Physically Defensive Corviknight [QC 1/2]

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[SET]

Physically Defensive (Corviknight) @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Ground / Dragon
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- U-turn / Iron Defense
- Roost
- Defog

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to Corviknight's great defensive typing, it can act as a check to a lot of the Physical threats in the tier, notably, completely walling most Dragon Dance Arceus-Poison sets. It can even act as a check to the few Landorus lacking Focus Blast as a coverage option. Iron Defense can be used to beat setup sweepers like Zamazenta-C, Extreme Speed Arceus, and Zacian. U-Turn, on the other hand, can be extremely important in bringing in offensive Pokemon that otherwise struggle to hit the field, such as Deoxys-Normal. U-Turn also has the benefit of not being helpless versus Pokemon carrying Taunt, such as Arceus-Dark. Tera Water makes it resistant to Fire-type moves, which is useful as Zacian can commonly run Tera Blast Fire, so Tera Water can be very useful in these situations. Tera Dragon also has the benefits of a Fire-resist, while also providing a Grass and Electric resist, making sure it isn't weak to Ogerpon-Heartflame or Arceus-Electric. Tera Ground can even be used to give an Electric immunity, which can help versus Magearna Volt Switch while not being weak to Fleur Cannon. Leftovers can be used for longevity purposes on Iron Defense sets which allows you to setup more comfortably in front of Physical attackers, while Rocky Helmet is used on U-Turn because dropping Iron Defense means it no longer does as much damage, so having more ways to do more damage is important. Corviknight's ability to take on Special Attackers isn't that great, so having a Pokemon that can take on these threats for Corviknight is useful, such as Giratina, who covers Corviknight's weaknesses quite well. In addition, Corviknight being able to run Defog means that Giratina can afford to drop it for a different move, such as Rest.

Pokemon such as Chi-Yu and Kyurem-White benefit greatly from a Corviknight presence, because they often don't carry Heavy-Duty Boots, so having a Defogger is useful for them. In addition, Chi-Yu's poor bulk and Kyurem-White's poor defensive typing means they struggle to switch in, so having a slow pivot to alleviate this issue helps, which is where Corviknight comes into play again.


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Sorry for getting to this so late, we're trying to wrap up analyses

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[SET]
Physically Defensive (Corviknight) @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Ground / Dragon
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- U-turn / Iron Defense
- Roost
- Defog

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to Corviknight's naturally great defensive typing, Corviknight it can act as a check to a lot of the Physical threats in the tier, notably, completely walling most Dragon Dance Arceus-Poison sets. It can even act as a check to the few Landorus lacking Focus Blast as a coverage option. Iron Defense can be used to 1v1 beat setup Pokemon sweepers like Zamazenta-C, Extreme Speed Arceus, and Zacian. U-Turn, on the other hand, can be used as Corviknight's low speed makes it functional as a slow pivot It's a little obvious that Corv can be a slow pivot, it's typically more useful to explain what slow pivoting is or why it's important. You should also compare and contrast using Uturn over Iron Defense, since they are listed as swappable in the set. Tera Water makes it resistant to Fire-type moves, which is useful as Zacian can commonly run Tera Blast Fire, so Tera Water can be very useful in these situations also be sure to talk about Tera Ground and Tera Dragon. Leftovers can be used for longevity purposes, although Rocky Helmet can be used to punish Physical attackers even more maybe talk a little bit about how the rocky helmet tends to suit Uturn sets more, while lefties suits idbp sets more. Since Corviknight is Physically Defensive, special attackers are going to be an issue for it, so having a Specially Defensive Pokemon like Slowking-G can help Corviknight out. The whole sentence sounds very unnatural, I'd re-write it. Also, use a different example since Glowking isn't a great Pokemon in this tier. Slowking-G is also benefits because Corviknight covers his Pokemon are always referred to by "it/its" unless it's locked to a specific gender Ground weakness.


Corviknight is also a bit on the passive side, smogon analyses should be written with more formal language, better to say something like "Due to Corviknight's passivity..." so Taunt users like Arceus-Dark can really mess it up. Having a pokemon that can deal with them like Zacian can greatly benefit Corviknight.
I'm singling out this section cause I want you to still recieve the advice, but also this whole sentence should probably be adjusted or deleted. Idbp corv is indeed rather weak to taunt Darceus, but the uturn variant isn't. This kind of difference in capability depending on the move choice is something that should be highlighted earlier in the set when I mentioned comparing and contrasting idef vs uturn, if you haven't already.

Because of the combination of hazard removal and slow pivot, Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Kyurem-White can benefit from a Corviknight presence, as these pokemon might struggle to switch in, as well as reaping the benefits of a hazard removal. This whole sentence sounds a little unnatural. I'd re-write it and make it more organized so that the main idea that Corv pairs well with hazard-weak wallbreakers is more apparent.
 
Finchely said:
Sorry for getting to this so late, we're trying to wrap up analyses

QC 1/2
Green means add
Red means delete
Blue are comments

[SET]
Physically Defensive (Corviknight) @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Ground / Dragon
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- U-turn / Iron Defense
- Roost
- Defog

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to Corviknight's naturally great defensive typing, Corviknight it can act as a check to a lot of the Physical threats in the tier, notably, completely walling most Dragon Dance Arceus-Poison sets. It can even act as a check to the few Landorus lacking Focus Blast as a coverage option. Iron Defense can be used to 1v1 beat setup Pokemon sweepers like Zamazenta-C, Extreme Speed Arceus, and Zacian. U-Turn, on the other hand, can be used as Corviknight's low speed makes it functional as a slow pivot It's a little obvious that Corv can be a slow pivot, it's typically more useful to explain what slow pivoting is or why it's important. You should also compare and contrast using Uturn over Iron Defense, since they are listed as swappable in the set. Tera Water makes it resistant to Fire-type moves, which is useful as Zacian can commonly run Tera Blast Fire, so Tera Water can be very useful in these situations also be sure to talk about Tera Ground and Tera Dragon. Leftovers can be used for longevity purposes, although Rocky Helmet can be used to punish Physical attackers even more maybe talk a little bit about how the rocky helmet tends to suit Uturn sets more, while lefties suits idbp sets more. Since Corviknight is Physically Defensive, special attackers are going to be an issue for it, so having a Specially Defensive Pokemon like Slowking-G can help Corviknight out. The whole sentence sounds very unnatural, I'd re-write it. Also, use a different example since Glowking isn't a great Pokemon in this tier. Slowking-G is also benefits because Corviknight covers his Pokemon are always referred to by "it/its" unless it's locked to a specific gender Ground weakness.


Corviknight is also a bit on the passive side, smogon analyses should be written with more formal language, better to say something like "Due to Corviknight's passivity..." so Taunt users like Arceus-Dark can really mess it up. Having a pokemon that can deal with them like Zacian can greatly benefit Corviknight.
I'm singling out this section cause I want you to still recieve the advice, but also this whole sentence should probably be adjusted or deleted. Idbp corv is indeed rather weak to taunt Darceus, but the uturn variant isn't. This kind of difference in capability depending on the move choice is something that should be highlighted earlier in the set when I mentioned comparing and contrasting idef vs uturn, if you haven't already.

Because of the combination of hazard removal and slow pivot, Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Kyurem-White can benefit from a Corviknight presence, as these pokemon might struggle to switch in, as well as reaping the benefits of a hazard removal. This whole sentence sounds a little unnatural. I'd re-write it and make it more organized so that the main idea that Corv pairs well with hazard-weak wallbreakers is more apparent.
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