LC LC Ponyta

[tondas]

lyd approved over discord

Ponyta @ Eviolite
Ability: Flame Body
Level: 5
EVs: 76 Atk / 156 Def / 76 SpD / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Morning Sun
- Will-O-Wisp
- Flare Blitz
- High Horsepower / Flame Charge

Ponyta stands out in the LC metagame as a very fast offensive threat and one of the few viable Fire-types. Because of Ponyta's typing, fantastic offensive stats, and reliable recovery, it makes for a great offensive check to Pokemon such as Pawniard while outpacing or Speed tying with the entire unboosted metagame, bar Diglett. It also has several move options under its belt to handle a variety of threats; for example, Will-O-Wisp is great at punishing setup sweepers such as Corphish and Onix, while High Horsepower puts pressure on Mareanie and opposing Ponyta. Flame Charge lets Ponyta become even more threatening late-game and prevents Diglett and Choice Scarf users like Vullaby and Galarian Farfetch'd from revenge killing it. Vullaby and Timburr are great partners for Ponyta, since they can weaken shared checks like Spritzee and Mareanie with Knock Off, threaten Diglett, and use Defog to alleviate Ponyta's weakness to all entry hazards.

 

[Stoward]

I'd like to see the first couple of sentences to have more of an emphasis on its speed tier, as that's one of the things that truly stands out about it. 19 Speed lets it outspeed everything but Diglett and speed tie with Cutiefly. Timburr would be a better mention for a partner than Galarian Farfetch'd as it's a much more common/reliable Defogger. Other than that I think this is pretty good.
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[deetah]

Add Remove Comments (AC) = Add Comma

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Ponyta

Ponyta @ Eviolite
Ability: Flame Body
Level: 5
EVs: 76 Atk / 156 Def / 76 SpD / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Morning Sun
- Will-O-Wisp
- Flare Blitz
- High Horsepower / Flame Charge

Ponyta stands out in the LC metagame as a very fast offensive threat and one of the few viable Fire-types. Because of Ponyta's typing, fantastic offensive stats, and reliable recovery, it makes for a great offensive check to Pokemon such as Cutiefly and Pawniard while outpacing or Speed-tying Speed tying with the entire unboosted metagame, (AC) bar Diglett. It also has several move options under its belt to handle a variety of threats; (Change colon to semicolon) for example, Will-O-Wisp is great at punishing setup sweepers such as Corphish and Onix, while High Horsepower puts pressure on Mareanie and opposing Ponyta. Flame Charge lets Ponyta become even more threatening late-game and it prevents Diglett and Choice Scarf users like Vullaby and Galarian Farfetch'd from revenge killing it. Vullaby and Timburr are great partners for Ponyta, since they can weaken shared checks like Spritzee and Mareanie with Knock Off, threaten Diglett, and use Defog to alleviate Ponyta's weakness to all entry hazards. Ponyta can handle Pokemon like Cutiefly in return.

 

[tondas]

yeehaw

 

[tondas]

removed cutiefly mentions. if this feels lacking in substance be sure to let me know!!

 

[Eisenherz]