Torchic [QC 2/2][GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Life Orb (Torchic) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 5
Tera Type: Ground / Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 196 SpA / 36 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 9 HP / 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Tera Blast
- Protect
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Torchic has a niche as a fast special attacker, boasting a powerful STAB Fire Blast that hits a majority of the tier for super effective or neutral damage. After one turn, Torchic is able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, only matched by Choice Scarf Pokemon like Mienfoo and Hisuian Growlithe. Tera Blast Ground hits Pokemon such as Mareanie, Glimmet, and Hisuian Growlithe, while Tera Blast Psychic can hit the former two targets while giving Torchic a more reliable way to hit Mienfoo. Protect gives Torchic an easy way to activate Speed Boost, while Substitute can be used to scout Terastallization. Both moves also serve to guard Torchic from priority moves such as Fake Out from Mienfoo and Sucker Punch from Alolan Diglett and Stunky, which trouble Torchic due to its low bulk, lack of Eviolite, and weakness to Stealth Rock.


Passive Pokemon such as Tinkatink and Toedscool appreciate Torchic's ability to output high amounts of damage and can return the favor in the form of utility such as Knock Off and status moves in Thunder Wave from Tinkatink and Spore from Toedscool. Tinkatink also sets up Stealth Rock to boost Torchic's offensive presence, while Toedscool can set up Spikes. Torchic struggles against Pokemon that resist its Fire Blast such as Mareanie and Vullaby, making Mudbray a good partner. Shellder and Torchic make a good offensive pairing, as one can both force out a foe's Terastallization so the other partner can break through it. Torchic's weakness to entry hazards makes teammates such as Rapid Spin Toedscool and Defog Vullaby beneficial partners.

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better late than never LOL. if holtorb ends up getting banned this weekend just ignore the notes i put about it
Torchic has a niche as a fast special attacker, boasting a powerful STAB Fire Blast that hits a majority of the tier for super effective or neutral damage. After one turn, Torchic is able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, only matched by Choice Scarf Pokemon like Mienfoo and Hisuian Growlithe. Tera Blast Ground lets Torchic hit Pokemon such as Mareanie, Glimmet, and Hisuian Growlithe, while Tera Blast Psychic can hit the former two targets while giving Torchic a more reliable way to hit Mienfoo. Protect gives Torchic an easy way to activate Speed Boost, while Substitute can be used to scout Tera. Both moves also serve to guard Torchic from priority moves such as Fake Out from Mienfoo and Sucker Punch from Pawniard and Stunky and Alolan Diglett (i dont consider pawn much relevant atm), which will trouble Torchic due to its low bulk, lack of Eviolite, and weakness to Stealth Rock.


Passive Pokemon such as Tinkatink or Toedscool appreciate Torchic's ability to output high amounts of damage, and can return the favor in the form of utility such as Knock Off, status moves like Thunder Wave from Tinkatink and Spore from Toedscool. Tinkatink can also provide Stealth Rock to boost Torchic's offensive presence, and Toedscool can provide Rapid Spin support to clear hazards. Torchic struggles against Pokemon that resist its Fire Blast such as Glimmet Mareanie(glim isnt rly true in practice imo bc usually glim will swapp into smth like vullaby) and Hisuian Growlithe, (idr know how to reword this but like they do better against torchic because they force it to tera to break through them. though on that case id prob specify evio dog bc scarf gets worn down quickly by rocks) making Mudbray a good partner. Torchic's weakness to Stealth Rock entry hazards (chic rly doesnt like spikes either because it puts it on a super short timer especially if you wanna click sub or anything)makes teammates such as Rapid Spin Toedscool and Defog Vullaby beneficial partners. hisuian voltorb needs to be mentioned somewhere in this paragraph bc its prob torchics best partner bc it gets in foongus for chic and chic weakens mienfoo for holtorb, id prob put it in the start. i also think shellder deserves a mention here since they force tera for eachother so the other can win
 
Rework this a bit since u mention toedscool as great hazard removal multiple times. Prob just replace toed mentions earlier in this.

Éric if u could qc2 this that’d be awesome
 
qc 2/2
[SET]
Life Orb (Torchic) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 5
Tera Type: Ground / Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 196 SpA / 36 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 9 HP / 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Tera Blast
- Protect
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Torchic has a niche as a fast special attacker, boasting a powerful STAB Fire Blast that hits a majority of the tier for super effective or neutral damage. After one turn, Torchic is able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, only matched by Choice Scarf Pokemon like Mienfoo and Hisuian Growlithe. Tera Blast Ground lets Torchic hit Pokemon such as Mareanie, Glimmet, and Hisuian Growlithe, while Tera Blast Psychic can hit the former two targets while giving Torchic a more reliable way to hit Mienfoo. Protect gives Torchic an easy way to activate Speed Boost, while Substitute can be used to scout Tera. Both moves also serve to guard Torchic from priority moves such as Fake Out from Mienfoo and Sucker Punch from Alolan Diglett and Stunky, which will trouble Torchic due to its low bulk, lack of Eviolite, and weakness to Stealth Rock.


Passive Pokemon such as Tinkatink or Toedscool appreciate Torchic's ability to output high amounts of damage, and can return the favor in the form of utility such as Knock Off as well as status moves in Thunder Wave from Tinkatink and Spore from Toedscool. Tinkatink also sets up Stealth Rock to boost Torchic's offensive presence, and Toedscool can provide Rapid Spin support to clear hazards spin toed will be mentioned later on, so i think maybe mentioning spikes here is better. Torchic struggles against Pokemon that resist its Fire Blast such as Mareanie and Hisuian Growlithe ik what hacker said earlier, but growl is such a non issue that id just mention bulky mons that eat fire blasts like vull and foo here, making Mudbray a good partner. Shellder and Torchic make a good offensive pairing, as they can both force out an opponent's Terastallization so the partner can break through. Torchic's weakness to Stealth Rock makes teammates such as Rapid Spin Toedscool and Defog Vullaby beneficial partners.
 
[SET]
Life Orb (Torchic) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 5
Tera Type: Ground / Psychic
EVs: 36 Def / 196 SpA / 36 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 9 HP / 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Tera Blast
- Protect
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Torchic has a niche as a fast special attacker, boasting a powerful STAB Fire Blast that hits a majority of the tier for super effective or neutral damage. After one turn, Torchic is able to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, only matched by Choice Scarf Pokemon like Mienfoo and Hisuian Growlithe. Tera Blast Ground lets Torchic hit hits Pokemon such as Mareanie, Glimmet, and Hisuian Growlithe, while Tera Blast Psychic can hit the former two targets while giving Torchic a more reliable way to hit Mienfoo. Protect gives Torchic an easy way to activate Speed Boost, while Substitute can be used to scout Terastallization. Both moves also serve to guard Torchic from priority moves such as Fake Out from Mienfoo and Sucker Punch from Alolan Diglett and Stunky, which will trouble Torchic due to its low bulk, lack of Eviolite, and weakness to Stealth Rock.


Passive Pokemon such as Tinkatink and or Toedscool appreciate Torchic's ability to output high amounts of damage (remove comma) and can return the favor in the form of utility such as Knock Off as well as and status moves in Thunder Wave from Tinkatink and Spore from Toedscool. Tinkatink also sets up Stealth Rock to boost Torchic's offensive presence, (comma) while Toedscool can set up Spikes. Torchic struggles against Pokemon that resist its Fire Blast such as Mareanie and Vullaby, making Mudbray a good partner. Shellder and Torchic make a good offensive pairing, as they one can both force out a foe's an opponent's Terastallization so the other partner can break through it. Torchic's weakness to entry hazards makes teammates such as Rapid Spin Toedscool and Defog Vullaby beneficial partners.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flou.605215/
Quality checked by:
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