1v1 Vivillon [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2]

[PA]

[OVERVIEW]

Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame due to its access to the combination of Sleep Powder and Compound Eyes. This allows Vivillon to become the fastest user of a reliable sleep move in the metagame, letting it shut down virtually any foe that it can outspeed, including some of 1v1's most prominent threats such as Magearna, Mega Gyarados, and Magnezone. Vivillon also has access to a strong STAB move in Hurricane, which with Quiver Dance and Sleep Powder allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash and Mega Altaria. However, it faces a lot of competition from other sleep Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Mega Gengar, all of which are faster and can cover most of the 1v1 metagame. Despite this, Vivillon can be considered to be better due to a more accurate Sleep Powder making it more reliable. Vivillon struggles against Rock-types like Golem and Crustle that carry multi-hit moves such as Rock Blast, leaving it unable to do its job effectively. Lastly, extreme frailty on top of a horrible defensive typing and a mediocre Speed tier leave Vivillon vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric- and Flying-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, and Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid
evs: 16 HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Sleep Powder is the only reason to run Vivillon thanks to its ability Compound Eyes making it far more reliable and consistent, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe. Substitute allows Vivillon to avoid being KOed when foes wake up from sleep. Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy to 91%. Quiver Dance in conjunction with Sleep Powder is Vivillon's main way of breaking through bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash, and Magnezone.

Set Details
========

Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, making Sleep Powder and Hurricane far more reliable than usual. 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible while also allowing it to spam Substitute as much as possible, giving it the best chance to beat a Pokemon that has been put to sleep in case of bad luck with sleep turns. Maximum Speed investment is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as hard as possible.

Usage Tips
========

Sleep Powder is generally going to be the best turn one play, as it can put slow Pokemon to sleep that aren't Grass-types to sleep. Against Grass-types and Pokemon that can shut down Vivillon if they wake up right away like Kommo-o, use Quiver Dance or Substitute if Hurricane can't immediately OHKO them. Use Hurricane if the opposing Pokemon has the ability to beat Vivillon like Mega Heracross, Whimsicott, and Tapu Bulu. Once the foe has been put to sleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose if it wakes up immediately, and if the Substitute is still intact, start setting up with Quiver Dance if you can't 2HKO the opposing Pokemon with Hurricane and proceed to whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute depending on the situation. If you can survive a hit from the opposing Pokemon without using Quiver Dance and 2HKO it, use Hurricane. Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-S, and Mega Tyranitar, as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target by putting it to sleep and setting up, and an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to foes with Vivillon's mediocre Special Attack. Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora and Crustle should also be avoided, as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane, and all have ways to deal with sleep whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon or breaking its Substitute and OHKOing it after only 2 hits with super effective Rock Blast.

Team Options
========

Vivillon needs an ally that can deal with one of 1v1's most prominent threats, Mega Charizard X, such as a Ground-type teammate like Landorus-T, Donphan, or Garchomp, which can also beat some of the Steel- and Electric-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Zeraora, and Mega Mawile. Vivillon can beat slow Water-type pokemon such as Primarina, Mega Swampert and Mega Blastoise in return. Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are also great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that they struggle with. Having a stallbreaker on your team such as Kommo-o, Metal Sound Aegislash, or Taunt Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-S, while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and non-Choice Scarf Togekiss, which they all struggle with. Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny, and Sawk are also other options if you want to deal with the aforementioned Steel-types, while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, and Mega Slowbro. Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora, and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny, and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon. In return, Vivillon can defeat bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, non-Extreme Speed Zygarde-C, and Suicune for them.

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

One of the other options it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its Rock-types counters like Carracosta. Flyinium Z is another option if you want to guarantee to beat Kommo-o while also improving matchups against Taunt Mega Gyarados.

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

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 89 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf can usually beat Vivillon one-on-one. Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf or maximum Speed Porygon-Z, and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.

**Sleep Immunity**: Tapu Fini, one of the best bulky Water-types in the 1v1 metagame, gives Vivillon a hard time due to Misty Surge leaving Vivillon unable to perform its job. In addition to this, there are many Grass-types that are immune to Sleep Powder and can beat Vivillon such as Ferrothorn, Jumpluff, and Rock Tomb Tapu Bulu. Furthermore, Mega Sableye is another issue for Vivillon, as it can bounce back Sleep Powder through its ability Magic Bounce, use Snarl against it to decrease its Special Attack, or use Calm Mind to cancel out Vivillon's boosts, leaving it to trust solely on Hurricane confusion hax.

**Priority**: Pokemon with strong priority moves such as Dragonite, Aegislash, and Mega Scizor are dangerous, leaving Vivillon's only able to win through hoping they don't wake up. However, they all can have problems with Vivillon if it is behind a Substitute and can use Quiver Dance safely.

**Taunt Users**: Since the set is focused around Sleep Powder, if Vivillon happens to face either a Mega Gyarados or Mega Tyranitar, it becomes very hard to win due to the number of sleep turns and boosts that it needs to beat either of them.

**Multi-hit Moves**: Pokemon such as Golem and Crustle can use Rock Blast to ignore Substitute and inevitably beat Vivillon after only two rounds of Rock Blast.

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- Written by: [[poison-adhesive, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[synonimous, 457703], [lost-heros, 316445], [osra, 239997]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659], [the-dutch-plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Ginger Princess]

pls change it to say [WIP] instead of [0/3] so we can know when this is ready for qc

 

[PA]

should be ready for qc unless i forgot smth Alakazam Osra

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Double check the grammar requirements, there's a lot of errors in here.
- Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, due to Sleep Powder [Compound eyes should be mentioned here. Jumpluff is a better sleep powder user generally, compound eyes + attacking ability (flying coverage) is what makes viv better in those aspects compared to other speed traps. You have to keep repeating that CONSISTENCY is what makes this good over other speed traps.], which allows it to beat almost any [What about mons that can bypass sub and kill, priority, specific taunt uses, etc.?] Pokemon that it outspeeds. [Where does Vivillon sit in the meta? Exactly how much speed does it ihit and hwo relevant is that especially compared to other speed traps] This includes some of 1v1's most meta-defining Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Mega Gyarados and Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele.
- Its decent movepool [This is an insane movepool for what it does, right behind Bellosem. If you want to keep this line talk about that even though it has a limitted number of moves, the ones it has access to are insane, espcially when combined with compound eyes] also features Hurricane as well as Quiver Dance, which, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, also allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash, Primarina, and Mega Altaria. [Primarina is an inconsistent matchup, also this is redundant AF, consider just deleting this section]
- Furthermore, Vivillon's Ability Compound Eyes is very useful in this aspect, boosting the accuracies of these moves making it much more reliable than usual. [Combine with first line]
- However, Vivillon has many weaknesses. It is very frail, on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, Flying- and Rock-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, Mega Diancie and Mega Pinsir, and
- Additionally, it faces stiff competition with the other Bug-types within the tier such as the aforementioned Mega Pinsir, Volcarona and Durant which all have better bulk, more speed and can take better advantage of their typings.
[It doesn't compete with these other bug types. Whether or not it's a bug type doesn't matter, takin. Instead, talk about other speed traps/options like Jumpluff or Mega Gengar? Talk more about how crucial its consistency is to its viability]
- Nevertheless Despite these disadvantages, Vivillon, once incapacitating its target with Sleep Powder can accrue several boosts and take advantage of Pokemon slower than it, becoming a potent set-up [I wouldn't call it this, maybe talkPokemon in the right matchup.
[Nevertheless

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

- Sleep Powder is the main highlight [Clarify how important it is, without sleep powder there is no vivillon] of this set, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe and gives Vivillon opportunities to set-up a Substitute or a Quiver Dance depending on the situation. [Also mention how compound eyes gives it 97.5% accuracy]
- Substitute allows Vivillon to setup more easily on Pokemon which are already asleep [Massive understatement. It allows Viv not to get killed when foes inevitably wake up from sleep] and allows Vivillon to keep putting the opposing foe to sleep while regaining health with Leftovers and setting up with Quiver Dance.
- Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is rather reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy.
- Quiver Dance, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash and Primarina [Replace with Zone, Prima MU is RNG].

Set Details
========

- Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual.
- 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, while also allowing Vivillon to spam Substitute as much as possible.
[Why is spamming sub good, don't just say that. Explain how it adds consistency and how it stops you from just exploding after the other mon wakes up. Leftovers account for bad luck with sleep turns.]
- Maximum Speed is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence.
- The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong as possible after gaining boosts. Since Vivillon is already so frail, other investments are pointless.

Usage Tips
========

- When using Vivillon you should first be attempting to target a Pokemon slower than itself, enabling it to put the opposing foe to sleep with Sleep Powder and can proceed to start setting up. [Send Vivillon out against slower pokemon. Also add somewhere in here that even if Hurricane can kill, use sleep Powder into a sub instead as you have a chance to miss hurricane.]
Sleep Powder generally going to be the best turn one play, as you can put slow Pokemon to sleep, while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. The only time where you wouldn't use this against Grass Types or Overcoat users, where you would either Quiver Dance or Substitute instead.
- Once the foe has been put asleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wakeup and if the Substitute is still intact start setting up with Quiver Dance in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and can proceed to beat it whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary.
[I even made you this cool flow chart that you probably shouldn't include

]
[Below sections are checks and counters]
- Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed and Mega Tyranitar as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up and with itself being taunted it is no longer able to fulfil its purpose as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them with its mediocre Special Attack.
- Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or Crustle should also be avoided as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon and breaks its Substitute and OHKOs it after only 2 hits.

Team Options
========

- Due to Vivillon's weakness to common Electric-types such as Zeraora and Magnezone [it doesn't lose to zone...], having a Ground-type like Landorus-T, Donphan and Garchomp are very useful in dealing with them, in addition to beating some of the bulkier Steel-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Heatran and Mega Mawile.
[uh. Talk about the most important reason you use ground types: the zards. please. I would also add something about how faster pokemon tend to be frailer, which fall prey to mons like Donphan]
- Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja and Mega Gyarados are great allies for both Vivillon and Ground-types if you opt to choose either of the Ground-types available as options as they deal with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini and Volcarona, while Vivillon can deal with Grass-types such as Serperior and Mega Venusaur and the Ground-types can deal with the aforementioned Electric-types.
- This creates a Flying / Water / Ground core capable of dealing with a good portion of the tier such as Fire-, Ground-, Electric-, Grass- and Bug-types.
Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Waters struggle with.
- Alternatively [Don't say it's vital while also saying it's an alternative, pick one or the other. IMO, it's pretty key, all my Viv teams with one exception have good wallbreakers], having a strong wallbreaker on your team such as Hoopa-U, Dragonite or Mega Gyarados [I would say Lele instead, MGyara is a stallbreaker not a wallbreaker.] is vital, in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed [These don't need to be overpowered, and it's not because they're taunt users. I would either change this to be stallbreakers or change the threats], while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and Primarina [Again, the Prima matchup is kind of sketch. Also, I'd argue CharY is one ] which these wallbreakers tend tothey all struggle with.
[Can just delete this whole thing if you want, if you want to beat these taunt users I would talk about stallbreakers such as Metal Sound Aegislash, Mega Gyarados, and Kommo-o]
- Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny and Sawk are another option if you deal with the aforementioned Steel-types although beware that you still struggle with Mega Mawile that way while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele and Mega Slowbro.
- Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so having an agile even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon.

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

- Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, the only other option it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Golem and Carracosta.
[I would talk about why it doesn't really have other options, why it really needs all the moves. It's not the small movepool that restrains it, it's that without each exact move, the set can't function the same and beat the same things. It doesn't really gain anything by running anything else. Energy Ball can still lose to rock blast on Golem so it's not a great example. I would also mention (either here or / it in the set) Flynium Z to beat Kommo-o and improve its matchups against taunt users/sub bypassers like Mega Gyara.]

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

**Mega Sableye**: Mega Sableye due to its ability Magic Bounce can bounce back Sleep Powder and makes Vivillon's job much harder as Vivillon's the only way to win is by confusing through Hurricane, which is unreliable.
[Also talk about how it can boost it's spd, without cm/snarl Sableye loses...]

**Dragonite**: Dragonite is probably one of Vivillon's worst nightmares due to the fact that it gets the combination of Extreme Speed and Multiscale, buying Dragonite time to chip away at Vivillon with Extreme Speed while surviving 2 or 3 hits from a boosted Hurricane.
[Dnite isn't really a counter as it's dependant on first turn wakes to win.]

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 90 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 Metagame can pretty much usually beat it 1v1, Pokemon such as Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf Sawk and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.
[This should be at the top. The checks and counter should be faster pokemon and pokemon that are slower but can still beat it. Scarf Garchomp is kind of an unset, why not mention things like Charizard Mega X and Y, and Scarf PZ. You shouldn't have to specialize to beat this thing.]

**Taunt-oriented Pokemon Users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 either a Kee Berry Mew or a PP-stalling Deoxys-Speed it's pretty much a loss as the damage Vivillon gives is very weak in addition to the fact that either has a recovery move in either Soft-Boiled or Recover which renders the damage useless.

[These mons already outspeed vivillon, which is addressed in a previous section. Talk about slow taunt users like Mega-Gyarados + Mega-Tyranitar and the inconsistency of that matchup.]


**Super-Effective Attacks**: Pokemon with powerful Z-Move users like Zeraora and Thundurus-T can OHKO from full thanks to their powerful STAB attacks. Rock-types like Crustle and Golem can take care of Vivillon due to their STAB attacks.
[This isn't what happens though. You've mentioned earlier that faster pokemon check and that pretty much anything can bop this thing. Replace this with multi-hit moves if you want to keep Crustle and Golem.]

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- Written by: [[poison-adhesive,430787,]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
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[Ginger Princess]

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anything not addressed can be assumed to be correct Poison Adhesive. I'm going to allow this AMQC to be treated as a QC Check, otherwise. I'll only be commenting on Synon's qc. Please implement what is in here that I do not address

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Poison Adhesive, post: 8220535, member: 430787

[OVERVIEW]
Double check the grammar requirements, there's a lot of errors in here.
- Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, due to Sleep Powder [Compound eyes should be mentioned here. Jumpluff is a better sleep powder user generally, compound eyes + attacking ability (flying coverage) is what makes viv better in those aspects. What aspects are you referring to? A somewhat vague comment, also the idea of it being 'better' is weird when Jumpluff is more used and has a higher VR ranking. I think what you meant to say but may have not translated perfectly was "Vivillon can more consistently put Pokemon to sleep with near perfectly accurate sleep powders and can beat back the Grass-types that traditionally counter Sleep Powder users with Hurricane, and thus has the edge in those regards compared to Jumpluff" this accurately displays what Vivillon does that Jumpluff doesn't while avoiding the vague and debatable usage of 'better than'. You have to keep repeating that CONSISTENCY is what makes this good over other speed traps.], which allows it to beat almost any [What about mons that can bypass sub and kill, priority, specific taunt uses, etc.?] Pokemon that it outspeeds. [Where does Vivillon sit in the meta? Exactly how much speed does it ihit and hwo relevant is that especially compared to other speed traps] This includes some of 1v1's most meta-defining Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Mega Gyarados and Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele.
- Its decent movepool [This is an insane movepool for what it does even though you are correct in stating that Vivillon's moveset can be combined with its speed and ability to create a wholly unique niche in the metagame, I think the point PA was trying to get across was that it can only use those 4 moves, which is accurate and displayed in its lack of OOs. I would have just removed the mention of a movepool; Movepool, even if it is decent, implies a variety of options, but Vivillon only has one viable set. Instead just saying 'vivillon also has access to Hurrican and Quiver Dance to aid it, right behind Bellosem. If you want to keep this line talk about that even though it has a limitted number of moves, the ones it has access to are insane, espcially when combined with compound eyes] yes this is the better thing to emphasize. also features Hurricane as well as Quiver Dance, which, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, also allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash, Primarina, and Mega Altaria. [Primarina is an inconsistent matchup, also this is redundant AF, consider just deleting this section] Mentioning Hurricane and Quiver isn't super redundant when he hasn't addressed those critical aspects.
- Furthermore, Vivillon's Ability Compound Eyes is very useful in this aspect, boosting the accuracies of these moves making it much more reliable than usual. [Combine with first line]
- However, Vivillon has many weaknesses. It is very frail, on top of the fact that it this kinda grammar and phrasing stuff isn't our job, be careful about changing things when theres nothing factually wrong. You could have simply said, (clarify that its has many ways to be taken down), so the author could write that their own way. has a horrible defensive typing leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, Flying- and Rock-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, Mega Diancie and Mega Pinsir, and
- Additionally, it faces stiff competition with the other Bug-types within the tier such as the aforementioned Mega Pinsir, Volcarona and Durant which all have better bulk, more speed and can take better advantage of their typings. Again, nothing wrong with removing this section, but approach it with the intent to give the author as much freedom with writing as possible while conveying accurate information. It could have been done like 'remove the point about facing competition with bugs, thats not true, and make a new point talking about what it lacks as a sleep user compared to others'. Thats basically what you did, but you did it while deciding which of his phrasing should stay, which isn't our job
[It doesn't compete with these other bug types. Whether or not it's a bug type doesn't matter, takin. Instead, talk about other speed traps/options like Jumpluff or Mega Gengar? Talk more about how crucial its consistency is to its viability]
- Nevertheless Despite these disadvantages, grammar/phrasing again Vivillon, once incapacitating its target with Sleep Powder can accrue several boosts and take advantage of Pokemon slower than it, becoming a potent set-up [I wouldn't call it this, maybe talkPokemon in the right matchup.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

- Sleep Powder is the main highlight [Clarify how important it is, without sleep powder there is no vivillon] of this set, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe and gives Vivillon opportunities to set-up a Substitute or a Quiver Dance depending on the situation. [Also mention how compound eyes gives it 97.5% accuracy]
- Substitute allows Vivillon to setup more easily on Pokemon which are already asleep [Massive understatement. It allows Viv not to get killed when foes inevitably wake up from sleep] and allows Vivillon to keep putting the opposing foe to sleep while regaining health with Leftovers and setting up with Quiver Dance.
- Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is rather reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy.
- Quiver Dance, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash and Primarina [Replace with Zone, Prima MU is RNG].

Set Details
========

- Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual.
- 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, while also allowing Vivillon to spam Substitute as much as possible.
[Why is spamming sub good, don't just say that. Explain how it adds consistency and how it stops you from just exploding after the other mon wakes up. Leftovers account for bad luck with sleep turns.]
- Maximum Speed is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence.
- The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit this is why we don't deal with grammar. Saying 'make Vivillon's hurricane as strong as' and 'make vivillon's hurricane hit as' is a completely unnecessary change, and is just a stylistic change, as both statements mean the same thing in this context and only serves to potentially confuse the reader when a GPer asks an author to remove/add something a QCer told them to add/remove as strong as possible after gaining boosts. Since Vivillon is already so frail, other investments are pointless.

Usage Tips
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- When using Vivillon you should first be attempting to target a Pokemon slower than itself, enabling it to put the opposing foe to sleep with Sleep Powder and can proceed to start setting up. [Send Vivillon out against slower pokemon. Also add somewhere in here that even if Hurricane can kill, use sleep Powder into a sub instead as you have a chance to miss hurricane.]
Sleep Powder generally going to be the best turn one play, as you can put slow Pokemon to sleep, while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. The only time where you wouldn't use this against Grass Types or Overcoat users, where you would either Quiver Dance or Substitute instead. or immediately hurricane, if the pokemon has the capabilities to OHKO you.
- Once the foe has been put asleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wakeup and if the Substitute is still intact start setting up with Quiver Dance in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and can proceed to beat it whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary.
[I even made you this cool flow chart that you probably shouldn't include View attachment 193749]
lmfao thats fucking awesome. Poison Adhesive this flow chart is accurate, implement this into writing
[Below sections are checks and counters]
- Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed and Mega Tyranitar as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up and with itself being taunted it is no longer able to fulfil its purpose as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them with its mediocre Special Attack.
- Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or Crustle should also be avoided as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon and breaks its Substitute and OHKOs it after only 2 hits. No, this section stays. Checks and Counters and Usage Tips somewhat overlap, but thats true for any analysis, as you should know what not to send them against, especially if its a potentially misleading matchup. Additionally, Usage tips including what beats you should also be included so the reader knows what to do to have any chance to win, which is most important in 1v1 (i.e. assume they miss a move or misplay, what to do when that happens)

Team Options
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- Due to Vivillon's weakness to common Electric-types such as Zeraora and Magnezone [it doesn't lose to zone...] don't just leave a comment like this but then not explicitly tell him to remove the mention, it could be confusing, having a Ground-type like Landorus-T, Donphan and Garchomp are very useful in dealing with them, in addition to beating some of the bulkier Steel-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Heatran and Mega Mawile.
[uh. Talk about the most important reason you use ground types: the zards. please. I would also add something about how faster pokemon tend to be frailer, which fall prey to mons like Donphan]
- Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja and Mega Gyarados are great allies for both Vivillon and Ground-types if you opt to choose either of the Ground-types available as options as they deal with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini and Volcarona, while Vivillon can deal with Grass-types such as Serperior and Mega Venusaur and the Ground-types can deal with the aforementioned Electric-types.
- This creates a Flying / Water / Ground core capable of dealing with a good portion of the tier such as Fire-, Ground-, Electric-, Grass- and Bug-types.
Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Waters struggle with.
- Alternatively [Don't say it's vital while also saying it's an alternative, pick one or the other. IMO, it's pretty key, all my Viv teams with one exception have good wallbreakers] This is fine, phrasing wise, because keeping the word 'alternatively' explicitly changes the factual meaning of this sentence, because it is a vital part, not a loosy goosy alternative option; you need to have a wallbreaker, having a strong wallbreaker on your team such as Hoopa-U, Dragonite or Mega Gyarados [I would say Lele instead Lele is a wallbreaker but it also loses to Kee Berry Mew and stall Deoxys Speed, which were the examples given and which Mega Gyarados beats, albeit requiring both Taunt and Crunch, which definitely should be specified. I would also say Mega Gyara is both a stallbreaker and wallbreaker, with excellent offense and ddance + access to taunt, MGyara is a stallbreaker not a wallbreaker.] is vital, in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed [These don't need to be overpowered , and it's not because they're taunt users. I mean, non-Taunt Kee Berry mew loses to Viv, so I would say taunt plays a role. Additionally, I think he meant to say stall Deoxys Speed, which also basically loses to quiver dance viv if it can't taunt it. Not sure why you're saying its not because of Taunt I would either change this to be stallbreakers or change the threats], while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and Primarina [Again, the Prima matchup is kind of sketch. Also, I'd argue CharY is one is one what? ] which these wallbreakers tend tothey all struggle with.
[Can just delete this whole thing if you want, if you want to beat these taunt users I would talk about stallbreakers such as Metal Sound Aegislash, Mega Gyarados, and Kommo-o]
- Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny and Sawk are another option if you deal with the aforementioned Steel-types although beware that you still struggle with Mega Mawile that way while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele and Mega Slowbro. You give him no reason why he should remove this. If you were too tired to do that then go to bed and finish it later, we aren't in a rush (yet)
- Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so having an agile even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon.

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

- Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, the only other option it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Golem and Carracosta.
[I would talk about why it doesn't really have other options, why it really needs all the moves. It's not the small movepool that restrains it, it's that without each exact move, the set can't function the same and beat the same things. It doesn't really gain anything by running anything else. Energy Ball can still lose to rock blast on Golem so it's not a great example. I would also mention (either here or / it in the set) Flynium Z to beat Kommo-o and improve its matchups against taunt users/sub bypassers like Mega Gyara.]

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

**Mega Sableye**: Mega Sableye due to its ability Magic Bounce can bounce back Sleep Powder and makes Vivillon's job much harder as Vivillon's the only way to win is by confusing through Hurricane, which is unreliable.
[Also talk about how it can boost it's spd, without cm/snarl Sableye loses...]

**Dragonite**: Dragonite is probably one of Vivillon's worst nightmares due to the fact that it gets the combination of Extreme Speed and Multiscale, buying Dragonite time to chip away at Vivillon with Extreme Speed while surviving 2 or 3 hits from a boosted Hurricane.
[Dnite isn't really a counter This section is for both checks and counters. Dragonite is super relevant and isn't a consistent win, even as a slower Pokemon as it's dependant on first turn wakes to win.] I think the bigger point that could have been added is mentioning Priority move users.

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 90 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 Metagame can pretty much usually beat it 1v1, Pokemon such as Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf Sawk and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.
[This should be at the top. The checks and counter should be faster pokemon and pokemon that are slower but can still beat it. Scarf Garchomp he also probably meant any Garchomp, and just Choice Scarf Sawk. you should consider joining GP lmao is kind of an unset, why not mention things like Charizard Mega X and Y, and Scarf PZ. You shouldn't have to specialize to beat this thing.]

**Taunt-oriented Pokemon Users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 either a Kee Berry Mew or a PP-stalling Deoxys-Speed it's pretty much a loss as the damage Vivillon gives is very weak in addition to the fact that either has a recovery move in either Soft-Boiled or Recover which renders the damage useless.

[These mons already outspeed vivillon, which is addressed in a previous section. Yes but they would lose if they didn't run taunt by being outsped after Quiver dances, put to sleep, then being set up on, pressuring Mew by only giving it an opportunity to either set up or recover, not both, or straight up 2hkoing deoxys speed. Talk about slow taunt users like Mega-Gyarados + Mega-Tyranitar and the inconsistency of that matchup.]


**Super-Effective Attacks**: Pokemon with powerful Z-Move users like Zeraora and Thundurus-T can OHKO from full thanks to their powerful STAB attacks. Rock-types like Crustle and Golem can take care of Vivillon due to their STAB attacks.
[This isn't what happens though. You've mentioned earlier that faster pokemon check and that pretty much anything can bop this thing. Replace this with multi-hit moves if you want to keep Crustle and Golem.]

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[OVERVIEW]
Double check the grammar requirements, there's a lot of errors in here.
- Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, due to Sleep Powder [Compound eyes should be mentioned here. Jumpluff is a better sleep powder user generally, compound eyes + attacking ability (flying coverage) is what makes Vivillon a more consistent Pokemon to put mons to sleep with near perfectly accurate sleep powders and can beat back the Grass-types that traditionally counter Sleep Powder users with Hurricane, and thus has the edge in those regards compared to Jumpluff You have to keep repeating that CONSISTENCY is what makes this good over other speed traps.], which allows it to beat almost any [What about mons that can bypass sub and kill, priority, specific taunt uses, etc.?] Pokemon that it outspeeds. [Where does Vivillon sit in the meta? Exactly how much speed does it ihit and hwo relevant is that especially compared to other speed traps] This includes some of 1v1's most meta-defining Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Mega Gyarados and Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele.
- Its decent movepool features access to [It doesn't really have a movepool to speak of, considering the lack of viable OOs. These 4 moves are all it has] Hurricane as well as Quiver Dance, which, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, also allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash, Primarina, and Mega Altaria. [Primarina is an inconsistent matchup, remove it]
- Furthermore, Vivillon's Ability Compound Eyes is very useful in this aspect, boosting the accuracies of these moves making it much more reliable than usual. [Combine with first line]
- However, Vivillon is very frail, on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, Flying- and Rock-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, Mega Diancie and Mega Pinsir (clarify that its has many ways to be taken down outside of being hit super effectively, thanks to its frailty and 304 speed.)
- Additionally, it faces stiff competition with the other Bug-types within the tier such as the aforementioned Mega Pinsir, Volcarona and Durant which all have better bulk, more speed and can take better advantage of their typings. [It doesn't compete with these other bug types. Whether or not it's a bug type doesn't matter, takin. Instead, talk about other speed traps/options like Jumpluff or Mega Gengar? Talk more about how crucial its consistency is to its viability]
- Nevertheless Vivillon, once incapacitating its target with Sleep Powder can accrue several boosts and take advantage of Pokemon slower than it, becoming a potent set-up Pokemon in the right matchup.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

- Sleep Powder is the main highlight [Clarify how important it is, without sleep powder there is no vivillon] of this set, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe and gives Vivillon opportunities to set-up a Substitute or a Quiver Dance depending on the situation. [Also mention how compound eyes gives it 97.5% accuracy]
- Substitute allows Vivillon to setup more easily on Pokemon which are already asleep [Massive understatement. It allows Viv not to get killed when foes inevitably wake up from sleep] and allows Vivillon to keep putting the opposing foe to sleep while regaining health with Leftovers and setting up with Quiver Dance.
- Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is rather reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy.
- Quiver Dance, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash and Primarina [Replace with Zone, Prima MU is RNG].

Set Details
========

- Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual.
- 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, while also allowing Vivillon to spam Substitute as much as possible.
[Why is spamming sub good, don't just say that. Explain how it adds consistency and how it stops you from just exploding after the other mon wakes up. Leftovers account for bad luck with sleep turns.]
- Maximum Speed is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence.
- The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong as possible after gaining boosts. Since Vivillon is already so frail, other investments are pointless.

Usage Tips
========

- When using Vivillon you should first be attempting to target a Pokemon slower than itself, enabling it to put the opposing foe to sleep with Sleep Powder and can proceed to start setting up. [Send Vivillon out against slower pokemon. Also add somewhere in here that even if Hurricane can kill, use sleep Powder into a sub instead as you have a chance to miss hurricane.]
Sleep Powder generally going to be the best turn one play, as you can put slow Pokemon to sleep, while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. The only time where you wouldn't use this against Grass Types or Overcoat users, where you would either Quiver Dance or Substitute instead. or immediately hurricane, if the pokemon has the capabilities to OHKO you.
- Once the foe has been put asleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wakeup and if the Substitute is still intact start setting up with Quiver Dance in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and can proceed to beat it whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary.
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- Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed and Mega Tyranitar as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up and with itself being taunted it is no longer able to fulfil its purpose as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them with its mediocre Special Attack.
- Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or Crustle should also be avoided as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon and breaks its Substitute and OHKOs it after only 2 hits.

Team Options
========

- Due to Vivillon's weakness to common Electric-types such as Zeraora and Magnezone [it doesn't lose to zone...] having a Ground-type like Landorus-T, Donphan and Garchomp are very useful in dealing with them, in addition to beating some of the bulkier Steel-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Heatran and Mega Mawile.
[uh. Talk about the most important reason you use ground types: the zards. please. I would also add something about how faster pokemon tend to be frailer, which fall prey to mons like Donphan]
- Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja and Mega Gyarados are great allies for both Vivillon and Ground-types if you opt to choose either of the Ground-types available as options as they deal with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini and Volcarona, while Vivillon can deal with Grass-types such as Serperior and Mega Venusaur and the Ground-types can deal with the aforementioned Electric-types.
- This creates a Flying / Water / Ground core capable of dealing with a good portion of the tier such as Fire-, Ground-, Electric-, Grass- and Bug-types.
Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Waters struggle with.
- Alternatively [Don't say it's vital while also saying it's an alternative, pick one or the other. IMO, it's pretty key, all my Viv teams with one exception have good wallbreakers] having a strong wallbreaker stallbreaker [Since later on you list Mew and Deoxys-S, two stall mons, not walls] on your team such as Hoopa-U, Dragonite or Taunt + Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital, in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and Primarina [Again, the Prima matchup is kind of sketch.] which these wallbreakers tend tothey all struggle with.
[Consider including other stallbreakers such as Metal Sound Aegislash and Kommo-o]
- Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny and Sawk are another option if you deal with the aforementioned Steel-types although beware that you still struggle with Mega Mawile that way while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele and Mega Slowbro. [I don't understand what this is saying. Please rephrase]
- Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so having an agile even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon.

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

- Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, the only other option it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Golem and Carracosta.
[I would talk about why it doesn't really have other options, why it really needs all the moves. It's not the small movepool that restrains it, it's that without each exact move, the set can't function the same and beat the same things. It doesn't really gain anything by running anything else. Energy Ball can still lose to rock blast on Golem so it's not a great example. I would also mention (either here or / it in the set) Flynium Z to beat Kommo-o and improve its matchups against taunt users/sub bypassers like Mega Gyara.]

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

**Mega Sableye**: Mega Sableye due to its ability Magic Bounce can bounce back Sleep Powder and makes Vivillon's job much harder as Vivillon's the only way to win is by confusing through Hurricane, which is unreliable.
[Also talk about how it can boost it's spd, without cm/snarl Sableye loses...]

**Dragonite**: Dragonite is probably one of Vivillon's worst nightmares due to the fact that it gets the combination of Extreme Speed and Multiscale, buying Dragonite time to chip away at Vivillon with Extreme Speed while surviving 2 or 3 hits from a boosted Hurricane.
[Dnite isn't really a counter This section is for both checks and counters. Dragonite is super relevant and isn't a consistent win, even as a slower Pokemon as it's dependant on first turn wakes to win.]

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 90 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 Metagame can pretty much usually beat it 1v1, Pokemon such as Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf Sawk and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.
[This should be at the top. The checks and counter should be faster pokemon and pokemon that are slower but can still beat it. why not mention things like Charizard Mega X and Y, and Scarf PZ. You shouldn't have to specialize to beat this thing.]

**Taunt-oriented Pokemon Users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 either a Kee Berry Mew or a PP-stalling Deoxys-Speed it's pretty much a loss as the damage Vivillon gives is very weak in addition to the fact that either has a recovery move in either Soft-Boiled or Recover which renders the damage useless. [Talk about slow taunt users like Mega-Gyarados + Mega-Tyranitar and the inconsistency of that matchup.]

**Super-Effective Attacks**: Pokemon with powerful Z-Move users like Zeraora and Thundurus-T can OHKO from full thanks to their powerful STAB attacks. Rock-types like Crustle and Golem can take care of Vivillon due to their STAB attacks.
[This isn't what happens though. You've mentioned earlier that faster pokemon check and that pretty much anything can bop this thing. Replace this with multi-hit moves if you want to keep Crustle and Golem.]

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[OVERVIEW]

- Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, due to Sleep Powder in addition to Vivillon's ability Compound Eyes boosting the accuracies of these moves making it much more reliable and consistent compared to some of the other Sleep Powder users as it can counter other Grass-types with Hurricane which allows it to beat almost any Pokemon that it outspeeds, this includes some of 1v1's most meta-defining Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Mega Gyarados and Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele.
- Not only does it get the aforementioned Hurricane but it also gets Quiver Dance, which, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash and Mega Altaria.
- However, Vivillon is very frail, on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing, mediocre speed-tier and vulnerable to multi-hit moves leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, Flying- and Rock-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, Golem and Mega Pinsir. [I'd prefer this split into two separate points. One about strong attackers that are faster and one about multi-hit moves.]
- Additionally, it faces a lot of competition with other speed traps such as Jumpluff and Mega Gengar which are all much faster than Vivillon and can cover most of the 1v1 metagame however Vivillon can be considered to be better in a prospective due to a more reliable Sleep Powder making it more reliable than Jumpluff or Mega Gengar.
- Nevertheless Vivillon, once incapacitating its target with Sleep Powder can accrue several boosts and take advantage of Pokemon slower than it, becoming a potent set-up Pokemon in the right matchup.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

- Sleep Powder is the only reason to run Vivillon thanks to its ability Compound Eyes increasing its accuracy to 97.5% making it far more reliable and consistent, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe and gives Vivillon opportunities to set-up a Substitute or a Quiver Dance depending on the situation.
- Substitute allows Vivillon to not get killed while foes wake up from sleep and also helps Vivillon to keep putting the opposing foe to sleep while regaining health with Leftovers and setting up with Quiver Dance.
- Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy.
- Quiver Dance, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash and Magnezone.

Set Details
========

- Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual.
- 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, while also allowing Vivillon to spam Substitute as much as possible giving it the best chance to beat a Pokemon that has been put to sleep in case of bad luck with sleep turns.
- Maximum Speed is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence.
- The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong as possible.

Usage Tips
========

- Sleep Powder generally going to be the best turn one play, as you can put slow Pokemon to sleep while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. The only time where you wouldn't use this against Grass Types or Overcoat users, where you would either Quiver Dance or Substitute instead. [against?] or immediately hurricane, if the pokemon has the capabilities to OHKO you [against?].
- Once the foe has been put asleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wakeup and if the Substitute is still intact start setting up with Quiver Dance if you can't 2HKO the opposing pokemon with Hurricane in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and proceed to whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary.
- If you can live a hit from the opposing Pokemon without using Quiver Dance and can 2HKO the opposing Pokemon then use Hurricane unless you can't 2HKO it then use Quiver Dance. [I feel like this part is repetitive with the previous statement. But you can try to re-word it if you feel you have something new to add]
- [Add a line about using Sleep powder even if the opposing pokemon is in KO range. Sleep powder has a better accuracy and is a safer option]
- Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed or Mega Tyranitar as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up and with itself being taunted it is no longer able to fulfil its purpose as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them with its mediocre Special Attack.
- Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or Crustle should also be avoided as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon and breaks its Substitute and OHKOs it after only 2 hits.

Team Options
========

- Vivillon needs an ally which can deal with one of 1v1's most prominent threats, Mega Charizard, in hence having a Ground-type like Landorus-T, Donphan and Garchomp are very useful in dealing with them, in addition to beating some of the Steel- and Electric- in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Zeraora and Mega Mawile.
- Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Water-types struggle with.
- Having a stallbreaker on your team such as Kommo-o, Metal Sound Aegislash or Taunt + Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital, in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and non-Choice Scarf Togekiss which they all struggle with.
- Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny and Sawk are also other options if you want to deal with the aforementioned Steel-types while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele and Mega Slowbro.
- Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon.

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

- Vivillon doesn't have a lot of other options due to the fact that it needs all of its moves in order to function as the Pokemon it is and that it doesn't need to run any other moves in which would make it beat any other Pokemon.
- Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, one of the only other options it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Carracosta.
- Flyinium Z is another option also if you want to guarantee to beat Kommo-o whilst also improving matchups against Taunt Mega Gyarados.

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

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 90 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 Metagame can usually beat it 1v1, Pokemon such as Mega Charizard, Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf Porygon-Z and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.

**Mega Sableye**: Mega Sableye due to its ability Magic Bounce can bounce back Sleep Powder, and can either Calm Mind in order to bolster both its Special Attack and Special Defense or can lower Vivillon's Special Attack which makes Vivillon's job much harder as the only way to win is by confusing through Hurricane, which is unreliable.

**Dragonite**: Dragonite is one of Vivillon's worst nightmares due to the fact that it gets the combination of Extreme Speed and Multiscale, buying Dragonite time to chip away at Vivillon with Extreme Speed while surviving 2 or 3 hits from a boosted Hurricane.

**Taunt-Users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 either a Mega Gyarados or a Mega Tyranitar it becomes very hard for Vivillon to win due to Sleep turns and that Vivillon needs boosts in order to beat either of the threats mentioned.

**Multi-hit moves**: Pokemon such as Golem and Crustle can use Rock Blast in order to ignore Substitute and inevitably beat it after only two rounds of Rock Blast.

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[OVERVIEW]

Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, due to Sleep Powder in addition to Vivillon's ability Compound Eyes boosting the accuracies of these moves making it much more reliable and consistent compared to some of the other Sleep Powder users as it can counter other Grass-types with Hurricane which allows it to beat almost any Pokemon that it outspeeds, this includes some of 1v1's most meta-defining Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Mega Gyarados and Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele Lele runs too much speed nowadays. Not only does it get the aforementioned Hurricane but it also gets Quiver Dance, which, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash and Mega Altaria. However, Vivillon is very frail, on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing and a mediocre speed-tier leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, Flying-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, and Mega Pinsir. Additionally, it struggles against Rock-types who carry multi-hit moves such as Rock Blast like Golem and Crustle leaving it unable to do its job effectively. Moreover, it faces a lot of competition with other speed traps such as Jumpluff and Mega Gengar which are all much faster than Vivillon and can cover most of the 1v1 metagame however Vivillon can be considered to be better in a prospective due to a more reliable Sleep Powder making it more reliable than Jumpluff or Mega Gengar. Nevertheless Vivillon, once incapacitating its target with Sleep Powder can accrue several boosts and take advantage of Pokemon slower than it, becoming a potent set-up Pokemon in the right matchup. Overviews should ideally start on the most positive positive and end on the most negative negative. This last sentence should either be moved correspondingly or removed completely, while the sentence about speed traps can be moved before the sentence where you outline its main weaknesses.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16 HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Sleep Powder is the only reason to run Vivillon thanks to its ability Compound Eyes increasing its accuracy to 97.5% making it far more reliable and consistent, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe and gives Vivillon opportunities to set-up a Substitute or a Quiver Dance depending on the situation. You don't need to go in-depth on strategy in the Moves section. Substitute allows Vivillon to not get killed while foes wake up from sleep and also helps Vivillon to keep putting the opposing foe to sleep while regaining health with Leftovers and setting up with Quiver Dance Same as above. Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy (to 91%). Quiver Dance, in conjunction with Sleep Powder, is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash and Magnezone.

Set Details
========

Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual. 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, while also allowing Vivillon to spam Substitute as much as possible giving it the best chance to beat a Pokemon that has been put to sleep in case of bad luck with sleep turns. Maximum Speed is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong as possible.

Usage Tips
========

Sleep Powder generally going to be the best turn one play, as you can put slow Pokemon to sleep while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. The only time where you wouldn't use this is against Grass Types or Overcoat users, where you would either Quiver Dance or Substitute instead on Pokemon such as Serperior and Kommo-o this just kills you if it has overcoat, replace with Venusaur instead or immediately Hurricane if the pokemon has the capabilities to beat you like Mega Heracross, Whimsicott and Tapu Bulu. Once the foe has been put asleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wakeup and if the Substitute is still intact start setting up with Quiver Dance if you can't 2HKO the opposing pokemon with Hurricane in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and proceed to whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary. If you can live a hit from the opposing Pokemon without using Quiver Dance and can 2HKO the opposing Pokemon then use Hurricane. Remember to always use Sleep Powder even if the opposing foe is asleep incase they immediately wake up just to be safe and to confirm a safe win Why would you use Sleep Powder on a sleeping Pokemon? If they're faster than you for this to matter, you're more than likely dead. Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed or Mega Tyranitar as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up and with itself being taunted it is no longer able to fulfil its purpose as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them with its mediocre Special Attack. Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or Crustle should also be avoided as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon and breaks its Substitute and OHKOs it after only 2 hits.

Team Options
========

Vivillon needs an ally which can deal with one of 1v1's most prominent threats, Mega Charizard, in hence having a Ground-type like Landorus-T, Donphan and Garchomp are very useful in dealing with them, in addition to beating some of the Steel- and Electric- in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Zeraora and Mega Mawile Make sure you note what Vivillon does for the Ground types in return. Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Water-types struggle with. Having a stallbreaker on your team such as Kommo-o, Metal Sound Aegislash or Taunt Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital, to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and non-Choice Scarf Togekiss which they all struggle with. Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny and Sawk are also other options if you want to deal with the aforementioned Steel-types while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, Shattered Psyche Tapu Lele and Mega Slowbro. Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon What does Vivillon do for them in return?.

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

Vivillon doesn't have a lot of other options because it needs all of its moves to function as the Pokemon it is and that it doesn't need to run any other moves in which would make it beat any other Pokemon. Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, one of the only other options it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Carracosta. Flyinium Z is another option also if you want to guarantee to beat Kommo-o whilst also improving matchups against Taunt Mega Gyarados.

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

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 90 89* Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 Metagame can usually beat it 1v1, Pokemon such as Mega Charizard, Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf or max Speed Porygon-Z and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.

**Mega Sableye**: Mega Sableye due to its ability Magic Bounce can bounce back Sleep Powder, and can either Calm Mind in order to bolster both its Special Attack and Special Defense or can lower Vivillon's Special Attack which makes Vivillon's job much harder as the only way to win is by confusing through Hurricane, which is unreliable. I'd make this a point about Sleep Powder immunities in general, including Overcoat, Misty Surge, most Grass types that you don't win against, etc.

**Dragonite**: Dragonite is one of Vivillon's worst nightmares since it gets the combination of Extreme Speed and Multiscale, buying Dragonite time to chip away at Vivillon with Extreme Speed while surviving 2 or 3 hits from a boosted Hurricane. I'd make this into a point about priority in general, since Donphan, Aegislash, Scizor, Carracosta, etc, can all achieve similar effects with their given priority moves.

**Taunt-users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 either a Mega Gyarados or a Mega Tyranitar it becomes very hard for Vivillon to win due to Sleep turns and that Vivillon needs boosts to beat either of the threats mentioned.

**Multi-hit moves**: Pokemon such as Golem and Crustle can use Rock Blast to ignore Substitute and inevitably beat it after only two rounds of Rock Blast.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[poison-adhesive, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[synonimous, 457703], [lost-heros, 316445], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

lmk when done and I'll double check

 

[PA]

- Kommo-o this just kills you if it has overcoat, replace with Venusaur instead Soundproof 64.807% | Bulletproof 26.946% | Overcoat 8.247% ill mention it however first-turn wakes
- since Donphan, Aegislash, Scizor, Carracosta, etc, can all achieve similar effects with their given priority moves. donphan does not beat vivillon will implement others

 

[The Official Glyx]

Discussed any final changes with PA live on PS.

Looks good, 3/3

 

[Ginger Princess]

fix that opening few sentences first tbh. I sent you a message on discord

 

[deetah]

Amcheck, feel free to use what you want from this. Add Remove Comments (AC) = Add Comma (RC) = Remove Comma (AP) = Add Period

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[OVERVIEW]

Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame, (RC) due to its access to the combination of Sleep Powder and Compound Eyes. This allows Vivillon to become the fastest user of a reliable sleep move in the metagame, letting it shut down virtually any foe that it can outspeed, (RC) (AP). This includes some of 1v1's most prominent threats such as Magearna, Mega Gyarados, (AC) and Magnezone. Vivillon also has access to a strong STAB move in Hurricane which with a combination of Quiver Dance and Sleep Powder allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash and Mega Altaria. However, it faces a lot of competition with other speed traps (Never heard the term speed trap, no idea what that means) such as Jumpluff and Mega Gengar, (AC) which are all of which are much faster than Vivillon and can cover most of the 1v1 metagame. (AP) Despite this, (AC) Vivillon can be considered to be better in a prospective due to a more reliable Sleep Powder, (AC) making it more reliable than Jumpluff or Mega Gengar. Vivillon struggles against Rock-types who like Golem and Crustle that carry multi-hit moves such as Rock Blast, (AC) like Golem and Crustle leaving it unable to do its job effectively. Lastly, Vivillon is very frail on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing and a mediocre speed-tier Speed tier, leaving it vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric-, and Flying-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, and Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16 HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Sleep Powder is the only reason to run Vivillon thanks to its ability Compound Eyes increasing its accuracy to 97.5% making it far more reliable and consistent, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe. Substitute allows Vivillon to not get killed while avoid being KOed when (Kill is a banned phrase, except in revenge kill) foes wake up from sleep. Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy to 91%. Quiver Dance, (RC) in conjunction with Sleep Powder, (RC) is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash, (AC) and Magnezone.

Set Details
========

Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves, (RC) while allowing Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual. 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible, (RC) while also allowing Vivillon it to spam Substitute as much as possible, (AC) giving it the best chance to beat a Pokemon that has been put to sleep in case of bad luck with sleep turns. Maximum Speed investments are is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong as possible.

Usage Tips
========

Sleep Powder is generally going to be the best turn one play, as you it can put slow Pokemon that aren't Grass-types to sleep. (AP) while getting OHKOed by faster pokemon anyways. (Not sure what this means, I think you mean that Sleep Powder lets Vivillon avoid being OHKOed but that isn't what you wrote) The only time where you wouldn't use this is against Grass Types, where you would either Use Quiver Dance or Substitute instead on Pokemon such as Serperior and against Grass-types and opposing Pokemon like Kommo-o unless they get a turn one wake-up instead or immediately use Hurricane if the opposing Pokemon has the capabilities to beat you Vivillon like Mega Heracross, Whimsicott, (AC) and Tapu Bulu. Once the foe has been put asleep to sleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wake-up and if the Substitute is still intact, (AC) start setting up with Quiver Dance if you can't 2HKO the opposing pokemon with Hurricane in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and proceed to whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute as necessary. If you can live survive a hit from the opposing Pokemon without using Quiver Dance and can 2HKO the opposing Pokemon it then use Hurricane. Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-Speed or Deoxys-S, and Mega Tyranitar, (AC) as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target to sleep and set-up by putting it to sleep and setting up. (AP) and with itself being taunted When Taunted, (AC) it Vivillon is no longer able to fulfil fulfill its purpose, (AC) as an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to them foes with its mediocre Special Attack. Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora or and Crustle should also be avoided, (AC) as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane and all have ways to deal with sleep; (Remove semicolon) (AC), whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon, (RC) or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon, (AC) and breaks breaking its Substitute and OHKOs OHKOing it after only 2 hits.

Team Options
========

Vivillon needs an ally which that can deal with one of 1v1's most prominent threats, Mega Charizard X, (RC) (AP). (Spoke to a 1v1 mod and they said Mega Charizard X is the most prominent of the two; if you want to mention both you can but change it to "with some of 1v1's most prominent threats such as Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y.) hence Therefore, having a Ground-type teammate like Landorus-T, Donphan, (AC) and or Garchomp are is very useful in dealing with them Mega Charizard X, (Keep "them" if you decided to keep the mention of both Mega Charizard X and Y in the previous sentence) in addition to beating some of the Steel- and Electric-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Zeraora, (AC) and Mega Mawile. (AP) while Vivillon can beat slow Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Mega Swampert, (AC) and Mega Blastoise in return. (Broke them into two separate sentences for better flow) Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X, (AC) and Mega Charizard Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Water-types struggle with. Having a stallbreaker on your team such as Kommo-o, Metal Sound Aegislash, (AC) or Taunt Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital, (RC) in order to overpower Taunt-users Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-Speed Deoxys-S, while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and non-Choice Scarf Togekiss, (AC) which they all struggle with. Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny, (AC) and Sawk are also other options if you want to deal with the aforementioned Steel-types, (AC) while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, and Mega Slowbro. Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora, (AC) and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny, (AC) and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon. (AP) while In return, (AC) Vivillon can defeat bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, non-Extreme Speed Zygarde-C, (AC) and Suicune for them.

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

Vivillon doesn't have a lot of other options because it needs all of its moves to function as the Pokemon it is. (AP) and that it doesn't need to run any other moves in which would make it beat any other Pokemon. (This isn't really true because you talk about how Energy Ball being an other option that guarantees to beat Carracosta below this) Vivillon's movepool is very limited for 1v1 standards, (Repetition, mentioned in the first sentence) One of the only other options it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its previous Rock-types counters like Carracosta. Flyinium Z is another option also if you want to guarantee to beat Vivillon beating Kommo-o whilst while also improving matchups against Taunt Mega Gyarados.

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

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 89 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 metagame can usually beat it 1v1, (RC) one-on-one. Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf or maximum Speed Porygon-Z, (AC) and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.

**Sleep-immunity Sleep Immunity**: Tapu Fini, one of the best bulky Water-types in the 1v1 metagame, (AC) gives Vivillon a hard time due to Misty Surge leaving Vivillon unable to perform its job. In addition to this, there are many Grass-types that have immunity to Sleep Powder and can beat it with their respective moves such as Ferrothorn, Jumpluff, (AC) and Rock Tomb Tapu Bulu. Furthermore, Mega Sableye is another issue for Vivillon, (AC) as it can redirect Sleep Powder through its ability Magic Bounce, (AC) and also can use Snarl at against it to decrease its Special Attack, (AC) or use Calm Mind to boost its Special Attack, (AC) cancelling out the Vivillon's boosts from Quiver Dance effect and leaving it having to trust solely on Hurricane confusion hax.

**Priority**: Pokemon with strong priority moves such as Dragonite, Aegislash, (AC) and Mega Scizor are dangerous, (AC) leaving Vivillon's only chance to win being sleep turns and hoping they don't wake up. (AP) However, (AC) they all can have problems with Vivillon if it is behind a Substitute and can use Quiver Dance safely.

**Taunt-users Taunt Users**: The main focus of the set is around Sleep Powder, (AC) so if Vivillon happens to 1v1 to face either a Mega Gyarados or a Mega Tyranitar one-on-one it becomes very hard for Vivillon to win due to sleep turns and that Vivillon it needs boosts to beat either of the threats mentioned.

**Multi-hit Moves**: Pokemon such as Golem and Crustle can use Rock Blast to ignore Substitute and inevitably beat it Vivillon after only two rounds of Rock Blast.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[poison-adhesive, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[synonimous, 457703], [lost-heros, 316445], [osra, 239997]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

 

[PA]

implemented

 

[Empress]

I've got something else to take care of at this time; unreserving for now. Sorry about that.

 

[deetah]

I am an official member of the GP team now, stamping my above check to count for 1/2!

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 2/2

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[OVERVIEW]

Vivillon has a valuable niche within the 1v1 metagame due to its access to the combination of Sleep Powder and Compound Eyes. This allows Vivillon to become the fastest user of a reliable sleep move in the metagame, letting it shut down virtually any foe that it can outspeed, (comma) This includes including (repetitive sentence structure) some of 1v1's most prominent threats such as Magearna, Mega Gyarados, (AC) and Magnezone. Vivillon also has access to a strong STAB move in Hurricane, (AC) which with a combination of combined with Quiver Dance and Sleep Powder allows it to defeat Pokemon slower than it, such as Aegislash and Mega Altaria. However, it faces a lot of competition with from other sleep Pokemon such as Jumpluff and Mega Gengar, all of which are faster than Vivillon and can cover most of the 1v1 metagame. Despite this, Vivillon can be considered to be better due to a more reliable accurate Sleep Powder making it more reliable than Jumpluff or Mega Gengar. Vivillon struggles against Rock-types like Golem and Crustle that carry multi-hit moves such as Rock Blast, leaving it unable to do its job effectively. Lastly, Vivillon is very frail extreme frailty on top of the fact that it has a horrible defensive typing and a mediocre Speed tier leaving it leave Vivillon vulnerable to the plethora of Fire-, Electric- and Flying-types within the tier such as Mega Charizard, Zeraora, and Mega Pinsir.

[SET]
name: Sleep Powder
move 1: Sleep Powder
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Quiver Dance
item: Leftovers
ability: Compound Eyes
nature: Timid Nature
evs: 16 HP / 240 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Sleep Powder is the only reason to run Vivillon thanks to its ability Compound Eyes increasing its accuracy to 97.5% making it far more reliable and consistent, allowing it to incapacitate a slower foe. Substitute allows Vivillon to avoid being KOed when foes wake up from sleep. Hurricane is Vivillon's strongest STAB move and is reliable to due to Compound Eyes boosting its accuracy to 91%. Quiver Dance in conjunction with Sleep Powder is Vivillon's main way of breaking through more bulkier Pokemon such as Twinkle Tackle Magearna, Aegislash, and Magnezone.

Set Details
========

Compound Eyes is Vivillon's main ability, increasing the accuracy of its moves allowing making Sleep Powder and Hurricane to become far more reliable than usual. 16 HP EVs give Vivillon the most efficient recovery with Leftovers possible while also allowing it to spam Substitute as much as possible, giving it the best chance to beat a Pokemon that has been put to sleep in case of bad luck with sleep turns. Maximum Speed investment is necessary to make Vivillon as fast as possible while maximizing its offensive presence. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack to make Vivillon's Hurricane hit as strong hard as possible.

Usage Tips
========

Sleep Powder is generally going to be the best turn one play, as it can put slow Pokemon to sleep that aren't Grass-types to sleep. Use Quiver Dance or Substitute against Grass-types and opposing Pokemon (probably just clarify this as Overcoat users) like Kommo-o unless they get a wake up turn one wake-up immediately, (AC) (how would they when they're immune to Spore?) or immediately use Hurricane if the opposing Pokemon has the capabilities ability to beat Vivillon like Mega Heracross, Whimsicott, and Tapu Bulu. Once the foe has been put to sleep, use Substitute in order to ensure that you don't lose to a turn one wake-up if it wakes up immediately, and if the Substitute is still intact, start setting up with Quiver Dance if you can't 2HKO the opposing Pokemon with Hurricane in order to bolster Hurricane's firepower and proceed to whittle the opposing Pokemon down, using Sleep Powder and Substitute depending on the situation. If you can survive a hit from the opposing Pokemon without using Quiver Dance and 2HKO it, (AC) then use Hurricane. Vivillon shouldn't be sent out against Taunt-oriented Pokemon users such as Kee Berry Mew, Deoxys-S, (AC) or and Mega Tyranitar, as the whole purpose of the set is to incapacitate its target by putting it to sleep and setting up, (comma) When taunted, Vivillon is no longer able to fulfill its purpose as and an unboosted Hurricane won't do a lot to foes with its Vivillon's mediocre Special Attack. Rock- and Electric-type Pokemon such as Zeraora and Crustle should also be avoided, as they resist Vivillon's only attacking move in Hurricane, (AC) and all have ways to deal with sleep whether it is by outspeeding Vivillon or having Rock Blast which is 4x super effective to Vivillon breaking its Substitute and OHKOing it after only 2 hits with super effective Rock Blast.

Team Options
========

Vivillon needs an ally that can deal with one of 1v1's most prominent threats, Mega Charizard X, (comma) Therefore, having such as a Ground-type teammate like Landorus-T, Donphan, or Garchomp, (AC) is very useful in dealing with Mega Charizard X, in addition to beating which can also beat some of the Steel- and Electric-types in the tier such as Mega Metagross, Zeraora, and Mega Mawile. Vivillon can beat slow Water-type pokemon such as Primarina, Mega Swampert and Mega Blastoise in return. Water-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Greninja, and Mega Gyarados are also great allies for Vivillon, dealing with common Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y, Victini, and Volcarona, while Vivillon handles the Grass-types such as Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Tapu Bulu that the Water-types they struggle with. Having a stallbreaker on your team such as Kommo-o, Metal Sound Aegislash, or Taunt Crunch Mega Gyarados is vital (RC) in order to overpower Taunt users such as Kee Berry Mew and Deoxys-S, (AC) while Vivillon can beat some of the Fairy-types in the tier such as Magearna and non-Choice Scarf Togekiss, which they all struggle with. Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Mega Lopunny, and Sawk are also other options if you want to deal with the aforementioned Steel-types, while Vivillon can deal with some of the slower Bug- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Genesect, Necrozma, and Mega Slowbro. Finally, Vivillon has a hard time against faster foes such as Greninja, Zeraora, and Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, so even faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Haxorus, Mega Lopunny, and Choice Scarf Sawk make great partners for Vivillon. In return, Vivillon can defeat bulky Pokemon like Mega Slowbro, non-Extreme Speed Zygarde-C, and Suicune for them.

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

Vivillon doesn't have a lot of other options because it needs all of its moves to function. (then should they be mentioned at all?) One of the other options it can choose to run is Energy Ball to beat some of its Rock-types counters like Carracosta. Flyinium Z is another option if you want to guarantee to beat Kommo-o while also improving matchups against Taunt Mega Gyarados.

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

**Faster Pokemon**: Any Pokemon that passes the base 89 Speed benchmark with or without a Choice Scarf in the 1v1 metagame can usually beat it Vivillon one-on-one. Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, Choice Specs Greninja, Choice Scarf or maximum Speed Porygon-Z, and Garchomp are just some examples that can easily beat it.

**Sleep Immunity**: Tapu Fini, one of the best bulky Water-types in the 1v1 metagame, gives Vivillon a hard time due to Misty Surge leaving Vivillon unable to perform its job. In addition to this, there are many Grass-types that have immunity are immune to Sleep Powder and can beat it Vivillon with their respective moves such as Ferrothorn, Jumpluff, and Rock Tomb Tapu Bulu. Furthermore, Mega Sableye is another issue for Vivillon, (AC) as it can redirect bounce back Sleep Powder through its ability Magic Bounce, use Snarl against it to decrease its Special Attack, or use Calm Mind to boost its Special Attack cancelling cancel out Vivillon's boosts, (AC) leaving it to trust solely on Hurricane confusion hax.

**Priority**: Pokemon with strong priority moves such as Dragonite, Aegislash, and Mega Scizor are dangerous, leaving Vivillon's only chance able to win being sleep turns and through hoping they don't wake up. However, they all can have problems with Vivillon if it is behind a Substitute and can use Quiver Dance safely.

**Taunt Users**: Since the main focus of the set is focused around Sleep Powder, (AC) so if Vivillon happens to face either a Mega Gyarados or Mega Tyranitar, (AC) one-on-one it becomes very hard for Vivillon to win due to the number of sleep turns and that it needs boosts that it needs to beat either of the threats mentioned them.

**Multi-hit Moves**: Pokemon such as Golem and Crustle can use Rock Blast to ignore Substitute and inevitably beat Vivlllon Vivillon after only two rounds of Rock Blast.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[poison-adhesive, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[synonimous, 457703], [lost-heros, 316445], [osra, 239997]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

 

[PA]

implemented everything bar this

(probably just clarify this as Overcoat users) like Kommo-o unless they get a wake up turn one wake-up immediately, (AC) (how would they when they're immune to Spore?)

kommo-o's overcoat isn't relevant enough to get a mention according to usage stats and there aren't any overcoat users relevant enough to get a mention either so just left it

 

[Lumari]

kommo-o's overcoat isn't relevant enough to get a mention according to usage stats and there aren't any overcoat users relevant enough to get a mention either so just left it

That sentence still doesn't make sense though then, Grass-types aren't gonna get a first-turn wake when they can't be put to sleep in the first place.

Also sentence structure / context is gonna make people read this as Overcoat Kommo-o, if that's not the reason why you chose to mention it then make that a bit more specific.

 

[PA]

implemented ready to be uploaded

 

[Ginger Princess]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/vivillon/1v1/

Uploaded!