2v2 Cresselia [GP 1/1]

[torterraxx]

name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Ice Beam / Icy Wind / Trick Room / Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Calm / Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great defensive sweeper thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allow it to easily set up Calm Mind. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to outlast foes such as Indeedee, Volcanion, and Tapu Lele. Ice Beam hits Zygarde, Landorus, Rillaboom, and Landorus-T. Icy Wind is a weaker alternative that provides speed control. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster foes. Helping Hand allows damaging partners like Diancie and Volcanion to OHKO Galarian Moltres and Assault Vest Rillaboom. Protect is an effective answer to Fake Out, allowing Cresselia to safely set Trick Room on turn 2. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia survives a +1 Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom better. Using a Calm nature is optimal for sets without Trick Room, while sets opting for Trick Room should use a Sassy nature to ensure Cresselia is as slow as possible.

Cresselia is found on slow, bulky teams that appreciate Trick Room's or Icy Wind's speed control and Cresselia's ability to outlast foes. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners, since they deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular also defeats Incineroar. In return, Cresselia can deal with Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam or Icy Wind. Rock-types such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners, as they can defeat Incineroar and Galarian Moltres. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Pheromosa, and Genesect, but Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon that try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

Checks and Counters
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**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage Steel-types. Genesect can 2HKO it, and Celesteela can easily stall it with Leech Seed. Metagross and Heatran do much more damage to Cresselia then it can do back. Metagross is also unaffected by Cresselia's Calm Mind.

**Dark-types**: Incineroar and Tyranitar take very little or no damage from Cresselia's attacks and can threaten back with powerful Dark-type moves.

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia can be Taunted by Victini and Galarian Zapdos, preventing Calm Mind or Moonlight, while Sableye can use Encore against Cresselia. Both scenarios limit the longevity of Cresselia and make it considerably less useful in a battle. Mental Herb can help patch this weakness, though.

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[SET]
name: Trick Room Support
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is one of the most reliable trick room rn isn't really reliable itself a great Trick Room setters in 2v2 thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing which allows it to..?. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to outspeed otherwise faster opponents and gain an advantage in battle.information is correct but reword it, odd phrasing Psyshock gives lets Cresselia an offensive presence and cresselia isn't offensive, it just hits these supereffectively and otherwise is underwhelming threatens Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Zapdos-Galar. Ice Beam is a coverage option that cripples hits cripple is a status term really Zygarde, both Landorus forms, Landorus, and Landorus-T, AC and does more while damaging to Rillaboom. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to survive longer and possibly stall out the opponent. You don't wanna stall out your own TR turns really so keep it to just the recovery part. Helping Hand is a support option that allows Cresselia to increase the damage a partner such as? Pokemon deals any examples of where the extra damage matters? , which is useful in battles where Cresselia offers little offensively. fluff Protect punishes opponents that focus on KOing Cresselia and is an effective answer to Fake Out. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live a +1 Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect while also maximizing its physical bulk. rewrite physdef invest separately as it sounds like having psdef maximises physical bulk somehow

Cresselia is found on slow teams that rely on Trick Room to outspeed their opponent. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross, and benefit greatly from Trick Room. Volcanion in particular can also beat Incineroar which is a very prominent threat that counters Cresselia well. In turn, Cresselia can deal with Nihilego, both Landorus Forms Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam for its Fire-type partner. Ground-types such as Landorus-Therian and Zygarde are also great partners for Cresselia, being able to beat Steel-types such as Metagross and Heatran, as well as Fire types like Victini and Incineroar that wall Cresselia. what does cress do in return as these are now non-tr examples Cresselia It can cripple threaten Pokemon such as Pheromosa and Naganadel that could otherwise be troublesome for these Ground-types. Both of these Pokemon also appreciate Trick Room as they are relatively slow. I wouldn't say Zygarde and Lando belong on TR, if so its niche and too specific for an analysis
-Mention Diancie for dealing with Incineroar and Galarian Moltres as its a great TR threat. Then say what cress does for this
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from super effective moves from which Pokemon?, however Sitrus Berry's instant healing is more helpful in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Weezing-Galar Victini.

Checks and Counters
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**Steel Types**: Cresselia is unable to meaningfully damage any Steel-type, in the meta and slowly loses as a result. as Genesect is can able to do massive damage to 2HKO it Cresselia and easily 2HKO it. Now mention other Steel-type examples such as Leech Seed Celesteela and Metagross

**Fire Types**: Incineroar, Victini, and Heatran all shake off Cresselia's attacks and can beat Cresselia without problem. correct but watch the wording

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted to prevent Trick Room or Encored into Trick Room. Both scenarios limit the effect of trick room and make Cresselia considerably less useful in a battle.

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- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
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A good start! This shouldn't take long to get 1/2 - ping me somewhere when this is implemented and I'll take another look

 

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[SET]
name: Trick Room Support
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great Trick Room setter thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allows it to safely set up Trick Room in most matches. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster opponents. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Zapdos-Galar Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery. Ice Beam is a coverage option that hits Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T, while damaging Rillaboom. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery. Helping Hand is a supports option that allows Cresselia to increase the damage partners Pokemon like Diancie and Volcanion do deal, as For example, Diancie's Diamond Storm OHKOs Moltes-Galar Galarian Moltres after Helping Hand and Life Orb Volcanion OHKOs AV Assault Vest Rillaboom with Heat Wave after Helping Hand. Protect punishes opponents that focus on KOing Cresselia and is an effective answer to Fake Out. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live a boosted Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom more effectively. better.

Cresselia is found on slow teams that rely on Trick Room to outspeed their opponent. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular can also beat Incineroar, which counters Cresselia well. In return, Cresselia can deal with Nihilego, Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam. Rock types such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners as they can beat Incineroar, Moltres-Galar Galarian Moltres, and Weavile for Cresselia. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Weavile, Pheromosa, and Genesect, however Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in more helpful in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

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

**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage any steel type Steel-types, as Genesect can 2HKO it, Celesteela can easily defeat stall it with Leech Seed. + Heavy Slam, and new sentence Metagross can safely target Cresselia's partner or try to gain attack boosts against it with Meteor Mash. ignore Cresselia due to its typing, rendering it useless.

**Fire-types**: Incineroar, Victini, and Heatran all resist Cresselia's attacks and can beat Cresselia without issue make it redundant.

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted to prevent Trick Room or Encored into Trick Room. Both scenarios limit the effect of Trick Room and make Cresselia considerably less useful in a battle.

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- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece,540482], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Few tips when writing! It should be [Type]-type such as Fire-type. Pokemon should be capitalised, and moves should be to. Nothing stands out as missing immediately. Also to implement this check, click REPLY and then remove the things said to remove, and then change the font and colour to make the process easier and quicker so you do not miss anything out!
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[torterraxx]

Sorry for the delay, implemented the changes thank you!

 

[Itchy]

Heya, QC 2 here, sorry about the delay!

This is a good start, especially for a first analysis! I am going to need an extra look when this is implemented - new meta developments have shown Cresselia can more than just a Trick Room setter, and this should be tweaked to reflect that. I understand this is a dense check and you're a bit busy, so dw too much about taking your time! If you have any questions, DM me and I'll respond as quickly as possible.

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name: Trick Room Support Calm Mind Setup Before midway through OMPL, I think this was an accurate description of Cresselia, but it now mainly functions out of Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Ice Beam / Icy Wind / Trick Room / Helping Hand / Protect all of the miscellaneous options usually go to the end, just makes things a bit cleaner. Icy Wind providing spread damage and Speed control is great, added that.
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Calm / Sassy if you're not setting TR, no need to drop Speed
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great Trick Room setter defensive win condition thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allows it to safely set up Trick Room in most matches with Calm Mind. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster opponents move this to be after the Ice moves, since this follows the set order. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to outlast opponents add examples as you see fit. Ice Beam is a coverage option that hits Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T, while damaging Rillaboom add a mention of Icy Wind here - it does less damage but it also provides Speed control. Helping Hand supports the damageing partners like Diancie and Volcanion deal, as Diancie's Diamond Storm OHKOs Galarian Moltres after Helping Hand and Life Orb Volcanion OHKOs Assault Vest Rillaboom with Heat Wave after Helping Hand. Protect is an effective answer to Fake Out. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live a boosted Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom better. mention the natures here

Cresselia is found on slow teams that rely on Trick Room to outspeed their opponent this is one use, but not the main one. It's usually on bulky teams that aim to sponge damage before firing back. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular can also beat Incineroar. In return, Cresselia can deal with Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam or Icy Wind. Rock types such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners as they can beat Incineroar, Galarian Moltres, and Weavile Weavile is not that relevant imo for Cresselia. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Pheromosa, and Genesect, however Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

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

**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage Steel-types, as Genesect can 2HKO it and Celesteela can easily stall it with Leech Seed. Metagross can ignore Cresselia due to its typing, rendering it useless.

**Fire-types**: Incineroar, Victini, and Heatran all resist Cresselia's attacks and can make it redundant. I feel these Pokemon matchup well against Cress regardless of their Fire typing. It's mostly that their secondary Dark / Psychic / Steel typings. Adding a section about Dark-types with Incin / TTar, and moving Heatran to the Steel-type section would make more sense imo

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted to prevent Trick Room or Encored into Trick Room. Both scenarios limit the effect of Trick Room and make Cresselia considerably less useful in a battle. What Pokemon use these moves? You mentioned Sableye and Victini for Encore earlier, maybe add Cottonee and some Taunt users.

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- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece, 540482], [username2 Itchy, userid2 518399]]
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[torterraxx]

Implemented the changes, ready for another look!

 

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name: Calm Mind Setup
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Ice Beam / Icy Wind / Trick Room / Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Calm / Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great defensive win condition thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allows it to safely set up Calm Mind. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to outlast opponents such as Indeedee, Volcanion, and Tapu Lele. Ice Beam is a coverage option that hits Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T, while damaging Rillaboom. Icy Wind is a weaker alternative to Ice Beam that provides speed control. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster opponents. Helping Hand supports damaging partners like Diancie and Volcanion deal, as Diancie's Diamond Storm OHKOs Galarian Moltres after Helping Hand and Life Orb Volcanion OHKOs Assault Vest Rillaboom with Heat Wave after Helping Hand. Protect is an effective answer to Fake Out, allowing Cresselia to safely set Trick Room on turn 2. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live a boosted +1 Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom better. Using a Calm nature is optimal for sets without Trick Room, while sets opting for Trick Room should use a Sassy nature to ensure Cresselia is as slow as possible.

Cresselia is found on slow, bulky teams that appreciate speed control and Cresselia's ability to outlast opponents. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular can also beat Incineroar. In return, Cresselia can deal with Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam or Icy Wind. Rock types such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners as they can beat Incineroar and Galarian Moltres for Cresselia. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold a Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Pheromosa, and Genesect, however Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

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

**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage Steel-types, as Genesect can 2HKO it and Celesteela can easily stall it with Leech Seed. Metagross and Heatran can ignore Cresselia due to its typing, rendering it useless.

**Dark-types**: Incineroar and Tyranitar resist Cresselia's attacks and can threaten back with powerful dark type moves.

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted by Victini and Zapdos-Galar to prevent Calm Mind or Moonlight, while Cottonee and Sableye can use Encore against Cresselia into any of its moves. Both scenarios limit the longevity of Cresselia and make it considerably less useful in a battle.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece,540482], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2 after implementation, great work!

 

[torterraxx]

Implemented the changes, thank you

 

[Itchy]

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[Itchy]

Doing an AMGP check here, implement as desired since this is not official. I did some QC edits in the Checks and Counters section as well because I missed a couple things
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torterraxx, post: 9178494, member: 486970

name: Calm Mind Setup
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Ice Beam / Icy Wind / Trick Room / Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Calm / Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great defensive win condition thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allow it to safely set up Calm Mind. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to outlast opponents such as Indeedee, Volcanion, and Tapu Lele. Ice Beam is a coverage option that hits Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T and Rillaboom harder. , while damaging Rillaboom. Icy Wind is a weaker alternative to Ice Beam that provides speed control. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster opponents. Helping Hand supports allows damaging partners like Diancie and Volcanion OHKO Galarian Moltres and Assault Vest Rillaboom. , as Diancie's Diamond Storm OHKOs Galarian Moltres after Helping Hand and Life Orb Volcanion OHKOs Assault Vest Rillaboom with Heat Wave after Helping Hand. Protect is an effective answer to Fake Out, allowing Cresselia to safely set Trick Room on turn 2. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live survives a +1 Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom better. Using a Calm nature is optimal for sets without Trick Room, while sets opting for Trick Room should use a Sassy nature to ensure Cresselia is as slow as possible.

Cresselia is found on slow, bulky teams that appreciate Trick Room or Icy Wind's speed control and Cresselia's ability to outlast opponents. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, since they being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular can also beat defeats Incineroar. In return, Cresselia can deal with Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam or Icy Wind. Rock types such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners as they can beat defeat Incineroar and Galarian Moltres for Cresselia. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold a Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Pheromosa, and Genesect, however Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

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

**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage Steel-types. AP , as Genesect can 2HKO it and Celesteela can easily stall it with Leech Seed. Metagross and Heatran can ignore do much more damage to Cresselia than it can do back due to its typing, rendering it useless. Metagross also is unaffected by Cresselia's Calm Mind. This is more of a QC-type edit

**Dark-types**: Incineroar and Tyranitar resist take very little or no damage from immunities + Tyranitar does not resist Ice Cresselia's attacks and can threaten back with powerful dark type Dark-type moves.

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted by Victini and Galarian Zapdos, (AC) -Galar to prevent Calm Mind or Moonlight, while Cottonee and rip Sableye can use Encore against Cresselia. Both scenarios limit the longevity of Cresselia and make it considerably less useful in a battle. Mental Herb can help patch this weakness.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece,540482], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind Setup
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonlight
move 4: Ice Beam / Icy Wind / Trick Room / Helping Hand / Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Calm / Sassy
evs: 252 HP/ 192 Def / 64 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia is a great defensive win condition sweeper thanks to its tremendous bulk and solid defensive typing, which allow it to safely easily set up Calm Mind. Psyshock lets Cresselia threaten Pheromosa, Nihilego, Naganadel, and Galarian Zapdos. Moonlight provides Cresselia with recovery, allowing it to outlast opponents foes such as Indeedee, Volcanion, and Tapu Lele. Ice Beam is a coverage option that hits Zygarde, Landorus, Rillaboom, and Landorus-T. , while damaging Rillaboom. Icy Wind is a weaker alternative to Ice Beam that provides speed control. Trick Room allows Cresselia and its teammates to move before faster opponents foes. Helping Hand supports allows damaging partners like Diancie and Volcanion to OHKO Galarian Moltres and Assault Vest Rillaboom. , as Diancie's Diamond Storm OHKOs Galarian Moltres after Helping Hand and Life Orb Volcanion OHKOs Assault Vest Rillaboom with Heat Wave after Helping Hand. Protect is an effective answer to Fake Out, allowing Cresselia to safely set Trick Room on turn 2. The Special Defense EVs ensure Cresselia can live survives a +1 Bug Buzz from Life Orb Genesect, while the Defense investment allows it to deal with physical attackers like Rillaboom better. Using a Calm nature is optimal for sets without Trick Room, while sets opting for Trick Room should use a Sassy nature to ensure Cresselia is as slow as possible.

Cresselia is found on slow, bulky teams that appreciate Trick Room's or Icy Wind's speed control and Cresselia's ability to outlast opponents foes. Fire-types such as Incineroar, Heatran, and Volcanion are great partners for Cresselia, since they being able to deal with the Steel-types that Cresselia struggles against such as Genesect and Metagross. Volcanion in particular can also beat defeats Incineroar. In return, Cresselia can deal with Landorus, Landorus-T, and Zygarde with Ice Beam or Icy Wind. Rock-types(hyphen) such as Diancie and Rhyperior also make fantastic partners,(comma) as they can beat defeat Incineroar and Galarian Moltres for Cresselia. In return, Cresselia can threaten Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T with Ice Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Cresselia can hold a Colbur Berry or Tanga Berry to reduce damage taken from Pokemon such as Incineroar, Pheromosa, and Genesect, however but Sitrus Berry's instant healing is better in most matchups. Mental Herb can be used to bypass Pokemon who that try to Taunt or Encore Cresselia such as Sableye and Victini.

Checks and Counters
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**Steel-types**: Cresselia is unable to damage Steel-types. AP , as Genesect can 2HKO it,(comma) and Celesteela can easily stall it with Leech Seed. Metagross and Heatran can ignore do much more damage to Cresselia than it can do back due to its typing, rendering it useless. Metagross also is unaffected by Cresselia's Calm Mind. This is more of a QC-type edit

**Dark-types**: Incineroar and Tyranitar resist take very little or no damage from immunities + Tyranitar does not resist Ice Cresselia's attacks and can threaten back with powerful dark type Dark-type moves.

**Taunt and Encore**: Cresselia lacking Mental Herb can be Taunted by Victini and Galarian Zapdos, (AC) -Galar to prevent preventing Calm Mind or Moonlight, while Cottonee and rip Sableye can use Encore against Cresselia. Both scenarios limit the longevity of Cresselia and make it considerably less useful in a battle. Mental Herb can help patch this weakness, though.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[torterraxx, 486970]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece,540482], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP 1/1 when done, feel free to add Itchy as well in GP credits

 

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torterraxx please implement the above GP check

 

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