OU Paradox INC. presents Calm Mind Iron Crown

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[SET]
Calm Mind (Iron Crown) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock / Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast


[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner. Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing Iron Crown to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Glimmora and Ribombee, giving it an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies entry hazards. Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break Substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it; it can break Zamazenta’s Substitute after one Calm Mind and Kyurem’s without any Calm Mind boosts. After one Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem and a good chance to KO offensive Landorus-T; it also secures a 2HKO against defensive Landorus-T variants while not being 2HKOed by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB move depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the lower Defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Iron Crown. Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall; however, it requires several turns of setup and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast complements Iron Crown's STAB combination by providing excellent neutral and super effective coverage against everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Iron Crown's best way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV spread maximizes Iron Crown's offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance its Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably allowing Iron Crown to survive a Choice Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fighting and Tera Fairy remove Iron Crown's original weaknesses, most notably both turning its weakness to Dark-type moves such as Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott’s Sucker Punch into a resistance to give it an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, OHKOing Darkrai 2HKOing on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type that, unlike Tera Fighting, gives it fewer weaknesses. It only takes neutral damage from Dragon Dance Roaring Moon’s standard moves and survives every hit from it even after a Dragon Dance with the Protosynthesis boost. It also further improves Iron Crown’s matchups against Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Dragapult by turning the Dragon resistance into an immunity.

Calm Mind Iron Crown best fits on offense teams that appreciate its unique traits as a sweeper. Due to its low initial damage output, Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-Lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo, which require significant chip damage for it to break through them. Teammates such as Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W significantly threaten these bulky foes, and in return, Iron Crown can deal with Kyurem and Rillaboom. Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats, many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown such as Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, Landorus-T, and Kingambit; they can either force a Tera or outright KO Iron Crown. Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth also resist Tachyon Cutter and threaten a clean 2HKO on Iron Crown. As such, Iron Crown appreciates pivots such as Pecharunt, which walls Ogerpon-W and weakens it with Parting Shot, and Alomomola, which can take hits from Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, and other physical threats and threaten a burn with Scald to enable Iron Crown set up on them. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. Because of this, Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon, that can deal with its checks; in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus, Hatterene, and Great Tusk. Hisuian Samurott and Great Tusk also set entry hazards to accumulate chip damage, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allow Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected.



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please implement these carefully, tag me when done for another look
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[SET]
Iron Crown @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock/Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner on various offense teams. Tachyon Cutter is a standard STAB move that has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Ribombee and Glimmora completely frying bee and glimm from lead without allowing hazards is one appealing point of +speed crown and also allowing it to break substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it prior. talk more about what +1 tachyon does to things: you ohko lando after rocks, 2HKO glowking, enables the oneshot on kyurem Psyshock and Psychic Noise both weaken special walls such as Clodsire and Blissey. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the squishier defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, Blissey, Clodsire, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Crown. tweaked the psynoise/psyshock passage because psynoise is obviously very useful but vs bliss and clod you just want shock instead Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however it is weak initially, requires several turns of setup, and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo, while Focus Blast is unreliable it is somewhat offset by the extra special bulk provided by Calm Mind and is additionally Crown's only way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV specifications of 84 HP/172 SpA/252 Speed with a Timid nature maximize offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Iron Crown's typing is solid however it is vulnerable to the common Fire, Ground, Ghost, and Dark Moves in the OU metagame, as such dex info Tera Fairy and Tera Fighting allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses and have an easier time sweeping. With Tera Fighting Focus Blast, Iron Crown resists Dark and discards several weaknesses. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type, allowing it to be neutral to Roaring Moon's Acrobatics after Tera and the Poison and Steel Pokemon that threaten you are covered by Psychic Noise/Psyshock and Focus Blast respectively. tera fairy is a generally useful defensive type: dark resist (darkrai, moon), complete dragon immunity (pult, bolt)


However, despite these enticing qualities, Iron Crown is far from a standalone sweeper. Due to the reduced initial damage output Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo. ghold in particular walls you to hell Even with good bulk Iron Crown requires Tera to escape its several weaknesses. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, and Roaring Moon: in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott also sets Spikes to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allows Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected. Overall, while needing a fair bit of support, Calm Mind Iron Crown offers a unique sweeper that is a unique blend of speed, flexibility, and utility that many offense teams will appreciate.
you're missing a lot of offensive threats to crown. moon survives unboosted focus blast and boosts up on you, samurott (esp AV) gets up a ton of layers and again you have to rely on focus blast, moth resists tachyon/outspeeds/revenge kills, gambit sucker can OHKO you with 2 or more fallen, wellspring resists tachyon/can pop +1 spdef at will/cleanly 2HKOs with cudgel. the aforementioned tusk rott moon are good companions to help handle these: zama also useful
in terms of teammates you need to mention pivots like alomomola and lando who provide crown an easy entry point and a decent physdef bulwark. these also both help vs moth. dragapult also worth mentioning as a more offensive pivot companion who also beats gholdengo



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alright, just ping me for one last look at the second paragraph and that's 1/2! sorry about the delay
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[SET]
Iron Crown @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock/Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner on various offense teams. Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Ribombee and Glimmora giving Iron Crown an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies hazards, Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it. After 1 Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem, a good chance to kill offensive Landorus-T, and even against defensive variants secures a 2HKO while not being 2HKO’d by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the squishier defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, Blissey, Clodsire, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Crown. Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however, it is weak initially, redundant with the next phrase requires several turns of setup, and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Crown's only way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV specifications of 84 HP/172 SpA/252 Speed with a Timid nature maximize offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fairy and Tera Fighting allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses and have an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type, granting turning a Dark Weakness into a resistance versus Darkrai, Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott and a Dragon immunity which can be useful against Raging Bolt, Dragapult, and Walking Wake. I would rephrase this to say that tera fairy allows it to continue checking dragon-types like bolt/pult/wake: the advantage here over fighting is that fighting makes you neutral, fairy keeps your resistance (makes it immune). the other advantage of fairy is being neutral to moon's acrobatics and surviving it even at booster +1, where if you turn fighting you just die to it

However, despite these enticing qualities, Iron Crown is far from a standalone sweeper. Due to the reduced initial damage output Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo. Gholdengo in particular is Crown’s biggest roadblock, I would hesitate to call it the singular biggest roadblock - lu also just stops your sweep unless you're boosted to hell - you could probably just call it a major roadblock. lu similarly eats everything save for a boosted focus blast and either kills you outright or just whirlwinds you out as it shrugs off all of Crown’s moves and threatens a 2HKO with Shadow Ball without any Calm Mind boosts. Even with good bulk, Iron Crown requires Tera to escape several weaknesses. this sentence is kind of floating without context and needs examples: it needs to tera to consistently beat dark-types like samurott or ground-types like lando Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown, such as Roaring Moon, which tanks a Focus Blast giving it a free Dragon Dance, Hisiuan-Samurott which especially with Assault Vest gets several opportunities to use Ceaseless Edge, Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth who can cleanly 2HKO you with Ivy Cudgel and Fiery Dance respectively and punish Psychic Noise over Psyshock since Psychic Noise misses out on a roll to 2HKO with Ogerpon-W and an almost guaranteed OHKO on Iron Moth, and lastly, Kingambit who will usually OHKO Iron Crown with Sucker Punch with only 2 Supreme Overlord boosts and will always KO with 4 Supreme Overlord Boosts. compress this whole passage into two sections. dark-types like moon, gambit, samurott threaten to KO you and force you to use the unreliable focus blast. [the details on gambit's overlord boosts are probably excessive info.] crown is also checked offensively by wellspring and moth, who resist tachyon cutter and cleanly 2HKO you back. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon: in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott also sets Spikes to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allows Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected. Another synergy Iron Crown has is with Pivots such as Alomomola Landorus-T. Pecharunt, and Dragapult. The first 3 are physically defensive Pivots who are difficult to kill and cover different difficult matchups for Crown, Landorus-T has Stealth Rock and has a good offensive presence that threatens Iron Moth and Kingambit, Alomomola is a slow pivot who can use Flip Turn on Iron Moth allowing Psychic Noise to kill after the damage from Flip Turn, this is probably too specific of an interaction to highlight here and also offers Scald which can turn almost any physical wall attacker into setup fodder with a burn, lastly, Pecharunt offers powerful status spreading with Malignant Chain and Parting Shot weakens the opponent for more setup opportunities for Iron Crown to capitalize on. Dragapult is unique from the other 3 mentioned Pivots as it’s fast, threatens Gholdengo offensively. with offensive sets, and spreads status on standard Pivot sets. the status isn't entirely relevant to discuss here Overall, while needing a fair bit of support, Calm Mind Iron Crown offers a unique sweeper that is a unique blend of speed, flexibility, and utility that many offense teams will appreciate.



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kd458 said:
GrimtheImpy Hi, can this be implemented by next weekend? We're happy to make extensions over the holidays in case you're really busy, just let us know!
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Hey apologies, I have so many school assignments to finish up(Agriculture in particular is kicking my ass) and I am going to Egypt for Christmas until the 5th so I won't a ton of time to do it, I'll see what I can do after Agriculture paper and before my trips but if ever could you give me an extension. Thanks.
 
GrimtheImpy said:
Hey apologies, I have so many school assignments to finish up(Agriculture in particular is kicking my ass) and I am going to Egypt for Christmas until the 5th so I won't a ton of time to do it, I'll see what I can do after Agriculture paper and before my trips but if ever could you give me an extension. Thanks.
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Hey GrimtheImpy, how are things going, hope you had a good trip! Would you be able to implement the checks on both this and AV Slither Wing this week, aiming for this Friday if doable?
 
kd458 said:
Hey GrimtheImpy, how are things going, hope you had a good trip! Would you be able to implement the checks on both this and AV Slither Wing this week, aiming for this Friday if doable?
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Sounds good, I'll get to it soon since I have actual free time now, thanks for the extension
 
ninth said:
alright, just ping me for one last look at the second paragraph and that's 1/2! sorry about the delay
add remove comment highlight [yeah i changed my colors to become gp pilled my bad]
[SET]
Iron Crown @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock/Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner on various offense teams. Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Ribombee and Glimmora giving Iron Crown an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies hazards, Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it. After 1 Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem, a good chance to kill offensive Landorus-T, and even against defensive variants secures a 2HKO while not being 2HKO’d by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the squishier defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, Blissey, Clodsire, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Crown. Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however, it is weak initially, redundant with the next phrase requires several turns of setup, and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Crown's only way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV specifications of 84 HP/172 SpA/252 Speed with a Timid nature maximize offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fairy and Tera Fighting allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses and have an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type, granting turning a Dark Weakness into a resistance versus Darkrai, Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott and a Dragon immunity which can be useful against Raging Bolt, Dragapult, and Walking Wake. I would rephrase this to say that tera fairy allows it to continue checking dragon-types like bolt/pult/wake: the advantage here over fighting is that fighting makes you neutral, fairy keeps your resistance (makes it immune). the other advantage of fairy is being neutral to moon's acrobatics and surviving it even at booster +1, where if you turn fighting you just die to it

However, despite these enticing qualities, Iron Crown is far from a standalone sweeper. Due to the reduced initial damage output Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo. Gholdengo in particular is Crown’s biggest roadblock, I would hesitate to call it the singular biggest roadblock - lu also just stops your sweep unless you're boosted to hell - you could probably just call it a major roadblock. lu similarly eats everything save for a boosted focus blast and either kills you outright or just whirlwinds you out as it shrugs off all of Crown’s moves and threatens a 2HKO with Shadow Ball without any Calm Mind boosts. Even with good bulk, Iron Crown requires Tera to escape several weaknesses. this sentence is kind of floating without context and needs examples: it needs to tera to consistently beat dark-types like samurott or ground-types like lando Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown, such as Roaring Moon, which tanks a Focus Blast giving it a free Dragon Dance, Hisiuan-Samurott which especially with Assault Vest gets several opportunities to use Ceaseless Edge, Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth who can cleanly 2HKO you with Ivy Cudgel and Fiery Dance respectively and punish Psychic Noise over Psyshock since Psychic Noise misses out on a roll to 2HKO with Ogerpon-W and an almost guaranteed OHKO on Iron Moth, and lastly, Kingambit who will usually OHKO Iron Crown with Sucker Punch with only 2 Supreme Overlord boosts and will always KO with 4 Supreme Overlord Boosts. compress this whole passage into two sections. dark-types like moon, gambit, samurott threaten to KO you and force you to use the unreliable focus blast. [the details on gambit's overlord boosts are probably excessive info.] crown is also checked offensively by wellspring and moth, who resist tachyon cutter and cleanly 2HKO you back. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon: in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott also sets Spikes to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allows Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected. Another synergy Iron Crown has is with Pivots such as Alomomola Landorus-T. Pecharunt, and Dragapult. The first 3 are physically defensive Pivots who are difficult to kill and cover different difficult matchups for Crown, Landorus-T has Stealth Rock and has a good offensive presence that threatens Iron Moth and Kingambit, Alomomola is a slow pivot who can use Flip Turn on Iron Moth allowing Psychic Noise to kill after the damage from Flip Turn, this is probably too specific of an interaction to highlight here and also offers Scald which can turn almost any physical wall attacker into setup fodder with a burn, lastly, Pecharunt offers powerful status spreading with Malignant Chain and Parting Shot weakens the opponent for more setup opportunities for Iron Crown to capitalize on. Dragapult is unique from the other 3 mentioned Pivots as it’s fast, threatens Gholdengo offensively. with offensive sets, and spreads status on standard Pivot sets. the status isn't entirely relevant to discuss here Overall, while needing a fair bit of support, Calm Mind Iron Crown offers a unique sweeper that is a unique blend of speed, flexibility, and utility that many offense teams will appreciate.



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Ninth Ok I implemented stuff sorry for taking so long on this one I hope it looks good enough
 
lmk when this is implemented and I'll look agan, be careful with the set formatting changes - implement those on slither wing as well
[SET]
Calm Mind (Iron Crown) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting (space) / (space) Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock (space) / (space) Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner on various offense teams. Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Ribombee and Glimmora (ribombee has fallen off quite a bit so would mention glimm first) giving Iron Crown an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies hazards, Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it. (give some examples of sub mons that this is relevant for in ou to avoid the sentence being dex info) After 1 Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem, a good chance to kill offensive Landorus-T, and even against defensive variants secures a 2HKO while not being 2HKO’d by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the squishier lower (not really clear / casual) defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, Blissey, Clodsire, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Iron Crown (the whole name has to be written out every time, use ctrl + f for 'crown' to check for them). Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however, it requires several turns of setup and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super-effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Crown's only best (only isn't correct because ting-lu is neutral to steel) way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV specifications of 84 HP/172 SpA/252 Speed with a Timid nature maximize spread maximizes (you don't need to restate the whole spred here because it's in the set import) offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fairy Fighting and Tera Fighting Fairy (follow the order of the set) allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses and have an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type that, unlike Tera Fighting, gives it less weaknesses such as taking only neutral damage from Dragon Dance Roaring Moon’s standard moves and living every hit even after a 1 Dragon Dance with the Protosynthesis boost. It also further improves Iron Crown’s matchups against Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Dragapult turning the Dragon resistance into an immunity. (ninth's check saidto mention dark-types specifically, and stuff like kingambit's sucker is big with iron crown teras. you can mention the dark resistance part with both teras because they both do that, then say tera fighting does offensive things as well whereas tera fairy does more defensive things like dragon immunity)

However, despite these enticing qualities, Iron Crown is far from a standalone sweeper (this is just fluff - every pokemon needs a team. what you can do is start this paragraph talking about the types of teams that iron crown fits on so a reader knows not to build iron crown stall for example) Due to the reduced its low (it's not reduced because nothing goes down, it just doesn't go up) initial damage output Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-Lu (capitalsie the L), Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo. Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats, many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown such as Roaring Moon, Hisuian-Samurott Hisuian Samurott (this doesn't have a hyphen), Landorus-T, and Kingambit who can either force a Tera or outright KO Iron Crown. Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth also resist Tachyon Cutter and threaten a clean 2HKO on Iron Crown. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon: in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott also sets Spikes to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allows Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected. Another synergy Iron Crown has is with Pivots such as Alomomola Landorus-T. Pecharunt, and Dragapult. The first 3 are physically defensive Pivots who are difficult to kill and cover different difficult matchups for Crown, Landorus-T has Stealth Rock and has a good offensive presence that threatens Iron Moth and Kingambit, Alomomola is a slow pivot that also offers Scald which can turn almost any physical attacker into setup fodder with a burn, lastly, Pecharunt offers powerful status spreading with Malignant Chain and Parting Shot weakens the opponent for more setup opportunities for Iron Crown to capitalize on. Dragapult is unique from the other 3 mentioned Pivots as it threatens Gholdengo offensively. Overall, while needing a fair bit of support, Calm Mind Iron Crown offers a unique sweeper that is a unique blend of speed, flexibility, and utility that many offense teams will appreciate (this is also fluff)
for the second paragraph, it should be formatted as a sentence or two about one specific thing iron crown struggles with, and then teammates that help with that one specific thing. then you can move onto the next thing.

here, you talk about all of bulky threats, offensive threats, and special walls one after the other without talking about how to deal with them. there's a big section after about teammates, but it's not really linked to the specific challenges it faces at the start. restructre this to be challenge for crown -> how to deal with that each time

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[SET]
Calm Mind (Iron Crown) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock / Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner on various offense teams. Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Glimmora and Ribombee giving Iron Crown an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies hazards, Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it such as Zamazenta’s substitute after 1 Calm Mind and Kyurem’s without any Calm Mind Boosts. (Remember that all Pokemon move names need a capital letter, so Substitute both times here needs that) After 1 Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem, a good chance to kill offensive Landorus-T, and even against defensive variants secures a 2HKO while not being 2HKO’d by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the lower defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, Blissey, Clodsire, and Primarina (Cut this list of examples down to 3 to increase readability), while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Iron Crown (You need to add a period here because you've ended the sentence) Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however, it requires several turns of setup and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super-effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Crown's (In my previous check I said to use ctrl + f to check that you're not using 'Crown' on its own without the Iron part beforehand. Make sure to add this in and check for all others) best way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV spread maximizes offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Choice Specs (All move/item names ned to be written out fully as well) Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fighting and Tera Fairy allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses most notably both turning Iron Crown’s weakness to Dark Type moves (Make sure to be consistent with formatting - you formatted Psychic-type correctly earlier, but you need to carry that over to here as well, so you want Dark-type here) such as Kingambit and Iron Crown’s Sucker Punch (This doesn't make sense - do you just mean Kingambit's Sucker Punch? Iron Crown doesn't get that) into a resistance and have an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type that, unlike Tera Fighting, gives it fewer weaknesses such as taking only neutral damage from Dragon Dance Roaring Moon’s standard moves and living every hit even after a 1 Dragon Dance with the Protosynthesis boost. It also further improves Iron Crown’s matchups against Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Dragapult turning the Dragon resistance into an immunity.

Start this paragraph with a sentence about what team styles Iron Crown fits on Due to its low initial damage output, Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-Lu, (AC) Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo, (AC) which who require significant chip damage or be eliminated by teammates for Iron Crown to break through them. Teammates such as Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W who significantly threaten these bulky threats foes, and in return, Iron Crown can clean up after they eliminate the aforementioned threats. (This sentence doesn't really make sense so rephrasing) Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats, many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown such as Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, Landorus-T, and Kingambit who can either force a Tera or outright KO Iron Crown. Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth also resist Tachyon Cutter and threaten a clean 2HKO on Iron Crown. As such Iron Crown appreciates pivots such as Pecharunt who walls Ogerpon-W and weakens it with Parting Shot or Alolomola Alomomola who can take hits from Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, and other physical threats and threaten a burn with Scald on them letting Iron Crown setup on them. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon: in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott and Great Tusk also set entry hazards to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allow Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected.

[SET CREDITS]
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idk if I can do this but here's my amgp (first ever one so it's probably bad)
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[SET]
Calm Mind (Iron Crown) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock / Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast


[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner..(there are 2 periods here) Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Glimmora and Ribombee, (add a comma here) giving Iron Crown an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies hazards,. Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break Substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it such as Zamazenta’s Substitute after 1 Calm Mind and Kyurem’s without any Calm Mind Bboosts. After 1 Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem, a good chance to kill offensive Landorus-T, and even against defensive variants secures a 2HKO on defensive variants (I think the sentence flows better this way) while not being 2HKO’d by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the lower defense defensive stat of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Iron Crown. Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall, however, it requires several turns of setup and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments Iron Crown's STAB combo by providing excellent neutral and super-effective coverage on everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Iron Crown's best way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV spread maximizes offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living a Choice Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fighting and Tera Fairy allow Iron Crown to remove its original weaknesses, (comma) most notably both turning Iron Crown’s weakness to Dark-type moves such as Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott’s Sucker Punch into a resistance and have an easier time sweeping. (a bit vague, maybe you could say it makes Iron Crown harder to revenge kill)Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on Darkrai and a 2HKO on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type that, unlike Tera Fighting, gives it fewer weaknesses such as taking only neutral damage from Dragon Dance Roaring Moon’s standard moves and living every hit even after a 1 Dragon Dance with the Protosynthesis boost. It also further improves Iron Crown’s matchups against Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Dragapult turning the Dragon resistance into an immunity.

Calm Mind Iron Crown best fits offense teams that appreciate its unique traits as a sweeper. Due to its low initial damage output, Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-Lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo, which require significant chip damage for Iron Crown to break through them. Teammates such as Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W significantly threaten these bulky foes, and in return, Iron Crown can deal with Kyurem and Rillaboom. Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats, many of which that can survive almost any a hitfrom an unboosted Iron Crown and force a Tera or an outright OHKO, such as Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, Landorus-T, and Kingambit who can either force a Tera or outright KO Iron Crown. Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth also resist Tachyon Cutter and threaten a clean 2HKO on Iron Crown. As such Iron Crown appreciates pivots such as Pecharunt who which walls Ogerpon-W and weakens it with Parting Shot or Alomomola who which can take hits from many physical threats, notably Roaring Moon, and Hisuian Samurott, and other physical threats and threaten a burn with Scald on them, (comma) letting Iron Crown setup on them. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Because of this, (you used such as in a pervious sentence already so it might be a bit repetitive?) Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who that can deal with its greatest these enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon:. iIn (remove colon, add period) return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. Hisuian Samurott and Great Tusk also set entry hazards to accumulate chip, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allow Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected.



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1/1 GP Team done use this method to implement this (point 3)
[SET]
Calm Mind (Iron Crown) @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 84 HP / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 20 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock / Psychic Noise
- Focus Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
With solid bulk, a one-time Speed boost, and near-perfect coverage, Calm Mind Iron Crown is a potent sweeper and late-game cleaner. (RP) Tachyon Cutter has the benefit of hitting twice, allowing it Iron Crown to OHKO common Focus Sash leads in Glimmora and Ribombee, (AC) giving Iron Crown it an alternate use as an anti-lead that denies entry hazards (RC). (AP) Tachyon Cutter also allows Iron Crown to break Substitutes while chipping the Pokemon hiding behind it; (ASC) it can break such as Zamazenta’s Substitute after 1 one Calm Mind and Kyurem’s without any Calm Mind boosts. After 1 one Calm Mind, Iron Crown can hit several important ranges with Tachyon Cutter such as an OHKO on Kyurem (RC) and a good chance to kill KO offensive Landorus-T (RC) and even; (ASC) it also secures a 2HKO against defensive Landorus-T variants secures a 2HKO while not being 2HKO’d 2HKOed by Earth Power. The choice of Psychic-type STAB move depends on the team's needs: Psyshock targets the lower Defense of Galarian Slowking, Ogerpon-W, and Primarina, while Psychic Noise prevents walls such as Dondozo, Pecharunt, Alomomola, and Corviknight from spamming recovery to outlast Iron Crown. Stored Power is an option that can reach astonishing power levels, capable of breaking past almost any non-immune wall (RC); (ASC) however, it requires several turns of setup and has no benefit other than raw damage. Focus Blast compliments complements Iron Crown's STAB combo combination by providing excellent neutral and super-effective super effective coverage on against everything in the metagame except Gholdengo. It is Iron Crown's best way of hitting Ting-Lu and Steel-types like Kingambit and Iron Treads. The EV spread maximizes Iron Crown's offensive capabilities while letting Booster Energy enhance its Speed; the leftover EVs are invested into HP for increased survivability, notably living allowing Iron Crown to survive a Choice Specs Kyurem Earth Power. Tera Fighting and Tera Fairy allow remove Iron Crown to remove its Crown's original weaknesses, (AC) most notably both turning Iron Crown’s its weakness to Dark-type moves such as Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott’s Sucker Punch into a resistance and have to give it an easier time sweeping. Tera Fighting strengthens Iron Crown's Focus Blast, enabling a guaranteed OHKO on OHKOing Darkrai and a 2HKO 2HKOing on Ting-Lu at +1. Tera Fairy is a more defensive Tera type that, unlike Tera Fighting, gives it fewer weaknesses. (AP) It only takes such as taking only neutral damage from Dragon Dance Roaring Moon’s standard moves and living survives every hit from it even after a 1 Dragon Dance with the Protosynthesis boost. It also further improves Iron Crown’s matchups against Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Dragapult by turning the Dragon resistance into an immunity.

Calm Mind Iron Crown best fits on offense teams that appreciate its unique traits as a sweeper. Due to its low initial damage output, Iron Crown will struggle against bulky threats such as Ting-Lu, Galarian Slowking, and Gholdengo, which require significant chip damage for Iron Crown it to break through them. Teammates such as Hisuian Samurott and Ogerpon-W significantly threaten these bulky foes, and in return, Iron Crown can deal with Kyurem and Rillaboom. Iron Crown is also extremely vulnerable to many offensive threats, many of which can survive almost any hit from an unboosted Iron Crown such as Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, Landorus-T, and Kingambit; (ASC) they who can either force a Tera or outright KO Iron Crown. Ogerpon-W and Iron Moth also resist Tachyon Cutter and threaten a clean 2HKO on Iron Crown. As such, (AC) Iron Crown appreciates pivots such as Pecharunt, (AC) which who walls Ogerpon-W and weakens it with Parting Shot, (AC) and or Alomomola, (AC) which who can take hits from Roaring Moon, Hisuian Samurott, and other physical threats and threaten a burn with Scald on them letting to enable Iron Crown setup set up on them. Furthermore, special walls like Blissey and Clodsire using Tera Dark completely wall Iron Crown, as Focus Blast does insufficient damage. As such Because of this, Iron Crown appreciates physically offensive teammates who can deal with its greatest enemies, such as Hisuian Samurott, Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Roaring Moon:, (AC) that can deal with its checks; (ASC) in return, they appreciate Iron Crown's removal of Fairy- and Fighting-type threats such as Enamorus and Hatterene. (you need to give a fighting-type example too or just say Fairy-types without mentioning fighting examples) Hisuian Samurott and Great Tusk also set entry hazards to accumulate chip damage, which can compensate for this set's low initial power and allow Iron Crown to clean up or sweep earlier than expected.

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