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UU Utility Cresselia [QC:2/2][GP:1/1]

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[SET]
Utility (Cresselia) @ Eject Button / Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy / Poison
Bold Nature
- Lunar Dance
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Moonlight


[SET COMMENTS]

Cresselia stands out as a strong defensive and support Pokemon, checking threats such as Keldeo and Galarian Zapdos while spreading status and supporting its teammates. Lunar Dance enables Cresselia to sacrifice itself to grant a teammate another chance to sweep and prevents Cresselia from being a momentum sink. Ice Beam allows Cresselia to super effectively hit Pokemon such as Hydrapple, Thundurus, and Donphan. Thunder Wave lets Cresselia immediately cripple foes such as Latios and Greninja. Eject Button allows Cresselia to pivot after stomaching a hit, preventing the loss of momentum while working in tandem with its great bulk. Alternatively, Leftovers enables Cresselia to more easily switch into threats like Latios and Keldeo. Tera Steel grants Cresselia a resistance to U-turn as well as enables it to hard wall Pokemon like Sand Rush Excadrill. Moreover, Cresselia maintains its Psychic resistance while also gaining a resistance to Dragon-type moves, allowing it to be a better check against Latios. Tera Fairy allows Cresselia to resist Dark-type moves from Pokemon like Weavile, Hydreigon, and Greninja. Finally, Tera Poison is a good neutral typing that enables Cresselia to be immune to Toxic while also keeping its resistance to Fighting-type moves from Pokemon like Slither Wing and Galarian Zapdos.

Cresselia best fits on offense teams that appreciate its support utility while also aiding against its weakness of general passivity. Wallbreakers like Lokix and Slither Wing appreciate Cresselia's ability to heal off chip damage and remove harmful status using Lunar Dance, enabling them to have a second opportunity to fire off attacks. Other wallbreakers such as Metagross, Hisuian Arcanine, and Heatran appreciate Cresselia's ability to slow down foes with Thunder Wave while also being able to switch into Pokemon such as Donphan and Hippowdon. Hydreigon appreciates Cresselia switching into Pokemon such as Keldeo and Latios. In return, Hydreigon provides momentum with U-turn and can deal with Pokemon like Skeledirge and Sinistcha. Cresselia appreciates Pokemon such as Skarmory and Conkeldurr sponging Knock Off from Pokemon such as Weavile and Lokix. Conversely, Cresselia can handle Pokemon such as Latios and Galarian Zapdos.

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qc 1/2 when done good job!
[SET]
Utility (Cresselia) @ Eject Button / Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy / Poison
Bold Nature
- Lunar Dance
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Moonlight


[SET COMMENTS]

Cresselia stands out as a strong defensive and support Pokemon, checking threats such as Keldeo and Galarian Zapdos, while spreading status and supporting its teammates. Lunar Dance enables Cresselia to sacrifice itself to restore a teammate back to full health, granting it another chance to sweep, while preventing it from losing momentum for its team (this can read quite confusingly, maybe rewrite?). Ice Beam allows Cresselia to super effectively hit Pokemon such as Hydrapple, Hydreigon Hawlucha, and Donphan. Thunder Wave allows Cresselia to immediately cripple foes that Cresselia can't immediately with (unsure what this means) such as Latios and Greninja. Eject Button allows Cresselia to pivot after stomaching a hit, preventing the loss of momentum while working in tandem with its great bulk. Alternatively, Leftovers allows Cresselia to passively heal and allows it to more easily switch into threats like Latios and Keldeo. Tera Steel grants Cresselia a resistance to U-turn, as well as enabling Cresselia to hard wall Pokemon like Sand Rush Excadrill. Tera Fairy allows Cresselia to resist Dark-type moves from Pokemon like Weavile, Hydreigon and Greninja. Tera Poison enables Cresselia to be immune to Toxic, while also keeping its resistance to Fighting-type moves from Pokemon like Slither Wing and Galarian Zapdos as well as being a good neutral typing.

Cresselia best fits on offense teams that appreciate its support utility, while also aiding against its weakness of Cresselia's general passivity. Wallbreakers like Lokix and Slither Wing appreciate Cresselia's ability to heal off chip damage and remove harmful status using Lunar Dance, enabling them to have a second opportunity to fire off attacks. Slow wallbreakers such as Metagross, Hisuian Arcanine, and Heatran appreciate Cresselia's ability to slow down foes with Thunder Wave, while also being able to switch into Pokemon such as Donphan and Hippowdon. Hydreigon appreciates Cresselia's ability to switch into Pokemon such as Keldeo and Latios, while also providing momentum with U-turn. In return, Hydreigon is able to deal with Pokemon like Skeledirge and Sinistcha. Cresselia appreciates Pokemon such as Slither Wing and Conkeldurr sponging Knock Off from Pokemon such as Weavile and Lokix as it not only severely damages Cresselia but also removes its ability to heal with Leftovers. In return Cresselia is able to handle Pokemon such as Latios and Galarian Zapdos. Cresselia is also very weak to U-turn as it deals massive damage, while also granting the opponent momentum. Therefore, Pokemon such as Tinkaton and Flame Body Heatran who can punish U-turn are appreciated as partners. (the paragraph feels long as is, i would recommend removing this)


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QC 2/2 Good work
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[SET]
Utility (Cresselia) @ Eject Button / Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy / Poison
Bold Nature
- Lunar Dance
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Moonlight


[SET COMMENTS]

Cresselia stands out as a strong defensive and support Pokemon, checking threats such as Keldeo and Galarian Zapdos, while spreading status and supporting its teammates. Lunar Dance enables Cresselia to sacrifice itself to restore a teammate back to full health, granting it another chance to sweep, while and preventing prevents it from being a momentum sink. Ice Beam allows Cresselia to super effectively hit Pokemon such as Hydrapple, Thundurus Hawlucha, and Donphan. Hawlucha is niche in UU at the moment, only being seen on Hyper Offense teams. Thunder Wave allows Cresselia to immediately cripple foes such as Latios and Greninja. Eject Button allows Cresselia to pivot after stomaching a hit, preventing the loss of momentum while working in tandem with its great bulk. Alternatively, Leftovers allows Cresselia to passively heal and allows it to more easily switch into threats like Latios and Keldeo. Tera Steel grants Cresselia a resistance to U-turn, as well as enabling Cresselia to hard wall Pokemon like Sand Rush Excadrill. I would also mention how you still maintain your Psychic resistance, while also gaining a Dragon resistance, which makes Cresselia better into Latios. Tera Fairy allows Cresselia to resist Dark-type moves from Pokemon like Weavile, Hydreigon and Greninja. Tera Poison enables Cresselia to be immune to Toxic, while also keeping its resistance to Fighting-type moves from Pokemon like Slither Wing and Galarian Zapdos as well as being a good neutral typing.

Cresselia best fits on offense teams that appreciate its support utility, while also aiding against its weakness of Cresselia's general passivity. Wallbreakers like Lokix and Slither Wing appreciate Cresselia's ability to heal off chip damage and remove harmful status using Lunar Dance, enabling them to have a second opportunity to fire off attacks. Slow wallbreakers such as Metagross, Hisuian Arcanine, and Heatran appreciate Cresselia's ability to slow down foes with Thunder Wave, while also being able to switch into Pokemon such as Donphan and Hippowdon. Hisuian Arcanine is not exactly a slow wallbreaker; I would either reword the sentence to Wallbreakers instead of slow wallbreakers or replace Hisuian Arcanine with Scizor. Hydreigon appreciates Cresselia's ability to switch into Pokemon such as Keldeo and Latios, while also providing momentum with U-turn. In return, Hydreigon is able to deal with Pokemon like Skeledirge and Sinistcha. Cresselia appreciates Pokemon such as Skarmory Slither Wing and Conkeldurr sponging Knock Off from Pokemon such as Weavile and Lokix. You already mentioned Slither Wing earlier, and Skarm is a pretty good knock absorber. In return Cresselia is able to handle Pokemon such as Latios and Galarian Zapdos.

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hi oat, ty for your work! gp 1/1

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[SET]
Utility (Cresselia) @ Eject Button / Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy / Poison
Bold Nature
- Lunar Dance
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Moonlight

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia stands out as a strong defensive and support Pokemon, checking threats such as Keldeo and Galarian Zapdos (RC) while spreading status and supporting its teammates. Lunar Dance enables Cresselia to sacrifice itself to restore grant a teammate back to full health, granting it another chance to sweep (RC) and prevents it Cresselia from being a momentum sink. removed dex info Ice Beam allows Cresselia to super effectively hit Pokemon such as Hydrapple, Thundurus, and Donphan. Thunder Wave allows lets Cresselia to immediately cripple foes such as Latios and Greninja. rewrote to avoid repeated sentence structure of "X allows Cresselia to" Eject Button allows Cresselia to pivot after stomaching a hit, preventing the loss of momentum while working in tandem with its great bulk. Alternatively, Leftovers allows enables Cresselia to passively heal and allows it to more easily switch into threats like Latios and Keldeo. removed dex info as well as the repeated use of "allow [Cresselia/it] to" Tera Steel grants Cresselia a resistance to U-turn (RC) as well as enabling Cresselia enables it to hard wall Pokemon like Sand Rush Excadrill. Moreover, Cresselia maintains its Psychic resistances resistance while also gaining a resistance to Dragon-type moves, (AC) allowing it to be a better check against Latios. Tera Fairy allows Cresselia to resist Dark-type moves from Pokemon like Weavile, Hydreigon, (AC) and Greninja. Finally, (AC) Tera Poison is a good neutral typing that enables Cresselia to be immune to Toxic (RC) while also keeping its resistance to Fighting-type moves from Pokemon like Slither Wing and Galarian Zapdos as well as being a good neutral typing. it being a good neutral typing is a characteristic of the type, so I have rearranged it to go at the start, before the concrete things the typing allows

Cresselia best fits on offense teams that appreciate its support utility (RC) while also aiding against its weakness of Cresselia's general passivity. Wallbreakers like Lokix and Slither Wing appreciate Cresselia's ability to heal off chip damage and remove harmful status using Lunar Dance, enabling them to have a second opportunity to fire off attacks. Wallbreakers Other wallbreakers such as Metagross, Hisuian Arcanine, and Heatran appreciate Cresselia's ability to slow down foes with Thunder Wave (RC) while also being able to switch into Pokemon such as Donphan and Hippowdon. avoiding starting two sentences in a row with "Wallbreakers...", since you already mention the category earlier Hydreigon appreciates Cresselia's ability to switch Cresselia switching removed repeated sentence structure of "appreciates Cresselia's ability to X" into Pokemon such as Keldeo and Latios. (AP) In return, while also providing Hydreigon provides momentum with U-turn (RP) In return, Hydreigon is able to and can deal with Pokemon like Skeledirge and Sinistcha. combined Hydreigon's things into this sentence, as U-turn is part of what it does in return Cresselia appreciates Pokemon such as Skarmory and Conkeldurr sponging Knock Off from Pokemon such as Weavile and Lokix. In return Conversely, (AC) Cresselia is able to can handle Pokemon such as Latios and Galarian Zapdos.
 
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