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[SET]
Swords Dance (Lycanroc-Dusk) @ Life Orb
Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Fighting / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Accelerock / Sucker Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Lycanroc-D is a terrifying wallbreaker in RU, able to rip through defensive teams after a single boost, that packs priority in order to deal with faster teams. Close Combat is Lycanroc D's strongest move due to Tough Claws and hits Steel-types such as Bisharp and Registeel. Accelerock is good against fast Rock-weak foes, such as Talonflame and Yanmega, and can hit the opponent without them using an attacking move, allowing it to catch opponents switching in or using a status move such as Roost from Talonflame, Encore from Maushold, or Trick from Scarf Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark. Sucker Punch does more damage against neutral targets such as Barraskweda and the likes of Slowbro and Reuniclus while OHKOing Choice Scarf Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark from full. Life Orb boosts Lycanroc-D's power level to be able to get crucial rolls such as getting an OHKO on Krookodile after an Intimidate. Tera Fighting boosts the power of Close Combat to obscene levels; after a Swords Dance, it will OHKO Chesnaught and has good odds to OHKO Hippowdon. Tera Dark boosts the power of Sucker Punch, meaning at +2, it can always OHKO Slowbro.

Lycanroc-D can fit on offense teams ranging from bulky offense to hyper offense, as they appreciate its ability to heavily damage walls such as Hippowdon and Galarian Weezing after a boost, and its access to priority means it can revenge kill faster threats such as weakened Dragon Dance Salamence and Yanmega. Lycanroc-D pairs well with other physically offensive cleaners such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Galarian Zapdos, as they can wear down their shared checks such as Slowbro and Hippowdon in order for one of them to sweep late-game. Lycanroc-D is so naturally powerful that it can be used as a fast revenge killer or late-game cleaner without a boost. Lycanroc-D appreciates special wallbreakers such as Armarouge and Basculegion-F that can threaten Lycanroc-D's defensive checks such as Slowbro and Chesnaught. Lycanroc-D likes to be paired with strong pivot move users, such as Hisuian Zoroark, Talonflame, Noivern, Empoleon, and Gligar, as they can not only chip down its checks in Hippowdon and Chensaught but also bring it in safely against Pokemon such as Hisuian Goodra and Umbreon, which would otherwise be a struggle due to Lycanroc-D's poor bulk and limited resistances. Lycanroc-D appreciates entry hazard setters such as Hippowdon and Klefki, as the extra chip damage from their hazards can push targets into range to be KOed by Lycanroc-D; for example, Hippowdon is OHKOed by +2 Tera Fighting Close Combat after Stealth Rock. Healing Wish users such as Jirachi and Gardevoir are great partners to Lycanroc-D, as they allow it to come back after being worn down from chip damage from sources like Life Orb and entry hazards.

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Lycanroc Dusk is a terrifying wallbreaker in RU, able to rip through defensive teams after a single boost, while packing priority in order to deal with faster teams. Close Combat hits the steel types that resist its rock stab super effectively, and is Lycanroc Dusk's strongest move due to Tough Claws boosting its power to 156 bp. I think the order should be reversed here. Say it's lycanorc's strongest move then say it covers steel types. Accelerock is better against fast Rock weak mons, such as Talonflame, Yanmega and Kilowattrel, while Sucker Punch does more damage against neutral targets and can do more damage to the likes of Slowbro and Reuniclus, while OHKO'ing Scarf Gengar and Zoroark Hisui from full. Accelrock being able to hit without the opponent attacking is also something worth mentioning. It can catch opponents on the switch or catch status moves like twave, roost or trick. Life Orb boosts Lycanroc Dusk's power level to be able to get crucial rolls such as getting an OHKO on Krookodile after an Intimidate, while still allowing it to change its moves. This doesn't need to be said since it's swords dance lycanroc, choice band isn't even being considered. Tera fighting boosts the power of Close Combat to obscene levels, such as at +2 OHKO'ing Chesnaught and having good odds to OHKO Hippowdon. Tera Dark boosts the power of sucker punch, meaning at +2 it can always OHKO Slowbro.

Lycanroc Dusk can fit on teams ranging from Bulky Offense to Hyper Offense, as they appreciate its ability to heavily damage walls such as Hippowdon and Weezing Galar after a boost, while its access to priority means it can revenge kill faster threats such as Dragon Dance Salamence and Yanmega. Lycanroc pairs well with fast cleaners such as Barraskewda and Scarf Zapdos Galar, as they can wear down their combined checks in order for one of them to sweep late game. I would mention how Lycanroc can function perfectly fine without a swords dance boost, as it already does so much damage, meaning you can just use it as a fast revenge killer or late-game unboosted cleanup crew. Lycanroc Dusk appreciates Ghost types such as Gengar and Basculegion-F that can switch into fighting types and threaten out bulky psychic types such as Slowbro and Reuniclus. Lycanroc Dusk likes to be paired with strong pivot pokemon, as they can not only chip down its checks, but also bring it in safely, which is otherwise a struggle due to Lycanroc Dusk's poor bulk and limited resistances. I think hisuian zoroark and the fast birds deserve mention for being both fighting resists and pivots. Lycanroc Dusk appreciates hazard setters such as Hippowdon and Klefki, as the extra chip damage from their hazards can push targets into range to be KO'd by Lycanroc Dusk, as with just Stealth Rocks, Hippowdon is OHKO'd by +2 Tera Fighting Close Combat. I think that healing wish is worthy of mentioning in synergies. It lets you come back after being worn down by life orb chip or trade with something early game then sweep in the late game.

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[SET]
Swords Dance (Lycanroc-Dusk) @ Life Orb
Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Fighting / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Accelerock / Sucker Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Lycanroc-Dusk Lycanroc-D is the GP standard is a terrifying wallbreaker in RU, able to rip through defensive teams after a single boost, while packing priority in order to deal with faster teams. Close Combat is Lycanroc-Dusk's strongest move due to Tough Claws boosting its Base Power to 156 bp and hits the Steel-types examples that resist its rock stab super effectively no need to explain the type-chart. Accelerock is better good you havent mentioned sucker punch yet against fast Rock weak mons, such as Talonflame, (remove comma) and Yanmega, and Kilowattrel C ranks are too niche to mention here, and can hit the opponent without them using an attacking move, allowing it to catch opponents switching in or using a status move such as Roost, Thunder Wave only faster twave user we have is kilo Encore, or Trick mention 1 example each. Sucker Punch does more damage against neutral targets 1 notable example and can do more damage to the likes of Slowbro and Reuniclus, while OHKO'ing Scarf Gengar and Zoroark Hisui from full. Life Orb boosts Lycanroc Dusk's power level to be able to get crucial rolls such as getting an OHKO on Krookodile after an Intimidate. Tera Fighting boosts the power of Close Combat to obscene levels, such as at +2 OHKO'ing Chesnaught and having good odds to OHKO Hippowdon. Tera Dark boosts the power of Sucker Punch, meaning at +2 it can always OHKO Slowbro.

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Lycanroc-Dusk can fit on offense teams ranging from Bulky Offense to Hyper Offense, as they appreciate its ability to heavily damage walls such as Hippowdon and Weezing Galarian Weezing after a boost, while its access to priority means it can revenge kill faster threats such as weakened Dragon Dance Salamence and Yanmega. Lycanroc-D pairs well with other fast physically offensive cleaners such as Barraskewda and Scarf Zapdos Galarian Zapdos, as they can wear down their combined shared checks examples in order for one of them to sweep late game, with Lycanroc-Dusk being so powerful enough even without a boost that it can also be used as a fast revenge killer or late-game unboosted cleanup crew cleaner even without a boost in this case. Lycanroc-Dusk appreciates Ghost types such as Gengar and Basculegion-F instead of singling out ghost-types, say that special wallbreakers in general like armarouge and horoark can threaten lycan's defensive checks like ches and slowbro that can switch into fighting types this isnt realistic because most fighting-types have knock off or something else that can still threaten them and threaten out bulky psychic types such as Slowbro and Reuniclus. Lycanroc-Dusk likes to be paired with strong pivot pokemon talk about slow pivots as well like empoleon and gligar, such as Zoroark Hisuian Zoroark, Talonflame, (AC) and Kilowattrel Noivern, as they can not only chip down its checks examples, but also bring it in safely against mention examples that switch in on uturn but are exploited by lycan-d, eg empoleon, hoodra, which is otherwise a struggle due to Lycanroc-Dusk's poor bulk and limited resistances. Lycanroc-Dusk appreciates hazard setters such as Hippowdon and Klefki, as the extra chip damage from their hazards can push targets into range to be KO'd by Lycanroc-Dusk, as with just Stealth Rocks, for example, Hippowdon is OHKO'd by +2 Tera Fighting Close Combat after Stealth Rock. Healing Wish users such as Jirachi and Gardevoir are great partners to Lycanroc-Dusk, as they allow it to come back after being worn down from Life Orb chip damage from sources like Life Orb and entry hazards. or trade with something early game, and then sweep late game.

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Great work content-wise; in the future, do try to follow the GP standards more carefully as that would streamline the process quite a bit. Implement and ready for GP.
 
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[SET]
Swords Dance (Lycanroc-Dusk) @ Life Orb
Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Fighting / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- Accelerock / Sucker Punch

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Lycanroc-D is a terrifying wallbreaker in RU, able to rip through defensive teams after a single boost, while packing that packs priority in order to deal with faster teams. Close Combat is Lycanroc D's strongest move due to Tough Claws boosting its Base Power to 156 and hits Steel-types such as Bisharp and Registeel. Accelerock is good against fast Rock weak mons Rock-weak foes, such as Talonflame and Yanmega, and can hit the opponent without them using an attacking move, allowing it to catch opponents switching in or using a status move such as Roost from Talonflame, Encore from Maushold, (AC) or Trick from Scarf Gengar and Zoroark Hisui. Sucker Punch does more damage against neutral targets such as Barraskweda and can do more damage to the likes of Slowbro and Reuniclus (RC) while OHKO'ing OHKOing Choice Scarf Gengar and Hisuian Zoroark Hisui from full. Life Orb boosts Lycanroc-D's power level to be able to get crucial rolls such as getting an OHKO on Krookodile after an Intimidate. Tera Fighting boosts the power of Close Combat to obscene levels (RC) such as at +2 OHKO'ing; (ASC) after a Swords Dance, it will OHKO Chesnaught and having has good odds to OHKO Hippowdon. Tera Dark boosts the power of Sucker Punch, meaning at +2, (AC) it can always OHKO Slowbro.

Lycanroc-D can fit on offense teams ranging from bulky offense to hyper offense, as they appreciate its ability to heavily damage walls such as Hippowdon and Galarian Weezing after a boost, while and its access to priority means it can revenge kill faster threats such as weakened Dragon Dance Salamence and Yanmega. Lycanroc-D pairs well with other physically offensive cleaners such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Galarian Zapdos, as they can wear down their shared checks such as Slowbro and Hippowdon in order for one of them to sweep late game, with Lycanroc-D being late-game. Lycanroc-D is so naturally powerful that it can be used as a fast revenge killer or late-game cleaner without a boost. Lycanroc-D appreciates special wallbreakers such as Armarouge and Basculegion-F that can threaten Lycanroc-D's defensive checks such as Slowbro and Chesnaught that can threaten out bulky psychic types such as Slowbro and Reuniclus. (Consulted in Discord DMs) Lycanroc-D likes to be paired with strong pivot pokemon move users, such as Hisuian Zoroark, Talonflame, Noivern, Empoleon, (AC) and Gligar, (AC) as they can not only chip down its checks of in Hippowdon and Chensaught (RC) but also bring it in safely against Pokemon such as Hisuian Goodra and Umbreon, which is would otherwise be a struggle due to Lycanroc D's Lycanroc-D's poor bulk and limited resistances. Lycanroc-D appreciates entry hazard setters such as Hippowdon and Klefki, as the extra chip damage from their hazards can push targets into range to be KO'd KOed by Lycanroc D (RC) Lycanroc-D; (ASC) for example, Hippowdon is OHKO'd OHKOed by +2 Tera Fighting Close Combat after Stealth Rock. Healing Wish users such as Jirachi and Gardevoir are great partners to Lycanroc-D, as they allow it to come back after being worn down from chip damage from sources like Life Orb and entry hazards.

[SET CREDITS]
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