OU Rapidash-Galar

[Estarossa]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Wild Charge
move 4: Low Kick
item: Expert Belt / Life Orb
ability: Pastel Veil
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance, decent Speed and Attack stats, and adequate coverage allow Galarian Rapidash to serve as a usable wallbreaker; however, it faces steep competition from Clefable and Hatterene in this regard, as they have more immediate power, and Galarian Rapidash struggles to find setup opportunities for itself. Wild Charge prevents Galarian Rapidash from being walled by Corviknightwhile still being able to hit Toxapex super effectively despite this set's lack of a Psychic-type STAB move. Low Kick allows Galarian Rapidash to hit Ferrothorn and Excadrill super effectively. Expert Belt synergizes well with Galarian Rapidash's coverage, guaranteeing that +2 Low Kick OHKOes specially defensive Ferrothorn after Stealth Rock damage. Life Orb provides more power and allows Galarian Rapidash to hit neutral targets such as Hippowdon much harder while improving its chance of OHKOing Corviknight after Stealth Rock with +2 Wild Charge, but due to Galarian Rapidash's mediocre bulk, the recoil makes it easier to revenge kill. Pastel Veil is Galarian Rapidash's only useful ability, preventing it from being poisoned by Toxic or Toxic Spikes.

Physically bulky Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and Hippowdon are capable of consistently walling Galarian Rapidash. Strong wallbreakers such as Dracovish, Galarian Darmanitan, and Barraskewda are therefore appreciated in order to considerably weaken or remove such Pokemon. Dual screens support from Grimmsnarl, which also offers Thunder Wave support, can help Galarian Rapidash overcome its poor bulk and mediocre defensive typing to find more setup opportunities. Special setup sweepers such as Gengar and Hydreigon can help break through physically bulky Pokemon that Galarian Rapidash struggles with, such as Aegislash and Quagsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [Mannat, 144451]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Jordy]

Hey, the QC team has a few issues with the current set. We'd like to have this set on the analysis instead:

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Wild Charge
move 4: Low Kick
item: Expert Belt / Life Orb
ability: Pastel Veil
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

With Wild Charge, Galarian Rapidash isn't walled by Corviknight and still able to hit Toxapex. Low Kick is really important because it hits Ferrothorn and Excadrill; High Horsepower also runs into some redundancy issues with Wild Charge in terms of the coverage it provides.

 

[Jordy]

comments in purple things to remove in red

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Wild Charge
move 4: Low Kick
item: Expert Belt / Life Orb
ability: Pastel Veil
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance, decent Speed and Attack stats and adequate coverage allow Galarian Rapidash to serve as a usable wallbreaker. Note that it struggles to set itself apart from Clefable and Hatterene in this regard, especially because it also struggles to create setup opportunities for itself. Wild Charge prevents Galarian Rapidash being walled by Corviknight, while still being able to hit Toxapex supereffectively. Low Kick allows Galarian Rapidash to hit Ferrothorn and Excadrill supereffectively. Expert Belt synergises well with Galarian Rapidash's coverage, guaranteeing the OHKO on specially defensive Ferrothorn with +2 Low Kick after Stealth Rock. Life Orb provides more power and allows Rapidash to hit neutral targets such as Hippowdon much harder while improving Galarian Rapidash's chance of OHKOing Corviknight after Stealth Rock with +2 Wild Charge, but due to Rapidash's mediocre bulk, the recoil makes it easier to revenge kill. Pastel Veil is Galarian Rapidash's only useful ability, preventing it from being Poisoned by Toxic or Toxic Spikes.

Physically bulky Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and Hippowdon are capable of avoiding the 2HKO from Galarian Rapidash's +2 Play Rough, while either inflicting it with Burn from Will-O-Wisp and subsequently walling it with Strength Sap, or phazing it out with Whirlwind. Strong wallbreakers such as Dracovish, Galarian Darmanitan and Barraskewda are therefore appreciated in order to considerably weaken or remove such Pokemon. Excadrill can help to offensively check the Poison-type Pokemon such as Toxtricity and Galarian Weezing that Galarian Rapidash struggles to break through, while also offering a switch in to Grimmsnarl if Galarian Rapidash cannot afford to take a Prankster Thunder Wave, and offering Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin support. The paragraph's getting too big and this isn't as notable as the rest considering it's about dealing with Toxtricity and Galarian Weezing of all Pokemon. Dual Screens support from Grimmsnarl can help Galarian Rapidash overcome its poor bulk and mediocre defensive typing to find more set up opportunities, while offering Thunder Wave support. Special setup sweepers such as Gengar and Hydreigon can help break through the physically defensive walls that Galarian Rapidash struggles with One or two examples of walls that they break that Galarian Rapidash can't would be nice here., while other sweepers such as Hawlucha and Gyarados appreciate Galarian Rapidash weakening the enemy team, allowing them to more easily sweep with Max Airstream. This bit is too unspecific and the paragraph was too big anyways.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]

Great job, 1/2.

 

[MANNAT]

Physically bulky Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and Hippowdon are capable of avoiding the 2HKO from Galarian Rapidash's +2 Play Rough, while either inflicting it with Burn from Will-O-Wisp and subsequently walling it with Strength Sap, or phazing it out with Whirlwind.

You don't necessarily need to mention how they beat Rapidash, just that they wall it.

I think this looks fine otherwise QC 2/2

 

[Lumari]

my horsey

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Wild Charge
move 4: Low Kick
item: Expert Belt / Life Orb
ability: Pastel Veil
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance, decent Speed and Attack stats, and adequate coverage allow Galarian Rapidash to serve as a usable wallbreaker; (SC) however, (AC) it faces steep competition from Clefable and Hatterene in this regard, (AC) as they have more immediate power, and Galarian Rapidash struggles to find set up setup opportunities for itself. Wild Charge prevents Galarian Rapidash from being walled by Corviknight (RC) while still being able to hit Toxapex supereffectively super effectively despite this set's lack of a Psychic-type STAB move. Low Kick allows Galarian Rapidash to hit Ferrothorn and Excadrill supereffectively super effectively. Expert Belt synergises synergizes well with Galarian Rapidash's coverage, guaranteeing that +2 Low Kick OHKOs OHKOes specially defensive Ferrothorn after Stealth Rock damage. Life Orb provides more power and allows Galarian Rapidash to hit neutral targets such as Hippowdon much harder while improving Galarian Rapidash's its chance of OHKOing Corviknight after Stealth Rock with +2 Wild Charge, but due to Galarian Rapidash's mediocre bulk, the recoil makes it easier to revenge kill. Pastel Veil is Galarian Rapidash's only useful ability, preventing it from being poisoned by Toxic or Toxic Spikes.

Physically bulky Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and Hippowdon are capable of consistently walling Galarian Rapidash. Strong wallbreakers such as Dracovish, Galarian Darmanitan, and Barraskewda are therefore appreciated in order to considerably weaken or remove such Pokemon. Dual screens support from Grimmsnarl, which also offers Thunder Wave support, can help Galarian Rapidash overcome its poor bulk and mediocre defensive typing to find more set up setup opportunities, while offering Thunder Wave support. Special setup sweepers such as Gengar and Hydreigon can help break through physically bulky Pokemon that Galarian Rapidash struggles with, (AC) such as Aegislash and Quagsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [Mannat, 144451]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]