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:Lunala:
[SET]
Offensive Support (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 92 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Expanding Force / Moonblast

SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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- Equipped with versatile support options, a phenomenal defensive ability paired with great bulk, and solid offensive coverage, Lunala can be an extremely flexible option for many teams. Utilizing the combination of its Ghost typing and Wide Guard, Lunala can have very advantageous matchups into popular Restricted Pokemon like the Calyrex formes, Kyogre, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon by blocking their strong STAB moves like Glacial Lance, Astral Barrage, and Water Spout with Wide Guard and being immune to Body Press and Close Combat thanks to its typing.
- Using Meteor Beam paired with Power Herb gives Lunala a strong but risky burst option versus Pokemon like Incineroar and Ho-Oh that the damage of its Moongeist Beam. Trick Room serves as a consistent speed control option thanks to Shadow Shield, allowing Lunala and its team to have more favorable matchups into faster-paced team compositions. Expanding Force is another choice when paired with Indeedee-F to deal consistent STAB spread damage, with Moonblast being a solid alternative for extra coverage against opposing Dark-types such as Chien-Pao, Grimmsnarl, and Urshifu-S.
- The bulk investment allows Lunala to survive Throat Chop from Chien-Pao and Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. The Speed investment is enough to still function both inside and outside of Trick Room; for example, it outspeeds threats like Rillaboom and maximum Speed Incineroar when Trick Room is not active while getting the jump on Urshifu when Trick Room is active. The remaining EVs are dumped into Special Attack.
- Tera Water provides a strong neutral typing while also giving it key resistances to powerful Fire- and Ice-type moves such as Koraidon's Tera Fire-boosted Flare Blitz and Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance. Tera Fairy acts as a strong alternative option, turning Lunala's Dark weakness into a resistance and increasing the damage of its Moonblasts, allowing it to pick up OHKOs on Pokemon such as Miraidon and Urshifu-R at +1.

Teambuilding
=========
- Lunala mainly struggles against Dark- and Normal-type Pokemon like Terapagos, Ursaluna, and Incineroar that Lunala is unable to do reliable damage to if Meteor Beam has already been used. Grimmsnarl can also pose a major threat to Lunala, using Spirit Break and Light Screen to lower Lunala's already non-extraordinary damage while also potentially threatening huge damage if it has Foul Play. Farigiraf is especially an issue for Lunala, being able to tank a Meteor Beam and immune to Moongeist Beam. Farigiraf can also threaten good damage with Foul Play and deny Lunala of its Trick Room with a Trick Room of its own.
- Fighting-type Pokemon like Koraidon and Urshifu-R that also want a solid bulky partner serve as great teammates to cover for the Dark- and Normal-types that Lunala struggles with. Incineroar also works as a solid partner, providing Fake Out pressure to let Lunala set Trick Room or use Meteor Beam as well as Intimidate complementing Lunala's already superb bulk. Grimmsnarl also makes for a great partner for Lunala; setting up both Light Screen and Reflect to allow Lunala to stick on the field longer and fire off consistent damage with Moongeist Beam.
-Chi-Yu is another solid pair with Lunala, threatening opposing Ghost-types like Calyrex-S that Lunala could occasionally struggle against while having Beads of Ruin increasing Lunala's overall damage output. Indeedee-F also provides a lot of helpful tools for Lunala in the form of Follow Me, which redirects threatening attacks, and Psychic Terrain, which both blocks important priority moves in Trick Room like Sucker Punch and enables the use of Expanding Force.

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[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 92 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast / Expanding Force

SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Equipped with versatile support options in Trick Room and Wide Guard, a phenomenal defensive ability paired with great bulk, and solid offensive coverage, Lunala can be an extremely flexible and effective option for many teams. Utilizing its variety of tools, Lunala can have very advantageous matchups into popular Restricted Pokemon like Calyrex-I, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon by blocking their strong STAB moves like Glacial Lance, Body Press, and Close Combat.（The way you include CIR make the reader assume that Tera Water or Wide Guard was not involved alongside the Zama and Koraidon matchup being naturally advantagous, so you could seperate CIR and link it with Tera water and/or wide guard, as well as including Kyogre)
- Using Meteor Beam paired with Power Herb gives Lunala a strong offensive presence on the field with Moongeist Beam (you could its effectiveness against example Pokemon like Incineroar if you want). Trick Room acts as a consistent speed control option to set the pace of the match, Moonblast being a solid alternative for extra coverage against opposing Dark Types Moongeist is ineffective against such as Chein-pao, Grimmsnarl and Urshifu-S, with Expanding Force being another choice when paired with Indeedee-F to deal consistent STAB spread damage.
- The defensive investment allows Lunala to survive Throat Chop from Chien-Pao and Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. The speed investment is enough to still function both inside and outside of Trick Room, but still outspeed threats like Rillaboom and max Speed Incineroar. (Unfortunately basically non-existent)
- Tera Water provides a strong neutral typing while also giving it key resistances to powerful Fire and Ice moves such as Koraidon's Tera Fire-boosted Flare Blitz and Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance. Tera Fairy acts as a strong alternative option turning Lunala's Dark weakness into a resistance and increasing the damage of its Moonblasts. (Could list potential OHKOs from Tera Fairy Moonblast? Like Miraidon after a +1 boost or Urshifu-R etc)

Teambuilding
=========
- Lunala mainly struggles against Dark- and Normal-type Pokemon like Terapagos, Ursaluna, and Incineroar who Lunala is unable to do reliable damage to if Meteor Beam has already been used. Grimmsnarl can also pose as a major threat to Lunala, using Spirit Break and Light Screen to take advantage of Lunala's lack of huge burst power. (Could include foul play)
- Fighting-type Pokemon like Koraidon and Urshifu-R who also want a solid bulky partner serve as great teammates to cover for the Dark- and Normal-types that Lunala struggles with While Lunala can cover for the Flying types like Ho-Oh. Incineroar also works as a solid partner, providing Fake Out pressure to let Lunala set Trick Room or use Meteor Beam as well as Intimidate complementing Lunala's already superb bulk. While Grimmsnarl is a also a great partner check for Lunala, it also makes for a great partner for Lunala; setting up both Light Screen and Reflect to allow Lunala to stick on the field longer and fire off consistent damage with Moongeist Beam. (You could also include Chi-Yu as a partner who can threaten the ghost types and increase Lunala’s offence with Beads of Ruin, as well as Indeedee-F to set up terrain to enable Expanding Force and block priority in TR like sucker punch and provide redirection)
 
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This looks good you may mark this as QC 1/2 after these changes and credit poketitanterra as well for their solid amqc.

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:Lunala:
[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Lunala) @ Power Herb I'm not too keen on this set name, something like Offensive Support describes this set better imo
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 92 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast / Expanding Force Trick Room / Expanding Force / Moonblast Updated move order since Expanding Force was more common and had better success than Moonblast at Milwaukee

SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Equipped with versatile support options in Trick Room and Wide Guard, a phenomenal defensive ability paired with great bulk, and solid offensive coverage, Lunala can be an extremely flexible and effective option for many teams. This opening sentence sounds very long winded, the points you mention are correct but it would be better if you simplify this to mentioning something like it has great support moves, Shadow Shield and its natural bulk are great and good coverage Utilizing the combination of its Ghost-typing and Wide Guard, Lunala can have very advantageous matchups into popular Restricted Pokemon like Calyrex-I, Kyogre, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon by blocking their strong STAB moves like Glacial Lance, Water Spout, and being immune to Body Press, and Close Combat. This originally sounded like Wide Guard blocks Body Press and Close Combat too
- Using Meteor Beam paired with Power Herb gives Lunala a strong burst, but risky burst option versus Pokemon like Incineroar and Ho-Oh, as well as increasing the damage of its Moongeist Beam. Trick Room acts as a consistent speed control option to set the pace of the match, Don't need to explain Trick Room Moonblast being a solid alternative for extra coverage against opposing Dark-types Moongeist is ineffective against Dex info such as Chein-Pao, Grimmsnarl and Urshifu-S, with Expanding Force being another choice when paired with Indeedee-F to deal consistent STAB spread damage. Mention Expanding Force before Moonblast to match the new set order
- The defensive investment allows Lunala to survive Throat Chop from Chien-Pao and Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. The speed investment is enough to still function both inside and outside of Trick Room, but still outspeed threats like Rillaboom. Mention what the Special Attack investment does, if it is just an EV dump you can say something like the remaining EVs were invested into Special Attack to maximise damage
- Tera Water provides a strong neutral typing while also giving it key resistances to powerful Fire and Ice moves such as Koraidon's Tera Fire-boosted Flare Blitz and Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance. Tera Fairy acts as a strong alternative option turning Lunala's Dark weakness into a resistance and increasing the damage of its Moonblasts, allowing it to pick up OHKOs on Pokemon such as Miraidon and Urshifu-R at +1.

Teambuilding
=========
- Lunala mainly struggles against Dark- and Normal-type Pokemon like Terapagos, Ursaluna, and Incineroar who Lunala is unable to do reliable damage to if Meteor Beam has already been used. Grimmsnarl can also pose as a major threat to Lunala, using Spirit Break and Light Screen to take advantage of Lunala's lack of huge burst power while also potentially threatening huge damage if they have Foul Play. Mention opposing Lunala as a threat since Moongeist Beam ignores Shadow Shield. Farigiraf is also a threat since Lunala struggles to damage it reliably, Farigiraf threatens Foul Play and it can reverse Trick Room
- Fighting-type Pokemon like Koraidon and Urshifu-R who also want a solid bulky partner serve as great teammates to cover for the Dark- and Normal-types that Lunala struggles with. Incineroar also works as a solid partner, providing Fake Out pressure to let Lunala set Trick Room or use Meteor Beam as well as Intimidate complementing Lunala's already superb bulk. Grimmsnarl also makes for a great partner for Lunala; setting up both Light Screen and Reflect to allow Lunala to stick on the field longer and fire off consistent damage with Moongeist Beam. Chi-Yu is another solid pair with Lunala, threatening opposing Ghost-types like Calyrex-S that Lunala could occasionally struggle against paired with Beads of Ruin increasing Lunala's overall damage output. Indeedee-F also provides a lot of helpful tools for Lunala in the form of Follow Me redirecting threatening attacks and Psychic Terrain both blocking important priority moves in Trick Room like Sucker Punch, but also enabling Expanding Force Lunala. This final bullet point is very large, break it down into more bullet points

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:Lunala:
[SET]
Offensive Support (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 92 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Expanding Force / Moonblast

SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Equipped with versatile support options, a phenomenal defensive ability paired with great bulk, and solid offensive coverage, Lunala can be an extremely flexible and effective(I don't think this is needed-if it wasn't effective we wouldn't be talking about it) option for many teams. Utilizing the combination of its Ghost-typing and Wide Guard, Lunala can have very advantageous matchups into popular Restricted Pokemon like Calyrex-I, Kyogre, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon by blocking their strong STAB moves like Glacial Lance, Water Spout and being immune to Body Press, and Close Combat. (Could you mention CSR here and then expand the ghost typing part to just say its typing?)
- Using Meteor Beam paired with Power Herb gives Lunala a strong burst, but risky burst option versus Pokemon like Incineroar and Ho-Oh, as well as increasing the damage of its Moongeist Beam. Expanding Force being another choice when paired with Indeedee-F to deal consistent STAB spread damage, with Moonblast being a solid alternative for extra coverage against opposing Dark-types such as Chein-Pao, Grimmsnarl and Urshifu-S. (mention what Trick Room does [mainly why you would run it over a 3rd attack])
- The defensive investment allows Lunala to survive Throat Chop from Chien-Pao and Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. The speed investment is enough to still function both inside and outside of Trick Room, but still outspeed threats like Rillaboom. The remaining Special Attack EVs lets Lunala hit a stat bump. (make this like "the remaining EVs are dumped into Special Attack; GP doesn't like mentioning bumps.)
- Tera Water provides a strong neutral typing while also giving it key resistances to powerful Fire- and Ice-type moves such as Koraidon's Tera Fire-boosted Flare Blitz and Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance. Tera Fairy acts as a strong alternative option turning Lunala's Dark weakness into a resistance and increasing the damage of its Moonblasts, allowing it to pick up OHKOs on Pokemon such as Miraidon and Urshifu-R at +1.

Teambuilding
=========
- Lunala mainly struggles against Dark- and Normal-type Pokemon like Terapagos, Ursaluna, and Incineroar who Lunala is unable to do reliable damage to if Meteor Beam has already been used. Grimmsnarl can also pose as a major threat to Lunala, using Spirit Break and Light Screen to take advantage of Lunala's lack of huge burst power(I don't really get what you are trying to say, just mention that it can lower Lunala's already non extraordinary damage) while also potentially threatening huge damage if they have Foul Play. Farigiraf is especially an issue for Lunala, being able to tank a Meteor Beam and is immune to Moongeist Beam, Farigiraf can also threaten good damage with Foul Play and deny Lunala of its Trick Room with a Trick Room of its own.
- Fighting-type Pokemon like Koraidon and Urshifu-R who also want a solid bulky partner serve as great teammates to cover for the Dark- and Normal-types that Lunala struggles with. Incineroar also works as a solid partner, providing Fake Out pressure to let Lunala set Trick Room or use Meteor Beam as well as Intimidate complementing Lunala's already superb bulk. Grimmsnarl also makes for a great partner for Lunala; setting up both Light Screen and Reflect to allow Lunala to stick on the field longer and fire off consistent damage with Moongeist Beam.
-Chi-Yu is another solid pair with Lunala, threatening opposing Ghost-types like Calyrex-S that Lunala could occasionally struggle against paired with Beads of Ruin increasing Lunala's overall damage output. Indeedee-F also provides a lot of helpful tools for Lunala in the form of Follow Me redirecting threatening attacks and Psychic Terrain both blocking important priority moves in Trick Room like Sucker Punch, but also enabling Expanding Force Lunala.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pokeknightvgc.664689/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/poketitanterra.678488/
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
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:Lunala:
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[SET]
Offensive Support (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 12 Def / 100 SpA / 92 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Expanding Force / Moonblast

SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
- Equipped with versatile support options, a phenomenal defensive ability paired with great bulk, and solid offensive coverage, Lunala can be an extremely flexible option for many teams. Utilizing the combination of its Ghost-typing Ghost typing and Wide Guard, Lunala can have very advantageous matchups into popular Restricted Pokemon like the Calyrex formes, Kyogre, Zamazenta-C, and Koraidon by blocking their strong STAB moves like Glacial Lance, Astral Barrage, and Water Spout with Wide Guard and being immune to Body Press, (RC) and Close Combat thanks to its Ghost-typing typing.
- Using Meteor Beam paired with Power Herb gives Lunala a strong but risky burst option versus Pokemon like Incineroar and Ho-Oh, (RC) as well as increasing that the damage of its Moongeist Beam. Trick Room serves as a consistent speed control option thanks to Shadow Shield, allowing Lunala and its team to have more favorable matchups into faster paced faster-paced team compositions. Expanding Force being is another choice when paired with Indeedee-F to deal consistent STAB spread damage, with Moonblast being a solid alternative for extra coverage against opposing Dark-types such as Chein-Pao Chien-Pao, Grimmsnarl, (AC) and Urshifu-S.
- The defensive bulk investment allows Lunala to survive Throat Chop from Chien-Pao and Astral Barrage from Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. The Speed investment is enough to still function both inside and outside of Trick Room; (ASC) for example, but still outspeed it outspeeds threats like Rillaboom and maximum Speed Incineroar when Trick Room is not active while getting the jump on Urshifu when Trick Room is active. (Consulted with author on Discord) The remaining Special Attack EVs are dumped into Special Attack.
- Tera Water provides a strong neutral typing while also giving it key resistances to powerful Fire- and Ice-type moves such as Koraidon's Tera Fire-boosted Flare Blitz and Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance. Tera Fairy acts as a strong alternative option, (AC) turning Lunala's Dark weakness into a resistance and increasing the damage of its Moonblasts, allowing it to pick up OHKOs on Pokemon such as Miraidon and Urshifu-R at +1.

Teambuilding
=========
- Lunala mainly struggles against Dark- and Normal-type Pokemon like Terapagos, Ursaluna, and Incineroar who that Lunala is unable to do reliable damage to if Meteor Beam has already been used. Grimmsnarl can also pose as a major threat to Lunala, using Spirit Break and Light Screen to lower Lunala's already non-extraordinary damage, (RC) while also potentially threatening huge damage if they have it has Foul Play. Farigiraf is especially an issue for Lunala, being able to tank a Meteor Beam and is immune to Moongeist Beam, (RC). (AP) Farigiraf can also threaten good damage with Foul Play and deny Lunala of its Trick Room with a Trick Room of its own.
- Fighting-type Pokemon like Koraidon and Urshifu-R who that also want a solid bulky partner serve as great teammates to cover for the Dark- and Normal-types that Lunala struggles with. Incineroar also works as a solid partner, providing Fake Out pressure to let Lunala set Trick Room or use Meteor Beam as well as Intimidate complementing Lunala's already superb bulk. Grimmsnarl also makes for a great partner for Lunala; setting up both Light Screen and Reflect to allow Lunala to stick on the field longer and fire off consistent damage with Moongeist Beam.
-Chi-Yu is another solid pair with Lunala, threatening opposing Ghost-types like Calyrex-S that Lunala could occasionally struggle against paired with while having Beads of Ruin increasing Lunala's overall damage output. Indeedee-F also provides a lot of helpful tools for Lunala in the form of Follow Me, (AC) which redirects redirecting threatening attacks, (AC) and Psychic Terrain, (AC) which both blocking blocks important priority moves in Trick Room like Sucker Punch, (RC) but also enabling and enables the use of Expanding Force Lunala.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pokeknightvgc.664689/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/poketitanterra.678488/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rauvgc.589964/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ipetbigfoot.645750/
Grammar checked by:
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