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[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Near-unresisted coverage and blazing Speed in sun make Venusaur a staple on sun teams. Giga Drain is the preferred Grass-type STAB move over Solar Beam avoid making Venusaur vulnerable when sun is not up. Weather Ball provides powerful Fire-type coverage under sun, allowing Venusaur to break through Pokemon such as Bronzong and Escavalier that wall its STAB attacks. Growth lets Venusaur take the role of a late-game setup sweeper, boosting its Special Attack by two stages. However, Sleep Powder is also an option to put Pokemon that would otherwise force Venusaur out to sleep, such as Chandelure, Incineroar, and Noivern. A Timid nature can be used to outspeed foes such as boosted Timid Polteageist and Choice Scarf Heliolisk and Speed tie with non-Choice Scarf Gardevoir.

As this set only works on sun teams, Ninetales is a mandatory partner. Ninetales can also use Hypnosis to give Venusaur more opportunities to set up with Growth, bring in bulky Water-types such as Mantine for Venusaur to take advantage of, and cripple Venusaur's checks such as Noivern and Incineroar with Toxic or Hypnosis. Heliolisk is a good partner for its ability to lure and eliminate Gigalith, which removes Venusaur's crucial sun with Sand Stream. Venusaur is vulnerable to priority from Pokemon such as Mamoswine, Golisopod, and Sirfetch'd, so teammates that can cover these Pokemon are important. Noivern checks the latter two while also bringing in Venusaur against Pokemon such as Rhyperior and Milotic with U-turn, giving it an opportunity to set up with Growth. Golisopod can switch into Mamoswine and also set up Spikes to help Venusaur late-game. Choice Scarf Gardevoir is a massive threat to Venusaur, as it can Trace its Chlorophyll and easily revenge kill it. Due to this, partners that can deal with it such as Bronzong and Doublade are mandatory. Chandelure checks such as Milotic, Vaporeon, and Gigalith on specific teams are also important, as Chandelure can take a +2 Sludge Bomb and OHKO Venusaur back with Fire Blast.

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friendly AM check, comments in Blue. (nice work :) )

Juuno said:
:venusaur:

[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Near-unresisted coverage and blazing fast speed in Sun make Venusaur a staple on Sun teams. Weather Ball turns into powerful Fire-type coverage under Sun, allowing Venusaur to break through Pokemon such as Bronzong and Doublade that wall Venusaur's STABs 100% mention Escavalier here too as its much more of an issue than Doublade is. Growth lets Venusaur take the role of a late-game setup sweeper, boosting its Special Attack to high levels in Sun. While Modest gives Venusaur more power without a boost, Timid can be used to outspeed foes such as boosted Timid Polteageist, Choice Scarf Heliolisk, and tie with Timid Specs Gardevoir.

As this set only works on Sun teams, Ninetales is a mandatory partner. Ninetales can also use Hypnosis to give Venusaur more opportunities to set up with Growth, alongside luring bulky Water-types such as Mantine. Solar Power Heliolisk can form a core with Venusaur to overwhelm foes. Heliolisk can also bring in Venusaur against Pokemon such as Gigalith and Virizion. Venusaur is vulnerable to priority from Pokemon such as Mamoswine, Golisopod, and Sirfetch'd, so teammates who can cover these Pokemon are important. Noivern checks the later two while also bringing in Venusaur against Rock- and Water-types with U-Turn I would probably stress about how important these Pokemon such as Noivern and Heliolisk being able to chip away at Gigalith and lure it in is for Venusaur, due to it's ability to prevent late game sweeps by removing Sun, allowing Pokemon like Noivern to more easily revenge kill it . Golisopod can switch into Mamoswine and also set up Spikes to help Venusaur late-game. As alluded to in the intro, Gardevoir is honestly a threat especially against Modest Venusaur due to tracing Chlorophyll, (scarf gard also outspeeds timid too and can be quite a threat) and sun teams should have counterplay to it. You could mention Bronzong here as an example, since it provides Rocks and can also check SR Mamo for Venu, or instead mention the below stuff vvv

Worth talking about some Chandelure checks too imo, due to its ability to take a +2 LO Sludge Bomb and Revenge kill Venusaur, as well as abuse the opposing Sun. Boots sets in particular aren't bothered by Hazards, making them extremely threatening, and necessitating some form of Chandelure check on your team. Gigalith can actually be an interesting option on Sun teams for this, allowing you more control over your own weather to stop opposing Chandelure abusing the Sun quite as much and helping versus opposing Sun teams. Gigalith also could provide you a reasonable Gardevoir check if you choose to use it as your Rocker instead of Bronzong.

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Juuno said:
:venusaur:

[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Near-unresisted coverage and blazing fast speed in Sun make Venusaur a staple on Sun teams. Weather Ball turns into powerful Fire-type coverage under Sun, allowing Venusaur to break through Pokemon such as Bronzong and Escavalier that wall Venusaur's STABs. Growth lets Venusaur take the role of a late-game setup sweeper, boosting its Special Attack to high levels just say by two stages in Sun. While Modest gives Venusaur more power without a boost, fluff Timid can be used to outspeed foes such as boosted Timid Polteageist, Choice Scarf Heliolisk, and Speed tie with Timid Specs Gardevoir. I would just say non-Choice Scarf Gardevoir than specifying Specs

As this set only works on Sun teams, Ninetales is a mandatory partner. Ninetales can also use Hypnosis to give Venusaur more opportunities to set up with Growth, alongside luring bulky Water-types such as Mantine. I can't tell if you are trying to link Mantine to the Hypnosis mention, if so make it clearer. I would also give more emphasis on Ninetales (Given how important it is) as a partner that can cripple Noivern and Incineroar with Toxic/Hypnosis, decent checks to unboosted Venu. Ninetales can also beat/cripple all of those priority Pokemon you listed below by virtue of its Speed tier. I would try to tie that in if you can. Solar Power Heliolisk can form a core with Venusaur to overwhelm foes. Venusaur especially appreciates Heliolisk wearing down Gigalith, as the latter removes its Sun Saying latter doesn't make sense when you are only talking about Gigalith here, which is necessary for Venusaur to support its team. Sun is necessary for Venusaur to sweep rather than support its team. You should also condense these two Helio sentences into one. Venusaur is vulnerable to priority from Pokemon such as Mamoswine, Golisopod, and Sirfetch'd, so teammates who can cover these Pokemon are important. Noivern checks the later two while also bringing in Venusaur against Rock- and Water-types with U-Turn giving it an opportunity to set up with Growth. Golisopod can switch into Mamoswine and also set up Spikes to help Venusaur late-game. Scarf Gardevoir is a massive threat to Venusaur, as it can Trace its Chlorophyll and easily revenge kill it. Due to this, partners who can deal with it such as Bronzong and Doublade are mandatory. Chandelure checks such as Milotic, Vaporeon, or Gigalith on specific teams are also important, as Chandelure can live a +2 Sludge Bomb and OHKO back with Fire Blast.

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- Written by: [[Juuno, 444224]]
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not really much to add since it looks like it was mostly taken care of from twilight's check, changes in bold qc 2/2 when you're done
Juuno said:
:venusaur:

[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Near-unresisted coverage and blazing fast speed in Sun make Venusaur a staple on Sun teams. Weather Ball turns into powerful Fire-type coverage under Sun, allowing Venusaur to break through Pokemon such as Bronzong and Escavalier that wall Venusaur's STABs. Growth lets Venusaur take the role of a late-game setup sweeper, boosting its Special Attack by two stages. Timid can be used to outspeed foes such as boosted Timid Polteageist, Choice Scarf Heliolisk, and Speed tie with non-Choice Scarf Gardevoir.
* Explain why Giga Drain is the optimal Grass STAB for Venu to use, just quickly note how Gigalith setting sand stifles Solar Beam.
* Also, give a mention on why using Sleep Powder over Growth is feasible, it puts mons that can otherwise force Venu out, such as Incineroar, Chandelure, and Noivern, out of commission. Not really worth a slash but its a viable option worth a mention given the state of the meta.

As this set only works on Sun teams, Ninetales is a mandatory partner. Ninetales can also use Hypnosis to give Venusaur more opportunities to set up with Growth, alongside bringing in bulky Water-types such as Mantine. Ninetales can also cripple Venusaur's checks such as Noivern and Incineroar with Toxic or Hypnosis. Heliolisk is a good partner for its ability to lure Gigalith, which removes Venusaur's Sun with Sand Stream, (Sun doesn't really need to be noted as belonging to Venusaur, while you should also mention how Gigalith can impede Venusaur) which is necessary for Venusaur to sweep late-game. Venusaur is vulnerable to priority from Pokemon such as Mamoswine, Golisopod, and Sirfetch'd, so teammates who can cover these Pokemon are important. Noivern checks the later two while also bringing in Venusaur against Rock- and Water-types (Give some quick examples here, Rhyperior and Milotic should suffice) with U-Turn, giving it an opportunity to set up with Growth. Golisopod can switch into Mamoswine and also set up Spikes to help Venusaur late-game. Scarf Gardevoir is a massive threat to Venusaur, as it can Trace its Chlorophyll and easily revenge kill it. Due to this, partners who can deal with it such as Bronzong and Doublade are mandatory. Chandelure checks such as Milotic, Vaporeon, or Gigalith on specific teams are also important, as Chandelure can live a +2 Sludge Bomb and OHKO back with Fire Blast.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Juuno, 444224]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [username2, userid2]
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:venusaur:

[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Near-unresisted coverage and blazing fast Speed in sun make Venusaur a staple on sun teams. Giga Drain is the preferred Grass-type STAB move over Solar Beam to not make avoid making Venusaur vulnerable when sun is not up. Weather Ball turns into provides powerful Fire-type coverage under sun, allowing Venusaur to break through Pokemon such as Bronzong and Escavalier that wall Venusaur's its STAB attacks. Growth lets Venusaur take the role of a late-game setup sweeper, boosting its Special Attack by two stages. However, Sleep Powder is also an option to put Pokemon that would otherwise force Venusaur out to sleep, such as Chandelure, Incineroar, and Noivern. A Timid nature can be used to outspeed foes such as boosted Timid Polteageist (RC) and Choice Scarf Heliolisk (RC) and Speed tie with non-Choice Scarf Gardevoir.

As this set only works on sun teams, Ninetales is a mandatory partner. Ninetales can also use Hypnosis to give Venusaur more opportunities to set up with Growth, alongside bringing bring in bulky Water-types such as Mantine for Venusaur to take advantage of, and Ninetales can also cripple Venusaur's checks such as Noivern and Incineroar with Toxic or Hypnosis. Heliolisk is a good partner for its ability to lure and eliminate Gigalith, which removes Venusaur's crucial sun with Sand Stream, which is necessary for Venusaur to sweep late-game. Venusaur is vulnerable to priority from Pokemon such as Mamoswine, Golisopod, and Sirfetch'd, so teammates who that can cover these Pokemon are important. Noivern checks the later latter two while also bringing in Venusaur against Pokemon such as Rhyperior and Milotic with U-turn, giving it an opportunity to set up with Growth. Golisopod can switch into Mamoswine and also set up Spikes to help Venusaur late-game. Choice Scarf Gardevoir is a massive threat to Venusaur, as it can Trace its Chlorophyll and easily revenge kill it. Due to this, partners who that can deal with it such as Bronzong and Doublade are mandatory. Chandelure checks such as Milotic, Vaporeon, or and Gigalith on specific teams are also important, as Chandelure can live take a +2 Sludge Bomb and OHKO Venusaur back with Fire Blast.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Juuno, 444224]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [TSR, 271239]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]
 
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