Linoone (QC 0/2)

[Bella]

bigggg belly


[OVERVIEW]

- Linoone's unique combination of Belly Drum and STAB Extreme Speed allow it to become an incredibly dangerous sweeper.
- However, Linoone has its flaws, as it has a mediocre defensive typing and it is very frail, making it very difficult for Linoone to set up.

[SET]
name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: Stomping Tantrum
move 4: Seed Bomb / Throat Chop
item: Figy Berry
ability: Gluttony
nature: Adament
evs: 60 HP / 252 Atk / 196 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
- Exteme Speed gives a powerful priotity STAB option to Linoone, OHKO-ing or heavily damaging most Pokemon in the tier.
- Stomping Tantrum allows Linoone to heavily damage Steel-types like Registeel and Steelix.
- Seed Bomb hits Rhyperior as well as bulky Water-type Pokemon like Gastrodon, Milotic, and Suicune for greater damage than Extreme Speed, and also 2HKOes Quagsire, which can otherwise wall Linoone easily by ignoring its boosts with Unaware.
- Alternatively, Throat Chop hits Pokemon like Bronzong, Decidueye and Dhelmise, who could check Linoone otherwise.
- The EVs maximize Linoone's damage output while investing enough into Speed to outpace Chandelure. The remaining EVs are invested into HP.

- Linoone's all-or-nothing nature makes it work best on hyper offense teams.
- Linoone can set up much more easily with screens support from Pokemon like Xatu.
- Cloyster is a good partner, as it wears down bulky Steel-types like Metagross and Registeel, while also being a sweeper that beats Mimikyu, another one of Linoone's checks.
- Spikes support from Pokemon such as Klefki wear down Linoone's checks such as Steel-Types.
- Linoone appreciates Memento support from teammates like Gardevoir and Galarian Weezing to set up easier.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Play Rough can be used over Seed Bomb or Throat Chop to Linoone better matchups against Bewear and Umbreon, however it is inaccurate and makes Linoone easier to check.

Checks and Counters
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**Steel-Types**: Steel-Types such as Steelix and Registeel can reliably take a hit from Linoone and can KO Linoone back or heavily damage it.

**Priotity Moves **: Priotity Moves such as Metagross' Bullet Punch and Lucario's Extreme Speed can easily revenge kill or heavily damage Linoone.

**Ghost-Types**: Ghost Types such as Mimikyu are immune to Linoone's Extreme Speed and can revenge kill Linoone. Decidueye and Dhelmise can counter Linoone sets without Throat Chop.

**Quagsire**: Quagsire completely stops Linoone sets without Seed Bomb, as its ability Unaware ignores Linoone's boosts from Belly Drum.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[HailFall, 308025]], [[uhBella, 567483]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

 

[Bella]

should be good for the first check!

 

[GoldCat]

I would like for you to flesh out most of the analysis because right now it's kinda bareboned (even for bullet points) so it's hard to QC it in any meaningful way. The same applies to your Ditto analysis. For the overview, you want to start broad and explain the Pokemon's niche (which you've) then you go on to say why it's good at its niche or what's unique about it in the context of tier (maybe it walls a lot of important threats or just a select few top tiers, it could be that it can set up against most of the tier or takes advantage of a couple of really common defensive Pokemon and cores, or it could be the utility it brings to the team like reliably Defogging against the majority of the tier's common Stealth Rock setters) and finally you go over its downsides. Hope this helps.

 

[zizalith]

reassigned