AAA Sharp Cleavage (SD Iron Boulder) [GP 1/1] [Done]

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Boulder) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Earthquake / Throat Chop

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Boulder is a niche sweeper, sporting an excellent Speed stat that allows it to threaten out slower Pokemon like Iron Moth, Latios, and Azelf, as well as allowing it to find opportunities to set up a Swords Dance to sweep or clean up teams with its extremely strong Sharpness-boosted Mighty Cleave and Psycho Cut. Sacred Sword gives Iron Boulder a way to take down Ting-Lu, Kingambit, and Iron Treads that otherwise wall both of its STAB moves; Earthquake lets Iron Boulder still hit Iron Treads while also taking down non-Levitate Gholdengo; and Throat Chop mainly allows for Iron Boulder to take down Levitate Gholdengo, although it is important to note that most Levitate Gholdengo sets use Colbur Berry and can survive a Swords Dance-boosted Throat Chop, so removing the Colbur Berry off of Gholdengo ahead of time is advised.

Iron Boulder provides great support for stronger wallbreakers such as Kingambit, Iron Hands, and Zamazenta, with Iron Boulder either being able to weaken or take down their checks such as Great Tusk, Pecharunt, and Manaphy as well as take on Pokemon faster than them like Roaring Moon and Cobalion. Iron Boulder is also helpful for being able to clean up after they've weakened everything on the opponent's team. Iron Boulder struggles to find a way onto the battlefield as well as deal with most Pokemon that are faster than it such as Chien-Pao, Zamazenta, and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, so having defensive Pokemon that can check them like Manaphy, Pecharunt, and Corviknight while also providing entrances for Iron Boulder through pivoting is very appreciated.

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Boulder) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Earthquake / Throat Chop

[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1:
Iron Boulder is a solid niche given that hes B- and isnt very common atm, i think he's niche at best sweeper, sporting one of the highest subjective but i wouldnt necessarily call it one of the highest - its technically only the 8th highest base speed mon thats relevant, and when i think of "one of the highest" im thinking deos and zama - maybe a term like "speedy" or just "high / excellent Speed stat" would fit better natural speed stats in the tier, allowing it to threaten out many slower Pokemon give some examples here and in turn find opportunities to setup a Swords Dance to sweep or cleanup teams with it's extremely strong Sharpness boosted Mighty Cleaves and Psycho Cuts. Sacred Sword gives Iron Boulder a way to take down Ting-Lu and Iron Treads who otherwise wall both of it's STAB moves, Earthquake let's Iron Boulder still hit Iron Treads while also taking down non Ground-Immune Gholdengo, and Throat Chop mainly allows for Iron Boulder to take down Ground-Immune Levitate ee isnt as good, especially colbur variants since its much more prone to spikes Gholdengo; although it is important to note that most Ground-Immune Levitate Gholdengo sets use Colbur Berry and can survive a Swords Dance boosted Throat Chop, so removing the Coulbur Berry off of Gholdengo ahead of time is advised.

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Iron Boulder provides great support for slower wallbreakers such as Kingambit, Mamoswine, and Slither Wing i feel like boulder's breaking capacities arent limited to just slow wallbreakers eg: zama appreciates boulder eating pecharunt up and cleaning afterwards, with Iron Boulder either being able to weaken or take down their checks such as Great Tusk, Pecharunt, and Manaphy, taking on pokemon faster than them like Roaring Moon and Cobalion, or just being able to cleanup after they've weakened everything on the opponents team. Iron Boulder struggles to not only find a way onto the battlefield but also struggles to deal with most of the pokemon faster than it such as Chien-Pao, Barraskweda, and Zamazenta so having defensive pokemon that can check them like Manaphy, Corviknight, and Pecharunt while also providing entrances for Iron Boulder through pivoting is very appreciated.

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would just like a quick look after this qc so its not 1/2 yet, ping me here or on discord (tag: katsunorichan) and ill have a look again!
 
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[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Boulder) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Earthquake / Throat Chop

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Boulder is a niche sweeper, sporting an excellent Speed stat that allows it to threaten out slower Pokemon like Iron Moth, Latios, and Azelf, (Remove Comma) allowing and allows Iron Boulder to find opportunities to setup a Swords Dance to sweep or cleanup teams with its it's extremely strong Sharpness boosted Mighty Cleaves and Psycho Cuts. Sacred Sword gives Iron Boulder a way to take down Ting-Lu, (AC) Kingambit, and Iron Treads who otherwise wall both of it's STAB moves, Earthquake let's Iron Boulder still hit Iron Treads while also taking down non Levitate Gholdengo, and Throat Chop mainly allows for Iron Boulder to take down Sinistcha and Levitate Gholdengo; although it is important to note that most Levitate Gholdengo sets use Colbur Berry and can survive a Swords Dance boosted Throat Chop, so removing the Coulbur Berry off of Gholdengo ahead of time is advised.

Iron Boulder provides great support for stronger wallbreakers such as Kingambit, Iron Hands Mamoswine, and Zamazenta, with Iron Boulder either being able to weaken or take down their checks such as Great Tusk, Pecharunt, and Manaphy, (Remove Comma) as well as taking take on pokemon faster than them like Roaring Moon and Cobalion, or just being able to cleanup after they've weakened everything on the opponents team Sentence feels long enough as is either make this a new one or just delete it. Iron Boulder struggles to not only find a way onto the battlefield but also struggles to deal with most of the pokemon faster than it such as Chien-Pao, Zamazenta, and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon so having defensive pokemon that can check them like Manaphy, Pecharunt, and Corviknight while also providing entrances for Iron Boulder through pivoting is very appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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QC 2/2
 
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1/1 GP Team done

[SET]
Swords Dance (Iron Boulder) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sharpness
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mighty Cleave
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Earthquake / Throat Chop

[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Boulder is a niche sweeper, sporting an excellent Speed stat that allows it to threaten out slower Pokemon like Iron Moth, Latios, and Azelf, (AC) and as well as allows Iron Boulder allowing it to find opportunities to setup set up a Swords Dance to sweep or cleanup clean up teams with it's its extremely strong Sharpness-boosted (added hyphen) Mighty Cleaves Cleave and Psycho Cuts Cut. Sacred Sword gives Iron Boulder a way to take down Ting-Lu, Kingambit, and Iron Treads who that otherwise wall both of it's its STAB moves,; (removed comma, added semicolon) Earthquake let's lets Iron Boulder still hit Iron Treads while also taking down non-Levitate (added hyphen) Gholdengo,; (removed comma, added semicolon) and Throat Chop mainly allows for Iron Boulder to take down Levitate Gholdengo;, (removed semicolon, added comma) although it is important to note that most Levitate Gholdengo sets use Colbur Berry and can survive a Swords Dance-boosted (added hyphen) Throat Chop, so removing the Coulbur Colbur Berry off of Gholdengo ahead of time is advised.

Iron Boulder provides great support for stronger wallbreakers such as Kingambit, Iron Hands, and Zamazenta, with Iron Boulder either being able to weaken or take down their checks such as Great Tusk, Pecharunt, and Manaphy as well as take on pokemon Pokemon faster than them like Roaring Moon and Cobalion. Iron Boulder is also helpful for being able to cleanup clean up after they've weakened everything on the opponents opponent's team. Iron Boulder struggles to not only find a way onto the battlefield but also struggles to as well as deal with most of the pokemon Pokemon that are faster than it such as Chien-Pao, Zamazenta, and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, (AC) so having defensive pokemon Pokemon that can check them like Manaphy, Pecharunt, and Corviknight while also providing entrances for Iron Boulder through pivoting is very appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hiusi-guy.603640/
Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tranquility.475288/
Grammar checked by:
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