AG Lunala (Choice Specs) [GP: 0/1]

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, and multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. Moongeist Beam has few resistances and therefore hits most Pokemon for a 2HKO, including most support Arceus formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKOing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KOs Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, OHKOs an untransformed Zygarde-C, and revenge kills a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after a Dragon Ascent Special Defense drop, if Shadow Shield is intact. Alternatively, Moonblast still hits the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types than Focus Blast. Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot, as it cripples Ho-Oh and Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe's team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast and picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas, provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch in and hit physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature allows Lunala to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, and OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Kyogre. However, Timid Lunala misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offense teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM, Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus forms, Mega Mewtwo Y, and Zekrom. However, it can only perform such revenge kills if its Shadow Shield is unbroken, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus forme mandatory. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, ensuring an OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar and helping Timid Lunala hit important benchmarks that it would otherwise miss. As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switch in, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats via the likes of Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, Arceus-Fairy, and Diancie are particularly important because Yveltal can come in rather freely on Lunala. However, be careful with Tyranitar, as its Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala's wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guardsweeper, 360582]]
- Quality checked by: [[Icemaster, 464176], [Geysers, 426798]]
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[Icemaster]

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG, due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, as well as multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally it's typing and Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to Necrozma-Ultra, Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, Rayquaza-Mega and Zygarde depending on the degree of setup they have. A strong Moongeist Beam is the main draw of this set, having few resistances, and therefore hitting most Pokemon for a 2HKO. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKO’ing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus while also hitting Ferrothorn harder. Ice Beam KO’s Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, while also OHKO’ing Zygarde and revenge killing a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after it has used Dragon Ascent, if Shadow Shield is intact. Alternatively, Moonblast still provides the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza, while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types. Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot as it cripples Ho-Oh beyond repair, which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foes team. However Trick is completely blanked by common pokemon in AG such as Arceus formes, pokemon holding Z Crystals, Primal formes or Mega stones and so should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock provides Lunala with a secondary STAB move that hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, and picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas, provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch, in addition to hitting physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature maximizes Lunala’s wallbreaking potential, allowing it to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Primal Kyogre. However, it misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offensive teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM, and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus forms, Mewtwo, and Zekrom. However, it can only do so if its Shadow Shield is unharmed, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh mandatory. Furthermore, Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, especially if Lunala has a Timid nature, as it allows Lunala to hit important benchmarks such as a guaranteed OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar. As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switchin opportunity, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats, consisting of the likes of specially defensive Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon, is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar or Diancie are nigh mandatory owing to the fact that Yveltal can come in rather freely and proceed to wallbreak. However, Tyranitar's Sand Stream can break Shadow Shield and so must be used with care. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guardsweeper, 360582]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG, due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, as well as multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. A strong Moongeist Beam is the main draw of this set, having few resistances, and therefore hitting most Pokemon for a 2HKO, notably including most support Arceus formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKO’ing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus, while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KO’s Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, while also OHKO’ing an untransformed Zygarde-C and revenge killing a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after it has used Dragon Ascent, if Shadow Shield is intact. Alternatively, Moonblast still provides the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza, while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types. Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot as it cripples Ho-Oh or Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe’s team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock provides Lunala with a secondary STAB move that hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, and picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas, provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch, in addition to hitting physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature maximizes Lunala’s wallbreaking potential, allowing it to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Primal Kyogre. However, it misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offensive teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM, and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus forms, Mewtwo, and Zekrom. However, it can only do so if its Shadow Shield is unharmed, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus mandatory. Furthermore, Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, especially if Lunala has a Timid nature, as it allows Lunala to hit important benchmarks such as a guaranteed OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar. As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switchin opportunity, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats, consisting of the likes of specially defensive [I feel like this meta trend hasn’t really aged that well and mixed defensive Ho-Oh still works just fine] Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon, is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, and Diancie are particularly important owing to the fact that Yveltal can come in rather freely. However, be careful as Tyranitar's Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guardsweeper, 360582]]
- Quality checked by: [[ice-master-523, 464176], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Making this official since I'm QC now!
QC 2/2

 

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amqc

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG, due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, as well as multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. A strong Moongeist Beam is the main draw of this set, having few resistances, and therefore hitting most Pokemon for a 2HKO, notably including most support Arceus formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKO’ing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus, while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KO’s Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, while also OHKO’ing an untransformed Zygarde-C and revenge killing a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after it has used Dragon Ascent, if Shadow Shield is intact. Alternatively, Moonblast still provides the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza, while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types. Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot as it cripples Ho-Oh or Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe’s team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock provides Lunala with a secondary STAB move that hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, and picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas, provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch, in addition to hitting physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature maximizes Lunala’s wallbreaking potential, allowing it to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Primal Kyogre. However, it misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offensive teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM, and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus forms, Mewtwo, and Zekrom. However, it can only do so if its Shadow Shield is unharmed, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus mandatory. Furthermore, Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, especially if Lunala has a Timid nature, as it allows Lunala to hit important benchmarks such as a guaranteed OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar. As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switchin opportunity, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats, consisting of the likes of specially defensive [I feel like this meta trend hasn’t really aged that well and mixed defensive Ho-Oh still works just fine] Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon, is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, and Diancie are particularly important owing to the fact that Yveltal can come in rather freely. However, be careful as Tyranitar's Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Guardsweeper, 360582]]
- Quality checked by: [[ice-master-523, 464176], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

implemented, ty
keep it up

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG (Remove Comma), due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, as well as and multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. A strong Moongeist Beam is the main draw of this set, having few resistances, Moongeist Beam has few resistances, and therefore hitting hits most Pokemon for a 2HKO, including most (I assume at least one one of support normal/darkceus is viable) support Arceus formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKOing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus, while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KOs Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, while also OHKO'ing OHKOs an untransformed Zygarde-C (Add Comma), and revenge killing kills a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after it has used Dragon Ascent (Remove Comma), a Dragon Ascent Special Defense drop [BREAK] (Remove Comma), if Shadow Shield is intact. (The double qualification on revenge killing Mray plus the Zygarde-C OHKO was a lot of information for a "while also" trailing segment, so I split the Mray section off with the commas. I changed the phrasing around Dragon Ascent for maximum instant clarity in this info-heavy sentence.) Alternatively, Moonblast still provides hits the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza (Remove Comma), while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types than Focus Blast. (Removing comma separation made the double "provide" more awkward, and "hits" is a bit more direct than it there. Focus Blast re-mentioned for maximum clarity because the most recent move, Ice Beam, is not for Dark types.) Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot as it cripples Ho-Oh and Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe’s team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock provides Lunala with a secondary STAB move that (saying "more reliable against Normals than Focus Blast" later on adequately covers the specific benefit of having two STAB moves on this set) hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, and it (to better justify comma, and I agree that this sentence's pacing benefits from a break) picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas (Remove Comma), provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch in [BREAK] (Remove Comma), [BREAK] in addition to hitting and hit (avoids awkward "in in" caued by "switch in"; also stays parallel with "in order to") physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature maximizes Lunala’s wallbreaking potential, allowing it allows Lunala to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, and OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Kyogre. However, it Timid Lunala misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offensive offense teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM (Remove Comma), and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus formes, Mewtwo, and Zekrom. However, it can only do so perform such revenge kills (extra-clearly separates its wallbreaking prowess from Shadow Shield's status) if its Shadow Shield is unharmed unbroken, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus forme mandatory. Furthermore, (redundant with "as well") Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, especially if Lunala has a Timid nature, as it allows Lunala to hit important benchmarks such as a guaranteed ensuring an OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar (Remove Period). and helping Timid Lunala hit important benchmarks that it would otherwise miss. (Keeping clear and separate how it helps Timid Lunala v.s. how it helps Lunala that isn't necessarily Timid) As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switchin opportunity, switch in, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats (Remove Comma), consisting of via (makes clear Ho-Oh, Necro, and Pdon are defensive backbone members, not threats) the likes of Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon (Remove Comma), is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, and Diancie are particularly important owing to the fact that because (awkward phrasing) Yveltal can come in rather freely on Lunala. However, be careful as Tyranitar's with Tyranitar, as its Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG (Remove Comma), due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, as well as and multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. A strong Moongeist Beam is the main draw of this set, having few resistances, Moongeist Beam has few resistances, and therefore hitting hits most Pokemon for a 2HKO, including most (I assume at least one one of support normal/darkceus is viable) support Arceus formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKOing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus, while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KOs Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, while also OHKO'ing OHKOs an untransformed Zygarde-C (Add Comma), and revenge killing kills a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after it has used Dragon Ascent (Remove Comma), a Dragon Ascent Special Defense drop [BREAK] (Remove Comma), if Shadow Shield is intact. (The double qualification on revenge killing Mray plus the Zygarde-C OHKO was a lot of information for a "while also" trailing segment, so I split the Mray section off with the commas. I changed the phrasing around Dragon Ascent for maximum instant clarity in this info-heavy sentence.) Alternatively, Moonblast still provides hits the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza (Remove Comma), while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types than Focus Blast. (Removing comma separation made the double "provide" more awkward, and "hits" is a bit more direct than it there. Focus Blast re-mentioned for maximum clarity because the most recent move, Ice Beam, is not for Dark types.) Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot as it cripples Ho-Oh and Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe’s team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock provides Lunala with a secondary STAB move that (saying "more reliable against Normals than Focus Blast" later on adequately covers the specific benefit of having two STAB moves on this set) hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, and it (to better justify comma, and I agree that this sentence's pacing benefits from a break) picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas (Remove Comma), provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch in [BREAK] (Remove Comma), [BREAK] in addition to hitting and hit (avoids awkward "in in" caued by "switch in"; also stays parallel with "in order to") physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature maximizes Lunala’s wallbreaking potential, allowing it allows Lunala to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, and OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Kyogre. However, it Timid Lunala misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offensive offense teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM (Remove Comma), and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus formes, Mewtwo, and Zekrom. However, it can only do so perform such revenge kills (extra-clearly separates its wallbreaking prowess from Shadow Shield's status) if its Shadow Shield is unharmed unbroken, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus forme mandatory. Furthermore, (redundant with "as well") Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, especially if Lunala has a Timid nature, as it allows Lunala to hit important benchmarks such as a guaranteed ensuring an OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar (Remove Period). and helping Timid Lunala hit important benchmarks that it would otherwise miss. (Keeping clear and separate how it helps Timid Lunala v.s. how it helps Lunala that isn't necessarily Timid) As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switchin opportunity, switch in, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats (Remove Comma), consisting of via (makes clear Ho-Oh, Necro, and Pdon are defensive backbone members, not threats) the likes of Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon (Remove Comma), is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, and Diancie are particularly important owing to the fact that because (awkward phrasing) Yveltal can come in rather freely on Lunala. However, be careful as Tyranitar's with Tyranitar, as its Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

implemented both amchecks, ty
tip for in the future: use a strike-through for suggested removals, it makes the editing a lot easier after copypasting

 

[Adeleine]

implemented both amchecks, ty
tip for in the future: use a strike-through for suggested removals, it makes the editing a lot easier after copypasting

np!

it's currently not GP standard to use strike-through for checks, i believe because it can clutter the check and cause confusion? if you think it'd make sense to use it or something else (italics or underline maybe) for ease of editing after copy-paste, you'd probably want to talk to an official GP member about that.

 

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Lunala

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moongeist Beam
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Ice Beam / Moonblast
move 4: Trick / Psyshock / Thunder
item: Choice Specs
ability: Shadow Shield
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Lunala is a potent wallbreaker in AG due to a good Special Attack stat, a strong STAB move, and multiple coverage options to severely dent several Pokemon that may try to pivot into it. Additionally, its typing and a phenomenal ability in Shadow Shield can allow it to be an emergency check to the likes of Dragon Dance Ultra Necrozma, Necrozma-DM, Mega Rayquaza, and Zygarde-C. Moongeist Beam has few resistances, (RC) and therefore hits most Pokemon for a 2HKO, including most support Arceus forms formes. Focus Blast perfectly complements Moongeist Beam by severely crippling, if not outright OHKOing, Dark- and Normal-types such as Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, and Arceus, (RC) while also hitting Ferrothorn harder than Moongeist Beam. Ice Beam KOs Yveltal after Stealth Rock damage, OHKOs an untransformed Zygarde-C, and revenge kills a boosted Mega Rayquaza in a pinch after a Dragon Ascent Special Defense drop, if Shadow Shield is intact. Alternatively, Moonblast still hits the same benchmarks against Yveltal and Mega Rayquaza while also providing Lunala with a more reliable way to hit Dark-types than Focus Blast. Trick is the preferred option in the last moveslot, (AC) as it cripples Ho-Oh and Chansey beyond repair, one of which will often be the main Lunala counterplay on the foe’s foe's (Use ASCII apostrophes) team. However, Trick is completely negated by common Pokemon such as Arceus formes, Primal Groudon, (AC) and Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, and Mega Evolutions bar Mega Rayquaza, so it should be used with care. Alternatively, Psyshock hits specially defensive Ho-Oh and Chansey harder than anything else. It also delivers a more reliable hit against Normal-types than Focus Blast, (RC) and it picks off a weakened boosted Xerneas, provided that Shadow Shield is intact. On the other hand, Thunder may be used in order to OHKO Yveltal on the switch in and hit physically defensive Ho-Oh, Arceus-Water, and Primal Kyogre harder than anything else. A Modest nature allows Lunala to always 2HKO support Arceus formes, 2HKO Ferrothorn with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock damage, and OHKO Yveltal with Thunder, Tyranitar with Focus Blast, and Necrozma-DM with Moongeist Beam after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature may be used in order to outspeed neutral-natured Yveltal and Xerneas, as well as Timid Kyogre. However, Timid Lunala misses out on the aforementioned benchmarks.

Lunala fits best on bulky offense teams that enjoy its wallbreaking prowess as well as its ability to situationally revenge kill a plethora of setup sweepers in a pinch, such as Xerneas, Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza, Necrozma-DM, (AC) and Ultra Necrozma, various Swords Dance Arceus forms, Mega Mewtwo Y, and Zekrom. However, it can only perform such revenge kills if its Shadow Shield is unbroken, which makes Defog support from Ho-Oh or a support Arceus form forme mandatory. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Necrozma-DM and Primal Groudon is handy as well, ensuring an OHKO on the likes of Yveltal and Mega Tyranitar and helping Timid Lunala hit important benchmarks that it would otherwise miss. As Lunala is a fairly prediction-reliant wallbreaker, it may situationally give dangerous Pokemon such as Yveltal, Zacian-C, and Primal Kyogre a free switch in, depending on the move it locks itself into. Thus, pairing it with a strong defensive backbone that can check these threats via the likes of Ho-Oh, Necrozma-DM, and Primal Groudon is a sensible choice. Sturdy checks to Yveltal such as Chansey, Tyranitar, Arceus-Dark, Arceus-Fairy, and Diancie are particularly important because Yveltal can come in rather freely on Lunala. However, be careful with Tyranitar, as its Sand Stream can waste Shadow Shield. Strong late-game cleaners that can take advantage of Lunala’s Lunala's wallbreaking prowess, such as Zacian-C, Yveltal, and Xerneas, are recommended teammates as well.

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