PU sd zoro (qc 3/2) (gp 1/1)

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark resistant Pokemon; the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk; and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of wallbreaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would survive a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening all Paldean Tauros formes, while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock, and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2; it gains great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgoes the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result. Black Glasses can be used to hit similar damage benchmarks compared to Life Orb without taking recoil; however, it misses out on the guaranteed OHKOs stated above and has worse odds to OHKO Bellibolt and Mudsdale under the same circumstances.

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective wallbreaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch and slower priority users that resist Sucker Punch, like Skuntank, Paldean Tauros-W, and Choice Scarf users like Flamigo, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. Bellibolt and Houndstone are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Paldean Tauros-F and Decidueye can use Skuntank and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup fodder or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Delphox, since Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta. Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther's and Delphox's Speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not.

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How the fuck did you get it done that fast
Hera said:
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of Dark-type resists (i would mention how so much of the meta is dark-weak atm: see glowbro, deci, delphox, golurk, melo, etc) and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Flamigo. (This seems like a bad choice to mention since it resists sucker. Maybe mention a something like tox or rotom-mow instead?) Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live a +2 Knock Off, while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock, and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjuction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2, giving it great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and Alolan Sandslash (Is the sandslash one true if its psydef? I have no idea but if it specfically ohkos spd sandslash but not psydef i would mention that) . Heavy-Duty Boots forgo the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential (mention how this allows it to get more setup opportunities) and taking less chip damage.

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch, or slower priority users that resist Sucker Punch, like Skunktank, Choice Scarf Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. Houndstone and Bellibolt are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Arcanine and Bruxish can use these (Maybe mention what they respectively set up on? Also, brux does not really want to stay in and try and set up on any of these mons so i would rather say something like deci or garti here instead) as setup material after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Mismagius, since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta, while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther and Mismagius' speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not.

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Anyways, 1/2 when this is done. Good job!
 
Hera said:
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark-type resists, the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk, and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening Paldean Tauros, while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock, and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2, giving it great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgo the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and taking less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result.(maybe give a s/o to tera flying, since i believe it is on one of the sample teams)

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch, or slower priority users that resist Sucker Punch, like Skunktank, Choice Scarf Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W, (specify scarf wetbull)so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. Houndstone and Bellibolt are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Arcanine and Decidueye can use Skunktank (doesnt skunk just taunt?)and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup material or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Mismagius, since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic (doesnt milotic just fish for burns with scald?)and Meloetta, while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther and Mismagius' speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not.(this speed note seems too specific to mention)
Maybe something about utilizing illusion throughout the match?
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark-type resists, the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk, and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users (would even go so far as to just say other setup mons in general) to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening both Paldean Tauros formes (your wording implies combat bull and not aqua/blaze), while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock (Not super common right now, would mention how it kills snowslash), and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2, giving it great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgo the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and taking less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result. I would also give BlackGlasses a mention here assuming there are rolls it hits that HDB doesn't since it's an alright compromise between getting the boosts and not revealing your disguise

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch, or slower priority users that also resist Sucker Punch, like Skunktank, Choice Scarf Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. Houndstone and Bellibolt are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Arcanine (skunk can fuck with K9 a fair bit through taunt, toxic, etc, would mention something else) and Decidueye can use Skunktank and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup material or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Mismagius (missy is C rank, would probably make this some other ghost like lurk or some other psychic like phox. this goes well with what you mention after anyway since band lurk is massively punishing and np zoro is also a set which can add yet another layer of mindgames), since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta, while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther and Mismagius' speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not.

(should be obvious but also change the stuff about mismag to whatever else you decide to mention here, maybe change the meloetta mention at your discretion depending on what you decide to put there instead)

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2/2 once implemented!!
 
UberSkitty said:
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gulch said:
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark-type resists, the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk, and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users (would even go so far as to just say other setup mons in general) to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening both Paldean Tauros formes (your wording implies combat bull and not aqua/blaze), while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock (Not super common right now, would mention how it kills snowslash), and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2, giving it great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgo the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and taking less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result. I would also give BlackGlasses a mention here assuming there are rolls it hits that HDB doesn't since it's an alright compromise between getting the boosts and not revealing your disguise

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch, or slower priority users that also resist Sucker Punch, like Skunktank, Choice Scarf Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. Houndstone and Bellibolt are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Arcanine (skunk can fuck with K9 a fair bit through taunt, toxic, etc, would mention something else) and Decidueye can use Skunktank and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup material or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Mismagius (missy is C rank, would probably make this some other ghost like lurk or some other psychic like phox. this goes well with what you mention after anyway since band lurk is massively punishing and np zoro is also a set which can add yet another layer of mindgames), since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta, while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther and Mismagius' speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not.

(should be obvious but also change the stuff about mismag to whatever else you decide to mention here, maybe change the meloetta mention at your discretion depending on what you decide to put there instead)

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2/2 once implemented!!
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implemented both of these

GP Team
 
1/1 GP Team done
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]
Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark-type resists (RC)resistant Pokemon; (ASC) the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk (RC); (ASC) and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking wallbreaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live survive a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening all Paldean Tauros formes, while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock, and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2 (RC); (ASC) giving it gains great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgo forgoes the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and taking less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result. Black Glasses can be used to hit similar numbers damage benchmarks compared to Life Orb while without taking less recoil; however, it misses out on the guaranteed OHKOs stated above and has worse odds to OHKO Bellibolt and Mudsdale under the same circumstances.

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker wallbreaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch (RC) or and slower priority users that resist Sucker Punch, like Skuntank, Paldean Tauros-W, and Choice Scarf Flamigo, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. (would be good to separate examples for clarity 'Choice Scarf users like x and slower priority users like y' rn it's not clear which examples fit which category) Bellibolt and Houndstone are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Paldean Tauros-F and Decidueye can use Skuntank and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup material fodder or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Delphox, since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta (RC). (AP) while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther's and Delphox's Speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not. (while = whereas here but there isn't a clear contrast being made so splitting the sentences seems clearer)


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autumn said:
1/1 GP Team done
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Low Kick
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Illusion
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]
Zoroark stands out as a very strong Swords Dance user, leveraging the lack of defensive Dark-type resists (RC)resistant Pokemon; (ASC) the various Dark-weak staples like Galarian Slowbro, Delphox, and Golurk (RC); (ASC) and Illusion allowing it to disguise itself as other Swords Dance users to give it setup opportunities and tear holes in the opposing team. Knock Off and Sucker Punch are great STAB options that give Zoroark a devastating mix of breaking wallbreaking power and priority, with Sucker Punch allowing it to pick off weakened Choice Scarf users like Staraptor and Rotom-C. Aerial Ace allows Zoroark to hit Fighting-types like Heracross and Emboar that would live survive a +2 Knock Off as well as weakening all Paldean Tauros formes, while Low Kick removes Coalossal, Regirock, and Duraladon consistently; both of these options let it remove or severely weaken Scrafty and Wo-Chien. A Life Orb in conjunction with Tera Dark gives Zoroark outstanding power at +2 (RC); (ASC) giving it gains great odds to OHKO physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Mudsdale after a single layer of Spikes, as well as always OHKOing Milotic, Altaria, and specially defensive Alolan Sandslash. Heavy-Duty Boots forgo forgoes the power on Life Orb in favor of more bluffing potential and taking less chip damage, getting more setup opportunities as a result. Black Glasses can be used to hit similar numbers damage benchmarks compared to Life Orb while without taking less recoil; however, it misses out on the guaranteed OHKOs stated above and has worse odds to OHKO Bellibolt and Mudsdale under the same circumstances.

Swords Dance Zoroark is an effective breaker wallbreaker but struggles with faster Pokemon that resist Sucker Punch (RC) or and slower priority users that resist Sucker Punch, like Skuntank, Paldean Tauros-W, and Choice Scarf Flamigo, so checks to these Pokemon are highly recommended. (would be good to separate examples for clarity 'Choice Scarf users like x and slower priority users like y' rn it's not clear which examples fit which category) Bellibolt and Houndstone are solid switch-ins on bulkier playstyles, while Paldean Tauros-F and Decidueye can use Skuntank and Paldean Tauros-W, respectively, as setup material fodder or can easily revenge kill them with priority after Zoroark has weakened them. Zoroark heavily appreciates partners that it can disguise itself as effectively; some notable ones include Bruxish, Scyther, and Delphox, since a Zoroark disguised as them can take advantage of their switch-ins like Milotic and Meloetta (RC). (AP) while Bruxish and Scyther's access to Swords Dance as well as Scyther's and Delphox's Speed tiers make it hard to tell if it's Zoroark or not. (while = whereas here but there isn't a clear contrast being made so splitting the sentences seems clearer)


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implemented and ready for upload
 
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