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[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and fast sleep while dealing good damage. Compound Eyes helps make Vivillon more consistent as a support Pokemon, making Hurricane and Sleep Powder more accurate.

- Hurricane does good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom as well as hitting common Tera Grass users like Archaludon, which are forced to Terastallize due to Sleep Powder. Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is able to soak up one or two attacks for allies such as Garchomp.

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns for it to support its team, specifically allowing for more sleep opportunities.

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out from foes like Rillaboom and Incineroar and Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability, as it stops Focus Sash from being broken.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support Pokemon while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum for offensive threats like Garchomp. Vivillon also works well on balance, specifically with Porygon2, redirecting or shutting down attacks for Porygon2 while also sitting next to Ursaluna as it uses Earthquake.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying typing, it can be used next to Garchomp and its easily spammable Earthquake amazingly. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Vivillon can also put foes to sleep for Garchomp, which sets it apart from other Flying-types. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, benefiting from redirection.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, as Annihilape threatens Vivillon after it Terastallizes, and Maushold can shut down Vivillon by outspeeding it and using Taunt. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold this time threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, and Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes; Garchomp's Earthquake hits hard into all of the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold for attacking.

Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to put things to sleep with high Speed, hit decently hard, and redirect attacks to protect allies. Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Moonblast from Primarina and Draco Meteor from Hydreigon.

- Vivillon can be used best in early-game situations and works really well in the lead or even in the back next to Gholdengo, spamming Sleep Powder while Gholdengo uses Make It Rain or using Rage Powder to allow Gholdengo to set up and sweep. Vivillon can also be used next to Primarina, with Hyper Voice and Sleep Powder forcing Tera Grass from foes such as Incineroar, which can then allow Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane.

- Vivillon can struggle with Pokemon like Incineroar chipping it down and breaking Focus Sash, and smart pivoting into Grass-types or Safety Goggles Pokemon can make it hard for Vivillon to do its job. For this, Incineroar can work to remove Safety Goggles with Knock Off and KO Grass-types with Flare Blitz. Tera Ghost is also great at preserving Focus Sash, while Protect and good pivoting of your own can help as well.

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[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyez
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpAtk Spa / 252 Soe Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and sleep just like Amoonguss(They aren't the same at all, Vivillon uses sash to redirect hits but is mainly used for fast sleep, amoonguss is a fat mon that switches into a bunch of stuff) , but Vivillon is faster and deals good damage. Compound Eyes can further boost Vivillon's viability, improving matchups into Pokemon such as Annihilape.(How does it do this, it literally just makes you more consistent?)

- Hurricane and Sleep Powder in conjunction with Compound Eyes hit over 90% of the time(dex info, you don't need this), with sleep being extremely good and Hurricane doing good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom.(Vivillon's main niche is fast sleep with hurricane to cover resists, elaborate on this more.) Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is essential in allowing partners like Garchomp to stay healthy.(its more to soak 1 or 2 hits when paired with Sash) Tailwind and Pollen Puff seem like options, but that means dropping damage, sleep, redirection, or Protect.(Don't need this)

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns to support.(Not sure if you need this, Sash is pretty straight forward, maybe mention how it lets it redirect 2 attacks or sleep 1 mon, live its partners attack and then sleep the other)

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out as well as Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability.(How does it help with survivability, mention that it prevents sash from being broken by the aforementioned attacks)

- Vivillon is really good at being a fast support Pokemon with access to sleep and solid damage. Vivillon, even though it is a support Pokemon, it can feel too frail and can immediately get KOd by a double-up.(This doesn't go here)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as non-Safety Goggles Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp and Ninetales-A.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being easily spammable for it. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, abusing benefiting from redirection and beating Maushold switch into Maushold's Population Bomb which can easily take down threaten to OHKO Vivillon with Population Bomb.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with Annihilape forcing Vivillon to not Terastilize, and Maushold OHKOing Vivillon with Population Bomb. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold again threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt and Safety Goggles, while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes, with Earthquake hitting hard into all the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process.(This whole thing reads weirdly to me but I can't figure out what it is so I'll leave it to another QC or to later me)



Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to hit decently hard, redirect attacks to protect allies, and put things to sleep with high speed. Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Draco Meteor from Hydreigon(I'm sure you can find more, Hydregion isn't too common right now).

- Vivillon can be used in early, mid, and late game situations(I think it works best early and only ok in the others), but works really well in the lead next to Garchomp, spamming Sleep Powder while Garchomp uses Earthquake, or in the back next to Gholdengo, where it can use Rage Powder to allows Gholdengo to set up and sweep.

- Safety Goggles Maushold, Archaludon, and Safety Goggles Terastilized Annihilape all prove to be troublesome for Vivillon, with Maushold using Taunt, Population Bomb, and Follow Me to disrupt Vivillon, Archaludon abusing(find another word, this one is against standards) Vivillon being too weak to hit it,(RC) and using Electro Shot or Flash Cannon, and Annihilape Terastilizing and using Vivillon to set up. Garchomp, Gholdengo, and even Ninetales-A can help with this, with Garchomp and Gholdengo getting explained above. Ninetales-A on the other hand can press use Moonblast, Blizzard, or Freeze-Dry to hit threaten Annihilape, and Aurora Veil with the Snow defense boost defense boost from snow can help stop Maushold and Annihilape doing too much damage.

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[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyez
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpAtk Spa / 252 Soe Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and sleep just like Amoonguss(They aren't the same at all, Vivillon uses sash to redirect hits but is mainly used for fast sleep, amoonguss is a fat mon that switches into a bunch of stuff) , but Vivillon is faster and deals good damage. Compound Eyes can further boost Vivillon's viability, improving matchups into Pokemon such as Annihilape.(How does it do this, it literally just makes you more consistent?)

- Hurricane and Sleep Powder in conjunction with Compound Eyes hit over 90% of the time(dex info, you don't need this), with sleep being extremely good and Hurricane doing good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom.(Vivillon's main niche is fast sleep with hurricane to cover resists, elaborate on this more.) Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is essential in allowing partners like Garchomp to stay healthy.(its more to soak 1 or 2 hits when paired with Sash) Tailwind and Pollen Puff seem like options, but that means dropping damage, sleep, redirection, or Protect.(Don't need this)

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns to support.(Not sure if you need this, Sash is pretty straight forward, maybe mention how it lets it redirect 2 attacks or sleep 1 mon, live its partners attack and then sleep the other)

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out as well as Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability.(How does it help with survivability, mention that it prevents sash from being broken by the aforementioned attacks)

- Vivillon is really good at being a fast support Pokemon with access to sleep and solid damage. Vivillon, even though it is a support Pokemon, it can feel too frail and can immediately get KOd by a double-up.(This doesn't go here)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as non-Safety Goggles Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp and Ninetales-A.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being easily spammable for it. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, abusing benefiting from redirection and beating Maushold switch into Maushold's Population Bomb which can easily take down threaten to OHKO Vivillon with Population Bomb.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with Annihilape forcing Vivillon to not Terastilize, and Maushold OHKOing Vivillon with Population Bomb. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold again threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt and Safety Goggles, while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes, with Earthquake hitting hard into all the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process.(This whole thing reads weirdly to me but I can't figure out what it is so I'll leave it to another QC or to later me)



Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to hit decently hard, redirect attacks to protect allies, and put things to sleep with high speed. Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Draco Meteor from Hydreigon(I'm sure you can find more, Hydregion isn't too common right now).

- Vivillon can be used in early, mid, and late game situations(I think it works best early and only ok in the others), but works really well in the lead next to Garchomp, spamming Sleep Powder while Garchomp uses Earthquake, or in the back next to Gholdengo, where it can use Rage Powder to allows Gholdengo to set up and sweep.

- Safety Goggles Maushold, Archaludon, and Safety Goggles Terastilized Annihilape all prove to be troublesome for Vivillon, with Maushold using Taunt, Population Bomb, and Follow Me to disrupt Vivillon, Archaludon abusing(find another word, this one is against standards) Vivillon being too weak to hit it,(RC) and using Electro Shot or Flash Cannon, and Annihilape Terastilizing and using Vivillon to set up. Garchomp, Gholdengo, and even Ninetales-A can help with this, with Garchomp and Gholdengo getting explained above. Ninetales-A on the other hand can press use Moonblast, Blizzard, or Freeze-Dry to hit threaten Annihilape, and Aurora Veil with the Snow defense boost defense boost from snow can help stop Maushold and Annihilape doing too much damage.

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[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spa / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and sleep while being fast and dealing good damage. Compound Eyes helps make Vivillon more consistent as a support Pokemon, making Hurricane and Sleep Powder more accurate.

- Hurricane does good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom. Hurricane also hits common Tera Grass users like Archaludon, which are forced into to Tera due to Sleep Powder. Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is able to soak up one or two attacks for allies such as Garchomp.

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns to support, specifically allowing for more sleep opportunities.

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out as well as Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability,(RC) stopping as it stops Focus Sash from being broken.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp and Ninetales-A.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being easily spammable for it. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, benefiting from redirection and switch into Maushold's Population Bomb which can threaten to OHKO Vivillon.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with Annihilape forcing Vivillon to not Terastilize(change this to say it threatens Vivillon after tera), and Maushold OHKOing Vivillon with Population Bomb. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold again threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt and Safety Goggles, while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes, with Earthquake hitting hard into all the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process.

Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to hit decently hard, redirect attacks to protect allies, and put things to sleep with high speed(Swap the order, sleep>damage>redirect). Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Moonblast from Primairna or Draco Meteor from Hydreigon.

- Vivillon can be used best in early game situations, and works really well in the lead next to Garchomp, spamming Sleep Powder while Garchomp uses Earthquake, or even in the back next to Gholdengo, where it can use Rage Powder to allows Gholdengo to set up and sweep.(You also mention this in the prior paragraph, find a way to consolidate.)

- Safety Goggles Maushold, Archaludon, and Safety Goggles Terastilized Annihilape all prove to be troublesome for Vivillon, with Maushold using Taunt, Population Bomb, and Follow Me to disrupt Vivillon, Archaludon taking advantage of Vivillon being too weak to hit it and using Electro Shot or Flash Cannon, and Annihilape Terastilizing and using Vivillon to set up. Garchomp, Gholdengo, and even Ninetales-A can help with this, with Garchomp and Gholdengo getting explained above. Ninetales-A on the other hand can use Moonblast, Blizzard, or Freeze-Dry to threaten Annihilape, and Aurora Veil with the defense boost from snow can help stop Maushold and Annihilape doing too much damage.

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iPetBigfoot said:
Mark as 1/2 after implementing.
[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spa / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and sleep while being fast and dealing good damage. Compound Eyes helps make Vivillon more consistent as a support Pokemon, making Hurricane and Sleep Powder more accurate.

- Hurricane does good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom. Hurricane also hits common Tera Grass users like Archaludon, which are forced into to Tera due to Sleep Powder. Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is able to soak up one or two attacks for allies such as Garchomp.

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns to support, specifically allowing for more sleep opportunities.

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out as well as Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability,(RC) stopping as it stops Focus Sash from being broken.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp and Ninetales-A.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being easily spammable for it. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, benefiting from redirection and switch into Maushold's Population Bomb which can threaten to OHKO Vivillon.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with Annihilape forcing Vivillon to not Terastilize(change this to say it threatens Vivillon after tera), and Maushold OHKOing Vivillon with Population Bomb. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold again threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt and Safety Goggles, while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes, with Earthquake hitting hard into all the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process.

Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to hit decently hard, redirect attacks to protect allies, and put things to sleep with high speed(Swap the order, sleep>damage>redirect). Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Moonblast from Primairna or Draco Meteor from Hydreigon.

- Vivillon can be used best in early game situations, and works really well in the lead next to Garchomp, spamming Sleep Powder while Garchomp uses Earthquake, or even in the back next to Gholdengo, where it can use Rage Powder to allows Gholdengo to set up and sweep.(You also mention this in the prior paragraph, find a way to consolidate.)

- Safety Goggles Maushold, Archaludon, and Safety Goggles Terastilized Annihilape all prove to be troublesome for Vivillon, with Maushold using Taunt, Population Bomb, and Follow Me to disrupt Vivillon, Archaludon taking advantage of Vivillon being too weak to hit it and using Electro Shot or Flash Cannon, and Annihilape Terastilizing and using Vivillon to set up. Garchomp, Gholdengo, and even Ninetales-A can help with this, with Garchomp and Gholdengo getting explained above. Ninetales-A on the other hand can use Moonblast, Blizzard, or Freeze-Dry to threaten Annihilape, and Aurora Veil with the defense boost from snow can help stop Maushold and Annihilape doing too much damage.

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this is probably fine for 2/2, lmk if you do significant changes to the last paragraph of strategy comments I'll probably take a quick look at those
[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spa / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and fast sleep while being fast and dealing good damage. Compound Eyes helps make Vivillon more consistent as a support Pokemon, making Hurricane and Sleep Powder more accurate.

- Hurricane does good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom. Hurricane also hits common Tera Grass users like Archaludon, which are forced to Tera due to Sleep Powder. (you can combine these first 2 sentences into one)Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is able to soak up one or two attacks for allies such as Garchomp.

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns to support, specifically allowing for more sleep opportunities.

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out as well as Extreme Speed from Dragonite, (reword this, it sounds like fake out and espeed come from dnite)which helps with Vivillon's survivability as it stops Focus Sash from being broken.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
============
- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp and Ninetales-A. (ninetales-a isn't used with viv. I also wouldn't say it's only used on offensive comps, one of the main comps its onn is p2 balance, talk about that maybe)

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being easily spammable for it. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. (you can talk more about what viv does for chomp maybe, what you're saying is applicable to all flying types) Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, benefiting from redirection and switch into Maushold's Population Bomb which can threaten to OHKO Vivillon. (dengo mention is fine, but remove the mention of pop bomb, that doesn't seem like something that would come up much. Viv is support so there usually isn't that many mons that it benefits from, it basically just helps other mons)

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with Annihilape forcing Vivillon after it Terastilizes (what are you trying to say here?), and Maushold OHKOing Vivillon with Population Bomb (pop bomb maus isn't really used on ape teams). It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold again threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt and Safety Goggles, while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes, with Earthquake hitting hard into all the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process.

Strategy Comments
============
- Vivillon's main role is to put things to sleep with high speed, hit decently hard, and redirect attacks to protect allies. Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Moonblast from Primairna or Draco Meteor from Hydreigon.

- Vivillon can be used best in early game situations, and works really well in the lead or even in the back next to Gholdengo, spamming Sleep Powder while Gholdengo uses Make It Rain, or using Rage Powder to allow Gholdengo to set up and sweep. Vivillon can also be used next to Primarina, with Hyper Voice and Sleep Powder forcing Tera Grass from foes such as Incineroar, which can then allow Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane.

- Safety Goggles Maushold, Archaludon, and Safety Goggles Terastilized Annihilape all prove to be troublesome for Vivillon, with Maushold using Taunt, Population Bomb, and Follow Me to disrupt Vivillon, Archaludon taking advantage of Vivillon being too weak to hit it and using Electro Shot or Flash Cannon, and Annihilape Terastilizing and using Vivillon to set up. Garchomp, Gholdengo, and even Ninetales-A can help with this, with Garchomp and Gholdengo getting explained above. Ninetales-A on the other hand can use Moonblast, Blizzard, or Freeze-Dry to threaten Annihilape, and Aurora Veil with the defense boost from snow can help stop Maushold and Annihilape doing too much damage. (remove ninetales-a. Also can you talk about something else here, like all of this was just mentioned before; I'd prefer if you talk about other stuff that comes up in games such as chipping down viv+breaking sash and smart pivoting. This is just a lot of fluff that you already mentioned)

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[SET]
Support (Vivillon) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eye Eyes
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Rage Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
- Vivillon is a very good support Pokemon, providing redirection and fast sleep while being fast and (Redundant) dealing good damage. Compound Eyes helps make Vivillon more consistent as a support Pokemon, making Hurricane and Sleep Powder more accurate.

- Hurricane does good damage to foes such as Amoonguss and Rillaboom as well as hitting common Tera Grass users like Archaludon, which are forced to Tera Terastallize due to Sleep Powder. Rage Powder, even with Vivillon's low bulk, is able to soak up one or two attacks for allies such as Garchomp.

- Focus Sash compensates for Vivillon's rather poor defensive stats, granting more turns for it to support its team, specifically allowing for more sleep opportunities.

- Tera Ghost denies Fake Out from foes like Rillaboom and Incineroar as well as denying and Extreme Speed from Dragonite, which helps with Vivillon's survivability, (AC) as it stops Focus Sash from being broken.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]

Teambuilding
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- Vivillon works well on offensive teams, acting as a fast sleep support Pokemon while still hitting hard into defensive pieces like Rillaboom and Amoonguss. Sleep Powder can shut down slower foes such as Annihilape and Primarina, keeping the momentum going for offensive threats like Garchomp. Vivillon also works well on balance, specifically with Porygon2, redirecting or shutting down attacks for Porygon2 while also sitting next to Ursaluna as it uses Earthquake.

- Thanks to Vivillon's Flying-typing Flying typing, Garchomp works as a amazing partner, with Earthquake being it can be used next to Garchomp and its easily spammable for it Earthquake amazingly. Earthquake also forces threats such as Archaludon to go for Tera Grass, which then opens up Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane. Vivillon can also put foes to sleep for Garchomp, shich which sets it apart from other Flying-types. Gholdengo is another solid partner for Vivillon, benefiting from redirection.

- Vivillon loses to Maushold and Annihilape as a duo, with as Annihilape threatening threatens Vivillon after it Terastilizes Terastallizes, and Maushold can shut down Vivillon by outspeeding it and using Taunt. It can also struggle with Maushold and Archaludon as a duo, with Maushold this time threatening Population Bomb as well as Taunt (RC) while Archaludon can take down Vivillon with Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, or and Draco Meteor. Garchomp and Gholdengo can patch up these holes (RC) with; (ASC) Garchomp's Earthquake hitting hits hard into all of the aforementioned foes, while Gholdengo can do the same with Shadow Ball and Make It Rain. Garchomp also has the added benefit of Rough Skin, damaging Maushold in the process for attacking.

Strategy Comments
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- Vivillon's main role is to put things to sleep with high Speed, hit decently hard, and redirect attacks to protect allies. Vivillon really shines when next to Garchomp, putting slower foes likes Pelipper to sleep and redirecting attacks such as Moonblast from Primairna or Primarina and Draco Meteor from Hydreigon.

- Vivillon can be used best in early game early-game situations (RC) and works really well in the lead or even in the back next to Gholdengo, spamming Sleep Powder while Gholdengo uses Make It Rain (RC) or using Rage Powder to allow Gholdengo to set up and sweep. Vivillon can also be used next to Primarina, with Hyper Voice and Sleep Powder forcing Tera Grass from foes such as Incineroar, which can then allow Vivillon to hit hard with Hurricane.

- Vivillon can struggle with Pokemon like Incineroar chipping it down and breaking Focus Sash, while and smart pivoting into Grass-types or Safety Goggles Pokemon can make it hard for Vivillon to do its job. For this, Incineroar can work to remove Safety Goggles with Knock Off and KO Grass-types with Flare Blitz. Tera Ghost is also great at preserving Focus Sash, while Protect and good pivoting of your own can help as well.

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