ZU [SS] Marowak [DONE]

[5Dots]

Bone to Pick
[OVERVIEW]
Even with Marowak's huge Attack stat when bolstered by Thick Club and near-unresisted coverage, Marowak is too slow and defensively vulnerable to function well as a wallbreaker. Marowak's dependence on its item makes it quite weak once it is removed, and when combined with its many weaknesses, it makes Marowak demand too much support to be a viable choice. Other Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, while weaker, have far more bulk along with secondary typings that allow them to function more consistently as offensive tanks, and wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey can perform better thanks to their far higher Speed.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bonemerang / Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Thick Club
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With this set, Marowak aims to be a threatening wallbreaker with its imposing Attack and coverage. However, Marowak is outclassed by wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey, whose higher Speed and comparable power allow for more chances to attack, and Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, which have more defensive utility through their secondary typings. Marowak's low Speed also makes it quite difficult to break through bulky Grass-types like Tangela and Lurantis and avoid Knock Off.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tuthur.369076/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/

 

[Tuthur]

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Bone to Pick
[OVERVIEW]
Even with Marowak's huge Attack stat when bolstered by Thick Club and near-unresisted coverage, Marowak is too slow and defensively vulnerable as a wallbreaker. Marowak's dependence on its item makes it quite weak once it is removed, and when combined with its many weaknesses, makes it demand too much support to be a viable choice. Other Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, while weaker, have gargantuan bulk and additional sub-typings that allow them to function more consistently as offensive tanks, and wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey can wallbreak better thanks to their far higher Speed.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bonemerang / Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Thick Club
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With this set, Marowak aims to be a threatening wallbreaker with its imposing Attack and coverage. However, Marowak is outclassed by wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey, whose higher Speed and comparable power allows more chances to wallbreak, and Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, who have more defensive utility through their additional typings. id also mention marowak's inability to play around tangela

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
Quality checked by:

Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

QC 1/1

 

[5Dots]

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[StupidFlandrs48]

Plot twist: maybe the gen 6 knock off buff was a targeted attempt to make Marowak unviable in the lowest tiers anyway time for a grammar check
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Bone to Pick
[OVERVIEW]
Even with Marowak's huge Attack stat when bolstered by Thick Club and near-unresisted coverage, Marowak is too slow and defensively vulnerable to function well as a wallbreaker. Marowak's dependence on its item makes it quite weak once it is removed, and when combined with its many weaknesses, makes it demand too much support to be a viable choice. Other Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, while weaker, have far more bulk and additional sub-typings along with secondary typings that allow them to function more consistently as offensive tanks, and wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey can wallbreak better thanks to their far higher Speed (using "wallbreak" twice in the same section sounds a little awkward, maybe consider another appropriate word to replace the second one).

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bonemerang / Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Thick Club
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With this set, Marowak aims to be a threatening wallbreaker with its imposing Attack and coverage. However, Marowak is outclassed by wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey, whose higher Speed and comparable power allows more chances to wallbreak (same note as before about word choice), and Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, who have more defensive utility through their additional secondary typings. Marowak's low Speed also makes it quite difficult to break through bulky Grass-types like Tangela and Lurantis and avoid Knock Off.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tuthur.369076/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

 

[Milak]

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[OVERVIEW]
Even with Marowak's huge Attack stat when bolstered by Thick Club and near-unresisted coverage, Marowak is too slow and defensively vulnerable to function well (eh, I guess this is fine, but the sentence would've been perfectly acceptable even without it) as a wallbreaker. Marowak's dependence on its item makes it quite weak once it is removed, and when combined with its many weaknesses, it makes it Marowak demand too much support to be a viable choice. Other Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, while weaker, have far more bulk and additional sub-typings along with secondary typings that allow them to function more consistently as offensive tanks, and wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey can wallbreak better thanks to their far higher Speed (using "wallbreak" twice in the same section sounds a little awkward, maybe consider another appropriate word to replace the second one -> 1st, always format your comments in bold, 2nd, the repetition is perfectly fine here and does not rly hinder readability).

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bonemerang / Earthquake
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Stone Edge
item: Thick Club
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With this set, Marowak aims to be a threatening wallbreaker with its imposing Attack and coverage. However, Marowak is outclassed by wallbreakers like Choice Band Sawk and Thwackey, whose higher Speed and comparable power allows allow for more chances to wallbreak (same note as before about word choice), and Ground-types like Rhydon and Piloswine, who which have more defensive utility through their additional secondary typings. Marowak's low Speed also makes it quite difficult to break through bulky Grass-types like Tangela and Lurantis and avoid Knock Off.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tuthur.369076/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/milak.262594/
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GP Team done