Monotype Rhyperior [Ground] [QC 2/2]

Silver Willow89

[SET]
name: Corviknight Check (Ground)
move 1: Smack Down
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Fire Punch
item: Leftovers
ability: Solid Rock
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Rhyperior’s high Defense, good bulk, Rock typing, and access to Smack Down allows it to serve as a reliable check to a huge threat in Corviknight for Ground teams. Smack Down is mainly useful for grounding Corviknight as it allows Rhyperior to hit Corviknight for massive damage with Earthquake afterwards. Swords Dance allows Rhyperior to boost in tandem with Corviknight as it uses Bulk Up, eventually overwhelming it. Fire Punch is useful for hitting Ferrothorn for super effective damage, and works together with Earthquake to threaten the entirety of Steel teams super effectively. Solid Rock is the preferred ability which is particularly useful for taking super effective attacks from Pokemon such as Mamoswine's and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan more comfortably. Leftovers is Rhyperior’s preferred item as it provides passive recovery which allows it to more efficiently switch into and check Corviknight throughout the duration of the battle, as it would otherwise struggle with taking weaker +1 Brave Bird and Power Trip along with hazards such as Stealth Rock and Spikes repeatedly, and as a result, be less efficient at doing its job long term. Maximum Speed investments along with a Jolly nature allows Rhyperior to outspeed Corviknight in order to use Swords Dance before it can Taunt Rhyperior and prevent it from setting up.

Rhyperior’s weakness to Water can be mitigated by Seismitoad and Gastrodon’s ability to soak up Water-type attacks from Pokemon such as Dracovish and Barraskewda. Hippowdon is one of Rhyperior’s as it can patch up Rhyperior's poor Special Defense by setting up sand with Sand Stream, as well as setting up Stealth Rock to help wear down the opponent. Sand Rush Excadrill benefits from Rhyperior’s ability to remove targets usually out of its range and take Fire-type attacks aimed at it. In return, Rhyperior benefits from Excadrill’s ability to clean up threats such as Dragapult and Mimikyu. Excadrill is also amazing for removing hazards, which is particularly good for removing Spikes in the Steel matchup in order for Rhyperior to switch into and check Corviknight more comfortably. Both Mammoswine and Diggersby have priority in Ice Shard and Quick Attack respectively to beat faster Pokemon that threaten Rhyperior, as well as bringing powerful coverage options. Additionally Mamoswine also brings an Ice resistance in it’s ability Thick Fat as well as the ability to handle threatening Grass-types such as Appletun or Rillaboom. Diggersby can also lay down Spikes, which helps chip opposing Pokemon, namely Ferrothorn into range of Rhyperior's attacks. Dugtrio’s ability to trap, and either remove or at least chip Pokemon that threaten Rhyperior such as Durant and Duraludon is appreciated. Dugtrio can also threaten Gyarados with Stone Edge, which is particularly good against Flying teams as it can easily beat Rhyperior after minimal chip otherwise.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Silver Willow89, 496500]]
- Ground analysis by: [[Silver Willow89, 496500]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Eien, 100418]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
 
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Change the set to max Attack and max Speed with Jolly nature, and talk about this spread in the final sentence of the first paragraph as opposed to the previous one. Ground doesn't need Rhyperior to play a defensive role, it has other Pokemon for that.

Now that Rhyperior outspeeds Corviknight, remove Rock Tomb from the set. Taunt Corviknight is also very common so don't call it rare.

Smack Down already provides coverage against Ice-types so I'd remove that bit in the Fire Punch line. Its main target is Ferrothorn but you could mention that it hits Grass-types.

Solid Rock is an ability, not an item.

Give some examples of Water-types Seismitoad and Gastrodon can handle such as Dracovish, which is obviously a huge threat.

Give examples of threats Excadrill can revenge kill for Rhyperior. I'd also mention how Rhyperior can eat up Fire-type attacks that threaten Excadrill.

Mention that Mamoswine threatens Grass-types which Ground in general is weak to.

QC 1/2
 
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The set should be Fire Punch > Ice Punch
[SET]
name: Dark Knight Slayer
move 1: Smack Down
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Fire Punch
item: Leftovers
ability: Solid Rock
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
^Copy paste this, as I've fixed your EV format too

Corviknight doesn't use Body Press in Monotype, so let's not talk about that. Instead, we can reference something like Mamoswine's Earthquake?

Good on the Leftovers, but it should be more mandatory. Without Leftovers healing, Rhyperior can get chipped by Stealth Rock or from weak +1/+1 Power Trips / Brave Birds until it can't block Corviknight anymore.

We should call out removing Corviknight's Ground immunity, since that is the most valuable reason to use Smack Down (arguably the only reason).

We use Fire Punch to hit Ferrothorn.

I would be wary of saying "Fellow sand abuser" Excadrill, as Rhyperior isn't exactly a classic example of a sand abuser. Yes, it benefits a ton and is absolutely going to appreciate sand, but it's not exactly where we're coming from here. Totally fine to say Excadrill is a sand sweeper, but I'm nitpicky and don't want to imply Rhyperior is too.

You could mention that Excadrill is invaluable for removing Spikes with Rapid Spin, preventing Rhyperior from being chipped away at while it's trying to check Corviknight.

Flygon shouldn't be listed here. Yes it's a Ground immunity, but its only role is to be a worse Corviknight answer than Rhyperior is, so it should really not be on the same team.

Could note that Diggersby can set Spikes, which would put walls like Ferrothorn into range of Rhyperior after a few switches in.

Definitely mention Dugtrio for trapping Pokemon that can revenge kill Rhyperior, notably Duraludon and Durant. Against Flying teams, since Rhyperior is scared of Gyarados, Dugtrio is also a last resort answer to beat Gyarados with.

This was well done, nice job. QC 2/2
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deetah Since Silver Willow89 is inactive on forums I went through his analysis and and fixed it up grammar wise well as added in bits of quality in order to finish it and make it more readable, since it's already pretty close to being done. Sorry for the inconvenience!
 
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remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1
[SET]
name: Corviknight Check (Ground)
move 1: Smack Down
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Fire Punch
item: Leftovers
ability: Solid Rock
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Rhyperior’s high Defense, good bulk, Rock typing, and access to Smack Down allows allow it to serve as a reliable check to a huge threat in Corviknight for Ground teams. Smack Down is mainly useful for grounding Corviknight as it allows Rhyperior to hit Corviknight and hitting it for massive damage with Earthquake afterwards. Swords Dance allows Rhyperior to boost in tandem with Corviknight as it uses Bulk Up, eventually overwhelming it. Fire Punch is useful for hitting Ferrothorn for super effective damage, and it works together with Earthquake to threaten the entirety of Steel teams super effectively. Solid Rock is the preferred ability, (AC) which is particularly useful for taking super effective attacks from Pokemon such as Mamoswine's and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan more comfortably. Leftovers is Rhyperior’s preferred item, (AC) as it provides passive recovery which allows it Rhyperior to more efficiently switch into and check Corviknight throughout the duration of the battle; (SC) as it would otherwise, it would struggle with taking even weaker +1 Brave Bird and Power Trip along with entry hazards such as Stealth Rock and Spikes damage repeatedly, and as a result, be making it less efficient at doing its job long term in the long run. Maximum Speed investments investment along with a Jolly nature allows Rhyperior to outspeed Corviknight in order to use Swords Dance before it can Taunt Rhyperior and prevent it from setting up.

Rhyperior’s weakness to Water can be mitigated by Seismitoad and Gastrodon’s ability to soak up Water-type attacks from Pokemon such as Dracovish and Barraskewda. Hippowdon is one of Rhyperior’s primary partners, as it can patch up Rhyperior's poor Special Defense by setting up sand with Sand Stream, as well as setting up Stealth Rock to help wear down the opponent opposing team. Sand Rush Excadrill benefits from Rhyperior’s ability to remove targets usually out of its range and take Fire-type attacks aimed at it. In return, Rhyperior benefits from Excadrill’s ability to clean up threats such as Dragapult and Mimikyu. Excadrill is also amazing for removing entry hazards, which is particularly good for removing Spikes in the Steel matchup, (AC) in order for Rhyperior to switch into and check Corviknight more comfortably. Both Mammoswine Mamoswine and Diggersby have priority in Ice Shard and Quick Attack respectively to can beat faster Pokemon that threaten Rhyperior with their respective priority moves, as well as bringing powerful coverage options. Additionally, (AC) Mamoswine also brings an Ice resistance in it’s through its ability Thick Fat as well as the ability to handle threatening Grass-types such as Appletun or Rillaboom. Diggersby can also lay down Spikes, which helps to help chip wear down opposing Pokemon, namely Ferrothorn, (AC) (namely implies that it's the only one, if that's the case just say Ferrothorn, if not change it to such as) into range of Rhyperior's attacks. Dugtrio’s ability to trap (RC) and either remove or at least chip heavily damage Pokemon that threaten Rhyperior such as Durant and Duraludon is appreciated. Dugtrio can also threaten Gyarados with Stone Edge, which is particularly good against Flying teams, (AC) as it can easily beat Rhyperior after minimal chip damage otherwise.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Silver Willow89, 496500]]
- Ground analysis by: [[Silver Willow89, 496500]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Eien, 100418]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
 
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