National Dex Monotype Mega Sableye [Dark]

[maroon]

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[SET]
name: Defensive (Dark)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Recover
move 4: Protect
item: Sablenite
ability: Prankster
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Sableye is a staple on balanced Dark teams, constantly taking on powerful attacks as a wall, providing an immunity to Fighting, deflecting entry hazards and status due to Magic Bounce, and crippling foes with its utility moves in Knock Off and Will-O-Wisp. Knock Off allows Mega Sableye to remove items such as Porygon2's Eviolite, Mantine's Heavy-Duty Boots, Nidoking's Life Orb, and Landorus-T's Choice Scarf. Will-O-Wisp cripples physical attackers such as Excadrill, Buzzwole, and Dragonite, letting your team more easily handle them. Protect allows Mega Sableye to scout attacks from Choice-locked Pokemon, such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Choice Band Victini, then switch accordingly. Protect also allows Sableye to Mega Evolve safely. Mega Sableye's Special Defense EVs notably let it take Earth Power from Nidoking, remove its Life Orb, and then take a second Earth Power. The Defense investment helps it take on Mega Aerodactyl and Landorus-T better.

All of Mega Sableye's teammates appreciate its immunity to Fighting, ability to deflect entry hazards and status, and ability to switch into threats such as Choice Scarf Terrakion. Mandibuzz and Tyranitar form a powerful defensive core with Mega Sableye. Mandibuzz provides a Ground immunity and Defog support, and it help Mega Sableye check physical setup sweepers with Foul Play. It also walls threats such as Mega Lopunny for Mega Sableye. Tyranitar, on the other hand, is the specially defensive part of the core that also sets Stealth Rock and can cripple threats such as Landorus with Toxic. Its great special bulk lets it take on threats such as Volcarona. Greninja can take on a very wide variety of foes with its powerful coverage and set Toxic Spikes, helping Mega Sableye wear down foes with that much more ease. Urshifu-S can take on Steel-type Pokemon such as Heatran and Celesteela for Mega Sableye with its powerful STAB Close Combat and take on Ghost-types such as Gengar with Wicked Blow. Zarude can take on Water-type Pokemon that threaten Mega Sableye such as Keldeo and Urshifu-R with a Chople Berry and other threats such as Tapu Fini and Azumarill. Hydreigon can act as a revenge killer with Choice Scarf and take on omni-boosted Kommo-o with Draco Meteor or break through walls such as Mega Venusaur with Choice Specs Draco Meteor.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Dark
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Toxic can be used over Will-O-Wisp or Protect to wear down foes more quickly, but those two moves are generally more appreciated.

Checks and Counters
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Dark
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**Fairy-types**: Strong Fairy-type attacks such as Mega Diancie's and Tapu Lele's Moonblasts easily beat Mega Sableye, and it can't do anything to Mega Diancie in return.

**Wallbreakers**: Powerful wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Latios and Choice Band Victini can muscle past Mega Sableye with their powerful STAB moves in Draco Meteor and V-Create.

**Setup Sweepers**: Setup sweepers can take advantage of Mega Sableye's passive nature and use it as setup bait. Suicune is a great example, hiding behind a Substitute and proceeding to stack Calm Mind boosts. However, physical attackers should be careful of setting up, as they can be punished by Will-O-Wisp.

**Mold Breaker**: Mold Breaker allows lead Excadrill to set Stealth Rock on Mega Sableye or Choice Scarf Excadrill to cripple it with Toxic, allowing it to be worn down with more ease. Mega Gyarados can also take advantage of Mega Sableye by shutting it down with Taunt and setting up Dragon Dance without punishment.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mateeus, 321991], [Harpp, 320110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Mateeus]

[SET COMMENTS]
Moveset Description
- Fix the introductory sentence. "Mega Sableye is a staple on balanced Dark teams, acting as a wall that can take on powerful attackers such as (Add an example of something it walls) while providing a crucial immunity to Fighting-type attacks, deflecting hazards and status due to Magic Bounce, and being able to cripple foes with its utility moves (no need to mention them by their name as you're going to describe them in the following lines).";
- "... Mantine's Heavy-Duty Boots" (add hyphen);
- Mention Protect also enables it to safely Mega Evolve versus threats like Mega Lopunny and Mega Diancie;
- The EV spread description is wrong. Landorus has a high chance to 2HKO Mega Sableye in an 1v1 scenario even with this spread; the 144 Special Defense EVs + a Careful nature are mostly for Nidoking and pivot Tapu Koko;
- Further describe the utility of the Defense investment, mentioning it allows Mega Sableye to wall Choice Scarf users like Terrakion, Landorus-T, and Excadrill, as well as take two Stone Edges from Mega Aerodactyl;
- Add an item description, saying Sablenite is needed for Sableye to Mega Evolve.

Good Teammates
- Mention Mandibuzz can wall threats like Mega Lopunny and Cinderace for Mega Sableye;
- Not all defensive Tyranitar carry Toxic; you could mention Tyranitar deals with certain setup sweepers like Volcarona and Thundurus-T instead;
- Just say Greninja can potentially take on various threats such as (x), (y), and (z) for Mega Sableye due to its wide array of coverage moves and viable sets, instead of mentioning Pokemon categories one by one;
- I think "Greninja can also set Spikes and Toxic Spikes, helping..." is much cleaner that "set hazards such as Toxic Spikes"; it only gets Spikes and Toxic Spikes, and both are viable;
- Mention Sucker Punch altogether with Wicked Blow under Urshifu-S's description;
- Fix the Zarude sentence, as it looks very redundant as is. "Zarude can take on dangerous Water-type Pokemon that threaten Mega Sableye such as Keldeo, Urshifu-R, and Azumarill with STAB Power Whip and the help of a Chople Berry.";
- Fix the Hydreigon sentence. "Hydreigon can act as a revenge killer with Choice Scarf that can take out threats to Mega Sableye such as omniboosted Kommo-o with Draco Meteor or break through troublesome walls such as Mega Venusaur with the help of Choice Specs or Nasty Plot.";
- Remove the Weavile mention as it is usually not used on Mega Sableye teams, but rather on more offensive ones.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Dark (bold this)
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- Mention Foul Play as an option over Protect for Mega Sableye to be much less passive against physically oriented setup sweepers like Mega Charizard X and Mega Scizor, but list its cons and how Mandibuzz outclasses it as a user of the move.

Checks and Counters
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Dark (bold this)
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- The "Special Attackers" bullet makes almost no sense, as it is a specially defensive wall. Only a minor portion of special attackers can actually bypass Mega Sableye (and those are, for the most part, wallbreakers); remove it;
- Add "Wallbreakers" as a bullet, given most are able to cleanly 2HKO it. However, mention some need to be afraid of Knock Off or Will-O-Wisp;
- Add "Setup Sweepers" as a bullet since some can take advantage of Mega Sableye's passive nature;
- Add "Status" as a bullet; poisoning from Toxic Spikes or attacking moves wear down it quickly, while burns make it more passive by halving Knock Off's power.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon,305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon,305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mateeus, 321991], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Approved, QC 1/2!

 

[Harpp]

**Setup Sweepers**: Setup Sweepers can take advantage of Mega Sableye's passive nature and use it as setup bait. However, physical attackers should be careful of doing this as they can be punished by Will-O-Wisp. [Give examples of setup sweepers that can setup vs Mega Sableye with ease like Suicune.]

Rest looks good.

QC 2/2

 

[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Defensive (Dark)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Recover
move 4: Protect
item: Sablenite
ability: Prankster
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Sableye is a staple on balanced Dark teams, acting as a wall constantly taking on powerful attacks such as as a wall, (AC) providing an immunity to Fighting-type attacks, deflecting entry hazards and status due to Magic Bounce, and able to cripple crippling foes with its utility moves in Knock Off and Will-O-Wisp. Knock Off allows Mega Sableye to remove items such as Porygon2's Eviolite, Mantine's Heavy-Duty Boots, Nidoking's Life Orb, and Landorus-T's Choice Scarf. Will-O-Wisp allows Mega Sableye to cripple cripples physical attackers such as Excadrill, (AC) and Buzzwole, with a burn, allowing it to be more easily handled. Recover allows Mega Sableye to reliably act as a wall and constantly remain healthy through the match. Buzzwole, and Dragonite, letting your team more easily handle them. Protect allows Mega Sableye to scout attacks from Choice-locked Pokemon, (AC) such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Choice Band Victini, then switch accordingly. to deal with whatever attack it is locked into. Protect also allows Sableye to Mega Evolve safely. Mega Sableye's EVs allow it to take on threats such as an Special Defense EVs notably let it take Earth Power from Nidoking, remove its Life Orb, and then take a second Earth Power. The remaining defenses allow it to have some physical bulk allowing it to Defense investment helps it take on Mega Aerodactyl and Landorus-T better. Sablenite allows Sableye to Mega Evolve.

All of Mega Sableye's teammates appreciate its immunity to Fighting-type attacks, ability to deflect entry hazards and status, as well as and ability to switch into threats such as Choice Scarf Terrakion. Mandibuzz and Tyranitar form a powerful defensive core with Mega Sableye. Mandibuzz provides a Ground immunity and Defog support, while in hand with Sableye, can and it help Mega Sableye check physical setup sweepers with Foul Play. Mandibuzz can wall It also walls threats such as Mega Lopunny for Mega Sableye. Tyranitar, on the other hand, is the specially defensive part of the core that also sets Stealth Rock and can cripple threats such as Landorus with Toxic. Tyranitar can also take on threats such as Volcarona due to its great natural special bulk. Its great special bulk lets it take on threats such as Volcarona. Greninja can take on various Pokemon for Mega Sableye such as Poison- and Fighting-types with Extrasensory such as Toxapex and Keldeo, Flying-types with Ice Beam and Hidden Power Electric such as Gliscor and Mantine, Water- and Ground-types such as Urshifu-R, Swampert, Hippowdon, and much more. Greninja can also set hazards such as a very wide variety of foes with its powerful coverage and set Toxic Spikes, (re "many hazards", you can add Spikes, possibly with a "or more rarely", if it is worth mentioning) helping Mega Sableye wear down foes with that much more ease. Urshifu-S can take on Steel-type Pokemon such as Heatran and Celesteela for Mega Sableye with its powerful STAB Close Combat and take on Ghost-types such as Gengar with Wicked Blow. Zarude can take on Water-type Pokemon that threaten Mega Sableye such as Keldeo and Urshifu-R with a Chople Berry and other threats such as Tapu Fini and Azumarill. Hydreigon can act as a revenge killer with Choice Scarf and take on omni-boosted Kommo-o with Draco Meteor or break through (was "breakthrough") walls such as Mega Venusaur with Choice Specs Draco Meteor.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Dark
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Toxic can be used over Will-O-Wisp or Protect (RC) to wear down foes faster; however, being able to cripple physical attackers such as Dragonite is more quickly, but those two moves are generally more appreciated.

Checks and Counters
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Dark
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**Fairy-types**: Strong supereffective Fairy-type attacks such as Mega Diancie's and Tapu Lele's Moonblasts easily beat Mega Sableye, with it not being able to and it can't do anything to Mega Diancie (I imagine lele is not liking knock off much) in return.

**Wallbreakers**: Powerful wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Latios and Choice Band Victini can muscle past Mega Sableye's defenses with their powerful STAB moves in Draco Meteor and V-Create, respectively.

**Setup Sweepers**: Setup sweepers can take advantage of Mega Sableye's passive nature and use it as setup bait. Suicune is a great example, (AC) of something that can use Mega Sableye as setup bait, hiding behind a Substitute (RC) then and proceeding to stack Calm Mind boosts. However, physical attackers should be careful of doing this setting up, as they can be punished by Will-O-Wisp.

**Mold Breaker**: Mold Breaker allows Excadrill to ignore Magic Bounce allowing lead Excadrill to set Stealth Rock on it Mega Sableye or Choice Scarf Excadrill to cripple it with Toxic, allowing it to be worn down with more ease. Mega Gyarados can also take advantage of Mega Sableye by shutting it down with Taunt (RC) then proceeding to setup Dragon Dance on it, and setting up Dragon Dance without punishment.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, (added space) 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, (added space) 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mateeus, 321991], [Harpp, 320110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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