ZU [SS] Luxray [GP 1/1]

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[OVERVIEW]
Luxray might look appealing to newer players thanks to its great Attack and access to Guts; unfortunately, the lack of a good STAB move and its inability to threaten common physical walls such as Tangela make it outclassed by other physical wallbreakers such as Sawk and Lycanroc-N and other Electric-types like Rotom and Morpeko.

[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Facade
move 2: Wild Charge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Crunch
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its blistering Attack stat boosted further by Guts, Luxray might appear as a strong wallbreaker, able to dish out big amounts of damage with Wild Charge and its burn-boosted Facade. Unfortunately, Luxray is unable to significantly threaten common physical walls like Tangela and Palossand; it relying on Flame Orb also means that it gets worn down quickly by entry hazards and burn damage. Furthermore, it is outclassed by other Electric-types such as Rotom, which is a special attacker and thus can actually threaten the aforementioned physical walls, and Morpeko. Both have a good secondary STAB option, access to pivoting moves, and actual defensive utility.

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[OVERVIEW]
Luxray might look appealing to newer players thanks to its great attack stat and access to Guts; unfortunately, the lack of a good stab move and its inability to threaten common physical walls such as Tangela make it outclassed by other physical wallbreakers such as Sawk and Lycanroc-N and other Electric types like Rotom and Morpeko.

[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Facade
move 2: Wild Charge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Crunch
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its blistering Attack stat boosted further by Guts, Luxray might appear as a strong wallbreaker, able to dish out big amounts of damage with Wild Charge and its burn-boosted Facade. Unfortunately, Luxray is unable to significantly threaten common physical walls like Tangela and Palossand; it relying on Flame Orb also means that it gets worn down quickly by hazards and burn damage. Furthermore, Luxray can’t carve a niche for itself in a tier this full of better Electric types like Rotom and Morpeko and physical wallbreakers such as Sawk and Lycanroc-N. (I'd much rather as a last sentence explain why these Electric-types are better, Rotom is a special attacker so obviously it'll threaten Tangela better but Morpeko still struggles vs it. You should instead mention stuff to do with better utility, a secondary typing and or ability giving it a lot defensive benefits making them easier to use, and ability to pivot rather than restating "it cant carve a niche because these mons are better". Otherwise good analysis.)

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[OVERVIEW]
Luxray might look appealing to newer players thanks to its great attack Attack stat and access to Guts; unfortunately, the lack of a good stab STAB move and its inability to threaten common physical walls such as Tangela make it outclassed by other physical wallbreakers such as Sawk and Lycanroc-N and other Electric-(AH)types like Rotom and Morpeko.

[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Facade
move 2: Wild Charge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Crunch
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its blistering Attack stat boosted further by Guts, Luxray might appear as a strong wallbreaker, able to dish out big amounts of damage with Wild Charge and its burn-boosted Facade. Unfortunately, Luxray is unable to significantly threaten common physical walls like Tangela and Palossand; it relying on Flame Orb also means that it gets worn down quickly by entry hazards and burn damage. Furthermore, it is outclassed by other Electric-(AH)types such as Rotom, which is a special attacker and thus can actually threaten the aforementioned physical walls, and Morpeko, which both have a good secondary STAB, access to pivoting moves, and actual defensive utility.

[SET CREDITS]
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[OVERVIEW]
Luxray might look appealing to newer players thanks to its great attack Attack stat and access to Guts; unfortunately, the lack of a good stab STAB move and its inability to threaten common physical walls such as Tangela make it outclassed by other physical wallbreakers such as Sawk and Lycanroc-N and other Electric-(AH)types like Rotom and Morpeko.

[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Facade
move 2: Wild Charge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Crunch
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its blistering Attack stat boosted further by Guts, Luxray might appear as a strong wallbreaker, able to dish out big amounts of damage with Wild Charge and its burn-boosted Facade. Unfortunately, Luxray is unable to significantly threaten common physical walls like Tangela and Palossand; it relying on Flame Orb also means that it gets worn down quickly by entry hazards and burn damage. Furthermore, it is outclassed by other Electric-(AH)types such as Rotom, which is a special attacker and thus can actually threaten the aforementioned physical walls, and Morpeko. (period) which both Both have a good secondary STAB option, access to pivoting moves, and actual defensive utility.

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