Speed, slowly chip it down, or shut it down completely. Some of its checks, like Slowbro and Toxapex, can also cripple it with Scald burns or poison, hindering its ability to sweep.

**Opposing Terrain**: As Hawlucha relies on Terrains to start its sweep, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, and Rillaboom are roadblocks to it, as they can force Hawlucha out after switching in. Tapu Koko can also tank all of Hawlucha's attacks, even if it's boosted, while Tapu Fini can only stomach one attack and fire back.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Windingsss, 477937]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [Abhisdn417, 526987]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [username2, userid2]]

Implemented, tyvm!!! This is finished now

 

[airfare]

weee first analysis uploaded
https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/hawlucha/