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GG Offensive Eternatus [DONE]

Wes8888

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[SET]
Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Dragon / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast
- Meteor Beam / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Eternatus leverages its amazing Special Attack and Speed to form devastating offensive cores with the receivers of those two stats. After boosting its Special Attack with Meteor Beam, Eternatus can tear through weakened teams with its strong STAB combination and good coverage. Dynamax Cannon is a reliable STAB move that will deal great damage to most neutral targets. Sludge Bomb hits Fairy-types such as Clefable, Primarina, and Arceus-Fairy, which are immune to Dynamax Cannon. Fire Blast is super effective against Steel-types like Necrozma-DM, Excadrill, and Iron Treads, which resist Eternatus's STAB moves. Meteor Beam offers super effective coverage against various Fire- and Flying-types and gives Eternatus a power boost for the rest of its moves. Tera Dragon allows Eternatus to survive Earthquake from the likes of defensive Great Tusk and defensive Landorus-T and boosts the power of Dynamax Cannon, allowing it to OHKO the Urshifu formes and 2HKO offensive Great Tusk that received a base Special Defense stat up to 130 at +0. Alternatively, Tera Fire allows Fire Blast to OHKO the aforementioned Steel-types after a Meteor Beam boost. A set with Life Orb and Recover over Meteor Beam offers Eternatus more longevity compared to Power Herb sets. Power Herb sets, however, allow Eternatus to use Meteor Beam immediately without taking damage from Life Orb, but Eternatus can only do this once before switching out.

Eternatus has one of the highest Speed stats of any god in the metagame, making it a great donor for receivers like Iron Hands, Urshifu-S, and Landorus-T, which all give special walls a hard time. Eternatus also possesses exceptional Special Attack, which is great for fast attackers like Hisuian Electrode and Greninja or setup sweepers like Nasty Plot Landorus and Calm Mind Comfey, which, in tandem with Eternatus, can overwhelm special walls. Eternatus also possesses a massive HP stat, which can be utilized to great effect by defensive teammates like Rotom-W, Skarmory, and Sinistcha. Setup sweepers like Iron Defense Zamazenta, Calm Mind Iron Crown, and Nasty Plot Darkrai can also use the extra HP to set up more easily. Eternatus struggles to break through walls that can weather its STAB moves and don't care about Fire Blast such as Ting-Lu, Heatran, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking, so teammates that pressure these Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, as well as the aforementioned Landorus and Iron Hands, are extremely appreciated. Finally, Eternatus appreciates entry hazards from the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, and Landorus-T to help it get KOs more easily.

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[SET]
Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[Nature] Timid
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast
- Meteor Beam / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Eternatus leverages its amazing Special Attack and Speed to form devastating offensive cores with the receivers of those two stats. After boosting its Special Attack with Meteor Beam, Eternatus can tear through weakened teams with its strong STAB combo and good coverage. Dynamax Cannon is a high power, reliable STAB move that will deal great damage to most neutral targets. Sludge Bomb hits Fairy-types such as Clefable, Primarina, and Arceus-Fairy that are immune to Dynamax Cannon. Fire Blast is super effective against Steel-types like Necrozma-DM, Excadrill, and Iron Treads who resist Eternatus's STAB moves. Meteor Beam offers super effective coverage against various Fire- and Flying-types and gives Eternatus a power boost for the rest of its moves. Tera Fire allows Fire Blast to 2HKO Steel-types like Iron Treads and Excadrill rather than 3HKO them, and even OHKO the aforementioned Steel-types after a Meteor Beam boost. Life Orb can be used instead of Power Herb for immediate power that doesn't go away upon switching out. If using Life Orb, Eternatus should replace Meteor Beam with Recover to heal off Life Orb chip. These two sentences feel a little awkward, Lorb + Recover also just gives Etern a little more longevity.

Eternatus has one of the highest Speed stats of any god in the metagame, making it a great donor for physical attacking Speed receivers while this is mostly true I think this can lead to some misconceptions, since mons like Reuniclus are still nice to have for speed (especially for the likes of tusk) like Iron Hands, Urshifu-S, Ogerpon-W, surely speed woger is not the play and Landorus-T, all of whom can pressure some of Eternatus's checks like Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, Assault Vest Slowking-Galar, Assault Vest Iron Treads, and Heatran, to name a few feels repetitive with later sentence talking about teammates that help break etern's checks - maybe you can still say something like "physical mons help with special walls" or something like that - but again, mons like reuni can still help. Eternatus also possesses exceptional Special Attack, which is great for fast attackers like Hisuian Electrode and Greninja, or set-up sweepers like Nasty Plot Landorus and Calm Mind Comfey, and Double Dance Galarian Moltres, who, in tandem with Eternatus, can overwhelm opposing Specially Defense walls. Eternatus also possesses a massive HP stat, which can be utilized to great effect by defensive teammates like Rotom-W, Skarmory, and Heatran Sinistcha not sure how, but you could also work in ideas like ceruledge, but that isn't really defensive so idk how to word it. Eternatus struggles to break through walls that can weather its STAB moves and don't care about Fire Blast such as Dondozo Ting-Lu, Heatran, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking, so teammates that pressure these Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, as well as the aforementioned Landorus-T and Great Tusk Iron Hands I think it cannot be stressed how good of a teammate Iron Hands is for Etern help Eternatus to break down defensive cores are extremely appreciated. Eternatus's damage can come up slightly short when facing Pokemon receiving very high Special Defense generalize to specially defensive pokemon, av glowking/heatran don't recive spdef most of the time, so entry hazard setters such as Great Tusk, Skarmory, and Landorus-T can help Eternatus make up the difference. Offensive Eternatus, while bulky by virtue of its high HP, still prefers to preserve its health before sweeping, so pivots like Hisuian Electrode, Rotom-W, and Landorus-T are very helpful. I don't really agree with this, especially when you bring up offensive pivots like helec. I don't think etern benefits from pivots any more than an average pokemon so this is more of a general idea. Especially for recover variants, you really don't need pivots - etern teams often end up with them bc of frail mon in spatk tho.

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implement then ping me on discord for recheck, then ill give 1/2
 
[SET]
Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Dragon / Fire Smogon sample set is a little bit outdated and tera dragon is a lot better now than it was back when they were made, the boost to dmax cannon and removing the ground weakness is v important
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[Nature] Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast
- Meteor Beam / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Eternatus leverages its amazing Special Attack and Speed to form devastating offensive cores with the receivers of those two stats. After boosting its Special Attack with Meteor Beam, Eternatus can tear through weakened teams with its strong STAB combo and good coverage. Dynamax Cannon is a high (base power?) reliable STAB move that will deal great damage to most neutral targets. Sludge Bomb hits Fairy-types such as Clefable, Primarina, and Arceus-Fairy that are immune to Dynamax Cannon. Fire Blast is super effective against Steel-types like Necrozma-DM, Excadrill, and Iron Treads who resist Eternatus's STAB moves. Meteor Beam offers super effective coverage against various Fire- and Flying-types and gives Eternatus a power boost for the rest of its moves. Explain Tera dragon (doesn't have to be especially much, since the main use is powering up dmax cannon to reach more ohkoes / 2hitkoes) Tera Fire allows Fire Blast to OHKO the aforementioned Steel-types after a Meteor Beam boost. A set with Life Orb and Recover over Meteor Beam offers Eternatus more longevity compared to Power Herb sets.

Eternatus has one of the highest Speed stats of any god in the metagame, making it a great donor for receivers like Iron Hands, Urshifu-S, and Landorus-T, who all give Special walls a hard time. Eternatus also posseses exceptional Special Attack, which is great for fast attackers like Hisuian Electrode and Greninja, or set-up sweepers like Nasty Plot Landorus and Calm Mind Comfey, who, in tandem with Eternatus, can overwhelm opposing Specially Defense walls. Eternatus also posseses a massive HP stat, which can be utilized to great effect by defensive teammates like Rotom-W, Skarmory, and Sinistcha. Could also mention how the hp boost gives a great benefit to offensive teammates as well, such as id zamazenta, cm iron crown, and np darkrai, to help them set up. Eternatus struggles to break through walls that can weather its STAB moves and don't care about Fire Blast such as Ting-Lu, Heatran, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking, so teammates that pressure these Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, as well as the aforementioned Landorus and Iron Hands are extremely appreciated. Eternatus's damage can come up slightly short when facing specially defensive Pokemon, first part of this sentence sounds a little... off? since you wrote something very similar in the previous sentence. I'd just write something like "eternatus appreciates hazards from x,y, and z that help wear down its aformentioned special checks so entry hazard setters such as Great Tusk, Skarmory, and Landorus-T can help Eternatus make up the difference.

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QC 2/2, extremely well-written!
 
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[SET]
Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Dragon / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast
- Meteor Beam / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Eternatus leverages its amazing Special Attack and Speed to form devastating offensive cores with the receivers of those two stats. After boosting its Special Attack with Meteor Beam, Eternatus can tear through weakened teams with its strong STAB combo combination and good coverage. Dynamax Cannon is a reliable STAB move that will deal great damage to most neutral targets. Sludge Bomb hits Fairy-types such as Clefable, Primarina, and Arceus-Fairy, (AC) which that are immune to Dynamax Cannon. Fire Blast is super effective against Steel-types like Necrozma-DM, Excadrill, and Iron Treads, (AC) which who resist Eternatus's STAB moves. Meteor Beam offers super effective coverage against various Fire- and Flying-types and gives Eternatus a power boost for the rest of its moves. Tera Dragon removes Eternatus's Ground-type weakness (I suggest replacing this part with at least one Ground-type move that Eternatus can survive with the new typing.) and boosts the power of Dynamax Cannon, allowing it to OHKO Urshifu and 2HKO offensive Great Tusk at +0. Alternatively, Tera Fire allows Fire Blast to OHKO the aforementioned Steel-types after a Meteor Beam boost. A set with Life Orb and Recover over Meteor Beam offers Eternatus more longevity compared to Power Herb sets.

Eternatus has one of the highest Speed stats of any god in the metagame, making it a great donor for receivers like Iron Hands, Urshifu-S, and Landorus-T, who which all give special walls a hard time. Eternatus also posseses possesses exceptional Special Attack, which is great for fast attackers like Hisuian Electrode and Greninja (RC) or set-up setup sweepers like Nasty Plot Landorus and Calm Mind Comfey, who which, in tandem with Eternatus, can overwhelm opposing Specially Defense special walls. Eternatus also posseses possesses a massive HP stat, which can be utilized to great effect by defensive teammates like Rotom-W, Skarmory, and Sinistcha. Setup sweepers like Iron Defense Zamazenta, Calm Mind Iron Crown, and Nasty Plot Darkrai can also use the extra HP to set up more easily. Eternatus struggles to break through walls that can weather its STAB moves and don't care about Fire Blast such as Ting-Lu, Heatran, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking, so teammates that pressure these Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, as well as the aforementioned Landorus and Iron Hands, (AC) are extremely appreciated. Finally, Eternatus appreciates entry hazards from the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, and Landorus-T to help it get KOs more easily.

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I'd like to check this one more time after the check has been addressed.

GP Check 1/1

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oh, 1 thing I missed in the QC:
"Tera Dragon removes Eternatus's Ground-type weakness and boosts the power of Dynamax Cannon, allowing it to OHKO Urshifu and 2HKO Offensive Great Tusk at +0."

great tusk sets have different amounts of spdef depending on the god, so write something along the lines that it 2hkos all offensive great tusk that recieve up to a 130 (ice rider) spdef base stat (i.e. ho-oh and lugia tusks aren't 2hkoed.
252 SpA Tera Dragon Eternatus Dynamax Cannon vs. (130 spdef) 0 HP / 4 SpD Great Tusk: 190-224 (51.2 - 60.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
 
Wes8888 I noticed that some changes from my previous check haven't been implemented, so I put them down again in this check with my reasoning in comments. For future GP checks, please make sure that all the changes have been implemented. If you have any questions regarding a change, please ask the GP checker.

[SET]
Offensive (Eternatus) @ Power Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Tera Type: Dragon / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast
- Meteor Beam / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Offensive Eternatus leverages its amazing Special Attack and Speed to form devastating offensive cores with the receivers of those two stats. After boosting its Special Attack with Meteor Beam, Eternatus can tear through weakened teams with its strong STAB combination and good coverage. Dynamax Cannon is a reliable STAB move that will deal great damage to most neutral targets. Sludge Bomb hits Fairy-types such as Clefable, Primarina, and Arceus-Fairy, that which (Saying "Fairy-types... that are immune to Dynamax Cannon" doesn't make sense because all Fairy-types are immune to it.) are immune to Dynamax Cannon. Fire Blast is super effective against Steel-types like Necrozma-DM, Excadrill, and Iron Treads, (AC) which who (this is a similar case with Fairy-types vs. Dynamax Cannon) resist Eternatus's STAB moves. Meteor Beam offers super effective coverage against various Fire- and Flying-types and gives Eternatus a power boost for the rest of its moves. Tera Dragon removes Eternatus's Ground-type weakness, (dex info) allowing it allows Eternatus to survive Earthquake from the likes of defensive Great Tusk and defensive Landorus-T (RC) and boosts the power of Dynamax Cannon, allowing it to OHKO the Urshifu formes (I'm assuming you're referring to both formes here; otherwise, elaborate the specific forme.) and 2HKO offensive (set names need to be written in lowercase in paragraphs) Great Tusk receiving that received a base Special Defense stat up to 130 at +0. Alternatively, Tera Fire allows Fire Blast to OHKO the aforementioned Steel-types after a Meteor Beam boost. A set with Life Orb and Recover over Meteor Beam offers Eternatus more longevity compared to Power Herb sets. (Make a mention of Power Herb somewhere because it's the only part of the set that hasn't been touched upon.)

Eternatus has one of the highest Speed stats of any god in the metagame, making it a great donor for receivers like Iron Hands, Urshifu-S, and Landorus-T, which all give special ("special" isn't capitalized) walls a hard time. Eternatus also possesses exceptional Special Attack, which is great for fast attackers like Hisuian Electrode and Greninja or setup sweepers like Nasty Plot Landorus and Calm Mind Comfey, which, in tandem with Eternatus, can overwhelm opposing Specially Defense special (In most cases like these, "opposing" generally doesn't need to be stated when referring to opposing Pokemon. If a Pokemon is a wall, then it's implied to be defensive by default.) walls. Eternatus also posseses possesses (typo) a massive HP stat, which can be utilized to great effect by defensive teammates like Rotom-W, Skarmory, and Sinistcha. Setup sweepers like Iron Defense Zamazenta, Calm Mind Iron Crown, and Nasty Plot Darkrai can also use the extra HP to set up more easily. Eternatus struggles to break through walls that can weather its STAB moves and don't care about Fire Blast such as Ting-Lu, Heatran, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowking, so teammates that pressure these Pokemon like Ogerpon-W, as well as the aforementioned Landorus and Iron Hands, are extremely appreciated. Finally, Eternatus appreciates entry hazards from the likes of Great Tusk, Skarmory, and Landorus-T to help it get KOs more easily.

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Written by:
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