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OU Swords Dance Ogerpon-Cornerstone

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Ivy Cudgel
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Low Kick
item: Cornerstone Mask
tera type: Rock
ability: Sturdy
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Ogerpon-C can use Swords Dance to become one of the most terrifying wallbreakers in the tier, wielding near-unresisted coverage alongside high-power moves. Ogerpon-C finds ample opportunities to set up a boost, as its decent Speed tier, wide pool of potential coverage moves, and potentially helpful ability in Sturdy can often force switches. Ivy Cudgel is Ogerpon-C's main weapon, threatening even defensive Pokemon like Corviknight and Skarmory with its perfect accuracy, high power, and higher critical hit chance. For any Pokemon like Zamazenta or Garganacl that can handle Ivy Cudgel, Power Whip offers even higher power at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy. With these two moves, Ogerpon-C threatens to OHKO or 2HKO almost everything in the tier, including common physical walls such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, Zamazenta, Alomomola, and Great Tusk. Power Whip also notably 2HKOes Unaware Dondozo, a common problem for other physical wallbreakers. Finally, Low Kick rounds out the set for valuable coverage on common foes like Kingambit and Tera Normal Dragonite among others. These moves cover a majority of the metagame, with the only common OU threat to resist its moveset being Gholdengo, which fears the optional but always useful Knock Off. Maximum Speed with a Jolly Nature is chosen to speed tie Iron Moth and other Ogerpon, as well as outspeeding timid Walking Wake, Ninetales-Alola, Iron Treads, and Enamorus. Ogerpon-C's Tera type is locked to Rock, which boosts Ivy Cudgel's power to ridiculous levels while also gaining a permanent +1 boost to Defense. For example, +2 Ivy Cudgel after Terastallization has a very high chance to OHKO maximum defense Skarmory and Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage, and it even gains a chance to OHKO defensive Gliscor from full health. While Ogerpon-C does lose access to Sturdy, Terastallization can still be a useful emergency button to boost Ogerpon-C's wallbreaking abilities or to avoid a timely revenge kill from moves such as Weavile or Meowscarada's Triple Axel.

Ogerpon-C functions best on offensive teams, which appreciate its ability to break holes in many common defensive structures so that its teammates can clean up later in the game. Common physical cleaners such as Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers like Skarmory, Gliscor, and Dondozo being weakened and can help finish the job against Pokemon that can escape a one-on-one versus Ogerpon-C with their HP intact, like a defensive Gholdengo or Zamazenta. Ogerpon-C's main problem is its middling Speed tier versus other offensive threats, which can prevent setup opportunities. Opposing attackers such as Weavile and Darkrai threaten an outright OHKO, with Weavile even ignoring Sturdy, so Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can tank hits from these attackers such as Primarina and Zamazenta. Offensive utility Pokemon are also a problem, with foes such as Dragapult and Cinderace threatening to cripple Ogerpon-C with status moves like Will-O-Wisp or pivot out with U-turn for high damage. To handle this, Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can absorb or punish utility moves like Landorus-T, Corviknight, or Gliscor. Similarly, Gholdengo can OHKO Ogerpon-C with Make it Rain or cripple it with Thunder Wave while also being able to survive all of Ogerpon-C's main moves, so partners like Ting-Lu can be useful to switch in on and pressure Gholdengo. Finally, entry hazards pose an annoyance to Ogerpon-C, negating the benefits of Sturdy and causing unrecoverable damage, so hazard removal from teammates like Cinderace or Great Tusk can be helpful.

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Duck Chris said:
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Ivy Cudgel
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Low Kick
item: Cornerstone Mask
tera type: Rock
ability: Sturdy
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Ogerpon-Cornerstone can use Swords Dance to become one of the most terrifying wallbreakers in the tier, wielding near unresisted coverage alongside high power moves. Ogerpon-C finds ample opportunities to set up a boost as its decent speed tier, wide pool of potential coverage moves, more on this a little later, but highlighted for a good reason and potentially helpful ability in Sturdy can often force switches. Ivy Cudgel is Ogerpon-C's main weapon, threatening even defensive pokemon like Corviknight and Skarmory with perfect accuracy and high power, alongside additional critical hit chance. For any pokemon who can handle Ivy Cudgel, Power Whip offers even higher power at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy. With these two moves, Ogerpon-C threatens to OHKO or 2HKO almost everything in the tier, including common physical walls such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, Zamazenta, Alomomola, and Great Tusk. Power Whip also targets Unaware Dondozo with a clean 2HKO. Finally, Low Kick rounds out the set for valuable coverage on common foes like Kingambit and Tera-Normal Dragonite among others. You mentioned a lot of potential coverage moves earlier but the set doesn't slash anything alongside Low Kick; are there any alternatives you may want to include here? I.E. Knock Off for Gholdengo, which otherwise gives Ogerpon-C some issues. It's okay to mention them as niche options without including them as slashed options on the set itself. Maximum speed with a Jolly Nature are chosen to retain a good matchup against offensive threats and defensive threats alike. Ogerpon-C's Tera type is locked to Rock, which boosts Ivy Cudgel's power to ridiculous levels does Tera Rock secure any important 2HKOs or OHKOs? A few good examples include having a high chance to OHKO PhysDef Corv at +2 after Rocks and always OHKOing Skarm at +2 after Rocks, it can 2HKO Clef without a boost, etc. It even has a small chance to OHKO offensive Ghold at +2 after Rocks but that's a bit too unreliable. See if you can include a couple of these, or find another important example. while also gaining a permanent +1 boost to Defence. While losing access to Sturdy, this can still be a useful emergency button to boost Ogerpon-C's wallbreaking abilities could also include those relevant OHKOs/2HKOs in this section instead of earlier; your call! or to avoid a timely revenge kill. Any potential examples here as well? I know it makes Adamant Gambit's Tera Dark Black Glasses 5 Supreme Overlord boosted Sucker cap out at 93% which is a sub-50% OHKO roll after Rocks, but you'd have to be pretty specific about the wording on this one since it's a lot of conditions on Gambit's part and if Cornerstone's at full you'd be better off using Sturdy to tank the hit.

Ogerpon-C functions best on offensive teams, which appreciate its ability to break breaks Added this to specifically bring up the sorts of teams Ogerpon finds itself on; to you and me it's obvious it's used on more offensive teams since Roaring Moon/DNite/Gambit are staples on these sorts of squads, but it's just some nice added clarity for the readers, who might not be sure where to start. holes in many common defensive structures so that its teammates can clean up later in the game. Common physical cleaners such as Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers any specific examples? being weakened, and can help finish the job against pokemon that can escape a 1v1 versus Ogerpon-C same here with their life intact. Ogerpon-C's main problem is its middling speed tier versus other offensive threats which can prevent setup opportunities. Opposing attackers such as Weavile and Darkrai threaten an outright OHKO, so Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can tank hits from these attackers such as Primarina and Zamazenta. Offensive Utility pokemon are also a problem, with foes such as Dragapult and Cinderace threatening to cripple Ogerpon-C with status moves like Will-O-Wisp or pivot out with U-turn for high damage. To handle this, Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can absorb or punish utility moves like Landorus-Therian, Corviknight, or Gliscor. Finally, hazards pose an annoyance to Ogerpon-C, negating the benefits of Sturdy and causing unrecoverable damage, so hazard removal from teammates like Cinderace or Great Tusk can be helpful. Could include this a little earlier as well, since you used Darkrai as an example but it has to rely on a flinch if Sturdy's intact.

Could also be worth mentioning Ghold, and Cornerstone teammates that can handle it effectively, somewhere here since without Knock, Cornerstone has a pretty rough time in this matchup and even with Knock it's not really safe.


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QC 1/2 once implemented. Very good work, though!

As a note for the future, if you find yourself saying something relatively generic in terms of what the mon checks or is checked by (i.e. "Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers being weakened") be sure to include specific examples of primary answers to those mons (i.e. Dondozo being a good blanket check to these sweepers under most circumstances) and then have us over in QC prune it down as needed. It's always better to have too much and prune it down a little rather than too little and you and us having to start finding some calcs.
 
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QC 1/2 once implemented. Very good work, though!

As a note for the future, if you find yourself saying something relatively generic in terms of what the mon checks or is checked by (i.e. "Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers being weakened") be sure to include specific examples of primary answers to those mons (i.e. Dondozo being a good blanket check to these sweepers under most circumstances) and then have us over in QC prune it down as needed. It's always better to have too much and prune it down a little rather than too little and you and us having to start finding some calcs.
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Implemented, thanks for the pointers!
 
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Duck Chris said:
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Ivy Cudgel
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Low Kick
item: Cornerstone Mask
tera type: Rock
ability: Sturdy
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Ogerpon-Cornerstone can use Swords Dance to become one of the most terrifying wallbreakers in the tier, wielding near unresisted coverage alongside high power moves. Ogerpon-C finds ample opportunities to set up a boost as its decent speed tier, wide pool of potential coverage moves, and potentially helpful ability in Sturdy can often force switches. Ivy Cudgel is Ogerpon-C's main weapon, threatening even defensive Pokemon like Corviknight and Skarmory with perfect accuracy and high power, alongside additional critical hit chance. For any Pokemon who can handle Ivy Cudgel examples of targets that take cudgel but not whip, Power Whip offers even higher power at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy. With these two moves, Ogerpon-C threatens to OHKO or 2HKO almost everything in the tier, including common physical walls such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, Zamazenta, Alomomola, and Great Tusk. Power Whip also notably 2HKOs Unaware Dondozo, a common problem for other physical wallbreakers. Reworded for clarity targets Unaware Dondozo with a clean 2HKO. Finally, Low Kick rounds out the set for valuable coverage on common foes like Kingambit and Tera-Normal Dragonite among others. These moves cover a majority of the metagame, with the only immediately noticeable holes to me this reads like implying that cornerstone struggles to break other relevant Pokemon at further inspection, but ghold is the only real OU defensive wall to the set. Maybe reword it a bit to something along the line of "the only common OU threat". being Gholdengo, which fears the optional but always useful Knock Off. Maximum speed with a Jolly Nature is are chosen to retain a good matchup against offensive threats and defensive threats alike. this sentence feels like filler. If you want to talk about the maxed stat, you should mention what important pokemon the speed tier beats. Ogerpon-C's Tera type is locked to Rock, which boosts Ivy Cudgel's power to ridiculous levels while also gaining a permanent +1 boost to defense Defence. For example, +2 Ivy Cudgel after Tera has a very high chance to OHKO max defense defence Skarmory and Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage. It even gains a chance to OHKO defensive Gliscor from full health. While losing access to Sturdy, this can still be a useful emergency button to boost Ogerpon-C's wallbreaking abilities or to avoid a timely revenge kill, from moves such as Weavile or Meowscarada's Triple Axel.

Ogerpon-C functions best on offensive teams, which appreciate its ability to break holes in many common defensive structures so that its teammates can clean up later in the game. Common physical cleaners such as Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers like Skarmory, Gliscor, and Dondozo being weakened, and can help finish the job against Pokemon that can escape a 1v1 versus Ogerpon-C with their life intact, like a defensive Gholdengo or Zamazenta. Ogerpon-C's main problem is its middling speed tier versus other offensive threats which can prevent setup opportunities. Opposing attackers such as Weavile and Darkrai threaten an outright OHKO (with Weavile even ignoring Sturdy) so Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can tank hits from these attackers such as Primarina and Zamazenta. Offensive Utility pokemon are also a problem, with foes such as Dragapult and Cinderace threatening to cripple Ogerpon-C with status moves like Will-O-Wisp or pivot out with U-turn for high damage. To handle this, Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can absorb or punish utility moves, like Landorus-Therian, Corviknight, or Gliscor. Similarly, Gholdengo can offer crippling utility moves and offensive answers the only real utility move dengo can click is twave and "offer offensive answers" doesn't make grammatical sense, the idea is right but reword that part while also being able to survive all of Ogerpon-C's main moves, so partners like Ting-Lu can be useful to switch in on and pressure Gholdengo. Finally, hazards pose an annoyance to Ogerpon-C, negating the benefits of Sturdy and causing unrecoverable damage, so hazard removal from teammates like Cinderace or Great Tusk can be helpful.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Solid analysis, just needs some rewording and more examples in a few areas. Make sure to add the QC and Grammar credits at the end. QC 2/2 after implemented.
 
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Ivy Cudgel
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Low Kick
item: Cornerstone Mask
tera type: Rock
ability: Sturdy
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Ogerpon-Cornerstone C can use Swords Dance to become one of the most terrifying wallbreakers in the tier, wielding near-unresisted hyphen coverage alongside high-power hyphen moves. Ogerpon-C finds ample opportunities to set up a boost, (AC) as its decent Speed caps tier, wide pool of potential coverage moves, and potentially helpful ability in Sturdy can often force switches. Ivy Cudgel is Ogerpon-C's main weapon, threatening even defensive Pokemon like Corviknight and Skarmory with its perfect accuracy, (AC) and high power, alongside additional and higher critical hit chance. For any Pokemon like Zamazenta or Garganacl who that can handle Ivy Cudgel, Power Whip offers even higher power at the cost of a slight decrease in accuracy. With these two moves, Ogerpon-C threatens to OHKO or 2HKO almost everything in the tier, including common physical walls such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, Zamazenta, Alomomola, and Great Tusk. Power Whip also notably 2HKOs 2HKOes Unaware Dondozo, a common problem for other physical wallbreakers. Finally, Low Kick rounds out the set for valuable coverage on common foes like Kingambit and Tera-Normal Tera Normal Dragonite, (AC) among others. These moves cover a majority of the metagame, with the only common OU threat to resist it its moveset being Gholdengo, which fears the optional but always useful Knock Off. Maximum Speed caps with a Jolly Nature is chosen to Speed caps tie Iron Moth and other Ogerpon, as well as outspeeding timid Walking Wake, Ninetales-Alola, Iron Treads, and Enamorus. Ogerpon-C's Tera type is locked to Rock, which boosts Ivy Cudgel's power to ridiculous levels while also gaining a permanent +1 boost to Defence need American spelling Defense. For example, +2 Ivy Cudgel after Tera Terastallization has a very high chance to OHKO max defence maximum Defense Skarmory and Corviknight after Stealth Rock damage. It, and it even gains a chance to OHKO defensive Gliscor from full health. While losing Ogerpon-C does lose access to Sturdy, this Terastallization can still be a useful emergency button to boost Ogerpon-C's wallbreaking abilities or to avoid a timely revenge kill from moves such as Weavile or Meowscarada's Triple Axel.

Ogerpon-C functions best on offensive teams, which appreciate its ability to break holes in many common defensive structures so that its teammates can clean up later in the game. Common physical cleaners such as Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Kingambit appreciate their primary answers like Skarmory, Gliscor, and Dondozo being weakened, (RC) and can help finish the job against Pokemon that can escape a 1v1 one-on-one versus Ogerpon-C with their life HP intact, like a defensive Gholdengo or Zamazenta. Ogerpon-C's main problem is its middling Speed caps tier versus other offensive threats, (AC) which can prevent setup opportunities. Opposing attackers such as Weavile and Darkrai threaten an outright OHKO, (AC) (with Weavile even ignoring Sturdy), (AC) so Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can tank hits from these attackers such as Primarina and Zamazenta. Offensive utility lowercase Pokemon are also a problem, with foes such as Dragapult and Cinderace threatening to cripple Ogerpon-C with status moves like Will-O-Wisp or pivot out with U-turn for high damage. To handle this, Ogerpon-C appreciates teammates that can absorb or punish utility moves like Landorus-Therian T, Corviknight, or Gliscor. Similarly, Gholdengo can OHKO Ogerpon-C with Make it Rain or cripple it with Thunder Wave while also being able to survive all of Ogerpon-C's main moves, so partners like Ting-Lu can be useful to switch in on and pressure Gholdengo. Finally, entry hazards pose an annoyance to Ogerpon-C, negating the benefits of Sturdy and causing unrecoverable damage, so hazard removal from teammates like Cinderace or Great Tusk can be helpful.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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