Equilibra

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra's solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability, as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's matchups against opposing Ground-types, such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards without worrying about taking Spikes damage. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the foe's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers, while Pain Split gives it an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers. Alternatively, Aura Sphere allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibra and improves its matchup against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Choice Specs Greninja's Hydro Pump, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's matchups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay in against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to check Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water- and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-W synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch in on Fire-type attacks aimed at it; they, in turn, appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since it walls many of the Fighting- and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against such as Great Tusk; in return, Equilibra deals with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates that don't mind taking Knock Off, like Corviknight and Toxapex. Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep entry hazards off the field, it works well with teammates that are worn down by them, such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-W hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra's moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra's attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krilowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra's moves and force it out with super effective attacks.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple it with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but it has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick, such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo, so as not to risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

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Da Pizza Man

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Changed the EV Spread to the spread me and spoo were discussing on Discord yesterday. Leaving this here as a note, and I am leaving this in WIP for now (I'll try to see if I can get it QC Ready by the end of the week though).
 
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AMQC? :worrycargo:
[SET]
Defensive Pivot @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

- Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame.
- Bulletproof is recommended as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao, as well as Pyro Ball from Cinderace. I might mention the common Shadow Ball
- Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups against opposing Ground-types, while also presenting more opportunities to clear hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes.
- Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers.
- Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers.
- Aura Sphere is an option to allow Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilbra, and give it a consistent way of damaging Corviknight. idt Corv is the best answer tbh, maybe or/and Colo/Ting-Lu?
- The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive Moonblast into the combination of? Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin.
- Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads, while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in against opposing Ground-types.
- Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth and Astrolotl. add Skeledirge and/or Volcarona

- Equilibra struggles against Water-types and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt and Iron Hands make for great partners. I’d add Plas maybe?
- Krillowatt and Rotom-Wash deserve a special mention as partners for Equilibra since they can consistently switch-in on Fire-type attacks that threaten Equilibra out. In return, Equilibra pressures one of their greatest threats, Jumbao. make this “pressures Jumbao, one of their greatest threats”
- Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for healing recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off such as Corviknight and Toxapex.
- Finally, thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards such as Iron Moth and Venomicon-Epilogue.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra with their STAB, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out with Body Press.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra thanks to their super-effective STAB, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo I’d say Argh > Treads to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

**Garganacl**: Equilibra is unable to safely switch in on Garganacl, as it takes a decent amount of damage from Body Press and is very quickly worn down by Salt Cure. However, Garganacl cannot stay in against Equilibra without Terastallizing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
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Da Pizza Man

Pizza Time
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AMQC? :worrycargo:
[SET]
Defensive Pivot @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

- Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame.
- Bulletproof is recommended as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao, as well as Pyro Ball from Cinderace. I might mention the common Shadow Ball
- Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups against opposing Ground-types, while also presenting more opportunities to clear hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes.
- Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers.
- Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers.
- Aura Sphere is an option to allow Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilbra, and give it a consistent way of damaging Corviknight. idt Corv is the best answer tbh, maybe or/and Colo/Ting-Lu?
- The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive Moonblast into the combination of? Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin.
- Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads, while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in against opposing Ground-types.
- Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth and Astrolotl. add Skeledirge and/or Volcarona

- Equilibra struggles against Water-types and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt and Iron Hands make for great partners. I’d add Plas maybe?
- Krillowatt and Rotom-Wash deserve a special mention as partners for Equilibra since they can consistently switch-in on Fire-type attacks that threaten Equilibra out. In return, Equilibra pressures one of their greatest threats, Jumbao. make this “pressures Jumbao, one of their greatest threats”
- Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for healing recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off such as Corviknight and Toxapex.
- Finally, thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards such as Iron Moth and Venomicon-Epilogue.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra with their STAB, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out with Body Press.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra thanks to their super-effective STAB, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo I’d say Argh > Treads to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

**Garganacl**: Equilibra is unable to safely switch in on Garganacl, as it takes a decent amount of damage from Body Press and is very quickly worn down by Salt Cure. However, Garganacl cannot stay in against Equilibra without Terastallizing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
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- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
Implemented most of this, but I decided not to implement the changes in orange for the following reasons.

1: There's a bit of nuance that causes Bulletproof and Levitate Equilibra to play fairly different from each other (It's not on the level of Protean vs Battle Bond on Greninja, granted, but it's still fairly noticable), and given that both are viable, I figured that distinguishing between the two would be fairly important.
2: For the Knock Off section, I mostly tried to go with examples of Pokemon that Equilibra may want to switch-in on (Although in the case of Treads that sort of really only applies to Levitate tbh), and Equilibra has pretty much zero reason to ever want to switch-in on Arghonaut.
 

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

- Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame.
- Bulletproof is recommended as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao, Pyro Ball from Cinderace, and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark.
- Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups against opposing Ground-types (maybe bring up an example or two here), while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes.
- Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers.
- Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers.
- Aura Sphere is an option to allow Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilbra, Orthworm, as well as improving its match-up against Dark-types such as Ting-Lu and Colossoil. (personal opinion is that Ting-Lu barely takes any damage as is, so maybe mention Roaring Moon, instead?)
- The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin.
- Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads, while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in against opposing Ground-types.
- Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

- Equilibra struggles against Water and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners.
- Krillowatt and Rotom-Wash deserve a special mention as partners for Equilibra since they can consistently switch-in on Fire-type attacks that threaten Equilibra out. In return, Equilibra pressures Jumbao, one of their greatest threats.
- Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off such as Corviknight and Toxapex.
- Finally, thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards such as Iron Moth and Venomicon-E.
I wanna see more defensive teammates mentioned. Book and Libra go together like peanut butter and jelly and coverage each other extremely well. Same applies for bulky waters like Arghonaut and Snaelstrom.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out with Body Press. (Tomohawk doesn't really run Body Press so if you could mention Heat wave it'd be :v4:)

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

**Garganacl**: Equilibra is unable to safely switch in on Garganacl, as it takes a decent amount of damage from Body Press and is very quickly worn down by Salt Cure. However, Garganacl cannot stay in against Equilibra without Terastallizing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]


I don't know if we want it to be in succinct paragraphs at 1/2 or not but that's a matter of just removing the linebreaks so don't change it? who knows. Anyhow good job
1/2
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Da Pizza Man

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Implemented the actual check itself. In terms of the formatting, I'll probably bring something about it up on Discord later (It wouldn't be all that had to change it anyways like you said).

Edit: Changed it to paragraph form
 
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao, Pyro Ball from Cinderace, and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. I'd condense this a bit. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups against opposing Ground-types such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers. Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers. Aura Sphere is an option to allow Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibria and Orthworm, as well as improving its match-up against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads, while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Good.

Equilibra struggles against Water and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Krillowatt and Rotom-Wash deserve a special mention as partners for Equilibra since they can consistently switch-in on Fire-type attacks that threaten Equilibra out. I think I'd condense these two sentences. In return, Equilibra pressures Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Bulky Water-types such as Arghonaut and Snaelstrom synergize well with Equilibra for same reasons, while they also appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon walls many of the Fighting-types and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against, while Equilibra returns the favor by dealing with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. I'd explicitly mention Great Tusk with Venom. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off such as Corviknight and Toxapex. Finally, thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards such as Iron Moth and Venomicon-E. I think this sentence's examples could be better.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out; Corviknight and Venomicon force Equilibra out with Body Press while Tomohawk does so with Heat Wave.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

**Garganacl**: Equilibra is unable to safely switch in on Garganacl, as it takes a decent amount of damage from Body Press and is very quickly worn down by Salt Cure. However, Garganacl cannot stay in against Equilibra without Terastallizing. NGL, I feel like this probably isn't worth being a full bullet.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [username2, userid2]]
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Good, 2/2 once impelmented
 

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability,(ac) as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao,(rc) and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups(remove hyphen) against opposing Ground-types,(ac) such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's foe's opponent = battler; foe = pokemon moves and get additional healing from Leftovers. Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers.(remove period),(ac) while Aura Sphere is an option to allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibria,(rc) Equilibra as well as improving improve its match-up(remove hyphen) against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups(remove hyphen) against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads,(rc) while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in(remove hyphen, make it a space) against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water-(add hyphen) and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-Wash synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch-in(remove hyphen) switch-in is used as a noun, while the non-hyphenated switch in is the verb form on Fire-type attacks aimed at Equilibra, while they appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and i think you mean absorb and pressure based on QC checks pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon walls many of the Fighting-types and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against,(ac) such as Great Tusk;(add semicolon) in return, Equilibra deals ,(rc) while Equilibra returns the favor by dealing with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off,(ac) like such as changed due to such as _ being used in 3 consecutive sentences/break up the repetition Corviknight and Toxapex. Finally, thanks Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards,(ac) such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out; Corviknight and Venomicon force Equilibra out with Body Press,(ac) while Tomohawk does so with Heat Wave.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick,(ac) such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo,(ac) to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [quziel, 297859]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability,(ac) as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao,(rc) and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's match-ups(remove hyphen) against opposing Ground-types,(ac) such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikes. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the opponent's foe's opponent = battler; foe = pokemon moves and get additional healing from Leftovers. Pain Split is an option over Protect to give Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers.(remove period),(ac) while Aura Sphere is an option to allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibria,(rc) Equilibra as well as improving improve its match-up(remove hyphen) against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's match-ups(remove hyphen) against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads,(rc) while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay-in(remove hyphen, make it a space) against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in on Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water-(add hyphen) and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-Wash synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch-in(remove hyphen) switch-in is used as a noun, while the non-hyphenated switch in is the verb form on Fire-type attacks aimed at Equilibra, while they appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and i think you mean absorb and pressure based on QC checks pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon walls many of the Fighting-types and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against,(ac) such as Great Tusk;(add semicolon) in return, Equilibra deals ,(rc) while Equilibra returns the favor by dealing with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off,(ac) like such as changed due to such as _ being used in 3 consecutive sentences/break up the repetition Corviknight and Toxapex. Finally, thanks Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazards,(ac) such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out; Corviknight and Venomicon force Equilibra out with Body Press,(ac) while Tomohawk does so with Heat Wave.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick,(ac) such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo,(ac) to not risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

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- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [quziel, 297859]]
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability, as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's matchups against opposing Ground-types, such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards thanks to the granted immunity to Spikeswithout worrying about taking Spikes damage. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the foe's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers. Pain Split is an option over Protect to give, while Pain Split gives Equilibra an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers, while. Alternatively, Aura Sphere allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibra as well as improve its matchup against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's matchups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay in against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to safely stay in oncheck Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water- and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-Wash synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch in on Fire-type attacks aimed at Equilibra, while theyit; they, in turn, appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon walls many of the Fighting- and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against, such as Great Tusk; in return, Equilibra deals with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who don't mind taking Knock Off, like Corviknight and Toxapex. Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep entry hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who are worn down by hazardsthem, such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s moves and force it out; Corviknight and Venomicon force Equilibra out with Body Press, while Tomohawk does so with Heat Wave with Body Press in the case of Corviknight and Venomicon and Heat Wave in the case of Tomohawk.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick, such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo, to notso as not to risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [quziel, 297859]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1dex, 277988]]

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s Equilibra's solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability, as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's Equilibra's matchups against opposing Ground-types, such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards without worrying about taking Spikes damage. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the foe's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers, while Pain Split gives Equilibra it an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers. Alternatively, Aura Sphere allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibra as well as improve and improves its matchup against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja Greninja's Hydro Pump, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's matchups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay in against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to check Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water- and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-Wash Rotom-W synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch in on Fire-type attacks aimed at it; they, in turn, appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon it walls many of the Fighting- and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against such as Great Tusk; in return, Equilibra deals with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who that don't mind taking Knock Off, like Corviknight and Toxapex. Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep entry hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who that are worn down by them, such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash Rotom-W hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s Equilibra's moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s Equilibra's attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt Krilowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s Equilibra's moves and force it out with Body Press in the case of Corviknight and Venomicon and Heat Wave in the case of Tomohawk super effective attacks.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra it with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra it has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick, such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo, so as not to risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [quziel, 297859]]
- Grammar checked by: [[dex, 277988]]

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Equilibra) @ Leftovers
Ability: Bulletproof / Levitate
Tera Type: Flying / Water
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 36 SpA / 64 SpD / 16 Spe
Calm Nature
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Rapid Spin
- Protect / Pain Split / Aura Sphere

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================

Equilibra’s Equilibra's solid typing, great stats, and access to Rapid Spin make it one of the premier defensive pivots and entry hazard removers in the metagame. Bulletproof is the recommended ability, as it blocks Focus Blast from Pokemon such as Gholdengo and Jumbao and Shadow Ball from Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark. Alternatively, Levitate drastically improves Equilibra's Equilibra's matchups against opposing Ground-types, such as Clodsire and Garchomp, while also presenting more opportunities to clear entry hazards without worrying about taking Spikes damage. Protect allows Equilibra to scout the foe's moves and get additional healing from Leftovers, while Pain Split gives Equilibra it an alternative form of recovery, lowering its reliance on Leftovers. Alternatively, Aura Sphere allows Equilibra to beat opposing Levitate Equilibra as well as improve and improves its matchup against Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and Colossoil. The given EV Spread spread allows Equilibra to avoid an OHKO from Hydro Pump from Choice Specs Greninja Greninja's Hydro Pump, survive the combination of Moonblast into Close Combat from Mixed mixed Tera Fairy Iron Valiant, and outspeed Adamant Breloom after getting a Speed boost from Rapid Spin. Tera Flying flips Equilibra's matchups against Fighting-types such as Great Tusk and Breloom on their heads while allowing Bulletproof Equilibra to safely stay in against opposing Ground-types. Alternatively, Tera Water allows Equilibra to check Fire-types such as Iron Moth, Astrolotl, Skeledirge, and Volcarona.

Equilibra struggles against Water- and Flying-types, so Electric-types such as Caribolt, Iron Hands, and Plasmanta make for great partners. Water-types such as Arghonaut and Rotom-Wash Rotom-W synergize well with Equilibra, since they can switch in on Fire-type attacks aimed at it; they, in turn, appreciate Equilibra's ability to absorb Electric-type attacks and pressure Jumbao, one of their greatest threats. Venomicon is one of the best defensive partners for Equilibra, since Venomicon it walls many of the Fighting- and Ground-types that Equilibra struggles against such as Great Tusk; in return, Equilibra deals with Pokemon that Venomicon struggles against, such as Stratagem and Hatterene. Equilibra relies heavily on Leftovers for recovery, so it appreciates support from teammates who that don't mind taking Knock Off, like Corviknight and Toxapex. Thanks to Equilibra's ability to consistently keep entry hazards off the field, it works well with teammates who that are worn down by them, such as Snaelstrom, Iron Moth, and Loaded Dice Baxcalibur.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================

**Water-types**: Rotom-Wash Rotom-W hard counters Equilibra, as it takes negligible damage from any of Equilibra’s Equilibra's moves and threatens it with Hydro Pump. Arghonaut similarly brushes off Equilibra’s Equilibra's attacks and threatens to cripple it with Knock Off. Greninja and Krillowatt Krilowatt can switch in on Flash Cannon and threaten to deal significant damage to Equilibra, but they are 2HKOed by Earth Power.

**Bulky Flying-types**: Bulky Flying-types such as Corviknight, Venomicon, and Tomohawk give Equilibra trouble, as they don’t take much damage from Equilibra’s Equilibra's moves and force it out with Body Press in the case of Corviknight and Venomicon and Heat Wave in the case of Tomohawk super effective attacks.

**Ground-types**: Offensive Great Tusk sets OHKO Equilibra with Close Combat, while defensive sets can either deal significant damage with Body Press or cripple Equilibra it with Knock Off. Other bulky Ground-types such as Ting-Lu and Clodsire are easily capable of dealing with Bulletproof Equilibra, but Equilibra it has little to fear from them if it forgoes Bulletproof for Levitate.

**Item Manipulation**: Equilibra heavily relies on the passive recovery granted by Leftovers, so it must be careful when switching in on Pokemon with Knock Off or Trick, such as Iron Treads and Gholdengo, so as not to risk taking a significant blow to its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Da Pizza Man, 221710]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [quziel, 297859]]
- Grammar checked by: [[dex, 277988]]

gp 2/1, cleaned up some misses
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