Monotype Victini (Fire)

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[OVERVIEW]

Fire
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Choice Band Victini is a fantastic sun wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-create, which is near impossible to switch into and 2HKOes Fire-resistant walls like Toxapex and Slowbro in sun. Its threat is bolstered by Victini's decent natural Speed, allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon. With Bolt Strike, Victini helps Fire in Flying and Water matchups, dealing with slower Flying- and Water-type Pokemon that can handle V-create outside of sun such as Galarian Moltres, Mantine, Toxapex, and Slowbro. Victini's ability to generate momentum with U-turn is yet another asset for Fire teams. However, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO Victini with their STAB attacks. While V-create is a powerful STAB attack, its resulting stat drops make Victini vulnerable to even more threats such as Mamoswine, Tapu Lele, and Choice Specs Zapdos.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
V-create is capable of 2HKOing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, even they have difficulty switching into it when sun boosted. Bolt Strike targets Water-type Pokemon that resist V-create. U-turn generates momentum for teammates. Trick cripples walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack. Maximum Speed investment alongside a Jolly nature allows Victini to outspeed key threats such as Urshifu-R, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele.

Torkoal powers V-create up with Drought, supports the team with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin, forces switches for Victini to exploit with Yawn, and uses its physical bulk to check Pokemon like Mimikyu, Weavile, and Zeraora. Cinderace can use High Jump Kick and Sucker Punch to get rid of Rock- and Ghost-types like Tyranitar and Dragapult for Victini, and the pair can wear down shared checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W. Volcarona can break through checks to Victini such as Toxapex, Hippowdon, and Swampert with its Psychic and Giga Drain. Victini can threaten special walls such as Blissey in return. Rotom-H beats Mantine on Flying teams to give Victini freedom to spam V-create, switches into strong Electric-types such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko, and provides support in Defog and dual screens. Heatran uses its Rock neutrality and Dragon resistance to check threats to Victini such as Nihilego and Latias. Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's wallbreaking, allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Spectrier, Slowbro, and Choice Specs Latios. Volcanion is a powerful special wallbreaker that can break past physical walls such as Mandibuzz and Toxapex as well as check Azumarill for Victini. Parting Shot Incineroar can form a momentum-generating core with Victini, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items such as Toxapex's Black Sludge with Knock Off and deal with Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon. Lightning Rod Alolan Marowak can be used as an emergency source of Electric immunity to prevent threats like Choice Specs Tapu Koko and Regieleki from steamrolling through the type.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fire
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Victini can run a Choice Scarf to outspeed threats such as Latios, Zeraora, Choice Band Weavile, and Tapu Koko at the expense of power. It can also use Final Gambit over Trick to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

Checks and Counters
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Fire
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**Super Effective Attacks**: Choice Scarf Hydreigon, Gengar, Garchomp, Terrakion, and Barraskewda are examples of Pokemon that outspeed and easily OHKO Victini.

**Fire-resistant Pokemon**: Since Victini primarily wallbreaks with V-create, Pokemon that resist Fire such as Gastrodon can switch into Victini. However, Victini can always use U-turn to bring in a teammate to deal with them. Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowbro also can't switch into Bolt Strike or a sun-boosted V-create.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora, Excadrill in sand, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill Victini.

**Status**: Paralysis prevents Victini from outspeeding threats such as Choice Band Urshifu-R and Galarian Moltres, while Toxic poison limits the time Victini has to wallbreak.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fire analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Rotten, 491896], [Maple, 473171]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519], [deetah, 297659]]

 

[Rotten]

AMQC check, nice work
add remove comments

Victini

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[OVERVIEW]

Fire
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- Victini is a fantastic wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-Create, which is near impossible to switch into boosted by Choice Band and the sun, allowing Victini to excel as a wallbreaker. This is only further bolstered by its decent natural Speed allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon.
- Bolt Strike is a strong attack that allows Victini to deal with slower Water-type Pokemon such as Toxapex, Slowking Slowbro Slowking is 2HKOed by Choice Band V-Create, and Mantine which otherwise would be able to handle V-Create. This feels like a set comments point so I would add how Victini's access to Bolt Strike gives Fire teams some way to handle Water-types
- Victini also brings another asset to the table with its ability to generate momentum with U-turn, which Fire teams greatly appreciate.
- However while Victini's speed might allow it to threaten defensive Pokemon, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO it with their STAB attacks.
- Add that V-Create's Speed and Defense drops leaves Victini forced out by defensive Pokemon like Hippowdon, Mandibuzz, and Porygon2

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-Create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
- V-Create is Victini's strongest attack and is capable of 2HKO'ing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky resists such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, in the sun even they have difficulty switching into a Choice Band V-Create from Victini.
- Bolt Strike allows Victini to target Water-type Pokemon that resist V-Create and 2HKO them such as Toxapex and Slowbro.
- U-turn allows Victini to generate momentum for its teammates by bringing in a teammate more suited to handle the foe.
- Trick allows Victini to cripple walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack, preventing it from properly checking Victini.
- Max Attack and Speed alongside a Timid Jolly nature and a Choice Band allow it to hit as fast and hard as possible, while outspeeding threats such as Urshifu-R. Add other examples like Tapu Lele and Kyurem

- All of Victini's teammates appreciate its ability to immediately threaten everything with V-Create when the sun is up.
- Torkoal sets sun for Victini, allowing its V-Creates to do tremendous amounts of damage, while also supporting it by acting as the team's hazard setter and removal with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin respectively. It can also allow Victini to come in safely by using Yawn on a foe, then allowing Victini to safely be brought in next turn.
- Cinderace and Victini can wear down each others checks such as? victini/cinderace can weaken checks like rotom-w and swampert for each other which is appreciated, in addition to that Cinderace can get rid of Rock-type Pokemon such as Tyranitar for Victini with High Jump Kick and Ghost-type Pokemon such as Dragapult with Sucker Punch.
- Volcarona can break Victini's checks such as Toxapex and Swampert with its coverage moves such as Psychic and Giga Drain. Additionally, it can break past physical walls for Victini such as Hippowdon.
- Rotom-H can break past slower Water-type Pokemon for Victini such as Mantine in the Flying matchup, then allowing Victini to freely click V-Create. It can also deal with Electric-types such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko
- Heatran can check Pokemon such as Nihilego for Victini, due to its part Steel-typing allowing it to take neutral damage from Rock-type attacks.
- Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's ability to dent teams allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon for Victini such as Spectrier and Choice Specs Latios.
- Incineroar can form a momentum generating core with Victini, thanks to Parting Shot, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items from foes for Victini with Knock Off such as Toxapex's Black Sludge. I would add that its Dark-typing provides another way to deal with Ghost- and Psychic-types
- Add Volcanion as a Water-type immunity, dealing with huge threats in Azumarill, Barraskewda, and Dracovish

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fire
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* Victini can run a Choice Scarf allowing it to outspeed threats such as Latios, however, the lack of power is immediately noticeable. If you decide to run a Choice Scarf, you can opt to run Final Gambit over Trick as Victini's fourth move, allowing it to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

Checks and Counters
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Fire
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**Supereffective Attacks**: Faster attackers with supereffective STAB threaten Victini such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon with Dark Pulse, Gengar with Shadow Ball, Garchomp with Earthquake, Terrakion with Stone Edge, and Choice Scarf Dracovish with Fishous Rend by OHKOing it with a supereffective. I think you don't need to explain all the STAB moves that these Pokemon carry

**Fire resists**: Since Victini primarily wall breaks with V-Create, Fire resists such as Gastrodon can easily switch into Victini. However, Victini can always U-turn to bring in a proper teammate to deal with these Pokemon.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora's Knock Off perhaps more examples? some that you can add are alolan raichu, choice scarf landorus-t, and excadrill under sand can revenge kill Victini due to it being faster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fire analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

 

[Conflux]

Mention that Heatran resists Dragon-type attacks as Victini and most other Fire-types struggle with them.

Other than that, implement Rotten's check but change this part; "Add that V-Create's Speed and Defense drops leaves Victini forced out by defensive Pokemon like Hippowdon, Mandibuzz, and Porygon2"; since Victini outspeeds these at -1 Speed and Porygon2 isn't too relevant in the current metagame, I'd list different examples such as Urshifu, Kyurem, and Mamoswine.

Good work! QC 1/3

 

[Rotten]

additions removals comments

Victini

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[OVERVIEW]

Fire
========

- Victini is a fantastic wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-Create, which is near impossible to switch into boosted by Choice Band and the sun, allowing Victini to excel as a wallbreaker. This is only further bolstered by its decent natural Speed allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon.
- Bolt Strike is a strong attack that allows Victini to deal with slower Water-type Pokemon such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Mantine which otherwise would be able to handle V-Create. [I would add how this lets Victini help against the Water and Flying matchup]
- Victini also brings another asset to the table with its ability to generate momentum with U-turn, which Fire teams greatly appreciate.
- However while Victini's speed and very powerful damage output might allow it to threaten defensive Pokemon, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO it with their STAB attacks.
- While V-Create is a powerful STAB attack, due to the Defense, Special Defense, and Speed drop after a single V-Create a multitude of threats can outspeed and OHKO Victini such as Urshifu-S, Mamoswine, and Kyurem.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-Create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
- V-Create is Victini's strongest attack and is capable of 2HKO'ing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky resists such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, in the sun even they have difficulty switching into a Choice Band V-Create from Victini.
- Bolt Strike allows Victini to target Water-type Pokemon that resist V-Create and 2HKO them such as Toxapex and Slowbro. [Add that it OHKOes Water-types that are even more vulnerable to Bolt Strike like Mantine, Pelipper, and Slowking]
- U-turn allows Victini to generate momentum for its teammates by bringing in a teammate more suited to handle the foe.
- Trick allows Victini to cripple walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack, preventing it from properly checking Victini.
- Maximum Attack and Speed alongside a Jolly nature and a Choice Band allow it to hit as fast and hard as possible, while outspeeding threats such as Urshifu-R, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele.

- All of Victini's teammates appreciate its ability to immediately threaten everything with V-Create when the sun is up.
- Torkoal sets sun for Victini, allowing its V-Creates to do tremendous amounts of damage, while also supporting it by acting as the team's hazard setter and removal with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin respectively. It can also allow Victini to come in safely by using Yawn on a foe, then allowing Victini to safely be brought in next turn. [would also talk about torkoal's good physical bulk, letting it deal with threats such as zeraora, weavile, and mimikyu]
- Cinderace and Victini can wear down each others checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W, in addition to that Cinderace can get rid of Rock-type Pokemon such as Tyranitar for Victini with High Jump Kick and Ghost-type Pokemon such as Dragapult with Sucker Punch.
- Volcarona can break Victini's checks such as Toxapex and Swampert with its coverage moves such as Psychic and Giga Drain. Additionally, it can break past physical walls for Victini such as Hippowdon.
- Rotom-H can break past slower Water-type Pokemon for Victini such as Mantine in the Flying matchup, then allowing Victini to freely click V-Create. Rotom-H can also switch into strong Electric-type attacks from threats such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko for Victini. [Dual screens support + Defog is also quite valuable for Victini]
- Heatran can check Pokemon such as Nihilego for Victini, due to its part Steel-typing allowing it to take neutral damage from Rock- and Dragon-type attacks. [Add an example of what Dragon-type mon Heatran can deal with, like Latias, so you have an example of a Rock- and Dragon-type]
- Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's ability to dent teams allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon for Victini such as Spectrier, Slowbro, and Choice Specs Latios.
- Incineroar can form a momentum generating core with Victini, thanks to Parting Shot, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items from foes for Victini with Knock Off such as Toxapex's Black Sludge. Incineroar can also deal with Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon for Victini through virtue of typing as well.
- Volcanion is a powerful special wallbreaker that can break past physical walls such as Mandibuzz and Toxapex for Victini. Additionally, Volcanion provides a Water immunity for Victini thanks to Water Absorb allowing it to check threats such as Azumarill, Barraskewda, and Dracovish.

- Move Volcanion above Incineroar, it's more commonly seen on Fire
- I would probably also add Alolan Marowak as a teammate. Of course it's uncommon, but the ability to hit hard and stop threatening electrics like Tapu Koko and Regieleki thanks to Lightning Rod is appreciated


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

Fire
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* Victini can run a Choice Scarf allowing it to outspeed threats such as Latios, [Add other examples like Spectrier, Zeraora, Tapu Koko, etc.] however, the lack of power is immediately noticeable. If you decide to run a Choice Scarf, you can opt to run Final Gambit over Trick as Victini's fourth move, allowing it to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

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

Fire
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**Supereffective Attacks**: Faster attackers with super effective STAB moves threaten Victini such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon with Dark Pulse, Gengar with Shadow Ball, Garchomp with Earthquake, Terrakion with Stone Edge, and Choice Scarf Dracovish with Fishous Rend by OHKOing it.

**Fire resists**: Since Victini primarily wall breaks with V-Create, Fire resists such as Gastrodon can easily switch into Victini. However, Victini can always U-turn to bring in a proper teammate to deal with these Pokemon. [Once again mention that Fire-type resists like Toxapex, Slowbro, etc. don't like switching into Bolt Strike either]

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora's Knock Off, Excadrill in sand, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill Victini due to it them being faster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fire analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Rotten, 491896], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

Good work! You can make these bullet points into sentences now. QC 2/3

 

[DugZa]

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[OVERVIEW]

Fire
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Victini is a fantastic wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-Create, which is near impossible to switch into when boosted by Choice Band and the sun, allowing Victini to excel as a wallbreaker even being able 2HKO walls that resist V-Create like Toxapex and Slowbro. This is only further bolstered by its decent natural Speed allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon. Bolt Strike is a strong attack that allows Victini to help in Flying- and Water-type matchups dealing with slower Flying- and Water-type Pokemon such as Galarian Moltres, Mantine, Toxapex, and Slowbro and which otherwise would be able to handle V-Create. Victini also brings another asset to the table with its ability to generate momentum with U-turn, which Fire teams greatly appreciate. However while Victini's speed and damage output might allow it to threaten defensive Pokemon, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO it with their STAB attacks. While V-Create is a powerful STAB attack, due to the Defense, Special Defense, and Speed drop after a single V-Create a multitude of threats can outspeed and OHKO Victini such as Urshifu-S , Mamoswine, and Kyurem [Nitpick but Kyurem doesn't OHKO -1 Victini from full unless Specs and Urshifu is probably getting banned, so replace with different examples.].

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-Create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
V-Create is Victini's strongest attack and is capable of 2HKO'ing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky resists such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, in the sun even they have difficulty switching into a Choice Band V-Create from Victini. Bolt Strike allows Victini to target Water-type Pokemon that resist V-Create [like?]. Bolt Strikes can OHKO foes such as Mantine and Pelipper while also being able to 2HKO them walls such as Toxapex and Slowbro. U-turn allows Victini to generate momentum for its teammates by bringing in a teammate more suited to handle the foe. Trick allows Victini to cripple walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack, preventing it from properly checking Victini. Maximum Attack and Speed alongside a Jolly nature and a Choice Band allow it to hit as fast and hard as possible, while outspeeding threats such as Urshifu-R, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele. [Make a mention about Victory Star and how it helps V-Create and Bolt Strike.]

All of Victini's teammates appreciate its ability to immediately threaten everything with V-Create when the sun is up. Torkoal sets sun for Victini, allowing its V-Creates to do tremendous amounts of damage, while also supporting it by acting as the team's hazard setter and removal with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin respectively. It can also allow Victini to come in safely by using Yawn on a foe, then allowing Victini [Would be specific here by saying 'forcing switches with yawn'.] to safely be brought in next turn. Its good natural physical bulk can allow it to threaten Pokemon such as Mimikyu, Weavile, and Zeraora for Victini. Cinderace and Victini can wear down each others checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W, in addition to that Cinderace can get rid of Rock-type Pokemon such as Tyranitar for Victini with High Jump Kick and Ghost-type Pokemon such as Dragapult with Sucker Punch. Volcarona can break Victini's checks such as Toxapex and Swampert with its coverage moves such as Psychic and Giga Drain. Additionally, it can break past physical walls for Victini such as Hippowdon. [Add that Victini in return deals with special walls like Blissey for Volcarona.] Rotom-H can break past slower Water-type Pokemon for Victini such as Mantine in the Flying matchup, then allowing Victini to freely click V-Create. Rotom-H can also switch into strong Electric-type attacks from threats such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko for Victini. Rotom-H can also provide hazard support with Defog and make Victini harder to revenge kill due to its ability to set dual screens. Heatran can check Pokemon such as Nihilego and Latias for Victini, due to its part Steel-typing allowing it to take neutral damage from Rock- and Dragon-type [Heatran takes resisted damage from Dragon attcks, not neutral.] attacks. Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's ability to dent teams allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon for Victini such as Spectrier, Slowbro, and Choice Specs Latios. Volcanion is a powerful special wallbreaker that can break past physical walls such as Mandibuzz and Toxapex for Victini. Additionally, Volcanion provides a Water immunity for Victini thanks to Water Absorb allowing it to check threats such as Azumarill, Barraskewda, and Dracovish. Incineroar can form a momentum-generating core with Victini, thanks to Parting Shot, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items from foes for Victini with Knock Off such as Toxapex's Black Sludge. Incineroar can also deal with Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon for Victini through virtue of typing as well. Alolan Marowak can be used on Fire teams as an emergency Electric immunity with Lightning Rod to prevent threats like Choice Specs Tapu Koko and Regieleki steamroll through the type.

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

Fire
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Victini can run a Choice Scarf allowing it to outspeed threats such as Latios, Zeraora, Choice Band Weavile, and Tapu Koko however, the lack of power is immediately noticeable. If you decide to run a Choice Scarf, you can opt to run Final Gambit over Trick as Victini's fourth move, allowing it to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

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

Fire
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**Super effective [Add a space between the two words.] Attacks**: Faster attackers with super *effective STAB moves threaten Victini such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon with Dark Pulse, Gengar with Shadow Ball, Garchomp with Earthquake, Terrakion with Stone Edge, and Choice Scarf Dracovish with Fishous Fishious Rend by OHKOing it.

**Fire resists**: Since Victini primarily wall breaks with V-Create, Fire resists such as Gastrodon can easily switch ['easily' isn't accurate here, it can still 2HKO in sun. Also make sure to add that most resists still need to be wary as they can be 2HKO'd in sun.] into Victini. However, Victini can always U-turn to bring in a proper teammate to deal with these Pokemon. However Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowbro can't switch into Bolt Strike.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora's Knock Off, Excadrill in sand, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill Victini due to them being faster.

[Status is worth adding as a category since Poison and Paralysis still heavily cripple it.]

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fire analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Rotten, 491896], [Maple, 473171]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]

QC 3/3

 

[CryoGyro]

I realized you capitalized V-create incorrectly partway through, I trust you can fix that.
GP 1/2

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[OVERVIEW]

Fire
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Choice Band Victini is a fantastic sun wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-Create, which is near impossible to switch into when boosted by Choice Band and the sun, allowing Victini to excel as a wallbreaker even being able 2HKO walls that resist V-Create like and 2HKOes Fire-resistant walls like Toxapex and Slowbro in sun. This is only further bolstered by its Its threat is bolstered by Victini's decent natural Speed allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon. Bolt Strike is a strong attack that allows Victini to help in Flying- and Water-type matchups dealing with slower Flying- and Water-type Pokemon such as Galarian Moltres, Mantine, Toxapex, and Slowbro and which otherwise would be able to handle V-Create. With Bolt Strike, Victini helps Fire in Flying and Water matchups, dealing with slower Flying- and Water-type Pokemon that can handle V-create outside of sun such as Galarian Moltres, Mantine, Toxapex, and Slowbro. Victini's also brings another asset to the table with its ability to generate momentum with U-turn, (comma) which Fire teams greatly appreciate is yet another asset for Fire teams. However while Victini's speed and damage output might allow it to threaten defensive Pokemon, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO it Victini with their STAB attacks. While V-Create is a powerful STAB attack, due to the Defense, Special Defense, and Speed drop after a single V-Create a multitude of threats can outspeed and OHKO Victini its resulting stat drops make Victini vulnerable to even more threats such as Mamoswine, Tapu Lele, and Choice Specs Zapdos.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-Create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
V-Create is Victini's strongest attack and is capable of 2HKOing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky resists Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, in the sun even they have difficulty switching into a Choice Band V-Create from Victini it when sun boosted. Bolt Strike allows Victini to targets Water-type Pokemon that resist V-Create. Bolt Strikes can OHKO foes such as Mantine and Pelipper while also being able to 2HKO them such as Toxapex and Slowbro. U-turn allows Victini to generates momentum for its teammates by bringing in a teammate more suited to handle the foe. Trick allows Victini to cripples walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack, preventing it from properly checking Victini. Maximum Attack and Speed alongside a Jolly nature and a Choice Band allow it to hit as fast and hard as possible, while outspeeding threats such as Urshifu-R, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele. Victory Star prevents V-Create from missing, while making Bolt Strike a lot more reliable.

All of Victini's teammates appreciate its ability to immediately threaten everything with V-Create when the sun is up. Torkoal sets sun for Victini, allowing its V-Creates to do tremendous amounts of damage, while also supporting it by acting as the team's hazard setter and removal with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin respectively. It can also allow Victini to come in safely by forcing switches using Yawn on a foe, then allowing Victini to safely be brought in next turn. Its good natural physical bulk can allow it to threaten Pokemon such as Mimikyu, Weavile, and Zeraora for Victini. Torkoal powers V-create up with Drought, supports the team with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin, forces switches for Victini to exploit with Yawn, and uses its physical bulk to check Pokemon like Mimikyu, Weavile, and Zeraora. Cinderace and Victini can wear down each others checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W, in addition to that Cinderace can get rid of Rock-type Pokemon such as Tyranitar for Victini with High Jump Kick and Ghost-type Pokemon such as Dragapult with Sucker Punch. Cinderace can use High Jump Kick and Sucker Punch to get rid of Rock- and Ghost-types like Tyranitar and Dragapult for Victini, and the pair can wear down shared checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W. Volcarona can break Victini's through checks to Victini such as Toxapex, (comma) Hippowdon, and Swampert with its coverage moves such as Psychic and Giga Drain. Additionally, it can break past physical walls for Victini such as Hippowdon. Victini can break threaten special walls such as Blissey for Volcarona in return. Rotom-H can break past slower Water-type Pokemon for Victini such as Mantine in the Flying matchup, then allowing Victini to freely click V-Create. Rotom-H can also switch into strong Electric-type attacks from threats such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko for Victini. Rotom-H can also provide hazard support with Defog and make Victini harder to revenge kill due to its ability to set dual screens. Rotom-H beats Mantine on Flying teams to give Victini freedom to spam V-create, switches into strong Electric-types such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko, and provides support in Defog and dual screens. Heatran can check Pokemon such as Nihilego and Latias for Victini, due to its part Steel-typing allowing it to take neutral damage from Rock-type attacks and resist Dragon-type attacks. Heatran uses its Rock neutrality and Dragon resistance to check threats to Vicitini such as Nihilego and Latias. Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's ability to dent teams wallbreaking allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon for Victini such as Spectrier, Slowbro, and Choice Specs Latios. Volcanion is a powerful special wallbreaker that can break past physical walls such as Mandibuzz and Toxapex for Victini and check Azumarill, Barraskewda, and Dracovish. Additionally, Volcanion provides a Water immunity for Victini thanks to Water Absorb allowing it to check threats such as Azumarill, Barraskewda, and Dracovish. Parting Shot Incineroar can form a momentum-generating core with Victini, thanks to Parting Shot, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items from foes for Victini with Knock Off such as Toxapex's Black Sludge with Knock Off. Incineroar can also deal with Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon for Victini through virtue of typing as well. Lightning Rod Alolan Marowak can be used on Fire teams as an emergency source of Electric immunity with Lightning Rod to prevent threats like Choice Specs Tapu Koko and Regieleki steamroll from steamrolling through the type.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Fire
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Victini can run a Choice Scarf allowing it to outspeed threats such as Latios, Zeraora, Choice Band Weavile, and Tapu Koko however, the lack of power is immediately noticeable at the expense of power. If you decide to run a Choice Scarf, you can opt to run Final Gambit over Trick as Victini's fourth move, allowing it It can use Final Gambit over Trick to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

Checks and Counters
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Fire
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**Super Effective Attacks**: Faster attackers with supereffective STAB moves threaten Victini such as Choice Scarf Hydreigon with Dark Pulse, Gengar with Shadow Ball, Garchomp with Earthquake, Terrakion with Stone Edge, and Choice Scarf Dracovish with Fishious Rend by OHKOing it. Choice Scarf Hydreigon, Gengar, Garchomp, Terrakion, and Choice Scarf Dracovish are examples of Pokemon that outspeed and easily OHKO Victini.

**Fire resists Fire-resistant Pokemon**: Since Victini primarily wallbreaks with V-Create, Fire resists Pokemon that resist Fire such as Gastrodon can switch into Victini. However, Victini can always use U-turn to bring in a proper teammate to deal with these Pokemon them. However Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowbro also can't switch into Bolt Strike or sun-boosted V-create. Additionally, these Pokemon can not switch into a Choice Band V-Create when it is boosted by sun.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora's Knock Off, Excadrill in sand, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill Victini due to them being faster.

**Status**: Victini does not appreciate status conditions as Paralysis prevents it Victini from outspeeding threats such as Choice Band Urshifu-R and Galarian Moltres, allowing them to take it out. While being badly poisoned by Toxic puts Victini on a timer while Toxic poison limits the time Victini has to wallbreak.

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Victini

[OVERVIEW]

Fire
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Choice Band Victini is a fantastic sun wallbreaker on Fire teams due to its STAB V-create, which is near impossible to switch into and 2HKOes Fire-resistant walls like Toxapex and Slowbro in sun. Its threat is bolstered by Victini's decent natural Speed, (AC) allowing it to threaten nearly all defensive Pokemon. With Bolt Strike, Victini helps Fire in Flying and Water matchups, dealing with slower Flying- and Water-type Pokemon that can handle V-create outside of sun such as Galarian Moltres, Mantine, Toxapex, and Slowbro. Victini's ability to generate momentum with U-turn is yet another asset for Fire teams. However, a ton of offensive threats such as Terrakion, Blacephalon, and Zygarde-10% can outspeed and OHKO Victini with their STAB attacks. While V-create is a powerful STAB attack, its resulting stat drops make Victini vulnerable to even more threats such as Mamoswine, Tapu Lele, and Choice Specs Zapdos.

[SET]
name: Choice Band (Fire)
move 1: V-create
move 2: Bolt Strike
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Band
ability: Victory Star
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
V-create is capable of 2HKOing nearly every Pokemon in the metagame, with the exception of bulky Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Toxapex, Slowbro, and Swampert. However, even they have difficulty switching into it when sun boosted. Bolt Strike targets Water-type Pokemon that resist V-create. U-turn generates momentum for teammates. Trick cripples walls such as Gastrodon by locking them into an attack. Maximum Speed investment alongside a Jolly nature allows it Victini to outspeed key threats such as Urshifu-R, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele.

Torkoal powers V-create up with Drought, supports the team with Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin, forces switches for Victini to exploit with Yawn, and uses its physical bulk to check Pokemon like Mimikyu, Weavile, and Zeraora. Cinderace can use High Jump Kick and Sucker Punch to get rid of Rock- and Ghost-types like Tyranitar and Dragapult for Victini, and the pair can wear down shared checks such as Swampert and Rotom-W. Volcarona can break through checks to Victini such as Toxapex, Hippowdon, and Swampert with its Psychic and Giga Drain. Victini can threaten special walls such as Blissey in return. Rotom-H beats Mantine on Flying teams to give Victini freedom to spam V-create, switches into strong Electric-types such as Regieleki and Tapu Koko, and provides support in Defog and dual screens. Heatran uses its Rock neutrality and Dragon resistance to check threats to Vicitini Victini such as Nihilego and Latias. Choice Scarf Blacephalon appreciates Victini's wallbreaking, (AC) allowing it to easily clean late-game. In return, Choice Scarf Blacephalon can take on troublesome Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Spectrier, Slowbro, and Choice Specs Latios. Volcanion is a powerful special wallbreaker that can break past physical walls such as Mandibuzz and Toxapex as well as check Azumarill for Victini and check Azumarill. Parting Shot Incineroar can form a momentum-generating core with Victini, allowing Fire teams to always keep momentum on their side. Incineroar can also remove items such as Toxapex's Black Sludge with Knock Off. Incineroar can also and deal with Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon. (Merge those two sentences) Lightning Rod Alolan Marowak can be used as an emergency source of Electric immunity to prevent threats like Choice Specs Tapu Koko and Regieleki from steamrolling through the type.

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

Fire
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Victini can run a Choice Scarf to outspeed threats such as Latios, Zeraora, Choice Band Weavile, and Tapu Koko at the expense of power. It can also use Final Gambit over Trick to catch a Pokemon such as Dragonite off guard.

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

Fire
--------
**Super Effective Attacks**: Choice Scarf Hydreigon, Gengar, Garchomp, Terrakion, and Barraskewda are examples of Pokemon that outspeed and easily OHKO Victini.

**Fire-resistant Pokemon**: Since Victini primarily wallbreaks with V-create, Pokemon that resist Fire such as Gastrodon can switch into Victini. However, Victini can always use U-turn to bring in a teammate to deal with them. Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowbro also can't switch into Bolt Strike or a sun-boosted V-create.

**Revenge Killers**: Faster strong attackers such as Zeraora, Excadrill in sand, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Landorus-T can revenge kill Victini.

**Status**: Paralysis prevents Victini from outspeeding threats such as Choice Band Urshifu-R and Galarian Moltres, while Toxic poison limits the time Victini has to wallbreak.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Fire analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Conflux, 408641], [Rotten, 491896], [Maple, 473171]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519], [<username2>, <userid2>]]