Blacephalon [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1] [Written by Sputnik and TheShowdownHoedown]

[TheShowdownHoedown]

[SET]
name: Choice Specs Wallbreaker
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Knock Off
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Blacephalon's great STAB combination and high Base Power moves make it a very dangerous wallbreaker. It excels at forcing KOs against several common defensive cores, as they often lack a proper Ghost-resistant Pokemon. It also sits at a nice Speed tier, which lets it outrun and revenge kill some offensive threats, including Garchomp, Mega Medicham, and Tapu Lele. However, Blacephalon's frailty and poor defensive profile make it difficult to get into battle at times, and it's very easy for the likes of Weavile and Tyranitar to Pursuit trap it. Overheat is a nuke that achieves titanic feats of strength; it can OHKO Gliscor and 2HKO Garchomp after minimal chip damage while doing enormous damage to frailer resistant foes such as Ash-Greninja and Mega Charizard Y. Fire Blast can also 2HKO Hydreigon and Garchomp and can be used well consecutively. Knock Off is a good midground option that annoys certain defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Gastrodon, allowing Blacephalon to 2HKO the former with Stealth Rock up and potentially 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock or one layer of Spikes. Most crucially, it removes Chansey's Eviolite, which can allow Blacephalon to 2HKO it with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage. Flamethrower can be considered over Fire Blast for more consistency, but the drop in power makes Blacephalon worse at breaking through threats like Chansey post Knock Off. Choice Specs is the preferred item for the increase in power, which nicely complements Blacephalon's highly spammable STAB moves. Timid is required in order to outrun Garchomp, Victini, and Mega Medicham.

Blacephalon fits well on fast-paced teams, which appreciate it forcing meaningful progress against most defensive cores. Blacephalon is quite difficult to get into battle safely, so pivoting support is highly valuable. Landorus-T, Mega Lopunny, Mega Scizor, and Tapu Koko can all offer this support; Tapu Koko is especially nice, as it baits in Ferrothorn, while Mega Lopunny forces in Gliscor or Clefable for Blacephalon to prey on. Entry hazard removers like Tapu Fini, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W are also appreciated due to Blacephalon's Stealth Rock weakness. Blacephalon is highly vulnerable to being Pursuit trapped; this can be very difficult to prevent, as both Weavile and Tyranitar can safely come in after Blacephalon picks up a KO get pivoted in after it's already fired off an attack. Consider teammates such as Heatran, Calm Mind Clefable, Ash-Greninja, and Mega Mawile, which can punish these Pokemon by forcing further KOs after they have successfully trapped Blacephalon.

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

A Choice Scarf set can be considered as a revenge killer that uses Beast Boost to get more powerful and snowball through teams, but Blacephalon's STAB combination is not exceedingly difficult to pivot around when not boosted by Choice Specs, and Blacephalon can generally be revenge killed with bulky Water-types or priority moves from Mega Lopunny and Mega Mawile. Trick cripples defensive Pokemon like Blissey, Toxapex, and Chansey, but Knock Off achieves similar results and allows Blacephalon to keep its Choice Specs. Additionally, Blacephalon may receive harmful items from Trick, such as Toxapex's Black Sludge, hampering its already bad longevity. A Calm Mind set with 232 HP / 4 Def / 20 SpA / 252 Spe EVs can be used as a sweeper, boosting Speed after KOs; such a set can also consider Grassium Z to surprise Tyranitar. Unfortunately, this set doesn't hit hard enough even when boosted to consistently sweep teams.

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

**Dark-types**: Tyranitar is by far the best counter to Blacephalon, as it safely switches into any move and easily Pursuit traps it. Weavile Pursuit traps it as well, although it cannot safely switch in. Hydreigon can't safely switch into Blacephalon's Fire-type moves, but its resistance to Shadow Ball and access to Roost make it a great check. Mega Gyarados can also check it, although it can't safely switch in without Mega Evolving beforehand.

**Dragon-types**: Kommo-o is immune to Shadow Ball due to Bulletproof and defensive variants can take Overheat if necessary. Other Dragon-types like Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios can comfortably switch into Blacephalon's Fire-type moves and revenge kill it after, but Shadow Ball destroys them.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Certain special walls, such as Toxapex, Blissey, Chansey, and Gastrodon, can scout what move Blacephalon is using and respond accordingly; however, minimal chip damage puts both Toxapex and Gastrodon into Shadow Ball's 2HKO range of Shadow Ball after minimal chip, and both Chansey and Blissey fear Knock Off.

**Revenge Killing**: Most faster Pokemon can't safely switch into Blacephalon, though threats such as Mega Lopunny, Ash-Greninja, Kartana, and Mega Diancie can revenge kill it. Additionally, priority moves from Mega Mawile and Urshifu-R can take care of Blacephalon due to its minimal bulk.

**Stealth Rock**: Blacephalon's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock limits its longevity, preventing it from switching in to dent the opposing team as often.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[TheShowdownHoedown, 508532], [Sputnik, 475916]]
- Quality checked by: [[adem, 529732], [Solaros & Lunaris, 471780]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [Adeleine, 517429]]

 

[adem]

u r fast
main paras
nuke drei mentions in these two and find smtg else more relevant, drei has not seen relevant playtime since spectrier left natdex
specify the interaction between fireblast and flame against knocked chansey (u don't 2hko it after rocks)
expand on how knock cripples gastro and pex (u now cleanly 2hko mixdef pex after rocks for example, and have a roll to 2hko gastro after spikes/rocks)

oo:
nuke hypno mention no one has ever even considered that, and nuke hp grass u still switch in well enough
expand on the trick v koff section, alongside that the fact that u keep specs, u also don't get stuff like pex sludge which is even more detrimental to ur recovery, and oftentimes a net negative

c&c
nuke hp grass and hypno mentions from tar section, no one has used that

in dragon type section expand further on the other dragons part, mention that they can switch in on fire stab but not ghost

in rk section nuke bish mention

rocks rocks rocks rocks (chip damage), talk abt how its shit bulk + rlly bad rocks weakness makes it suck balls

1/2 after this, really good so far, a good bit is mainly removing old stuff

 

[TheShowdownHoedown]

Implemeted!

 

[Solaros & Lunaris]

add remove

“It excels at forcing KOs against several common defensive cores, as they often lack a proper Ghost resistit is extremely threatening to cores relying on Tapu Fini and Landorus-T to create defensive buffer while also being difficult for other defensive Pokemon, such as Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Heatran, to confidently switch into.“

”However, Blacephalon's frailty and poor defensive profile make it difficult to get into battle at times, and it's very easy for the likes of Weavile and Tyranitar to Pursuit trap it, although Weavile can't switch in confidently.”

In the part about abusing a pursuit lock, add Mega Mawile and remove Kartana (blace+kart doesnt seem too ideal)

Remove Hydreigon from the Dragon-types section since it’s already in Dark-types (Fire resist isnt helping when you’re 2hkoed by Fire Blast so)


QC 2/2

 

[TheShowdownHoedown]

Implemented! Hello GP Team

 

[Sulo]

amgp check, implement what you want
add remove comment
ac = add comma
rc = remove comma
ap = add period

clownin' around

[SET]
name: Choice Specs Wallbreaker
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Knock Off
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Blacephalon's great STAB combination and high Base Power power moves make makes it a very dangerous wallbreaker. It excels at forcing KOs against several common defensive cores, as they often lack a proper Ghost-resistant Pokemon. peoper Ghost resist. It also has a sits at a nice Speed speed tier that lets it outrun and revenge kill some offensive threats, including Garchomp, Mega Medicham, and Tapu Lele. However, Blacephalon's frailty and poor defensive profile make it difficult to get into battle at times, and it's very easy for the likes of Weavile and Tyranitar to Pursuit trap it. Overheat is a nuke that is capable of titanic feats of strength; it can OHKO Gliscor and 2HKO Garchomp after minimal chip while doing enormous damage to frailer Pokemon resistant to it resists such as Ash-Greninja and Mega Charizard Y. Fire Blast can also 2HKO Hydreigon and Garchomp and can be used for more reliable damage that doesn't lower Blacephalon's Special Attack after use. Knock Off is a good midground that annoys can annoy certain defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Gastrodon, allowing Blacephalon to 2HKO the former with Stealth Rock up and have a chance to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock or Spikes. a roll to 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock or Spikes. (how many spikes? that should be specified.) Most crucially, it removes can remove Chansey's Eviolite, which allows can allow Blacephalon to 2HKO it with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage. Flamethrower can be considered over Fire Blast for more consistency, but the lack of power makes Blacephalon worse at breaking Chansey without Eviolite. the drop in power leads to Blacephalon losing damage onto threats like Knocked Chansey. Choice Specs is the preferred item for the increase in power, (ac) which complements Blacephalon's highly spammable STAB moves. ; this is complemented very nicely by Blacephalon's highly spammable STAB moves. Timid is required in order to outrun Garchomp, Victini, and Mega Medicham.

Blacephalon fits well on fast-paced (added hyphen) teams that appreciate it forcing meaningful progress against most defensive cores. Blacephalon is quite difficult to get into battle safely, so pivoting support is highly valuable. Landorus-T, Mega Lopunny, Mega Scizor, and Tapu Koko can all offer this support; Tapu Koko is especially nice, as it baits can bait in Ferrothorn, while Mega Lopunny forces can force in Gliscor or Clefable for Blacephalon to prey on. Entry hazard removers like Tapu Fini, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W are Hazard removal is also appreciated due to Blacephalon's Stealth Rock weakness. (ap) ; removal options such as Tapu Fini, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W are therefore useful for it. Blacephalon is highly vulnerable to being Pursuit pursuit trapped. This can be very difficult to prevent, as both Weavile and Tyranitar can safely come in either after Blacephalon has picked up a KO kill or being pivoted in after Blacephalon has already fired off an attack. Consider having ways of taking advantage abusing (re: last two changes, kill and abuse aren't accepted, so avoid using those terms.) these Pokemon. (ap) Options such as Heatran, Calm Mind Clefable, Ash-Greninja, and Mega Mawile can punish these Pokemon by forcing further KOs after they have successfully trapped Blacephalon.

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

A Choice Scarf set can be considered as a revenge killer that can take advantage of abuse Beast Boost to snowball teams, get more powerful, but Blacephalon's STAB combination is not exceedingly difficult to pivot around when not powered up by Choice Specs, and it can generally be revenge killed either with bulky Water-types or priority from Mega Lopunny and Mega Mawile. Trick cripples can be crippling to defensive Pokemon like Blissey, Toxapex, and Chansey, but Knock Off achieves similar results and allows Blacephalon to keep its Choice Specs. Additionally, Blacephalon may receive recieve harmful items from Trick, such as Toxapex's Black Sludge, hampering Blacephalon's already bad longevity. A Calm Mind set with EVs tuned (pretty sure you can specify the evs here) to get Beast Boost to boost Speed can be used as a sweeper. (ap) Such such a set can also consider Grassium Z Z Solar Beam (i think 'Bloom Doom' is also fine) to surprise Tyranitar. Unfortunately, this Blacephalon doesn't hit hard enough even when boosted to consistently sweep teams.

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

**Dark-types**: Tyranitar is by far the best counter to Blacephalon, as it safely switches into every move it has and easily Pursuit traps it. Weavile Pursuit traps it as well, although it cannot safely switch in. Hydreigon can't safely switch into Blacephalon's Fire-type STAB moves, Fire-STAB, but its resistance to Shadow Ball and access to Roost makes it a great check. Mega Gyarados can also check it, although it can't safely switch in without Mega Evolving beforehand.

**Dragon-types**: Kommo-o is immune to Shadow Ball due to Bulletproof and defensive variants can take Overheat if necessary. Other Dragon-types like Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios are able to comfortably switch into Blacephalon's Fire-type STAB moves and revenge kill it after, but are destroyed by Shadow Ball.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Certain special walls, Special Walls, such as Toxapex, Blissey, Chansey, and Gastrodon, (ac) are capable of scouting what move Blacephalon is using and can respond accordingly. (ap) However, however, both Toxapex and Gastrodon can be put into 2HKO range of Shadow Ball after minimal chip, and both Chansey and Blissey fear Knock Off.

**Revenge Killing**: Most faster Pokemon can't safely switch into Blacephalon, though however threats such as Mega Lopunny, Ash-Greninja, Kartana, and Mega Diancie can revenge kill it. Additionally, priority from Mega Mawile and Urshifu-R Urshifu-RS can take care of Blacephalon due to its minimal bulk.

**Stealth Rock**: Blacephalon's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock limits its longevity, disabling it from switching in to dent the opposing team as often.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[TheShowdownHoedown, 508532], [Sputnik, 475916]]
- Quality checked by: [[adem, 529732], [Solaros & Lunaris, 471780]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Adeleine]

this check includes many changes from above am check (nice one, btw, am stamping it). only worry about implementing this post
Add/Fix Remove Comment
(AC): Add Comma

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs Wallbreaker
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Knock Off
item: Choice Specs
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Blacephalon's great STAB combination and high power makes high-Base Power moves make it a very dangerous wallbreaker. It excels at forcing KOs against several common defensive cores, as they often lack a peoper Ghost resist. proper Ghost-resistant Pokemon. It also sits at a nice speed tier that Speed tier, which lets it outrun and revenge kill some offensive threats, including Garchomp, Mega Medicham, and Tapu Lele. However, Blacephalon's frailty and poor defensive profile make it difficult to get into battle at times, and it's very easy for the likes of Weavile and Tyranitar to Pursuit trap it. Overheat is a nuke that is capable of achieves titanic feats of strength; it can OHKO Gliscor and 2HKO Garchomp after minimal chip damage while doing enormous damage to frailer resists resistant foes such as Ash-Greninja and Mega Charizard Y. Fire Blast can also 2HKO Hydreigon and Garchomp and can be used for more reliable damage that doesn't lower Blacephalon's Special Attack after use. well consecutively. Knock Off is a good midground option that can annoy annoys certain defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Gastrodon, allowing Blacephalon to 2HKO the former with Stealth Rock up and a roll to potentially 2HKO the latter with Stealth Rock or one layer of (if not one, specify how many) Spikes. Most crucially, it can remove removes Chansey's Eviolite, which can allow (if the 2HKO is guaranteed, instead use "allows") Blacephalon to 2HKO it with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage. Flamethrower can be considered over Fire Blast for more consistency, but the drop in power leads to Blacephalon losing damage onto threats like Knocked Chansey. makes Blacephalon worse at breaking through threats like Chansey post Knock Off. Choice Specs is the preferred item for the increase in power; this is complemented very nicely by power, which nicely complements Blacephalon's highly spammable STAB moves. Timid is required in order to outrun Garchomp, Victini, and Mega Medicham.

Blacephalon fits well on fast paced teams that fast-paced teams, which appreciate it forcing meaningful progress against most defensive cores. Blacephalon is quite difficult to get into battle safely, so pivoting support is highly valuable. Landorus-T, Mega Lopunny, Mega Scizor, and Tapu Koko can all offer this support; Tapu Koko is especially nice, as it can bait in Ferrothorn, while Mega Lopunny can force in Gliscor or Clefable for Blacephalon to prey on. Hazard removal is also appreciated due to Blacephalon's Stealth Rock weakness; removal options such as Tapu Fini, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W are therefore useful for it. Entry hazard removers like Tapu Fini, Landorus-T, and Rotom-W are also appreciated due to Blacephalon's Stealth Rock weakness. Blacephalon is highly vulnerable to being pursuit trapped. This Pursuit trapped; this can be very difficult to prevent, as both Weavile and Tyranitar can safely come in either after Blacephalon has picked up a kill picks up a KO or being get pivoted in after Blacephalon has it's already fired off an attack. Consider having ways of abusing these Pokemon; Options teammates such as Heatran, Calm Mind Clefable, Ash-Greninja, and Mega Mawile Mawile, which can punish these Pokemon by forcing further KOs after they have successfully trapped Blacephalon.

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

A Choice Scarf set can be considered as a revenge killer that can abuse uses Beast Boost to get more powerful and snowball through teams, but Blacephalon's STAB combination is not exceedingly difficult to pivot around when not powered up boosted by Choice Specs, and it Blacephalon can generally be revenge killed either with bulky Water-types or priority moves from Mega Lopunny and Mega Mawile. Trick can be crippling to cripples defensive Pokemon like Blissey, Toxapex, and Chansey, but Knock Off achieves similar results and allows Blacephalon to keep its Choice Specs. Additionally, Blacephalon may recieve receive harmful items from Trick, such as Toxapex's Black Sludge, hampering Blacephalon's its already bad longevity. A Calm Mind set with EVs tuned to get Beast Boost to boost Speed ___ EVs (fill in the blank) can be used as a sweeper, boosting Speed after KOs; such a set can also consider Z Solar Beam Grassium Z to surprise Tyranitar. Unfortunately, this Blacephalon set doesn't hit hard enough even when boosted to consistently sweep teams.

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

**Dark-types**: Tyranitar is by far the best counter to Blacephalon, as it safely switches into every move it has any move and easily Pursuit traps it. Weavile Pursuit traps it as well, although it cannot safely switch in. Hydreigon can't safely switch into Blacephalon's Fire-STAB, Fire-type moves, but its resistance to Shadow Ball and access to Roost makes make it a great check. Mega Gyarados can also check it, although it can't safely switch in without Mega Evolving beforehand.

**Dragon-types**: Kommo-o is immune to Shadow Ball due to Bulletproof, and defensive variants can take Overheat if necessary. Other Dragon-types like Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios are able to can comfortably switch into Blacephalon's Fire STAB Fire-type moves and revenge kill it after, but are destroyed by Shadow Ball. Shadow Ball destroys them.

**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Certain Special Walls, special walls, such as Toxapex, Blissey, Chansey, and Gastrodon are capable of scouting Gastrodon, can scout what move Blacephalon is using and can respond accordingly; however, minimal chip damage puts both Toxapex and Gastrodon can be put into 2HKO range of Shadow Ball after minimal chip, into Shadow Ball's 2HKO range, and both Chansey and Blissey fear Knock Off.

**Revenge Killing**: Most faster Pokemon can't safely switch into Blacephalon, however though threats such as Mega Lopunny, Ash-Greninja, Kartana, and Mega Diancie can revenge kill it. Additionally, priority moves from Mega Mawile and Urshifu-RS Urshifu-R can take care of Blacephalon due to its minimal bulk.

**Stealth Rock**: Blacephalon's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock limits its longevity, disabling preventing it from switching in to dent the opposing team as often.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[TheShowdownHoedown, 508532], [Sputnik, 475916]]
- Quality checked by: [[adem, 529732], [Solaros & Lunaris, 471780]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done

small sulo note

(i think 'Bloom Doom' is also fine)

think not bc its not a move that exists -on the set- per se

 

[TheShowdownHoedown]

Implemented and finished

 

[Adeleine]

GP Team done

(it didnt go through the first time) (probably bc I edited it in)

 

[adem]

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