Swords Dance Sawsbuck (1/1) (1/1)

[Bella]

this deer is so good but so annoying argh

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Headbutt
move 3: Horn Leech
move 4: Stomping Tantrum / Trailblaze / Substitute
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal

[SET COMMENTS]
Sawsbuck's decent Attack and Speed stats, incredible boosting move in Swords Dance, and great ability in Serene Grace make it one of PU's most powerful and annoying wallbreakers. Horn Leech gives Sawsbuck a form of semi-consistent recovery and hits foes such as Whiscash, Carbink, and Klawf for good damage. While Stomping Tantrum is normally preferred in Sawsbuck's last moveslot to hit foes such as Skuntank, Tinkatuff, and Hisuian Sliggo for good damage, Trailblaze can be opted for instead, as it boosts Sawsbuck's Speed and allows it to become a more dangerous wincon. Alternatively, Substitute can be ran instead, allowing Sawsbuck set up more easily and also allows it to block status moves such as Misdreavus's Will-O-Wisp and Tinkatuff's Thunder Wave. Leftovers gives Sawsbuck consistent recovery, but Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not fear entry hazards, allowing it to set up easier. Tera Normal boosts the power of Sawsbuck's Normal-type STAB attacks and allows it to tank moves from Pokemon that would normally try to revenge kill it such as Pyroar and Choice Scarf Rotom-F.

Sawsbuck enjoys having teammates that can help it deal with faster offensive foes and Steel-types that are a detriment to it. Ground- and Rock- types such as Gabite, Carbink, and Klawf threaten out the Fire-types that Sawsbuck is scared of, such as Houndoom and Charizard, and can use that pressure to set up entry hazards to help wear down Sawsbuck's switch-ins, such as Perrserker and Tinkatuff. In return, Sawsbuck pivots into their checks such as Gogoat and can use them as opportunity to set up. Pivots such as Alolan Persian, Raichu, and Perrserker can get Sawsbuck in safely on Pokemon such as Klawf and Dachsbun. Strong wallbreakers such as Crabominable and Flapple can take care of the physical walls Sawsbuck wants removed to help it sweep more safely, such as Leafeon, Alolan Persian, and Quaxwell.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uhbella.567483/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Grammar checked by:
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[Hera]

comments in bold

deer

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Headbutt
move 3: Horn Leech / Substitute (you really want a decently strong move to hit missy with, or else it just clicks power gem/sets up on you, and trailblaze isn't strong enough)
move 4: Stomping Tantrum / Trailblaze / Substitute
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal

[SET COMMENTS]
Sawsbuck's decent Attack and Speed stats, incredible boosting move in Swords Dance, and a great ability in Serene Grace makes it one of PU's most powerful and annoying wallbreakers. The combination of Headbutt and Serene Grace makes opponents unable to move 60% of the time, which can allow Sawsbuck to become an annoyance for walls (remove, dex info). Horn Leech gives Sawsbuck a form of semi-consistent recovery and gives it Grass-type STAB to hit foes such as Whiscash, Carbink, and Klawf (semi-consistent form of recovery is fine but you don't really need to explain that the grass type mon gets a grass stab). However, Substitute can be ran instead, allowing Sawsbuck to tank a hit allowing it to set up easier and also allows it to block status moves such as Misdreavus' Will-O-Wisp and Tinkatuff's Thunder Wave. While Stomping Tantrum is normally preferred in Sawsbuck's last moveslot as it allows it to hit foes such as Skuntank, Electrode (+2 horn leech ohkos, you're not outspeeding because it's slashed with trailblaze, and electrode only threatens you with tera ice, which you have tera normal for, please pick another mention), and Hisuian Sliggo for good damage, Trailblaze can be opted instead as it boosts Sawsbuck's speed and allows it to become a threatening wincon (is sd sawsbuck already not a threatening win condition?). Leftovers gives Sawsbuck consistent recovery, but Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not fear entry hazards, allowing it to set up easier. Tera Normal boosts the power of Sawsbuck's normal type STAB (and helps it from being revenge killed by foes like [insert examples here]).

Sawsbuck enjoys having teammates that can help it deal with faster offensive foes and Steel-types that are a determent to it. Ground- and Rock- types such as Gabite, Carbink, and Klawf threaten out the Fire-types that Sawsbuck is scared of (like?) and can use that pressure to set up entry hazards to help wear down Sawsbuck's switchins (such as?). In return, Sawsbuck pivots into their checks such as Basculin (sawsbuck is not a basc pivot, it's outsped and ohkoed by cb head smash, and if it's lefties then it only needs a small amount of chip to be ohkoed by cb double edge) and Gogoat and can use them as opportunity to set up. Pivots such as Alolan Persian, Raichu, and Perrserker can get Sawsbuck in safely (on what?), with the later two also being able to spread paralysis with Thunder Wave to cripple Sawsbuck's checks (raichu is never using twave and perrserker doesn't even get it). Strong wallbreakers such as Crabominable and Flapple can take care of the physical walls Sawsbuck wants removed to help it sweep safer, such as Leafeon, Alolan Persian, and Camerupt (camel isn't a physically defensive wall, it's spdef).
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uhbella.567483/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

lots to do here, please ping when done so i can look over it again

 

[Bella]

comments in bold

deer

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Headbutt
move 3: Horn Leech / Substitute (you really want a decently strong move to hit missy with, or else it just clicks power gem/sets up on you, and trailblaze isn't strong enough)
move 4: Stomping Tantrum / Trailblaze / Substitute
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal

[SET COMMENTS]
Sawsbuck's decent Attack and Speed stats, incredible boosting move in Swords Dance, and a great ability in Serene Grace makes it one of PU's most powerful and annoying wallbreakers. The combination of Headbutt and Serene Grace makes opponents unable to move 60% of the time, which can allow Sawsbuck to become an annoyance for walls (remove, dex info). Horn Leech gives Sawsbuck a form of semi-consistent recovery and gives it Grass-type STAB to hit foes such as Whiscash, Carbink, and Klawf (semi-consistent form of recovery is fine but you don't really need to explain that the grass type mon gets a grass stab). However, Substitute can be ran instead, allowing Sawsbuck to tank a hit allowing it to set up easier and also allows it to block status moves such as Misdreavus' Will-O-Wisp and Tinkatuff's Thunder Wave. While Stomping Tantrum is normally preferred in Sawsbuck's last moveslot as it allows it to hit foes such as Skuntank, Electrode (+2 horn leech ohkos, you're not outspeeding because it's slashed with trailblaze, and electrode only threatens you with tera ice, which you have tera normal for, please pick another mention), and Hisuian Sliggo for good damage, Trailblaze can be opted instead as it boosts Sawsbuck's speed and allows it to become a threatening wincon (is sd sawsbuck already not a threatening win condition?). Leftovers gives Sawsbuck consistent recovery, but Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not fear entry hazards, allowing it to set up easier. Tera Normal boosts the power of Sawsbuck's normal type STAB (and helps it from being revenge killed by foes like [insert examples here]).

Sawsbuck enjoys having teammates that can help it deal with faster offensive foes and Steel-types that are a determent to it. Ground- and Rock- types such as Gabite, Carbink, and Klawf threaten out the Fire-types that Sawsbuck is scared of (like?) and can use that pressure to set up entry hazards to help wear down Sawsbuck's switchins (such as?). In return, Sawsbuck pivots into their checks such as Basculin (sawsbuck is not a basc pivot, it's outsped and ohkoed by cb head smash, and if it's lefties then it only needs a small amount of chip to be ohkoed by cb double edge) and Gogoat and can use them as opportunity to set up. Pivots such as Alolan Persian, Raichu, and Perrserker can get Sawsbuck in safely (on what?), with the later two also being able to spread paralysis with Thunder Wave to cripple Sawsbuck's checks (raichu is never using twave and perrserker doesn't even get it). Strong wallbreakers such as Crabominable and Flapple can take care of the physical walls Sawsbuck wants removed to help it sweep safer, such as Leafeon, Alolan Persian, and Camerupt (camel isn't a physically defensive wall, it's spdef).
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uhbella.567483/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

lots to do here, please ping when done so i can look over it again

implemented

 

[Hera]

this is good, qc 1/1.

 

[Bella]

this is good, qc 1/1.

GP Team meow

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1 GP Team done

check

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Headbutt
move 3: Horn Leech
move 4: Stomping Tantrum / Trailblaze / Substitute
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal

[SET COMMENTS]
Sawsbuck's decent Attack and Speed stats, incredible boosting move in Swords Dance, and a great ability in Serene Grace makes make it one of PU's most powerful and annoying wallbreakers. Horn Leech gives Sawsbuck a form of semi-consistent recovery and hits foes such as Whiscash, Carbink, and Klawf for good damage. However, Substitute can be ran run instead, (it's slashed after stomping tantrum though) allowing Sawsbuck to tank a hit allowing it to set up easier more easily and also allows it to block status moves such as Misdreavus' Misdreavus's Will-O-Wisp and Tinkatuff's Thunder Wave. While Stomping Tantrum is normally preferred in Sawsbuck's last moveslot as it allows it to hit foes such as Skuntank, Tinkatuff, and Hisuian Sliggo for good damage, Trailblaze can be opted for instead, (AC) as it boosts Sawsbuck's Speed and allows it to become a more dangerous wincon. Leftovers gives Sawsbuck consistent recovery, but Heavy-Duty Boots allows it to not fear entry hazards, allowing it to and set up easier more easily. Tera Normal boosts the power of Sawsbuck's Normal-type (AH) STAB attacks and allows it to tank moves from Pokemon that would normally try to revenge kill it such as Pyroar and Choice Scarf Rotom-F.

Sawsbuck enjoys having teammates that can help it deal with faster offensive foes and Steel-types that are a determent (deterrent? detriment?) to it. Ground- and Rock- types such as Gabite, Carbink, and Klawf threaten out the Fire-types that Sawsbuck is scared of, such as Houndoom and Charizard, and can use that pressure to set up entry hazards to help wear down Sawsbuck's switchins switch-ins, such as Perrserker and Tinkatuff. In return, Sawsbuck pivots into their checks such as Gogoat and can use them as opportunity to set up. Pivots such as Alolan Persian, Raichu, and Perrserker can get Sawsbuck in safely on Pokemon such as Klawf and Dachsbun. Strong wallbreakers such as Crabominable and Flapple can take care of the physical walls Sawsbuck wants removed to help it sweep safer more safely, such as Leafeon, Alolan Persian, and Quaxwell.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uhbella.567483/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

 

[rien]

Bella implement the gp check please