UU Gastrodon (QC 2/2) (GP 1/1)

[StarFalcon555]

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Spikes / Stealth Rock
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Ice Beam
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Gastrodon's solid bulk and incredible defensive typing make it one of the better specially defensive walls and hazard setters in the tier. It's able to check Pokemon like Gengar, Iron Jugulis, and Kilowattrel and set up hazards against other hazard setters like Hippowdon and Sandy Shocks to help wear down Pokemon like Wo-Chien and Gallade. Stealth Rock should only be used as Gastrodon's hazard of choice if it cannot be fit onto another team member. Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam both help to take care of Grass-types like Wo-Chien and Tsareena. Ice Beam also serves as an effective way of hitting Dragon-types like Salamence, Noivern, and Haxorus. Surf can be used as an alternative to hit Hippowdon harder and force Talonflame out more reliably. Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Off from foes like non-Mold Breaker Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain Leftovers recovery. Storm Drain is an effective alternative to absorb Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's attacks, though Gastrodon must Terastallize in order to handle the former's Close Combat. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Gastrodon from getting worn down by hazards. Covert Cloak makes Gastrodon a hard counter to Grafaiai, and makes it able to answer Pokemon like Gengar and Iron Jugulis more reliably by ignoring secondary effects from their moves. Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's Grass weakness, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic that lets it switch in on Quagsire's Toxic and Toxic Spikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb, allowing it to 3HKO Brambleghast and 2HKO Tsareena. Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon spinblock Brambleghast and Tsareena while letting it wall Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar.

Gastrodon works best on hazard stack, balance, and bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive utility. Stealth Rock setters like Tyranitar and Tinkaton allow Gastrodon to free up a moveslot to run Spikes. Gastrodon struggles greatly against Grass-types without Terastallizing, so Pokemon that can deal with them, such as Talonflame, Slither Wing, and Salamence make good teammates. Gastrodon struggles to handle strong wallbreakers like Lucario, Dragon Dance Salamence, and Pawmot, so it pairs well with Pokemon like Wo-Chien, Scream Tail, and Hippowdon that can check these breakers more reliably, though the former must Terastallize to do so. Wallbreakers like Choice Specs Gengar, Pawmot, and Scizor greatly appreciate the hazards that Gastrodon sets up, as it makes it easier for them to break through bulkier foes like Hippowdon and Quagsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[ Band, 301217]]

 

[Estarossa]

Could you get this into QC within 72 hours please? Let me know if there is any reason you need an extension on this, will reassign after 72 hours otherwise.

 

[StarFalcon555]

Could you get this into QC within 72 hours please? Let me know if there is any reason you need an extension on this, will reassign after 72 hours otherwise.

sorry for the wait, this is now QC ready !!

 

[Mystras]

Be sure to implement everything
I will need to look at this again before I give it 1/2 since I did put quite a lot to add. You need to go more in depth with some of these points, especially in the teammates section especially since gastro is a high value mon

StarFalcon555, post: 9536492, member: 540058

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Spikes / Stealth Rock
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Ice Beam / Surf
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Gastrodon's solid bulk and incredible defensive typing make it one of the better specially defensive walls and hazard setters in the tier, able to check Pokemon like Gengar, Iron Jugulis, and Kilowattrel. Mention the Pokemon that gastrodon can setup hazards on like Sandy Shocks and Hippowdon and some Pokemon that they help wear down like Wo-Chien and Gallade. Mention stealth rock as something gastrodon uses if the team has no room for any other users of it Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam both help to take care of Grass-types like Wo-Chien and Tsareena that threaten Gastrodon, with . (AP) Ice Beam also serving serves as an effective way of hitting Dragon-types like Salamence, Noivern, and Haxorus. Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Offs from foes like Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain passive Leftovers recovery with its Leftovers in the process . Storm Drain is an affective effective alternative to absorb powerful Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W , Gyarados, and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's special moves attacks. It only runs special attacks anyways. Secondly, Gyarados running taunt kind of messes up gastrodon, especially if it runs anything other than sludge bomb for poison chances. Tauros is fine but you need to make it clear that it relies more on its Tera Type for it to not be ran over by cc Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's 4x Grass weakness to Grass, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic mention why this is useful, like avoiding poisons from Quagsire or Gengar's tspikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb again this is nice but why is this relevant? find some examples of Pokemon it pressures more as a result of this. If you cant find anything or if its too difficult to implement then remove it. . (AP) , while Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon spinblock foes like Brambleghast and Tsareena while also walling Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar's Shadow Ball in the process.


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Gastrodon works best on hazard stack, balance, and bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive utility. mention here stealth rock setters that can be used with gastrodon so that it has room for spikes, Tinkaton and Tyranitar come to mind Gastrodon struggles greatly against Grass-types like what without Terastallizing, so Pokemon that can deal with them, such as Talonflame, Slither Wing, and Salamence make good teammates. Gastrodon's physical Defense is much lower than its Special Defense, so it also pairs well with physical walls like Wo-Chien , Slowbro, and Scream Tail that can patch up these weaknesses. I have a bit of problems with how this is presented, like some of this is technically true but you need to go more in depth on why that's the case. What Pokemon specifically do they cover that Gastro does not like facing? What other benefits do they provide aside from just being physical sponges? I also took out Slowbro cause I don't think there's much value to stacking two defensive water types. Wallbreakers like Choice Specs Gengar, Pawmot, and Scizor greatly appreciate the hazards that Gastrodon sets up, as it makes it easier for them to break through bulkier foes like Quagsire, Hippowdon, and Wo-Chien Hippowdon and Quagsire fixed order to match examples, I took out wo Chien since it doesn't start as a threat to any of them without its tera type that normally sponge their attacks.



[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[StarFalcon555]

Be sure to implement everything
I will need to look at this again before I give it 1/2 since I did put quite a lot to add. You need to go more in depth with some of these points, especially in the teammates section especially since gastro is a high value mon

StarFalcon555, post: 9536492, member: 540058

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Spikes / Stealth Rock
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Ice Beam / Surf
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Gastrodon's solid bulk and incredible defensive typing make it one of the better specially defensive walls and hazard setters in the tier, able to check Pokemon like Gengar, Iron Jugulis, and Kilowattrel. Mention the Pokemon that gastrodon can setup hazards on like Sandy Shocks and Hippowdon and some Pokemon that they help wear down like Wo-Chien and Gallade. Mention stealth rock as something gastrodon uses if the team has no room for any other users of it Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam both help to take care of Grass-types like Wo-Chien and Tsareena that threaten Gastrodon, with . (AP) Ice Beam also serving serves as an effective way of hitting Dragon-types like Salamence, Noivern, and Haxorus. Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Offs from foes like Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain passive Leftovers recovery with its Leftovers in the process . Storm Drain is an affective effective alternative to absorb powerful Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W , Gyarados, and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's special moves attacks. It only runs special attacks anyways. Secondly, Gyarados running taunt kind of messes up gastrodon, especially if it runs anything other than sludge bomb for poison chances. Tauros is fine but you need to make it clear that it relies more on its Tera Type for it to not be ran over by cc Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's 4x Grass weakness to Grass, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic mention why this is useful, like avoiding poisons from Quagsire or Gengar's tspikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb again this is nice but why is this relevant? find some examples of Pokemon it pressures more as a result of this. If you cant find anything or if its too difficult to implement then remove it. . (AP) , while Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon spinblock foes like Brambleghast and Tsareena while also walling Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar's Shadow Ball in the process.


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Gastrodon works best on hazard stack, balance, and bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive utility. mention here stealth rock setters that can be used with gastrodon so that it has room for spikes, Tinkaton and Tyranitar come to mind Gastrodon struggles greatly against Grass-types like what without Terastallizing, so Pokemon that can deal with them, such as Talonflame, Slither Wing, and Salamence make good teammates. Gastrodon's physical Defense is much lower than its Special Defense, so it also pairs well with physical walls like Wo-Chien , Slowbro, and Scream Tail that can patch up these weaknesses. I have a bit of problems with how this is presented, like some of this is technically true but you need to go more in depth on why that's the case. What Pokemon specifically do they cover that Gastro does not like facing? What other benefits do they provide aside from just being physical sponges? I also took out Slowbro cause I don't think there's much value to stacking two defensive water types. Wallbreakers like Choice Specs Gengar, Pawmot, and Scizor greatly appreciate the hazards that Gastrodon sets up, as it makes it easier for them to break through bulkier foes like Quagsire, Hippowdon, and Wo-Chien Hippowdon and Quagsire fixed order to match examples, I took out wo Chien since it doesn't start as a threat to any of them without its tera type that normally sponge their attacks.



[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

implemented, ready for another look

 

[Twilight]

StarFalcon555, post: 9536492, member: 540058

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Spikes / Stealth Rock
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Ice Beam / Surf
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1 (3-4 lines approximately)

Gastrodon's solid bulk and incredible defensive typing make it one of the better specially defensive walls and hazard setters in the tier, able to check Pokemon like Gengar, Iron Jugulis, and Kilowattrel and set up hazards on other hazard setters like Hippowdon and Sandy Shocks to help wear down Pokemon like Wo-Chien and Gallade. Stealth Rock should only be used as Gastrodon's hazard of choice if it cannot be fit onto another team member. Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam both help to take care of Grass-types like Wo-Chien and Tsareena. Ice Beam also serves as an effective way of hitting Dragon-types like Salamence, Noivern, and Haxorus. Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Off from foes like Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain Leftovers recovery. Storm Drain is an effective alternative to absorb powerful Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's attacks, though Gastrodon must Terastallize in order to handle the former's Close Combat. Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's Grass weakness, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic that lets it switch in on Quagsire's Toxic and Gengar's Toxic Spikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb, allowing it to 3HKO Brambleghast and 2HKO Tsareena. Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon spinblock foes like Brambleghast and Tsareena while also walling Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar.

explain boots and covert cloak
give Surf a mention for hitting Hippo harder and forcing Talonflame out more reliably

Gastrodon works best on hazard stack, balance, and bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive utility. Stealth Rock setters like Tyranitar Sandy Shocks and Tinkaton allow Gastrodon to free up a moveslot to run Spikes. Gastrodon struggles greatly against Grass-types without Terastallizing, so Pokemon that can deal with them, such as Talonflame, Slither Wing, and Salamence make good teammates. Gastrodon's Defense is much lower than its Special Defense, so it also pairs well with physical walls like Wo-Chien and Scream Tail that can patch up these weaknesses, handling Pokemon like Dragon Dance Salamence and Pawmot in the process. Wo-Chien seems a bit odd here given it doesn't actually beat either of these two unless it commits Tera, which isn't something you have mentioned. Either mention tera here or add an example of something it deals with for Gastro. Also, I am not a fan of how this point is worded because whether Wo-Chien and Scream are physical walls is pretty dependent on the spread (most Wo-Chien being SpD anyway and investing into Def on Scream depends on the team). I would prefer you reworded the sentence to say how 'Gastro struggles with strong breakers like X and so Y pairs nicely etc.' Wallbreakers like Choice Specs Gengar, Pawmot, and Scizor greatly appreciate the hazards that Gastrodon sets up, as it makes it easier for them to break through bulkier foes like Hippowdon and Quagsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]] add these
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Mystras said it was fine for me to give this the second check. If you need any help double-checking just message on here or on discord. 2/2

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[StarFalcon555]

GP Team wee woo wee woo wee woo

 

[Estarossa]

[SET COMMENTS]

Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Off from foes like Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain Leftovers recovery. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Gastrodon from getting worn down by hazards, while Covert Cloak makes Gastrodon a more reliable answer into Pokemon like Gengar and Iron Jugulis, dodging the negative secondary effects that their moves may inflict on it. this should be commenting on its ability to hard counter grafaiai too, as it completely blocks poisons from both gunk shot and poison touch. Storm Drain is an effective alternative this should be above the heady duty boots bit to make it read more clearly to absorb powerful Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's attacks, though Gastrodon must Terastallize in order to handle the former's Close Combat. Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's Grass weakness, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic that lets it switch in on Quagsire's Toxic and Gengar's Toxic Spikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb, allowing it to 3HKO Brambleghast and 2HKO Tsareena. Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon spinblock foes like Brambleghast and Tsareena would perhaps reword this to saying it stops them spinning against it wile leaving the option to spinblock if a lot of hazards are up, it takes a fair bit of damage so it doesn't necessarily always want to hard switch into them to block it but it does make them often stop trying to do it against you directly at least. while also walling Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar.



[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Just a few extra comments cause i spotted these last night and wanted to bring up before it went into GP. Don't bother crediting me for this on the QC since its not very much but just stuff I would have otherwise edited while uploading if I hadnt brought htis up now.

 

[Band]

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GP 1/1

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Spikes / Stealth Rock
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Ice Beam
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]

Gastrodon's solid bulk and incredible defensive typing make it one of the better specially defensive walls and hazard setters in the tier,(RC).(AP) It's I broke the sentence in two to make reading it easier able to check Pokemon like Gengar, Iron Jugulis, and Kilowattrel and set up hazards on against other hazard setters like Hippowdon and Sandy Shocks to help wear down Pokemon like Wo-Chien and Gallade. Stealth Rock should only be used as Gastrodon's hazard of choice if it cannot be fit onto another team member. Sludge Bomb and Ice Beam both help to take care of Grass-types like Wo-Chien and Tsareena. Ice Beam also serves as an effective way of hitting Dragon-types like Salamence, Noivern, and Haxorus. Surf can be used as an alternative to hit Hippowdon harder and force Talonflame out more reliably. Sticky Hold allows Gastrodon to absorb Knock Off from foes like non-Mold Breaker Tinkaton, Grafaiai, and Donphan, letting it maintain Leftovers recovery. Storm Drain is an effective alternative to absorb powerful Water-type attacks from foes like Paldean Tauros-W and Tatsugiri while giving a boost to Gastrodon's attacks, though Gastrodon must Terastallize in order to handle the former's Close Combat. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Gastrodon from getting worn down by hazards. Covert Cloak makes Gastrodon a hard counter into Grafaiai by blocking any potential poisons poison status it may cause while also making Gastrodon a more reliable answer into Pokemon like Gengar and Iron Jugulis, dodging the negative secondary effects that their moves may inflict on it. Covert Cloak makes Gastrodon a hard counter to Grafaiai, and makes it able to answer Pokemon like Gengar and Iron Jugulis more reliably by ignoring secondary effects from their moves. Tera Poison removes Gastrodon's Grass weakness, gives it a valuable immunity to Toxic that lets it switch in on Quagsire's Toxic and Gengar's Toxic Spikes, and powers up its Sludge Bomb, allowing it to 3HKO Brambleghast and 2HKO Tsareena. Tera Ghost lets Gastrodon deter foes like Brambleghast and Tsareena from using Rapid Spin on them while also serving as a spinblocker to keep its hazards up and walling spinblock Brambleghast and Tsareena while letting it wall Fighting-types like Slither Wing and Lucario, though it does become weaker to Gengar.

Gastrodon works best on hazard stack, balance, and bulky offense teams that appreciate its defensive utility. Stealth Rock setters like Tyranitar and Tinkaton allow Gastrodon to free up a moveslot to run Spikes. Gastrodon struggles greatly against Grass-types without Terastallizing, so Pokemon that can deal with them, such as Talonflame, Slither Wing, and Salamence make good teammates. Gastrodon struggles to handle strong wallbreakers like Lucario, Dragon Dance Salamence, and Pawmot, so it pairs well with Pokemon like Wo-Chien, Scream Tail, and Hippowdon that can check these breakers more reliably, though the former must Terastallize to do so. Wallbreakers like Choice Specs Gengar, Pawmot, and Scizor greatly appreciate the hazards that Gastrodon sets up, as it makes it easier for them to break through bulkier foes like Hippowdon and Quagsire.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[StarFalcon555, 540058]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mystras Leoxses, 530118], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Band, 301217]]