UU Specs Latias

[Estarossa]

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Surf
move 4: Trick / Healing Wish
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Draco Meteor is Latias's strongest STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing Krookodile and 2HKOing Hippowdon and Gligar when boosted by Choice Specs. Psyshock is Choice Specs Latias's preferred Psychic-type move due to its ability to hit special walls such as Blissey and Sylveon much harder than Psychic. Surf allows Latias to hit one of its main counters in Mega Steelix super effectively, as well as Aggron prior to Mega Evolution if it attempts to swap in. Surf is also Latias's most powerful attack versus most Steel-types, notably 2HKOing bulky Scizor after Stealth Rock damage. Thunderbolt is an alternative to Surf that allows Latias to hit Empoleon and is its best option against Calm Mind Slowbro, while still retaining the same power as Surf versus Scizor. It is, however, a very dangerous move to lock into, as it allows Choice Scarf Krookodile to freely Pursuit trap Latias, and Trick can instead be used to cripple Empoleon. Hidden Power Fire is another option that lets Latias OHKO all Scizor variants, 2HKO Mega Steelix after Stealth Rock, and deal decent damage to Mega Aggron. However, it has a low damage output in general and faces competition for the moveslot from Surf, which does more damage against neutral targets and is less easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers such as Terrakion and Pursuit trappers such as Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile. Trick allows Latias to potentially cripple a switch-in such as Empoleon, Blissey, or Sylveon by giving them Choice Specs. Healing Wish allows Latias to trade its life in order to fully heal a teammate and cure them of status, allowing Latias to potentially change the outcome of a game. This permits Latias's teammates to play more aggressively earlier in the match.

Set Details
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Levitate is Latias's only ability, giving it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes. This provides it with more longevity in the absence of any recovery moves and an immunity to Ground-type moves that allows it to come in on Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Choice Scarf Krookodile locked into Earthquake.

Usage Tips
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Choice Specs Latias is best used to break holes in the opposing team due to its strong coverage options limiting its switch-ins. In particular, it can lure in Mega Steelix and hit it hard with Surf and dent other Steel-types such as Scizor and Mega Aggron. Latias can take advantage of its resistances and special bulk to swap in on Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego, which it can either OHKO or force out. It should, however, be wary of switching in repeatedly due to its lack of recovery allowing it to be easily put into range of attacks from Pokemon such as Mega Aerodactyl. It should also be careful of physical Infernape sets, as U-turn or Choice Band-boosted attacks will do considerable damage to Latias. It is therefore ideal to bring Latias in on free switches or predicted double switches in order to preserve its HP. Latias should be careful about locking itself into its STAB moves, as being locked into Draco Meteor can provide free turns for Pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor, Primarina, and Mimikyu, while being locked into Psyshock allows Pokemon such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Choice Scarf Krookodile to Pursuit trap Latias for free. Therefore, in matches against teams with bulkier Pursuit trappers such as Bisharp and Alolan Muk, it is often better to make double switches to rack up entry hazard chip damage on the opposing Pokemon until they are in range of Latias's Choice Specs-boosted attacks. Against bulkier teams featuring Pokemon that wall Latias's STAB moves, such as Sylveon and Mega Aggron, Latias can be played either in a high-risk, high-reward manner through careful prediction or more safely by using Trick earlier in the match to provide some immediate value via potentially disrupting part of the opponent's defensive core at the cost of reducing Latias's power throughout the match. Using Trick against more offensive teams is often not ideal due to the drop in power, as it allows Pokemon such as Scizor to swap into and set up on Latias more easily and causes Latias to lose the ability to revenge kill Pokemon such as Nasty Plot Celebi after a small amount of chip damage. If running Healing Wish, Latias should aim to use it if healing a teammate is important to winning the match. This is particularly valuable when used at the right moment, as Healing Wish offers the chosen target a free switch in, providing valuable momentum especially for more offensive teams. Latias can also use Healing Wish if its HP is too low for it to come in anymore, or if it is no longer useful and restoring a teammate's health would be of more benefit.

Team Options
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Choice Specs Latias fits best on bulky offense and balance teams thanks to its wallbreaking prowess and ability to soft check various offensive Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego. Entry hazard setters are essential in allowing Choice Specs Latias to secure various KOs, such as 2HKOing bulky Scizor with Surf after Stealth Rock damage. Cobalion is a particularly good choice, as it can punish Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Krookodile for locking themselves into Dark-type moves and act as a strong offensive check to Scizor. Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, provide a pivot into Zeraora, which threatens to OHKO Latias after Stealth Rock with Knock Off, and help Latias check Pokemon such as Terrakion. It also helps to break bulky Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely. Tsareena is a solid hazard control option to pair with Choice Specs Latias, as it is able to pressure bulky Water-types that Latias struggles against, such as Suicune, while being able to provide Latias momentum with U-turn on predicted switches into Pokemon such as Amoonguss, giving Latias more opportunities to wallbreak. Empoleon and Sludge Bomb Tentacruel are also good choices for hazard removal, as they can help to check Primarina, which can punish Latias for being locked into Draco Meteor or Surf. Tentacruel can also help check Scizor and set up Toxic Spikes to wear down the opposing team. Due to Choice Specs Latias's weakness to Pursuit trappers, teammates that can discourage Choice Scarf Krookodile from locking itself into Pursuit such as Cobalion, Terrakion, and Lucario pair nicely, as they can use it doing so as an opportunity to set up. The former two and Swords Dance Lucario variants can also punish other Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon for using Dark Pulse due to the threat of a potential Justified boost, while Nasty Plot Lucario variants can help break stall teams. They can also help to break Steel-types, allowing Latias to more freely use its STAB attacks. Other offensive pivots such as Mienshao and Scizor synergize well with Choice Specs Latias, getting it in safely with U-turn, which offers it more opportunities to break holes in the enemy team. Assault Vest Mienshao in particular can repeatedly swap into Choice Scarf Hydreigon due to Regenerator, which is notable because Hydreigon easily forces Latias out every time it comes in. Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Scizor greatly appreciate Choice Specs Latias luring in and weakening Mega Steelix for them, as well as wearing down other Steel-types such as Doublade and Mega Aggron. Mega Manectric appreciates Latias's ability to pivot into and remove Ground-types such as Hippowdon, allowing it to more freely use Volt Switch. It also appreciates Latias helping to break through specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Florges or potentially crippling them with Trick. In return, Mega Manectric is able to bring Latias in through Volt Switch against Pokemon such as Rotom-H to provide it with more wallbreaking opportunities. Moltres can help Latias take on Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Scizor thanks to its Fire-type moves and access to Flame Body, which allows it to punish contact moves such as Bullet Punch. In return, Moltres appreciates Latias being able to use Trick on defensive Pokemon such as Blissey that would otherwise indefinitely wall it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157], [Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Empress, 175616], [Martha, 384270]]

 

[Nuked]

Estarossa you have 5 days to complete this

 

[Estarossa]

this is hopefully ready for qc i think.

 

[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Surf
move 4: Trick / Healing Wish
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

• Draco Meteor is Latias' strongest STAB, and with a Choice Specs boost is capable of KOing Krookodile, and 2HKOing Hippowdon and Gligar.
• Psyshock is Choice Specs Latias' Psychic STAB of choice, due to hitting special walls much harder than Psychic, being able to 2HKO Blissey and Florges after Stealth Rock. Neither gets guaranteed 2HKO after rocks so just edit this to say it helps Latias break past them.
• Surf allows Latias to hit one of it's main counters in Mega Steelix supereffectively, as well as potentially unmega'd Aggrons swapping in. It is also Latias' most powerful attack vs most Steel types, noteably 2HKOing Bulky Scizors after Stealth Rock.
• Thunderbolt is an option over Surf that allows Latias to hurt Empoleon, as well as being the best option vs Calm Mind Slowbro, while still retaining the same power vs Scizor. It is however a very dangerous move to lock into, offering Scarf Krookodile the ability to freely trap you, and Trick can instead be used to cripple Empoleon if necessary.
• Trick allows Latias to potentially cripple a swap in such as Empoleon, Blissey or Pyukumukku by giving them Choice Specs, which allows Latias to potentially cause some final damage to Balance and Stall teams when it is low on HP, or when it is more helpful to be able to freely change moves if the extra power is not necessary. I would rephrase the section on 'cause some final damage' and just say it can cripple the Pokemon you listed. The reasonings you mention about when to use it (being low on hp or not needing the extra power) can be removed and moved to usage tips.
• Healing Wish allows Latias to trade its life in order to fully heal a teammate and cure them of status, allowing Latias to potentially change the outcome of a game by restoring a win condition, and allowing Latias' teammates to play more aggressively early game.
• Both Trick and Healing Wish can be run on the same set, however when doing this Latias will be unable to break past Bulky Steels very well, and will be much more susceptible to Pursuit Trapping from pokemon such as Choice Band Scizor. I'm pretty against this concept of Specs Latias using both at the same time as a big selling point is it can beat Mega Steelix otherwise you would just consider CM Z-move or LO to break these other Mons you listed. I'd just remove it.

Set Details
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• Levitate is Latias' only ability, giving it an immunity to Spikes, Toxic Spikes and Sticky Webs, allowing it more longevity in the absence of recovery This part on longevity doesn't really apply to Sticky Webs as it doesn't do entry damage, and giving it an immunity to Ground type moves, allowing it to come in on pokemon such as Hippowdon and Choice Scarf Krookodile locked into Earthquake.

Usage Tips
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• Choice Specs Latias is best used to break holes in the enemy team, due to it's strong coverage providing limited swap ins. You jump straight into not locking yourself into its STAB moves, I would expand more on what it wants to look to break and bring up luring in Mega Steelix and denting other Steel-types first. I would also move the point about when Latias should ideally switch in before this point about locking into STABs etc.
• Latias should be careful about locking itself into it's STAB moves, as the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor can provide free set up opportunities to pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor, while being locked into Psyshock allows pokemon such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Scarf Krookodile to freely pursuit trap Latias. Due to this weakness to pursuit trapping, in matches vs bulkier pursuit trappers such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Alolan Muk, it is often better to make double switches to gain entry hazard chip until they are in range of Latias' Choice Specs boosted attacks.
• Due to a lack of recovery, Choice Specs Latias should be mainly brought in safely or on predicted doubles in order to preserve its HP as it is very easily worn down. If the enemy has no good swap ins to Latias however, it should be brought in on pokemon such as Nihilego and Nasty Plot Infernape in order to immediately break holes in the enemy team for the rest of it's team to follow up on, making use of it's key resistances and strong natural bulk. I'm not following this, how does the enemy team lacking a Latias switch in mean you can now start using it as a way to check these Pokemon. Regardless of whether the opponent has a solid response to Latias (i.e. a Pursuit user or bulky Steel-type) it can still take advantage of its natural bulk and resistances to pivot into some stuff like Ape. I would reword this section. Starting with it can take adv of its resistances to pivot into X then say why it has to be wary of doing this before finally leading into the part about it is therefore ideal Latias comes in via a free switch or double.
• Trick allows Latias to immediately cripple common swap ins such as Blissey or Empoleon, being particularly helpful in crippling a key pokemon in Stall teams to help it's team stallbreak. In matchups with multiple answers to Latias such as Sylveon and Mega Aggron, using Trick earlier in the match to potentially cripple a key part of the enemies defensive core is often advisable, as Latias will have to predict well otherwise to not give free turns, however Choice Specs Latias can dismantle such teams with good prediction if such a risk is taken. This is kind of a mouthful. I get what you mean just try and make it easier to read. It is also advisable to trick early in the match against teams featuring multiple pokemon that can punish Latias for locking into each move, such as Primarina and Mimikyu, which can both get free turns from a Latias locked into Draco Meteor to either fire off strong Specs attacks or set up with Swords Dance respectively. This sentence about if a team has multiple checks is literally what you mentioned the line before, you are simply repeating yourself so remove it. Move this point to your second bullet point on being careful about locking into STABs. You can bring up likewise to locking into Psychic STAB, locking into Draco allows Fairy types like... to... and loses momentum...
• Add a sentence about not being ideal to use Trick against offensive teams as losing the power from Specs can be detrimental for it.
• If running Healing Wish, Latias should preserve its HP if restoring a teammates health or clearing them of status later in the game is important to winning the match. Latias can use Healing Wish at any point if it is faster regardless of whether it's health is preserved so remove that part. And just reduce this to 'to heal a teammate' than detailing it restores health and status. Healing wish is generally a last option for Latias, and should mainly be preserved for when Latias' health is too low to come in anymore or it is no longer necessary in the match. You state a reason just before this as to when it should use HW so these two aren't the main reasons it should look to use the move. Say something along the lines of 'Latias can also look to use Healing Wish if...' to not get the wrong point across here.

Team Options
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• Choice Specs Latias fits best on Bulky Offence and Balance teams, thanks to its wallbreaking prowess and ability to soft check various offensive pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego.
• Entry hazard setters are essential in allowing Choice Specs Latias to secure various kills, such as 2HKOing Bulky Scizor with Surf after Stealth Rock. Cobalion is a particularly good choice, as it can punish pokemon such as Scarf Hydreigon and Krookodile for locking themselves into Dark-type moves, and can act as a strong offensive check to Scizor. It can also help Latias by breaking Bulky Steel-types and Fairy-types such as Aggron-Mega and Sylveon via Swords Dance boosted attacks, allowing Latias to spam its STAB moves more freely. I'd trim or remove some of these points especially when you repeat a lot of them further down with the Justified users where Cobalion is brought up again.
• Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, as it provides an Electric immunity and can help Latias check pokemon such as Terrakion These points don't fully benefit Latias imo. Electric immunity isn't important to Latias other than NidoQ being a pivot into Zera, which you should specify instead as it threatens to KO Lati after rocks so change that., while also breaking Bulky Steel-types and Fairy-types, in particular Primarina unlike Cobalion. No need to compare this to Coba.
• Tsareena is a solid hazard control option to pair with Choice Specs Latias, being able to pressure the Bulky Water-types that Latias struggles against, such as Suicune, while being able to provide momentum with U-turn on predicted swaps into pokemon such as Amoonguss, giving Latias more opportunities to wallbreak.
• Empoleon and Tentacruel are also good choices for hazard removal, providing swap ins to Primarina, which can punish Latias locked into Draco Meteor or Surf to get free turns. Tentacruel can also help check Scizor, and absorb and/or set Toxic Spikes. This is nice and all but this should be referring to Latias, which doesn't care whether T Spikes are up or not on its side of the field thanks to Levitate.
• Due to Choice Specs Latias' weakness to Pursuit trappers, teammates that can discourage Scarf Krookodile from locking itself into Pursuit such as Cobalion, Terrakion and Lucario pair nicely, as they can use this as an opportunity to set up with Swords Dance, or potentially Nasty Plot in Lucario's case. The former two and Swords Dance Lucario can also punish other pokemon such as Scarf Hydreigon for clicking Dark Pulse too, with the threat of a potential Justified boost, while Nasty Plot Lucario can help break stall teams. Mention that they break Steel-types which takes pressure off Latias and allows it to spam STABs.
• Other offensive pivots such as Mienshao and Scizor synergise well with Choice Specs Latias, providing it with more opportunities to break holes in the enemy team. Assault Vest Mienshao in particular can repeatedly swap into Choice Scarf Hydreigon due to Regenerator, which easily forces Latias out everytime it comes in.
• Moltres can help Latias take on Steel types such as Mega Aggron and Scizor through its Fire STABs and Flame Body, allowing Latias to potentially run Healing Wish and Trick on the same set. Again I am not sold on the idea of running both together, Moltres as a partner is fine but use another reason. In return, Moltres appreciates Latias being able to Trick defensive pokemon such as Blissey that would otherwise indefinitely wall it.
• Add a point about Pokemon that appreciate Latias wearing down Steel-types, especially potentially removing Mega Steelix for them. Scizor and Mega Altaria come to mind.
• Add a point on Pokemon that appreciate Latias being able to pivot into and remove ground types like Hippowdon such as Mega Manectric. Mega Manectric also loves that specs Latias can break through Blissey and Florges for it so mention that too.

Good job on this. There are a few errors with spelling which I haven't bothered pointing out so double check that. 1/3 when implemented.

 

[Estarossa]

implemented, sorry for the wait, had some stuff going on irl all of a sudden.

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

i'd say it's pretty worth noting in usage tips that healing wish, perhaps most importantly of all for offensive teams, gives the chosen teammate a free switch and gives the team a heavy uptick in momentum.

might want to mention specifically poison move tentacruel when using it as a primarina check; otherwise it just kinda does nothing and dies

good analysis otherwise, 2/3 and write this up. try to fix some of the grammar issues such as referring to plural pokemon with an extra s or missing oxford commas while you do that.

[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]

 

[Estarossa]

implemented and written up, ty!

 

[Hilomilo]

Moves
- I don't think Pyuku is a very good example for a Trick target imo, considering with specs both of its STABs can power through it even with max investment. Florges or Sylveon would work better here.
- Bring up Hidden Power Fire as an option to cleanly KO Scizor, 2HKO Mega Steelix, and deal decent damage to Magg. The clear drawback in its low damage against other targets and competition for a slot should be brought up, however.

Usage Tips
- This looks good! All I'd do is consider including a line of being wary of switching in too often due to its lack of recovery on this set. I'd also considering mentioning being wary of coming in on physical Infernape sets since U-turn and Choice Band-boosted STAB attacks will do a fair amount of damage.

Team Options
- This also looks great. All I'd suggest is you mention some specific examples of Pokemon Manectric lures in that Latias can take advantage of.

Great work! 3/3 when this is implemented :)

 

[bigtalk]

Hi there! AMGP check, implement what you want.

I don't have a problem with using "swap" > "switch" as a verb because it's clear what it means by context, but I think terms like "swap-ins" or "free swaps" could easily confuse readers so I changed instances of those.

add remove (comment)
(AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; AH=add hyphen; RH=remove hyphen; AP=add period; SC=semicolon)

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Surf
move 4: Trick / Healing Wish
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Draco Meteor is Latias's strongest STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing Krookodile (RC) and 2HKOing Hippowdon and Gligar under the effects of Choice Specs. Psyshock is Choice Specs Latias's preferred Psychic-type move of choice (repetition, you said "preferred"), due to hitting its ability to hit special walls such as Blissey and Sylveon much harder than Psychic, helping to break specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Sylveon. Surf allows Latias to hit one of its main counters in Mega Steelix super effectively, as well as potentially un-Mega'd Aggron prior to Mega Evolution attempting if it attempts to swap in. It Surf is also Latias's most powerful attack versus most Steel-types, notably 2HKOing bulky Scizor after Stealth Rock damage. Thunderbolt is an alternative option to Surf that allows Latias to hurt Empoleon (RC) as well as being the and is its (sentence parallelism) best option against Calm Mind Slowbro, while still retaining the same power as Surf versus Scizor. It is, (AC) however, (AC) a very dangerous move to lock into, (AC) as it allows Scarf Krookodile to freely Pursuit trap you Latias, while Trick can instead be used to cripple Empoleon if necessary anyway (makes it clearer why you put this part here). Hidden Power Fire is another option that lets Latias OHKO all Scizor sets variants, while 2HKOing 2HKO Mega Steelix after Stealth Rock, (AC) and doing deal decent damage to Mega Aggron. However, (AC) in general it has a low damage output in general (subjective change; moving this here makes it flow better) and faces competition for the moveslot from Surf, which does more damage against neutral targets (RC) while being locked into Hidden Power Fire is and is less easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers such as Terrakion and opposing Latias, (locking into Surf also gives opposing Latias setup opportunities) and Pursuit trappers such as Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile. Trick allows Latias to potentially cripple a swap in switch-in such as Empoleon, Blissey, or Sylveon (RC) by giving them Choice Specs. Healing Wish instead allows Latias to trade its life in order to fully heal a teammate and cure them of status, allowing Latias to potentially change the outcome of a game by restoring a win condition (repetition). (AP) allowing This permits (repetition, you just said "allows" twice) Latias's teammates to play more aggressively earlier in the match.

Set Details
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Levitate is Latias's only ability, giving it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes (RC) providing Latias that provides it with more longevity in the absence of any recovery moves, and giving it (repetition) an immunity to Ground-type moves which that (parallelism) allows it to come in on Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Choice Scarf Krookodile locked into Earthquake.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Specs Latias is best used to break holes in the opposing team, due to its strong coverage options providing limited swap ins limiting its switch-ins ("providing switch-ins" sounds awkward). In particular, it can lure in and weaken Mega Steelix with Surf (RC) and dent other Steel-types such as Scizor and Mega Aggron. Latias can take advantage of its resistances and special bulk to swap in on Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego, which it can either OHKO or force out. It should, (AC) however, (AC) be wary of swapping in repeatedly, due to its lack of recovery allowing it to be easily put into range of attacks from Pokemon such as Mega Aerodactyl. (AP) and It should also be careful of physical Infernape sets, as U-turn or Choice Band-boosted (AH) attacks will do considerable damage to Latias. It is therefore ideal to bring Latias in on free swaps switches or predicted swaps switches from the opponent (RC) in order to preserve its HP. Latias should be careful about locking itself into its STAB moves, as the Special Attack drop from being locked into Draco Meteor can provide free setup opportunities turns to for Pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor, (AC) Primarina, and Mimikyu, while being locked into Psyshock allows Pokemon such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Scarf Krookodile to Pursuit trap Latias for free. Due to this weakness to Pursuit trapping Therefore, in matches against teams with bulkier Pursuit trappers such as Bisharp and Alolan Muk, it is often better to make double switches to gain rack up ("gain chip on" sounds awkward) entry hazard chip on the opposing Pokemon until they are in range of Latias's Choice Specs-boosted (AH) attacks. Being locked into Draco Meteor also provides free opportunities for Fairy types such as Primarina and Mimikyu to gain momentum against Latias, and use the forced swap to either break holes in Latias's team with Choice Specs boosted attacks or set up a Swords Dance. (I incorporated this into the earlier point) Trick allows Latias to immediately cripple common swap ins such as Blissey or Empoleon, which is particularly helpful in its stall matchup. (no need to include this because it just describes what the move does; you already covered this in Moves) Against bulkier teams featuring Pokemon that resist each of Latias's respective moves wall (Sylveon doesn't resist Psyshock) Latias's STAB moves, such as Sylveon and Mega Aggron, Latias can either be played in a high-risk (AH), (AC) high-reward (AH) manner through careful prediction, or can be played more safely by using Trick earlier in the match to provide some immediate value via potentially disrupting part of the foe's opponent's (foe = opposing Pokemon, opponent = opposing player) defensive core, at the cost of reducing Latias's power throughout the match. Using Trick against more offensive teams is often not ideal due to the drop in power it will cost Latias, allowing as it allows Pokemon such as Scizor to swap into Latias more easily and set up against it, and causing causes Latias to lose the ability to revenge kill Pokemon such as Nasty Plot Celebi after a small amount of chip damage. If running it Healing Wish, Latias should aim to use Healing Wish it if healing a teammate is important to winning the match. This is particularly valuable when used at the right moment, as Healing Wish offers the chosen target a free swap-in switch-in, providing valuable momentum (RC) especially for more offensive teams. Latias can also look to use Healing Wish if its HP is too low for it to come in anymore, or if it is no longer necessary against the opposing team and restoring a teammate's health would be of more benefit.

Team Options
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Choice Specs Latias fits best on bulky offence offense and balance teams (RC) thanks to its wallbreaking prowess and ability to soft check various offensive Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego. Entry hazard setters are essential in allowing Choice Specs Latias to secure various kills, such as 2HKOing bulky Scizor with Surf after Stealth Rock damage. Cobalion is a particularly good choice, as it can punish Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Krookodile for locking themselves into Dark-type moves (RC) and can act as a strong offensive check to Scizor. Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, as it provides provide a pivot into Zeraora which threatens to OHKO Latias after Stealth Rock with Knock Off, and can (sentence parallelism) help Latias check Pokemon such as Terrakion. (AP) while It also breaking helps to break bulky Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely. (subjective change: merge Zeraora/Terrakion into a single point, ie. "Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, provide a pivot into Zeraora and Terrakion, and pressure Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely.") Tsareena is a solid hazard control option to pair with Choice Specs Latias, (AC) as it is able to pressure the bulky Water-types that Latias struggles against, such as Suicune, while being able to provide Latias momentum with U-turn on predicted swaps switches into Pokemon such as Amoonguss, providing giving (repetition) Latias with more opportunities to wallbreak. Empoleon and Sludge Bomb Tentacruel are also good choices for hazard removal, (AC) as they can help to check Primarina, provided Tentacruel has Sludge Bomb, which can punish Latias for being locked into Draco Meteor or Surf in order to get free turns (unnecessary). Tentacruel can also help check Scizor (RC) and set Toxic Spikes to help (repetition) wear down the opposing team. Due to Choice Specs Latias's weakness to Pursuit trappers, teammates that can discourage Choice Scarf Krookodile from locking itself into Pursuit such as Cobalion, Terrakion and Lucario pair nicely, as they can use this it doing so as an opportunity to set up with Swords Dance, or potentially Nasty Plot in Lucario's case (unnecessary). The former two and Swords Dance Lucario variants can also punish other Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon for clicking using Dark Pulse due to the threat of a potential Justified boost, while Nasty Plot Lucario variants can help break stall teams. They canalso can also (typo) help to break Steel-types, allowing Latias to more freely use its STAB attacks. Other offensive pivots such as Mienshao and Scizor synergise synergize well with Choice Specs Latias, offering getting it in safely with U-turn which offers it more opportunities to break holes in the enemy team. Assault Vest Mienshao in particular can repeatedly swap into Choice Scarf Hydreigon due to Regenerator, which is notable because Hydreigon (current phrasing makes it sound like "Regenerator forces Latias out") easily forces Latias out every time it comes in. Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Scizor greatly appreciate Choice Specs Latias luring in and weakening Mega Steelix for them, as well as wearing down other Steel-types such as Doublade and Mega Aggron. Mega Manectric appreciates Latias being able to pivot into and remove Ground-types such as Hippowdon, allowing it to more freely use Volt Switch. It also appreciates Latias helping to break through specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Florges (RC) or potentially crippling them with Trick. In return, Mega Manectric is able to bring Latias in through Volt Switch against Pokemon such as Rotom-H to provide it with more wallbreaking opportunities. Moltres can also help Latias take on Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Scizor thanks to its Fire-type moves and access to Flame Body, (AC) allowing which allows it to punish contact moves such as Bullet Punch. In return, Moltres appreciates Latias being able to use Trick on defensive Pokemon such as Blissey that would otherwise indefinitely wall it.

 

[Empress]

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bigtalk: add remove (comment)
(AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; AH=add hyphen; RH=remove hyphen; AP=add period; SC=semicolon)

Here ya go

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Surf
move 4: Trick / Healing Wish
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Draco Meteor is Latias's strongest STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing Krookodile (RC) and 2HKOing Hippowdon and Gligar under the effects of Choice Specs. Psyshock is Choice Specs Latias's preferred Psychic-type move of choice (repetition, you said "preferred"), (RC) due to hitting its ability to hit (This wasn't necessary, but it does improve the sentence imo) special walls such as Blissey and Sylveon much harder than Psychic, helping to break specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Sylveon. Surf allows Latias to hit one of its main counters in Mega Steelix super effectively, as well as potentially un-Mega'd Aggron prior to Mega Evolution attempting if it attempts to swap in. It Surf is also Latias's most powerful attack versus most Steel-types, notably 2HKOing bulky Scizor after Stealth Rock damage. Thunderbolt is an alternative option to Surf that allows Latias to hurt Empoleon (RC) as well as being the and is its (sentence parallelism) best option against Calm Mind Slowbro, while still retaining the same power as Surf versus Scizor. It is, (AC) however, (AC) a very dangerous move to lock into, (AC) as it allows Scarf Krookodile to freely Pursuit trap you Latias, while Trick can instead be used to cripple Empoleon if necessary anyway (makes it clearer why you put this part here). Hidden Power Fire is another option that lets Latias OHKO all Scizor sets variants, while 2HKOing 2HKO Mega Steelix after Stealth Rock, (AC) and doing deal decent damage to Mega Aggron. However, (AC) in general it has a low damage output in general (subjective change; moving this here makes it flow better) and faces competition for the moveslot from Surf, which does more damage against neutral targets (RC) while being locked into Hidden Power Fire is and is less easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers such as Terrakion and opposing Latias, (locking into Surf also gives opposing Latias setup opportunities) (Great catch!) and Pursuit trappers such as Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile. Trick allows Latias to potentially cripple a swap in switch-in such as Empoleon, Blissey, or Sylveon (RC) by giving them Choice Specs. Healing Wish instead allows Latias to trade its life in order to fully heal a teammate and cure them of status, allowing Latias to potentially change the outcome of a game by restoring a win condition (repetition). (AP) allowing This permits (repetition, you just said "allows" twice) Latias's teammates to play more aggressively earlier in the match.

Set Details
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Levitate is Latias's only ability, giving it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes. (period) (RC) providing Latias This provides it with more longevity in the absence of any recovery moves, (RC) and giving it (repetition) an immunity to Ground-type moves which that (parallelism) allows it to come in on Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Choice Scarf Krookodile locked into Earthquake.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Specs Latias is best used to break holes in the opposing team, due to its strong coverage options providing limited swap ins limiting its switch-ins ("providing switch-ins" sounds awkward). In particular, it can lure in Mega Steelix and KO it (In no way does the move lure the foe) with Surf (RC) and dent other Steel-types such as Scizor and Mega Aggron. Latias can take advantage of its resistances and special bulk to swap in on Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego, which it can either OHKO or force out. It should, (AC) however, (AC) be wary of swapping in repeatedly, (RC) due to its lack of recovery allowing it to be easily put into range of attacks from Pokemon such as Mega Aerodactyl. (AP) and It should also be careful of physical Infernape sets, as U-turn or Choice Band-boosted (AH) attacks will do considerable damage to Latias. It is therefore ideal to bring Latias in on free swaps switches or predicted swaps double switches (RC) in order to preserve its HP. Latias should be careful about locking itself into its STAB moves, as the Special Attack drop from being locked into (no; this was fine as is) Draco Meteor can provide free setup opportunities turns to for Pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor, (AC) Primarina, and Mimikyu, while being locked into Psyshock allows Pokemon such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Choice Scarf Krookodile to Pursuit trap Latias for free. Due to this weakness to Pursuit trapping Therefore, in matches against teams with bulkier Pursuit trappers such as Bisharp and Alolan Muk, it is often better to make double switches to gain rack up ("gain chip on" sounds awkward) entry hazard chip damage on the opposing Pokemon until they are in KO range of Latias's Choice Specs-boosted (AH) attacks. Being locked into Draco Meteor also provides free opportunities for Fairy types such as Primarina and Mimikyu to gain momentum against Latias, and use the forced swap to either break holes in Latias's team with Choice Specs boosted attacks or set up a Swords Dance. (I incorporated this into the earlier point) Trick allows Latias to immediately cripple common swap ins such as Blissey or Empoleon, which is particularly helpful in its stall matchup. (no need to include this because it just describes what the move does; you already covered this in Moves) Against bulkier teams featuring Pokemon that resist each of Latias's respective moves wall (Sylveon doesn't resist Psyshock) Latias's STAB moves, such as Sylveon and Mega Aggron, Latias can either be played either in a high-risk (AH), (AC) high-reward (AH) manner through careful prediction, (RC) or can be played more safely by using Trick earlier in the match to provide some immediate value via potentially disrupting part of the foe's opponent's (foe = opposing Pokemon, opponent = opposing player) defensive core, (RC) at the cost of reducing Latias's power throughout the match. Using Trick against more offensive teams is often not ideal due to the drop in power it will cost Latias (This isn't a necessary add), allowing as it allows Pokemon such as Scizor to swap into Latias more easily and set up against it, (RC) and causing causes Latias to lose the ability to revenge kill Pokemon such as Nasty Plot Celebi after a small amount of chip damage. If running it Healing Wish, Latias should aim to use Healing Wish it if healing a teammate is important to winning the match. This is particularly valuable when used at the right moment, as Healing Wish offers the chosen target a free swap-in switch in, providing valuable momentum (RC) especially for more offensive teams. Latias can also look to use Healing Wish if its HP is too low for it to come in anymore, or if it is no longer necessary useful against the opposing team and restoring a teammate's health would be of more benefit.

Team Options
========

Choice Specs Latias fits best on bulky offence offense and balance teams (RC) thanks to its wallbreaking prowess and ability to soft check various offensive Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego. Entry hazard setters are essential in allowing Choice Specs Latias to secure various kills KOs, such as 2HKOing bulky Scizor with Surf after Stealth Rock damage. Cobalion is a particularly good choice, as it can punish Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Krookodile for locking themselves into Dark-type moves (RC) and can act as a strong offensive check to Scizor. Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, as it provides provide a pivot into Zeraora, (AC) which threatens to OHKO Latias after Stealth Rock with Knock Off, and can (sentence parallelism) help Latias check Pokemon such as Terrakion. (AP) while It also breaking helps to break bulky Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely. (subjective change: merge Zeraora/Terrakion into a single point, ie. "Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, provide a pivot into Zeraora and Terrakion, and pressure Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely.") Tsareena is a solid hazard control option to pair with Choice Specs Latias, (AC) as it is able to pressure the bulky Water-types that Latias struggles against, such as Suicune, while being able to provide Latias momentum with U-turn on predicted swaps switches into Pokemon such as Amoonguss, providing giving (repetition) Latias with more opportunities to wallbreak. Empoleon and Sludge Bomb Tentacruel are also good choices for hazard removal, (AC) as they can help to check Primarina, provided Tentacruel has Sludge Bomb, which can punish Latias for being locked into Draco Meteor or Surf in order to get free turns (unnecessary). Tentacruel can also help check Scizor (RC) and set Toxic Spikes to help (repetition) wear down the opposing team. Due to Choice Specs Latias's weakness to Pursuit trappers, teammates that can discourage Choice Scarf Krookodile from locking itself into Pursuit such as Cobalion, Terrakion, (AC) and Lucario pair nicely, as they can use this it doing so as an opportunity to set up with Swords Dance, or potentially Nasty Plot in Lucario's case (unnecessary). The former two and Swords Dance Lucario variants (not a necessary add) can also punish other Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon for clicking using Dark Pulse due to the threat of a potential Justified boost, while Nasty Plot Lucario variants can help break stall teams. They canalso can also (typo) help to break Steel-types, allowing Latias to more freely use its STAB attacks. Other offensive pivots such as Mienshao and Scizor synergise synergize well with Choice Specs Latias, offering getting it in safely with U-turn, (AC) which offers it more opportunities to break holes in the enemy team. Assault Vest Mienshao in particular can repeatedly swap into Choice Scarf Hydreigon due to Regenerator, which is notable because Hydreigon (current phrasing makes it sound like "Regenerator forces Latias out") easily forces Latias out every time it comes in. Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Scizor greatly appreciate Choice Specs Latias luring in and weakening Mega Steelix for them, as well as wearing down other Steel-types such as Doublade and Mega Aggron. Mega Manectric appreciates Latias being able to pivot into and remove Ground-types such as Hippowdon, allowing it to more freely use Volt Switch. It also appreciates Latias helping to break through specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Florges (RC) or potentially crippling them with Trick. In return, Mega Manectric is able to bring Latias in through Volt Switch against Pokemon such as Rotom-H to provide it with more wallbreaking opportunities. Moltres can also help Latias take on Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Scizor thanks to its Fire-type moves and access to Flame Body, (AC) allowing which allows it to punish contact moves such as Bullet Punch. In return, Moltres appreciates Latias being able to use Trick on defensive Pokemon such as Blissey that would otherwise indefinitely wall it.

A huge improvement, bigtalk! You made some really good catches to cut down on the analysis's wordiness. Just be wary of comma use, and keep on reducing the number of unnecessary changes.
I'll give this a stamp. Keep up the good work! GP 1/2

 

[Estarossa]

implemented, except for a few things,

-> In particular, it can lure in Mega Steelix and KO it with Surf - Surf actually only does 73.4 - 86.4% to Mega Steelix which does cripple it but not kill it, so have said "and hit it hard with Surf" instead, lmk if you would like this reworded again,.

-> Double switches ... .until they are in KO range of Latias's Choice Specs-boosted attacks - Technically 2HKO range would be fine as this prevents them freely swapping in on you, and the threat of revenge pursuitting after locking into Draco / Psyshock still exists even if you chip them into KO range due to SpA drop and immunities respectively. Left it as it was, lmk if you want this changed to something else as well.

Empress

 

[bigtalk]

-> In particular, it can lure in Mega Steelix and KO it with Surf - Surf actually only does 73.4 - 86.4% to Mega Steelix which does cripple it but not kill it, so have said "and hit it hard with Surf" instead, lmk if you would like this reworded again,.

My original change was "lure in and weaken Mega Steelix" (I just remembered "lure XXX" was wrong, but not why in particular) which Empress changed to "lure in Mega Steelix and KO it". The correct change would have been "lure in Mega Steelix and weaken it", but what you have now is fine

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Surf
move 4: Trick / Healing Wish
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Draco Meteor is Latias's strongest STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing Krookodile and 2HKOing Hippowdon and Gligar under the effects of (kinda weird wording. you can change to "when boosted by Choice Specs" but thats an optional change) Choice Specs. Psyshock is Choice Specs Latias's preferred Psychic-type move due to its ability to hit special walls such as Blissey and Sylveon much harder than Psychic. Surf allows Latias to hit one of its main counters in Mega Steelix super effectively, as well as Aggron prior to Mega Evolution if it attempts to swap in. Surf is also Latias's most powerful attack versus most Steel-types, notably 2HKOing bulky Scizor after Stealth Rock damage. Thunderbolt is an alternative to Surf that allows Latias to hurt hit Empoleon and is its best option against Calm Mind Slowbro, while still retaining the same power as Surf versus Scizor. It is, however, a very dangeChrous move to lock into, as it allows Choice Scarf Krookodile to freely Pursuit trap Latias, while and Trick can instead be used to cripple Empoleon anyway. Hidden Power Fire is another option that lets Latias OHKO all Scizor variants, 2HKO Mega Steelix after Stealth Rock, and deal decent damage to Mega Aggron. However, it has a low damage output in general and faces competition for the moveslot from Surf, which does more damage against neutral targets and is less easily taken advantage of by setup sweepers such as Terrakion and Pursuit trappers such as Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile. Trick allows Latias to potentially cripple a switch-in such as Empoleon, Blissey, or Sylveon by giving them Choice Specs. Healing Wish allows Latias to trade its life in order to fully heal a teammate and cure them of status, allowing Latias to potentially change the outcome of a game. This permits Latias's teammates to play more aggressively earlier in the match.

Set Details
========

Levitate is Latias's only ability, giving it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes. This provides it with more longevity in the absence of any recovery moves and an immunity to Ground-type moves that allows it to come in on Pokemon such as Hippowdon and Choice Scarf Krookodile locked into Earthquake.

Usage Tips
========

Choice Specs Latias is best used to break holes in the opposing team (RC) due to its strong coverage options limiting its switch-ins. In particular, it can lure in Mega Steelix and hit it hard with Surf and dent other Steel-types such as Scizor and Mega Aggron. Latias can take advantage of its resistances and special bulk to swap in on Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego, which it can either OHKO or force out. It should, however, be wary of swapping switching in repeatedly due to its lack of recovery allowing it to be easily put into range of attacks from Pokemon such as Mega Aerodactyl. It should also be careful of physical Infernape sets, as U-turn or Choice Band-boosted attacks will do considerable damage to Latias. It is therefore ideal to bring Latias in on free switches or predicted double switches in order to preserve its HP. Latias should be careful about locking itself into its STAB moves, as being locked into Draco Meteor can provide free turns for Pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor, Primarina, and Mimikyu, while being locked into Psyshock allows Pokemon such as Assault Vest Bisharp and Choice Scarf Krookodile to Pursuit trap Latias for free. Therefore, in matches against teams with bulkier Pursuit trappers such as Bisharp and Alolan Muk, it is often better to make double switches to rack up entry hazard chip damage on the opposing Pokemon until they are in range of Latias's Choice Specs-boosted attacks. Against bulkier teams featuring Pokemon that wall Latias's STAB moves, such as Sylveon and Mega Aggron, Latias can be played either in a high-risk, high-reward manner through careful prediction or more safely by using Trick earlier in the match to provide some immediate value via potentially disrupting part of the opponent's defensive core at the cost of reducing Latias's power throughout the match. Using Trick against more offensive teams is often not ideal due to the drop in power, as it allows Pokemon such as Scizor to swap into and set up on Latias more easily and set up against it and causes Latias to lose the ability to revenge kill Pokemon such as Nasty Plot Celebi after a small amount of chip damage. If running Healing Wish, Latias should aim to use it if healing a teammate is important to winning the match. This is particularly valuable when used at the right moment, as Healing Wish offers the chosen target a free switch in, providing valuable momentum especially for more offensive teams. Latias can also use Healing Wish if its HP is too low for it to come in anymore, or if it is no longer useful and restoring a teammate's health would be of more benefit.

Team Options
========

Choice Specs Latias fits best on bulky offense and balance teams thanks to its wallbreaking prowess and ability to soft check various offensive Pokemon such as Infernape and Nihilego. Entry hazard setters are essential in allowing Choice Specs Latias to secure various KOs, such as 2HKOing bulky Scizor with Surf after Stealth Rock damage. Cobalion is a particularly good choice, as it can punish Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Krookodile for locking themselves into Dark-type moves and act as a strong offensive check to Scizor. Nidoqueen is another good choice that can set either Stealth Rock or Toxic Spikes, provide a pivot into Zeraora, which threatens to OHKO Latias after Stealth Rock with Knock Off, and help Latias check Pokemon such as Terrakion. It also helps to break bulky Steel- and Fairy-types, allowing Latias to spam its STAB attacks more freely. Tsareena is a solid hazard control option to pair with Choice Specs Latias, as it is able to pressure bulky Water-types that Latias struggles against, such as Suicune, while being able to provide Latias momentum with U-turn on predicted switches into Pokemon such as Amoonguss, giving Latias more opportunities to wallbreak. Empoleon and Sludge Bomb Tentacruel are also good choices for hazard removal, as they can help to check Primarina, which can punish Latias for being locked into Draco Meteor or Surf. Tentacruel can also help check Scizor and set up Toxic Spikes to wear down the opposing team. Due to Choice Specs Latias's weakness to Pursuit trappers, teammates that can discourage Choice Scarf Krookodile from locking itself into Pursuit such as Cobalion, Terrakion, and Lucario pair nicely, as they can use it doing so as an opportunity to set up. The former two and Swords Dance Lucario variants can also punish other Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon for using Dark Pulse due to the threat of a potential Justified boost, while Nasty Plot Lucario variants can help break stall teams. They can also help to break Steel-types, allowing Latias to more freely use its STAB attacks. Other offensive pivots such as Mienshao and Scizor synergize well with Choice Specs Latias, getting it in safely with U-turn, which offers it more opportunities to break holes in the enemy team. Assault Vest Mienshao in particular can repeatedly swap into Choice Scarf Hydreigon due to Regenerator, which is notable because Hydreigon easily forces Latias out every time it comes in. Pokemon such as Mega Altaria and Scizor greatly appreciate Choice Specs Latias luring in and weakening Mega Steelix for them, as well as wearing down other Steel-types such as Doublade and Mega Aggron. Mega Manectric appreciates Latias's ability being able to pivot into and remove Ground-types such as Hippowdon, allowing it to more freely use Volt Switch. It also appreciates Latias helping to break through specially defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Florges or potentially crippling them with Trick. In return, Mega Manectric is able to bring Latias in through Volt Switch against Pokemon such as Rotom-H to provide it with more wallbreaking opportunities. Moltres can help Latias take on Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Scizor thanks to its Fire-type moves and access to Flame Body, which allows it to punish contact moves such as Bullet Punch. In return, Moltres appreciates Latias being able to use Trick on defensive Pokemon such as Blissey that would otherwise indefinitely wall it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estarossa, 461329]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157], [Hilomilo, 313384]]
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bigtalk moves don't lure pokemon because if you knew the pokemon had that coverage, you wouldn't switch it into that and then it wouldn't be lured. latias lures in mega steelix because the other sets cannot touch it at all so it's usually a very safe switch-in. it's then hit by surf and is weakened/koed.

Moves do not "lure" Pokemon. "Scizor lures in Heatran with Superpower" would imply Heatran is pretty confused! Instead, use "Scizor lures in Heatran and KOes it with Superpower" or a similar phrase. Note that "Superpower allows Scizor to lure in and KO Heatran" is correct; the move Superpower does allow Scizor to perform the combination of luring in and KOing Heatran.

 

[Estarossa]

implemented, should be ready to upload, ty!