AG QC [3/3] GP [2/2] Gothitelle

[neomon]

[OVERVIEW]

Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide. Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tier's most threatening sweepers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-C. Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removers across the tier, notably most Defog Arceus variants, as well as Choice-locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing and Choice Scarf Xerneas situationally. Despite all of this, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team other than trapping a few Pokemon, often making it awkward to fit onto a build. Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark as well as Choice Scarf Yveltal. Charm lets Gothitelle trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially defensive variants of Necrozma-DM. Taunt stops Gothitelle from being inflicted with Leech Seed by the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn and phazed by Arceus formes and Ho-Oh and forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves to speed up the trapping process. Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage, and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

Shadow Tag is what enables Gothitelle to trap and PP stall several notable threats in Anything Goes. Leftovers helps Gothitelle's longevity while also making it less vulnerable to critical hits and Leech Seed. Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature gives Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially allows it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas.

Usage Tips
========

Once you stall a foe out of its PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, which is especially useful for removing or setting up entry hazards or setting up with a sweeper. Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figure out your opponent's sets before trying to PP stall so you can form a game plan. Also, be aware of the possibility of getting critical hits and getting frozen during a PP stall, so try to use Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping. Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates and proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in. Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on support Arceus, as these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Marshadow, Tyranitar, or Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped. After trapping and removing a foe, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon. To avoid Roar or Whirlwind being an issue on passive threats such as support Arceus formes, non-Shed Shell Skarmory, and Lugia, it's important to Rest immediately following a Taunt when low on health, as this prevents the Pokemon from phazing while Gothitelle is asleep.

Team Options
========

Setup sweepers that like to see support Arceus gone such as Bulk Up Marshadow, Swords Dance Ultra Necrozma, Dragon Dance Zygarde-C, and Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively. Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for its vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-C, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well. Reliable entry hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable Defoggers, so Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn fit that role. Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can also be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind, can be run to trap Calm Mind Arceus variants, but due to missing out on one of its support moves, it fails to trap physical attackers. Substitute is also an option over Confide to enable Gothitelle to additionally trap Dragon Tail Lugia and Zygarde-C, but this set is much more susceptible to critical hits.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Ghost-types**: Lunala, Mega Gengar, and Arceus-Ghost fail to get trapped by Shadow Tag and get free turns when in on Gothitelle.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it. However, Gothitelle can check Alolan Muk and Tyranitar by using Charm if it's at high enough health.

**Taunt**: Taunt users like Mega Mewtwo Y, Mega Gengar, and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey, and Skarmory can escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pigeons, 253393], [lotiasite, 302985], [Chloe, 262044]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216], [lotiasite, 302985]]

 

[neomon]

this should be ready for 1/3, thx in advance
e: o yea lol forgot to write the overview lmaooo
e2: done that too

 

[lotiasite]

hi neomon before i check this, overview has to be in bullet points as well, so update this thread again when youve done that

 

[neomon]

done, just converted the text into bullets

 

[Pigeons]

[OVERVIEW]

• Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP Stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide.
• Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tiers most threatening breakers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-Complete, while also helping Primal Groudon and Choice Scarf Xerneas from running rampant offensively much more easily. What does this second part mean? That Gothitelle can deal with ScarXern and PDon (it can't) or that it supports them? Just the first sentence would be enough here.
• Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removers in the tier. I'd narrow this down a bit to support Arceus forms, because aside from those most removers actually escape Gothitelle.
• Gothitelle also achieves to trap choice locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing or Choice Scarf Xerneas provided Gothitelle is not weakened.
• Despite all this Gothitelle comes with many drawbacks. Other than trapping of a few Pokemon, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team, often making it awkward to fit onto a build.
• Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.
• All in all making it a solid but not outstanding pick in the metagame. "Solid" doesn't really reflect Gothitelle's standing in the metagame. It's extremely effective given the right circumstances and matchup, but its reliance on matchup make it

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

• Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as Support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark
• Charm enables Gothitelle to trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela specially-defensive variants of Necrozma-Dusk-Mane. Mention defensive Ho-Oh too.
• Taunt stops Gothitelle from being phazed out or attacked by Leech Seed from the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn, further easening the trapping process. It also means the opponent is forced to attack, so you can actually win a PP war quickly vs defensive things.
• Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage and it heals Gothitelle from status. And it fully restores Gothitelle's HP.

Set Details
========

• Shadow Tag is what makes it possible for Gothitelle to trap and KO several things in Anything Goes. Gothitelle doesn't really KO stuff.
• Leftovers help Gothitelle's longevity.
• Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature give Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially lets it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas if at full HP
• The leftover 4 EVs are put into defense to help its physical bulk This isn't needed

Usage Tips
========

• Once you stall a foe out of it's PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, this is especially useful for getting entry hazards off or on or setting up with a sweeper.
• Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figuring out your opponents sets before trying to PP Stall. Also be aware of the possibility of getting critical hit of froze during a PP Stall. Try to Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping.
• Gothitelle's bulk is poor, so instead of switching it in on Trapping targets, try to get it in safely or on a double. This isn't true in most cases. Gothitelle switches in fine against most of the stuff it traps (Ferro, Cele, support Arcs).
• Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates. From there proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in
• Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on Support Arceus, these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle.
• If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Tyranitar and Alolan Muk, don't utilize Gothitelle until they are worn down. I'd just change this to "play Gothitelle conservatively against Pursuit trappers". You can afford to bring Gothitelle in a few times, just don't play too crazy with it.
• After trapping, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon.

Team Options
========

• Pokemon that like to see support Arceus gone such as Marshadow, Zygarde-Complete, and Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively.
• Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for it's vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-Complete, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well.
• Reliable Hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable defoggers. Most notably Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn.
• Momentum in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping. I'd change this to "pivoting" instead of momentum.

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

Gothitelle can drop Charm if it deems trapping Celesteela and Stealth Rock setting Dusk-Mane sets unnecessary and run Heal bell in favor of that, which offers role compression but misses out on trapping the two targets mentioned prior. Drop this, Heal Bell isn't used A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind can be ran to trap Calm Mind Arceus-variants but due to missing out on one of its support moves it fails to trap some of its other targets. Mention specifically that it can't deal with physical attackers as well.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Pursuit Trappers**: AloMuk, TTar, and Marshadow all manage to kill or heavily weaken Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it that forces it out. I'd reword this, Gothitelle can actually stay in and Charm safely vs Tyranitar and Muk, they're slower and don't do enough damage to actually force Gothitelle out. Those two can chip it decently but not as much as this would imply. Marshadow is good though.

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableyes Magic Bounce.

**Taunt**: Taunt-users like Mega Mewtwo-Y, Mega Gengar and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey and Skarmory escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

Nice work 1/3

 

[neomon]

ay 2 in one day

 

[lotiasite]

[OVERVIEW]

• Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP Stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide.
• Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tiers most threatening breakers breakers and sweepers, zyg isn't really a breaker but it's still a good example to have here, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-Complete.
• Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removal across the tier, namely most Defog Arceus variants.
• Gothitelle also achieves to trap choice locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing or Choice Scarf Xerneas provided Gothitelle is not weakened. talked with qc a bit, cata worked out that w/o rocks on a free switch u still only trap it about 2/3s of the time, which isnt really worth it considering all the circumstances. do mention that it traps xern locked into anything but moonblast though. abakyses arebt meant to be too specific anyway so just say that it "can trap" xern is fine but that it's not guaranteed
• Despite all this Gothitelle comes with many drawbacks. Other than trapping of a few Pokemon, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team, often making it awkward to fit onto a build.
• Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.
• All in all making it a very effective Pokemon in the right matchup but also dead-weight versus a lot of builds. remove this last sentence, overviews shouldnt have conclusion-type sentences

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

• Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as Support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark as well as choice scarf yveltal/xerneas
• Charm enables Gothitelle to trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially-defensive variants of Necrozma-Dusk-Mane. ferrothorn here too, gyro does a lot
• Taunt stops Gothitelle from being phazed out or attacked by Leech Seed from the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn, and forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves further speeding up the trapping process.
• Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

• Shadow Tag is what makes it possible for Gothitelle to trap and KO stall out, not KO several things in Anything Goes.
• Leftovers help Gothitelle's longevity. more specific, allows you to be much less susceptible to critical hits and stuff and mostly mitigates leech seed damage
• Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature give Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially lets it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas if at full HP
• The leftover 4 EVs are put into defense to help its physical bulk dont mention this, too minor and obvious

Usage Tips
========

• Once you stall a foe out of it's PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, this is especially useful for getting entry hazards off or on or setting up with a sweeper.
• Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figuring out your opponents sets before trying to PP Stall. Also be aware of the possibility of getting critical hit of froze during a PP Stall. Try to Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping.
• Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates. From there proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in
• Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on Support Arceus, these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle.
• If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Tyranitar and Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped.
• After trapping, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon.

Team Options
========

• Pokemon that like to see support Arceus gone such as Marshadow, Zygarde-Complete, and Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively.
• Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for it's vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-Complete, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well.
• Reliable Hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable defoggers. Most notably Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn.
• Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.
• sweepers and breakers that take advantage of struggled mons, think dd ray, sd unecro, stuff like that

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind can be ran to trap Calm Mind Arceus-variants but due to missing out on one of its support moves it fails to trap physical attackers.
id also add substitute here over confide, you can trap dtail lugia and zygarde and you still trap support arceus because you arent 3hkoed by judgment. just mention that the possibility of a crit becomes much more scary without confide

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

ghost-types here: not able to be trapped and have great type matchup. almost all ohko gothitelle instantly and can get free setup (bu marsh, cm lunala, sub gengar, sd ghostceus even)

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableyes Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it.

**Taunt**: Taunt-users like Mega Mewtwo-Y, Mega Gengar and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey and Skarmory escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pidgeons, 253393], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

this is good, 2/3 write this up

 

[Chloe]

[OVERVIEW]

Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP Stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide. Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tiers most threatening sweepers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-Complete. Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removal across the tier, namely most Defog Arceus variants. Gothitelle also achieves to trap choice locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing or Choice Scarf Xerneas situationally. Despite all this Gothitelle comes with many drawbacks. Other than trapping of a few Pokemon, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team, often making it awkward to fit onto a build. Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as Support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark aswell as Choice Scarf Yveltal. Charm lets Gothitelle trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially-defensive variants of Necrozma-Dusk-Mane. Taunt stops Gothitelle from being phazed out or attacked by Leech Seed from the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn, and forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves further speeding up the trapping process. Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

Shadow Tag is what makes it possible for Gothitelle to trap and PP stall several things in Anything Goes. Leftovers help Gothitelle's longevity while also making it less vulnerable to critical hits and Leech Seed. Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature give Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially allows it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas.

Usage Tips
========

Once you stall a foe out of it's PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, this is especially useful for getting entry hazards off or on or setting up with a sweeper. Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figure out your opponents sets before trying to PP Stall to form a gameplan. Also be aware of the possibility of getting critical hit or froze during a PP Stall, so try to Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping. Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates and from there proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in. Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on Support Arceus, these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Marshadow, Tyranitar, and Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped. After trapping, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon. To avoid Roar or Whirlwind being an issue on passive threats such as Support Arceus formes, non-Shed Shell Skarmory and Lugia, it's important to Rest immediately following a Taunt when low on health, as this prevents the opponent from phazing while Gothitelle is asleep.

Team Options
========

Set up sweepers that like to see support Arceus gone such as Bulk Up Marshadow, Swords Dance Ultra Necrozma, Dragon Dance Zygarde-Complete, and Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively. Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for it's vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-Complete, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well. Reliable Hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable defoggers, Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn fit that role. Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can also be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind can be ran to trap Calm Mind Arceus-variants but due to missing out on one of its support moves it fails to trap physical attackers. Substitute is also an option over Confide to enable Gothitelle to additionally trap Dragon Tail Lugia and Zygarde-Complete, but this set is much more susceptible to Critical Hits

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Ghost-types**: Lunala, Mega Gengar and Arceus-Ghost fail to get trapped by Shadow Tag and get free turns when in on Gothitelle.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableyes Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it. However, Gothitelle can check Alolan Muk and Tyranitar by using Charm if it's at high enough health.

**Taunt**: Taunt-users like Mega Mewtwo-Y, Mega Gengar and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey and Skarmory escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pidgeons, 253393], [lotiasite, 302985], [Chloe, 262044]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

excellent, qc 3/3

 

[Astra]

since you helped me with teams i'll help you with an amcheck
add remove (comments)

yes

[OVERVIEW]

Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP Stall stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide. Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tiers most threatening sweepers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-Complete. Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removal across the tier, namely most Defog Arceus variants. Gothitelle also achieves to trap choice locked Choice-locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing or Choice Scarf Xerneas situationally. Despite all of this, (AC) Gothitelle comes with many drawbacks. Other than trapping of a few Pokemon, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team, often making it awkward to fit onto a build. Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as Support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark aswell as well as Choice Scarf Yveltal. Charm lets Gothitelle trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially-defensive (remove hyphen) variants of Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM. Taunt stops Gothitelle from being phazed out or attacked inflicted (since leech seed is a status move you're not really attacking with it) by Leech Seed from the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn (this sounds like cele and ferro phaze too, but afaik they don't have any phazing moves so i would suggest switching the order of the sentence if you didn't mean it like that), and it forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves to further speeding up the trapping process. Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage, (AC) and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

Shadow Tag is what makes it possible for Gothitelle to trap and PP stall several things in Anything Goes. Leftovers help Gothitelle's longevity while also making it less vulnerable to critical hits and Leech Seed. Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature give Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially allows it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas.

Usage Tips
========

Once you stall a foe out of it's its PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, this which is especially useful for getting removing or setting up entry hazards off or on or setting up with a sweeper. Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figure out your opponents opponent's sets before trying to PP Stall stall so you can to form a gameplan game plan. Also, (AC) be aware of the possibility of getting critical hits or froze and getting frozen during a PP Stall stall, so try to Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping. Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates and from there proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in. Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on Support support Arceus, as these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Marshadow, Tyranitar, and or Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped. After trapping, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon. To avoid Roar or Whirlwind being an issue on passive threats such as Support support Arceus formes, non-Shed Shell Skarmory, (AC) and Lugia, it's important to Rest immediately following a Taunt when low on health, as this prevents the opponent Pokemon from phazing while Gothitelle is asleep.

Team Options
========

Set up Setup sweepers that like to see support Arceus gone such as Bulk Up Marshadow, Swords Dance Ultra Necrozma, Dragon Dance Zygarde-Complete, and Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively. Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for it's its vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-Complete, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well. Reliable Hazard hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable defoggers Defoggers, so Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn fit that role. Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can also be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind, (AC) can be ran to trap Calm Mind Arceus-variants (remove hyphen), (AC) but due to missing out on one of its support moves, (AC) it fails to trap physical attackers. Substitute is also an option over Confide to enable Gothitelle to additionally trap Dragon Tail Lugia and Zygarde-Complete, but this set is much more susceptible to Critical Hits critical hits. (add period)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Ghost-types**: Lunala, Mega Gengar, (AC) and Arceus-Ghost fail to get trapped by Shadow Tag and get free turns when in on Gothitelle.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableyes Sableye's Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it. However, Gothitelle can check Alolan Muk and Tyranitar by using Charm if it's at high enough health.

**Taunt**: Taunt-users (remove hyphen) like Mega Mewtwo-Y (remove hyphen), Mega Gengar, (AC) and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey, (AC) and Skarmory escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pidgeons, 253393], [lotiasite, 302985], [Chloe, 262044]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

 

[Lumari]

Estronic: add remove (comments)
tdp: add / fix remove (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)

yes with comments and additions

[OVERVIEW]

Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP Stall stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide. Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tiers tier's most threatening sweepers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-Complete. Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removal removers across the tier, namely most Defog Arceus variants, (comma) Gothitelle also achieves to trap as well as choice locked Choice-locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing or and Choice Scarf Xerneas situationally. Despite all of this, (AC) Gothitelle comes with many drawbacks. Other than trapping of a few Pokemon, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team other than trapping a few Pokemon, often making it awkward to fit onto a build. Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as support Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark aswell as well as Choice Scarf Yveltal. Charm lets Gothitelle trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially-defensive (remove hyphen) variants of Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM. Taunt stops Gothitelle from being phazed out or attacked inflicted (since leech seed is a status move you're not really attacking with it) by with Leech Seed from the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn (this sounds like cele and ferro phaze too, but afaik they don't have any phazing moves so i would suggest switching the order of the sentence if you didn't mean it like that), (or just add a couple examples of phazers too) and it forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves to further speeding up the trapping process. Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage, (AC) and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

Shadow Tag is what makes it possible for enables Gothitelle to trap and PP stall several things notable threats in Anything Goes. Leftovers help helps Gothitelle's longevity while also making it less vulnerable to critical hits and Leech Seed. Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature give gives Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially allows it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas.

Usage Tips
========

Once you stall a foe out of it's its PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, this which is especially useful for getting removing or setting up entry hazards off or on or setting up with a sweeper. Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figure out your opponents opponent's sets before trying to PP Stall stall so you can to form a gameplan game plan. Also, (AC) be aware of the possibility of getting critical hits or froze and getting frozen ("or freezes" is technically better but meh") during a PP Stall stall, so try to Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping. Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates and from there proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in. Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on Support support Arceus, as these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Marshadow, Tyranitar, and or Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped. After trapping and removing a foe, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon. To avoid Roar or Whirlwind being an issue on passive threats such as Support support Arceus formes, non-Shed Shell Skarmory, (AC) and Lugia, it's important to Rest immediately following a Taunt when low on health, as this prevents the opponent Pokemon from phazing while Gothitelle is asleep.

Team Options
========

Set up Setup sweepers that like to see support Arceus gone such as Bulk Up Marshadow, Swords Dance Ultra Necrozma, Dragon Dance Zygarde-Complete, and Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively. Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for it's its vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-Complete, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well. Reliable Hazard entry hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable defoggers Defoggers, so Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn fit that role. Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can also be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind, (AC) can be ran run to trap Calm Mind Arceus-variants (remove hyphen), (AC) but due to missing out on one of its support moves, (AC) it fails to trap physical attackers. Substitute is also an option over Confide to enable Gothitelle to additionally trap Dragon Tail Lugia and Zygarde-Complete, but this set is much more susceptible to Critical Hits critical hits. (add period)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Ghost-types**: Lunala, Mega Gengar, (AC) and Arceus-Ghost fail to get trapped by Shadow Tag and get free turns when in on Gothitelle.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableyes Sableye's Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it. However, Gothitelle can check Alolan Muk and Tyranitar by using Charm if it's at high enough health.

**Taunt**: Taunt-users (remove hyphen) like Mega Mewtwo-Y (remove hyphen), Mega Gengar, (AC) and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey, (AC) and Skarmory escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pidgeons, 253393], [lotiasite, 302985], [Chloe, 262044]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

GP 1/2

 

[neomon]

ready for #2

 

[lotiasite]

check

[OVERVIEW]

Gothitelle carves its niche in the Anything Goes metagame by being able to PP stall many prominent defensive Pokemon thanks to its access to Shadow Tag and helpful support moves such as Charm, Taunt, and Confide. Gothitelle also offers great support for some of the tier's most threatening sweepers, such as Mega Rayquaza and Zygarde-C. Aside from that, Gothitelle also traps different entry hazard removers across the tier, nameotably most Defog Arceus variants, as well as Choice-locked Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal locked into Oblivion Wing and Choice Scarf Xerneas situationally. Despite all of this, Gothitelle offers nothing defensively to a team other than trapping a few Pokemon, often making it awkward to fit onto a build. Furthermore, Gothitelle has a much more useful matchup versus balanced or defensive teams, often serving as dead weight against offensive builds.

[SET]
name: PP Stall
move 1: Confide
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Rest
move 4: Charm
item: Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD


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

Confide enables Gothitelle to trap weaker special attackers such as Ssupport Arceus variants barring Arceus-Dark as well as Choice Scarf Yveltal. Charm lets Gothitelle trap passive physical attackers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, defensive Ho-Oh, and specially defensive variants of Necrozma-DM. Taunt stops Gothitelle from being inflicted with Leech Seed by the likes of Celesteela and Ferrothorn orand phazed by Arceus formes and Ho-Oh, (RC) and forces the trapped foe to use attacking moves to further speed up the trapping process. Rest helps Gothitelle PP stall the threats better due to giving it two whole turns of no PP usage, and it brings Gothitelle back to full HP and heals it from status.

Set Details
========

Shadow Tag is what enables Gothitelle to trap and PP stall several notable threats in Anything Goes. Leftovers helps Gothitelle's longevity while also making it less vulnerable to critical hits and Leech Seed. Maximum HP and Special Defense investment with a Calm nature gives Gothitelle more bulk to trap support Arceus and potentially allows it trap Choice Scarf Xerneas.

Usage Tips
========

Once you stall a foe out of its PP, send in a Pokemon on your team that can take advantage of the situation, which is especially useful for removing or setting up entry hazards or setting up with a sweeper. Patience is important when using Gothitelle. Figure out your opponent'(apo)s sets before trying to PP stall so you can form a game plan. Also, be aware of the possibility of getting critical hits and getting frozen during a PP stall, so try to use Rest with Gothitelle to stay out of range of a critical hit from the Pokemon you are trapping. Try to force Gothitelle's trapping targets in with its teammates and proceed to catch the target with Gothitelle by conditioning your opponent into switching the target in. Be wary of the possibility of Z-Crystals on support Arceus, as these sets attempt to avoid getting trapped by Gothitelle. If facing a team with a Pursuit trapper, namely Marshadow, Tyranitar, or Alolan Muk, aim to play conservatively with your Gothitelle to avoid getting trapped. After trapping and removing a foe, Gothitelle can easily be taken advantage of, so try to switch into something that can handle the opposing team better on the last Struggle of the trapped Pokemon. To avoid Roar or Whirlwind being an issue on passive threats such as support Arceus formes, non-Shed Shell Skarmory, and Lugia, it's important to Rest immediately following a Taunt when low on health, as this prevents the Pokemon from phazing while Gothitelle is asleep.

Team Options
========

Setup sweepers that like to see support Arceus gone such as Bulk Up Marshadow, Swords Dance Ultra Necrozma, Dragon Dance Zygarde-C, and Dragon Dance Mega Rayquaza all benefit from having Gothitelle alongside them to free them up offensively. Gothitelle enjoys a defensive core around it to make up for its vulnerability to powerful physical attackers. Zygarde-C, Skarmory, and Celesteela do that well. Reliable entry hazard setters can take advantage of Gothitelle's ability to trap a lot of viable Defoggers, so Stealth Rock Arceus variants and Ferrothorn fit that role. Pivoting in the form of Yveltal or Magearna can also be helpful for Gothitelle's trapping.

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

A Calm Mind trapping set, dropping one of Charm or Taunt and Confide in favor of Psyshock and Calm Mind, can be run to trap Calm Mind Arceus variants, but due to missing out on one of its support moves, it fails to trap physical attackers. Substitute is also an option over Confide to enable Gothitelle to additionally trap Dragon Tail Lugia and Zygarde-C, but this set is much more susceptible to critical hits.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Powerful Attackers**: Mega Rayquaza, Ho-Oh, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre all threaten to KO Gothitelle before it can neutralize them with Charm or Confide.

**Ghost-types**: Lunala, Mega Gengar, and Arceus-Ghost fail to get trapped by Shadow Tag and get free turns when in on Gothitelle.

**Dark-types**: Yveltal, Arceus-Dark, and Mega Sableye all do not care about Gothitelle due to their type advantage and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce.

**Pursuit Trappers**: Alolan Muk, Tyranitar, and Marshadow all manage to pressure Gothitelle thanks to Pursuit and a favorable initial matchup versus it. However, Gothitelle can check Alolan Muk and Tyranitar by using Charm if it's at high enough health.

**Taunt**: Taunt users like Mega Mewtwo Y, Mega Gengar, and Yveltal shut down Gothitelle easily.

**Shed Shell**: Shed Shell users like Toxapex, Blissey, and Skarmory can escape Gothitelle's trap due to their item.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[neomon, 408904]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pidgeons, 253393], [lotiasite, 302985], [Chloe, 262044]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

i appreciate easy gping, GP 2/2

 

[Ginger Princess]

neomon pls implement the check uwu

edit: and also add credits for both gpers

 

[Ginger Princess]

implementing 2nd Gp check

edit: implemented

 

[Ginger Princess]

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