M&M Specially Defensive Garganacl [DONE]

[Solosis]

[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier special walls, boasting exceptional bulk that grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set entry hazards except against Mold Breaker foes and allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, so it can increase its Special Defense even further and inflict additional chip damage through sand, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake hits foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers and can also be utilized to sweep opposing teams all while making it incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rock setter by leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage through Salt Cure. Garganacl thrives on balance teams and provides them with outstanding defensive utility; thus, pairing it with other bulky partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable core. Magearna has noteworthy synergy, as it also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Pokemon such as Arceus-Water, Urshifu-R, and Pinsirite Great Tusk as well as Latiasite users like Pecharunt and Magearna help Garganacl against troublesome Ground-type foes such as Arceus-Ground and Great Tusk. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall threats like Eternatus, while in return, they can check foes such as Urshifu-R and Iron Boulder.

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk, as well as Salt Cure enabling it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. u need to mention the special guys it walls/softchecks (stuff like etern/bolt for example) With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its special defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers, and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams, providing outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall several threats, while in return counter check foes such as Urshifu-R.

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killer job, qc 1/2

 

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk, as well as Salt Cure enabling it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. u need to mention the special guys it walls/softchecks (stuff like etern/bolt for example) With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its special defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers, and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams, providing outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall several threats, while in return counter check foes such as Urshifu-R.

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killer job, qc 1/2

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[Lightniong]

AMQC, add what you seem fit, lowkey just kinda nitpicking this a really good analysis

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk which grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus, as well as Salt Cure enabling it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its special defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers, and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams, providing outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall several threats like what? Also could mention how it’s teammates like the chip damage Garg spreads around with salt cure and hazards, while in return check foes such as Urshifu-R. also could mention how Garg struggles with grounds like Groundceus and Tusk, so flying types or Latiasite mons like Pech, tusk, Ho-oh, Killowatrel, etc. could be good partners as well

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[Solosis]

AMQC, add what you seem fit, lowkey just kinda nitpicking this a really good analysis

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk which grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus, as well as Salt Cure enabling it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its special defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers, and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams, providing outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall several threats like what? Also could mention how it’s teammates like the chip damage Garg spreads around with salt cure and hazards, while in return check foes such as Urshifu-R. also could mention how Garg struggles with grounds like Groundceus and Tusk, so flying types or Latiasite mons like Pech, tusk, Ho-oh, Killowatrel, etc. could be good partners as well

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Fixed the stuffs, please have a look

 

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk which grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus, as well as Salt Cure enabling it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its special defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers, and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams, providing outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Zapdos, Kilowattrel, Pinsirite Great Tusk and Latiasite users like Pecharunt and Magearna help Garganacl against the troublesome Ground-type foes such as Arceus-Ground and Great Tusk. I think the Flying-types can sometimes struggle with the common Ground-types of the tier so I would prefer a mention to like Arceus-Water here instead or maybe Urshifu-R as well Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall threats like Eternatus, while in return they can check foes such as Urshifu-R I feel like another threat here would be good for just more than all the Urshifu-R mentions, but there isn't really any that are either used all that much (Lopunnite Iron Boulder) or are known for running Fighting "STAB" (Great Tusk) so if you want to add the former, feel free.

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Super solid and not much else to add to be honest

QC 2/2

 

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive special walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk, (AC) which grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus. (RC; AP) as well as Salt Cure enabling enables it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further, while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set entry hazards except against Mold Breaker foes, allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing its Special Defense even further and inflicting additional chip damage through Sandstorm, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit hits foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers (RC) and can also be utilised to sweep opposing teams all while being incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker, leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in Balance teams (RC) providing with its outstanding defensive utility, thus pairing it with other defensive partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy, as the latter also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Pokemon such as Arceus-Water, Urshifu-R, Pinsirite Great Tusk, (AC) and Latiasite users like Pecharunt and Magearna help Garganacl against the troublesome Ground-type foes such as Arceus-Ground and Great Tusk. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall threats like Eternatus, while and in return they can check foes such as Urshifu-R and Iron Boulder.

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive special walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk which that grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus (RC). (AP) as well as Salt Cure enabling enables it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further (RC) while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set entry hazards except against Mold Breaker foes (RC) and allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing so it can increase its Special Defense even further (saying 'sand boosts special defense' is just dex info - is there anything notable in the meta that this extra boost helps it check?) and inflicting inflict additional chip damage through Sandstorm sand, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit hits foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers (RC) and can also be utilised utilized to sweep opposing teams all while being making it incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker (RC) Rock setter by leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in on balance teams (RC) providing and provides them with outstanding defensive utility (RC); (ASC) thus, (AC) pairing it with other defensive bulky partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy has noteworthy synergy, as the latter it also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Pokemon such as Arceus-Water, Urshifu-R, and Pinsirite Great Tusk and as well as Latiasite users like Pecharunt and Magearna help Garganacl against the troublesome Ground-type foes such as Arceus-Ground and Great Tusk. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall threats like Eternatus, while in return, (AC) they can check foes such as Urshifu-R and Iron Boulder.

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[SET]
Specially Defensive (Garganacl) @ Sablenite / Tyranitarite
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Earthquake / Curse
- Stealth Rock / Curse
- Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl stands out as one of the tier's premier specially defensive special walls, boasting exceptional defensive stats and bulk which that grants it the ability to check special attackers such as Raging Bolt and Eternatus (RC). (AP) as well as Salt Cure enabling enables it to constantly force switches and accumulate chip damage. With Sablenite, Garganacl's defenses are elevated even further (RC) while also granting it Magic Bounce, punishing attempts to set entry hazards except against Mold Breaker foes (RC) and allowing it to exploit common Pokemon such as Latiasite Magearna. Alternatively, Tyranitarite provides Garganacl with the Sand Stream ability, increasing so it can increase its Special Defense even further (saying 'sand boosts special defense' is just dex info - is there anything notable in the meta that this extra boost helps it check?) and inflicting inflict additional chip damage through Sandstorm sand, which synergizes effectively with Salt Cure and hazards. Earthquake provides a way to hit hits foes like Raging Bolt, Ceruledge, and non-Latiasite Magearna and Pecharunt, granting it somewhat of an offensive presence. Curse enhances Garganacl's ability to check physical attackers (RC) and can also be utilised utilized to sweep opposing teams all while being making it incredibly difficult to KO. Garganacl can even fulfill the role of a Stealth Rocker (RC) Rock setter by leveraging its ability to force switches and accumulate chip damage. Garganacl thrives in on balance teams (RC) providing and provides them with outstanding defensive utility (RC); (ASC) thus, (AC) pairing it with other defensive bulky partners such as Magearna, Pecharunt, Arceus-Ground, and Ho-Oh creates a formidable defensive core. The synergy between Garganacl and Magearna is particularly noteworthy has noteworthy synergy, as the latter it also sets Spikes and capitalizes on Garganacl's ability to force switches through Salt Cure. Pokemon such as Arceus-Water, Urshifu-R, and Pinsirite Great Tusk and as well as Latiasite users like Pecharunt and Magearna help Garganacl against the troublesome Ground-type foes such as Arceus-Ground and Great Tusk. Offensive partners like Regieleki and Dragonite also form effective pairings with Garganacl, as they appreciate its capacity to wall threats like Eternatus, while in return, (AC) they can check foes such as Urshifu-R and Iron Boulder.

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Regarding the SpD boost of Sand Stream ability, I kinda wanna mention how it turns into a stronger Special Wall, but the line feels a little off. Is there a way I can fix that??

Also I have removed the description of Salt Cure cuz I personally believe that Salt Cure's functions are rather obvious and omittable in this case (I've mentioned about it forcing switches in the SR Section). Is that okay??