VGC 2023 Analysis Reservations (Series 1)

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Use this thread to reserve Pokemon for VGC 2023 series 1 analyses. Refer to this thread for the format used.

If you are new to C&C and analysis writing standards, look over these threads before posting:

VGC C&C Moderators:
zee
Giokio
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Additional VGC C&C QC Members:
yuki
Theorymon
Sole Survivor
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Reservation Rules

  • Anyone can reserve up to two analyses at a time and can add a third if their original two are QC ready first. You are free to reserve again once an analysis is in GP. Essentially, they don't count towards your limit of three once they're GP ready. QC members can reserve 3 analyses at a time.
  • Make your reservation by posting in this thread. Check the index to make sure your Pokemon hasn't been taken yet, and check the recent posts in this thread in case the index isn't fully updated.
  • Only reserve a Pokemon if you have a good amount of knowledge about it and experience with the metagame. C&C moderators can reject your reservation if they feel you are not prepared to write a good analysis.
  • Do not edit your reservation posts. If you change your mind about a reservation, make a new post instead.
  • Analyses will require 1 QC check and 1 GP check before they can be uploaded.
  • NEW - we will not have a formal reservation index this time around. Instead, you are free to request any Pokemon you'd like and just wait for moderator approval. It would be beneficial to include the set(s) you want to write about in the analysis when you make the reservation post.

Analysis Thread Tags
When you post your thread, be sure to use the appropriate tags for each stage of the analysis. Update your thread's tags and stamp number as you move through the process. Let us know if you're unable to meet any time limit.

[WIP] - Work in Progress: The skeleton is incomplete and is not ready for the QC team to evaluate. Keep in mind that the longer your analysis stays in WIP stage, the greater the chance of it being reassigned. Please avoid making comments in these threads until they are ready unless it's something very important.

[Quality Control] - Quality Control Ready: In the thread title, include [QC 0/1]. The preview is complete and now needs to seek approval from the QC Team. Make sure you update the thread title with the number of QC checks you currently have.

[Copyediting] - Grammar-Prose Ready: In the set title, include [GP 0/1]. The required QC approval has been met. The Grammar-Prose team now takes over. When you are ready for a GP check, please post in the Grammar-Prose Queue with a link to your analysis.

[Done] - After the analysis gets the GP stamp, it is ready for upload.

Reservation List
After reserving a Pokemon, you must post your analysis in a timely fashion. Your analysis thread must be up in 48 hours (2 days) or your reservation will be dropped. It must then be QC ready within 4 days from the reservation. This is noticeably shorter than other analysis procedures, but due to the fast changing rulesets in VGC, timeliness is absolutely vital. If you have any extenuating circumstances that prevent you from getting up your thread within this time frame, notify one of the VGC C&C Moderators. Feel free to clarify anything in the Smogon VGC Discord.

All analyses reserved by non-QC members must be approved by a VGC C&C Moderator before you begin writing.
 
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Sole Survivor

Sepia-toned memories
is a Pre-Contributor
Annihilape, thank you.

Annihilape (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Defiant
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 52 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Bulk Up
- Tera Blast
- Rage Fist

slash protect with tera blast and you're welcome to it - zee
 

Clas

My death was... greatly exaggerated
is a Tiering Contributor
talonflame and meowscarada, thanks (will be back for washtom)

edit: im so good i forgot sets
Talonflame @ Covert Cloak / Expert Belt
Ability: Gale Wings
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water / Flying / Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Tailwind
- Brave Bird / Flare Blitz
- Will-O-Wisp / Flare Blitz / Taunt
- Protect / Will-O-Wisp / Taunt / Quick Guard
Meowscarada @ Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Protean
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Flower Trick
- Knock Off / Sucker Punch
- Sucker Punch / Play Rough / U-turn
- Protect / U-Turn

Meowscarada @ Focus Sash
Ability: Protean
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass / Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Flower Trick
- Knock Off
- Helping Hand / Ally Switch / Fake Tears / U-Turn
- Protect / Trick Room
edit 2: taking like as approval (for now at least)
 
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This is a pretty tough one but grimmsnarl?
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Grimmsnarl @ Lagging Tail
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 140 SpD
Impish Nature
- Fake Out
- Spirit Break
- Trick
- Parting Shot
Code:
Grimmsnarl @ Sitrus Berry/Iapapa Berry
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 116 Def / 100 SpD / 36 Spe
Impish Nature
- Spirit Break
- Fake Out
- Parting Shot
- Thunder Wave
Code:
Grimmsnarl @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 116 Def / 100 SpD / 36 Spe
Impish Nature
- Spirit Break
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Fake Out/Parting Shot/Thunder Wave/Taunt
zee edit - approved
 
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Also claiming Tinkaton
Code:
Tinkaton @ Assault Vest/Sitrus Berry

Ability: Own Tempo/Mold Breaker 

Level: 50 

Tera Type: Steel 

EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 20 Spe 

Adamant Nature 

- Fake Out 

- Knock Off/Swords Dance/Protect 

- Gigaton Hammer 

- Play Rough
Go ahead - ywt
 
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Indeedee-f

Indeedee-F @ Psychic Seed
Ability: Psychic Surge
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fighting / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Follow Me
- Trick Room / Helping Hand
- Psychic / Psyshock / Dazzling Gleam
- Protect

Yep, we talked about this one
 
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Murkrow

Murkrow @ Eviolite / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 64 Def / 140 SpD / 52 Spe
Careful Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play
- Tailwind
- Haze
- Taunt

Other moves include Perish Song, Snarl, Protect, and Brave Bird
Other items include Covert Cloak and Eject Button


Discussed over Cord
 
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I'm willing to write something up for Lilligant and Torkoal. You can catch me as MagnusXL#0001 on the VGC discord.

Code:
Torkoal (M) @ Charcoal
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Eruption
- Earth Power
- Heat Wave
- Protect

Other options: Solar Beam, Yawn, Lava Plume
Torkoal is a blunt hammer and should be used as such. Tera Fire is preferred more often than not.
Charcoal is preferred. Specs push Torkoal's sun-boosted offensive capabilities onto another planet, but make them even easier to exploit.
Code:
Lilligant @ Focus Sash
Ability: Chlorophyll
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder
- Protect
- After You

Other options: Energy Ball, Tera Blast, Quiver Dance
You will rarely use your tera on Lilligant since she mostly exists for speed control and enabling Torkoal:
-Water gives you coverage against fire types without giving you many weaknesses.
-Flying lets you pair her with an EQ user (and style on the common Armarouge Tera Grass if you opt for Tera Blast).
-Ground lets you hit non-levitating steel and opposing fire types with tera blast but is not generally worth it.

Go ahead - ywt
 
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I can work on Hatterene while I await QC.

Code:
Hat Trick (Hatterene)
Ability: Magic Bounce
Items: Covert Cloak / Life Orb
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
Tera: Fire/Fairy/Steel/Psychic
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic
- Trick Room
- Protect

Covert Cloak renders Hatterene immune to moves like Snarl and Fake Out. Life Orb facilitates silly damage.

Other options: Mystical Fire, Tera Blast, Shadow Ball
-Tera Fire lets you turn the tables on Pokémon such as Gholdengo looking for a quick KO before you set trick room.
-Tera Psychic gives you a boosted stab option that isn't resisted by fire types.
-Tera Fairy removes your weakness to ghost and makes your spread move hilarious.
-Tera Steel gives you a slew of resistances and allows you to surprise fairy types with a super effective tera blast.
 
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I would like to reserve Farigiraf please
Code:
Farigiraf
Ability: Armour Tail
Item(s): Colbur Berry / Rocky Helmet / Life Orb / Sitrus Berry / Safety Goggles
Tera Type: Normal/Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 68 Def / 76 SpA / 180 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock / Dazzling Gleam
- Trick Room
- Imprison / Helping Hand / Protect

Colbur Berry is so that it can more easily deal with prevelant Dark-types like Meowscarada and Hydreigon, Rocky Helmet is to deal with Maushold and other physical attackers, Life Orb is for good damage to go with that 110 SpA stat, Sitrus Berries are to increase Farigiraf's longevity with its somewhat great bulk, and Safety Goggles are so that you're immune to opposing Spore from mons like Amoonguss and Breloom while you're setting up your TR

Other options: Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Thunderbolt
- Tera-Normal is to get rid of the prevalent Dark-type weakness in this current meta
- Tera-Fairy is to gain a Dark-type resistance, and to gain STAB on your Dazzling Gleam
yes x2
 
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is there a priority list or could I do pelipper?


Code:
name: Pelipper
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Tailwind
move 3: Hydro Pump / Helping Hand
move 4: Protect / Wide Guard
item: Focus Sash / Damp Rock
ability: Drizzle
nature: Modest
tera type: Ground / Grass
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Go ahead, though I lean Tera Grass more than Ground and someone recommended Tera Flying for Amoonguss
 
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I'd only like to work on one at a time so please let me know which is preferable and I'll reserve only that one

Assault Vest
name: Kingambit
move 1: Kowtow Cleave
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Brick Break / Low Kick / Tera Blast
item: Assault Vest
ability: Defiant / Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
tera type: Dark / Water / Flying / Fairy
evs: will calc something specific

Swords Dance
name: Kingambit
move 1: Sucker Punch
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Protect
item: Weakness Policy / Sitrus Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Adamant
tera type: Dark
evs: same

talked over Cord. They got Kingambit
Choiced
name: Palafin
move 1: Flip Turn
move 2: Jet Punch
move 3: Wave Crash
move 4: Close Combat / Ice Punch
item: Choice Band / Choice Scarf
ability: Zero to Hero
nature: Jolly
tera type: Water
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Eject Pack
name: Palafin
move 1: Jet Punch
move 2: Wave Crash
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Protect / Acrobatics / Ice Punch
item: Eject Pack
ability: Zero to Hero
nature: Jolly
tera type: Water
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
 
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Sole Survivor

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Pawmot
Pawmot @ Focus Sash
Ability: Natural Cure / Volt Absorb
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Double Shock
- Revival Blessing

Go ahead, though I think Tera Electric is valid

edit: also Salamence
 
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Lets do one with 3 viable sets cuz why not!
Azumarill
Code:
Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water/Grass
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Belly Drum
- Protect
Code:
Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Sap Sipper
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ground
- Aqua Jet
- Sing
- Perish Song
- Protect
Code:
Azumarill @ Assault Vest/Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 50
Tera Type: Water/Fairy
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Liquidation
- Ice Spinner
Robbie is cool
 
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