Linoone [QC 3/3] (GP 2/2)

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[Overview]

<p>Upon first inspecting Linoone, a couple of choice words come readily to mind. ; plain and boring. Sporting rather unimpressive stats, the most noteworthy quality Linoone possesses is in being his nimble 100 base speed base 100 Speed. Not unlike most of his other Normal type Normal-type brethren, Linoone possesses a quite plentiful movepool, but lacks the tools to properly abuse it. However, Linoone is in fact a true diamond in the rough for two reasons: (< Space >) Belly Drum and Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed. Having the ability to skyrocket his Attack to four times it’s its original levels, combined with what is debatably arguably the best priority move in the game, Linoone is more than capable of completely dismantling teams without that lack a sturdy defensive pivot in the wings or physical wall. However, this is where Linoone’s mediocre stats come back to haunt him. Linoone’s His general lack of bulk leaves him at quite the disadvantage when attempting to set up. Nonetheless, Linoone is quite the potent threat with the right team support, and should not be overlooked.</p>

[SET]
name: Belly Drummah
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Seed Bomb
item: Sitrus Berry / Silk Scarf
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Jolly
evs: 40 Hp HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>As it stands, this is best set available to Linoone. As previously mentioned, Belly Drum quickly shoots his measly 239 Attack up to a dangerous 956 in a single turn. Moreover, Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed, in addition to receiving a STAB boost, also grants Linoone the ability to be virtually unable to be revenge killed immune to revenge killing. This is due to the fact that not only does Extremespeed have ExtremeSpeed not only has priority over common attacks, but also other priority attacks, eliminating which eliminates all conventional methods of “revenge-killing” revenge killing him. Though the remaining two moves appear to only be there as filler, they serve important roles to cover some rather large blind spots in a potential sweep. ; (< Semicolon) Shadow Claw grants Linoone a method means of hitting Ghost types Ghost-types quite hard, who are immune to Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed. Moreover, Seed Bomb allows Linoone a utility for hitting Rock types to hit Rock-types, whose natural physical bulk and resistance to Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed would otherwise allow them to wall Linoone. The choice in of item is a matter of personal preference. Sitrus Berry allows a bit more leeway in while setting up,granting and grants Linoone a greater chance of surviving long enough to abuse his Belly Drum boost. Silk Scarf, while being harder to set up with, offers a notably more powerful Extremespeed ExtremeSpeed.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The given EV spread is meant to maximize Linoone’s offensive prowess, with and provides enough speed Speed to outspeed Haunter. However, a solid Pursuit user can remedy this with relative easily deal with said Ghost, making any speed Speed investment basically obsolete. If this is the case, the running an Adamant nature and mitigating any Speed EVs to bulk is ideal. If you do have a Pursuit user on your team, you should shift Linoone's Speed EVs to HP, and give him and Adamant nature. As far as item choice is concerned, Lum Berry is also fairly viable, though it lacks the utility of the Sitrus Berry or the power of the Silk Scarf</p>

<p>If there is one thing that you should worry about when using Linoone, it’s teammates. Any method of securing two safe turns for safety to Linoone for two turns (the turn he switches in, (< Comma) and the turn he tries to Belly Drum) is the best thing you can do for it him. This means Dual Screens dual screens, Sub-Passing, SubPassing, Memento, slow U-Turns U-turns and Volt Switches, anything to get Linoone to safely set up. I emphasize this because yes, he really is that frail. For instance, example, Garedevoir Gardevoir makes a stellar partner for Linoone, being able to set up Dual Screens dual screens, Memento a foe into a weakened state, and even burn them if need be with Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp. Moreover, Musharna also is capable of setting up screens for Linoone, in addition to abusing his enormous bulk and low speed Speed to Baton Pass to Linoone at about the speed of an overweight Snorlax, sometimes even with an enormous a huge Substitute to boot. Moreover, though they are rare, Steel types Though rare, Steel-types wall Linoone to Pallet Town and back. , (< Comma) Thus, having a solid pivotal pokemon or two to fall back on is resoomended, preferably a Fire type. so a Pokemon capable of dealing with them, preferably a Fire-type, is recommended.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>To be perfectly frank, you could probably go ahead and skip over this section. Though Linoone does in fact have an expansive movepool, he lacks anything of real competitive weight beyond what has already been mentioned. He does possess Dig and Rock Smash, which offer solid coverage, but with incredibly offsetting cons. Dig takes two turns to execute, allowing the opponent a free turn to switch in a check, the most notable being Haunter. Rock Smash, on the other hand, is way too weak to use seriously, and fails to OHKO a huge slew of relevant Rock- and Steel-types. Linoone was is graced with Pursuit, though it comes with a tinge of irony, but the use of this move is dubious at best, as most Ghosts Ghost-types are going to be switching into Linoone as opposed to switching out of him. Flail is also interesting, as you are Linoone is already decreasing your his health, though dropping any of his current moves would instantly leave him susceptible to another threat. Tickle, despite being an utterly adorable option, holds little value on such a frail pokemon Pokemon. Lastly we have Trick and Switcheroo. Though this is these two moves are almost always grounds for a Choice set of some kind, there is simply no pragmatic purpose for it. There are better pokemon Pokemon for the task, and wasting such a gift granted to Linoone is simply a crime.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Due to the nature of Linoone, most conventional counters have dissipated, with the best method stopping him to be hitting him with a powerful atttack before he can set up. However, Steel types Steel-types still remain Linoone’s greatest adversary, resisting any attacks aimed at them and can easily stand up to almost any attack Linoone can muster. Moreover, though most Linoone possess Seed Bomb, Unaware Quagsire remains a stoic check, being able to take at least one Seed Bomb and retort with an Earthquake.</p>
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[Overview]

<p>Upon first inspecting Linoone, a couple of choice words come to mind;:(colon)plain and boring. SportingIt sports rather unimpressive stats, the most noteworthy being his nimble base 100 Speed. Not unlike most of his other Normal-type brethren, Linoone possesses a plentiful movepool, but lacks the tools to properly abuse it. However, Linoone is in fact a true diamond in the rough for two reasons: Belly Drum and ExtremeSpeed. Having the ability to skyrocket his Attack to four times its original level, combined with what is arguably the best priority move in the game, Linoone is more than capable of completely dismantling teams that lack a sturdy defensive pivot or physical wall. However, this is where Linoone’s mediocre stats come back to haunt him. His general lack of bulk leaves him at quite the disadvantage when attempting to set up. Nonetheless, Linoone is quite the potent threat with the right team support, and should not be overlooked.</p>

[SET]
name: Belly Drummah
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: ExtremeSpeed
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Seed Bomb
item: Sitrus Berry / Silk Scarf
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Jolly
evs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>As it stands, this is best set available to Linoone. Belly Drum quickly shoots his measly 239 Attack up to a dangerous 956 in a single turn. Moreover, ExtremeSpeed, in addition to receiving a STAB boost, also grants Linoone the ability to essentially be immune to revenge killing. This is due to the fact ExtremeSpeed not only has priority over common attacks, but also other priority attacks, which eliminates all conventional methods of revenge- killing him. Though the remaining two moves appear to be fillers, they cover some rather large blind spots; Shadow Claw grants Linoone a means of hitting Ghost -(hyphen)types, who are immune to ExtremeSpeed. Moreover, Seed Bomb allows Linoone to hitting Rock-types, whose natural physical bulk and resistance to ExtremeSpeed would otherwise allow them to wall Linoone. The choice of item is a matter of personal preference. Sitrus Berry allows a bit more leeway whilewhen setting up, and grants Linoone a greater chance of surviving long enough to abuse his Belly Drum boost. Silk Scarf, while being harder to set up with, offers a notably more powerful ExtremeSpeed.</p>
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[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The given EV spread is meant to maximizes Linoone’s offensive prowess, and provides enough Speed to outspeed Haunter. However, a solid Pursuit user can easily deal with saidthe aforementioned Ghost-type, making any Speed investment basically obsolete.(space)If you do have a Pursuit user on your team, you should shift Linoone's Speed EVs to HP, and give him and Adamant nature. As far as item choice is concerned, Lum Berry is also fairly viable, though it lacks the utility of the Sitrus Berry orand the power of the Silk Scarf.</p>

<p>If there is one thing that you should worry about when using Linoone, it’s teammates. Any method of sSecuring two safe turns for Linoone (the turn he switches in, and the turn he tries to Belly Drum) is the best thing you can do for him. This means that dual screens, SubPassing, Memento, and slow U-turns and Volt Switches, anything to get Linoone to safely set up. I emphasize this because yes, he really is that frailare all viable, as well as anything that can get Linoone to safely set up. For example, Gardevoir makes a stellar partner for Linoone, being able to set up dual screens, Memento a foe into a weakened state, and even burn them if need be with Will-O-Wisp. Moreover, Musharna is capable of setting up screens for Linoone, in addition to abusing hisits enormous bulk and low Speed to Baton Pass to Linoone at about the speed of an overweight Snorlax, sometimes even with a huge Substitute to boot.(space)Though rare, Steel-types wall Linoone to Pallet Town and back, so a Pokemon capable of dealing with them, preferably a Fire-type, is recommended.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>To be perfectly frank, you could probably go ahead and skip over this section. Though Linoone does in fact have an expansive movepool, he lacks anything of real competitive weight beyond what has already been mentioned. He does possess Dig and Rock Smash, which offer solid coverage, but with incredibly offsetting cons.(space)Dig takes two turns to execute, allowing the opponent a free turn to switch in a check, the most notable being Haunter. Rock Smash, on the other hand, is way too weak to use seriously, and fails to OHKO a huge slew of relevant Rock- and Steel-types. Linoone was graced with Pursuit, but the use of this move is dubious at best, as most Ghost-types are going to be switching into Linoone as opposed to switching out of him. Flail is also interesting, as Linoone is already decreasing his health, though dropping any of his current moves would instantly leave him susceptible to another threat. Tickle, despite being an utterly adorable option, holds little value on such a frail Pokemon. Lastly we havethere are Trick and Switcheroo. Though these two moves are is almost always grounds for a Choice set of some kind, there is simply no pragmatic purpose for itthem. There are better Pokemon for theis task, and wasting such a gift in Belly Drum + ExtremeSpeed that was granted to Linoone is simply a crime.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Due to the nature of Linoone, most conventional counters have dissipated, with the best method stopping him to bebeing hitting him with a powerful attack before he can set up. However, Steel-types remain Linoone’s greatest adversary, and can easily stand up to almost any attack Linoone can muster. Moreover, though most Linoone possess Seed Bomb, Unaware Quagsire remains a stoic check, being able to take at least one Seed Bomb and retort with an Earthquake, and trying to argue with and earthquake is a vexing task indeed.</p>

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GP Approved 2/2
 
whoops, left in some placeholders and in-jokes, thought i edited them out a bit ok haha. ah well, thanks for the check. and i'd like to imagine this is done?
 
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