1v1 Nihilego [ QC 3 / 3 ] [ GP 2 /2 ] [DONE]

[edudittA]

[OVERVIEW]

Nihilego is capable of both attacking and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is good offensively against major forces in the 1v1 metagame in Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y. This, when combined with Nihilego's high Speed stat that lets it just outspeed them, makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Nihilego's formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Tapu Fini with appropriate investment. Also, Nihilego can utilize Continental Crush to better counter opposing Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon. Although it has base 47 Defense, it is not too frail physically, and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus by using some investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky attacker as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness to Ground can be easily taken advantage of by many physical attackers. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it struggles against Steel-type Pokemon as well, most of which it can't KO due to its lack of strong coverage moves. Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it can't tank stronger physical attacks from Pokemon faster than it like Durant, Terrakion, and Earthquake Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Acid Spray + Z-Move
move 1: Acid Spray
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Power Gem
move 4: Sludge Wave / Mirror Coat
item: Rockium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 80 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Acid Spray can be used to weaken bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being afflicted with Taunt. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, which lets Nihilego more easily beat Pokemon like Thunder Wave Togekiss, Mirror Coat Mega Blastoise, and Yawn Snorlax. It also helps in potentially tanking Z-Moves it might encounter in totally unpredictable match-ups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, Mega Charizard X, and other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon like Tapu Bulu and Whimsicott. Mirror Coat is also an option, since it could help in beating some special attackers like Heatran and Choice Specs Genesect.

Set Details
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252 HP EVs and 164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while the 80 EVs in Special Defense let it take a Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The remainder of the EVs go into Special Attack and are used with a Modest nature, allowing Nihilego to take out all variants of Mega Charizard X with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush.

Usage Tips
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Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are defensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finish with Continental Crush. Try to avoid sending Nihilego in against Steel-type Pokemon, because it has nothing to use against them. Keep in mind when deciding to use Nihilego against Mega Charizard X that variants with Earthquake or an Adamant nature can beat Nihilego.

Team Options
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Nihilego cannot handle Ground-type attacks, so Mega Blastoise can be used as a teammate to counter Pokemon that usually carry Ground-type moves, like Zygarde, Dragonite, Sturdy Pokemon like Donphan and Golem, and Ground-type Pokemon, with Nihilego covering Mega Blastoise's Grass-type weakness in return. Since Nihilego struggles against Steel-type Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Magearna, and Mega Mawile, Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde can be used as teammates; Nihilego can also cover Zygarde's Ice-type weakness. Nihilego can handle most Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, so Pokemon like Mega Heracross can be used to lure in these Pokemon, with Mega Heracross also defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, Donphan, Golem, and Jumpluff for Nihilego. Some physically bulky Pokemon like Mega Aggron and Mega Slowbro can be used to help accommodate for Nihilego's poor physical bulk, and Nihilego can support them by being a special tank in return.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Acid Spray
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Power Gem is Nihilego's Rock-type STAB move, allowing it to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like Blacephalon, Incineroar, Mega Charizard X, Volcarona, and Mega Charizard Y. Sludge Wave lets Nihilego beat Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon like Whimsicott and the Island Guardians. Nihilego's third moveslot can be tailored to fit what is needed for the team; Hidden Power Ice can be used to KO Landorus-T, and Garchomp, while Hidden Power Fire can be used to cover Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana. Psychic lets Nihilego hit some Poison-type Pokemon like Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets it hit Flying-type Pokemon like Celesteela, and Dazzling Gleam can be used to KO Kommo-o, Krookodile, and Hydreigon. Acid Spray is another option that can be used to beat Mega Venusaur and Mega Slowbro.

Set Details
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252 Special Attack EVs in conjunction with Choice Specs allow Nihilego to OHKO maximum HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature let it outspeed maximum Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs maximizes Nihilego's overall damage output.

Usage Tips
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Use Acid Spray when you are up against Special Defense-boosting passive Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Amnesia Deoxys-S. If you have Psychic and Acid Spray in the same set, always opt for Acid Spray against Mega Venusaur. Make sure to bring Nihilego in against threats like Kommo-o and Naganadel that it can KO depending on whether it has Dazzling Gleam or Psychic as a coverage move. Also, Nihilego can be sent out on non-Choice Scarf Landorus-T, since Nihilego KOes Landorus-T with Hidden Power Ice.

Team Options
=======

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon with considerable physical bulk like Avalugg and Cloyster fit in very well as partners. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it almost a necessity to have a Pokemon like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise that can beat them; these two are also good teammates because Nihilego can take care of Grass-types for them. Since Nihilego can struggle against Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana, which can also run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-types, can be used to beat them. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic and Steel makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego, as it can beat Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate, as it can beat Jumpluff, Heatran, Mega Gyarados, and Sturdy users, all of which trouble Nihilego, and Nihilego can beat Fairy- and Fire-types to support Mega Heracross in return.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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As Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can viably run a faster spread with either Poisonium Z or Rockium Z to serve as a better check to Curse Mimikyu. However, this set is not bulky and relies on the Z-Move KOing the foe to be effective. Nihilego can also utilize an Air Balloon with a Modest nature and Hidden Power Ice to lure in Pokemon that use Ground-type moves, such as Mega Pinsir, Choice Band Dragonite, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T. However, the Air Balloon set is only useful as a lure and does not deal a lot of damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like Dragonite and Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily due to its 4x weakness to Ground.

**Steel-type Pokemon**: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and its Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

**Special Tanks**: Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and deal heavy damage in return with their respective STAB attacks.

**Faster Physical Attackers**: Almost all faster physical attackers like Durant, Archeops, and Kartana outspeed Nihilego and KO it with their respective STAB moves.

**Sturdy Pokemon**: Common threats with Sturdy in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle; Nihilego is disadvantaged against these Pokemon, as they can endure one attack from it and KO it in return.

**Strong Super Effective Attackers**: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon like Mega Blastoise that can survive its attacks and retaliate with strong super effective STAB attacks such as Hydro Cannon.

 

[motogp]

Overview:
Nihilego is capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame- Charizard. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Keldeo with ease. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with investment in Defense
you should use a more relevant example since most Haxorus run Earthquake
. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness, Ground, is largely made up of physical attacking Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't KO due to lack of coverage. Its low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion.

Rockium Z

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 96 HP / 248 Def / 168 SpA
Modest Nature
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem


Set Comments
Moves

Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, and Stockpile Toxapex
Amnesia Venusaur would probably be a better example.
while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Spore and Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless matchups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities.

Set Details

The EVs allow Nihilego to tank a maximum Attack Haxorus Iron Tail
Again,most Haxorus run Earthquake.
, and the rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack to allow Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizards with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, which is required to take out Charizard.

Usage Tips

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Team Options

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Rock weaknesses.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-types and slower Ground-type Pokemon like Landorus-T in an easier way. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs.

Choice Specs 31.468%
judging by this and the fact that Choice Specs Nihilego's counters are slightly different to those of the Rockium set,I propose you also add a Choice Specs set.


Checks and Counters

Substitute Stall Pokemon: Pokemon that utilize Substitute to stall like Toxapex can be tough to crack, since Nihilego depends on Acid Spray to get through bulky Pokemon.

1.Toxapex is probably not a good example since it's really uncommon.
2.Can't Nihilego defeat Toxapex by spamming Acid Spray until Toxapex gets to -6 Special Defense and then Z-Move?
What can Toxapex do in return?

Special Tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since they can endure one attack from Nihilego and KO back with their own.

Strong STAB Hitters: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, like Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

Ground-type Pokemon: Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks.

Choice Specs Nihilego hard counters Garchomp and Landorus-T since it usually runs Hidden Power Ice.

good analysis,you get the qc when you implement the changes

 

[edudittA]

Overview:
Nihilego is capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame- Charizard. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Keldeo with ease. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with investment in Defense
you should use a more relevant example since most Haxorus run Earthquake
. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness, Ground, is largely made up of physical attacking Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't KO due to lack of coverage. Its low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion.

Rockium Z

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 96 HP / 248 Def / 168 SpA
Modest Nature
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem


Set Comments
Moves

Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, and Stockpile Toxapex
Amnesia Venusaur would probably be a better example.
while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Spore and Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless matchups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities.

Set Details

The EVs allow Nihilego to tank a maximum Attack Haxorus Iron Tail
Again,most Haxorus run Earthquake.
, and the rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack to allow Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizards with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, which is required to take out Charizard.

Usage Tips

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Team Options

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Rock weaknesses.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-types and slower Ground-type Pokemon like Landorus-T in an easier way. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs.

Choice Specs 31.468%
judging by this and the fact that Choice Specs Nihilego's counters are slightly different to those of the Rockium set,I propose you also add a Choice Specs set.


Checks and Counters

Substitute Stall Pokemon: Pokemon that utilize Substitute to stall like Toxapex can be tough to crack, since Nihilego depends on Acid Spray to get through bulky Pokemon.

1.Toxapex is probably not a good example since it's really uncommon.
2.Can't Nihilego defeat Toxapex by spamming Acid Spray until Toxapex gets to -6 Special Defense and then Z-Move?
What can Toxapex do in return?

Special Tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since they can endure one attack from Nihilego and KO back with their own.

Strong STAB Hitters: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, like Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

Ground-type Pokemon: Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks.

Choice Specs Nihilego hard counters Garchomp and Landorus-T since it usually runs Hidden Power Ice.

good analysis,you get the qc when you implement the changes

Implemented check, awaiting QC stamp

 

[motogp]

You still didnt implement what I mentioned about Hidden Power Ice Nihilego.
Also,you should write a separate checks and counters section for each set since some of them differ.
Also adjust the paragraphs to each set (remove Choice Specs from Other Options etc.

 

[motogp]

That's ok,you get the first QC from me.

 

[charizard8888]

Rockium Z

Moves
Give examples of Pokemon using those status and Z-Moves in the Substitute line.

Set Details
You should also mention the EVs letting it tank Zard X's Outrage along with Victini's.

Team Options
Mega Heracross line: You can add in covering Mega Heracross' Fire weakness as well.

Specs-tater

Set Details
Mention if there's something more than tanking Scizor's Bullet Punch otherwise the power to defeat Zard X and Tapu Fini reliably seems more worthy.

Hide

Zard X
Careful:248/60/0/0/136/64 3.223%

+1 68 SpA Nihilego Power Gem vs. 248 HP / 136+ SpD Charizard-Mega-X: 302-356 (84.1 - 99.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 0 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Outrage vs. 0 HP / 192 Def Nihilego: 417-492 (116.1 - 137%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Spreads |
| Modest:248/0/0/252/8/0 11.667% |
| Modest:248/0/64/188/0/0 8.258% |
| Bold:192/0/180/80/0/56 8.024% |
| Modest:252/0/0/248/0/8 5.405% |
| Bold:248/0/108/32/4/116 5.400% |
| Bold:224/0/60/168/0/56 3.789% |
| Other 57.458%

+1 68 SpA Nihilego Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tapu Fini: 318-374 (92.7 - 109%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ SpA Tapu Fini Hydro Pump vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Nihilego: 374-444 (104.1 - 123.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Nihilego Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tapu Fini: 362-428 (105.5 - 124.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Usage Tips
Remove the Zard X line since Specs Nihilego outspeeds and mostly KOs.

Checks and Counters
Add in some more strong STAB hitters like Hoopa-U and Arcehops.

Great job once again!
QC 2/3

 

[edudittA]

Rockium Z

Moves
Give examples of Pokemon using those status and Z-Moves in the Substitute line.

Set Details
You should also mention the EVs letting it tank Zard X's Outrage along with Victini's.

Team Options
Mega Heracross line: You can add in covering Mega Heracross' Fire weakness as well.

Specs-tater

Set Details
Mention if there's something more than tanking Scizor's Bullet Punch otherwise the power to defeat Zard X and Tapu Fini reliably seems more worthy.

Hide

Zard X
Careful:248/60/0/0/136/64 3.223%

+1 68 SpA Nihilego Power Gem vs. 248 HP / 136+ SpD Charizard-Mega-X: 302-356 (84.1 - 99.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 0 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Outrage vs. 0 HP / 192 Def Nihilego: 417-492 (116.1 - 137%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Spreads |
| Modest:248/0/0/252/8/0 11.667% |
| Modest:248/0/64/188/0/0 8.258% |
| Bold:192/0/180/80/0/56 8.024% |
| Modest:252/0/0/248/0/8 5.405% |
| Bold:248/0/108/32/4/116 5.400% |
| Bold:224/0/60/168/0/56 3.789% |
| Other 57.458%

+1 68 SpA Nihilego Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tapu Fini: 318-374 (92.7 - 109%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ SpA Tapu Fini Hydro Pump vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Nihilego: 374-444 (104.1 - 123.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Nihilego Sludge Wave vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tapu Fini: 362-428 (105.5 - 124.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Usage Tips
Remove the Zard X line since Specs Nihilego outspeeds and mostly KOs.

Checks and Counters
Add in some more strong STAB hitters like Hoopa-U and Arcehops.

Great job once again!
QC 2/3

Done. Just made it 252 SpA /252 Speed Timid Choice Specs, nothing else worth tanking which can work in tandem with retaining its Speed. QC 2/3 :D

 

[Nalei]

View attachment 126045
Overview:
Nihilego is capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame- Charizard. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Keldeo maybe give a more relevant example than Keldeo? It doesn't beat it in any case and isn't a common mon with ease. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness, Ground, is largely made up of physical attacking Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't KO due to lack of coverage. Its low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion.

Rockium Z

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 84 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Power Gem
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave As far as I can tell, Sludge Wave is a wasted moveslot. Either give me (and the analysis itself) a specific example of a winning matchup it gives or replace it with a good move. I recommend Mirror Coat in this slot


Set Comments
Moves

Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind (regardless of whether it's CM or amnesia, acid spray will help you win) Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Yawn users like Snorlax, Mega Blastoise, and Thunder Wave Togekiss. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless matchups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities.

Set Details

248 HP /164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while 248HP/84 SpD EVs lets it live Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack to allow Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizards with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, which is required to take out Charizard.

Usage Tips

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Team Options

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Fire-type weaknesses.

Specs-tater

Nihilego @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Power Gem
- Sludge Wave
- Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam
- Hidden Power [Ice] / Hidden Power [Fire]

Add Acid Spray as an option. It's very much viable on Specs and beats many of the same mons it beats on Rockium like Mega Slowbro and Mega Venusaur.

Set Comments

Moves

Power Gem is here in this set as a STAB Rock-type move to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like Charizard, Blacephalon, Volcarona, and Incineroar. Sludge Wave is there as Nihilego's secondary STAB move to beat Grass-, and Fairy-type Pokemon like the Guardian Deities, and Whimsicott. The last two moveslots can have any one of Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam, Hidden Power [Ice]/ Hidden Power [Fire]. Psychic lets it some Poison-type Pokemon like Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets it hit Water- and Flying-type Pokemon like Celesteela, and Mega Slowbro, Dazzling Gleam nets the KO on KommoO, Krookodile, and Hydreigon, Hidden Power [Ice] for Landorus and Garchomp, and Hidden Power [Fire] for Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana.

Set Details

252 SpA along with Choice Specs helps in KOing Max HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature helps it to outspeed max Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs is given to maximize its overall damage.

Usage Tips

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Try to avoid sending it in against most Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them.

Team Options

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Rock weaknesses.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user (note that speedy Z move Nihilego beats cursekyu), or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. It could also use an Air Balloon to lure in Ground-type Pokemon like Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs.


Checks and Counters

Special Tanks: Meloetta, Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since they can endure one attack from Nihilego and KO back with their own.

Strong STAB Hitters: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, like Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

Ground-type Pokemon and coverage: Ground-types like Zygarde also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like Dragonite or Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily since it's doubly weak to it.

Faster physical Pokemon: Almost all faster physical Pokemon like Durant, Archeops and Kartana KO Nihilego with their respective STAB moves.

Good work. QC 3/3

 

[edudittA]

Good work. QC 3/3

Implemented QC. Tagging martha to please GP my analysis. I've arranged it in a GP-appropriate format.

 

[deetah]

This is an amcheck, feel free to use what you would like from this. Add Remove Comments (AC) = Add Comma (RC) = Remove Comma (RH) = Remove Hyphen (AH) = Add Hyphen

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[OVERVIEW]

Nihilego is capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame, (RH) (AC) Charizard. This combined with a Speed stat that just barely outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like such as a Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Tapu Fini with appropriate investment. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and due to its 4x weakness, (RC) to Ground Ground-types, is largely which are mostly made up of physical attacking Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to Steel-type and Ground-type (No need to mention the Ground-type weakness again in the second sentence, in my opinion as it is repetitive) Pokemon as well, which it can't KO due to lack of coverage. Its low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like such as Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion.

[SET]
name: Rock Knocks
move 1: Acid Spray
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Power Gem
move 4: Sludge Wave / Mirror Coat
item: Rockium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 84 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like such as Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Yawn users like such as Snorlax, Mega Blastoise, and Thunder Wave Togekiss. It Substitute also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless match-ups. (AH) Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like such as Tapu Bulu and Whimsicott. Mirror Coat is also another option, since as it could help in beating some special attackers like such as Heatran and Choice Specs Genesect.

Set Details
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248 HP /164 248 HP / 164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while 248HP/84 SpD 248 HP / 84 SpD EVs lets allows it to live Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack stat to allow Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizards Mega Charizard with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, which is required to take out Charizard.

Usage Tips
=======

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing utilizing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Team Options
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Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon like such as Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like such as Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise for instance, and as these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass-type weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like such as Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since as it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic- (AH) and Steel-type weaknesses against Pokemon like such as Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, (In my opinion there's no need to mention these Pokemon right here as it doesn't really add anything useful) which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy- (AH) and Fire-type weaknesses.

Specs-tater

Nihilego @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs:
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Power Gem
- Sludge Wave
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[SET]
name: Specs-tator
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam /Acid Spray
move 4:Hidden Power [Ice] / Hidden Power [Fire]
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Power Gem is here in this set as a STAB Rock-type move to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like such as Charizard, Blacephalon, Volcarona, and Incineroar. Sludge Wave is there as Nihilego's secondary STAB move to beat Grass-, and Fairy-type Pokemon like such as the Guardian Deities, and Whimsicott. The last two moveslots can have any one of Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam, Hidden Power [Ice]/ Hidden Power [Fire] Hidden Power Ice, or Hidden Power Fire. Psychic lets it allows Nihilego to hit some Poison-type Pokemon like such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets helps it hit Water- and Flying-type Pokemon like such as Celesteela, and Mega Slowbro, and also Dazzling Gleam nets the KO on KommoO Kommo-o, Krookodile, and Hydreigon. Acid Spray is another option which can be used utilized to KO Mega Venusaur and Mega Slowbro. Hidden Power [Ice] for Hidden Power Ice can be utilized to cover Pokemon such as Landorus and Garchomp, and Hidden Power [Fire] Hidden Power Fire to cover Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana.

Set Details
=======

252 SpA Special Attack along with Choice Specs helps in KOing Max HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature helps it to outspeed max Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs is given to maximize its overall damage.

Usage Tips
=======

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Try to avoid sending it in against most Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them.

Team Options
=======

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Rock weaknesses. (This is the exact same paragraph as the one above for the other set. (???) If using it twice, the same edits apply)

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

Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. This can also serve as a counter to Curse Mimikyu, one of the most difficult things to crack in 1v1, which bulkier versions fail at serving. It could also use an Air Balloon to lure in Ground-type Pokemon like such as Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs.


Checks and Counters
=======

Ground-type Pokemon and coverage: Ground-type Pokemon like such as Zygarde also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like such as Dragonite or Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily since it's doubly weak to it.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Pokemon such as Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

Special Tanks: Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively.

Faster physical Pokemon: Almost all faster physical Pokemon like such as Durant, Archeops, (AC) and Kartana KO Nihilego with their respective STAB moves.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since they can endure one attack from Nihilego and KO back with their own.

Strong STAB Hitters: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, like such as Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

 

[edudittA]

Implemented the entirety of the AM QC except these:

1. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, (In my opinion there's no need to mention these Pokemon right here as it doesn't really add anything useful) [It is necessary to mention those since all these Pokemon beat the highlighted Nihilego set, and that Mega Heracross is a good option to cover all the mentioned ones.]
2. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing utilizing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X. [Choosing at tram preview, not utilizing in a battle, since the word utilizing finds Lesa contextual sense than choosing does.]

Thank you for AM GP on Nihilego :)

 

[deetah]

Implemented the entirety of the AM QC except these:

1. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, (In my opinion there's no need to mention these Pokemon right here as it doesn't really add anything useful) [It is necessary to mention those since all these Pokemon beat the highlighted Nihilego set, and that Mega Heracross is a good option to cover all the mentioned ones.]
2. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing utilizing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X. [Choosing at tram preview, not utilizing in a battle, since the word utilizing finds Lesa contextual sense than choosing does.]

[/SPOILER]

Thank you for AM GP on Nihilego :)[/QUOTE]

Ahh I see your point, originally found the first part rather confusing but it does make sense. Thanks for the clarification!

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Nihilego is capable of decimation both attacking (decimation implies killing, generally) and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame -Charizard major forces in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it This, when combined with Nihilego's high Speed stat that lets it just outspeed them, makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its Nihilego's formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Tapu Fini with appropriate investment. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Also, it can utilize Continental Crush to better counter opposing Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon. (old sentence implied the two z-moves were about equal in viability, which they aren't, as acid downpour is nowhere other than oo) Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with by using some investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. (is it really possible to sweep in 1v1) Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness to Ground , is largely made up of physical attacking Pokemon can be easily taken advantage of by many physical attackers. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to struggles against Steel-type Pokemon as well, most of which it can't KO due to lack of coverage its lack of strong coverage moves. Its Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion, (AC) and Earthquake Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Acid Spray Z Move + Z-Move
move 1: Acid Spray
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Power Gem
move 4: Sludge Wave / Mirror Coat
item: Rockium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 84 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
=======

Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well afflicted with Taunt. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Yawn users like Snorlax, Mega Blastoise, and Thunder Wave Togekiss which lets Nihilego more easily beat Pokemon like Thunder Wave Togekiss, Mirror Coat Mega Blastoise, and Yawn Snorlax. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless match-ups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, (keep comma) and other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, (RC) like Tapu Bulu and Whimsicott. Mirror Coat is also another an option, since it could help in beating some special attackers like Heatran and Choice Specs Genesect.

Set Details
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248 HP / 164 Defense EVs and 164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while 248 HP / 84 SpD EVs the investment in Special Defense lets allows it to live take a Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack stat to allow The remainder of the EVs go into Special Attack with a Modest nature, allowing Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizard variants of Mega Charizard X with Continental Crush. (MZY doesn't need cont. crush to get koed, i'm p sure it just loses to power gem) Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, (RC) which is required to take out Charizard. (redundant with the above)

Usage Tips
=======

Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall defensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing finish with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. (not on the set, should't be mentioned.) Try to avoid sending it Nihilego in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego it has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X. Keep in mind when deciding to use Nihilego against Mega Charizard X that variants of it with Earthquake or an Adamant nature can beat Nihilego.

Team Options
=======

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise for instance, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass-type weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic- and Steel-type weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy- and Fire-type weaknesses. entirely rewrite this; ping me when you do so and implement what is in the rest of this check so i can check this section and then stamp you

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam /Acid / Acid Spray
move 4: Hidden (added space) Power [Ice] Ice / Hidden Power [Fire] Fire
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

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[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Power Gem is a STAB Rock-type move is Nihilego's Rock-type STAB move, allowing it to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like Charizard, Blacephalon, Volcarona, and Incineroar, (AC) Mega Charizard X, Volcarona, and Mega Charizard Y. Sludge Wave is Nihilego's secondary STAB move to lets Nihilego beat Grass-, (RC) and Fairy-type Pokemon like the Guardian Deities, and Whimsicott and the Island Guardians. The last two moveslots can have any one of Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam, Hidden Power Ice, or Hidden Power Fire. (this is incorrect and unspecific) Nihilego's third moveslot can be tailored to what is needed for the team; Psychic lets Nihilego to hit some Poison-type Pokemon like Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets it hit Water- and Flying-type Pokemon like Celesteela, (RC) and Mega Slowbro, and Dazzling Gleam nets the KO on can be used to KO Kommo-o, Krookodile, and Hydreigon. Acid Spray is another option which that can be used utilized to KO beat Mega Venusaur and Mega Slowbro. Hidden Power Ice can be used to KO Landorus and Garchomp, while Hidden Power Fire can be used to cover Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana.

Set Details
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252 Special Attack along with Choice Specs helps in KOing Max EVs in conjunction with Choice Specs allow Nihilego to OHKO maximum HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature helps let it to outspeed max maximum Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs is given to maximize its maximizes Nihilego's overall damage output.

Usage Tips
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Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Try to avoid sending it in against most Steel-type Pokemon, (RC) because Nihilego has nothing to use against them aside from Thunderbolt and Hidden Power Fire.

Team Options
=======

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon with considerable physical bulk like Avalugg and Cloyster, (RC) which have considerable physical bulk, (RC) fit in very well with Nihilego as partners. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near almost a necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise for instance, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass-type weakness. Pokemon like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise that can beat them; these two are also good teammates because Nihilego can take care of Grass-types for them. Since Nihilego is weak to can struggle against Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types can be used to beat them. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could can also run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon Psychic and Steel makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic- and Steel-type weaknesses against, (AC) as it can beat Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, (keep comma) as it can beat Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, and Sturdy users, (AC) all of which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy- and Fire-type weaknesses. trouble Nihilego, and Nihilego can beat Fairy- and Fire-types to support Heracross in return.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. This can also serve as a counter to Curse Mimikyu, one of the most difficult things to crack in 1v1, which bulkier versions fail at serving. It can also alternatively It could also use an Air Balloon to lure in Ground-type Pokemon like Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs. As Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can viably run a faster spread with either Poisonium Z or Rockium Z to serve as a better check to Curse Mimikyu. However, this set is not bulky and relies on the Z-Move KOing the foe to be effective. Nihilego can also utilize an Air Balloon with a Modest nature and Hidden Power Ice to lure in Pokemon that use Ground-type moves, such as Mega Pinsir, Choice Band Dragonite, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T. However, the Air Balloon set is only useful as a lure and does not deal a lot of damage.

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Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Pokemon and coverage Coverage**: Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like Dragonite or and Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily since it's doubly weak to it due to its 4x weakness to Ground.

**Steel-type Pokemon**: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and its Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

**Special Tanks**: Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively deal heavy damage in return with their respective STAB attacks.

**Faster physical Pokemon Physical Attackers**: Almost all faster physical Pokemon attackers like Durant, Archeops, (AC) (remove ac keep comma) and Durant Kartana outspeed Nihilego and KO Nihilego it with their respective STAB moves.

**Sturdy Pokemon**: Common threats with Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, (RC) against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since; (ASC) Nihilego is disadvantaged against these Pokemon, as they can endure one attack from Nihilego it and KO back with their own it in return.

**Strong STAB Hitters Strong Super Effective Attackers**: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon like Mega Blastoise that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, (RC) like Mega Blastoise's such as Hydro Cannon.

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[deetah]

I see, sorry about that, was just trying to help out. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[edudittA]

add remove comments rewrite green stuff while implementing
please use the appropriate method to implement a gp check at spo.ink/gpvideo

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[OVERVIEW]

Nihilego is capable of decimation both attacking (decimation implies killing, generally) and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against a major force in the 1v1 metagame -Charizard major forces in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it This, when combined with Nihilego's high Speed stat that lets it just outspeed them, makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Its Nihilego's formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Tapu Fini with appropriate investment. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Also, it can utilize Continental Crush to better counter opposing Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon. (old sentence implied the two z-moves were about equal in viability, which they aren't, as acid downpour is nowhere other than oo) Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus with by using some investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. (is it really possible to sweep in 1v1) Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness to Ground , is largely made up of physical attacking Pokemon can be easily taken advantage of by many physical attackers. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it is weak to struggles against Steel-type Pokemon as well, most of which it can't KO due to lack of coverage its lack of strong coverage moves. Its Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion, (AC) and Earthquake Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Acid Spray Z Move + Z-Move
move 1: Acid Spray
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Power Gem
move 4: Sludge Wave / Mirror Coat
item: Rockium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 84 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well afflicted with Taunt. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Yawn users like Snorlax, Mega Blastoise, and Thunder Wave Togekiss which lets Nihilego more easily beat Pokemon like Thunder Wave Togekiss, Mirror Coat Mega Blastoise, and Yawn Snorlax. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless match-ups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, (keep comma) and other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, (RC) like Tapu Bulu and Whimsicott. Mirror Coat is also another an option, since it could help in beating some special attackers like Heatran and Choice Specs Genesect.

Set Details
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248 HP / 164 Defense EVs and 164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while 248 HP / 84 SpD EVs the investment in Special Defense lets allows it to live take a Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack stat to allow The remainder of the EVs go into Special Attack with a Modest nature, allowing Nihilego to take out all Mega Charizard variants of Mega Charizard X with Continental Crush. (MZY doesn't need cont. crush to get koed, i'm p sure it just loses to power gem) Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, (RC) which is required to take out Charizard. (redundant with the above)

Usage Tips
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Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall defensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing finish with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. (not on the set, should't be mentioned.) Try to avoid sending it Nihilego in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego it has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, while some others may be Adamant nature, this must be kept in mind before choosing this Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X. Keep in mind when deciding to use Nihilego against Mega Charizard X that variants of it with Earthquake or an Adamant nature can beat Nihilego.

Team Options
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Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Cloyster, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise for instance, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass-type weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic- and Steel-type weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy- and Fire-type weaknesses. entirely rewrite this; ping me when you do so and implement what is in the rest of this check so i can check this section and then stamp you

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam /Acid / Acid Spray
move 4: Hidden (added space) Power [Ice] Ice / Hidden Power [Fire] Fire
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

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[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Power Gem is a STAB Rock-type move is Nihilego's Rock-type STAB move, allowing it to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like Charizard, Blacephalon, Volcarona, and Incineroar, (AC) Mega Charizard X, Volcarona, and Mega Charizard Y. Sludge Wave is Nihilego's secondary STAB move to lets Nihilego beat Grass-, (RC) and Fairy-type Pokemon like the Guardian Deities, and Whimsicott and the Island Guardians. The last two moveslots can have any one of Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam, Hidden Power Ice, or Hidden Power Fire. (this is incorrect and unspecific) Nihilego's third moveslot can be tailored to what is needed for the team; Psychic lets Nihilego to hit some Poison-type Pokemon like Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets it hit Water- and Flying-type Pokemon like Celesteela, (RC) and Mega Slowbro, and Dazzling Gleam nets the KO on can be used to KO Kommo-o, Krookodile, and Hydreigon. Acid Spray is another option which that can be used utilized to KO beat Mega Venusaur and Mega Slowbro. Hidden Power Ice can be used to KO Landorus and Garchomp, while Hidden Power Fire can be used to cover Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana.

Set Details
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252 Special Attack along with Choice Specs helps in KOing Max EVs in conjunction with Choice Specs allow Nihilego to OHKO maximum HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature helps let it to outspeed max maximum Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs is given to maximize its maximizes Nihilego's overall damage output.

Usage Tips
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Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Try to avoid sending it in against most Steel-type Pokemon, (RC) because Nihilego has nothing to use against them aside from Thunderbolt and Hidden Power Fire.

Team Options
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Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon with considerable physical bulk like Avalugg and Cloyster, (RC) which have considerable physical bulk, (RC) fit in very well with Nihilego as partners. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near almost a necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise for instance, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass-type weakness. Pokemon like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise that can beat them; these two are also good teammates because Nihilego can take care of Grass-types for them. Since Nihilego is weak to can struggle against Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types can be used to beat them. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could can also run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon Psychic and Steel makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic- and Steel-type weaknesses against, (AC) as it can beat Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, (keep comma) as it can beat Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, and Sturdy users, (AC) all of which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy- and Fire-type weaknesses. trouble Nihilego, and Nihilego can beat Fairy- and Fire-types to support Heracross in return.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. This can also serve as a counter to Curse Mimikyu, one of the most difficult things to crack in 1v1, which bulkier versions fail at serving. It can also alternatively It could also use an Air Balloon to lure in Ground-type Pokemon like Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs. As Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can viably run a faster spread with either Poisonium Z or Rockium Z to serve as a better check to Curse Mimikyu. However, this set is not bulky and relies on the Z-Move KOing the foe to be effective. Nihilego can also utilize an Air Balloon with a Modest nature and Hidden Power Ice to lure in Pokemon that use Ground-type moves, such as Mega Pinsir, Choice Band Dragonite, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T. However, the Air Balloon set is only useful as a lure and does not deal a lot of damage.

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Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Pokemon and coverage Coverage**: Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like Dragonite or and Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily since it's doubly weak to it due to its 4x weakness to Ground.

**Steel-type Pokemon**: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and its Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

**Special Tanks**: Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock, and Waterfall respectively deal heavy damage in return with their respective STAB attacks.

**Faster physical Pokemon Physical Attackers**: Almost all faster physical Pokemon attackers like Durant, Archeops, (AC) (remove ac keep comma) and Durant Kartana outspeed Nihilego and KO Nihilego it with their respective STAB moves.

**Sturdy Pokemon**: Common threats with Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, (RC) against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since; (ASC) Nihilego is disadvantaged against these Pokemon, as they can endure one attack from Nihilego it and KO back with their own it in return.

**Strong STAB Hitters Strong Super Effective Attackers**: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon like Mega Blastoise that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, (RC) like Mega Blastoise's such as Hydro Cannon.

also why does nihilego have 248 hp evs instead of 252? please change it to 252 hp and edit set details accordingly if there's no point to it, there's not even such a thing as entry hazards in 1v1.

Implemented GP, and no double spaces like with Buzzwole. Thank you for GP....

 

[Eien]

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[OVERVIEW]

Nihilego is capable of both attacking and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good offensively against major forces in the 1v1 metagame, (RC) in Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y. This, when combined with Nihilego's high Speed stat that lets it just outspeed them, makes it a decent counter to those Pokemon. Nihilego's formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Tapu Fini with appropriate investment. Also, it Nihilego can utilize Continental Crush to better counter opposing Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon. Although it has base 47 Defense a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail physically and can tank Iron Tail from Haxorus by using some investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky attacker as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness to Ground can be easily taken advantage of by many physical attackers. Also, Nihilego's typing means that it struggles against Steel-type Pokemon as well, most of which it can't KO due to its lack of strong coverage moves. Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it (I don't really understand what this means. Can Nihilego partially wall all physical Pokemon faster than it? This should be reworded) like Durant,
Terrakion, (You have a random line break here. Remove it) and Earthquake Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Acid Spray + Z-Move
move 1: Acid Spray
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Power Gem
move 4: Sludge Wave / Mirror Coat
item: Rockium Z
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 164 Def / 12 SpA / 80 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being afflicted with Taunt. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, which lets Nihilego more easily beat Pokemon like Thunder Wave Togekiss, Mirror Coat Mega Blastoise, and Yawn Snorlax. It also helps in potentially tanking random, (RC) Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless unpredictable match-ups. Power Gem helps in defeating Mega Charizard Y, Mega Charizard X , (Remove the extra space before the comma here) and other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon like Tapu Bulu and Whimsicott. Mirror Coat is also an option, since it could help in beating some special attackers like Heatran and Choice Specs Genesect.

Set Details
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252 HP EVs and 164 Defense EVs allow Nihilego to tank a Zen Headbutt from Adamant Choice Scarf Victini and an Outrage from Mega Charizard X, while the 80 EVs investment in Special Defense lets it take a Psychic from Choice Specs Meloetta. The remainder of the EVs go into Special Attack and are used with a Modest nature, allowing Nihilego to take out all variants of Mega Charizard X with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush.

Usage Tips
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Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent out against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are defensive Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finish with Continental Crush. (Add a period) Try to avoid sending Nihilego in against Steel-type Pokemon, because it has nothing to use against them. Keep in mind when deciding to use Nihilego against Mega Charizard X that variants of it with Earthquake or an Adamant nature can beat Nihilego.

Team Options
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Nihilego cannot handle Ground-type attacks, so Mega Blastoise can be used as a teammate to counter Pokemon that usually carry Ground-type coverage moves, (AC) like Zygarde, Dragonite, Sturdy Pokemon like Donphan and Golem, and Ground-type Pokemon, with Nihilego covering Mega Blastoise's Grass-type weakness in return. Since Nihilego struggles against Steel-type Pokemon like Mega Metagross, Magearna, and Mega Mawile, Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde can be used as teammates; Nihilego can also cover Zygarde's Ice-type weakness. Nihilego can handle most Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, so Pokemon like Mega Heracross can be used to lure in these Pokemon, with Mega Heracross also defeating Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, Donphan, Golem, and Jumpluff for Nihilego. Some physically bulky Pokemon like Mega Aggron and Mega Slowbro can be used to help accomodate accommodate for Nihilego's poor physical bulk, and Nihilego can support them by being a special tank in return.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Acid Spray
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire (Discussed with DEG. These two should be switched because of move importance. If Hidden Power Ice and Hidden Power Fire are important enough that you should always have one or the other on Nihilego, then they are more important than the moves Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Acid Spray where you can have any of the four. You will want to reorder your Moves section sentences to reflect the new move 3/4 ordering.)
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Power Gem is is Nihilego's Rock-type STAB move, allowing it to KO Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon like Blacephalon, Incineroar, Mega Charizard X, Volcarona, and Mega Charizard Y. Sludge Wave lets Nihilego beat Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon like Whimsicott and the Island Guardians. Nihilego's third moveslot can be tailored to what is needed for the team; Psychic lets Nihilego hit some Poison-type Pokemon like Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Thunderbolt lets it hit Water- and Flying-type Pokemon like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro, and Dazzling Gleam can be used to KO Kommo-o, Krookodile, and Hydreigon. Acid Spray is another option that can be used to beat Mega Venusaur and Mega Slowbro. Hidden Power Ice can be used to KO Landorus-T, and Garchomp, while Hidden Power Fire can be used to cover Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and slower Kartana.

Set Details
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252 Special Attack EVs in conjunction with Choice Specs allow Nihilego to OHKO maximum HP Mega Charizard X. 252 Speed EVs along with Timid nature let it outspeed maximum Speed Garchomp. Choice Specs maximizes Nihilego's overall damage output.

Usage Tips
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Use Power Gem when Nihilego is up against Fire-type Pokemon like Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, Incineroar, Blacephalon and Volcarona, and use Sludge Wave when Nihilego is up against Fairy-type Pokemon like the Guardian Deities, Primarina, and Mega Gardevoir. If it's neutral damage, and if you have to choose, choose Sludge Wave as it has the higher Base Power. (Discussed with DEG. These sentences are not useful. Of course you use super effective STAB when you can and use the stronger move when they're both neutral.) Use Acid Spray when you are up against Special Defense-boosting (AH) passive Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Amnesia Deoxys-Speed. If you have Psychic and Acid Spray in the same set, always opt for Acid Spray against Mega Venusaur. If you have Dazzling Gleam or Psychic as one of the moves, make sure your team lures in Kommo-o or Naganadel depending on which move you have, as Nihilego KOs both the Pokemon. (Does this belong in Usage Tips instead of Team Options?) Also, Nihilego can be sent out on non-Choice Scarf Landorus-T, since Nihilego KOes Landorus-T with Hidden Power Ice.

Team Options
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Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground-type attacks make Ice-type Pokemon with considerable physical bulk like Avalugg and Cloyster fit in very well as partners. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it almost a necessity to have a Pokemon like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise that can beat them; these two are also good teammates because Nihilego can take care of Grass-types for them. Since Nihilego can struggle against Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana, (AC) which can also run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-types, (AC) and Mega Sceptile can be used to beat them. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it can also run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. (Discussed with DEG. If Mega Scpetile is clearly so much worse than Kartana, then it shouldn't be in the analysis.) Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic and Steel makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego, as it can beat Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate, as it can beat Jumpluff, Heatran, Mega Gyarados, and Sturdy users, all (Remove the double space before "all") of which trouble Nihilego, and Nihilego can beat Fairy- and Fire-types to support Mega Heracross in return.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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As Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can viably run a faster spread with either Poisonium Z or Rockium Z to serve as a better check to Curse Mimikyu. However, this set is not bulky and relies on the Z-Move KOing the foe to be effective. Nihilego can also utilize an Air Balloon with a Modest nature and Hidden Power Ice to lure in Pokemon that use Ground-type moves, such as Mega Pinsir, Choice Band Dragonite, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T. However, the Air Balloon set is only useful as a lure and does not deal a lot of damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Ground-type Pokemon like Zygarde check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego's STAB attacks. Also, Earthquake from Pokemon like Dragonite and Mega Pinsir can take out Nihilego very easily due to its 4x weakness to Ground.

**Steel-type Pokemon**: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and its Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

**Special Tanks**: Necrozma and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and deal heavy damage in return with their respective STAB attacks.

**Faster Physical Attackers**: Almost all faster physical attackers like Durant, Archeops, and Kartana outspeed Nihilego and KO it with their respective STAB moves.

**Sturdy Pokemon**: Common threats with Sturdy in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle; Nihilego is disadvantaged against these Pokemon, as they can endure one attack from it and KO it in return.

**Strong Super Effective Attackers**: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon like Mega Blastoise that can survive its attacks and return retaliate with strong super effective STAB attacks such as Hydro Cannon.

Please make sure to be extra careful about your spacing when implementing this check. Please watch the video Cake linked you on how to implement checks easily and correctly.
GP 2/2

 

[edudittA]

Implemented GP except for these parts

Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it (I don't really understand what this means. Can Nihilego partially wall all physical Pokemon faster than it? This should be reworded) like Durant, Terrakion, and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. (I was meaning to write that while it can some physical attacks, it can't tank stronger physical attacks...)

If you have Dazzling Gleam or Psychic as one of the moves, make sure you bring Nihilego in against Kommo-o or Naganadel depending on which move you have, as Nihilego KOs both the Pokemon. (Does this belong in Usage Tips instead of Team Options?)(I have reworded this a bit, is this all right now?)

 

[Eien]

Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it (I don't really understand what this means. Can Nihilego partially wall all physical Pokemon faster than it? This should be reworded) like Durant, Terrakion, and Earthquake Mega Pinsir. (I was meaning to write that while it can some physical attacks, it can't tank stronger physical attacks...)

That's fine, but say so if that's what you mean to say: "Nihilego's low Defense stat also means that it can't tank stronger physical attacks from Pokemon faster than it like Durant, Terrakion, and Earthquake Mega Pinsir."

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Acid Spray

item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Remove this line break that got added. It should look like this:
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Power Gem
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Psychic / Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Acid Spray
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Use Acid Spray when you are up against Special Defense-boosting passive Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, Amnesia Mega Venusaur, and Amnesia Deoxys-S. If you have Psychic and Acid Spray in the same set, always opt for Acid Spray against Mega Venusaur. If you have Dazzling Gleam or Psychic as one of the moves, make sure you bring Nihilego in against Kommo-o or Naganadel depending on which move you have, as Nihilego KOs both the Pokemon. (Does this belong in Usage Tips instead of Team Options?)(I have reworded this a bit, is this all right now?)Also, Nihilego can be sent out on non-Choice Scarf Landorus-T, since Nihilego KOes Landorus-T with Hidden Power Ice.

I would word that sentence like this: "Make sure to bring Nihilego in against threats like Kommo-o and Naganadel that it can KO depending on whether it has Dazzling Gleam or Psychic as a coverage move."

Make those changes and be very careful about your spacing and you can count this as GP 2/2.

 

[edudittA]

Implemented 3 QCs and 2 GPs. Tagging DEG E4 Flint Chloe Uselesscrab to upload

 

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