UU Vileplume

[Lily]

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Strength Sap
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Powder
item: Black Sludge
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Vileplume's great defensive typing, solid bulk and useful movepool combine to make it a decent defensive option in the tier. Its bulk notably allows it to check many threatening Pokemon that are otherwise difficult to handle, like Cobalion, Rhyperior, Escavalier, and Dragon Dance Haxorus thanks to Strength Sap lowering their Attack, while its typing grants it the ability to switch into and threaten many defensive Pokemon in the tier, like Milotic, Gastrodon, and Sylveon. However, it faces stiff competition from Roserade, which is faster and stronger and has access to Spikes to wear down opposing teams over time. Nevertheless, Vileplume carves a niche through its superior bulk and ability to deal with many of Roserade's checks, like Escavalier and Copperajah, as well as dissuading their physical attacks thanks to Effect Spore. Strength Sap allows Vileplume to both check and reliably recover against many physical attackers, like Pangoro and Doublade. Leech Seed allows Vileplume to break through Pokemon that would otherwise wall its STAB combination, like Escavalier, Doublade, and Cobalion. Sleep Powder can be used instead, allowing Vileplume to incapacitate a check like Incineroar or Noivern, but it leaves it walled by most of the Steel-types in the tier. 84 Speed EVs are used to outspeed cleric Sylveon, allowing Vileplume to check it more reliably, with the remaining EVs going into its physical bulk.

Vileplume fits best on defensive teams that appreciate its ability to handle many of the tier's physical attackers. Despite checking a unique and wide range of Pokemon, Vileplume is still weak to a host of top-tier threats and requires support to handle them. Pokemon like Incineroar, Noivern, and Toxtricity can switch into Vileplume's attacks and threaten it with their STAB moves or, in Toxtricity's case, Boomburst. Rhyperior makes for an excellent partner, checking all three of the aforementioned Pokemon for Vileplume. In return, it appreciates Vileplume's ability to deal with opposing Water- and Grass-types like Milotic and Tsareena. Sylveon is a helpful teammate that can provide Vileplume with Wish support, which is useful, as Vileplume's main source of recovery, Strength Sap, is not reliable on its own. Sylveon can also help with checking Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Band Haxorus that Vileplume struggles with. In return, Sylveon appreciates Vileplume's ability to deal with Pokemon like Cobalion, Escavalier, and Copperajah, and can run Heal Bell more freely as a result. Vileplume also appreciates Defog support, as chip damage from entry hazards makes it much more difficult for Vileplume to reliably check Pokemon like Gigalith and Rotom-W. Noivern is able to provide this support while also providing a secondary check to Pokemon like Lucario and Pangoro that Vileplume can struggle to beat alone. It also appreciates Vileplume's ability to handle Sylveon and Gigalith. Incineroar and Gigalith can be helpful teammates, as they can handle threatening Fire-types like Chandelure, Darmanitan, and opposing Incineroar that would otherwise prey on Vileplume. Incineroar can also check Psychic-types like Celebi and Necrozma. In return, Vileplume checks Pokemon like Rhyperior, Cobalion, and Flygon for them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lilburr, 481709]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Estarossa]

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Strength Sap
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Powder
item: Black Sludge
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Vileplume's great defensive typing, solid bulk and useful movepool combine to make it a decent defensive option in the tier. Its bulk notably allows it to check many threatening Pokemon that are otherwise difficult to handle, like Cobalion, Rhyperior, Escavalier, and Dragon Dance Haxorus, you should also comment directly here on how Strength Sap is what lets it deal with DD Haxorus and also reliably deal with SD Coba, instead of only mentioning it later while its typing grants it the ability to switch into and threaten many defensive Pokemon in the tier, like Milotic, Gastrodon, and Sylveon. there absolutely needs to be a comment on effect spore here when you talk about stuff like coba/rajah/escav. However, it faces stiff competition from Roserade, which is faster, stronger, and has access to Spikes to wear down opposing teams over time. Nevertheless, Vileplume carves a niche through its superior bulk and ability to deal with many of Roserade's checks, like Escavalier and Copperajah. Strength Sap allows Vileplume to both check and reliably recover against many physical attackers, like Pangoro and Doublade. Leech Seed allows Vileplume to break through Pokemon that would otherwise wall its STAB combination, like Escavalier, Doublade, and Cobalion. Sleep Powder can be used instead, alowing Vileplume to incapacitate a check like Incineroar or Noivern, but it leaves it walled by most of the Steel-types in the tier. 84 Speed EVs are used to outspeed cleric Sylveon, allowing VIleplume to check it more reliably, with the remaining EVs going into its physical bulk.

a comment on the sort of more defensive teams Vileplume fits on would be great here, epecially since you comment on the stiff competition it faces from roserade above. Despite checking a unique and wide range of Pokemon, Vileplume is still weak to a host of top-tier threats and requires support to handle them. Pokemon like Incineroar, Noivern, and Toxtricity can switch into Vileplume's attacks and threaten it with their STAB moves or, in Toxtricity's case, Boomburst. Rhyperior makes for an excellent partner, checking all three of the aforementioned Pokemon for Vileplume. In return, it appreciates Vileplume's ability to deal with opposing Water- and Grass-types like Milotic and Tsareena. Sylveon is a helpful teammate that can provide Vileplume with Wish support, which is useful as Vileplume's main source of recovery, Strength Sap, is not reliable on its own. Sylveon can also help with checking Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Band Haxorus that Vileplume struggles with. In return, Sylveon appreciates Vileplume being able to deal with Pokemon like Cobalion, Escavalier, and Copperajah can make a comment that this allows Sylveon to more freely run Heal Bell instead of Mystical Fire. Vileplume also appreciates Defog support, as chip damage from entry hazards makes it much more difficult for Vileplume to reliably check Pokemon like Gigalith and Rotom-W. Noivern is able to provide this support while also providing a secondary check to Pokemon like Lucario and Pangoro that Vileplume can struggle to beat alone. It also appreciates Vileplume's ability to handle Sylveon and Gigalith.

Mention some checks to Fire-types, especially Chandelure which is really threatening to you.

Bring up some checks to Psychic-types like Gardevoir, Celebi, and Necrozma which can get breaking opportunities vs you, albeit not being able to switch in well in the first two's case.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lilburr, 481709]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

1/2. Great work as always.

 

[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Strength Sap
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Powder
item: Black Sludge
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Vileplume's great defensive typing, solid bulk and useful movepool combine to make it a decent defensive option in the tier. Its bulk notably allows it to check many threatening Pokemon that are otherwise difficult to handle, like Cobalion, Rhyperior, Escavalier, and Dragon Dance Haxorus thanks to Strength Sap lowering their Attack, while its typing grants it the ability to switch into and threaten many defensive Pokemon in the tier, like Milotic, Gastrodon, and Sylveon. However, it faces stiff competition from Roserade, which is faster, stronger, and has access to Spikes to wear down opposing teams over time. Nevertheless, Vileplume carves a niche through its superior bulk and ability to deal with many of Roserade's checks, like Escavalier and Copperajah, as well as dissuading their physical attacks thanks to Effect Spore. Strength Sap allows Vileplume to both check and reliably recover against many physical attackers, like Pangoro and Doublade. Leech Seed allows Vileplume to break through Pokemon that would otherwise wall its STAB combination, like Escavalier, Doublade, and Cobalion. Sleep Powder can be used instead, alowing Vileplume to incapacitate a check like Incineroar or Noivern, but it leaves it walled by most of the Steel-types in the tier. 84 Speed EVs are used to outspeed cleric Sylveon, allowing VIleplume to check it more reliably, with the remaining EVs going into its physical bulk.

Vileplume fits best on defensive teams that appreciate its ability to handle many of the tier's physical attackers, something Roserade cannot do. Not necessary to bring up here, you've done so before already Despite checking a unique and wide range of Pokemon, Vileplume is still weak to a host of top-tier threats and requires support to handle them. Pokemon like Incineroar, Noivern, and Toxtricity can switch into Vileplume's attacks and threaten it with their STAB moves or, in Toxtricity's case, Boomburst. Rhyperior makes for an excellent partner, checking all three of the aforementioned Pokemon for Vileplume. In return, it appreciates Vileplume's ability to deal with opposing Water- and Grass-types like Milotic and Tsareena. Sylveon is a helpful teammate that can provide Vileplume with Wish support, which is useful as Vileplume's main source of recovery, Strength Sap, is not reliable on its own. Sylveon can also help with checking Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Band Haxorus that Vileplume struggles with. In return, Sylveon appreciates Vileplume being able to deal with Pokemon like Cobalion, Escavalier, and Copperajah, and can run Heal Bell more freely as a result. Vileplume also appreciates Defog support, as chip damage from entry hazards makes it much more difficult for Vileplume to reliably check Pokemon like Gigalith and Rotom-W. Noivern is able to provide this support while also providing a secondary check to Pokemon like Lucario and Pangoro that Vileplume can struggle to beat alone. It also appreciates Vileplume's ability to handle Sylveon and Gigalith. Incineroar and Gigalith can be helpful teammates, as they can handle threatening Fire-types like Chandelure, Darmanitan, and opposing Incineroar that would otherwise prey on Vileplume. They can also check Psychic-types like Celebi and Necrozma. Gigalith hardly checks either of these reliably, just refer to Incineroar. In return, Vileplume checks Pokemon like Rhyperior, Cobalion, and Flygon for them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lilburr, 481709]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Strength Sap
move 4: Leech Seed / Sleep Powder
item: Black Sludge
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Vileplume's great defensive typing, solid bulk, (AC) and useful movepool combine to make it a decent defensive option in the tier. Its bulk notably allows it to check many threatening Pokemon that are otherwise difficult to handle, like Cobalion, Rhyperior, Escavalier, and Dragon Dance Haxorus thanks to Strength Sap lowering their Attack, while its typing grants it the ability to switch into and threaten many defensive Pokemon in the tier, like Milotic, Gastrodon, and Sylveon. However, it faces stiff competition from Roserade, which is faster (RC) and stronger (RC) (list parallelism, or "has greater power, better Speed, and access to etc etc") and has access to Spikes to wear down opposing teams over time. Nevertheless, Vileplume carves a niche through its superior bulk and ability to deal with many of Roserade's checks, like Escavalier and Copperajah, as well as dissuading their physical attacks thanks to Effect Spore. Strength Sap allows Vileplume to both check and reliably recover against many physical attackers, like Pangoro and Doublade. Leech Seed allows Vileplume to break through Pokemon that would otherwise wall its STAB combination, like Escavalier, Doublade, and Cobalion. Sleep Powder can be used instead, alowing allowing Vileplume to incapacitate a check like Incineroar or Noivern, but it leaves it walled by most of the Steel-types in the tier. 84 Speed EVs are used to outspeed cleric Sylveon, allowing VIleplume Vileplume to check it more reliably, with the remaining EVs going into its physical bulk.

Vileplume fits best on defensive teams that appreciate its ability to handle many of the tier's physical attackers. Despite checking a unique and wide range of Pokemon, Vileplume is still weak to a host of top-tier threats and requires support to handle them. Pokemon like Incineroar, Noivern, and Toxtricity can switch into Vileplume's attacks and threaten it with their STAB moves or, in Toxtricity's case, Boomburst. Rhyperior makes for an excellent partner, checking all three of the aforementioned Pokemon for Vileplume. In return, it appreciates Vileplume's ability to deal with opposing Water- and Grass-types like Milotic and Tsareena. Sylveon is a helpful teammate that can provide Vileplume with Wish support, which is useful, (AC) as Vileplume's main source of recovery, Strength Sap, is not reliable on its own. Sylveon can also help with checking Pokemon like Noivern and Choice Band Haxorus that Vileplume struggles with. In return, Sylveon appreciates Vileplume's ability being able to deal with Pokemon like Cobalion, Escavalier, and Copperajah, and can run Heal Bell more freely as a result. Vileplume also appreciates Defog support, as chip damage from entry hazards makes it much more difficult for Vileplume to reliably check Pokemon like Gigalith and Rotom-W. Noivern is able to provide this support while also providing a secondary check to Pokemon like Lucario and Pangoro that Vileplume can struggle to beat alone. It also appreciates Vileplume's ability to handle Sylveon and Gigalith. Incineroar and Gigalith can be helpful teammates, as they can handle threatening Fire-types like Chandelure, Darmanitan, and opposing Incineroar that would otherwise prey on Vileplume. Incineroar can also check Psychic-types like Celebi and Necrozma. In return, Vileplume checks Pokemon like Rhyperior, Cobalion, and Flygon for them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lilburr, 481709]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Hilomilo]

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