ZU Swoobat [Done]

[Toto]

[SET]
name: Terrain Sweeper
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Air Slash / Heat Wave
move 4: Roost
item: Electric Seed
ability: Simple
nature: Timid
evs: 168 HP / 44 Def / 44 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swoobat is a devastating sweeper in Terrain thanks to its great Speed tier and fantastic ability in Simple. Electric Seed boosts Swoobat's Defense significantly on switch-in, giving it much more physical bulk to ease setup, lessening its weakness to Knock Off, and providing it with an immunity to Poltergeist. Calm Mind boosts Swoobat's Special Attack and Special Defense, turning Stored Power into a destructive 140 Base Power move after a single use and Electric Seed's activation. Air Slash hits foes that resist or are immune to Psychic such as Uxie, Skuntank, and Silvally-Dark, while Heat Wave targets Klinklang, which resists both of Swoobat's STAB moves. Roost keeps Swoobat healthy, making it harder to revenge kill and giving it opportunities to set up multiple Calm Minds. The EV spread maximizes Swoobat's bulk and Speed, allowing it to always live Thunderbolt from Choice Scarf Rotom at +2 Special Defense after Stealth Rock damage.

Pincurchin is a mandatory teammate, as it provides Electric Terrain to trigger Swoobat's Electric Seed. It can also assist with Spikes support and provides a free turn of setup with Memento. Other beneficiaries of Electric Terrain such as Drifblim, Uxie, and Thievul make great partners, helping in wearing down shared checks, making it easier for Swoobat to sweep. Raichu and Manectric can also assist Swoobat by wallbreaking with boosted Rising Voltage and providing an immunity to Electric for the team. Pokemon that can pressure Dark- and Steel-types for Swoobat such as Sawk and Gurdurr also work well as teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Taunt can be used over Roost to prevent Swoobat from getting hit with status, Haze, or forced out by Roar. Articuno and Rhydon are the most common users of these moves. Substitute can also be used to dodge status and makes Swoobat harder to revenge kill.

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

**Dark-types**: Silvally-Dark, Skunktank, and Morpeko can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks and are immune to Stored Power. Sableye and Liepard are notable threats, as they can Encore Swoobat into Calm Mind thanks to Prankster.

**Haze and Phazers**: Articuno and Cyogonal can Haze Swoobat, eliminating all of Swoobat's stat boosts. Rhydon and Articuno can also phaze out Swoobat with Roar.

**Faster Threats**: Choice Scarf Rotom, Manectric, and Kabutops outspeed Swoobat and can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks. Rotom and Manectric can also cripple Swoobat with Trick and Switcheroo respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Toto, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Corthius, 484079]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

 

[Tuthur]

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[SET]
name: Terrain Sweeper
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Heat Wave / Air Slash
move 4: Roost
item: Electric Seed
ability: Simple
nature: Timid
evs: 168 HP / 44 Def / 44 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swoobat is a devastating Sweeper in Terrain thanks to its great Speed tier paired with its fantastic ability Simple. Electric Seed boosts Swoobat's Defense significantly on switch-in, allowing it an easier time to setup, in addition to mitigating its weakness to Knock Off and being immune to Poltergeist. Calm Mind then boosts Swoobat's Special Attack and Special Defense, turning Stored Power into a destructive 140 Base Power move after a single use and Electric Seed's activation. Heat Wave is used to hit Psychic resistant or immune Pokemon such as Klinklang, Skuntank, and Silvally-Dark. STAB Air Slash can also perform this role, hitting the Psychic- and Dark-types harder in exchange for reduced damage on Steel-types. Roost keeps Swoobat healthy, making it harder to revenge kill and giving it opportunities to setup multiple Calm Minds. The EV spread maximises Swoobat's bulk after boosts while still being max maximizing its Speed. tbh i'd swap heat wave and air slash, the sample set was made when we had ferroseed, alolan sandslash, and perrserker. Air Slash hits neutral foes, while Heat Wave targets Klinklang. i'd also mention some calcs explaining why swoobat runs max bulk instead of max spa.

Pincurchin is a mandatory teammate as it provides Electric Terrain to trigger Swoobat's Electric Seed. It can also assist with Spikes support and provides a free turn of setup with memento. Other abuser's of Electric Terrain such as Driftblim Drifblim, Lilligant or Uxie (pick one), and Thieval Thievul make great partners, helping wear shared checks, making it easier for Swoobat to sweep. Raichu and Manectric can also assist Swoobat by wallbreaking with boosted Rising Voltage and proving an Electric immunity for the team. Pokemon that can pressure Dark- and Steel-types for Swoobat such as Sawk and Gurdurr also work well as teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Taunt can be used over Roost to prevent Swoobat from getting hit with status, Haze, or forced out by Whirlwind or Roar mention some users of these moves (articuno and rhydon namely). Substitute can also be used to dodge status and makes Swoobat harder to revenge kill once it get a KO behind a Substitute.

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

**Dark-types**: Silvally-Dark, Skunktank, and Morpeko can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks and are immune to Stored Power. Sableye and Liepard (change the end of the sentence to plural) is notable as it can Encore Swoobat into Calm Mind thanks to Prankster.

**Haze and Phazers**: Altaria, Articuno, and Cyogonal can Haze Swoobat, eliminating all of Swoobat's stat boosts haze altaria is extremely niche. Rhydon, Altaria and Articuno can also phaze out Swoobat with Roar.

**Faster Threats**: Choice Scarf Rotom, Manectric, and Kabutops outspeed Swoobat and can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks. Rotom and Manectric can also cripple Swoobat with Trick and Switcheroo respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Toto, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2

 

[Corthius]

QC 2/2

[SET]
name: Terrain Sweeper
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Air Slash / Heat Wave
move 4: Roost
item: Electric Seed
ability: Simple
nature: Timid
evs: 168 HP / 44 Def / 44 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swoobat is a devastating Sweeper in Terrain thanks to its great Speed tier paired with its fantastic ability Simple. Electric Seed boosts Swoobat's Defense significantly on switch-in, allowing it an easier time to setup, in addition to mitigating its weakness to Knock Off and being immune to Poltergeist. Calm Mind then boosts Swoobat's Special Attack and Special Defense, turning Stored Power into a destructive 140 Base Power move after a single use and Electric Seed's activation. Air Slash is used to hit neutral foes that are Psychic resistant or immune such as Uxie, Skuntank, and Silvally-Dark while hHeat Wave targets Klinklang which resists Swoobats dual STAB moves. Roost keeps Swoobat healthy, making it harder to revenge kill and giving it opportunities to setup multiple Calm Minds. The EV spread maximises Swoobat's bulk while still maximizing its Speed, allowing it to always live Thunderbolt at +2 SpD after Stealth Rock damage whereas max special attack doesn't.

Pincurchin is a mandatory teammate as it provides Electric Terrain to trigger Swoobat's Electric Seed. It can also assist with Spikes support and provides a free turn of setup with memento. Other abuser's of Electric Terrain such as Drifblim, Uxie, and Thievul make great partners, helping in wearing down shared checks, making it easier for Swoobat to sweep. Raichu and Manectric can also assist Swoobat by wallbreaking with boosted Rising Voltage and provideng an Electric immunity for the team. Pokemon that can pressure Dark- and Steel-types for Swoobat such as Sawk and Gurdurr also work well as teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Taunt can be used over Roost to prevent Swoobat from getting hit with status, Haze, or forced out by Roar. Articuno and Rhydon are the most common users of these moves. Is the mention of the most common user of the move really necessary? Tuthur's edit: Yes, it is, even if it could be phrased with a simple "such as structure". Substitute can also be used to dodge status and makes Swoobat harder to revenge kill once it get a KO behind a Substitute.

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

**Dark-types**: Silvally-Dark, Skunktank, and Morpeko can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks and are immune to Stored Power. Sableye and Liepard are notable as they can Encore Swoobat into Calm Mind thanks to Prankster.

**Haze and Phazers**: Articuno and Cyogonal can Haze Swoobat, eliminating all of Swoobat's stat boosts. Rhydon, Altaria and Articuno can also phaze out Swoobat with Roar. I have not seen Roar Cuno or Alt; is that really worth mentioning?

**Faster Threats**: Choice Scarf Rotom, Manectric, and Kabutops outspeed Swoobat and can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks. Rotom and Manectric can also cripple Swoobat with Trick and Switcheroo respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Toto, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

GP Check

[SET]
name: Terrain Sweeper
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Air Slash / Heat Wave
move 4: Roost
item: Electric Seed
ability: Simple
nature: Timid
evs: 168 HP / 44 Def / 44 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swoobat is a devastating Sweeper sweeper in Terrain thanks to its great Speed tier paired with its fantastic ability Simple and fantastic ability in Simple. Electric Seed boosts Swoobat's Defense significantly on switch-in, allowing it an easier time to setup, in addition to mitigating its weakness to Knock Off and being immune to Poltergeist giving it much more physical bulk to ease setup, lessening its weakness to Knock Off, and providing it with an immunity to Poltergeist. Calm Mind boosts Swoobat's Special Attack and Special Defense, turning Stored Power into a destructive 140 Base Power move after a single use and Electric Seed's activation. Air Slash is used to hit foes that are Psychic resistant or immune hits foes that resist or are immune to Psychic such as Uxie, Skuntank, and Silvally-Dark, (comma) while Heat Wave targets Klinklang, (comma) which resists Swoobats dual both of Swoobat's STAB moves. Roost keeps Swoobat healthy, making it harder to revenge kill and giving it opportunities to setup set up multiple Calm Minds. The EV spread maximises maximizes Swoobat's bulk while still maximizing its and Speed, allowing it to always live Thunderbolt from what? at +2 SpD Special Defense after Stealth Rock damage whereas max special attack doesn't.

Pincurchin is a mandatory teammate, (comma) as it provides Electric Terrain to trigger Swoobat's Electric Seed. It can also assist with Spikes support and provides a free turn of setup with memento Memento. Other abuser's beneficiaries of Electric Terrain such as Drifblim, Uxie, and Thievul make great partners, helping in wearing down shared checks, making it easier for Swoobat to sweep. Raichu and Manectric can also assist Swoobat by wallbreaking with boosted Rising Voltage and provide an Electric immunity for the team providing an immunity to Electric for the team. Pokemon that can pressure Dark- and Steel-types for Swoobat such as Sawk and Gurdurr also work well as teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Taunt can be used over Roost to prevent Swoobat from getting hit with status, Haze, or forced out by Roar. Articuno and Rhydon are the most common users of these moves. Substitute can also be used to dodge status and makes Swoobat harder to revenge kill once it get a KO behind a Substitute.

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

**Dark-types**: Silvally-Dark, Skunktank, and Morpeko can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks and are immune to Stored Power. Sableye and Liepard are notable threats, as they can Encore Swoobat into Calm Mind thanks to Prankster.

**Haze and Phazers**: Articuno and Cyogonal can Haze Swoobat, eliminating all of Swoobat's stat boosts. Rhydon and Articuno can also phaze out Swoobat with Roar.

**Faster Threats**: Choice Scarf Rotom, Manectric, and Kabutops outspeed Swoobat and can threaten Swoobat with their STAB attacks. Rotom and Manectric can also cripple Swoobat with Trick and Switcheroo respectively.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Toto, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Corthius, 484079]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1!

GP Team done

 

[Tuthur]

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