[1v1] Nihilego



Overview:


Nihilego is capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its Rock / Poison typing, which is offensively good against two major forces in the 1v1 metagame&mdashKyurem-B and Charizard. This combined with a Speed stat that just outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those two Pokemon. Its formidable special bulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Keldeo with ease. Also, while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack in a metagame inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, Z-Moves help Nihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour is used. Although it has a base Defense of 47, it is physically not too frail and can tank Kyurem-B's STAB Outrage with investment in Defense. Thus, Nihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super effective physical moves, and its 4x weakness, Ground, is largely made up of physically based Pokemon. Also, Nihilego’s typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't KO due to lack of coverage. Its low Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant, and Terrakion.




Rockium Z:
Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 132 SpA
Modest Nature
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

Acid Spray can be used to weaken opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro, Calm Mind Mega Sableye, and Stockpile Toxapex while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well. Substitute blocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, and sleep-inducing moves, since Nihilego could be the target for Spore and Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter in totally clueless matchups. Power Gem helps in defeating Kyurem-B, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X and, by extension, other Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities.

Set Details:

The EVs allow Nihilego to tank a maximum-Attack Mega Charizard X Outrage, and the rest of the EVs go into the Special Attack to allow Nihilego to take out full-HP moderately bulky Kyurem-B with Continental Crush. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Power Continental Crush, which is required to take out Kyurem-B and Charizard.

Usage Tips:
Nihilego's Rock / Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon, since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary targets are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by Acid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against them. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Team Options:

Nihilego's low Defense and weakness to Ground make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Kyurem-B, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and inability to handle Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon make it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of their Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to Water-types, Grass-type Pokemon like Kartana and Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Water-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic- and Steel-type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its Psychic and Steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and Rock weaknesses.

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:

Since Nihilego has a good Speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the aforementioned EV set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-types and slow Ground-type Pokemon more easily. However, these sets could be countered easily by Pokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to bulk against a Z-Move user, since it takes a lot more EVs.



Checks and Counters:

Substitute-stall Pokemon: Pokemon that utilize Substitute to stall like Toxapex can be tough to crack, since Nihilego depends on Acid Spray to get through bulky Pokemon.

Special Tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily and return the damage in full with Psychic or Psyshock and Waterfall, respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage since they can endure one attack from Nihilego and KO back with their own

Strong STAB hitters: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon that can survive its attacks and return with strong super effective STAB attacks, like Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega Metagross, and Ferrothorn check Nihilego because its Poison-type attacks deal no damage and Rock-type attacks are not very effective.

Ground-type Pokemon: Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego’s STAB attacks.
 
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lost heros

Meme Master


OVERVIEW:

Nihilego is an Ultra Beast capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Just making sure, this isn't apart of the analysis right?

  • Its advantage lies in its typing as Rock/Poison combined with a speed stat to just outspeed common fire type threats in the 1v1 metagame.
  • It has a formidable special tanking capability because of its 109 HP/ 131 SpecialDefence, (write this as SpD) which allows it to tank up to 2X special STAB weaknesses with ease. Reword this to make it more clear what you're trying to say
  • Also, while it might seem to have moderate offense stat(127SpecialAttack) in a meta inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, the introduction of ZMoves means that it's capable of destruction to the required level. Streamline this to say something like "Z Moves are able to buff Nihilego's moderate Special Attack
  • It is also worth mentioning that, contrary to what its defense stat(47) seem to suggest, it is not physically weak to, considering that it can comfortably tank the metagame's most offense-based Mon, Kyurem's STAB Outrage, with some investment in Defense.
  • Thus, its capabilities lie it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well.
  • Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super-effective 2X offense moves, and its 4X weakness being largely physical based mons.



SET 1 [NihiliumZ] : Change the set name to Just Rockium Z. Nihilium Z may come off as confusing

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 108 SpA / 24 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

  • Acid Spray can be used against Pokemon which starts setting up stall like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro/Mega Sableye or Stockpile Quagsire/Toxapex. This move serves as an offense move which reduces defences, a perfect start to finish off bulky special tanks like Snorlax or Chansey.
  • Substitute is here to check Thunder Wavers, Mirror Coaters or sleep-inducing moves since, being slow, this could be the target for Spore/Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, ZMoves it might encounter against totally clueless matchups.
  • Power Gem helps in eradicating Defeating not Eradicating Kyurem-Black and Mega Charizard X/Y (and by extension, other fire and ice types and also bug type Pokemon).
  • Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities, for example.
Set Details:

  • The Nihilego here is bulked to just tank a full offense Mega Charizard-X Outrage, while the rest of the EV's went into the special attack, with the special attack being just enough to take out full HP moderately bulked Kyurem-Black with Z-Power Gem.
  • No investment in Special Defence is needed since it comfortably tanks hydro pump from the likes of Keldeo.
  • And the speed?

Usage tips:
  • Since it has pretty decent special tanking capability, and moderate physical tanking capability, it could be used to grab wins against the Charizards, Kyurem-Black, Mega Venusaur, Whimsicott, Chansey, Mega Sableye, Snorlax, Pyukumuku, Dusclops, and many other stall Pokemon. Try to generalize what kind of pokemon to use Nihilego against, ie Physically Offensive pokemon or Fire-types
  • Add a line here to when to avoid using Nihilego
  • Since it's target audience is stall mons, best course of action would be to sub->acid spray->ZPowerGem/SludgeWave, depending on the type.
  • Add a line against bulky pokemon like Kyurem-B and Mega Charizard X

Teammates Options:

  • It has not very good defense and is weak to ground, so Avalugg with its ridiculously high Defense seems to fit in very well with Nihilego. Add more teammates here that can beat Ground-types like KyuB.
  • With this team, since Magnezone, Crustle and few other sturdy Pokemon seem to be a problem, a sturdy counter like Mega Gyarados or Mega Venusaur could serve as an awesome teammate to this combo.
  • Add a line about pokemon that can beat Water-types like Mega Gyarados and Mega Blastoise
  • Add a line about pokemon that can beat Meloetta or other special tanks
  • Ada a line about pokemon that can beat steel-types

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:


  • Since Nihilego has a good speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast ZMover, or the same set with PoisoniumZ to check Fairy Types even more.
  • A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check fighting type and slow ground type Pokemon in a better way.

But again, these sets could be countered easily by bulking the Pokemon to survive it, whereas it is significantly tougher to button against a ZMove user since it takes a lot more EVs.

Checks and Counters:

Checks:

Substitute stall Pokemon could be a tough nut to crack since Nihilego depends on acid spray to get through high defences, and so, serves as a low-key check to Nihilego. Such as

Counters:


Special tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily, and return the damage in full with Psychic/Psyshock and Waterfall respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage.

Strong STAB hitters: well, this Pokemon is easily cracked by mons which can survive its offense and return back with strong STAB 2X attacks, like Mega Blastoise Hydro Cannon.

How about most Steel-types? Being immune to poison moves and resisting rock moves, they seem like a solid counter
Factually, this is mostly good. The format, however, is quite off. Try to be more clear and don't do those non-bulleted points because I'm not sure if you want them apart of the analysis or not. Look through this http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/spelling-and-grammar-standards.3588427/ and some other analyses.

I'm going to hold of on QC 1/3 until you update the format and writing.
 
Factually, this is mostly good. The format, however, is quite off. Try to be more clear and don't do those non-bulleted points because I'm not sure if you want them apart of the analysis or not. Look through this http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/spelling-and-grammar-standards.3588427/ and some other analyses.

I'm going to hold of on QC 1/3 until you update the format and writing.
I'll surely do the necessary changes; if you could be a bit specific about where I should rectify, I'll be more than happy to.
 

lost heros

Meme Master
I'll surely do the necessary changes; if you could be a bit specific about where I should rectify, I'll be more than happy to.
Overall the tone is just a bit informal. Avoid using words like decimated or eradicating. And make sure to use the correct terminology, ie super effective or other things referred to in the spelling and grammar standards thread. Besides that, the comments in bold in the quote are my notes.
 
Overall the tone is just a bit informal. Avoid using words like decimated or eradicating. And make sure to use the correct terminology, ie super effective or other things referred to in the spelling and grammar standards thread. Besides that, the comments in bold in the quote are my notes.
I've edited everything you've said in bold, and modified where it seemed to be too casual.
 

lost heros

Meme Master


OVERVIEW:

Nihilego is an Ultra Beast capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent.

  • Its advantage lies in its typing as Rock/Poison combined with a speed stat to just outspeed common fire type threats in the 1v1 metagame.
  • It has a formidable special tanking capability because of its 109HP/131SpD which allows it to tank (2X Super Effective special offensive STAB weaknesses) Instead of saying all this, replace it with "strong moves like a ___ from ____" and then give an example with ease.
  • Also,while it might seem to have moderate offense stat (127SpecialAttack) take out parantheses (in a meta inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, the introduction of ZMoves means that it's capable of destruction to the required level) Change this bit to "Z-moves gives it the necessary strength to take out powerful threats.)
  • (It is also worth mentioning that, contrary to what its defense stat(47) seem to suggest,) Replace this with "Although it only has a base Defense stat of 47 it is not physically weak (to, considering that it can comfortably tank the metagame's most offense-based Mon, Kyurem's STAB Outrage, with some investment in Defense.) Replace this with "and can, after some investment, tank strong physical moves like Kyurem-B's Outrage.
  • Thus, its capabilities lie it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well.
  • Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super-effective 2X offense This should be Super Effective Physical moves, and its 4X weakness to ground being largely physical based mons. Pokemon should always be referred to as Pokemon not mons.


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SET 1 [RockiumZ] :

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 108 SpA / 24 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

  • Acid Spray can be used against Pokemon which starts setting up stall like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro/Mega Sableye or Stockpile Quagsire/Toxapex. This move serves as an offense move which reduces defences, a perfect start to finish off bulky special tanks like Snorlax or Chansey.
  • Substitute is here to check Thunder Wavers, Mirror Coaters or sleep-inducing moves since This should be changed to Pokemon that use Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat, or sleep-inducing moves. Being slow, this could be the target for Spore/Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter against totally clueless matchups.
  • Power Gem helps in defeating Kyurem-Black and Mega Charizard X/Y(and by extension, other fire and ice types and also bug type Pokemon). remove parentheses
  • Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities, for example.
Set Details:

  • The Nihilego here is bulked to just tank a full offense Mega Charizard-X Outrage, while the rest of the EV's went into the special attack, with the special attack being just enough to take out full HP moderately bulked Kyurem-Black with Z-Power Gem.
  • No investment in Special Defence is needed since it comfortably tanks hydro pump from the likes of Keldeo. If there is no investment don't mention the stat
  • The speed is to outspeed other no speed invested Nihilego. So apparently in analyses you can't justify a speed investment to speed creep the same pokemon. So either give a different reason for this speed or just put the EVs into SpA

Usage tips:
  • Since it has pretty decent special tanking capability, and moderate physical tanking capability, it could be used to grab wins against the Charizards, Kyurem-Black, Mega Venusaur, Whimsicott, Chansey, Mega Sableye, Snorlax, Pyukumuku, Dusclops, and many other stall Pokemon.
  • This can also be used against Fire, Bug, and Ice type special attackers like Volcarona since it has good special bulk.
  • Since it's target audience is stall mons, best course of action would be to sub->acid spray->ZPowerGem/SludgeWave, depending on the type. Again change mons to pokemon and remove the arrows and make them words.
  • Try to avoid sending it in against Steel type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against Steel type Pokemon. And what else should you be cautious of when trying to decide whether or not to use Nihilego?

Teammates Options:

  • It has not very good defense and is weak to ground, so ice type Pokemon Avalugg and Kyurem-Black seem to fit in very well with Nihilego.
  • With this team, since Magnezone,Crustle and few other sturdy Pokemon seem to be a problem, a sturdy counter like Mega Gyarados or Mega Venusaur could serve as an awesome teammate to this combo. It's important to remember that you're not building a team here but rather suggesting partners. So instead of saying "with this team" try "Nihilego struggles with Magnezone, Crustle ... so a sturdy counter like Mega Gyarados or Mega Venusaur can cover up this weakness"
  • Since Nihilego is weak to water types, psychic types and steel types, Volcarona and Shaymin also serves to counter Nihilego's weaknesses. I'd separate this into 2-3 lines. One for teammates that can cover Steel types like Volcarona and one that can cover water types like Shaymin and then try to give one more example for each one.

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:


  • Since Nihilego has a good speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast ZMover, or the same set with PoisoniumZ to check Fairy Types even more.
  • A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check fighting type and slow ground type Pokemon in a better way.

But again, these sets could be countered easily by bulking the Pokemon to survive it, whereas it is significantly tougher to button against a ZMove user since it takes a lot more EVs.

Checks and Counters:

Checks:

Substitute stall Pokemon could be a tough nut to crack since Nihilego depends on acid spray to get through high defences, and so, some substitute stall mons like Toxapex or Snorlax could serve as a low-key check to Nihilego.

Counters:

  • Special tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily, and return the damage in full with Psychic/Psyshock and Waterfall respectively.
  • Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage.
  • Strong STAB hitters: well, this Pokemon is easily cracked by mons which can survive its offense and return back with strong STAB 2X attacks, like Mega Blastoise Hydro Cannon.
  • Steel-type Pokemon, example since Poison type moves deal no damage and rock type moves damage not very effective damage on steel type Pokemon.
Either remove the stuff that's not in bullet points or put it in bullet points so that we know it's apart of the analysis.
Pokemon should always be referred to as such and not mons.
Typings should be referred to with hyphens so it's fire-type Pokemon or Fire-, Ice-, and Water-types.

Implement the bold changes in the quote and try to go through the analysis and fix the broader notes I left here.
I'm going to give you a tentative QC 1/3 because most of the info is here the writing is just off.
 
Either remove the stuff that's not in bullet points or put it in bullet points so that we know it's apart of the analysis.
Pokemon should always be referred to as such and not mons.
Typings should be referred to with hyphens so it's fire-type Pokemon or Fire-, Ice-, and Water-types.

Implement the bold changes in the quote and try to go through the analysis and fix the broader notes I left here.
I'm going to give you a tentative QC 1/3 because most of the info is here the writing is just off.
I've done the mentioned rectifications, thank you for helping, and looking forward to your comments
 

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OVERVIEW:

Nihilego is an Ultra Beast capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent.

  • Its advantage lies in its typing as Rock/Poison combined with a speed stat to just outspeed common fire type threats in the 1v1 metagame.
  • It has a formidable special tanking capability because of its 109HP/131SpD which allows it to tank, lik strong moves like a hydro pumpfrom keldeo with ease.
  • Also,while it might seem to have a moderate 127SpecialAttack in a meta inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, ZMoves give it the necessary power to take out powerful threats.
  • Although it has a base defense of 47, it is physically not too weak, and can tank Kyurem-Black's STAB Outrage, with some investment in Defense.
  • Thus, its capabilities lie it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well.
  • Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super-effective 2X Physical offense moves, and its 4X weakness, Ground, being largely physical based Pokemon.



SET 1 [RockiumZ] :

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 132 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

  • Acid Spray can be used against Pokemon which starts setting up stall like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro/Mega Sableye or Stockpile Quagsire/Toxapex. This move serves as an offense move which reduces defences, a perfect start to finish off bulky special tanks like Snorlax or Chansey.
  • Substitute is here to check Pokemon that use Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat or sleep-inducing moves since, being slow, this could be the target for Spore/Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, ZMoves it might encounter against totally clueless matchups.
  • Power Gem helps in defeating Kyurem-Black and Mega Charizard X/Y and by extension, other fire and ice types and also bug type Pokemon.
  • Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities, for example.
Set Details:

  • The Nihilego here is bulked to just tank a full offense Mega Charizard-X Outrage, while the rest of the EV's went into the special attack, with the special attack being just enough to take out full HP moderately bulked Kyurem-Black with Z-Power Gem.
  • The 132 SpA with a modest nature helps in defeating Kyurem-Black, both Mega Charizards, amongst others

Usage tips:
  • Since it has pretty decent special tanking capability, and moderate physical tanking capability, it could be used to grab wins against the Charizards, Kyurem-Black, Mega Venusaur, Whimsicott, Chansey, Mega Sableye, Snorlax, Pyukumuku, Dusclops, and many other stall Pokemon.
  • This can also be used against Fire, Bug, and Ice type special attackers like Volcarona since it has good special bulk.
  • Since it's target audience is stall Pokemon, best course of action would be to sub followed by acid spray and then finishing with ZPowerGem/SludgeWave, depending on the type.
  • Try to avoid sending it in against Steel type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against Steel type Pokemon. And since some Mega Charizard X might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego vs a Mega Charizard X.

Teammates Options:

  • It has not very good defense and is weak to ground, so ice-type Pokemon Avalugg and Kyurem-Black seem to fit in very well with Nihilego.
  • Nihilego struggles with matches-up like Magnezone,Crustle and few other sturdy Pokemon, so a sturdy counter like Mega Gyarados or Mega Venusaur could serve as an awesome teammate to this combo.
  • Since Nihilego is weak to water-types, grass-type Pokemon like Shaymin or Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Nihilego's water weaknesses.
  • Also, since Nihilego is weak to Psychic-and Steel- Type Pokemon, Volcarona can be a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its weaknesses.

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:


  • Since Nihilego has a good speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast ZMover, or the same set with PoisoniumZ to check Fairy-types even more.
  • A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-type and slow ground type Pokemon in a better way.

But again, these sets could be countered easily by bulking the Pokemon to survive it, whereas it is significantly tougher to button against a ZMove user since it takes a lot more EVs.

Checks and Counters:

Checks:

Substitute stall Pokemon could be a tough nut to crack since Nihilego depends on acid spray to get through high defences, and so, some substitute stall Pokemon like Toxapex or Snorlax could serve as a low-key check to Nihilego.

Counters:

  • Special tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily, and return the damage in full with Psychic/Psyshock and Waterfall respectively.
  • Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage.
  • Strong STAB hitters: well, this Pokemon is easily cracked by Pokemon which can survive its offense and return back with strong STAB 2X attacks, like Mega Blastoise Hydro Cannon.
  • Steel-type Pokemon like Lucario-M or Ferrothorn since Poison type moves deal no damage and rock type moves damage not very effective damage on steel type Pokemon.
Hello! n_n

OVERVIEW

In Positives
+Mention why the Rock/Poison typing is good in the 1v1 metagame, what advantage does it give it.
+Name common Pokemon it outspeeds, such as Charizard.
+In special defensive tanking name a more common threat that it can tank other than Keldeo
+Just restate the Special Attack phrase it doesn't work. You can say that 127 Special Attack gives it enough power to do its job in checking notably Fire-, and Fairy-type Pokemon and others.

In Negatives
-Mention that Rock/Poison doesn't hit a lot of Pokemon effectively notably the abundant Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon which is its main flaw in the metagame. Also Rock/Poison isn't also good defensively.
-Put the light on its weak defenses more that makes it weak to a lot of attacks also to faster threats.


SET COMMENTS:

Moves:


-Reword Acid Spray to; Acid Spray is the focal point of the set allowing Nihilego to beat a lot of bulky threats namely... (Also remove Quagsire, it's useless against it, it will most likely because of the Ground typing)
-Substitute's phrase should also be reworded to mention that Substitute is used to hide from Status moves such as Sleep, and Thunder Wave, while also making it survive a Mirror Coat or evade Z-moves from the foe.

Set Details:

ok

Usage tips:

-This should be reworded to; Send out Nihilego when suspecting that the opponent is going to send in either Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon such as ___ because Nihilego have an easier matchup against them. Nihilego can also be used against Stall Pokemon thanks to Acid Spray allowing it to reduce the foe's special defense...
-When changing the above this line is useless.
-Nihilego doesn't like facing both Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon notably Sturdy users.
-Nihilego's weak defenses mean that it is prone to fast or bulky offensive threats, especially those who resists its STABS [Examples of Pokemon] so avoid sending it...

Teammates Options:

-Nihilego's mediocre Defense stat means that it should be paired against bulkier physically defensive Pokemon such as [...]
-Nihilego's typing and inability to hit both Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon mean that it should be paired with a Pokemon that can defeat them [examples...]
-I'd say using Pokemon that can defeat these Water-type Pokemon such as Electric-, and Grass-type Pokemon and name a few relevant ones because both Shaymin amd Mega Sceptile aren't relevant in the metagame.
-In this check I put a phrase for Steel-type Pokemon, so you might keep Psychic-types and put something relevant here.
-Add physically offensive Pokemon since Nihilego is specially based and name two or three that can check Water-, Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon.

Other Options:

idk looks good to me

Checks and Counters:

This isn't how you write Checks and Counters, please refer to this: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-mega-charizard-x-qc-3-3.3599472 and see how you write it.


Not bad for a first analysis, lacks some solid information, implement this check, fix checks and counters then re-tag me so I can give the qc stamp. No qc for now.




 
Hello! n_n

OVERVIEW

In Positives
+Mention why the Rock/Poison typing is good in the 1v1 metagame, what advantage does it give it.
+Name common Pokemon it outspeeds, such as Charizard.
+In special defensive tanking name a more common threat that it can tank other than Keldeo
+Just restate the Special Attack phrase it doesn't work. You can say that 127 Special Attack gives it enough power to do its job in checking notably Fire-, and Fairy-type Pokemon and others.

In Negatives
-Mention that Rock/Poison doesn't hit a lot of Pokemon effectively notably the abundant Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon which is its main flaw in the metagame. Also Rock/Poison isn't also good defensively.
-Put the light on its weak defenses more that makes it weak to a lot of attacks also to faster threats.


SET COMMENTS:

Moves:


-Reword Acid Spray to; Acid Spray is the focal point of the set allowing Nihilego to beat a lot of bulky threats namely... (Also remove Quagsire, it's useless against it, it will most likely because of the Ground typing)
-Substitute's phrase should also be reworded to mention that Substitute is used to hide from Status moves such as Sleep, and Thunder Wave, while also making it survive a Mirror Coat or evade Z-moves from the foe.

Set Details:

ok

Usage tips:

-This should be reworded to; Send out Nihilego when suspecting that the opponent is going to send in either Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fairy-type Pokemon such as ___ because Nihilego have an easier matchup against them. Nihilego can also be used against Stall Pokemon thanks to Acid Spray allowing it to reduce the foe's special defense...
-When changing the above this line is useless.
-Nihilego doesn't like facing both Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon notably Sturdy users.
-Nihilego's weak defenses mean that it is prone to fast or bulky offensive threats, especially those who resists its STABS [Examples of Pokemon] so avoid sending it...

Teammates Options:

-Nihilego's mediocre Defense stat means that it should be paired against bulkier physically defensive Pokemon such as [...]
-Nihilego's typing and inability to hit both Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon mean that it should be paired with a Pokemon that can defeat them [examples...]
-I'd say using Pokemon that can defeat these Water-type Pokemon such as Electric-, and Grass-type Pokemon and name a few relevant ones because both Shaymin amd Mega Sceptile aren't relevant in the metagame.
-In this check I put a phrase for Steel-type Pokemon, so you might keep Psychic-types and put something relevant here.
-Add physically offensive Pokemon since Nihilego is specially based and name two or three that can check Water-, Steel-, and Ground-type Pokemon.

Other Options:

idk looks good to me

Checks and Counters:

This isn't how you write Checks and Counters, please refer to this: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-mega-charizard-x-qc-3-3.3599472 and see how you write it.


Not bad for a first analysis, lacks some solid information, implement this check, fix checks and counters then re-tag me so I can give the qc stamp. No qc for now.
I've corrected all other things, only this C&C thing is killing me, because I can't come up with anything better. I feel I've covered its weakness fairly enough. Looking forward to your suggestions, because I'm out of ideas to make it better and formal.
 
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In Moves, Acid Spray: Remove Quagsire. I'm p sure Quagsire just attacks and win.

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OVERVIEW:

Nihilego is an Ultra Beast capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. (I hope this is a part of the analysis)

  • Its advantage lies in its typing as Rock/Poison, which is able to attack two major forces in the 1v1 Metagame-Kyurem-Black and Mega Charizards. That combined with a speed stat to just outspeed them makes it a decent counter to those two mons.
  • It has a formidable special tanking capability because of its 109HP/131SpD which allows it to tank lik strong moves like Hydro Pump from Keldeo with ease.
  • Also,while it might seem to have a moderate 127 Special Attack in a meta inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, ZMoves help it in countering Rock-, Ice-, Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush, the rock type ZMove or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour, the poison type ZMove.
  • Although it has a base defense of 47, it is physically not too weak, and but can tank Kyurem-Black's STAB Outrage, with some investment in Defense.
  • Thus, its capabilities lie it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well.
  • Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super-effective 2X Physical offense moves, and its 4X weakness, Ground, being largely physical based Pokemon.
  • Also, it's typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't attack due to lack of coverage.
  • Its weak defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant or Terrakion.

SET 1 [RockiumZ] :

Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 132 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

  • Acid Spray is the focal point of this set, which can be used to weaken the defences of opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro/Mega Sableye or Stockpile Toxapex, while not having to worry about being taunted because it deals damage as well.This move serves as an offense move which reduces the foe's Special Defense, a perfect start to finish off bulky special tanks like Snorlax or Chansey.
  • Substitute is here as a wall against Pokemon that use Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat or sleep-inducing moves since, being slow, this could be the target for Spore/Yawn users. It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, ZMoves it might encounter against totally clueless matchups.
  • Power Gem helps in defeating Kyurem-Black and Mega Charizard X/Y and by extension, other fire and ice types and also bug type Pokemon.
  • Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy type Pokemon, like the Guardian Deities, for example.
Set Details:

  • The Nihilego here is bulked to just tank a full offense Mega Charizard-X Outrage, while the rest of the EV's went into the special attack, with the special attack being just enough to take out full HP moderately bulked Kyurem-Black with Z-Power Gem.
  • The 132 SpA with a modest nature helps in defeating Kyurem-Black, both Mega Charizards, amongst others
  • Rockium Z turns Power Gem into a tremendously powerful Continental Crush, a 160 BP Rock-type move.

Usage tips:
  • It's typing in Rock/Poison means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug- and Fairy type Pokemon since Nihilego has an edge over them.
  • Since its target audience is stall Pokemon, best course of action would be to sub followed by acid spray and then finishing with ZPowerGem/SludgeWave, depending on the type.
  • Try to avoid sending it in against Steel type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against Steel type Pokemon. And since some Mega Charizard X might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego vs a Mega Charizard X.

Teammates Options:

  • Its moderate Physical defense and weakness to ground makes ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Kyurem-Black, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego.
  • Nihilego's typing and its inability to handle steel- and ground-type Pokemon makes it a near necessity to have a counter, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of water-type Pokemon's grass weakness.
  • Since Nihilego is weak to water-types, grass-type Pokemon like Kartana or Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Nihilego's water weaknesses. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark type Pokemon.
  • Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic-and Steel- Type Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its psychic and steel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario.
  • Fast Offensive Mega Heracross is another good partner for Nihilego as it can can take on most of the Sturdy Pokemon, Mega Gyarados, Sawk, Subseeders like Jumpluff, Meloetta, and specially bulky Pokemon like Snorlax [// You can use the examples which you like] which are mostly able to defeat Nihilego and at the same time, it can handle Pokemon that defeat Mega Heracross such as both Mega Charizard, Porygon-Z, and by checking its Fairy-type weakness.

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:


  • Since Nihilego has a good speed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast ZMover, or the same set with PoisoniumZ to check Fairy-types even more.
  • A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-type and slow ground type Pokemon in a better way.

But again, these sets could be countered easily by bulking the Pokemon to survive it, whereas it is significantly tougher to button against a ZMove user since it takes a lot more EVs.

Checks and Counters:

  • Substitute stall Pokemon could be a tough nut to crack since Nihilego depends on acid spray to get through high defences, and so, some substitute stall Pokemon like Toxapex or Snorlax could serve as a low-key check to Nihilego. (I don't think that Snorlax uses Substitute)
  • Special tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily, and return the damage in full with Psychic/Psyshock and Waterfall respectively.
  • Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage.
  • Strong STAB hitters: well, this Pokemon Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon which can survive its offense and return back with strong STAB 2X attacks, like Mega Blastoise with Hydro Cannon.
  • Steel-type Pokemon like Mega Lucario, Mega Metagross, Magearna, and Ferrothorn counter Nihilego since Poison type moves deal no damage and rock type moves damage not very effective damage on steel type Pokemon
  • Add in: Ground-type attacks: Since Nihilego is 4x weak to Ground and a lot of Pokemon even other than Ground-type Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, Mega Pinsir, and Mega Tyranitar carry such moves and can OHKO it.
Well-written great analysis! Not much to correct here, should've written it up in paragraph from after the 2nd QC but you can do it now
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OVERVIEW: Overview:

Nihilego is an Ultra Beast capable of decimation and tanking to a respectable extent. Its advantage lies in its typing as Rock / Poison typing, which is able to attackoffensively good against two major forces in the 1v1 Metagame - metagame—Kyurem-B and Mega Charizards. That. This combined with a sSpeed stat tohat just outspeeds them makes it a decent counter to those two Pokemons. It has a formidable special tanking capability because of its 109HP/131SpD whichbulk allows it to tank strong moves like a Hydro Pump from Keldeo with ease. Also,(add space)while it might seem to have a moderate base 127 Special Attack in a metagame inclined towards total decimation or ridiculous stalling, Z-Moves help itNihilego in countering Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type Pokemon if Continental Crush, the rock type Z-Move is used or Grass- and Fairy-type Pokemon if Acid Downpour, the poison type Z-Move is used. Although it has a base dDefense of 47, it is physically not too weak,frail and can tank Kyurem-B's STAB Outrage, with some investment in Defense. (I wouldn’t mention this at all. You need a lot of investment) Thus, itNihilego's capabilities lie in it being both a fast sweeper and a fairly bulky sweeper as well. Having said this, its bulk is just not enough to tank super-effective 2X P effective physical offense moves, and its 4Xx weakness, Ground, beingis largely made up of physically based Pokemon. Also, itNihilego’s typing means that it is weak to Steel- and Ground-type Pokemon, which it can't attackKO due to lack of coverage. Its weak dlow Defense stat also means that it is not able to completely wall all physical Pokemon faster than it like Earthquake Mega Pinsir, Durant or, and Terrakion.




SET 1 [RockiumZ] :
im Z
Nihilego @ Rockium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 128 HP / 248 Def / 132 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Substitute
- Sludge Wave
- Power Gem

SET COMMENTS:

Moves:

Acid Spray is the focal point of this set, which can be used to weaken the defences of opposing bulky Pokemon like Calm Mind Mega Slowbro/, Calm Mind Mega Sableye or, and Stockpile Toxapex, while not having to worry about being Taunted because it deals damage as well.This move serves as an offense move which reduces foe's defences, a perfect start to finish off bulky special tanks like Snorlax or Chansey. (you just said that) Substitute is here as a wall against Pokemon that useblocks Thunder Wave, Mirror Coat or, and sleep-inducing moves, (AC) since, being slow, this Nihilego could be the target for Spore/ and Yawn users. (literally no idea what the ‘being slow’ part means) It also helps in tanking random, possibly fatal, Z-Moves it might encounter against totally clueless matchups.
Power Gem helps in defeating Kyurem-B, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Charizard X/Y and, (AC) by extension, other fire and ice types and also bug Fire-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon. Sludge Wave is helpful against Fairy-type Pokemon, like the Gisland guardian Deities, for example.

Set Details:

The EVs allow Nihilego here is bulked to just tank a full offensemaximum-Attack Mega Charizard- X Outrage, whileand the rest of the EV's went into the special attack, with the special attack being just enoughs go into the Special Attack to allow Nihilego to take out full-(AH)HP moderately bulkedy Kyurem-Black with Continental Crush. The 132 SpA with a modest nature helps in defeating Kyurem-Black, both Mega Charizards, amongst others. Rockium Z converts Power Gem into a strong 160-Base Powered Special attack Continental Crush, which is required to take out Kyurem-B and Mega Charizards.

Usage tips:

Its typing in Rock/
Tips:

Nihilego's Rock /
Poison typing means it can be sent against Fire-, Ice-, Bug-, (AC) and Fairy-type Pokemon, (AC) since Nihilego has an edge over them. Since its primary target audience iss are stall Pokemon, the best course of action would be to use Substitute followed by acid sAcid Spray and then finishing with Continental Crush/ or Acid Downpour, depending on the type. Try to avoid sending it in against Steel-type Pokemon, because Nihilego has nothing to use against Steel type Pokemon. And sthem. Since some Mega Charizard X variants might carry Earthquake, this must be kept in mind before choosing a Nihilego versus a Mega Charizard X.

Teammates Options:

Its moderate physical dNihilego's low Defense and weakness to ground makes iGround make Ice-type Pokemon like Avalugg and Kyurem-B, which have considerable physical bulk, fit in very well with Nihilego. Nihilego's typing and its inability to handle steel- and gSteel- and Ground-type Pokemon makes it a near necessity to have a counter to these Pokemon, like Mega Gyarados or Mega Blastoise, and these go well with each other, considering Nihilego takes care of water-type Pokemon's gtheir Grass weakness. Since Nihilego is weak to wWater-types, gGrass-type Pokemon like Kartana orand Mega Sceptile could be used to counter Nihilego's water weaknessWater-types. In this context, Kartana is much more relevant and more useful, (AC) since it could run Sacred Sword to counter Dark-(AH)type Pokemon. Also, Nihilego's weakness to Psychic-(add space) and Steel- Ttype Pokemon makes Volcarona a viable teammate for Nihilego to cover its pPsychic and sSteel weaknesses against Pokemon like Mega Metagross and Mega Lucario. Fast Mega Heracross is also a good teammate for Nihilego, (AC) since the latter is weak to Sturdy Pokemon, Jumpluff, Heatran, and Mega Gyarados, which Mega Heracross covers, and also since Nihilego covers Mega Heracross's Fairy and rRock weaknesses.

STRATEGY COMMENTS:

Other Options:

Since Nihilego has a good sSpeed tier, it can be alternatively used as a fast Z-Move user, or the same set with Acid Downpour to check Fairy-types even better. (AP) (wdym the same set with acid downpour) A Choice Specs set with Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Dazzling Gleam instead of Substitute and Acid Spray could help it check Fighting-types and slow Ground-type Pokemon in a better way. But againmore easily. However, these sets could be countered easily by bulking the Pokemon to survive it, whereasPokemon bulky enough to take the hits, and it is significantly tougher to button (what the heck does button mean) against a Z-Move user, (AC) since it takes a lot more EVs.

merged these cause there was no reason for them to be separate

Checks and Counters:

Substitute-(AH)stall Pokemon could be a: Pokemon that utilize Substitute to stall like Toxapex can be tough nut to crack, (AC) since Nihilego depends on acid sAcid Spray to get through high defences, and so, some substitute stallky Pokemon like Toxapex could serve as a low-key check to Nihilego.

Special tanks Tanks: Meloetta and Mega Gyarados can handle Nihilego's special moves easily, and return the damage in full with Psychic/ or Psyshock and Waterfall, (AC) respectively.

Sturdy Pokemon: Common Sturdy threats in the 1v1 metagame include Donphan, Golem, (AC) and Crustle, against which Nihilego is totally at a disadvantage. (why? You just named mons and didn’t say how they check nihilego)

Strong STAB hitters : well, this Pokemon: Nihilego is easily cracked by Pokemon whichthat can survive its offenseattacks and return back with strong super effective STAB 2X attacks, like Mega Blastoise's Hydro Cannon.

Steel-type Pokemon: Steel-types like Mega Lucario, Magearna, Mega-Metagross or Metagross, (AC) and Ferrothorn, and Ground-type Pokemon like Garchomp and Landorus-T, since check Nihilego because its Poison-type moveattacks deal no damage and rock type moves damagRock-type attacks are not very effective damage on Steel -type Pokemon..
Ground-type Pokemon: Ground-types like Garchomp and Landorus-T also check Nihilego, since they resist both of Nihilego’s STAB attacks.

this was crazy to check. you had a lot of fluff and your formatting was a bit off. i had to assume some things. please watch this video: spo.ink/gpvideo so you can implement this check properly
 
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Tagging Kris since it's ready to be uploaded as lotiasite said!

Lotiasite at 4:30 AM Indian Standard Time

->looks great
->after you do those, change the tag to done and tag kris to upload
->good job! :)
 

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