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1v1 Life Orb Garchomp [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Life Orb (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 196 Atk / 60 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
* Garchomp's great typing and good Speed tier allow it to check many top threats in 1v1. Life Orb allows Garchomp to change its moves while giving it an important boost in power.
* Outrage is Garchomp's strongest STAB move, allowing it to blast through neutral targets like Hoopa-U and Galarian Moltres, as well as other Dragon-types slower than it like non-Choice Scarf Haxorus and Kyurem.
* Scale Shot breaks through Substitute from Pokemon like Volcarona, SubSeed Ogerpon-W, and Serperior, letting Garchomp outspeed and KO them with another move.
* Earthquake allows Garchomp to pummel Pokemon weak to Ground such as Iron Hands, Hisuian Goodra, Iron Crown, and Volcanion.
* Swords Dance allows Garchomp to break through Pokemon that would otherwise survive a hit from it and win the matchup, such as Air Balloon Pecharunt and Weakness Policy Metagross.
* The EVs allow Garchomp to survive an uninvested Stored Power from boosted Weakness Policy Iron Crown after taking Life Orb recoil damage, and maximum Speed allows it to get the jump on the fairly competitive base 100 Speed tier, which includes Pokemon such as Volcarona and Manaphy, as well as all Iron Crown. The rest of the EVs are dumped into Attack.
* Garchomp loses to Pokemon that can tank its STAB moves and KO it back such as Primarina, as well as faster Pokemon that threaten to OHKO it such as Dragapult, Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. Teammates like Volcanion, Iron Hands, and Corviknight have great synergy with Garchomp because they cover its weaknesses.

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[SET]
Life Orb (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 196 Atk / 60 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
* Garchomp's great typing and good Speed tier allows it to check many top threats in 1v1. Life Orb allows Garchomp to change its moves while giving it an important boost in power. (Wording sounds a bit awkward. You might want to mention something like "as opposed to choice band, which locks it in", but i'll leave this to your discretion)
* Outrage is Garchomp's strongest STAB move, allowing it to blast through unresisted (Is this the right term?) targets like Hoopa-Unbound and Moltres-Galar, as well as other Dragon-types slower than it like non-Choice Scarf Haxorus and Kyurem.
* Scale Shot is Garchomp's other STAB Dragon-type move, breaking through Substitutes from Pokemon like Volcarona, SubSeed Ogerpon, and Serperior, then outspeeding them for a KO with another move.
* Earthquake allows Garchomp to pummel Pokemon weak to Ground such as Iron Hands, Goodra-Hisui, Iron Crown, and Volcanion.
* Swords Dance allows Garchomp to break through Pokemon who would otherwise survive a hit from Garchomp and win the matchup, such as Air Balloon Pecharunt and Weakness Policy Metagross.

* The EVs allow Garchomp to survive an uninvested +2 100 BP Stored Power from Iron Crown after LO recoil, and Max Speed allows Garchomp to jump the fairly competitive 100 Base Speed tier. The rest of the EVs are dumped into Attack.
* Garchomp loses to Pokemon that can bulk its STAB moves and KO back such as Primarina, as well as faster Pokemon that threaten to one-shot it such as Dragapult, Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. Teammates like Volcanion, Iron Hands, and Corviknight have great synergy with Garchomp to cover its weaknesses.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Set by:
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[SET]
Life Orb (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 196 Atk / 60 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
* Garchomp's great typing and good Speed tier allows it to check many top threats in 1v1. Life Orb allows Garchomp to change its moves while giving it an important boost in power, as opposed to Choice Band, which locks it in. (i disagree with mentality on the choice band comment, i think the wording on the first draft was perfectly fine, aside from maybe saying like "Life Orb *also* allows Garchomp to change its moves...".)
* Outrage is Garchomp's strongest STAB move, allowing it to blast through neutral targets like Hoopa-Unbound and Moltres-Galar, as well as other Dragon-types slower than it like non-Choice Scarf Haxorus and Kyurem. (is haban kyu fake now that drago's gone? i feel like yes.)
* Scale Shot is Garchomp's other STAB Dragon-type move, breaking through Substitutes from Pokemon like Volcarona, SubSeed Ogerpon (specify forme), and Serperior, then outspeeding them for a KO with another move.
* Earthquake allows Garchomp to pummel Pokemon weak to Ground such as Iron Hands, Hisuian Goodra-Hisui, Iron Crown, and Volcanion.
* Swords Dance allows Garchomp to break through Pokemon who would otherwise survive a hit from Garchomp and win the matchup, such as Air Balloon Pecharunt and Weakness Policy Metagross.
* The EVs allow Garchomp to survive an uninvested +2 100 BP Stored Power (maybe there's a better way to say this? the best that occurs to me is "Stored Power after a Weakness Policy boost" but maybe this is just better) from Iron Crown after LO recoil, and Max Speed allows Garchomp to jump the fairly competitive 100 Base Speed tier (maybe include examples here of what base 100 mons you'd like to outspeed, maybe like volcarona/manaphy, also maybe mention it outspeeding crown since that is kinda important for fast wp variants which is kinda the main set you beat with this spread.). The rest of the EVs are dumped into Attack.
* Garchomp loses to Pokemon that can bulk its STAB moves and KO back such as Primarina, as well as faster Pokemon that threaten to one-shot it such as Dragapult, Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. Teammates like Volcanion, Iron Hands, and Corviknight have great synergy with Garchomp to cover its weaknesses.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nuxl.149971/

Set by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lost-heros.316445/
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[SET]
Life Orb (Garchomp) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 196 Atk / 60 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Scale Shot
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

[SET COMMENTS]
* Garchomp's great typing and good Speed tier allows allow it to check many top threats in 1v1. Life Orb allows Garchomp to change its moves while giving it an important boost in power.
* Outrage is Garchomp's strongest STAB move, allowing it to blast through neutral targets like Hoopa-Unbound and Moltres-Galar, Hoopa-U and Galarian Moltres, as well as other Dragon-types slower than it like non-Choice Scarf Haxorus and Kyurem.
* Scale Shot is Garchomp's other STAB Dragon-type move, breaking breaks through Substitutes Substitute from Pokemon like Volcarona, SubSeed Ogerpon-W, and Serperior, then outspeeding them for a KO letting Garchomp outspeed and KO them with another move.
* Earthquake allows Garchomp to pummel Pokemon weak to Ground such as Iron Hands, Hisuian Goodra, Iron Crown, and Volcanion.
* Swords Dance allows Garchomp to break through Pokemon who that would otherwise survive a hit from Garchomp it and win the matchup, such as Air Balloon Pecharunt and Weakness Policy Metagross.
* The EVs allow Garchomp to survive an uninvested Stored Power after a boost from boosted Weakness Policy Iron Crown after LO recoil taking Life Orb recoil damage, and Max maximum Speed allows Garchomp it to get the jump on the fairly competitive 100 Base base 100 Speed tier, which includes Pokemon such as Volcarona and Manaphy, as well as all Iron Crown. The rest of the EVs are dumped into Attack.
* Garchomp loses to Pokemon that can bulk tank its STAB moves and KO it back such as Primarina, as well as faster Pokemon that threaten to one-shot OHKO it such as Dragapult, Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada. Teammates like Volcanion, Iron Hands, and Corviknight have great synergy with Garchomp to because they cover its weaknesses.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nuxl.149971/
Set by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lost-heros.316445/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/blanched.519863/
Quality checked by:
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