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[SET]
Meganium @ Meganiumite
Name: Bulky Attacker
Ability: Overgrow
SPs: 32 HP / 32 SpA / 2 Spe
Modest Nature
- Solar Beam
- Weather Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Synthesis

[SET COMMENTS]

* Mega Meganium is able to leverage its high bulk and Special Attack to deal large amounts of damage while healing off incoming attacks with Synthesis bolstered by Mega Sol. It particularly is adept at threatening common defensive cores featuring the likes of Corviknight, Primarina, and Hippowdon.

* **Solar Beam**: Mega Sol allows Mega Meganium to viably run Solar Beam, which fires off in a single turn to deal massive damage, notably OHKOes Primarina and Hippowdon, and ignores the latter's Sand Stream.

* **Weather Ball**: Weather Ball is similarly enabled by Mega Sol, making it a potent coverage option that notably threatens Steel-types like Corviknight and Aegislash.

* **Dazzling Gleam**: While it isn't the most powerful move, Dazzling Gleam gives Mega Meganium a crucial second STAB option that can threaten common Dragon-types that can otherwise take its Fire- and Grass-type moves such as Garchomp and Hydreigon, with the latter getting OHKOed.

Other Options
========

* **Earth Power**: Earth Power can be used as an extra coverage option for Fire-types such as Ceruledge, which resist all of Mega Meganium's other attacks, as well as hitting Archaludon for super effective damage.


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This was already mentioned on Discord, but you need to try and contextualize why Mega Meganium's tools are important in the current metagame. For example, you were given the suggestion to mention Hippowdon, which cannot stop Meganium's Solar Beam with its Sand Stream. I'll add that it is also OHKO'd by Solar Beam as a result.

On that same note, make sure you are referencing relevant threats. For example, Archaludon is a good target for Earth Power like you said, but Torkoal should not be brought up because it is well outside top 100 usage and not seen very often.

A couple other suggestions:
  • Dragapult is not a metagame staple and should not be listed as such (I know it was brought up in Discord, but its usage has not panned out well and we've recently updated our viability rankings to reflect that.)
  • On the other hand, I'd contextualize that target list in the summary by mentioning it is very strong into a lot of defensive mons. You could add Hippowdon to that list in place of Dragapult, for example.
  • I'd mention Hydreigon as a target for Dazzling Gleam as well, as that is a key target.
  • You're right that Mega Sol might need to be broken down into different bullets, but I'll defer on suggesting anything there until you implement the other changes.
I'd go back and review the suggestions already given on Discord as well. Make some changes and then we can give things another look. Let me know if you have any questions.
 
Photon said:
This was already mentioned on Discord, but you need to try and contextualize why Mega Meganium's tools are important in the current metagame. For example, you were given the suggestion to mention Hippowdon, which cannot stop Meganium's Solar Beam with its Sand Stream. I'll add that it is also OHKO'd by Solar Beam as a result.

On that same note, make sure you are referencing relevant threats. For example, Archaludon is a good target for Earth Power like you said, but Torkoal should not be brought up because it is well outside top 100 usage and not seen very often.

A couple other suggestions:
  • Dragapult is not a metagame staple and should not be listed as such (I know it was brought up in Discord, but its usage has not panned out well and we've recently updated our viability rankings to reflect that.)
  • On the other hand, I'd contextualize that target list in the summary by mentioning it is very strong into a lot of defensive mons. You could add Hippowdon to that list in place of Dragapult, for example.
  • I'd mention Hydreigon as a target for Dazzling Gleam as well, as that is a key target.
  • You're right that Mega Sol might need to be broken down into different bullets, but I'll defer on suggesting anything there until you implement the other changes.
I'd go back and review the suggestions already given on Discord as well. Make some changes and then we can give things another look. Let me know if you have any questions.
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ready for recheck i believe
 
Thank you. Just need to address the Mega Sol bullet and we should be good:
  • I would go ahead and split the Mega Sol bullet into separate move bullets for Solar Beam and Weather Ball.
  • For Synthesis, you can either keep what you have in the overview bullet or you can reword the overview bullet and give Synthesis its own bullet. Up to you, but we don't need to say the same thing twice for Synthesis.
  • I would also mention how Mega Sol Solar Beam completely ignores Hippowdon's Sand Stream (useful context for a new player that avoids reading like a generic mechanics explanation.)
Implement those and we should be good to go.
 
Photon said:
Thank you. Just need to address the Mega Sol bullet and we should be good:
  • I would go ahead and split the Mega Sol bullet into separate move bullets for Solar Beam and Weather Ball.
  • For Synthesis, you can either keep what you have in the overview bullet or you can reword the overview bullet and give Synthesis its own bullet. Up to you, but we don't need to say the same thing twice for Synthesis.
  • I would also mention how Mega Sol Solar Beam completely ignores Hippowdon's Sand Stream (useful context for a new player that avoids reading like a generic mechanics explanation.)
Implement those and we should be good to go.
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implemented, not sure if i should add more info to each move cause of the split
 
Looks good! Only thing is that I'm not sure mentioning Meowscarada as a target Grass-type for Weather Ball is accurate since its likely going to shift its type with Protean beforehand. I think you could just mention Steel-types in general there and it would be fine.

I'm going to say QC Approved (1/1) and tag GP Team
 
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[SET]
Meganium @ Meganiumite
Name: Bulky Attacker (Meganium) (not sure why its name is needed here)
Ability: Overgrwoth Overgrow
SPs: 32 HP / 32 SpA / 2 Spe
Modest Nature
- Solar Beam
- Weather Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Synthesis

[SET COMMENTS]

* Mega Meganium is able to leverage its high bulk and Special Attack to deal large amounts of damage while healing off incoming attacks with Synthesis bolstered by Mega Sol. It particularly is adept at threatening common defensive cores featuring the likes of Corviknight, Primarina, (AC) and Hippowdon.

* **Solar Beam**: Mega Sol allows for Mega Meganium to viably run Solar Beam, firing which fires off in a single turn to deal massive STAB damage, notably OHKOing OHKOes Primarina and Hippowdown Hippowdon, and ignoring ignores the latter's Sand Stream.

* **Weather Ball**: Weather Ball is similarly enabled by Mega Sol, making it a potent coverage option (RC) that notably threatening threatens Steel-types like Corviknight and Aegislash.

* **Dazzling Gleam**: While it isn't the most powerful move, Dazzling Gleam gives Mega Meganium a crucial second STAB option that can threaten common Dragon-types that can otherwise take its Fire- and Grass-type moves such as Garchomp and Hydreigon, with the latter for an OHKO getting OHKOed.
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Other Options
========

* **Earth Power**: Earth Power can be used as an extra coverage option for Fire-types that would otherwise such as Ceruledge, which resist all of your attacks, such as Ceruledge Mega Meganium's other attacks, as well as hitting Archaludon for super effective damage.

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