RU Glastrier

[zizalith]

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: High Horsepower / Close Combat
move 4: Substitute / Close Combat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Chilling Neigh
nature: Adamant
evs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Glastrier's great natural bulk lets it soft check multiple offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Zarude, and Galarian Slowbro, while its high Attack and good offensive movepool let it wallbreak against slower teams. However, Glastrier's positives are offset by its atrocious defensive typing and glacial Speed, which mean it will typically only get a few chances to check threats per game and requires significant team support to shine. High Horsepower complements Glastrier's Ice STAB by hitting Steel- and Fire-types like Cobalion, Metagross, and Darmanitan. Substitute allows Glastrier to set up on weaker Pokemon such as Crobat and Steelix and prevent status from the likes of Registeel and Gastrodon. Close Combat hits most High Horsepower targets like Incineroar and Registeel for significantly more damage, but it cannot hit Candelure and its stat drops will usually force Glastrier out. Heavy-Duty Boots makes Glastrier significantly less reliant entry hazard removers, but Leftovers is an alternative on teams with solid hazard removal. Defensive Pokemon often have a hard time breaking Substitute, so Leftovers synergizes well with it. The Speed EVs allow Glastrier to outpace Registeel, Diancie, and Vileplume.

Glastrier is very customizable. Protect can be used on Substitute + Leftovers variants providing Glastrier with more recovery and allowing it to slowly outlast its counters and accumulate Chilling Neigh boosts. A spread of 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe allows Glastrier to completely take advantage of Registeel by making its Substitute survive Seismic Toss, although the lack of initial power can be detrimental against faster-paced teams. A spread of 140 HP / 124 Atk / 244 Spe outspeeds and sets up on Porygon2 and Galarian Weezing, while also outspeeding Sylveon and Incineroar. 180 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Spe allows Glastrier to maintain bulk and set up on Gastrodon with ease. Throat Chop can be used to OHKO Starmie after Stealth Rock damage and prevent Sylveon from using Hyper Voice while maintaining coverage on Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Chandelure, but it sacrifices crucial coverage against Cobalion and Darmanitan. Any of the given options can be mixed and matched to cover specific threats.

Glastrier teams are often forced to run at least a few Pokemon with middling Speed, so reliable Speed control and revenge killers are required. Choice Scarf users like Mienshao and Zarude as well as priority users like Zygarde-10%, Entei, and Choice Band Metagross can remedy this issue. Mienshao and Zarude can also pivot on Flying-type switch-ins like Crobat and Togekiss for Glastrier to take advantage of. Similarly, Electric-types like Raikou, Xurkitree and Heliolisk can scare out Water-types and lure in Ground-types for Glastrier. Sylveon and Togekiss pair well with Glastrier, as they are able to patch up its crippling Fighting-type weakness and provide Wish and cleric support. In return, Glastrier can weaken Steel-types and ease the pressure on them to check Zygarde-10% and Zarude. Bulky Water-types like Milotic, Suicune, and Golisopod are Glastrier's biggest roadblocks, so Pokemon that take advantage of them like Raikou, Roserade, and Toxicroak are necessary. Spikes or Toxic Spikes from the likes of Golisopod, Roserade, and Dragalge can also help wear them down. Water-types of your own like Starmie, Volcanion, and Golisopod can serve as Fire- and Steel-type checks, with the former two providing entry hazard removal and Golisopod providing priority. Dedicated hazard removal is necessary if running Leftovers, so Pokemon like Togekiss, Noivern, and Volcanion synergize well with Glastrier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith, 410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [Mac3, 291087], [gorex, 244449]]
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[GoldCat]

additions in green, subtractions in red, comments in (blue)

Iorse

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: High Horsepower / Close Combat
move 4: Substitute / Close Combat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Chilling Neigh
nature: Adamant
evs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Glastriers Glastrier's incredible bulk and attack Attack is offset by its atrocious defensive typing and glacial speed Speed. However, its good offensive movepool allow it to wallbreak through slower teams and its great natural bulk let it soft check to multiple offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Zarude, and Galarian Slowbro, albeit it will typically only get a few chances to do so per game. High Horsepower complements Glastrier's Ice STAB by hitting Steel- and Fire-types like Cobalion, Metagross, and Darmanitan. Substitute allows Glastrier to set up on weaker Pokemon such as Steelix and prevent status from the likes of Galarian Slowbro and Vileplume Gastrodon (More relevant example.). Defensive Pokemon often have a hard time breaking Substitute, so it synergizes well with Leftovers (Move this down to where you're talking about item choice.). Close Combat is a stronger move to hit Incineroar and hit most High Horsepower targets like Registeel for significantly more damage, but its defense drops will usually force Glastrier out of the field. Heavy-Duty Boots makes Glastrier significantly less reliant on team support from hazard removers, but Leftovers are an alternative on teams with solid hazard removal. Protect can be used on Substitute + Leftover variants over Swords Dance, providing Glastrier with more recovery, allowing it to slowly outlast its counters and accumulate Chilling Neigh boosts. The Speed EVs allow Glastrier to outpace Registeel, Diancie, and Vileplume. An alternative spread of 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe allows Glastrier to completely take advantage of Registeel by making its Substitutes survive a Seismic Toss, although the lack of initial power can be detrimental against faster-paced teams. Throat Chop can be used to hit Starmie and neutralise prevent Sylveon from using Hyper Voice (in what way Throat Chop neutralizes Sylveon is a bit vague for newer players.) while maintaining coverage on Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Chandelure, but it misses out on crucial coverage against Cobalion and Darmanitan.

Sylveon and Togekiss pair well with Glastrier, as they are able to patch up its crippling Fighting-type weakness, provide Cleric support, and potentially Wish support wallbreak (Sylveon only wallbreaks if its Specs and then it's neither a good Fighter check nor cleric.) or Defog. In return, Glastrier can weaken Steel-types and ease the pressure off them to check Zygarde-10% and Zarude. Bulky Water-types like Milotic, Suicune, and Golisopod are Glastrier's biggest roadblocks, so Pokemon that take advantage of these like Raikou, Roserade, and Toxicroak are necessary. Toxic Spikes from the likes of Dragalge and Roserade (T-Spikes Rose is a rare sight so it's prob best to generalize it as Spikers overall.) can also help wear down these Pokemon. Water-types of your own, like Starmie, Golisopod, and Volcanion can serve as Fire- and Steel-type checks, and provide hazard removal or priority in Golisopod's case. The teams in which Glastrier tends to fit are often forced to run at least a few Pokemon with middling speed Speed, so reliable speed control is required. Choice Scarf users like Mienshao and Zarude, as well as priority users like Zygarde-10%, Entei, and Choice Band Metagross can remedy this issue. Mienshao and Zarude can also pivot into on an incoming (into makes it sound like Mienshao and Zarude switches in on Flying-types.) Flying-type Pokemon like Crobat and Togekiss for Glastrier to take advantage of. Similarly, Electric-types like Raikou and Heliolisk (Heliolisk is fine, but obv. Xurkitree would be a more relevant example.) can scare out Water-types and lure in Ground-types for Glastrier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith, 410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2.

 

[Mac3]

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[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: High Horsepower / Close Combat
move 4: Substitute / Close Combat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Chilling Neigh
nature: Adamant
evs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Glastrier's incredible bulk and Attack is offset by its atrocious defensive typing and glacial (i love the pun, but i honestly had to think about whether this meant fast or slow) Speed. However, its good offensive movepool allows it to wallbreak through slower teams and its great natural bulk lets it soft check to multiple offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Zarude, and Galarian Slowbro, albeit it will typically only get a few chances to do so per game. High Horsepower complements Glastrier's Ice STAB by hitting Steel- and Fire-types like Cobalion, Metagross, and Darmanitan. Substitute allows Glastrier to set up on weaker Pokemon such as Steelix (seeing as more lix can run bpress now, i think this should be changed) and prevent status from the likes of Galarian Slowbro and Gastrodon. Close Combat is a stronger move to hit Incineroar and hit most High Horsepower targets like Registeel for significantly more damage, but its defense drops will usually force Glastrier out of the field (you also give up on chande if ur ice/fight). Heavy-Duty Boots makes Glastrier significantly less reliant on team support from hazard removers, but Leftovers are an alternative on teams with solid hazard removal. Defensive Pokemon often have a hard time breaking Substitute, so it synergizes well with Leftovers. Protect can be used on Substitute + Leftover variants over Swords Dance, providing Glastrier with more recovery, allowing it to slowly outlast its counters and accumulate Chilling Neigh boosts. The Speed EVs allow Glastrier to outpace Registeel, Diancie, and Vileplume. An alternative spread of 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe allows Glastrier to completely take advantage of Registeel by making its Substitutes survive a Seismic Toss, although the lack of initial power can be detrimental against faster-paced teams. Throat Chop can be used to hit Starmie and prevent Sylveon from using Hyper Voice while maintaining coverage on Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Chandelure, but it misses out on crucial coverage against Cobalion and Darmanitan.

Sylveon and Togekiss pair well with Glastrier, as they are able to patch up its crippling Fighting-type weakness, provide Cleric support, and potentially Wish support or Defog. In return, Glastrier can weaken Steel-types and ease the pressure off them to check Zygarde-10% and Zarude. Bulky Water-types like Milotic, Suicune, and Golisopod are Glastrier's biggest roadblocks, so Pokemon that take advantage of these like Raikou, Roserade, and Toxicroak are necessary. Spikes from the likes of Dragalge (doesn't get spikes, might be understood that u mean tspikes though) , Golisopod, and Roserade can also help wear down these Pokemon. Water-types of your own, like Starmie, Golisopod, and Volcanion can serve as Fire- and Steel-type checks, and provide hazard removal or priority in Golisopod's case. The teams in which Glastrier tends to fit are often forced to run at least a few Pokemon with middling Speed, so reliable speed control is required. Choice Scarf users like Mienshao and Zarude, as well as priority users like Zygarde-10%, Entei, and Choice Band Metagross can remedy this issue. Mienshao and Zarude can also pivot on an incoming Flying-type Pokemon like Crobat and Togekiss for Glastrier to take advantage of. Similarly, Electric-types like Raikou, Xurkitree and Heliolisk can scare out Water-types and lure in Ground-types for Glastrier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith, 410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [Mac3, 291087]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[gorex]

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zlastrier

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: High Horsepower / Close Combat
move 4: Substitute / Close Combat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Chilling Neigh
nature: Adamant
evs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Glastrier's incredible bulk and Attack is offset by its atrocious defensive typing and glacial Speed. However, its good offensive movepool allows it to wallbreak through slower teams and its great natural bulk lets it soft check multiple offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Zarude, and Galarian Slowbro, albeit it will typically only get a few chances to do so per game. (try to reorder this so that as much as possible, it reads positives first then negatives, feels a bit jumbled here). High Horsepower complements Glastrier's Ice STAB by hitting Steel- and Fire-types like Cobalion, Metagross, and Darmanitan. Substitute allows Glastrier to set up on weaker Pokemon such as Crobat and Steelix and prevent status from the likes of Galarian Slowbro Registeel and Gastrodon. (gbro seems a weird mention here since sludge bomb always breaks and if they calc on it they might just sludge bomb always to prevent it from having sub up). Close Combat is a stronger move to hit Incineroar and hit most High Horsepower targets like Incineroar and Registeel (high horsepower is also super effective on incineroar) for significantly more damage, but its defense drops will usually force Glastrier out of the field, and if sued used (dont sue cc it did nothing wrong...well ig it drops ur defenses but still...) over High Horsepower misses out on hitting Chandelure. Heavy-Duty Boots makes Glastrier significantly less reliant on team support from hazard removers, but Leftovers are an alternative on teams with solid hazard removal. Defensive Pokemon often have a hard time breaking Substitute, so it synergizes well with Leftovers. Protect can be used on Substitute + Leftover variants over Swords Dance, providing Glastrier with more recovery, allowing it to slowly outlast its counters and accumulate Chilling Neigh boosts. The Speed EVs allow Glastrier to outpace Registeel, Diancie, and Vileplume. An alternative spread of 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe allows Glastrier to completely take advantage of Registeel by making its Substitutes survive a Seismic Toss, although the lack of initial power can be detrimental against faster-paced teams. Throat Chop can be used to hit OHKO Starmie after Stealth Rock damage and prevent Sylveon from using Hyper Voice while maintaining coverage on Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Chandelure, but it misses out on crucial coverage against Cobalion and Darmanitan. (252+ Atk Glastrier Throat Chop vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Starmie: 238-282 (91.1 - 108%) -- 50% chance to OHKO, self explanatory)

additional mention of this spread, 140 hp / 124 atk / 244 spe adamant. this creeps uninvested base 60s, mainly focusing on weezing-g and p2, hp divisible by 4 for sub, and ensures stabs from weezing-g doesnt break subs.

Sylveon and Togekiss pair well with Glastrier, as they are able to patch up its crippling Fighting-type weakness, and provide Cleric Wish and cleric support, and potentially Wish support or Defog. (defog, or rather hazard removal, mention feels better separate, esp with how it wld support the lefties set v well, do add in such a mention btw and give more examples). In return, Glastrier can weaken Steel-types and ease the pressure off them to check Zygarde-10% and Zarude. Bulky Water-types like Milotic, Suicune, and Golisopod are Glastrier's biggest roadblocks, so Pokemon that take advantage of these like Raikou, Roserade, and Toxicroak are necessary. Spikes or Toxic Spikes from the likes of Dragalge, Golisopod, and Roserade Golisopod, Roserade, and Dragalge can also help wear down these Pokemon. (more of a gp thing, but helping where we can to list the examples according to what is mentioned first). Water-types of your own, like Starmie, Golisopod, and Volcanion (swap order of golisopod and volcanion mention) can serve as Fire- and Steel-type checks, and provide hazard removal or priority in Golisopod's case with the former two providing hazard removal and Golisopod providing priority. (in line with swapping the order of mentions, feel like this reads clearer, optional depending on what you feel). The teams in which Glastrier tends to fit are often forced to run at least a few Pokemon with middling Speed, so reliable speed control is required. Choice Scarf users like Mienshao and Zarude, as well as priority users like Zygarde-10%, Entei, and Choice Band Metagross can remedy this issue. Mienshao and Zarude can also pivot on an incoming Flying-type Pokemon like Crobat and Togekiss for Glastrier to take advantage of. Similarly, Electric-types like Raikou, Xurkitree and Heliolisk can scare out Water-types and lure in Ground-types for Glastrier. (more of a subjective thing, but i feel like this fits better at the start of this paragraph, kinda like how we do it on most, if not all, of the analyses that have had such a mention. up to you though.)

add in hazard removal mention as stated

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith, 410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [Mac3, 291087], [gorex, 244449]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

good job, gigalith. once implemented, qc 3/2

z edit: bad mon

 

[CryoGyro]

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[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: High Horsepower / Close Combat
move 4: Substitute / Close Combat
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Chilling Neigh
nature: Adamant
evs: 92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Glastrier's great natural bulk lets it soft check multiple offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Zarude, and Galarian Slowbro, while its high Attack and good offensive movepool let it wallbreak through against slower teams. However, Glastrier's positives are offset by its atrocious defensive typing and glacial Speed, which mean it will typically only get a few chances to deal with these check threats per game and requires significant team support to shine. High Horsepower complements Glastrier's Ice STAB by hitting Steel- and Fire-types like Cobalion, Metagross, and Darmanitan. Substitute allows Glastrier to set up on weaker Pokemon such as Crobat and Steelix and prevent status from the likes of Registeel and Gastrodon. Close Combat is a stronger move to hits most High Horsepower targets like Incineroar and Registeel for significantly more damage, but it cannot hit Candelure and its defense stat drops will usually force Glastrier out of the field, and if used over High Horsepower misses out on hitting Chandelure. Heavy-Duty Boots makes Glastrier significantly less reliant on team support from entry hazard removers, but Leftovers are is an alternative on teams with solid hazard removal. Defensive Pokemon often have a hard time breaking Substitute, so it Leftovers synergizes well with Leftovers it. The Speed EVs allow Glastrier to outpace Registeel, Diancie, and Vileplume.

Glastrier is very customizable and as such has several other options it can viably run. Protect can be used on Substitute + Leftovers variants over Swords Dance, (you haven't even mentioned sd) providing Glastrier with more recovery, (comma) and allowing it to slowly outlast its counters and accumulate Chilling Neigh boosts. A spread of 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe allows Glastrier to completely take advantage of Registeel by making its Substitute survive a Seismic Toss, although the lack of initial power can be detrimental against faster-paced teams. Glastrier can alternatively run A spread of 140 HP / 124 Atk / 244 Spe to outspeeds and sets up on Porygon2 and Galarian Weezing, while also outspeeding Sylveon and Incineroar. 180 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Spe allows Glastrier to maintain more bulk and set up on Gastrodon with ease. Throat Chop can be used to OHKO Starmie after Stealth Rock damage and prevent Sylveon from using Hyper Voice while maintaining coverage on Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Chandelure, but it misses out on sacrifices crucial coverage against Cobalion and Darmanitan. Any of the given options can be mixed and matched to cater to cover specific threats.

The teams in which Glastrier tends to fit teams are often forced to run at least a few Pokemon with middling Speed, so reliable Speed control is and revenge killers are required. Choice Scarf users like Mienshao and Zarude, (comma) as well as priority users like Zygarde-10%, Entei, and Choice Band Metagross can remedy this issue. Mienshao and Zarude can also pivot on an incoming Flying-type Pokemon switch-ins like Crobat and Togekiss for Glastrier to take advantage of. Similarly, Electric-types like Raikou, Xurkitree and Heliolisk can scare out Water-types and lure in Ground-types for Glastrier. Sylveon and Togekiss pair well with Glastrier, as they are able to patch up its crippling Fighting-type weakness, (comma) and provide Wish and cleric support. In return, Glastrier can weaken Steel-types and ease the pressure off on them to check Zygarde-10% and Zarude. Bulky Water-types like Milotic, Suicune, and Golisopod are Glastrier's biggest roadblocks, so Pokemon that take advantage of these them like Raikou, Roserade, and Toxicroak are necessary. Spikes or Toxic Spikes from the likes of Golisopod, Roserade, and Dragalge can also help wear them down these Pokemon. Water-types of your own, (comma) like Starmie, Volcanion, and Golisopod can serve as Fire- and Steel-type checks, with the former two providing entry hazard removal and Golisopod providing priority. Dedicated hazard removal is necessary if running Leftovers, so Pokemon like Togekiss, Noivern, and Volcanion synergize well with Glastrier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith, 410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [Mac3, 291087], [gorex, 244449]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]