BH Rhydon qc 2/2 GP 1/1

[SuperSkylake]

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Recover
move 3: Spectral Thief / Teleport
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Teleport
item: Eviolite
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With Water Absorb, Rhydon is a solid check to many of the metagame's most powerful attackers, including Galarian Darmanitan-Z, Barraskewda, Zeraora, and Zekrom, resisting their strongest STAB moves and threatening them with a powerful STAB Earthquake or a crippling burn. Will-O-Wisp and Spectral Thief prevent Rhydon from being set up on. Teleport allows Rhydon to pivot frailer Pokemon in safely and maintain momentum. Water Absorb is the preferred ability, giving Rhydon resistances or immunities to all of Fishious Rend, Bolt Beak, and V-create so that it can check the aforementioned physical attackers.

Rhydon partners well with physical attackers like Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barraskewda, as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2HKO from their coverage moves; this means that Imposter users that force them out can be checked by Rhydon. Rhydon can also safely switch these wallbreakers in with Teleport. Knock Off and status absorbers such as Poison Heal Umbreon and Zacian-Crowned are necessary, since Rhydon is crippled by the loss of its Eviolite and cannot function well if affected by any status condition. Pokemon that can switch into Steel-, Ground-, and Fighting-types are important to prevent Rhydon from being overloaded. Fur Coat Melmetal, Poison Heal Golisopod, and Fur Coat Eternatus serve this purpose well and can also help scout for surprise Grass-type coverage. Special walls such as Ice Scales Type: Null and Ice Scales Zamazenta-Crowned can shield Rhydon from special attacks, and Rhydon can take otherwise fatal physical attacks like V-create and Bolt Beak for them in return. Choice Scarf Imposter Wobbuffet can scout for Knock Off and enjoys Rhydon's Teleport support letting it come in safely to check setup sweepers. Pokemon like Poison Heal Golisopod and Poison Heal Kyurem-W can counter Imposters of Rhydon and can run moves such as Spikes and Knock Off to take advantage of them.

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- Written by: [SuperSkylake,323219]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mamp,225453], [chessking345, 355040]]
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[MAMP]

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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Recover
move 3: Spectral Thief / Teleport
move 4: Will-o-Wisp
item: Eviolite
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spd / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
(should begin with more of an overview of what rhydon does and why you would want to run it. talk about how it checks electrics + skewda + miscellaneous other physical attackers while being hard to switch into) Rhydon has high HP and impressive Eviolite boosted defenses which let it survive super effective physical attacks, such as Galarian Darmanitan-Z's Choice Band Icicle Crash, and retaliate back with Earthquake. Will-o-Wisp and Spectral Thief prevent Rhydon from being set up on, and if Rhydon manages to Spectral Thief a Shell Smash or Shift Gear boost, it can become a surprisingly potent threat. This is accentuated by Dynamax, because Rhydon is immune to Icicle Crash flinches during Dynamax and its already high HP stat gets boosted to insane levels. The Special Defense boost from using Max Quake makes it even harder to KO on its otherwise weaker special bulk. Teleport allows Rhydon to pivot in frailer Pokemon such as Galarian Darmanitan-Z, which it can also Imposter-proof (what is imposter-proofing? don't assume that the reader is familiar with bh lingo. also should probably move that to the second paragraph when talking about teammates). Water Absorb is the preferred ability, giving it a resistance or immunity to all of Fisheous Rend, Bolt Beak, and V-Create at the same time. (why does this matter? talk about the specific mons that this allows rhydon to beat, ie zekrom, zamazenta, barraskewda)

Rhydon can be used to Imposter-proof powerful physical attackers such as Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barrascuda, as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2hKO from their coverage moves. Knock Off absorbers such as Poison Heal Umbreon or Zacian-Crowned are necessary since Rhydon is crippled by the loss its Eviolite. Pokemon who can switch into Steel-, Ground-, and Fighting-types are important to prevent Rhydon from being overloaded. Fur Coat Melmetal, Poison Heal Golisipod, or Fur Coat Eternatus serve this purpose well. Special walls such as Ice Scales Type: Null or Assault Vest Milotic can shield Rhydon from special attacks, and Rhydon can take the otherwise fatal physical attacks like V-Create and Bolt Beak for them in return. A way to deal with Status, such as the afformentioned Poison Heal users, or a teammate with Heal Bell, is helpful, as Rhydon is much harder to play if it is being constantly chipped down or misses its turn because of Sleep or Paralysis. (this section on status seems unnecessary to me, i would cut it. could roll it into the earlier bit about knock off and just say that poison heal mons are good partners for rhydon) Choice Scarf Imposter Wobbuffet can scout for Knock Off, and enjoys Rhydon's Teleport support to come in safely to check setup sweepers. (mention stuff that imposter-proofs rhydon, and mons that appreciate the slow pivoting)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [SuperSkylake,323219]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Recover
move 3: Spectral Thief / Teleport
move 4: Will-o-Wisp [QC] I would slash teleport here as well since I don’t think wisp is that great esp if you get bounced [QC]
item: Eviolite
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spd / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With Water Absorb, Rhydon is a solid check to many of the metagame's most powerful attackers, including Galarian Darmanitan-Z, Barrascuda, Zeraora, and Zekrom, resisting their STAB moves and threatening them with a powerful STAB Earthquake or a crippling burn. With high HP and impressive Eviolite boosted defenses, Rhydon can survive super effective physical attacks, such as Galarian Darmanitan-Z's Choice Band Icicle Crash or Zamazenta-Crowned's Close Combat [QC] What is the point of this sentence? The beginning is Dex info, then you are saying it doesn’t die to powerful SE moves but you still get 2hkoed [QC]. Will-o-Wisp and Spectral Thief prevent Rhydon from being set up on, and if Rhydon manages to Spectral Thief a Shell Smash or Shift Gear boost, it can become a surprisingly potent threat [QC] This is kinda filler since most mons can be threatening with stolen boosts, same with the following sentences which seems to have no purpose. There is no way rhydon is sweeping a team even with dynamax [QC]. This is accentuated by Dynamax, because Rhydon is immune to Icicle Crash flinches during Dynamax and its already high HP stat gets boosted to insane levels. The Special Defense boost from using Max Quake makes it even harder to KO on its otherwise weaker special bulk. [QC] Up to here [QC] Teleport allows Rhydon to pivot in frailer Pokemon to maintain momentum. Water Absorb is the preferred ability, giving it a resistance or immunity to all of Fisheous Rend, Bolt Beak, and V-Create so that it can check the afformentioned physical attackers.

Rhydon partners well with physical attackers like Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barrascuda [QC] Barraskewda [QC], as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2hKO from their coverage moves. This means that Imposter users who force them out can be countered by Rhydon, and Rhydon can safely switch them in with Teleport. Knock Off and Status absorbers such as Poison Heal Umbreon or Zacian-Crowned are necessary since Rhydon is crippled by the loss of its Eviolite, and cannot function well if affected by any status condition. Pokemon who can switch into Steel-, Ground-, and Fighting-types are important to prevent Rhydon from being overloaded. Fur Coat Melmetal, Poison Heal Golisipod, or Fur Coat Eternatus serve this purpose well. Special walls such as Ice Scales Type: Null or Assault Vest Milotic [QC] There are much better examples for special fat stuff, Scales Null is bad and AV Milotic is decent at best, try stuff like Scales ZamaC or Solg [QC] can shield Rhydon from special attacks, and Rhydon can take the otherwise fatal physical attacks like V-Create and Bolt Beak for them in return. Choice Scarf Imposter Wobbuffet can scout for Knock Off, and enjoys Rhydon's Teleport support to come in safely to check setup sweepers. A pokemon like Poison Heal Golisipod or Volt Absorb Mandibuzz [QC] Why specifically Volt Absorb Mandi, use something like PH Zacian or Zamazenta or Kyu-W or some bouncer that doesn’t die to EQ [QC] can counter Imposters of Rhydon and can run moves such as Spikes or Knock Off to take advantage of them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [SuperSkylake,323219]]
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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Recover
move 3: Spectral Thief / Teleport
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Teleport
item: Eviolite
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With Water Absorb, Rhydon is a solid check to many of the metagame's most powerful attackers, including Galarian Darmanitan-Z, Barraskewda, Zeraora, and Zekrom, resisting their strongest STAB moves and threatening them with a powerful STAB Earthquake or a crippling burn. Will-O-Wisp and Spectral Thief prevent Rhydon from being set up on. Teleport allows Rhydon to pivot in frailer Pokemon in safely to and maintain momentum. Water Absorb is the preferred ability, giving it Rhydon a resistances or immunities to all of Fishious Rend, Bolt Beak, and V-create so that it can check the afformentioned aforementioned physical attackers.

Rhydon partners well with physical attackers like Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barraskewda, as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2HKO from their coverage moves; (SC) this means that Imposter users who that force them out can be countered by Rhydon. (period) and Rhydon can also safely switch them these wallbreakers in with Teleport. Knock Off and status absorbers such as Poison Heal Umbreon or and Zacian-Crowned are necessary, (AC) since Rhydon is crippled by the loss of its Eviolite (RC) and cannot function well if affected by any status condition. Pokemon who that can switch into Steel-, Ground-, and Fighting-types are important to prevent Rhydon from being overloaded. Fur Coat Melmetal, Poison Heal Golisopod, or and Fur Coat Eternatus serve this purpose well. Special walls such as Ice Scales Type: Null or and Ice Scales Zamazenta-Crowned can shield Rhydon from special attacks, and Rhydon can take the otherwise fatal physical attacks like V-create and Bolt Beak for them in return. Choice Scarf Imposter Wobbuffet can scout for Knock Off (RC) and enjoys Rhydon's Teleport support to letting it come in safely to check setup sweepers. A Pokemon like Poison Heal Golisopod or and Poison Heal Kyurem-White can counter Imposters of Rhydon and can run moves such as Spikes or and Knock Off to take advantage of them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [SuperSkylake,323219]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mamp], [chessking345, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP 1/1

 

[Champion Leon]

Several major edits are listed below:

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You misspelled: Barraskewda , please edit.

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+1 252 Atk Darmanitan-Galar-Zen Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Rhydon: 206-246 (49.7 - 59.4%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO

This is without an item, and just Intrepid Sword alone; so the same can be said for Choice Band Desolate Land / Mold Breaker sets.

I am pretty sure you should remove Darmanitan-Galar-Zen from the list of things "Rhydon partners well with physical attackers like Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barraskewda, as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2hKO from their coverage moves."
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+2 252 Atk Imposter Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Rhydon: 276-326 (66.6 - 78.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Imposter that picks up Intrepid Sword gets a second +1 Attack, so I don't think you should mention it as a check to Darmanitan-Galar-Z's Imposter either. It just doesn't live enough hits. (Fur Coat maybe, but not Water Absorb).

So please add "with the exception of Intrepid Sword" to:

"This means that Imposter users who force them out can be countered by Rhydon, and Rhydon can safely switch them in with Teleport."

Countering supposes you can safely come in without a pivot, then force them out.

A 2HKO doesn't allow Rhydon to safely come in, a 2HKO is only a check, at best, if it can be slow pivoted in and then threaten with a 1HKO (or outspeed and 1HKO), which means you need a safe pivot to even allow Rhydon to come in, while the slower Rhydon has to survive a hit the following turn:

+1 252 Atk Choice Band Zekrom Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Rhydon: 232-274 (56 - 66.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

+2 252 Atk Imposter Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Rhydon: 206-244 (49.7 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO

EQ would be useful for Volt Absorb Toxapex, Flash Fire Steelix, while Close Combat would do even more .

Rhydon:

252 Atk Rhydon Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Zekrom: 228-270 (56.4 - 66.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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Based on its Analysis moveset, even Poison Heal Zekrom sets can Burn Rhydon, and use Knock Off on Eviolite, diminishing its only selling points in super effective STAB, and strong Eviolite Defense. Rhydon's own Will-o-Wisp won't work either, so besides Spectral Thief, Rhydon will be stalled out.

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Desolate Land can be a helpful alternative ability worth mentioning, since it stops Mold Breaker Fishous Rend users, such as Barraskewda.

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In Other Options, it can allow Rhydon to use Solar Blade (Seismitoad, Barraskewda, Primarina, opposing Rhydon, etc.), or V-Create for secondary coverage against other Defensive Pokemon (non-Flash Fire Corviknight, Water Absorb Steelix, and force out Primordial Sea Ferrothorn, and Melmetal).

Calcs:

252 Atk Rhydon V-create vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight in Harsh Sunshine: 412-486 (103 - 121.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Rhydon Solar Blade vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Seismitoad: 476-560 (114.9 - 135.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Rhydon V-create vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Ferrothorn in Harsh Sunshine: 700-828 (198.8 - 235.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Rhydon V-create vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Excadrill in Harsh Sunshine: 634-746 (149.5 - 175.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Rhydon Solar Blade vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Barraskewda: 294-348 (90.1 - 106.7%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

252 Atk Rhydon V-create vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Melmetal in Harsh Sunshine: 362-426 (76.3 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Rhydon Solar Blade vs. 248 HP / 252 Def Primarina: 260-308 (71.6 - 84.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Water Absorb is kind of limited, but I guess it doesn't boost opposing V-Create, although you resist Fire anyways, as the strongest V-Create is still only a 3HKO:

252 Atk Choice Band Darmanitan-Galar-Zen V-create vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Rhydon in Harsh Sunshine: 164-193 (39.6 - 46.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Lastly, Eviolite basically negates the V-Create Defense, and Special Defense drops on the first use, so Rhydon is not completely vulnerable like most Pokemon.

This allows it to perform as a dual-function wall breaker.

 

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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Recover
move 3: Spectral Thief / Teleport
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Teleport
item: Eviolite
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With Water Absorb, Rhydon is a solid check to many of the metagame's most powerful attackers, including Galarian Darmanitan-Z, Barraskewda, Zeraora, and Zekrom, resisting their strongest STAB moves and threatening them with a powerful STAB Earthquake or a crippling burn. Will-O-Wisp and Spectral Thief prevent Rhydon from being set up on. Teleport allows Rhydon to pivot frailer Pokemon in safely and maintain momentum. Water Absorb is the preferred ability, giving Rhydon a resistances or immunities to all of Fishious Rend, Bolt Beak, and V-create so that it can check the aforementioned physical attackers.

Rhydon partners well with physical attackers like Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan-Z, and Barraskewda, as it resists their STAB moves and can avoid the 2HKO from their coverage moves; this means that Imposter users that force them out can be checked by Rhydon. Rhydon can also safely switch these wallbreakers in with Teleport. Knock Off and status absorbers such as Poison Heal Umbreon and Zacian-Crowned are necessary,(remove extra comma) since Rhydon is crippled by the loss of its Eviolite and cannot function well if affected by any status condition. Pokemon that can switch into Steel-, Ground-, and Fighting-types are important to prevent Rhydon from being overloaded. Fur Coat Melmetal, Poison Heal Golisopod, and Fur Coat Eternatus serve this purpose well and can also help scout for surprise Grass-type coverage. Special walls such as Ice Scales Type: Null and Ice Scales Zamazenta-Crowned can shield Rhydon from special attacks, and Rhydon can take otherwise fatal physical attacks like V-create and Bolt Beak for them in return. Choice Scarf Imposter Wobbuffet can scout for Knock Off and enjoys Rhydon's Teleport support letting it come in safely to check setup sweepers. Pokemon like Poison Heal Golisopod and Poison Heal Kyurem-White can counter Imposters of Rhydon and can run moves such as Spikes and Knock Off to take advantage of them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [SuperSkylake,323219]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mamp,225453], [chessking345, 355040]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Bigtalk, 466663]]

 

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