AAA UT approved (Protean Deo-S) [GP 1/1] [Done]

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[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Protean
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late-game cleaner, using its wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is Deoxys-S's most spammable move, as it hits a majority of the metagame for solid damage such as Primarina, Manaphy, non-Volt Absorb Corviknight, and Gholdengo. Ice Beam is used to hit Ground- and Dragon-types hard, such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert while also pressuring Water- and Ground-types instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S's main physical attack, being able to hit specially defensive walls such as Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps Deoxys-S and its teammates by crippling RegenVest users to be taken on better later in the game. Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes let Deoxys-S potentially weaken defensive checks for itself and its teammates. Life Orb is used to more easily use Deoxys-S's mixed potential but can reduce how many times how many times its able to switch in. Choice Specs can be used instead as an easier way for Deoxys-S to hit 2HKO damage rolls on RegenVest Pokemon and give it more switch-in opportunities, but this gives it less flexibility and physical power. With 236 Speed EVs and a Naive nature, Deoxys-S is able to outrun +1 Jolly Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. Setup sweepers and Choice-locked Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, and Manaphy appreciate Deoxys-S's presence, as it can help with weakening or taking out any of their checks such as Great Tusk, Primarina, and RegenVest users. Teams containing slower attackers also appreciate Deoxys-S, as it can act as a form of speed control. Deoxys-S does struggle with making it onto the field safely due to both hazards and having minimal bulk, so having a defensive pivot or a hazard remover would help it, like Great Tusk, Corviknight, or Mandibuzz.

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Hiusi guy said:
[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Libero
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe or 36 Atk / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Naive / Rash Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball / Knock Off
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late game cleaner using it's wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is used as Deoxys-S' main STAB as it hits a majority of defensive Pokemon for super effective damage Majority is a bit of an exaggeration, especially since your coverage option in EBall also does hit the defensive waters anyway such as Primarina, Manaphy, and non Volt Absorb Corviknight. Thunderbolt also hits Gholdengo neutrally which is important with no DPulse Ice Beam is used to hit Dragon- and Ground-Types hard such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Gouging Fire. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert whilst also pressuring Water- and Ground-Types at the same time instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S' main physical attack being able to hit Goodra-H, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps ware wear down RegenVest Pokemon for Deoxys-S to then take on better later as well as support it's teammates. Spikes and Stealth Rock are both useful for allowing Deoxys-S to be more self proficient in weakening it's checks whilst also supporting it's teammates. With 236 Speed and Naive nature Deoxys-S is able to out run +1 Positive Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. With 220 Speed and Rash Deoxys-S can out run +1 Positive Great Tusk. Set Up Sweepers like Roaring Moon, Manaphy, or Iron Boulder will all appreciate Deoxys-S' presence as it can help with weakening or taking out any of the sweeper's checks. Roaring Moon/Iron Boulder are a bit of an odd mention as Deoxys-Speed mainly forces in special checks, would be nice to note what sweeper's checks it does weaken are, setup sweepers aren't necessarily aren't the only beneficiaries of Deoxys-Speed softening up the defense, Choiced mons do plenty as well. Deoxys-S does struggle with making it onto the field safely dues to both hazards and having minimal bulk so having a defensive pivot and/or a hazard remover would help it like Great Tusk, Corviknight, or Mandibuzz. Could mention that it acting as pseudo speed control as a benefit for teams paired with slower breakers that lack speed control. Also, I'm no GP person but I'm pretty sure nearly all the it's are meant to be its (it's -> it is)

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[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Libero Protean (if you're gonna call the set Protean, atleast use Protean as the ability -_-)
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe or 36 Atk/ 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Naive / Rash Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball / Knock Off (Realistically you're not running Knock + Hazards on a Mixed wallbreaker)
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late game cleaner using its wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is used as Deoxys-S' main STAB Thunderbolt is Deoxys-S's most spammable move, as it hits a majority of defensive Pokemon the metagame (You want to hit everything, not just defensive mons) for super effective solid damage such as Primarina, Manaphy, and non Volt Absorb Corviknight (Should probably change examples, up to you though), (Add Comma) as well as hitting Gholdengo for consistent damage. Ice Beam is used to hit Dragon Ground- and Ground Dragon-Types (Swapping for clarity) hard such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Gouging Fire Roaring Moon. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert whilst also pressuring Water- and Ground-Types at the same time instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S's main physical attack being able to hit specially defensive walls such as Goodra-H Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps wear down cripple RegenVest Pokemon for Deoxys-S to then take on better later as well as support its teammates. Spikes and Stealth Rock are both useful for allowing Deoxys-S to be more self proficient in weakening its checks whilst also supporting its teammates Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes lets Deoxys-S potentially weaken defensive checks for it and its teammates. (You forgot to mention items. What thresholds do Specs reach that Life Orb does not? What's the benefit of running Life Orb over Specs? just some things to mention) With 236 Speed and Naive nature Deoxys-S is able to out run +1 Positive Jolly Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. With 220 Speed and Rash Deoxys-S can out run +1 Positive Great Tusk (Are you hitting any other benchmarks here with Rash? Seems unnecessary to mention otherwise) (Do the Atk EVs for any of the EV sets actually do something here? Mention it if they're relevant, otherwise the EVs should probably go into HP or something else). Set Up Setup Sweepers and Choice Locked Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, or Manaphy will all appreciate Deoxys-S's presence as it can help with weakening or taking out any of their checks such as Great Tusk, Primarina, and Blissey RegenVest users (Blissey doesn't see much usage compared to those). Slower bulky offense teams Teams containing slower attackers (Hard to define what a bulky offense team is, this makes it easier to understand) also appreciate Deoxys-S as it can act as a form of speed control. Deoxys-S does struggle with making it onto the field safely dues to both hazards and having minimal bulk so having a defensive pivot and/or a hazard remover would help it like Great Tusk, Corviknight, or Mandibuzz.

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I am BONK said:
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[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Libero Protean (if you're gonna call the set Protean, atleast use Protean as the ability -_-)
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe or 36 Atk/ 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Naive / Rash Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball / Knock Off (Realistically you're not running Knock + Hazards on a Mixed wallbreaker)
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late game cleaner using its wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is used as Deoxys-S' main STAB Thunderbolt is Deoxys-S's most spammable move, as it hits a majority of defensive Pokemon the metagame (You want to hit everything, not just defensive mons) for super effective solid damage such as Primarina, Manaphy, and non Volt Absorb Corviknight (Should probably change examples, up to you though), (Add Comma) as well as hitting Gholdengo for consistent damage. Ice Beam is used to hit Dragon Ground- and Ground Dragon-Types (Swapping for clarity) hard such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Gouging Fire Roaring Moon. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert whilst also pressuring Water- and Ground-Types at the same time instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S's main physical attack being able to hit specially defensive walls such as Goodra-H Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps wear down cripple RegenVest Pokemon for Deoxys-S to then take on better later as well as support its teammates. Spikes and Stealth Rock are both useful for allowing Deoxys-S to be more self proficient in weakening its checks whilst also supporting its teammates Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes lets Deoxys-S potentially weaken defensive checks for it and its teammates. (You forgot to mention items. What thresholds do Specs reach that Life Orb does not? What's the benefit of running Life Orb over Specs? just some things to mention) With 236 Speed and Naive nature Deoxys-S is able to out run +1 Positive Jolly Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. With 220 Speed and Rash Deoxys-S can out run +1 Positive Great Tusk (Are you hitting any other benchmarks here with Rash? Seems unnecessary to mention otherwise) (Do the Atk EVs for any of the EV sets actually do something here? Mention it if they're relevant, otherwise the EVs should probably go into HP or something else). Set Up Setup Sweepers and Choice Locked Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, or Manaphy will all appreciate Deoxys-S's presence as it can help with weakening or taking out any of their checks such as Great Tusk, Primarina, and Blissey RegenVest users (Blissey doesn't see much usage compared to those). Slower bulky offense teams Teams containing slower attackers (Hard to define what a bulky offense team is, this makes it easier to understand) also appreciate Deoxys-S as it can act as a form of speed
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[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Protean
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late game late-game cleaner, (AC) using its wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is Deoxys-S's most spammable move, as it hits a majority of the metagame (remove space) for solid damage such as Primarina, Manaphy, and non Volt Absorb non-Volt Absorb Corviknight as well as hitting hits Gholdengo for consistent damage. Ice Beam is used to hit Ground- and Dragon-Types Dragon-types hard, (AC) such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert whilst while (more american, which is what smog uses) also pressuring Water- and Ground-Types Ground-types at the same time (while also effectively conveys the same thing, u can omit this part) instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's main physical attack, (AC) being able to hit specially defensive walls such as Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps cripple RegenVest Pokemon for Deoxys-S to then take on better later in the game as well as support its teammates. Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes lets let Deoxys-S potentially weaken defensive checks for it and its their teammates (i think this is what u mean, rn it seems like ure saying deo weakens its own teammates). Life Orb is used to more easily use Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's mixed potential but can reduce how many times it's allowed to switch in. Choice Specs can be used instead as an easier way to hit 2HKO thresholds on RegenVest Pokemon and to give it more switch-in(hyphen) opportunities but giving it less flexibility and physical power. With 236 Speed and Naive nature, (AC) Deoxys-S is able to outrun (no space) +1 Jolly Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. Setup Sweepers sweepers and Choice Locked Choice-locked Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, or and Manaphy will all appreciate Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's presence, (AC) as it can help with weakening or taking out any of their checks such as Great Tusk, Primarina, and RegenVest users. Teams containing slower attackers also appreciate Deoxys-S, (AC) as it can act as a form of speed control. Deoxys-S does struggle with making it onto the field safely dues due to both hazards and having minimal bulk, (AC) so having a defensive pivot and/or a hazard remover would help it, (AC) like Great Tusk, Corviknight, and/or Mandibuzz (just 'or' would be fine too).

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[SET]
Protean (Deoxys-Speed) @ Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Protean
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe
Naive Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam / Energy Ball
- Superpower / Energy Ball
- Knock Off / Spikes / Stealth Rock

[SET COMMENTS]
Protean Deoxys-S is a fast mixed wallbreaker and late game late-game cleaner, (AC) using its wide list of coverage to its advantage. Thunderbolt is Deoxys-S's most spammable move, as it hits a majority of the metagame (remove space) for solid damage such as Primarina, Manaphy, and non Volt Absorb non-Volt Absorb Corviknight as well as hitting Gholdengo for consistent damage. (think this needs a rephrase - you're saying it its some things for solid damage and others for consistent damage when both of those mean very similar things. might be worth clarifying tahat it hits a lot for super effective damage instead, since that's what's used?) Ice Beam is used to hit Ground- and Dragon-Types Dragon-types hard, (AC) such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon. Energy Ball can be used to beat Swampert whilst while (more american, which is what smog uses) also pressuring Water- and Ground-Types Ground-types at the same time (redundant with while also) instead of being forced to predict. Superpower acts as Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's main physical attack, (AC) being able to hit specially defensive walls such as Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Meloetta. Knock Off helps cripple RegenVest Pokemon for Deoxys-S to then take on better later in the game as well as support its teammates. (does knock crippling walls help support its teammates or does knock help support its teammates in other ways? if former, you can just say "Knock Off helps Deoxys-S to support its teammates by crippling RegenVest users" and if latter, give more context on how else it supports teammates) Entry hazards like Stealth Rock and Spikes lets let Deoxys-S potentially weaken defensive checks for itself and its teammates. Life Orb is used to more easily use Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's mixed potential but can reduce how many times it's allowed to switch in. (not sure if allowed is the right word - what about "how many times its able to switch in"?) Choice Specs can be used instead as an easier way for Deoxys-S to hit 2HKO thresholds on (does "2HKO" not work? what is a 2HKO threshold) RegenVest Pokemon and to give it more switch-in(hyphen) opportunities, (AC) but giving it this gives it less flexibility and physical power. With 236 Speed EVs and a Naive nature, (AC) Deoxys-S is able to outrun (no space) +1 Jolly Gouging Fire and Garchomp as well as neutral Regieleki. Setup Sweepers sweepers and Choice Locked Choice-locked Pokemon like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, or and Manaphy will all appreciate Deoxys-S' Deoxys-S's presence, (AC) as it can help with weakening or taking out any of their checks such as Great Tusk, Primarina, and RegenVest users. Teams containing slower attackers also appreciate Deoxys-S, (AC) as it can act as a form of speed control. Deoxys-S does struggle with making it onto the field safely dues due to both hazards and having minimal bulk, (AC) so having a defensive pivot and/or (pick one - 'and' if teams usually run both or 'or' if teams usually run one or the other) a hazard remover would help it, (AC) like Great Tusk, Corviknight, or Mandibuzz.

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