Monotype Salazzle (Poison) [QC: 2/2] {GP: 1/1}

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[SET]
name: SubToxic (Poison)
move 1: Flamethrower
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Protect
move 4: Toxic
item: Black Sludge
ability: Corrosion
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Salazzle benefits Poison teams greatly by spreading status, threatening a plethora of defensive Pokemon along with Steel-type Pokemon thanks to its ability Corrosion. Salazzle should try to inflict Toxic on the opposing Pokemon then use Substitute and Protect to build up damage. Flamethrower is effective against Steel-type Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Corviknight along with various Grass-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon such as Roserade, Frosmoth, and Ribombee. Before sending in Salazzle, you should try to get rid of any hazards, as it gets chipped especially heavily by Stealth Rock It's best to avoid strong attacks because Salazzle doesn't have amazing bulk, even with maximized HP. Maximum Speed along with a Timid nature allows Salazzle to outspeed Pokemon like Hydreigon, Galarian Mr. Mime, and Frosslass in setting up Substitute and stalling Toxic.

Poison teams love spreading status with Pokemon like Toxapex, Drapion, and Galarian Weezing. Salazzle contributes to spreading Toxic to all types and dealing with Steel. In return, Poison's defensive Pokemon support Salazzle because it has poor bulk. Galarian Weezing provides Ground-type immunity thanks to its ability Levitate and can Defog away hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes, allowing Salazzle to come in safely. Galarian Weezing also serves as a Dragon-type check, with it having access to Strange Stream as a STAB move. Drapion provides decisive immunity to Psychic-type moves. Choice Scarf Drapion uses Knock Off to get rid of opposing Choice items from Pokemon like Excadrill and helps inflict status with Toxic Spikes or Toxic. Toxapex resists Water-type moves and also is effective in inflicting status by having access to Baneful Bunker, Toxic Spikes, Toxic, and Scald. Toxapex is an amazing wall that is fit to survive an attack from and potentially status Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Dragapult. Vileplume resists Water-type moves and takes neutral damage from Ground-type moves, which allows it to take attacks from Pokemon like Excadrill and Dracovish. Vileplume is used to stall out damage with Strength Sap and Leech Seed from an ally's Toxic.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Roxiee, 481576]]
- Quality checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [Havens, 391540]]
- Grammar checked by: [[lotiasite, 302985]]
 
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Perish Song said:
Heya Roxiee . Before this gets a stamp, may I recommend you to check on Spelling and Grammar Standards? Seems like there are too many small grammatical errors that can be easily fixed.
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Hello! I noticed a lot of errors with the capitalization of pokemon names, I had "Although," when the comma wasn't needed and "it's" when it was supposed to be "its." I rephrased this line for more clarification, " Salazzle can easily spam substitute, toxic, and finished weakened pokemon with flamethrower. "
 
[SET COMMENTS]

Its Fire STAB should be mentioned in or after the first line, along with how it's able to put in work against Steel. A huge part of why you're running Salazzle is because it's one of the few, if not only, Pokemon that puts a dent into Steel when you're building a Poison team.

"Salazzle can easily spam substitute, toxic, and finished weakened pokemon with flamethrower."
Talk about how Protect goes with Substitute and Toxic here when it helps with Toxic stalling. Remove Flamethrower, I think it is implied that you can finish weakened Pokemon off with it.

"Thanks to Salazzle having its fire-typing, flamethrower counts as a stab move, which can be effective against double resisting Pokemon like Ferrothorn and all opposing steel types due to there being no steel-types immune to fire this generation. "
Make this more concise, don't say "this generation" as you're not supposed to reference time in analyses. Just say how Flamethrower is Salazzle's only and STAB attack and allows it to hit Steel-type Pokemon like x, x, and x for super-effective damage.

"Although having its fire-typing can be effective in various match-ups such as steel or grass, it takes 25% of its health from stealth rocks."
This could be transformed into a usage tip about how you should try to remove hazards before sending in Salazzle as it gets chipped heavily especially by Stealth Rock, while Salazzle should generally try to avoid strong attacks because of its shaky bulk.

Don't talk about unreleased Pokemon, and you can combine the spread into one sentence. Mention why you're running a lot of speed is because you want to get up Substitute against faster Pokemon when they are badly poisoned.

Rewrite the first sentence into a general statement about how the entire Poison team appreciates Salazzle's Toxic stalling, along with its ability to take on Steel-type Pokemon since it's the main anti-Steel Poison teams use. It doesn't really say anything right now as Galarian Weezing is the main Defog user on Poison teams and you describe it in the next sentence.

"Weezing-Galar provides Ground-type immunity thanks to its ability Levitate and can defog away hazards like stealth rocks or spikes allowing Salazzle to come back in without taking a quarter of its health."
Don't have to specify a quarter of Salazzle's health, it could vary depending on how many Spikes and Stealth Rock are set and it's already explained in the first paragraph how Salazzle hates Stealth Rock.

You need to talk about how Drapion, Toxapex, and Vileplume support Salazzle defensively, and how Toxapex and Drapion can set Toxic Spikes to spread status further. Their typings give it some really nice benefits when forming a defensive core, while Salazzle isn't exacly the bulkiest.

Talk to me in the #analysis-discussion channel if you have any questions. I'll be glad to help. Otherwise, tag me when all of this is implemented, I'll take a second look, and then stamp it if I think it looks fine.
 
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Like I said for the introduction, I would say how Salazzle is great at spreading status because of Corrosion, has Fire STAB, and then you can talk about how those two traits deal with Steel.

Run another example over Mandibuzz for something max Speed helps with, like Hydreigon for example since running no Speed also outspeeds Mandibuzz.

Need to mention Choice Scarf Excadrill as something Vileplume can take on for Salazzle.

"Due to Salazzle not being the bulkiest Pokemon for Poison-Types, forming a defensive core will help keep Salazzle alive. "
You can remove this since you already state that Salazzle loves defensive Poison-type Pokemon.

QC 1/2
 
-Speak your introduction sentence with more simplicity. Say something closer to the lines of "Salazzle benefits Poison teams greatly for its ability to threaten various Steel-types as well as a plethora of defensive Pokemon with its unique combination."
-No need to mention that Flamethrower counts as a STAB move, it's already implied by its Fire-type designation.
-"Galarian Mr. Mime", not "Mr.Mime-Galar"
-"Galarian Weezing", not "Weezing-Galar"
-Simply say that Galarian Weezing uses Defog to remove hazards for Salazzle; you don't need to list them specifically.
-What is a "decisive Psychic-Immunity"? Just say "Drapion's immunity to Psychic moves..."
-Toxapex resists "Water-type moves", not just "water".
-Talk a bit more about Toxapex's bulk; how it's great for walling foes such as Dragapult and Tyranitar for Salazzle.

I'd also advise you to look over the Spelling and Grammar Standards a little bit. In terms of information this analysis is fine, but some of the vernacular isn't up to par with Smogon's standards. Some that caught my eye were:
-"Galarian Mr. Mime", not "Mr.Mime-Galar"
-"Galarian Weezing", not "Weezing-Galar"
-"Stealth Rock", not "stealth rocks"

Could you implement this stuff first before I give a final check on this? There's quite a bit to unpack in terms of wording here.
 
Havens said:
-Speak your introduction sentence with more simplicity. Say something closer to the lines of "Salazzle benefits Poison teams greatly for its ability to threaten various Steel-types as well as a plethora of defensive Pokemon with its unique combination."
-No need to mention that Flamethrower counts as a STAB move, it's already implied by its Fire-type designation.
-"Galarian Mr. Mime", not "Mr.Mime-Galar"
-"Galarian Weezing", not "Weezing-Galar"
-Simply say that Galarian Weezing uses Defog to remove hazards for Salazzle; you don't need to list them specifically.
-What is a "decisive Psychic-Immunity"? Just say "Drapion's immunity to Psychic moves..."
-Toxapex resists "Water-type moves", not just "water".
-Talk a bit more about Toxapex's bulk; how it's great for walling foes such as Dragapult and Tyranitar for Salazzle.

I'd also advise you to look over the Spelling and Grammar Standards a little bit. In terms of information, this analysis is fine, but some of the vernacular isn't up to par with Smogon's standards. Some that caught my eye were:
-"Galarian Mr. Mime", not "Mr.Mime-Galar"
-"Galarian Weezing", not "Weezing-Galar"
-"Stealth Rock", not "stealth rocks"

Could you implement this stuff first before I give a final check on this? There's quite a bit to unpack in terms of wording here.
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implemented
 
totally didn't forget about this one too lmao

-Give good Toxic targets that Salazzle is used for; not just generalized as Poison- and Steel-types (pex, etc.)
-Mention examples of other type targets Flamethrower hits; not just Steel-types even though those are its primary targets
-Also emphasize how good Galarian Weezing is by virtue of typing; it's a solid Dragon-type check with Strange Steam.
-Specify Choice Scarf Drapion if you mention that its using Knock Off to remove its said Choice item (you've implied scarf).

Still some grammar issues but it's much better than before, so kudos. QC 2/2
 
Havens said:
totally didn't forget about this one too lmao

-Give good Toxic targets that Salazzle is used for; not just generalized as Poison- and Steel-types (pex, etc.)
-Mention examples of other type targets Flamethrower hits; not just Steel-types even though those are its primary targets
-Also emphasize how good Galarian Weezing is by virtue of typing; it's a solid Dragon-type check with Strange Steam.
-Specify Choice Scarf Drapion if you mention that its using Knock Off to remove its said Choice item (you've implied scarf).

Still some grammar issues but it's much better than before, so kudos. QC 2/2
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just for future references, are analyses generally written in Direct Voices compared to Passiveee
 
[SET]
name: SubToxic (Poison)
move 1: Flamethrower
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Protect
move 4: Toxic
item: Black Sludge
ability: Corrosion
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Salazzle benefits Poison teams greatly atby spreading status, threatening a plethora of defensive Pokemon along with Steel-type Pokemon thanks to its ability Corrosion. Corrosion is an ability that allows Salazzle to Toxic any type including Poison-types and Steel-types such as Toxapex or Ferrothorn. (dex info, unnecessary) Salazzle should try toshould try to inflict Toxic on the opposing Pokemon then use Substitute and Protect to build up damage. Flamethrower is effective against Steel-type Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Corviknight along with various Grass-(AH), Ice-(AH), and Bug-type Pokemon such as Roserade, Frosmoth, and Ribombee. Before sending in Salazzle, you should try to get rid of any hazards, (AC) as it gets chipped especially heavily by Stealth Rock. It's best to avoid strong attacks because Salazzle doesn't have amazing bulk;, even with maximized HP makes Salazzle as bulky as possible. Maximum Speed along with a Timid Nnature allows Salazzle to outspeed Pokemon like Hydreigon, Galarian Mr. Mime, and Frosslass in setting up Substitute and stalling Toxic.

Poison-Type T teams love spreading status with Pokemon like Toxapex, Drapion, and Galarian Weezing. Salazzle contributes to spreading Toxic to all types and dealing with Steel. In return, Poison's defensive Pokemon support Salazzle because it has poor bulk. Galarian Weezing provides Ground-type immunity thanks to its ability Levitate and can dDefog away hazards like Stealth Rock orand Spikes, (AC) allowing Salazzle to come backin safely. Galarian Weezing also serves as a Dragon-type check, (AC) with it having access to Strange Stream as a STAB move. Drapion provides decisive immunity to Psychic-type moves. Choice Scarf Drapion uses Knock Off to get rid of opposing cChoice items from Pokemon like Excadrill, (RC) and helps inflict status with Toxic Spikes or Toxic. Toxapex resists Water-type moves and also is effective in inflicting status by having access to Baneful Bunker, Toxic Spikes, Toxic, and Scald. Toxapex is an amazing wall that is fit to survive an attack from and potentially status Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Dragapult. Vileplume resists Water-type moves and takes neutral damage from Ground-type moves, (AC) which allows it to take attacks from Pokemon like Excadrill and Dracovish. Vileplume is used to stall out damage with Strength Sap and Leech Seed from an ally's Toxic.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[username1, userid1]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[lotiasite, 302985]]
gp 1/1, remember to fill out credits as well
 
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