M&M I’ll Be Right There (Utility Mageana) (QC 1/2)

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Magearna) @ Latiasite / Sablenite / Manectite
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD OR 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Calm / Bold Nature
- Ice Beam / Fleur Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Encore
- Spikes / Encore


[SET COMMENTS]
Magearna is the cornerstone of defensive utility and premier Spikes user, as it can reliably wield a variety of defensive Mega Stones while supporting it’s teammates through pivoting. It can fit on practically any playstyle, capable of dealing with metagame staples like Lunala and Raging Bolt while having a ton of role compression. Latiasite is the most common mega stone, as the Ground immunity gained by Levitate allows it to switch into Pokemon like Dragonite, Arceus-Ground, and Pinsirite Great Tusk and threaten them out. Sablenite is useful for not only granting amazing boosts in both defensive stats, allowing Magearna to take hits that it would normally run from, but also letting Magearna bounce back hazards and status from Garganacl, defensive Arceus forms, and other Magearna. Manectite, in combination with a Bold nature, is used on more offensive teams, as with Intimidate it can weaken common Physical attackers like Arceus and Regieleki. Ice Beam gives consistent damage into the Pokemon that it’s supposed to check like Arceus-Ground lacking Calm Mind and Eternatus, as well as threatening out Ground-types like Great Tusk and Hippowdon for non-Latiasite sets, while Fleur Cannon hits harder into non-resists and can OHKO Altarianite Dragonite and Regieleki but leaves Magearna fairly weak after use. Magearna is an amazing Spikes setter, as it fares well into common hazard removers such as Regieleki and Mandibuzz, as well as being capable of pivoting on Magic Bounce users like Corviknight and Galarian Slowking that would normally come in to stop hazards from going up, chipping down Pokemon like Hippowdon and Eternatus for teammates such as Regieleki and Urshifu-RS, whereas Encore can disrupt common set-up sweepers such as Calm Mind Arceus formes and Dragonite. Frailer wallbreakers like Regieleki, Ceruledge, and Spectrier appreciate Magearna giving them slow pivoting, allowing them to consistently break the opposing team without worrying about switching in. Blue Orb Kilowattrel and Water-types like Urshifu-RS and Arceus-Water can pressure Ground-types like Hippowdon and Arceus-Ground that would threaten out non-Latiasite sets with ease, and can also deal with Fire-types like Arcanine-Hisui and Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk in particular that give Magearna trouble. Due to Magearna’s constant switching, it can get easily worn down by Spikes chip without Latiasite, so hazard removers like Regieleki and Great Tusk are great partners for Magearna.

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QC, let me have a second look at this after implement

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Magearna) @ Latiasite / Sablenite / Manectite
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD OR 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Calm / Bold Nature
- Ice Beam / Fleur Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Spikes / Encore
- Spikes / Encore / Pain Split


[SET COMMENTS]
Magearna is the cornerstone of defensive utility and premier Spikes user, (RC) as due to it’s flexibility in what it can do as a defensive pivot,. (RC, AP) it It can fit on practically any non-stall playstyle its actually a good mon on stall, capable of dealing with metagame staples like Lunala and Raging Bolt. Latiasite is the most common stone item (or Mega Stone), as not only does it give Magearna a hefty Special Defense boost, the Ground immunity gained by Levitate allows it to switch into Pokemon like Great Tusk and Dragonite, (AC) Arceus-Ground, and Pinsirite Great Tusk moved tusk around to avoid confusion and threaten them out. Sablenite is useful for not only granting amazing boosts in both defensive stats, (RC) but also letting Magearna bounce back hazards from Garganacl and other Magearna. Manectite, in combination with a Bold nature, is used on more offensive teams , as with Intimidate it can deal with common Physical attackers like Arceus and Regieleki, letting it pack valuable role compression. Ice Beam gives consistent damage into the Pokemon that it’s supposed to check such as?, as well as threatening out Ground-types for ? like Great Tusk and Hippowdon for non-Latiasite sets, while Fleur Cannon hits harder into non-resists and can OHKO Altarianite Dragonite and Regieleki, (RC) but leaves Magearna fairly weak after use. Pain Split gives Magearna some sort of recovery, allowing it to go the distance during longer games. Magearna is an amazing hazard setter with Spikes, as it fares well into common hazard removal such as Regieleki and Mandibuzz, and can wear down Pokemon like Hippowdon and Eternatus for teammates such as Regieleki and Urshifu-RS. Encore can disrupt common set-up sweepers such as Calm Mind Arceus forms and Dragonite, allowing another Pokemon to easily come in. splitting paragraph here, its a main analysis but can you also just generally trim this down a tiny bit (like 0.5 to 1 full line) - not everything needs major explanations e.g. encore so you can afford to skimp a little here

Frailer wallbreakers like Urshifu-RS, Ceruledge, and Spectrier appreciate Magearna giving them slow pivoting, allowing them to consistently break the opposing team without worrying about switching in. Urshifu-RS in particular, as well as Blue Orb Killowattrel and Arceus-Water, Blue Orb Kilowattrel and Water-types like Urshifu-RS and Arceus-Water can pressure Ground-types like Hippowdon and Arceus-Ground that would threaten out non-Latiasite sets with ease, and can also deal with Fire-types like Arcanine-Hisui and Ceruledge that would give Magearna trouble. can you highlight some specific problem pokemon like garganacl and hearthflame tusk, just in 1 sentence Due to Magearna’s constant switching, it can get easily worn down by hazards Spikes chip without Latiasite, so hazard removal like Regieleki and Great Tusk are great partners for Magearna.

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1/2, looks good

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Magearna) @ Latiasite / Sablenite / Manectite
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD OR 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Calm / Bold Nature
- Ice Beam / Fleur Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Encore
- Spikes / Encore


[SET COMMENTS]
Magearna is the cornerstone of defensive utility and premier Spikes user. It can fit on practically any playstyle, capable of dealing with metagame staples like Lunala and Raging Bolt while having a ton of role compression. Latiasite is the most common item (or Mega Stone) pick the one you like more, as the Ground immunity gained by Levitate allows it to switch into Pokemon like Dragonite, (AC) remove that Arceus-Ground, and Pinsirite Great Tusk and threaten them out. Sablenite is useful for not only granting amazing boosts in both defensive stats but also letting Magearna bounce back hazards from Garganacl and other Magearna. Manectite, in combination with a Bold nature, is used on more offensive teams, as with Intimidate it can deal with weaken common Physical attackers like Arceus and Regieleki, letting it pack valuable role compression has that anyway. Ice Beam gives consistent damage into the Pokemon that it’s supposed to check like Raging Bolt Arceus-Ground lacking Calm Mind and Eternatus, as well as threatening out Ground-types like Great Tusk and Hippowdon for non-Latiasite sets, while Fleur Cannon hits harder into non-resists and can OHKO Altarianite Dragonite and Regieleki but leaves Magearna fairly weak after use. Pain Split gives Magearna some sort of recovery, allowing it to go the distance during longer games. obvious, removing for size reduction Magearna is an amazing hazard setter with Spikes setter, as it fares well into common hazard removal removers such as Regieleki and Mandibuzz, and can wear down Pokemon like Hippowdon and Eternatus for teammates such as Regieleki and Urshifu-RS, while whereas Encore can disrupt common set-up sweepers such as Calm Mind Arceus formes and Dragonite.

Frailer wallbreakers like Urshifu-RS, Ceruledge, and Spectrier appreciate Magearna giving them slow pivoting, allowing them to consistently break the opposing team without worrying about switching in. Blue Orb Kilowattrel and Water-types like Urshifu-RS and Arceus-Water can pressure Ground-types like Hippowdon and Arceus-Ground that would threaten out non-Latiasite sets with ease, and can also deal with Fire-types like Arcanine-Hisui and Ceruledge that would give Magearna trouble. Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk is a really big problem for Magearna, as it can block Volt Switch and threaten even Latiasite sets variants out, so special attackers and Water-types like Calm Mind Arceus-Ground, Life Orb Eternatus, (AC) and Killowattrel Urshifu-RS fears rocks, ispinner, and hsmash are great teammates. Due to Magearna’s constant switching, it can get easily worn down by Spikes chip without Latiasite, so hazard removal removers like Regieleki and Great Tusk are great partners for Magearna.

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Magearna) @ Latiasite / Sablenite / Manectite
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD OR 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Calm / Bold Nature
- Ice Beam / Fleur Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Encore
- Spikes / Encore


[SET COMMENTS]
Magearna is the cornerstone of defensive utility and premier Spikes user I feel like this can be elaborated on some more and explain Magearna's presence within the tier and the effect it has. It can fit on practically any playstyle, capable of dealing with metagame staples like Lunala and Raging Bolt while having a ton of role compression. Latiasite is the most common mega stone, as the Ground immunity gained by Levitate allows it to switch into Pokemon like Dragonite, Arceus-Ground, and Pinsirite Great Tusk and threaten them out. Sablenite is useful for not only granting amazing boosts in both defensive stats but also letting Magearna bounce back hazards from Garganacl and other Magearna I would also mention the fact that Magearna can avoid most status moves such as Encore and Thunder Wave from opponents as well. Basically, elaborate on the benefits of Sablenite/Magic Bounce such as slow Volt Switch + bulk to live certain hits that Latiasite might not be able to. Manectite, in combination with a Bold nature, is used on more offensive teams, as with Intimidate it can weaken common Physical attackers like Arceus and Regieleki. Ice Beam gives consistent damage into the Pokemon that it’s supposed to check like Arceus-Ground lacking Calm Mind and Eternatus, as well as threatening out Ground-types like Great Tusk and Hippowdon for non-Latiasite sets, while Fleur Cannon hits harder into non-resists and can OHKO Altarianite Dragonite and Regieleki but leaves Magearna fairly weak after use. Magearna is an amazing Spikes setter, as it fares well into common hazard removers such as Regieleki and Mandibuzz also mention its ability to be able to pivot out of Magic Bounce users, and can wear down Pokemon like Hippowdon and Eternatus for teammates such as Regieleki and Urshifu-RS, whereas Encore can disrupt common set-up sweepers such as Calm Mind Arceus formes and Dragonite.

Frailer wallbreakers like Urshifu-RS, Ceruledge, and Spectrier appreciate Magearna giving them slow pivoting, allowing them to consistently break the opposing team without worrying about switching in. Blue Orb Kilowattrel and Water-types like Urshifu-RS and Arceus-Water can pressure Ground-types like Hippowdon and Arceus-Ground that would threaten out non-Latiasite sets with ease, and can also deal with Fire-types like Arcanine-Hisui and Ceruledge that would give Magearna trouble. Hearthflame Mask Great Tusk is a really big problem for Magearna, as it can block Volt Switch and threaten even Latiasite variants out, so special attackers and Water-types like Arceus-Ground, Life Orb Eternatus, and Urshifu-RS are great teammates This feels a tad redundant with the previous sentence so maybe combining the two together would make the flow of the paragraph a little easier. Due to Magearna’s constant switching, it can get easily worn down by Spikes chip without Latiasite, so hazard removers like Regieleki and Great Tusk are great partners for Magearna.

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Looks well thought out and a great job at giving out all the info, so feel free to implement my notes as you see fit :)
 
implemented, also merged back the paragraph as I thought that with the cuts it wasn’t long enough to justify it, down to resplit it though
 
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