NU Toxicroak (Nasty Plot) QC [1/1] GP [1/1]

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Dark Pulse / Vacuum Wave
item: Life Orb
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its access to Nasty Plot, Toxicroak can turn its mediocre Special Attack stat into something to be worried about, threatening Pokemon like Sandaconda and Drifblim that beat physical variations of it. Dark Pulse enables it to get around Pokemon that resist its STAB combination, which including Ghost-types like Drifblim, Rotom, and Spiritomb as well as Poison-types like Muk and Qwilfish. Vacuum Wave is a solid STAB move with priority to help it revenge kill faster threats like Zoroark, Lycanroc, and Tera Ice Jolteon. Tera Fighting heavily increases Focus Blast's already high damage output, allowing Toxicroak to rip through bulkier teams. Tera Fighting Toxicroak can run a Modest nature to give it a favorable chance to 2HKO Muk at +2 with Focus Blast; however, it becomes noticeably slower, getting outpaced by Mabosstiff, Bombirdier, and Braviary. Tera Dark Toxicroak better checks Bruxish while also boosting Dark Pulse's power. Without the use of its Tera type, Toxicroak struggles against bulkier teams that often include Muk or Crocalor, so Pokemon that put pressure on them like Sandaconda and Bruxish pair well with Toxicroak. Toxicroak often relies on Spikes from users such as Qwilfish, Vespiquen, and Cacturne to chip away at foes that Toxicroak can't handle on its own. Due to Toxicroak's lackluster bulk, it appreciates help from Umbreon, which can pass a Wish to it, as well as other walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Drifblim, and Muk. Other Pokemon that benefit from Toxicroak include Scyther, Mabosstiff, and Coil Eelektross, as they appreciate the removal of physical walls. Toxicroak's Dry Skin gives it a Water immunity that allows it to switch in on bulky Water-types, like Vaporeon and Qwilfish, which would otherwise check teammates like Bruxish, Clawitzer, and Basculin.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lucario, 189361]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pokeslice, 509790]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [UT, 523866]]
 
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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Vacuum Wave / Dark Pulse (Dark Pulse should be mentioned first since you need it to get past bulky Ghost-types, which part of the point of NP Croak to begin with)
item: Life Orb
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its access to Nasty Plot, Toxicroak can turn its mediocre Special Attack stat into something to be worried about, threatening Pokemon like Sandaconda and Drifblim that beat physical variations of it. Due to Toxicroak's average speed, Vacuum Wave is a solid STAB move with priority to help it revenge faster threats like Zoroark, Lycanroc, and Tera Ice Jolteon. Dark Pulse enables it to get around Pokemon that resist its STAB combination which include Ghost-types like Drifblim, Rotom, and Spiritomb as well as Poison-types like Muk and Qwilfish. (Just like above, flip the order of the sections talking about DP and Vacuum wave to reflect what should be used more commonly) Tera Fighting heavily increases Focus Blast's already high base power, allowing Toxicroak to rip through bulkier teams,. On top of that terastillizing, it Toxicroak can run a Modest nature to give it a favorable chance to 2HKO Muk at +2 with Focus Blast. (add a blurb in this sentence explaining the downside of Modest) Tera Dark gives Toxicroak the ability to better check Pokemon like Bruxish that can easily deal with it while also boosting Dark Pulse's power. Without the use of Tera, Toxicroak struggles against bulkier teams that often include Muk or Crocalor, so Pokemon like Sandaconda and Bruxish that put pressure on them pair well with Toxicroak. Toxicroak often relies on Spikes user such as Qwilfish, Vespiquen, or Cacturne to chip away at foes that Toxicroak can't handle on its own. Due to Toxicroak's lackluster bulk, it appreciates help from Umbreon who can pass a Wish to it, as well as other walls like AV Eelektross, Drifblim, and Muk. Other Pokemon that benefit from Toxicroak include Scyther, Mabosstiff, and Coil Eelektross. (needs a bit more info at the end about why these three benefit from Toxicroak specifically. Also in the teammate section, mention of Pokemon that bait in the bulky waters for Toxicroak should be added such as Brux, Claw, etc etc)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lucario, 189361]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pokeslice, 509790]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

1/1 when finished. Nicely done :)
 
amgp, implement what you want to!

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Dark Pulse / Vacuum Wave
item: Life Orb
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to its access to Nasty Plot, Toxicroak can turn its mediocre Special Attack stat into something to be worried about, threatening Pokemon like Sandaconda and Drifblim that beat physical variations of it. Dark Pulse enables it to get around Pokemon that resist its STAB combination,(AC) which include including Ghost-types like Drifblim, Rotom, and Spiritomb as well as Poison-types like Muk and Qwilfish. Due to Toxicroak's average speed, Vacuum Wave is a solid STAB move with priority to help it revenge kill faster threats like Zoroark, Lycanroc, and Tera Ice Jolteon. Tera Fighting heavily increases Focus Blast's already high base power damage output, allowing Toxicroak to rip through bulkier teams. On top of terastillizing, (does this calc refer to after tera? If so, replace this next Toxicroak with "Tera Fighting Toxicroak) Toxicroak can run a Modest nature to give it a favorable chance to 2HKO Muk at +2 with Focus Blast,(RC);(ASC) however,(AC) it becomes noticeably slower, getting outpaced by Mabosstiff, Bombirdier, and Braviary. Tera Dark gives Toxicroak the ability to better checks Bruxish while also boosting Dark Pulse's power. Without the use of its Tera type, Toxicroak struggles against bulkier teams that often include Muk or Crocalor, so Pokemon like Sandaconda and Bruxish that put pressure on them like Sandaconda and Bruxish pair well with Toxicroak. Toxicroak often relies on Spikes from users such as Qwilfish, Vespiquen, or and Cacturne to chip away at foes that Toxicroak can't handle on its own. Due to Toxicroak's lackluster bulk, it appreciates help from Umbreon,(AC) which who can pass a Wish to it, as well as other walls like AV Assault Vest Eelektross, Drifblim, and Muk. Other Pokemon that benefit from Toxicroak include Scyther, Mabosstiff, and Coil Eelektross, (AC) as they appreciate the removal of physical walls. Toxicroak's Dry Skin gives it a Water immunity that allows it to bait in bulky Water-types that check it like (I suppose that this is what you mean? If not, change to something that fits better) Bruxish, Clawitzer, and Basculin.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lucario, 189361]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pokeslice, 509790]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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