BH Lunala (Fur Coat Wall & No Retreat Sweeper) [QC 2/2] (GP 1/1)

[Tea Guzzler]

[SET]
name: Fur Coat Wall
move 1: Nuzzle / Glare
move 2: Hex
move 3: Core Enforcer / Entrainment
move 4: Recover
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Fur Coat
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Lunala is an excellent wall that can check the majority of physical attackers in the tier, with its typing leaving very few weaknesses and Fur Coat allowing it to easily withstand powerful attacks like V-create and Glacial Lance. Nuzzle provides speed control that can threaten out powerful attackers like Eternatus and Zacian, while Glare still paralyses Groudon and Zygarde-C. Hex is a strong STAB attack that is unresisted by most of the tier and has good synergy with Nuzzle's paralysis to clean up weakened teams. Core Enforcer negates Regigigas's Poison Heal and forces it to switch out, which, when combined with Lunala's immunity to Normal allows it to reliably switch in and scare out Regigigas lacking Wicked Blow. Entrainment improves the matchup against Xerneas and makes Lunala harder to pivot around. Recover provides a reliable recovery option which keeps Lunala in good enough condition to check threats over longer games. Lunala's glaring weakness to Dark-type attacks, most commonly Wicked Blow and Knock Off from Regigigas, makes Zygarde-C a good teammate, as the pair has the physical bulk to withstand threats carrying coverage for the other. Lunala's speed control and ability to scare out offensive threats can be exploited by slower wallbreakers such as Kyurem-B and Groudon. Lunala can self-Imposter-proof to an extent, as a boosted Hex will always 2HKO Eviolite Imposter Chansey, but Ground-type teammates can help negate the Imposter user's Nuzzle to prevent boosting Hex's power.

[SET]
name: No Retreat Sweeper
move 1: No Retreat
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Astral Barrage
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Simple
nature: Rash
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk / 5 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala's typing and great Special Attack allow it to fully exploit No Retreat - Psychic offers an excellent STAB Stored Power and Ghost makes Lunala immune to trapping, allowing it to safely switch out of Spectral Thiefs and attempt multiple sweeps. With Simple, No Retreat not only offers a massive bulk increase, but also raises Stored Power's Base Power to 220, which when combined with a +2 Special Attack boost is sufficient to OHKO the majority of the metagame. Final Gambit is used alongside Lunala's high HP to heavily damage Prankster users like Groudon and Ho-Oh who look to remove Lunala's boosts. 0 Special Defense EVs, 5 Special Defense IVs, and a Rash nature allow Lunala to always OHKO Imposter Eviolite Chansey with Astral Barrage, whereas using maximum Special Defense allows set up in front of most special attackers. Sweepers like Shift Gear Kyurem-B and Simple Eternatus synergize well with Lunala, as they can exploit Prankster users being absent or heavily injured due to Final Gambit, giving them an easier time cleaning up a team. Pixilate Xerneas makes a good teammate, as it can pressure foes that Lunala is unable to break past such as Yveltal and Ice Scales users like Zamazenta-C. Yveltal also partners well with Lunala as it can safely Imposter-proof with Spectral Thief and has STAB Knock Off to remove Assault Vest, which allows certain targets like Kyogre and Melmetal to survive boosted Stored Power and Astral Barrage, respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920]]
- Quality checked by: [[MAMP, 225453], [Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[berry, 226455], [UT, 523866]]

 

[Tea Guzzler]

ready for qc

 

[MAMP]

First set:

- Hex
- Nuzzle / Glare
- Core Enforcer / Entrainment
- Recover

Glare and Entrainment are both worth slashing: Glare makes Lunala a better Groudon counter and less exploitable by Zygarde-C. Entrainment lets it win the 1v1 against QD PH Xern, and makes it harder to pivot around. You don't have to go into much detail about why you'd run one over the other, they're ultimately very similar.

Be careful of repetition in your writing: in the first two sentences you've got "Fur Coat Lunala is an excellent wall that can check the majority of physical attackers in the tier" and "Nuzzle is excellent speed control that can threaten out the vast majority of the tier." Very similar constructions.

"Lunala can also self-Imposter-proof to an extent as a boosted Hex always 2HKOs Eviolite Imposter Chansey, meaning Chansey cannot switch in if paralysed." This sentence could be cut or worked into the previous sentence, something like "While Lunala can self-Imposter-proof to an extent as a boosted Hex 2HKOs Eviolite Imposter Chansey, Ground-type teammates such as Groudon and Zygarde-C can help out against Imposter because..."

Second set:

"Lunala's typing and great Special Attack allow it to fully exploit No Retreat - with Simple, No Retreat allows Lunala to instantly boost to +2 across the 5 main stats, offering it not only massive bulk but also a 220BP Stored Power, which when combined with the +2 Special Attack is sufficient to OHKO the majority of the metagame." This should have at least 1 full stop in it and could probably be reworded for concision. I don't think you have to say that Simple + No Retreat puts you at +2 in every stat, for example.

"Ghost typing removes No Retreat's drawback of trapping the user in, allowing Lunala to safely switch out of Spectral Thiefs and attempt multiple sweeps." The synergy between No Retreat and Ghost-types can be worked into the first section, where you mention that Lunala's typing is a benefit. This sentence implies that Spectral Thief somehow traps Lunala.

Astral Barrage is just a STAB move, you don't have to write about it unless you have it slashed with Moongeist or something.

"Final Gambit turns Prankster users' attempts at removing Lunala's boosts against them..." This sentence reads a bit strangely, to me it implies that there's a specific interaction between Final Gambit and Prankster Haze.

"Sweepers such as Shift Gear Kyurem-Black and Simple Eternatus partner well as they can exploit some of their best and most common checks (Prankster users) either being absent or heavily injured due to Final Gambit, making it easier for them to clean up." Would reword this to avoid the parantheses.

"Yveltal also partners well as it can safely Imposter-proof with Spectral Thief and has a STAB Knock Off to remove Assault Vests that would keep certain targets like Kyogre alive." A little bit of repetition again, similar to "Sweepers such as Shift Gear Kyurem-Black and Simple Eternatus partner well as..." Be less vague about the Assault Vest; it allows Kyogre to survive boosted Stored Power specifically.

Cool beans QC 1/2

 

[Tea Guzzler]

implemented
not slashing MGB because Stored Power is still stronger through scales against non-psy-resists

calcs

+2 252+ SpA Lunala Stored Power (220 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Ice Scales Zamazenta-Crowned: 226-267 (58.2 - 68.8%)
+2 252+ SpA Lunala Moongeist Beam vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Zamazenta-Crowned: 207-244 (53.3 - 62.8%)

ready for second qc

 

[Dragonillis]

Add in Blue, Remove in Red, Move in Purple
QC 2/2

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[SET]
name: Fur Coat Wall
move 1: Nuzzle / Glare
move 2: Hex / Spectral Thief
move 3: Core Enforcer / Entrainment
move 4: Recover
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Fur Coat
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Lunala is an excellent wall that can check the majority of physical attackers in the tier, with it's typing leaving very few weaknesses and Fur Coat allowing it to easily withstand powerful attacks like V-create and Glacial Lance. Nuzzle provides speed control that can threaten out the vast majority of the tier, including powerful special attackers like Eternatus due to Lunala's great special bulk - Glare can be used instead to better limit Groudon and Zygarde-C. Hex is a strong STAB attack that is unresisted by most of the tier, and when combined with Nuzzle's paralysis can be used as a very strong offensive weapon that can clean up weakened teams. With 113 Base attack, Lunala isn't passive on physical and Spectral Thief is an option to avoid some physical set-up, like Zamazenta-Crowned, Kyurem-Black and Zacian. Core Enforcer is used to cut off Regigigas' Poison Heal and force it to switch out, which when combined with Lunala's Normal immunity allows it to reliably switch in and scare out Regigigas lacking Wicked Blow. Entrainment is another option that improves the matchup into Xerneas and makes Lunala harder to pivot around. Roost provides a reliable recovery option which is necessary to keep Lunala in good enough condition to check threats over longer games. Lunala has a glaring weakness to Dark-type attacks, most commonly Wicked Blow and Knock Off from Regigigas, so Zygarde-C makes for a good teammate as the 2 have the physical bulk to withstand threats carrying coverage for the other. Lunala's speed control and ability to scare out offensive threats can be exploited by slower wallbreakers such as Kyurem-Black and Groudon. Lunala can self-Imposter-proof to an extent, as a boosted Hex will always 2HKO Eviolite Imposter Chansey, but Ground-type teammates can help out as they are immune to Nuzzle and thus Hex won't be boosted.

[SET]
name: No Retreat Sweeper
move 1: No Retreat
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Astral Barrage
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Simple
nature: Modest Rash
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk / 5 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala's typing and great Special Attack allow it to fully exploit No Retreat - Psychic offers an excellent STAB Stored Power and Ghost makes Lunala immune to trapping, allowing it to safely switch out of Spectral Thiefs and attempt multiple sweeps. With Simple, No Retreat not only offers a massive bulk increase but also raises Stored Power's BP to 220, which when combined with the +2 Special Attack is sufficient to OHKO the majority of the metagame. Final Gambit is used to destroy Prankster users looking to remove Lunala's boosts, and Lunala's high base HP means that Final Gambit will often severely weaken or OHKO common Prankster users like Groudon and Ho-Oh. A spread of 0 EVs, 5 IVs and a Rash nature (leading to a Special Defense stat of 201) allows Lunala to always OHKO Imposter Eviolite Chansey with Astral Barrage at the cost of making safe set-up harder. Sweepers like Shift Gear Kyurem-Black and Simple Eternatus synergise well as can exploit Prankster users being absent or heavily injured due to Final Gambit, giving them an easier time cleaning up a team. Pixilate Xerneas makes a good teammate as Lunala is unable to break past Yveltal and Ice Scales users like Zamazenta-C without sacrificing itself, both of which Xerneas can pressure. Yveltal also partners well as it can safely Imposter-proof with Spectral Thief and has a STAB Knock Off to remove Assault Vests, which would allow certain targets like Kyogre and Melmetal to survive boosted Stored Power and Astral Barrage respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920]]
- Quality checked by: [[MAMP, 225453], [Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Tea Guzzler]

implemented, opted not to slash sthief bc i've never seen it and you give up too much utility to run it imo
ready for GP Team

 

[berry]

Tea Guzzler, post: 9281696, member: 577920

[SET]
name: Fur Coat Wall
move 1: Nuzzle / Glare
move 2: Hex
move 3: Core Enforcer / Entrainment
move 4: Recover
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Fur Coat
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Lunala is an excellent wall that can check the majority of physical attackers in the tier, with it's its typing leaving very few weaknesses and Fur Coat allowing it to easily withstand powerful attacks like V-create and Glacial Lance. Nuzzle provides speed control that can threaten out the vast majority of the tier, including powerful special attackers like Eternatus, due to Lunala's great special bulkare they threatened by nuzzle or luna's special bulk? - while Glare can be used instead to better limit Groudon and Zygarde-C. Hex is a strong STAB attack that is unresisted by most of the tier, and when combined synergizing with Nuzzle's paralysis can be used as to make a very strong offensive weapon that can clean up weakened teams. Core Enforcer is used to cut off negates Regigigas's Poison Heal and forces it to switch out, which, (ac) when combined with Lunala's Normal immunity, (ac) allows it to reliably switch in and scare out Regigigas lacking Wicked Blow. Entrainment is another option that improves the matchup into against Xerneas and makes Lunala harder to pivot around. Roost Recover provides a reliable recovery option which is necessary to keeps Lunala in good enough condition to check threats over longer games. Lunala's has a glaring weakness to Dark-type attacks, most commonly Wicked Blow and Knock Off from Regigigas, so makes Zygarde-C makes for a good teammate as the 2 have pair has the physical bulk to withstand threats carrying coverage for the other. Lunala's speed control and ability to scare out offensive threats can be exploited by slower wallbreakers such as Kyurem-Black and Groudon. Lunala can self-Imposter-proof to an extent, (rc) as a boosted Hex will always 2HKO Eviolite Imposter Chansey, but Ground-type teammates can help out as they are immune tonegate the Imposter's Nuzzle to prevent boosting Hex's power.and thus Hex won't be boosted.

[SET]
name: No Retreat Sweeper
move 1: No Retreat
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Astral Barrage
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Simple
nature: Rash
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala's typing and great Special Attack allow it to fully exploit No Retreat - Psychic typing offers an excellent STAB Stored Power and Ghost typing makes Lunala immune to trapping, allowing it to safely switch out of Spectral Thiefs and attempt multiple sweeps. With Simple, No Retreat not only offers a massive bulk increase, (ac) but also raises Stored Power's BP Base Power to 220, which when combined with the a+2 Special Attack boost is sufficient to OHKO the majority of the metagame. Final Gambit is used alongside Lunala's high HP to destroy heavily damage Prankster users like Groudon and Ho-Oh who looking to remove Lunala's boosts., and Lunala's high base HP means that Final Gambit will often severely weaken or OHKO common Prankster users like Groudon and Ho-Oh. A spread of 0 Special Defense EVs, 5 Special Defense IVs, (ac) and a Rash nature (leading to a Special Defense stat of 201) allows Lunala to always OHKO Imposter Eviolite Chansey with Astral Barrage, whereas using maximum Special Defense allows set up in front of most special attackers. Sweepers like Shift Gear Kyurem-Black and Simple Eternatus synergise synergize well with Lunala as they can exploit Prankster users being absent or heavily injured due to Final Gambit, giving them an easier time cleaning up a team. Pixilate Xerneas makes a good teammate as it can pressure foes Lunala is unable to break past such as Yveltal and Ice Scales users like Zamazenta-C without sacrificing itself, both of which Xerneas can pressure. Yveltal also partners well as it can safely Imposter-proof with Spectral Thief and has a STAB Knock Off to remove Assault Vests, which would allow certain targets like Kyogre and Melmetal to survive boosted Stored Power and Astral Barrage respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920]]
- Quality checked by: [[MAMP, 225453], [Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

amgp
add remove comment
ac add comma
rc remove comma

 

[Tea Guzzler]

implemented

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

GP Check

[SET]
name: Fur Coat Wall
move 1: Nuzzle / Glare
move 2: Hex
move 3: Core Enforcer / Entrainment
move 4: Recover
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Fur Coat
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk you do not need to specify 0 Atk IVs on a mon with no physical attacks, it's assumed

[SET COMMENTS]
Fur Coat Lunala is an excellent wall that can check the majority of physical attackers in the tier, with its typing leaving very few weaknesses and Fur Coat allowing it to easily withstand powerful attacks like V-create and Glacial Lance. Nuzzle provides speed control that can threaten out powerful attackers like Eternatus and Zacian, while Glare can be used to better limit still paralyses Groudon and Zygarde-C. Hex is a strong STAB attack that is unresisted by most of the tier, synergizing with and has good synergy with Nuzzle's paralysis to make a very strong offensive weapon that can clean up weakened teams. Core Enforcer negates Regigigas's Poison Heal and forces it to switch out, which, when combined with Lunala's Normal immunity immunity to Normal, allows it to reliably switch in and scare out Regigigas lacking Wicked Blow. Entrainment improves the matchup against Xerneas and makes Lunala harder to pivot around. Recover provides a reliable recovery option which keeps Lunala in good enough condition to check threats over longer games. Lunala's glaring weakness to Dark-type attacks, most commonly Wicked Blow and Knock Off from Regigigas, makes Zygarde-C makes for a good teammate, (comma) as the pair has the physical bulk to withstand threats carrying coverage for the other. Lunala's speed control and ability to scare out offensive threats can be exploited by slower wallbreakers such as Kyurem-B and Groudon. Lunala can self-Imposter-proof to an extent, as a boosted Hex will always 2HKO Eviolite Imposter Chansey, but Ground-type teammates can help negate the Imposter user's Nuzzle to prevent boosting Hex's power.

[SET]
name: No Retreat Sweeper
move 1: No Retreat
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Astral Barrage
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Simple
nature: Rash
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk / 5 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala's typing and great Special Attack allow it to fully exploit No Retreat - Psychic offers an excellent STAB Stored Power and Ghost makes Lunala immune to trapping, allowing it to safely switch out of Spectral Thiefs and attempt multiple sweeps. With Simple, No Retreat not only offers a massive bulk increase, but also raises Stored Power's Base Power to 220, which when combined with a +2 Special Attack boost is sufficient to OHKO the majority of the metagame. Final Gambit is used alongside Lunala's high HP to heavily damage Prankster users like Groudon and Ho-Oh who look to remove Lunala's boosts. A spread of 0 Special Defense EVs, 5 Special Defense IVs, (comma) and a Rash nature allows Lunala to always OHKO Imposter Eviolite Chansey with Astral Barrage, whereas using maximum Special Defense allows set up in front of most special attackers. Sweepers like Shift Gear Kyurem-B and Simple Eternatus synergize well with Lunala, (comma) as they can exploit Prankster users being absent or heavily injured due to Final Gambit, giving them an easier time cleaning up a team. Pixilate Xerneas makes a good teammate, (comma) as it can pressure foes that Lunala is unable to break past such as Yveltal and Ice Scales users like Zamazenta-C. Yveltal also partners well with Lunala, as it can safely Imposter-proof with Spectral Thief and has a STAB Knock Off to remove Assault Vests, which allows certain targets like Kyogre and Melmetal to survive boosted Stored Power and Astral Barrage, (comma) respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tea Guzzler, 577920]]
- Quality checked by: [[MAMP, 225453], [Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[berry, 226455], [UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1! In the future, don't credit AM GP checks until they have been approved by an official GP checker; sometimes we get really bad ones lol. In this case though, berry should be credited, leave them there.

GP Team done

for berry

"Pixilate Xerneas makes a good teammate as it can pressure..." only consistent mistake you made here was with sentences like this, with the structure of "[stuff] as [explanation]". In sentences like these, you always need a comma before "as".

 

[Tea Guzzler]

implemented

 

[UT]

Uploaded!

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