1v1 Endeavor Donphan [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
name: Endeavor
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Earthquake
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Brave
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
ivs: 0 SpD / 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Sturdy and Sitrus Berry allow Donphan to always get a Substitute up. This allows Donphan to beat Choice item Pokemon like Meowscarada and Chien-Pao, regardless of whether they go for an OHKO or not.
* Earthquake is Donphan's strongest STAB move, beating Pokemon like Magnezone and Clodsire.
* EVs are put into Attack and Defense to deal the most damage and help with physical attackers, since physical attacks rarely activate Sturdy.
* 0 Speed IVs allow Donphan to be as slow as possible, which lets Substitute be used after slow threats like Dondozo and Garganacl move, creating a free turn to use Endeavor or Substitute again. 0 Special Defense IVs are used to activate Sturdy more often.
* Donphan should almost always use Substitute turn 1. Donphan should continue to use it until its HP does not allow it to do so, proceeding to use Endeavor + Ice Shard to go for the KO.
* An exception to this rule is that if Donphan can 2HKO with a combination Earthquake and Ice Shard, it should do that instead, such as against Choice item Dragapult, Magnezone, and Clodsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bored_glitch, 579035]]
- Quality checked by: [[driplegend, 517652], [itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sabelette, 583793], [Adeleine, 517429]]

 

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ready for qc

 

[DripLegend]

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(this is a trial) overall really nice job, may need more examples on usage and certain options but very solid

first yellow post :D

[SET]
name: Endeavor
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Earthquake
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Brave
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
ivs: 0 SpD / 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Donphan's ability Sturdy and Sitrus Berry allows it to always get up a Substitute. (any examples of sitrus deciding certain matchups?)
* Endeavor is used to get a foe in KO range of Ice Shard. this gets mentioned later on, fine to remove here
* Earthquake is Donphan's strongest STAB move, beating Pokemon like Magnezone and Clodsire.
* EVs are put in Attack and Defense to deal the most damage and help with physical attackers since physical attacks rarely activate Sturdy.
* 0 Speed IVs allow Donphan to be as slow as possible, and 0 Special Defense IVs to activate Sturdy more often. (does speed matter in certain matchups versus others?)
(could mention HP allows Donphan another sub, may be common knowledge but if it isn't then could be good here) qc chat mentioned that the HP actually needs to be changed to be 0 HP EVs. HP doesn't allow another sub, just gets donphan to 1 HP after 5 Substitutes (with Sitrus Berry)
* Donphan should almost always use Substitute turn 1. Donphan should continue to do so until its HP does not allow it to do so, then use Endeavor + Ice Shard to try to secure the KO.
* An exception to this is if Donphan can 2HKO with Earthquake + Ice Shard, it should be used instead. Something like non-Will-O-Wisp Dragapult
(any matchups with different sequences? i.e priority users or taunt/encore pokemon?)
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bored_glitch, 579035]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

fine first check, I'll look at it again after these comments are implemented
- itchy

 

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GP Team hi

 

[Sabelette]

Amcheck!

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[SET]
name: Endeavor
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Earthquake
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Brave
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
ivs: 0 SpD / 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Donphan's ability (seems redundant) Sturdy and Sitrus Berry allows it Donphan to always get up a Substitute. This allows Donphan to beat Choice item Pokemon like Meowscarada and Chien-Pao. (AH)
* Earthquake is Donphan's strongest STAB move, beating Pokemon like Magnezone and Clodsire.
* EVs are put into Attack and Defense to deal the most damage and help with physical attackers since physical attacks rarely activate Sturdy.
* 0 Speed IVs allow Donphan to be as slow as possible, which lets allows Substitute to be used last, allowing for a free turn to use Endeavor or Substitute. The slow speed Speed (would maybe rephrase to "Keeping its Speed as low as possible...") helps Donphan to beat slow threats like Dondozo and Garganacl. 0 Special Defense IVs are used to activate Sturdy more often. 4 EVs are left out because they do not help with anything.
* Donphan should almost always use Substitute turn 1. Donphan should continue to do so until its HP does not allow it to do so, then use Endeavor + Ice Shard to try to secure the KO.
* An exception to this is that if Donphan can 2HKO with Earthquake + Ice Shard, it should be used do this instead,. Such examples of this is with such as against (note the added comma after "instead," this flows better imo) Choice item Dragapult and Magnezone.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bored_glitch, 579035]]
- Quality checked by: [[driplegend, 517652], [itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

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[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Endeavor
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Endeavor
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Earthquake
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Brave
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
ivs: 0 SpD / 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Sturdy and Sitrus Berry allow Donphan to always get up a Substitute up. This allows Donphan to beat Choice item Pokemon like Meowscarada and Chien-Pao, regardless of whether they go for an OHKO or not. (I imagine something like this makes sense? change if desired. if i'm totally off the mark, maybe elaborate a bit, because I assume just sturdy+endeavor+ice shard donphan without sub beats eg choice item chien pao that goes for ice move)
* Earthquake is Donphan's strongest STAB move, beating Pokemon like Magnezone and Clodsire.
* EVs are put into Attack and Defense to deal the most damage and help with physical attackers, (AC) since physical attacks rarely activate Sturdy.
* 0 Speed IVs allow Donphan to be as slow as possible, which allows Substitute to be used last, allowing for lets Substitute be used after slow threats like Dondozo and Garganacl move, creating (I imagine something like this makes sense? change if needed) a free turn to use Endeavor or Substitute. Keeping its Speed as low as possible helps Donphan to beat slow threats like Dondozo and Garganacl. Substitute again. 0 Special Defense and HP IVs are used to activate Sturdy more often. 4 EVs are left out because they do not help with anything.
* Donphan should almost always use Substitute turn 1. Donphan should continue to do so use it until its HP does not allow it to do so, then proceeding to use Endeavor + Ice Shard to try to secure go for the KO.
* An exception to this rule is that if Donphan can 2HKO with Earthquake + Ice Shard, it should do this that instead, such as against Choice item Dragapult and Magnezone. (just for maximum clarity, i'd include clodsire here if this bullet applies to it. if not, i'd somehow, somewhere, clarify why you'd use earthquake against clodsire–as the second bullet says–instead of just going for sub + endeavor + ice shard as normal)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bored_glitch, 579035]]
- Quality checked by: [[driplegend, 517652], [itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sabelette, 583793], [Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done, lmk if any qs

 

[Lumii]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/pokemon/donphan/1v1/