Ubers Naganadel

[Aaronboyer]

Naganadel @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Sludge Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Fire Blast

Fitting exclusively on hyper offensive playstyles, Naganadel can break through support Arceus formes for its teammates with its Nasty Plot, immunity to Toxic, and unresisted coverage between its dual STAB combination and Fire Blast. Despite being prediction-reliant, the looming threat of Devastating Drake or Sludge Wave can force Pokemon such as Zygarde-C and Arceus-Fairy out, giving Naganadel time to set up with Nasty Plot. Naganadel also sits at an above-average Speed tier where it outspeeds the entire metagame after a single Speed boost from Beast Boost, making it hard to revenge kill outside of priority attackers. Naganadel appreciates entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Deoxys-S so it can pick up KOs more easily. Naganadel is also picked off by common priority users like Marshadow, so offensive checks to said Pokemon such as Xerneas and Mega Salamence pair quite nicely. Xerneas and Mega Salamence also appreciate Naganadel wearing down Steel-type checks such as Necrozma-DM for them.

 

[LBDC]

AM QC, free feel to implement this or not :p
comments in green
(my suggestions : add in blue, thing to remove in red.)

AM QC

Naganadel @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Sludge Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Fire Blast

Fitting exclusively on hyper offensive playstyles, Naganadel is able to break through bulkier teams with its access to Nasty Plot and unresisted coverage between its dual STAB combination and Fire Blast. very small thing, but i think that toxic imunity is worth mentionning The looming threat of Z-Draco Meteor or Sludge Wave can force Pokemon such as Arceus-Water and Arceus-Fairy out, giving Naganadel ample time to set up with Nasty Plot. altough that it better example than ogre, arceus-water can live even z draco for put naga in priority range with ice beam. If you want a example of mon that naga force out, i suggest mention a fat dragon like zyg-c/gira-o or gira regular (regular gira, especially cannot hit naga) Naganadel also sits at a fantastic good naga still slower that offensive pokémon like ultra necro, marshadow, or even MGengar without speed boost, so good seem more appropriate Speed tier where it outspeeds foes such as Mega Salamence and offensive Arceus formes naturally while outspeeding foes such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Choice Scarf Yveltal the entire unboosted metagame naga has 562 speed at +1 and deo-s has 504, so i think that it maybe better like this, more "simple" after a single Speed boost from Beast Boost, making Naganadel hard to revenge kill outside of priority attackers. Naganadel appreciates entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Deoxys-S and Cloyster so it can pick up KOs more easily. Naganadel is also picked off by common priority users like Marshadow and Arceus, so offensive checks to said Pokemon such as Xerneas and Mega Gengar pair quite nicely. MGengar is a bit weird here, since i mean marsha sneak/pursuit and it more mgengar witch struggle againt ekiller than ekiller vs mgengar, since arceus can easily live slugwaves and deal 75% with shadow clawn. I think that you can mention salamence, witch help vs both marsha and ekiller. also maybe say that both xern and mence like have steel-types weakned/ko by naga fire blast. :)

 

[Aaronboyer]

Implemented an overwhelming majority of the AM Check

 

[Nayrz]

This is already at the character limit but there are some things I feel are worth mentioning somehow...

1 - Support Arceus matchups. Some mons on HO struggle to kill them without killing themselves for damage, but Naga can be pretty scary to them - SE Ice Beam and neutral Judgment (think Arceus-Dark/Fairy) do the same damage (80% max). Immediate threat vs support Arceus is a neat perk to HO and important to keep up with the other Z threats HO can use (Ultra/TR Dusk/even Lunala). The AM QC notes that it puts Naga into priority range which is true... not every team runs priority as a fast mon check when there's options like Scarfers / Mega Gengar / Mega Mewtwo Y for "anti-offense" counterplay. The play would simply be don't setup if the Arceus can afford to hit you instead, OR take the fact that you are about to claim a mon with Z before the priority mon comes in. Forcing quick damage and preventing recovery from mons like Arceus is key in HO games and Naga does well at that.

This could be implemented by simply changing "bulky teams" to refer to support arcs, or specify Arceus in particular and trim elsewhere like only mentioning Marshadow as the only named priority attacker and let the reader interpret the others.

2 - Severe prediction reliance. If you can't assess the game and essentially have a crystal ball ready this mon's effectiveness can flop hard as the opponent calls your NP or Z usage to get a check in or just kill you. Naga is extremely volatile to use and face and 1 bad move either way swings the matchup. This isn't something that can reasonably be covered in an spotlight though. If we can fit anything in that hints good prediction is required for effectiveness this will be fine.

 

[Nayrz]

nice work

QC 1/1

 

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Naganadel

Naganadel @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Sludge Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Fire Blast

Fitting exclusively on hyper offensive playstyles, Naganadel can break through support Arceus formes for its teammates with its access to Nasty Plot, immunity to Toxic, and unresisted coverage between its dual STAB combination and Fire Blast. Despite being prediction-reliant, the looming threat of Z-Draco Meteor Devastating Drake (Or Dragonium Z-boosted Draco Meteor if you need the clarification) or Sludge Wave can force Pokemon such as Zygarde-C and Arceus-Fairy out, giving Naganadel time to set up with Nasty Plot. Naganadel also sits at an above-average Speed tier where it outspeeds the entire metagame after a single Speed boost from Beast Boost, making Naganadel it hard to revenge kill outside of priority attackers. Naganadel appreciates entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Deoxys-S so it can pick up KOs more easily. Naganadel is also picked off by common priority users like Marshadow, so offensive checks to said Pokemon such as Xerneas and Mega Salamence pair quite nicely. Xerneas and Mega Salamence also appreciate Naganadel wearing down Steel-type checks such as Necrozma-DM for them.

 

[Stellar]

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