Gen 1 Haunter [DONE]

[Gangsta Spongebob]

[OVERVIEW]
Despite Haunter being inferior to its evolution, Gengar, in every meaningful way, it holds the smallest of niches thanks to their shared Ghost typing. Haunter can switch into Explosion freely and wall attackers that only use Normal-type attacks. Gengar is better at this, but having Haunter as a backup lets players use Gengar more aggressively and bait and punish an Explosion after Gengar faints. However, most of the time teams don't want two Pokemon that perform essentially the same role and vastly prefer just keeping Gengar around. Additionally, Haunter is very underpowered for STABmons; it struggles to deal meaningful damage to the metagame's plethora of Normal- and Psychic-types, leaving it as a gimmick.

[SET]
name: Backup Ghost
move 1: Hypnosis
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Night Shade
move 4: Explosion

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
Hypnosis lets Haunter put a foe to sleep, circumventing its mediocre power, particularly against slower foes such as Exeggutor and Kangaskhan. Thunderbolt, coming off Haunter's good Special, can threaten Water- and Flying-types, such as Starmie and Aerodactyl. Night Shade threatens consistent damage against foes, notably 4HKOing Exeggutor. Despite Haunter's low Attack, Explosion is its strongest move against most foes, letting it do around 50% to targets like Tauros and Exeggutor.

Haunter should always be used alongside Gengar, since Gengar is strictly better. Gengar should always be revealed first, as Haunter being revealed will tell the opponent you have Gengar anyway. With Haunter around, Gengar can be used to switch into Normal-types and use Explosion more comfortably. Once Gengar faints, the opponent may reveal a mono-Normal attacker, letting the player use Haunter to wall it. Many Normal-types, like Slash Tauros, drop Earthquake in favor of Glare to help against faster foes and opposing Normal-types, making Haunter a usable partner to Pokemon like Kangaskhan, Starmie, and one's own Tauros. The opponent will also likely use Explosion less carefully with Gengar out of the picture, letting the player gain a lead if they trick the opponent into sacrificing an important Pokemon like Tauros or Exeggutor for nothing. Haunter struggles heavily against Normal-types that run Earthquake, such as Tauros and Kangaskhan, as well as Psychic-types, such as Starmie, Exeggutor, and especially Alakazam. One's own Tauros, Kangaskhan, Starmie, and Exeggutor can check and trade hits with their opposing counterparts, and Explosion users such as Clefable and Dodrio can remove them as well. Since Haunter and Gengar both run Hypnosis, it is recommended to pressure the opponent to sacrifice their slept Pokemon before sending out Haunter, so that it can put another foe to sleep.

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[Enigami]

QC: 1/2. This seems to cover about as much as can be said about STABmons Haunter.

 

[Volk]

Very pedantic QC incoming.

With it, Haunter can switch into Explosion while taking no damage and wall attackers that only use Normal-type attacking moves.

I can't explain why, but the lead-in of "With it" is annoying me. I think you get just start the sentence without it.
Change "attackers" to "Pokemon."

Gengar is better at this, but having Haunter as a backup lets players use Gengar more aggressively and potentially bait an Explosion after Gengar faints.

I'd say "bait and punish and Explosion."

However, most of the time teams don't want two Pokemon that perform essentially the same roles, and vastly prefer just keeping Gengar around to have a Pokemon that can do something else.

I think this is clearer as "...keeping Gengar around and having another Pokemon that can do something else." I'm not 100% sure this is the point you're going for though.

Additionally, Haunter is also very underpowered for STABmons, stuggling to deal meaningful damage to the metagame's plethora of Normal- and Psychic-types, leaving it as a huge gimmick.

Remove "also."

Hypnosis lets Haunter put a foe to sleep, letting it circumvent its mediocre power against foes such as Exeggutor and Kangaskhan.

Perhaps: "...letting it circumvent its mediocre power, particularly against slower foes such as Exeggutor and Kangaskhan."

Many Normal-types like Slash Tauros drop Earthquake in favor of Glare to help against faster foes and opposing Normal-types, making Haunter a usable partner to Pokemon like Kangaskhan, Starmie, and Tauros.

I'd say "Starmie, Kangaskhan, and one's own Tauros" for clarity and symmetry purposes.

The opponent will also likely use Explosion less carefully with Gengar out of the picture, letting the player gain a lead when they trick the oppoenent into sacrificing an important Pokemon like Tauros and Exeggutor for nothing.

"...like Tauros or Exeggutor for nothing."
Fix the spelling of "opponent."
Also, choosing to say "when they" as opposed to "if they" or "should they manage to" is an optimistic choice, but I don't think it needs to be changed.

Haunter struggles heavily against Normal-types that run Earthquake, such as Tauros and Kangaskhan, as well as Psychic-types such as Starmie and Exeggutor.

Add a mention of Alakazam as a check, as it's the only one actually guaranteed to run a Psychic-type move, and it is the most likely to just KO it (it KOes at the highest percentage and has highest critical hit rate of the bunch).

One's own Tauros, Kangaskhan, Starmie, and Exeggutor can check and trade themselves, and Explosion users such as Clefairy and Dodrio can remove them as well.

Add "...can check and trade with themselves to support Haunter, and other Explosion users..."
Change "Clefairy" to "Clefable," unless this tier has a second "viable" NFE Pokemon I should be aware of...

All looks fine. None of these are major points, so this is a clean QC 2/2 from me. Cheers!

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Implemented! GP Team

 

[Sabelette]

GP 1/1 GP Team done

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[OVERVIEW]
Despite Haunter being inferior to its evolution, Gengar, in every meaningful way, it holds the smallest of niches thanks to their shared Ghost typing. Haunter can switch into Explosion while taking no damage freely and wall attackers that only use Normal-type attacks attacking moves. Gengar is better at this, but having Haunter as a backup lets players use Gengar more aggressively and bait and punish an Explosion after Gengar faints. However, most of the time teams don't want two Pokemon that perform essentially the same roles role, (RC) (the only role really talked about so far is "being a Ghost-type defensively" so I don't think "roles" makes sense) and vastly prefer just keeping Gengar around to have a Pokemon that can do something else. Additionally, Haunter is very underpowered for STABmons; (semicolon), stuggling it struggles to deal meaningful damage to the metagame's plethora of Normal- and Psychic-types, leaving it as a huge gimmick.

[SET]
name: Backup Ghost
move 1: Hypnosis
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Night Shade
move 4: Explosion

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
Hypnosis lets Haunter put a foe to sleep, letting it circumventing its mediocre power, particularly against slower foes such as Exeggutor and Kangaskhan. Thunderbolt, coming off Haunter's good Special, can threaten Water- and Flying-types, (AC) such as Starmie and Aerodactyl. Night Shade threatens consistent damage against foes, notably 4HKOing Exeggutor. Despite Haunter's low Attack, Explosion is generally its strongest move against most foes, letting it do around half 50% ("around half" feels a little too informal) to targets like Tauros and Exeggutor.

Haunter should always be used alongside Gengar, since Gengar is strictly better it is strictly worse than it stat-wise. (is there anything about it at all that's better? I think just "strictly worse" works) Gengar should always be revealed first, since as Haunter being revealed will tell the opponent you have Gengar in the back anyways. With Haunter around, Gengar can be used to switch into Normal-types and use Explosion more comfortably. Once Gengar faints, the opponent may reveal a mono-Normal attacker, letting the player use Haunter to wall them it. Many Normal-types, (AC) like Slash Tauros, (AC) drop Earthquake in favor of Glare to help against faster foes and opposing Normal-types, making Haunter a usable partner to Pokemon like Kangaskhan, Starmie, and one's own Tauros. The opponent will also likely use Explosion less carefully with Gengar out of the picture, letting the player gain a lead if they trick the opponent into sacrificing an important Pokemon like Tauros and or Exeggutor for nothing. Haunter struggles heavily against Normal-types that run Earthquake, such as Tauros and Kangaskhan, as well as Psychic-types, (AC) such as Starmie, Exeggutor, and especially Alakazam. One's own Tauros, Kangaskhan, Starmie, and Exeggutor can check and trade hits with their opposing counterparts themselves, and Explosion users such as Clefable and Dodrio can remove them as well. Since Haunter and Gengar both run Hypnosis, it is recommended to pressure the opponent to sacrifice their slept Pokemon before sending out Haunter, so that it can sleep put another foe to sleep.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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