ZU ADV Cyndaquil [QC: 2/2] [GP 1/1] [Done]

[plznostep]

[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Endure
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power Grass
move 4: Quick Attack
item: Salac Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Cyndaquil is one of the best leads in ADV ZU thanks to its immense power with Blaze and priority move in Quick Attack. These traits give Cyndaquil a great matchup versus leads such as Snorunt, which it completely denies entry hazards from. Endure allows Cyndaquil to activate Blaze and its Salac Berry, letting it outspeed every unboosted Pokemon. This allows Cyndaquil to beat leads that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO it, such as Aipom, although it must be careful of paralysis. Fire Blast threatens leads such as Snorunt with an OHKO and packs a huge punch with Blaze active, 2HKOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Delcatty and Grimer. It can even 2HKO some Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Staryu and Chinchou. Hidden Power Grass hits Water- and Rock-types that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking and Rhyhorn. Lastly, Quick Attack stops Snorunt from setting up Spikes and can also be used to pick off faster Pokemon, such as Elekid, at low HP.

Cyndaquil fits very well on balance teams that are weak to Spikes due to its great matchup against Snorunt. Many Pokemon, such as Elekid, Castform, and Aipom, no longer worry about Spikes cutting into their bulk or putting them KO in range of priority moves. Cyndaquil's presence as a lead has seen several counter-leads emerge, such as Spoink and Seaking, both relatively bulky Pokemon that can set up on Cyndaquil — ; using Calm Mind and Rain Dance, respectively. As a result, Cyndaquil appreciates teammates such as Delcatty, tank Castform, and Lileep, which all check these two Pokemon. Lileep can also deal with common priority attackers such as Elekid and Pidgeotto, which shut down Cyndaquil, even with a Salac Berry boost, if they are not in KO range of Cyndaquil's Quick Attack. Shuppet also can shut down Band Pidgeotto and Tailow locked into Quick Attack, which can revenge kill Cyndaquil. Lastly, opposing Fire-types such as Growlithe and Numel can handle Cyndaquil lacking the rare Hidden Power Water, so partners such as Seaking and Chinchou may be ideal.

[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Hidden Power Grass
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Toxic / Substitute
item: Charcoal / Lum Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
As a wallbreaker, Cyndaquil is very powerful with a great offensive typing, dismantling common defensive cores with Pokemon such as Dustox and Magnemite. Blaze lets Fire Blast comfortably 2HKO special walls such as Lileep and Delcatty, which it otherwise struggles with. Hidden Power Grass covers Water-types and Rock-types that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking, Nosepass, and Rhyhorn. Quick Attack can finish off low-HP faster Pokemon looking to revenge kill Cyndaquil, such as Elekid and Pidgeotto. Cyndaquil's fourth moveslot is quite flexible, with Toxic giving a much better matchup against Spoink, which would otherwise use Cyndaquil as setup fodder, while also being useful versus specially bulky Pokemon such as Lileep and tank Castform. Substitute can be used to scout switches and also to put Cyndaquil in Blaze range.

Cyndaquil benefits greatly from Spikes via a lead like Snorunt or Pineco, which lets it 2HKO common special walls such as Delcatty with two layers, as well as specially defensive Lileep with a little chip damage. Additionally, physical wallbreakers are appreciated to deal with these special walls if Cyndaquil can't, such as Rhyhorn, Pidgeotto, and Aipom. Cleaners such as Elekid appreciate Cyndaquil wallbreaking for them. Elekid is also notable for threatening Water-types that can cause Cyndaquil trouble. Cyndaquil can also struggle versus Rock-types such as Nosepass. Additionally, Spoink walls Cyndaquil thanks to Thick Fat and can use it as setup fodder. Delcatty and tank Castform check these Water-types and Spoink quite well, with the latter also checking various Rock-types such as Lileep.

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

Hidden Power Water can be used over Hidden Power Grass to hit Fire-types such as Growlithe and opposing Cyndaquil, and it retains the ability to hit Rock-types such as Rhyhorn. However, it leaves Cyndaquil completely walled by Water-types such as Seaking, Chinchou, and Staryu. ChestoRest sets are also an option for longevity, but they are generally outclassed by the Lum Berry wallbreaker set. ChestoRest sets are also an option for Cyndaqwil to have longevity throughout a game, although it is generally outclassed by the Lum Berry breaker set.

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

**Priority Moves**: Priority moves from Pidgeotto, Elekid, and Delibird can pick off Cyndaquil even after it activates its Salac Berry, thus shutting it down completely.

**Water-types**: Water-types such as Seaking and RestTalk Chinchou resist Cyndaquil's Fire Blast and do not fear Hidden Power Grass while OHKOing back with their STAB moves.

**Spoink**: Thanks to Thick Fat, Spoink functionally resists Fire Blast, and Hidden Power Grass does not threaten it, allowing it to use Cyndaquil as setup fodder with Calm Mind. However, it must be wary of Toxic.

**Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Nosepass resist Fire Blast, and Nosepass doesn't even fear Blaze, avoiding the 2HKO regardless. Nosepass also shrugs off Hidden Power Grass thanks to its immense special bulk. Lileep can also avoid a 2HKO from Fire Blast if Cyndaquil is not in Blaze range, and it can hit hard with Rock Slide or PP stall Fire Blast's 8 PP with Recover.


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[plznostep]

should be ready for a QC

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Great job, QC 1/2 when implemented

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[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Endure
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power [Grass]
move 4: Quick Attack
item: Salac Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Cyndaquil is one of the best leads in ADV ZU thanks to being the best counter lead to Snorunt due to its STAB and access to priority in Quick Attack, differentiating itself from other leads such as Growlithe. Reword this to state that Cyndaquil is among the best leads in ADV ZU due to its power and access to Quick Attack, and then state how it notably completely denies Snorunt. What you said isn't incorrect, but Cyndaquil's power + priority works well against other leads, which ought to be implied here. Endure allows Cyndaquil to activate its ability, Blaze, while also activating its Salac Berry, allowing Cyndaquil to outspeed the every unboosted Pokemon. Mention how this allows Cyndaquil to beat leads that could otherwise outspeed and OHKO it. Fire Blast is Cyndaquil's main STAB move, threatening Pokemon such as Dustox and Bayleef and 2HKOing other specially bulky Pokemon with a Blaze boost such as Delcatty and Grimer, and even some Fire Resists such as Staryu and Chinchou. As a lead, it's better to talk about how Cyndaquil can OHKO opposing leads. Give examples to how Fire Blast can KO opposing leads, notably Snorunt, and then state how Cyndaquil threatens walls. Hidden Power [Grass] is ran to hit Water and Rock-types that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking and Rhyhorn. Lastly, Quick Attack is used to stop Snorunt from setting up Spikes and can also be used to pick off faster Pokemon such as Elekid at low HP.

Cyndaquil fits very well on Balance teams that are weak to Spikes due to its great matchup into Snorunt. As a result, many Pokemon benefit from Cyndaquil's presence such as Elekid, Castform and Aipom, as they do not have to worry about Spikes either cutting into their bulk or putting them in range of priority. Cyndaquils presence as a lead means that several leads have seen use to counter it, such as Spoink and Seaking, both relatively bulky Fire Resists "Resists" cannot be used as a noun, reword the sentence to account for this that can abuse Cyndaquil with either Seaking's Rain Dance sets or Spoink's Calm Mind sets. As a result, Cyndaquil appreciates teammates such as Delcatty, Tank Castform and Lileep, who all check these two Pokemon. Lileep can also deal with common priority users such as Elekid and Pidgeotto, who shut down Cyndaquil even with a Salac Berry boost if they are not in range of Cyndaquil's Quick Attack. Shuppet also can do this to Choice Banded Pidgeotto's and Taillow's locked into Quick Attack intending to revenge kill Cyndaquil. Lastly, If Cyndaquil is not running Hidden Power [Water], opposing Fire Types may also be an issue for Cyndaquil, so partners such as Seaking and Chinchou may be preferable to deal with these Pokemon. Given the standard set does not run HP Water, these Pokemon are issues, so reword the sentence to emphasize that.

[SET]
name: Breaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Hidden Power [Grass]
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Toxic / Substitute
item: Charcoal / Lum Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
As a wallbreaker, Cyndaquil is very potent thanks to its great firepower and offensive typing for the tier, dismantling common defensive cores such as Dustox and Lileep you mention how Cyndaquil struggles with Lileep, use another example here with Fire Blast. Blaze is also a notable ability, giving Cyndaquil a much appreciated power boost at low health, giving it the ability to comfortably 2HKO special walls such as Lileep and Delcatty, who it otherwise struggles with. Hidden Power [Grass] serves as coverage for Water-types and Rock-types who resist Fire Blast such as Seaking and Rhyhorn. Quick Attack is able to finish off faster Pokemon looking to revenge kill Cyndaquil such as Elekid and Pidgeotto at low HP. Cyndaquil's fourth moveslot is quite flexible, with Toxic giving a much better matchup into Spoink, Mention how Toxic has utility against other bulky threats who would otherwise use Cyndaquil as setup fodder, while Substitute can be used to scout switches and can also be used to put Cyndaquil in Blaze range in order to increase your fire power even more.

Cyndaquil benefits greatly from the use of Spikes, enabling it to 2HKO common special walls such Delcatty with only a few layers and specially defensive Lileep with a little chip beforehand. As a result, Spike leads such as Snorunt and Pineco are great teammates to allow Cyndaquil to hit these benchmarks. Additionally, physical wallbreakers are appreciated to deal with these special walls that can take Cyndaquils hits, such as Rhydon, Pidgeotto and Aipom. Cleaners such as Elekid also appreciate Cyndaquil breaking down the opposing team to allow them to clean lategame. Elekid is also notable for threatening Water-types that can cause Cyndaquil trouble. Cyndaquil can also struggle versus Water and Rock-Types such as Seaking and Nosepass. Additionally, Spoink walls Cyndaquil thanks to Thick Fat and can use it as setup fodder. Some teammates that can help you overcome this issue are Tank Castform, Delcatty, and Chinchou, who check all of the above. Is this last sentence talking about checks to Water- and Rock-types? Reword the sentences to make it clearer.

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

Hidden Power [Water] can be used over Hidden Power [Grass] to hit Fire-types such as Growlithe and opposing Cyndaquil and retains the ability to hit Rock types such as Rhyhorn. However, these variants are completely walled by Water-types such as Seaking, Chinchou and Staryu, which is can be detrimental for Cyndaquil in a game.

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

**Priority Moves**: Priority Moves from Pidgeotto, Elekid and Delibird are able to pick off Cyndaquil even after it has activated its Salac Berry, thus shutting it down completely.

**Water-Types**: Water-Types such as Seaking and RestTalk Chinchou resist Cyndaquil's STAB and do not fear Hidden Power [Grass] while OHKO'ing OHKOing back with their STAB moves.

**Spoink**: Thanks to its ability Thick Fat, Spoink is able to resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass], allowing it to use Cyndaquil as setup fodder with Calm Mind.

**Rock-Types**: Rock-Types such as Nosepass resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass] thanks to its immense special bulk. Specially Defensive Lileeps are also able to deal with Cyndaquil to a lesser extent, avoiding a 2HKO from full HP from a Blaze boosted Fire Blast but it has to be careful not be chipped down into range of a 2HKO. It's more important to mention that physdef Lileep avoid the 2HKO from Cyndaquil without Blaze.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[plznostep, 595639]]
- Quality checked by: [[Gangsta Spongebob, 535530], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[plznostep]

implemented changes

 

[BP]

Check 2

[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Endure
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power [Grass]
move 4: Quick Attack
item: Salac Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Cyndaquil is one of the best leads in ADV ZU thanks to the immense power the Blaze ability provides and access to priority in Quick Attack. This gives Cyndaquil a great matchup versus leads such as Snorunt, which it completely denies entry hazards to. Endure allows Cyndaquil to activate its ability, Blaze, while also activating its Salac Berry, allowing Cyndaquil to outspeed every unboosted Pokemon. This allows Cyndaquil to beat leads that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO it, such as Aipom, although it must be careful of paralysis. Fire Blast is Cyndaquils main STAB move, threatening leads such as Snorunt with an OHKO and additionally 2HKOing other specially bulky Pokemon with a Blaze boost such as Delcatty and Grimer, and even some Fire Resists such as Staryu and Chinchou. Hidden Power [Grass] is ran used to hit Water- and Rock-types that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking, Nosepass, and Rhyhorn. Lastly, Quick Attack is used to stop Snorunt from setting up Spikes and can also be used to pick off faster Pokemon such as Elekid at low HP.

Cyndaquil fits very well on Balance teams that are weak to Spikes due to its great matchup into Snorunt. As a result, many Pokemon benefit from Cyndaquil's presence such as Elekid, Castform and Aipom, as they do not have to worry about Spikes either cutting into their bulk or putting them in range of priority. Cyndaquils presence as a lead means that several leads have seen use to counter it, such as Spoink, and Seaking, both relatively bulky Pokemon with a Fire resistance that they can use to abuse Cyndaquil with either Seaking's Rain Dance sets or Spoink's Calm Mind sets. As a result, Cyndaquil appreciates teammates such as Delcatty, Tank Castform and Lileep, who all check these two Pokemon. Lileep can also deal with common priority users such as Elekid and Pidgeotto, who shut down Cyndaquil even with a Salac Berry boost if they are not in range of Cyndaquil's Quick Attack. Shuppet also can do this to Choice Banded Pidgeotto's and Taillow's locked into Quick Attack intending to revenge kill Cyndaquil. Lastly, opposing Fire-types such as Growlithe and Numel can also be an issue for Cyndaquil, as Cyndaquil does not commonly run Hidden Power [Water], so partners such as Seaking and Chinchou may be preferable to deal with these Pokemon.

[SET]
name: Breaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Hidden Power [Grass]
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Toxic / Substitute
item: Charcoal / Lum Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
As a wallbreaker, Cyndaquil is very potent thanks to its great firepower and offensive typing for the tier, dismantling common defensive cores with Pokemon such as Dustox and Magnemite with Fire Blast. Blaze is also a notable ability, giving Cyndaquil a much appreciated power boost at low health, giving it the ability to comfortably 2HKO special walls such as Lileep and Delcatty, who it otherwise struggles with. Hidden Power [Grass] serves as coverage for Water-types and Rock-types who resist Fire Blast such as Seaking and Rhyhorn. Quick Attack is able to finish off faster Pokemon looking to revenge kill Cyndaquil such as Elekid and Pidgeotto at low HP. Cyndaquil's fourth moveslot is quite flexible, with Toxic giving a much better matchup into Spoink, who would otherwise use Cyndaquil as setup fodder, while also being useful versus specially bulky Pokemon such as Lileep and Tank Castform. Substitute can be used to scout switches and can also be used to put Cyndaquil in Blaze range in order to increase your fire power.

Cyndaquil benefits greatly from the use of Spikes, enabling it to 2HKO common special walls such Delcatty with only a few layers and specially defensive Lileep with a little chip beforehand. As a result, Spike leads such as Snorunt and Pineco are great teammates to allow Cyndaquil to hit these benchmarks. Additionally, physical wallbreakers are appreciated to deal with these special walls that can take Cyndaquils hits, such as Rhyhorn, Pidgeotto and Aipom. Cleaners such as Elekid also appreciate Cyndaquil breaking down the opposing team to allow them to clean lategame. Elekid is also notable for threatening Water-types that can cause Cyndaquil trouble. Cyndaquil can also struggle versus Water and Rock-Types such as Seaking and Nosepass. Additionally, Spoink walls Cyndaquil thanks to Thick Fat and can use it as setup fodder. To help these matchups, Delcatty and Tank Castform check these Water-types and Spoink quite well, with the latter also checking various Rock-types such as Lileep.

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

Hidden Power [Water] can be used over Hidden Power [Grass] to hit Fire-types such as Growlithe and opposing Cyndaquil and retains the ability to hit Rock types such as Rhyhorn. However, these variants are completely walled by Water-types such as Seaking, Chinchou and Staryu.

Mention Resto Chesto here as an option thats generally outclassed by Lum Breaker

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

**Priority Moves**: Priority Moves from Pidgeotto, Elekid and Delibird are able to pick off Cyndaquil even after it has activated its Salac Berry, thus shutting it down completely.

**Water-Types**: Water-Types such as Seaking and RestTalk Chinchou resist Cyndaquil's STAB and do not fear Hidden Power [Grass] while OHKOing back with their STAB moves.

**Spoink**: Thanks to its ability Thick Fat, Spoink is able to resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass], allowing it to use Cyndaquil as setup fodder with Calm Mind.
Mention that Spoink should be weary of Toxic

**Rock-Types**: Rock-Types such as Nosepass resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass] thanks to its immense special bulk. Lileep can also avoid a 2HKO from Fire Blast if Cyndaquil is not in Blaze range and threaten it with Rock Slide or PP stall the limited 8 PP that Fire Blast has with Recover

Mention how Nosepass isn't even threatened by Cyndaquil in Blaze range as FB 3hkos after lefties recovery. Nosepass is one the most reliable Fire-type checks
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[plznostep, 595639]]
- Quality checked by: [[Gangsta Spongebob, 535530], [bp, 272450]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

As a fellow Cyndaquil Enjoyer myself I think this looks fantastic. QC 2/2

 

[plznostep]

implemented changes, tagging GP Team for the GP check.

 

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[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Endure
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power [Grass] Grass
move 4: Quick Attack
item: Salac Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Cyndaquil is one of the best leads in ADV ZU thanks to the immense power the Blaze ability provides and access to priority its immense power with Blaze and priority move in Quick Attack. This gives These traits give Cyndaquil a great matchup versus leads such as Snorunt, which it completely denies entry hazards to. from. Endure allows Cyndaquil to activate its ability, Blaze, while also activating Blaze and its Salac Berry, allowing Cyndaquil to letting it outspeed every unboosted Pokemon. This allows Cyndaquil to beat leads that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO it, such as Aipom, although it must be careful of paralysis. Fire Blast is Cyndaquils main STAB move, threatening threatens leads such as Snorunt with an OHKO and additionally packs a huge punch with Blaze active, 2HKOing other specially bulky Pokemon with a Blaze boost such as Delcatty and Grimer, and even some Fire Resists Grimer. It can even 2HKO some Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Staryu and Chinchou. Hidden Power [Grass] is used to hit Water Grass hits Water- and Rock-types that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking and Rhyhorn. Lastly, Quick Attack is used to stop stops Snorunt from setting up Spikes and can also be used to pick off faster Pokemon, (AC) such as Elekid, (AC) at low HP.

Cyndaquil fits very well on Balance balance teams that are weak to Spikes due to its great matchup into against Snorunt. As a result, many Pokemon benefit from Cyndaquil's presence Many Pokemon, such as Elekid, Castform, (AC) and Aipom, as they do not have to worry about Spikes either no longer worry about Spikes cutting into their bulk or putting them KO in range of priority. Cyndaquils priority moves. Cyndaquil's presence as a lead means that several leads have seen use to counter it, has seen several counter-leads emerge, such as Spoink and Seaking, both relatively bulky Pokemon with a Fire resistance that they can use to abuse Cyndaquil with either Seaking's Rain Dance sets or Spoink's Calm Mind sets. that can set up on Cyndaquil—using Calm Mind and Rain Dance, respectively. As a result, Cyndaquil appreciates teammates such as Delcatty, Tank Castform and Lileep, who all tank Castform, and Lileep, which all check these two Pokemon. Lileep can also deal with common priority users attackers such as Elekid and Pidgeotto, who which shut down Cyndaquil, (AC) even with a Salac Berry boost, (AC) if they are not in KO range of Cyndaquil's Quick Attack. Shuppet also can do this to shut down Choice Banded Pidgeotto's and Taillow's locked into Quick Attack to Band Pidgeotto and Tailow locked into Quick Attack, which can revenge kill Cyndaquil. Lastly, opposing Fire-types such as Growlithe and Numel can also be an issue for Cyndaquil, as Cyndaquil does not commonly run Hidden Power [Water], so partners such as Seaking and Chinchou may be preferable to deal with these Pokemon. handle Cyndaquil lacking the rare Hidden Power Water, so partners such as Seaking and Chinchou may be ideal.

[SET]
name: Breaker Wallbreaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Hidden Power [Grass] Grass
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Toxic / Substitute
item: Charcoal / Lum Berry
ability: Blaze
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
As a wallbreaker, Cyndaquil is very potent thanks to its great firepower and powerful with a great offensive typing, dismantling common defensive cores with Pokemon such as Dustox and Magnemite with Fire Blast. Blaze is also a notable ability, giving Cyndaquil a much appreciated power boost at low health, giving it the ability to activation lets Fire Blast comfortably 2HKO special walls such as Lileep and Delcatty, who which it otherwise struggles with. Hidden Power [Grass] serves as coverage for Grass covers Water-types and Rock-types who that resist Fire Blast such as Seaking, Nosepass, and Rhyhorn. Quick Attack is able to can finish off low-HP (I imagine?) faster Pokemon looking to revenge kill Cyndaquil, (AC) such as Elekid and Pidgeotto at low HP. Cyndaquil's fourth moveslot is quite flexible, with Toxic giving a much better matchup into against Spoink, who which would otherwise use Cyndaquil as setup fodder, while also being useful versus specially bulky Pokemon such as Lileep and Tank tank Castform. Substitute can be used to scout switches and can also be used to put Cyndaquil in Blaze range in order to increase your fire power. also to put Cyndaquil in Blaze range.

Cyndaquil benefits greatly from the use of Spikes, enabling it to Spikes via a lead like Snorunt or Pineco, which lets it 2HKO common special walls such as Delcatty with only a few layers and two layers, as well as specially defensive Lileep with a little chip beforehand. As a result, Spike leads such as Snorunt and Pineco are great teammates to allow Cyndaquil to hit these benchmarks. damage. Additionally, physical wallbreakers are appreciated to deal with these special walls that can take Cyndaquils hits, walls if Cyndaquil can't, such as Rhyhorn, Pidgeotto, (AC) and Aipom. Cleaners such as Elekid also appreciate Cyndaquil breaking down the opposing team to allow them to clean lategame. appreciate Cyndaquil wallbreaking for them. Elekid is also notable for threatening Water-types like Seaking that can cause Cyndaquil trouble. Cyndaquil can also struggle versus Water and Rock-Types Rock-types such as Seaking and Nosepass. Additionally, Spoink walls Cyndaquil thanks to Thick Fat and can use it as setup fodder. To help these matchups, Delcatty and Tank tank Castform check these Water-types and Spoink quite well, with the latter also checking various Rock-types such as Lileep.

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

Hidden Power [Water] Water can be used over Hidden Power [Grass] Grass to hit Fire-types such as Growlithe and opposing Cyndaquil, (AC) and it retains the ability to hit Rock-types (added hyphen) such as Rhyhorn. However, these variants are it leaves Cyndaquil completely walled by Water-types such as Seaking, Chinchou, (AC) and Staryu. ChestoRest sets are also an option for longevity, but they are generally outclassed by the Lum Berry wallbreaker set.

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

**Priority Moves**: Priority Moves moves from Pidgeotto, Elekid, (AC) and Delibird are able to can pick off Cyndaquil even after it has activated activates its Salac Berry, thus shutting it down completely. ChestoRest sets are also an option for Cyndaqwil to have longevity throughout a game, although it is generally outclassed by the Lum Berry breaker set.

**Water-Types**: Water-Types **Water-types**: Water-types such as Seaking and RestTalk Chinchou resist Cyndaquil's STAB Fire Blast and do not fear Hidden Power [Grass] Grass while OHKOing back with their STAB moves.

**Spoink**: Thanks to its ability Thick Fat, Spoink is able to resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass], functionally resists Fire Blast, and Hidden Power Grass does not threaten it, allowing it to use Cyndaquil as setup fodder with Calm Mind, although Mind. However, it must be weary wary of Toxic.

**Rock-Types**: Rock-Types **Rock-types**: Rock-types such as Nosepass resist Cyndaquil's STAB and is not threatened by Cyndaquil even when Blaze is activated, Fire Blast, and Nosepass doesn't even fear Blaze, avoiding the 2HKO regardless. Nosepass is also not threatened by Hidden Power [Grass] also shrugs off Hidden Power Grass thanks to its immense special bulk. Lileep can also avoid a 2HKO from Fire Blast if Cyndaquil is not in Blaze range, (AC) and threaten it with Rock Slide or PP stall the limited 8 PP that Fire Blast has it can hit hard with Rock Slide or PP stall Fire Blast's 8 PP with Recover. (new credits format below)

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[Adeleine]

GP Team done

 

[plznostep]

implemented changes, should be ready for upload :3

 

[Tuthur]

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