PU Heliolisk

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[OVERVIEW]
Heliolisk is a strong breaker and offensive pivot that can wear down teams with its good coverage and base 109 Special Attack while bringing in other threats with Volt Switch. However, it is also very frail and struggles to switch into most attacks except Water- and Ghost-type moves; therefore, it benefits greatly from being a part of VoltTurn cores that can bring it into battle safely.

[SET]
name: Heavy-Duty Boots Attacker
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hyper Voice
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf / Grass Knot
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Because it is not running a boosting item, Heliolisk sometimes fails to get immediate KOs. Volt Switch gains momentum and helps wear down walls so that Heliolisk can KO them later. Heliolisk must also run Thunderbolt, though, because Volt Switch is not strong enough to 2HKO bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Jellicent. Surf is preferred as the final move so that Heliolisk can effectively damage Togedemaru and Stunfisk-Galar, but Grass Knot has slightly more power against Palossand and Gigalith.

Because it is frail, Heliolisk appreciates being on VoltTurn cores that help bring it in safely; Talonflame, Archeops, and Silvally-Steel can all accomplish this. It also benefits from teammates that can threaten the Pokemon Heliolisk pivots out of: specially defensive walls with recovery such as Aromatisse and bulky sponges like Gigalith. Roserade forces them out and sets up Spikes, and strong breakers like Centiskorch and offensive Rhydon can also threaten them. Entry hazards and Knock Off support can help Heliolisk chip the other team more; Roserade's Spikes and Knock Off from Passimian and Sneasel are able to accomplish this. Heliolisk benefits from teammates that can switch into the Fighting-types commonly used to revenge kill it; Silvally-Fairy, Ribombee, and Palossand are helpful for this reason. Finally, teammates that struggle against bulky Water-types, such as Basculin, appreciate Heliolisk's ability to switch into them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Expulso, 202058]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117], [UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[MZ]

[OVERVIEW]
Heliolisk is a strong breaker and offensive pivot, able to wear down teams with its good coverage and base 109 Special Attack while bringing in other threats with Volt Switch. However, it is also very frail, struggling to switch into most attacks except the Water-type moves Dry Skin grants it an immunity to; therefore, it benefits greatly from being a part of VoltTurn cores that can bring it into battle. These cores also make up for its inability to break through Specially Defensive walls with recovery; although Heliolisk can be frail and does not win games on its own, with the right teammates it can be nearly impossible to stop.

[SET]
name: Boots Attacker
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hyper Voice
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf / Grass Knot
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Healiolisk :grimace: is a strong offensive pivot that can chip bulky sponges like Gigalith and Regirock with Volt Switch, both bringing in teammates that threaten them and putting them in range of its coverage later I'm not sure this is the top 1 thing to mention about lisk. its biggest strength is its amazing coverage much more than just having volt to chip fatmons imo, it clearly outclasses other elecs in that regard. Volt Switch is helpful against walls with recovery, such as Aromatisse, letting Heliolisk weaken them enough to 2HKO with Thunderbolt plus this kinda covers the same ground as the last sentence, means u dont even need the point being made there. This works well with Heavy-Duty Boots; Heliolisk appreciates not taking hazard damage so it can have more chances to Volt Switch and then wallbreak. Hyper Voice threatens the Grass-types that resist Electric-type moves, such as Roserade and Tsareena, along with being its best move against Druddigon. Although it already has an Electric-type attack in Volt Switch, Thunderbolt is useful to threaten specially bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Jellicent that are not KOd by Volt Switch. these last 2 sentences dont need to exist, you dont have to explain every move in a mon's move pool if it's obvious like tbolt and hyper voice are. nuke them and you can also make this 1 paragraph Surf is preferred as the final move so that Heliolisk can effectively damage Togedemaru and Stunfisk-Galar, but Grass Knot has slightly more power against Palossand and Runerigus.

Because it is frail, Heliolisk appreciates teammates that can bring it in safely against Water types does it struggle to switch into water types??? I mean it's like Jellicent and vaporeon, not exactly a huge issue. I would rather turn this point into "do volt-turn cores" because the partners are right even if the concept is not; Talonflame, Archeops, Silvally-Steel, and Silvally-Ground can all accomplish this with U-turn. It also benefits from teammates that can threaten the Pokemon Heliolisk Volt Switches out of: specially defensive walls with recovery, notably Aromatisse and Togedemaru, and bulky sponges like Gigalith. Roserade forces out Aromatisse and sets up Spikes, Silvally-Steel forces out Aromatisse and Gigalith, and Silvally-Ground forces out Togedemaru and Gigalith. this is correct but the examples are inserted a bit awkwardly and I woudlnt reuse the exact same examples from a sentence ago in p much any scenario, especially when one is a mon as niche as groundvally. there's plenty of other things to abuse spdef walls Hazards and Knock Off support to remove boots can help Heliolisk chip the other team more; Roserade's Spikes and Knock Off from Passimian or Sneasel are able to accomplish this. Heliolisk benefits from teammates that can switch into Passimian could honestly just say 'fighting-types' because viriz or scrafty or w/e can just as easily revenge and there's not much need to go more specific, because it is commonly used to revenge it; Silvally-Fairy, Ribombee, and Palossand are helpful for this reason. Finally, teammates that struggle against bulky Waters, such as Basculin, appreciate Heliolisk's ability to switch into them. ye exactly if lisk comes in on bulky waters why does it need pivoting into waters, you're not really pivoting off of basculin or Kabutops much

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Expulso, 202058]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[Expulso]

Thanks MZ, it was helpful, yea I worded the thing abt Water-types pretty oddly. 1/2

 

[UberSkitty]

[OVERVIEW]
Heliolisk is a strong breaker and offensive pivot that can wear down teams with its good coverage and base 109 Special Attack while bringing in other threats with Volt Switch. However, it is also very frail and struggles to switch into most attacks except Water-type moves(and ghost)(also cuz its frail it has to watch out for neutral coverage); therefore, it benefits greatly from being a part of VoltTurn cores that can bring it into battle safely. Although Heliolisk can be frail, its speed and power are very impressive, and with the right teammates it can be nearly impossible to stop.(thats kinda an exaggeration)

[SET]
name: Boots Attacker
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hyper Voice
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf / Grass Knot
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volt Switch helps wear down walls with recovery,(that doesn't make much sense, what's the point of wearing them down if they have recovery? wouldnt wearing down walls without recovery make more sense?) such as Aromatisse, so that Heliolisk can KO them later. (also helps gain momentum)Heliolisk must also run Thunderbolt, because Volt Switch is not strong enough to 2HKO bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Jellicent. Surf is preferred as the final move so that Heliolisk can effectively damage Togedemaru and Stunfisk-Galar, but Grass Knot has slightly more power against Palossand and Runerigus.(gigalith is also a big one)

Because it is frail, Heliolisk appreciates being on VoltTurn cores that help bring it in safely; Talonflame, Archeops, Silvally-Steel, and Silvally-Ground (silvally ground isn't relevant enough IMO, just remove it)can all accomplish this with U-turn(don't need to specify the pivot move, especially since Silvally often runs Parting Shot instead). It also benefits from teammates that can threaten the Pokemon Heliolisk Volt Switches out of: specially defensive walls with recovery, notably Aromatisse and Togedemaru(Togedemaru can have Lightningrod though), and bulky sponges like Gigalith. Roserade forces out Aromatisse and sets up Spikes, and strong breakers like Centiskorch and offensive Rhydon (rhydon isn't too relevant, replace)can also threaten them. Hazards and Knock Off support (random extra space)can help Heliolisk chip the other team more; Roserade's Spikes and Knock Off from Passimian or Sneasel are able to accomplish this. Heliolisk benefits from teammates that can switch into the Fighting types commonly used to revenge it; Silvally-Fairy, Ribombee, and Palossand are helpful for this reason. Finally, teammates that struggle against bulky Waters, such as Basculin, appreciate Heliolisk's ability to switch into them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Expulso, 202058]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117], [UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 2/2

 

[Expulso]

Thx, I kept the Rhydon mention because in my experience I think it's very relevant but I removed Silvally-Ground and implemented the rest of your changes

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Heliolisk is a strong breaker and offensive pivot that can wear down teams with its good coverage and base 109 Special Attack while bringing in other threats with Volt Switch. However, it is also very frail and struggles to switch into most attacks except Water- and Ghost-type (from qc) moves; therefore, it benefits greatly from being a part of VoltTurn cores that can bring it into battle safely. Although Heliolisk can be frail, its speed and power are very impressive, and with the right teammates it can be nearly impossible to stop.

[SET]
name: Heavy-Duty Boots Attacker
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hyper Voice
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf / Grass Knot
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Because it is not running a boosting item, Heliolisk sometimes fails to get immediate KOs. Volt Switch gains momentum and helps wear down walls so that Heliolisk can KO them later. Heliolisk must also run Thunderbolt, though, because Volt Switch is not strong enough to 2HKO bulky Water-types like Vaporeon and Jellicent. Surf is preferred as the final move so that Heliolisk can effectively damage Togedemaru and Stunfisk-Galar, but Grass Knot has slightly more power against Palossand and Gigalith.

Because it is frail, Heliolisk appreciates being on VoltTurn cores that help bring it in safely; Talonflame, Archeops, and Silvally-Steel can all accomplish this. It also benefits from teammates that can threaten the Pokemon Heliolisk Volt Switches pivots (you can add "with Volt Switch" after "out of" if you want, but you don't have to) out of: specially defensive walls with recovery such as Aromatisse and bulky sponges like Gigalith. Roserade forces them out and sets up Spikes, and strong breakers like Centiskorch and offensive Rhydon can also threaten them. Entry hazards and Knock Off support can help Heliolisk chip the other team more; Roserade's Spikes and Knock Off from Passimian or and Sneasel are able to accomplish this. Heliolisk benefits from teammates that can switch into the Fighting-types commonly used to revenge kill it; Silvally-Fairy, Ribombee, and Palossand are helpful for this reason. Finally, teammates that struggle against bulky Waters Water-types, such as Basculin, appreciate Heliolisk's ability to switch into them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Expulso, 202058]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117], [UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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[Expulso]

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