ZU Type: Null [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/2]

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[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizable bulk when holding an Eviolite and access to U-turn. These traits allow Type: Null to check top-tier special wallbreakers such as, Basculin, Vanilluxe, and Thievul. U-turn paired with its slow Speed allow Type: Null to pivot and safely bring in a teammate. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing foe and prevents Pokemon such as Lycanroc, Rapidash, and Silvally-Ground from freely setting up in front of it. Rest + Sleep Talk is Type: Null's only form of recovery and lets it consistently pivot. A Sassy nature and 0 Speed IVs are used to minimize Type: Null's Speed, allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, and status absorber condensed into one Pokemon. It pairs well with other pivots, forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent pivot to pair with Type: Null, as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits; in return, Uxie is able to switch into strong Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr that trouble Type: Null. Wallbreakers such as Vanilluxe, Basculin, and Centiskorch pair well with Type: Null, as they appreciate being safely brought in by a slow U-turn. Although Type: Null can sponge special wallbreakers, it cannot do much damage back and is heavily dependent on pivoting into revenge killers to adequately check special sweepers. Thus, priority users like Kangaskhan and Gurdurr are necessary when dealing with foes such as Lycanroc and Frosmoth. Finally, Knock Off absorbers such as Poliwrath and Silvally formes work as partners, as they prevent Type: Null from losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A set with Iron Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest and an EV spread of 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD are sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. However, this set is not consistent due to it only having Normal coverage and is walled by the common Ghost-types in the tier; in addition, the set is also passive thanks to the lack of Sleep Talk. This set also lacks the utility of the pivot set, and Type: Null also needs multiple boosts to become threatening due to its low Attack stat.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and Fighting Coverage**: Type: Null is weak to Fighting, so it should be careful of Pokémon like Sawk, Gurdurr, and Poliwrath, as well as Fighting coverage such as Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical Wallbreakers**: Strong physical wallbreakers such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc, and Swords Dance Silvally formes can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off **: Any Pokemon with Knock Off is a threat, as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been lost.

**Taunt**: Taunt users such as Skuntank, and Qwilfish stop Type: Null from recovering and spreading status, forcing it to pivot.

**Setup Sweepers that Avoid Toxic**: Setup sweepers with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can freely set up in front of Type: Null. Poison- and Steel-types such as Skuntank and Klinklang, as well as setup sweepers that can cure status like Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie, can also set up for free.

**Entry Hazards**: Although Type: Null is not weak to Stealth Rock, the lack of passive recovery and constant pivoting cause it to get easily chipped down, limiting the amount of times it can switch in and lowering its usefulness as a wall.

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- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
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[Tuthur]

I'd like to give it another look. Also some GP stuff, Pokémon, abilities, and moves names are capitalized.

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[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armour Armor (sorry for your british spelling)
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null's acts as a great defensive pivot in the ZU metagame thanks to its sizeable bulk when holding an Eviolite, slow base speed Type:Null isn't slow and access to U-turn. This allows Type: Null to switch into the top-tier special wallbrecakers in the tier such as Drampa, Basculin, and Vanilluxe. U-turn paired with its slow speed allows Type: Null to pivot out and bring in a teammate safety. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing team and to prevent Pokemon such as Silvally-Dragon, cCentiskorch and Alcremie I don't like any of these examples as DragonVally often carries Sub, Centiskorch rarely runs a boosting set and is listed in the C&C section, and Alcremie often carries Aromatherapy or Rest setting up for free in front of it. Rest is Type: Null's best way to stay healthy throughout the game only recovery move and let it also acts as a status absorber. Sleep Talk prevents Type: Null from being completely passive when sleeping, although it can be unreliable and pokemon with subsitute such as Rotom or Silvally-Ghost can still set up in front of it That's not specific to Sleep Talk and it's more a C&C thing. 248 HP and 252 SpD is to maximise Type: Null's special bulk fluff with a Sassy nature and 0 ivs minimising Type: Null's speed allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking a pivot user, special wall, or and a status absorber. Defensive pivot Uxie is an excellent teammate to pair with Type: nNull as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to gGhost and ability to sponge strong special hits, whilst being able to switch into Type: Null's weakness of strong physical fighting types such as Sawk and Gurduurr in addition to providing a basic defensive pivot core and provide stealth rocks for the team mention that Uxie is also a great Knock Off absorber, also I'd like you to rewrite this section to start saying Type:Null pairs well with other pivots forming a VoltTurn core and then develop on Uxie. Offensive wallbrecakers such as Drampa, Magmortar, and Basculin pair well with Type: Null as they appreciate being brought in safety from a slow U-turn. A form of hazard removal would benefit Type: Null as although it is not weak to hazards, it has no passive recovery so can get chipped down easily throughout the game limiting its usefullness you'll develop on this in C&C. Choiced users such as Sawk and Rotom are also great parters as they can be switched in to prevent Type: Null getting tricked a choiced item which would severely cripple it. Finally a Knock off absorber such as Poliwrath or a Silvally form work as partners as they prevent Type: Null losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Iron Defence / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest with 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD evs spread is sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable wall and powerful sweeper thanks to its ability Battle Armour preventing it from getting struck with a critical hit. This set however is not consistent thanks to it being mono normal attacking so is walled by the abundance of common ghost types in the tier in addition to being passive thanks to the lack on sleep talk on the set. Mention that this set lacks the utility of the spd pivot set and due to crush claws low base power it needs a lot of boots to start becoming threatening.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and coverage**: As a pure normal type Type: Null only weakness is the fighting type. Type:Null is weak to Fighting, therefore It should be carful of Pokémon like Sawk, Gurduurr and Poliwrath as well as fighting coverage such as focus blast Focus Blast Magmortar in conjunction with taunt and body press Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical breackers**: Any strong Physical breaker such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc or Swords Dance Silvally forms can muscle their way through Type: Null.

This is kinda lacking. Include Knock Off, Taunt, sweepers that don't care about toxic (sub, rest, magic guard, steels, ...), Hazards

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- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
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[Toto]

Implemented changes

 

[Tuthur]

QC 1/2

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[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null's acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizeable bulk when holding an Eviolite and access to U-turn. This allows Type: Null to switch into the top-tier special wallbreckers wallbreakers in the tier such as Drampa, Basculin, (AC) and Vanilluxe. U-turn paired with its slow speed allows Type: Null to pivot out and bring in a teammate safety. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing team and to prevent Pokemon such as Lycanroc, Rapidash, and Swoobat setting up for free in front of it. Rest is Type: Null's only recovery move and lets it also act as a status absorber. Sleep Talk prevents Type: Null from being completely passive when sleeping, although it can be unreliable. A Sassy nature and 0 ivs is used to minimise Type: Null's speed allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, (AC) and a status absorber. It pairs well with other pivots forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent teammate to pair with Type: Null as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits, whilst being able to switch into Type: nNull's weakness of strong physical fighting types such as Sawk and Gurduur in addition to providing stealth rocks Stealth Rock for the team and knock off Knock Off absorbtion. Wallbreakers such as Drampa Drampa and Type:Null have the same defensive utility, idt you want to stack them, Magmortar, and Basculin pair well with Type: Null as they appreciate being brought in safety from a slow U-turn. Finally a Knock off absorber such as Poliwrath or a Silvally form work as partners as they prevent Type: Null losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Iron Defence Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest with 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD spead is sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. This set however is not consistent thanks to it being mono normal attacking so is walled by the abundance of common ghost types in the tier in addition to being passive thanks to the lack on sleep talk Sleep Talk on the set. This set also lacks the utility that the SpD pivot sets provides as well as needing multiple swords dances in order to become threatening thatnks to its low base power.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and coverage**: Type: Null is weak to fighting, therefore It should be carful of Pokémon like Sawk, Gurdurr and Poliwrath as well as fighting coverage such as Focus Blast Magmortar and Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical breakers**: Any strong Physical breaker such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc, or Swords Dance Silvally forms can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off users** Any Pokémon with knock off is a threat as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been knocked off.

** Taunt users** Taunt users such as Magmortar, Skuntank, and Qwilfish stop Type: Null being able to recover or spread status forcing it to pivot out.

**Sweepers that don't care about toxic** Sweepers with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can set up freely in front Type: Null. Poison and Steels types such as Skuntank and Klinklang can also set up for free in addition to Pokémon with rest such as Cofagrigus.

**Hazards** Although not weak to hazards the lack of passive recovery and not being able to hold Heavy Duty Boots causes Type: Null to get chipped down easily throughout the battle limiting the amount of times it can switch in and usefulness as a wall.
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- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
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[Toto]

Implemented and ready for 2nd QC

 

[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d]

Comments in Bold and Strikethrough

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null's acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizable bulk when holding an Eviolite and access to U-turn. This allows Type: Null to switch into check (Eviolite bulk allows it to switch in, not U-turn, but your "this" implies both of the previous attributes. I changed it to "check" because bulk + pivoting is a good way to check these threats) the top-tier special wallbreakers in the tier such as Drampa, Basculin, and Vanilluxe. U-turn paired with its slow speed allows Type: Null to pivot out and bring in a teammate safety. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing team and to prevent Pokemon such as Lycanroc, Rapidash, and Swoobat Silvally-Dragon (VR relevancy) setting up for free in front of it. Rest is Type: Null's only recovery move and lets it also act as a status absorber. Sleep Talk prevents Type: Null from being completely passive when sleeping, although it can be unreliable. (Condense these two sentences to just say that "Rest + Sleep Talk" is Type: Null's only form of recovery and the combo facilitates consistent pivoting) A Sassy nature and 0 IVs is used to minimize Type: Null's Speed allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, and a status absorber condensed into one Pokemon. It pairs well with other pivots forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent teammate pivot (prior sentence mentions other pivots, and while Uxie is a good example, it should still be written that Uxie is a pivot itself as that's not implied to a reader new to ZU) to pair with Type: Null as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits, whilst being able to switch into Type: Null's weakness of strong physical Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr in addition to providing Stealth Rocks for the team and Knock Off absorption (this would be a run on sentence if you added this part. It's not that relevant to helping type:null so removing is best). Wallbreakers such as Vanilluxe, Magmortar, and Basculin Centiskorch (basc is already fast enough to work on its own, whereas Centi is great but more dependent on pivots) pair well with Type: Null as they appreciate being brought in safety from a slow U-turn. (Mention that Type: Null is heavily dependent on pivoting into revenge killers to adequately check special sweepers, thus priority users like Kangaskhan and Gurdurr are necessary when dealing with Omastar and Frosmoth) Finally, (add comma) a Knock Off absorber such as Poliwrath or a Silvally forme work as partners as they prevent Type: Null losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Iron Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest with a 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD spread is sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. This set however is not consistent thanks to it being mono normal attacking so is walled by the abundance of common Ghost-types in the tier in addition to being passive thanks to the lack on Sleep Talk on the set. This set also lacks the utility that the SpD pivot sets provides as well as needing multiple swords dances boosts in order to become threatening thanks to its low base power.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: Type: Null is weak to Fighting, therefore it should be careful of Pokémon like Sawk, Gurdurr, (add comma) and Poliwrath as well as fighting coverage such as Focus Blast Magmortar and Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical Breakers**: Any strong Physical breaker such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc or Swords Dance Silvally formes can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off users**: Any Pokémon with Knock Off is a threat as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been knocked off lost.

**Taunt users**: Taunt users such as Magmortar, Skuntank, (add comma) and Qwilfish stop Type: Null being able to recover or spread status forcing it to pivot out.

**Sweepers that don't care about Avoid Toxic**: Sweepers with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can set up freely in front Type: Null. Poison- and Steels-types (hyphens) such as Skuntank and Klinklang can also set up for free in addition to Pokemon sweepers that can cure status like with rest such as Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie .

**Entry Hazards**: Although not weak to hazards Stealth Rock, (not being weak to hazards would only apply to HDB or Magic Guard users; you meant not weak to Stealth Rock I believe) the lack of passive recovery and not being able to hold Heavy-Duty Boots constant pivoting, (more poignant to this set, as using U-turn a ton is why entry hazards are such a concern) causes Type: Null to get chipped down easily throughout the battle limiting the amount of times it can switch in and its usefulness as a wall.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

QC: 2/2! Content wise, I cleared up some points that had word choices that may imply the wrong intentions. I also added a couple points I thought were crucial to reflect Type: Null's role in the metagame.

GP wise, I think I already went over some of these standards in a prior analyses, so I won't reiterate them here. However, a lot of the black ink here is just simple typos, and try to do a once over to check for these + other formatting / GP standards you missed. I corrected most of them here in bold so keep an eye out for them next time. Here are some other standards to keep in mind with future analyses:

• Smogon uses "forme" and "formes" with the added "e" so it's Silvally formes.
• Stats like Speed are always capitalized when addressing them directly.
• When talking about a Pokemon's typing, always follow with a "-type" (Ghost-types, not Ghost)

Thanks again for writing, you did a good job regardless!

 

[Toto]

Ty, implemented and ready for GP

 

[DC]

Remove Add Comments
AC = Add Comma, RC = Remove Comma, AH = Add Hyphen, RH = Remove Hyphen

Null

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizable bulk when holding an Eviolite and access to U-turn. This allows These traits allow Type: Null to check top-tier special wallbreakers such as Drampa(replace/remove), Basculin, and Vanilluxe. U-turn paired with its slow Speed(capitalize) allows Type: Null to pivot out and safely bring in a teammate safety. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing team foe and to prevents Pokemon such as Lycanroc, Rapidash, and (remove space)Silvally-Dragon(replace/remove) setting up for free from freely setting up in front of it. Rest + Sleep Talk is Type: Null's only form of recovery, with the combination facilitating consistent pivoting. (I don't really understand what the second part means. Did you mean something like "Rest + Sleep Talk is Type: Null's only form of recovery and lets it consistently pivot."?) A Sassy nature and 0 Speed IVs is are used to minimize Type: Null's Speed,(AC) allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, and a status absorber condensed into one Pokemon. It pairs well with other pivots,(AC) forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent pivot to pair with Type: Null,(AC) as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits;(comma to semicolon) whilst being able to switch into Type: Null's weakness of strong physical Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr in return,(AC) Uxie is able to switch into strong Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr that trouble Type: Null. Wallbreakers such as Vanilluxe, Magmortar(remove/replace), and Centiskorch pair well with Type: Null,(AC) as they appreciate being safely brought in safety from by a slow U-turn. Although Type: Null can sponge special wallbreakers,(AC) it cannot do much damage back,(RC) therefore and is heavily dependant dependent on pivoting into revenge killers to adequately check special sweepers.(comma to period) Thus,(AC) priority users like Kangaskhan and Gurdurr are necessary when dealing with foes such as Omastar(replace/remove) and Frosmoth. Finally, a Knock Off absorbers such as Poliwrath or a Silvally forme and Silvally formes work as partners,(AC) as they prevent Type: Null from losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A set with Iron Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest with a and an EV spread of 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD spread is are sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. This set however is not consistent thanks to it being mono normal attacking so is walled by the abundance of common Ghost-types in the tier in addition to being passive thanks to the lack on Sleep Talk on the set. This set also lacks the utility that the pivot sets provides as well as needing multiple boosts in order to become threatening thanks to its low base power. However, this set is not consistent due to it only having Normal coverage and is walled by the common Ghost-types in the tier; in addition, the set is also passive thanks to the lack of Sleep Talk. This set also lacks the utility of the pivot set, and Type: Null also needs multiple boosts to become threatening due to Crush Claw's low base power. (I wasn't sure if you were referring to Crush Claw or Type: Null for the last part. If you were referring to Type: Null, replace it with "become threatening due to its low Attack stat.")

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and Fighting Coverage**: Type: Null is weak to Fighting, therefore so it should be careful of Pokémon like Sawk, Gurdurr, and Poliwrath,(AC) as well as Fighting(capitalize) coverage such as Focus Blast Magmortar(Remove/Replace) and Body Press from Cofagrigus. (If you choose to replace Mag, write it like how you wrote the Cofagrigus part. Something like "Blank from Blank".)

**Strong Physical Breakers Wallbreakers**: Any strong Physical breaker Strong physical wallbreakers such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc,(AC) or and Swords Dance Silvally formes can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off **: Any Pokémon Pokemon with Knock Off is a threat,(AC) as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been lost.

**Taunt**: Taunt users such as Magmortar(remove/replace), Skuntank, and Qwilfish stop Type: Null being able to recover or spread from recovering and spreading status,(AC) forcing it to pivot out.

**Setup Sweepers that Avoid Toxic**: Setup sweepers(lowercase) with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can freely set up freely in front of Type: Null. Poison- and Steels-types such as Skuntank and Klinklang can also set up for free in addition to sweepers that can cure status like such as Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie. Poison- and Steel-types such as Skuntank and Klinklang, as well as setup sweepers that can cure status like Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie, can also set up for free. (The last sentence doesn't really avoid Toxic, but thats more of a subjective change. I also changed it to Setup Sweepers because you mentioned that all of them set up on Type: Null.)

**Entry Hazards**: Although Type: Null is not weak to Stealth Rock, the lack of passive recovery and constant pivoting,(RC) causes Type: Null cause it to get easily chipped down,(AC) easily throughout the battle limiting the amount of times it can switch in and lowering its usefulness as a wall. (parallelism with limiting)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

GP 1/2. [DC, 449990]. No stamp yet, so enjoy a Corgi GIF!

 

[Toto]

Implemented, ty

 

[5Dots]

Not a QCer, but Vanilluxe’s lack of snow warning makes it struggle significantly in ZU nowadays.
Lycanroc-Normal has been moved to PU.

 

[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizable bulk when holding an Eviolite with Eviolite and access to U-turn. These traits allow Type: Null to This bulk allows it to check top-tier special wallbreakers such as (RC) Basculin, Vanilluxe, (5Dots said Vanilluxe struggles now so you may want to change) and Thievul. U-turn paired with its slow Speed allow Type: Null Type: Null's slow U-turn allows it to pivot and safely bring in a teammate. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing foe cripples foes and prevents Pokemon such as Lycanroc, (5Dots said it's PU now so you may want to change) Rapidash, and Silvally-Ground from freely setting up in front of it. Rest + Sleep Talk RestTalk is Type: Null's only form of recovery and lets it consistently pivot. A Sassy nature and 0 Speed IVs are used to minimize Type: Null's Speed, allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, and status absorber condensed into one Pokemon. It pairs well with other pivots, forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent pivot to pair with Type: Null, as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits; in return, Uxie is able to switch into strong Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr that trouble Type: Null. Wallbreakers such as Vanilluxe, (Vanilluxe note) Basculin, and Centiskorch pair well with Type: Null, as they appreciate being safely brought in by a slow U-turn. appreciate Type: Null's slow U-turn safely bringing them in. Although Type: Null can sponge special wallbreakers, it cannot do much damage back and is heavily dependent on pivoting into revenge killers to adequately check special sweepers. Thus, priority users like Kangaskhan and Gurdurr are necessary when dealing with foes such as Lycanroc (Lycanroc note) and Frosmoth. Finally, Knock Off absorbers such as Poliwrath and Silvally formes work as partners, as they prevent Type: Null from losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A set with Iron Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest and an EV spread of 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD are is sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. However, this set is not consistent due to it only having Normal-type coverage and is walled by the common Ghost-types in the tier; in addition, the set is also it is passive thanks to the lack of Sleep Talk. This set also lacks the utility of the pivot set, and Type: Null also needs multiple boosts to become threatening due to its low Attack stat.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types and Fighting Pokemon and Coverage**: Type: Null is weak to Fighting, so it should be careful of Pokemon (removed accent on E) like Sawk, Gurdurr, and Poliwrath, as well as Fighting-type coverage such as Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical Wallbreakers**: Strong physical wallbreakers such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc, (Lycanroc note) and Swords Dance Silvally formes can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off**: (removed space before second pair of asterisks) Any Pokemon with Knock Off is a threat, as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been lost. losing Eviolite significantly decreases Type: Null's bulk.

**Taunt**: Taunt users such as Skuntank (RC) and Qwilfish stop Type: Null from recovering and spreading status, forcing it to pivot.

**Setup Sweepers that Avoid Bypass Toxic**: Setup sweepers with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can freely set up in front of Type: Null. Poison- and Steel-types such as Skuntank and Klinklang, as well as setup sweepers Pokemon that can cure status like Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie, can also set up for free.

**Entry Hazards**: Although Type: Null is not weak to Stealth Rock, the its lack of passive recovery and constant pivoting cause it to get easily chipped down, limiting the amount of times it can switch in and lowering its usefulness as a wall.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [Finland, 517429]]

2/2

 

[Tuthur]

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[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Battle Armor
nature: Sassy
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Type: Null acts as a great defensive pivot in the metagame thanks to its sizable bulk when holding an Eviolite with Eviolite and access to U-turn. These traits allow Type: Null to This bulk allows it to check top-tier special wallbreakers such as (RC) Basculin, Vanilluxe, (5Dots said Vanilluxe struggles now so you may want to change) and Thievul. U-turn paired with its slow Speed allow Type: Null Type: Null's slow U-turn allows it to pivot and safely bring in a teammate. Toxic allows Type: Null to cripple the opposing foe cripples foes and prevents Pokemon such as Lycanroc, (5Dots said it's PU now so you may want to change) Rapidash, and Silvally-Ground from freely setting up in front of it. Rest + Sleep Talk RestTalk is Type: Null's only form of recovery and lets it consistently pivot. A Sassy nature and 0 Speed IVs are used to minimize Type: Null's Speed, allowing for the slowest U-turns.

Type: Null is a great pick for teams looking for a pivot, special wall, and status absorber condensed into one Pokemon. It pairs well with other pivots, forming a VoltTurn core. Uxie is an excellent pivot to pair with Type: Null, as it benefits from Type: Null's immunity to Ghost and ability to sponge strong special hits; in return, Uxie is able to switch into strong Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr that trouble Type: Null. Wallbreakers such as Vanilluxe, (Vanilluxe note) Basculin, and Centiskorch pair well with Type: Null, as they appreciate being safely brought in by a slow U-turn. appreciate Type: Null's slow U-turn safely bringing them in. Although Type: Null can sponge special wallbreakers, it cannot do much damage back and is heavily dependent on pivoting into revenge killers to adequately check special sweepers. Thus, priority users like Kangaskhan and Gurdurr are necessary when dealing with foes such as Lycanroc (Lycanroc note) and Frosmoth. Finally, Knock Off absorbers such as Poliwrath and Silvally formes work as partners, as they prevent Type: Null from losing its Eviolite.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A set with Iron Defense / Swords Dance / Crush Claw / Rest and an EV spread of 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD are is sometimes used to turn Type: Null into an unbreakable and powerful sweeper. However, this set is not consistent due to it only having Normal-type coverage and is walled by the common Ghost-types in the tier; in addition, the set is also it is passive thanks to the lack of Sleep Talk. This set also lacks the utility of the pivot set, and Type: Null also needs multiple boosts to become threatening due to its low Attack stat.

Checks and Counters
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**Fighting-types and Fighting Pokemon and Coverage**: Type: Null is weak to Fighting, so it should be careful of Pokemon (removed accent on E) like Sawk, Gurdurr, and Poliwrath, as well as Fighting-type coverage such as Body Press from Cofagrigus.

**Strong Physical Wallbreakers**: Strong physical wallbreakers such as Centiskorch, Lycanroc, (Lycanroc note) and Swords Dance Silvally formes can muscle their way through Type: Null.

**Knock Off**: (removed space before second pair of asterisks) Any Pokemon with Knock Off is a threat, as Type: Null's bulk decreases significantly once Eviolite has been lost. losing Eviolite significantly decreases Type: Null's bulk.

**Taunt**: Taunt users such as Skuntank (RC) and Qwilfish stop Type: Null from recovering and spreading status, forcing it to pivot.

**Setup Sweepers that Avoid Bypass Toxic**: Setup sweepers with Substitute such as Silvally-Ghost and Rotom can freely set up in front of Type: Null. Poison- and Steel-types such as Skuntank and Klinklang, as well as setup sweepers Pokemon that can cure status like Rest Cofagrigus and Aromatherapy Alcremie, can also set up for free.

**Entry Hazards**: Although Type: Null is not weak to Stealth Rock, the its lack of passive recovery and constant pivoting cause it to get easily chipped down, limiting the amount of times it can switch in and lowering its usefulness as a wall.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [Finland, 517429]]

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took over the analysis and implemented the check. Ty!
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