PU NaclStackl (Specially Defensive Naclstack)

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Protect
move 3: Recover
move 4: Curse / Stealth Rock
item: Eviolite
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Specially defensive Naclstack is a formidable defensive pivot and wall, checking many of PU's best offensive options like Arcanine, Salazzle, and Florges while being capable of absorbing attempts at status. Salt Cure accrues massive amounts of residual damage, and nothing wants to stay in and get worn down by its effect. Protect scouts attacks from Choice-locked Pokemon like Flamigo and Staraptor while racking up Salt Cure damage. Curse can be used to bolster its already excellent Defense, giving Naclstack the ability to excel in late-game situations as an impenetrable wall and counter to Curse Arcanine. Stealth Rock is an option for Naclstack, as it can use its defensive utility to establish hazards repeatedly throughout a game while freeing up a slot for teammates that prefer other options over Stealth Rock, like Spikes Gastrodon and Gligar. Tera Water is generally a good Tera type for defensive walls and works especially well for Naclstack, giving it much better matchups into the strong Fighting- and Water-types in the tier like Emboar, Flamigo, Paldean Tauros-W, and Tatsugiri. Tera Ghost similarly helps with Fighting-type attacks and can prevent attempts at Rapid Spin from Coalossal and Tatsugiri, though it comes at the expense of becoming much weaker to Knock Off and its inability to boost with Curse.

Balance and bulky offense teams appreciate Naclstack greatly as a specially defensive wall capable of sponging hits, absorbing status, and functioning as an entry hazard setter that can get them up multiple times a game. Hazard stacking cores with teammates like Gastrodon and Gligar are incredibly efficient in wearing teams down with gradual chip damage, though they need support in the form of Knock Off from offensive teammates like Ambipom and Skuntank to help remove Heavy-Duty Boots. With Salt Cure, Naclstack can often prevent defensive walls like Bronzong, Coalossal, and Copperajah from getting too comfortable against it, allowing teammates to get momentum through forcing multiple switches. Once it is able to get a Salt Cure off, Naclstack will often force switches, and to avoid it being face-to-face with a wallbreaker like Golurk or Decidueye, it's a good idea to double switch into an offensive teammate like Staraptor and Paldean Tauros-W. These two also appreciate Naclstack for its ability to stack chip damage to the walls that may switch into Naclstack, like Mudsdale and Houndstone. Naclstack can sometimes be reliant on Tera to function as the immovable object it desires to be, so pairing it with teammates that can use their natural defensive typing well, like Decidueye, Rotom-C, and Skuntank, is important to get the most out of Naclstack.

[SET CREDITS]
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imo this mon is kinda mediocre tbh...
FlamPoke said:
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Protect
move 3: Recover
move 4: Curse / Stealth Rock
item: Eviolite
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Specially Defensive Naclstack is a formidable defensive pivot (and wall) into many of PU's best offensive options (mention some examples here, like Salazzle, K9, and Scream Tail.) while being capable of absorbing attempts at status and establishing entry hazards. Salt Cure is the most prominent feature of using Naclstack, accruing massive amounts of residual damage as nothing wants to stay in and get worn down by its effect. Protect is run on Naclstack to scout attacks from Choice Locked Pokemon like Flamigo and Staraptor while racking up Salt Cure damage. With Recover, Naclstack has reliable access to a healing move, making it seemingly impossible to take down through sheer force alone. (self explanatory.) Curse can be used to bolster its already excellent physical defense. (Mention how it allows it to become a defensive wincon.) Stealth Rock is an option for Naclstack as it can use its defensive utility to establish hazards repeatedly throughout a game while freeing up a slot for teammates who prefer other options over Stealth Rock, like Spikes Gastrodon and Gligar. Eviolite is the item of choice for Naclstack as it boosts its natural bulk to practically unbreakable levels. Purifying Salt prevents attempts at status, such as Toxic from Bellibolt, Goodra, and Galarian Slowbro, and gives Naclstack some added resistance to Ghost-type attacks from Pokemon like Hoopa and Houndstone. (both self explanatory.) Tera Water is generally a good Tera type for defensive walls and works especially well for Naclstack, giving it much better matchups into the strong Fighting- and Water-types in the tier like Flamigo, Scrafty (dont like this option becaause of knock. would rather mention emboar or something.), Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Tatsugiri. Tera Ghost similarly helps with Fighting-type attacks and can prevent attempts at Rapid Spin from Coalossal, Hitmontop (actual dogshit), and Tatsugiri. (mention how it comes with an even worse knock off weakness.)

Balance and bulky offense teams appreciate Naclstack greatly as a specially defensive wall capable of sponging hits, status, and entry hazard setter who can get them up multiple times a game. SpikeStack cores with teammates like Gastrodon and Gligar are incredibly efficient in wearing teams down with gradual chip damage, though they need support in the form of Knock Off from offensive teammates like Ambipom and Goodra (doesnt always runs knock; I think a pick like skunk would be better here.) to help remove Heavy-Duty Boots. With the support of Salt Cure damage, Naclstack can often prevent defensive walls like Bellibolt (threatens with Muddy + has Slack Off, i would mention another wall that doesnt have recovery thats reliable like copper or bronzong.) and Coalossal from getting too comfortable against it, allowing teammates to get momentum through forcing multiple switches. Offensive partners who benefit from this wear-and-tear approach, like Choice Band Staraptor and Tauros-Paldea-Aqua, Paldean Tauros-W often rely on the opposing physical walls being worn down into 2HKO range, usually requiring several rounds of hazard chip to do so comfortably. (mention how they benefit from Naclstack?) Naclstack can sometimes be reliant on Tera to function as the immovable object it desires to be, so pairing it with teammates who aren't as hampered by a lack of Tera, like Rotom-H, Skuntank, and Galarian Slowbro can capitalize on their natural immunities and give Naclstack more flexibility. (I think you want to reword this that these threats can swap into Pokemon that naturally threaten out nacl due to its defensive typing, like wetbull, rotom-mow, and decid.)

[SET CREDITS]
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1/2, nice work
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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Protect
move 3: Recover
move 4: Curse / Stealth Rock
item: Eviolite
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Specially Defensive Naclstack is a formidable defensive pivot and wall, checking many of PU's best offensive options like Arcanine, Salazzle, and Scream Tail Florges (you can't get past Substitute, so instead of clarifying that it would have to lack that, let's just change the example), while being capable of absorbing attempts at status and establishing entry hazards (SR is optional, not that important to this set's identity either). Salt Cure is the most prominent feature of using Naclstack, accruing massive amounts of residual damage as nothing wants to stay in and get worn down by its effect. Protect is run on Naclstack to scouts attacks from Choice-locked (hyphen) Pokemon like Flamigo and Staraptor while racking up Salt Cure damage. Curse can be used to bolster its already excellent physical defense, giving Naclstack the ability to excel in late-game situations as an impenetrable wall and counter to Curse Arcanine (the most relevant example of why curse is used, as you can easily lose to Curse Acranine if you can't boost along side it; needs to show the opportunity cost over SR). Stealth Rock is an option for Naclstack as it can use its defensive utility to establish hazards repeatedly throughout a game while freeing up a slot for teammates who prefer other options over Stealth Rock, like Spikes Gastrodon and Gligar. Tera Water is generally a good Tera type for defensive walls and works especially well for Naclstack, giving it much better matchups into the strong Fighting- and Water-types in the tier like Emboar, Flamigo, Paldean Tauros-W, and Tatsugiri. Tera Ghost similarly helps with Fighting-type attacks and can prevent attempts at Rapid Spin from Coalossal and Tatsugiri, though it comes at the expense of being much weaker to Knock Off and Dark-type attacks in general inabillity to boost with Curse.

Balance and bulky offense teams appreciate Naclstack greatly as a specially defensive wall capable of sponging hits, absorbing status, and functioning as an entry hazard setter who can get them up multiple times a game. SpikeStack cores with teammates like Gastrodon and Gligar are incredibly efficient in wearing teams down with gradual chip damage, though they need support in the form of Knock Off from offensive teammates like Ambipom and Skuntank to help remove Heavy-Duty Boots. With the support of Salt Cure damage, Naclstack can often prevent defensive walls like Bronzong, Coalossal, and Copperajah from getting too comfortable against it, allowing teammates to get momentum through forcing multiple switches. Offensive partners who benefit from this wear-and-tear approach, like Choice Band Staraptor and Paldean Tauros-W, often rely on physical walls like Bronzong and Houndstone being worn down into 2HKO range, which Salt Cure can do consistenly consistently when combined with hazard chip.

(The last two sentences show how Staraptor and Waterbull like to have Nacl as support... but what are they doing for Nacl? Remember we need to be first and foremost show how the teammates we suggest here help the mon we're writing about, and not the other way around. Try rewriting these points, and here's an example of how I'd say it:

"Once it is able to get a Salt Cure off, Naclstack will often force switches, and to avoid it being face-to-face with a wallbreakers Golurk and Decidueye, it's a good idea to double switch into an offensive teammate like Staraptor and Paldean Tauros-W. These two also appreciate Naclstack for its wear-and-tear approach to stacking chip damage to the walls that may switch into Naclstack, like Mudsdale and Houndstone."

The way I wrote it here first focuses on how these teammates help Nacl, and then it includes an "in return" statement. The subtext here also implies how the offensive pressure and complimentary typings of these two will help Nacl even without doing double switches; this bleeds well into your following and final point, too. You can keep what I have here verbatim or rewrite in your own words)

Naclstack can sometimes be reliant on Tera to function as the immovable object it desires to be, so pairing it with teammates who can use their natural defensive typing well, like Decidueye, Rotom-M, and Skuntank, (comma) is important to get the most out of Naclstack.

[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Protect
move 3: Recover
move 4: Curse / Stealth Rock
item: Eviolite
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Specially defensive Naclstack is a formidable defensive pivot and wall, checking many of PU's best offensive options like Arcanine, Salazzle, and Florges, (RC) while being capable of absorbing attempts at status. Salt Cure is the most prominent feature of using Naclstack, accruing accrues massive amounts of residual damage, (AC) and as nothing wants to stay in and get worn down by its effect. Protect scouts attacks from Choice-locked Pokemon like Flamigo and Staraptor while racking up Salt Cure damage. Curse can be used to bolster its already excellentphysical Defense, giving Naclstack the ability to excel in late-game situations as an impenetrable wall and counter to Curse Arcanine. Stealth Rock is an option for Naclstack, (AC) as it can use its defensive utility to establish hazards repeatedly throughout a game while freeing up a slot for teammates who that prefer other options over Stealth Rock, like Spikes Gastrodon and Gligar. Tera Water is generally a good Tera type for defensive walls and works especially well for Naclstack, giving it much better matchups into the strong Fighting- and Water-types in the tier like Emboar, Flamigo, Paldean Tauros-W, and Tatsugiri. Tera Ghost similarly helps with Fighting-type attacks and can prevent attempts at Rapid Spin from Coalossal and Tatsugiri, though it comes at the expense of being becoming much weaker to Knock Off and its inability to boost with Curse.

Balance and bulky offense teams appreciate Naclstack greatly as a specially defensive wall capable of sponging hits, absorbing status, and functioning as an entry hazard setter who that can get them up multiple times a game. SpikeStack Hazard stacking cores with teammates like Gastrodon and Gligar are incredibly efficient in wearing teams down with gradual chip damage, though they need support in the form of Knock Off from offensive teammates like Ambipom and Skuntank to help remove Heavy-Duty Boots. With the support of Salt Cure damage, Naclstack can often prevent defensive walls like Bronzong, Coalossal, and Copperajah from getting too comfortable against it, allowing teammates to get momentum through forcing multiple switches. Once it is able to get a Salt Cure off, Naclstack will often force switches, and to avoid it being face-to-face with a wallbreakers wallbreaker like Golurk and or Decidueye, it's a good idea to double switch into an offensive teammate like Staraptor and Paldean Tauros-W. These two also appreciate Naclstack for its wear-and-tear approach ability to stacking stack chip damage to the walls that may switch into Naclstack, like Mudsdale and Houndstone. Naclstack can sometimes be reliant on Tera to function as the immovable object it desires to be, so pairing it with teammates who that can use their natural defensive typing well, like Decidueye, Rotom-M Rotom-C, and Skuntank, is important to get the most out of Naclstack.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flampoke.654091/
Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/s1nn0hc0nfirm3d.231074/
Grammar checked by:
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Tbolt said:
Specially defensive Naclstack is a formidable defensive pivot and wall, checking many of PU's best offensive options like Arcanine, Salazzle, and Florges, (RC) while being capable of absorbing attempts at status.
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