UUbers Archaludon Rain Sweeper [DONE]

[Leo Justice]

[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is an excellent rain sweeper and wallbreaker thanks to the combination of its movepool, typing, and ability allowing it to threaten a large part of the metagame with super effective damage while withstanding a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault Vest. Electro Shot allows Archaludon to increase its Special Attack while in rain and provides valuable coverage against Skarmory and Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey and Dialga, which it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows Archaludon to resist Fighting-type attacks and gives it a Dragon-type immunity, flipping the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O and Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, giving it a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I or Great Tusk, although this comes with the significant drawback of making it weak to Stealth Rock. The HP and Defense EVs allow Archaludon to take Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of Spikes, and 124 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain support to be at its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with its access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot Archaludon into the game. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina and Toxapex. Archaludon struggles against faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk and Landorus, so Flying-types like Corviknight and faster offensive Water-types that can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda are excellent teammates. Additionally, Fighting-types like Zamzenta-C can give Archaludon trouble, so having Pokemon that can handle these threats like Giratina and Zacian is important. Archaludon is also very weak to hazards, making a hazard remover like Regieleki or Giratina being good teammate.


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[Leo Justice]

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is the premier Rain Sweeper rain sweeper and Wallbreaker wallbreaker in Ubers UU thanks to a combination of its movepool, typing and ability (which allows it to..? Could mention how it can let it take on Physical Attackers like Pfin or something well and makes it fat on both sides of defense with Assault Vest). Electro Shot allows it to increase its special attack Special Attack while in rain (mention how it also gives coverage into Pokemon like Pfin or Skarm), while the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially bulky defensive Pokemon like Blissey or Dialga, who otherwise wall it. Tera Fairy allows it to resist fighting type moves along with a dragon immunity Fighting-type attacks along with a Dragon-type immunite, turning the matchup against pokemon Pokemon like Palkia-O or Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to dragon Dragon for a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-Incarnate or Great Tusk (Mention it comes at the cost of a Stealth Rock Weakness). 248 HP Ivs and 52 Defense IVs The HP and Defensive EVs allows Archaludon to take a Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after a spike layer of Spikes, and 124 speed Speed IVs allows it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain to be at its fullest potential (mention how it ONLY fits on Rain Teams somewhere), which makes Pelipper the ideal partner (Maybe expand on how it also provides pivot potential?). Strong water types Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina or Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into faster ground types Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or Landorus-Incarnate, so flying types Flying-types which can absorb the ground type Ground-type attacks like Corviknight or faster offensive water types Water-types which can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be excellent teammates. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by hazards, making a hazard removal teammate like Regieleki or Giratina a great choice for the team.


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For the first writeup, this isnt terrible. 1/2!

 

[Leo Justice]

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For the first writeup, this isnt terrible. 1/2!
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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is the premier rain sweeper and wallbreaker (Arch isn't really the "premier" is it, since its super easy to wall with mons like song and CM arcs. maybe "an excellent Rain sweeper and wallbreaker" instead) thanks to a combination of its movepool,typing and ability allowing it to threaten a lot of the metagame with super effective damage, and being able to withstand a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault vest Vest Electro Shot allows it to increase its special attack while in rain, while providing valuable coverage against Skarmory or Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey or Dialga who it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows it to resist Fighting-type attacks along with a Dragon-type immunity, turning the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O or Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to Dragon for a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I or Great Tusk,(also beats fighting types, but outside of tusk theres like 1 good fighting type, maybe still worth mentioning tho) although this comes with the significant drawback of becoming weak to Stealth rock. The HP and Defense IVs allows Archaludon to take a Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of spikes, and 124 speed allows it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain to be at its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with it's access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot Archaludon into the game. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina or Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or Landorus-I, (also struggles with zama and other fighting types, which I'd recommend you mention)so Flying-types which can absorb the Ground-type attacks like Corviknight or faster offensive Water-types which can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be excellent teammates. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by hazards, making a hazard removal teammate removing teammates like Regieleki or Giratina a great choice for the team. (maybe something like "excellent teammates/allies" would be better than great choice for the team.)


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Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is the premier rain sweeper and wallbreaker (Arch isn't really the "premier" is it, since its super easy to wall with mons like song and CM arcs. maybe "an excellent Rain sweeper and wallbreaker" instead) thanks to a combination of its movepool,typing and ability allowing it to threaten a lot of the metagame with super effective damage, and being able to withstand a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault vest Vest Electro Shot allows it to increase its special attack while in rain, while providing valuable coverage against Skarmory or Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey or Dialga who it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows it to resist Fighting-type attacks along with a Dragon-type immunity, turning the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O or Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to Dragon for a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I or Great Tusk,(also beats fighting types, but outside of tusk theres like 1 good fighting type, maybe still worth mentioning tho) although this comes with the significant drawback of becoming weak to Stealth rock. The HP and Defense IVs allows Archaludon to take a Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of spikes, and 124 speed allows it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain to be at its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with it's access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot Archaludon into the game. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina or Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or Landorus-I, (also struggles with zama and other fighting types, which I'd recommend you mention)so Flying-types which can absorb the Ground-type attacks like Corviknight or faster offensive Water-types which can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be excellent teammates. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by hazards, making a hazard removal teammate removing teammates like Regieleki or Giratina a great choice for the team. (maybe something like "excellent teammates/allies" would be better than great choice for the team.)


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archaludon

[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is an excellent rain sweeper and wallbreaker thanks to a the combination of its movepool, typing, (ac) and ability, (ac) allowing it to threaten a lot large part of the metagame with super effective damage, and being able to withstand while withstanding a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault Vest. (capitalize) Electro Shot allows it Archaludon to increase its Special Attack (capitalize) while in under rain, while providing and provides valuable coverage against Skarmory or Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey or and Dialga, (ac) who which it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows it Archaludon to resist Fighting-type attacks along with and gives it a Dragon-type immunity, turning flipping the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O or and Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to Dragon for giving it a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I or Great Tusk, although this comes with the significant drawback of becoming weak to Stealth Rock. (capitalize) The HP and Defense IVs allows Archaludon to take a +1 Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of Spikes (capitalize), and 124 Speed (capitalize) EVs allows it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain support to be at function to its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with its (ra) access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot bring Archaludon into the game on the field. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with, (ac) such as Giratina or Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or and Landorus-I, so Flying-types which can absorb the Ground-type attacks (this is implied) like Corviknight or and faster offensive Water-types which that can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be are excellent teammates. Additionally, fighting types Fighting-types like Zamzenta-Crowned can give Archaludon trouble, so having Pokemon who that can handle these threats like Giratina or and Zacian would be is important. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by entry hazards, making a hazard removing teammate hazard removers like Regieleki or and Giratina being good teammates.


[SET CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is an excellent rain sweeper and wallbreaker thanks to a the combination of its movepool, typing, (ac) and ability allowing it to threaten a lot large part of the metagame with super effective damage, and being able to withstand while withstanding a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault Vest. (capitalize) Electro Shot allows it Archaludon to increase its Special Attack (capitalize) while in rain, while providing and provides valuable coverage against Skarmory or and Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey or and Dialga, (ac) who which it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows it Archaludon to resist Fighting-type attacks along with and gives it a Dragon-type immunity, turning flipping the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O or and Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to Dragon for giving it a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I Landorus or Great Tusk, although this comes with the significant drawback of becoming making it weak to Stealth Rock. (capitalize) The HP and Defense IVs allows EVs allow Archaludon to take a Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of Spikes (capitalize), and 124 Speed (capitalize) allows EVs allow it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain support to be at its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with its (ra) access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot Archaludon into the game. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina or and Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into against faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or Landorus-I and Landorus, so Flying-types which can absorb the Ground-type attacks (this is implied) like Corviknight or and faster offensive Water-types which that can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be are excellent teammates. Additionally, fighting types Fighting-types like Zamzenta-Crowned can give Archaludon trouble, so having Pokemon who that can handle these threats like Giratina or and Zacian would be is important. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by entry hazards, making a hazard removing teammate hazard remover like Regieleki or Giratina being good teammates a good teammate.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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AM Check Feedback

- Changing "in rain" to "under rain" was not necessary".
- The article in the phrase "Skarmory or Dondozo" should be "and" instead because Electro Shot can hit both of them.
- Base formes are just the name of the Pokemon with no suffix, so "Landorus-I" should be "Landorus".
- "becoming" doesn't work in the Tera Flying sentence, as Tera Flying is the subject, not Archaludon.
- The sentence about Archaludon taking Zacian's Close Combat mentions IVs when it should be mentioning EVs.
- Highlighting a single letter in a word, like what you did with "allows" can be hard to spot. I recommend doing something like "allows allow" or just "allow" instead.
- Removing the "a" was fine, but changing where "+1" was in the EVs sentence wasn't really necessary.
- Changing "be at its fullest potential" to "function to its fullest potential" wasn't really necessary.
- Using "pivot into the game" to mean "bring onto the field with a pivoting move" is fine.
- Having no commas surrounding such as/like clauses and having commas surrounding them are both grammatically correct, so I'd avoid adding/removing them unless you have sufficient metagame knowledge, as doing so can change the meaning of the sentence. Commas are used when the clause introduces non-essential information (removing it does not change the sentence's meaning), and no commas are used when the clause introduces essential information (removing it does change the sentence's meaning). For example, "Archaludon defeats walls Palafin struggles with such as Giratina and Toxapex" implies Archaludon can only defeat specific walls for Palafin, while "Archaludon defeats walls Palafin struggles with, such as Giratina and Toxapex" implies it can defeat every Pokemon Palafin has trouble against.
- Additionally, "walls" is plural, so "Giratina and Toxapex" should also be plural, meaning "or" is incorrect.
- It's "struggles against/versus", not "struggles into".
- In the last sentence, you could've kept "hazard remover" singular, as this specifies you'd only ever run one on a team with Archaludon.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit Vertigo too!

 

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Archaludon) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Stamina
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 84 SpA / 124 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy / Flying
Modest Nature
- Electro Shot
- Draco Meteor
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon

[SET COMMENTS]
Archaludon is an excellent rain sweeper and wallbreaker thanks to a the combination of its movepool, typing, (ac) and ability allowing it to threaten a lot large part of the metagame with super effective damage, and being able to withstand while withstanding a lot of damage thanks to Stamina and Assault Vest. (capitalize) Electro Shot allows it Archaludon to increase its Special Attack (capitalize) while in rain, while providing and provides valuable coverage against Skarmory or and Dondozo, and the combination of Body Press and Stamina allows it to deal damage to specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey or and Dialga, (ac) who which it would otherwise struggle against. Tera Fairy allows it Archaludon to resist Fighting-type attacks along with and gives it a Dragon-type immunity, turning flipping the matchup against Pokemon like Palkia-O or and Zacian. Tera Flying can be used instead, trading the immunity to Dragon for giving it a Ground-type immunity to avoid getting revenge killed by Landorus-I Landorus or Great Tusk, although this comes with the significant drawback of becoming making it weak to Stealth Rock. (capitalize) The HP and Defense IVs allows EVs allow Archaludon to take a Close Combat from a +1 Zacian after one layer of Spikes (capitalize), and 124 Speed (capitalize) allows EVs allow it to outspeed Palafin. Archaludon requires rain support to be at its fullest potential, which makes Pelipper the ideal partner with its (ra) access to Drizzle and U-turn to pivot Archaludon into the game. Strong Water-types like Palafin appreciate Archaludon's ability to defeat walls they struggle with such as Giratina or and Toxapex. Archaludon struggles into against faster Ground-types like offensive Great Tusk or Landorus-I and Landorus, so Flying-types which can absorb the Ground-type attacks (this is implied) like Corviknight or and faster offensive Water-types which that can take care of them like Palkia-O and Barraskewda will be are excellent teammates. Additionally, fighting types Fighting-types like Zamzenta-Crowned can give Archaludon trouble, so having Pokemon who that can handle these threats like Giratina or and Zacian would be is important. Archaludon is also very weak to getting damaged by entry hazards, making a hazard removing teammate hazard remover like Regieleki or Giratina being good teammates a good teammate.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/leo-justice.587908/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/vesp.610920/
Grammar checked by:
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AM Check Feedback

- Changing "in rain" to "under rain" was not necessary".
- The article in the phrase "Skarmory or Dondozo" should be "and" instead because Electro Shot can hit both of them.
- Base formes are just the name of the Pokemon with no suffix, so "Landorus-I" should be "Landorus".
- "becoming" doesn't work in the Tera Flying sentence, as Tera Flying is the subject, not Archaludon.
- The sentence about Archaludon taking Zacian's Close Combat mentions IVs when it should be mentioning EVs.
- Highlighting a single letter in a word, like what you did with "allows" can be hard to spot. I recommend doing something like "allows allow" or just "allow" instead.
- Removing the "a" was fine, but changing where "+1" was in the EVs sentence wasn't really necessary.
- Changing "be at its fullest potential" to "function to its fullest potential" wasn't really necessary.
- Using "pivot into the game" to mean "bring onto the field with a pivoting move" is fine.
- Having no commas surrounding such as/like clauses and having commas surrounding them are both grammatically correct, so I'd avoid adding/removing them unless you have sufficient metagame knowledge, as doing so can change the meaning of the sentence. Commas are used when the clause introduces non-essential information (removing it does not change the sentence's meaning), and no commas are used when the clause introduces essential information (removing it does change the sentence's meaning). For example, "Archaludon defeats walls Palafin struggles with such as Giratina and Toxapex" implies Archaludon can only defeat specific walls for Palafin, while "Archaludon defeats walls Palafin struggles with, such as Giratina and Toxapex" implies it can defeat every Pokemon Palafin has trouble against.
- Additionally, "walls" is plural, so "Giratina and Toxapex" should also be plural, meaning "or" is incorrect.
- It's "struggles against/versus", not "struggles into".
- In the last sentence, you could've kept "hazard remover" singular, as this specifies you'd only ever run one on a team with Archaludon.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit Vertigo too!

Implemented!