LC Spearow

[tondas]

[OVERVIEW]
Spearow offers little to nothing to distinguish itself from the myriad of Flying-type Pokemon in the tier and struggles to find a place on any serious team as a result. Access to Drill Run is appealing at face value, as it gives Spearow a tool to hit Rock- and Steel-type checks such as Onix and Magnemite hard, but similar Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet carry moves such as Jump Kick and Superpower to deal with such Pokemon. These two Pokemon are also Spearow's most notable examples of competition, as they boast better offensive stats, access to Brave Bird, more powerful coverage moves, and in Rufflet's case, a far more useful ability in Hustle. Lastly, Spearow's paltry defenses and weaknesses to common Electric-, Rock-, and Ice-type attacks all contribute to its poor longevity.

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Double-Edge
move 2: Drill Peck
move 3: Drill Run
move 4: U-Turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Sniper
nature: Jolly
evs: 196 Atk / 36 Def / 28 SpD / 196 Spe
ivs: 0 HP

[SET COMMENTS]
Spearow functions best as a Life Orb attacker to capitalize on its offensive movepool, with Double-Edge as its strongest STAB attack and coverage moves to hit the variety of Pokemon that resist it. However, Double-Edge's high recoil, in tandem with Life Orb and a lack of recovery, wears Spearow down very quickly, while Drill Peck and Drill Run are insufficiently powerful. Vullaby and Wingull offer better Flying-type STAB moves in the form of Brave Bird and Hurricane, while Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet additionally have stronger Fighting-type coverage moves to combat Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[tondas, 442732]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nineage, 195129],[Merritt, 213064]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[tondas]

this is qc ready

 

[Nineage]

This is detailed and well-written, good job! The only thing I would change is cutting down a little bit on the first sentence of the set comments - it's a little more detailed than we want in these analyses.

Spearow functions best as a Life Orb attacker to capitalize on its offensive movepool, with Double-Edge as its strongest STAB attack, Drill Peck to hit Grass- and Fighting-types such as Foongus and Mienfoo, Drill Run to hit resistances to its dual STAB such as Pawniard and Tirtouga, and U-Turn to pivot, luring in checks and denting them. Heat Wave is also a niche pick for dealing significant damage to Ferroseed, but hits little else.

Could become...

Spearow functions best as a Life Orb attacker to capitalize on its offensive movepool, with Double-Edge as its strongest STAB attack and coverage moves to hit the variety of Pokemon that resist it. (or something similar)

Additionally, I would mention how quickly its worn down by Double Edge recoil + LO + no recovery in the set comments.

Good work, implement these changes and give yourself 1/2.

 

[tondas]

did above

 

[Merritt]

Absolutely fantastic, only change I'd suggest is in [SET COMMENTS] (also call it [SET COMMENTS] not [SET DETAILS])

However, Spearow cannot make much out of these choices without them being outclassed or otherwise have a crippling downside"

This sentence reads awkwardly, I'm assuming "choices" refers to the coverage moves, but calling them choices makes it sound as though Spearow has to pick and choose from coverage moves despite the lack of slashes on the set. You can honestly completely cut most of this to simplify things, making the sentence just "However, Double-Edge's high recoil, in tandem with Life Orb and a lack of recovery, wears Spearow down very quickly, while Drill Peck and Drill Run are insufficient as coverage options."

Again, really great. Give yourself 2/2

 

[tondas]

This should be GP ready

 

[Aaronboyer]

This is an am gp check only implement what you want
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[OVERVIEW]
Spearow offers little to nothing to distinguish itself from the myriad of Flying-type Pokemon in the tier and struggles to find a place on any serious team as a result. Access to Drill Run is appealing at face value, as it gives Spearow a tool to hit Rock- and Steel-type checks such as Onix and Magnemite hard,(RC);(ASC) but however,(AC) Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet similarly carry moves such as Jump Kick and Superpower, respectively, to deal with such Pokemon;(RSC) these These two Pokemon are also Spearow's most notable examples of competition, as they boast better offensive stats thanks to their access to Brave Bird and more powerful coverage moves, and in Rufflet's case, a far more useful ability in Hustle. Lastly, Spearow's paltry defenses and weaknesses to common Electric-, Rock- and Ice-type attacks all contribute to its poor survivability.

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Double-Edge
move 2: Drill Peck
move 3: Drill Run
move 4: U-Turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Sniper
nature: Jolly
evs: 196 Atk / 36 Def / 28 SpD / 196 Spe
ivs: 0 HP

[SET COMMENTS]
Spearow functions best as a Life Orb attacker to capitalize on its offensive movepool, with Double-Edge as its strongest STAB attack and coverage moves to hit the variety of Pokemon that resist it. However, Double-Edge's high recoil, in tandem with Life Orb and a lack of recovery, wears Spearow down very quickly, while Drill Peck and Drill Run are insufficient as coverage options. Vullaby and Wingull offer better Flying-type STABs in the form of Brave Bird and Hurricane, while Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet additionally have better options to combat Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon with their stronger Fighting-type coverage moves.

 

[frenzyplant]

1/1 :)

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[OVERVIEW]
Spearow offers little to nothing to distinguish itself from the myriad of Flying-type Pokemon in the tier and struggles to find a place on any serious team as a result. Access to Drill Run is appealing at face value, as it gives Spearow a tool to hit Rock- and Steel-type checks such as Onix and Magnemite hard, but similar Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet similarly (this essentially says the same thing as "to deal with such Pokemon" at the end of this sentence) carry moves such as Jump Kick and Superpower, respectively, (the sentence isn't ambiguous without "respectively", so it can be removed) to deal with such Pokemon. (change semicolon to period, as this sentence is quite long) these These two Pokemon are also Spearow's most notable examples of competition, as they boast better offensive stats, (comma) thanks to their access to Brave Bird, (comma: having access to Brave Bird doesn't cause a Pokemon to have better base stats, so I split this part up) and more powerful coverage moves, and in Rufflet's case, a far more useful ability in Hustle. Lastly, Spearow's paltry defenses and weaknesses to common Electric-, Rock-, (comma) and Ice-type attacks all contribute to its poor longevity. survivability. (in its strictest sense, survivability is the ability to be survived, not the ability to survive something)

[SET]
name: Life Orb Attacker
move 1: Double-Edge
move 2: Drill Peck
move 3: Drill Run
move 4: U-Turn U-turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Sniper
nature: Jolly
evs: 196 Atk / 36 Def / 28 SpD / 196 Spe
ivs: 0 HP

[SET COMMENTS]
Spearow functions best as a Life Orb attacker to capitalize on its offensive movepool, with Double-Edge as its strongest STAB attack and coverage moves to hit the variety of Pokemon that resist it. However, Double-Edge's high recoil, in tandem with Life Orb and a lack of recovery, wears Spearow down very quickly, while Drill Peck and Drill Run are insufficiently powerful (is this what you mean? they seem to have decent neutral coverage together) as coverage options. Vullaby and Wingull offer better Flying-type STAB moves in the form of Brave Bird and Hurricane, while Pokemon like Doduo and Rufflet additionally have better options stronger Fighting-type coverage moves to combat Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon with their stronger Fighting-type coverage moves.