Monotype Greninja (Dark)

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[SET]
Greninja @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dark)
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Grass Knot
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory

[SET COMMENTS]
Greninja is a staple for Dark teams thanks to its blitzing Speed tier that outpaces Cinderace and Iron Valiant. Protean + Choice Specs allows it to take full advantage of its coverage moves to OHKO and 2HKO common threats. Hydro Pump 2HKOes specially defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock; however, Surf is a safer option while still OHKOing Iron Valiant after Stealth Rock. Ice Beam targets threats such as Dragonite and Clodsire. Grass Knot can 2HKO Ting Lu and Gastrodon while OHKOing Dondozo after Stealth Rock. Extrasensory targets Poison- and Fighting-types such as Toxapex and Quaquaval.

Meowscarada forms a dual Protean core with Greninja to break each other's checks; Greninja can break Toxapex for Meowscarada, while Meowscarada can break Iron Hands for Greninja. Chien-Pao and Greninja form a dangerous core that shatters teams without a proper Ice-resistant Pokemon. Chien-Pao is also capable of breaking Steel-types such as Kingambit with Sacred Sword. Kingambit can take on Fairy-type Pokemon for Greninja, such as Flutter Mane and Hatterene, while it can break past physical walls such as Quagsire in return. Ting-Lu can stack Stealth Rock and Spikes allowing Greninja to more easily score OHKOs such as against Corviknight and Dondozo and take care of Hatterene and Flutter Mane with Heavy Slam for Greninja. Sableye switches into Fighting-type attacks such as Great Tusk's Close Combat; additionally, it can block Rapid Spin, keeping entry hazards up for Greninja. Skuntank is amazing in the Fairy matchup, as it can check threats such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant and trap Klefki with Fire Spin. Skuntank also absorbs and sets Toxic Spikes for Greninja.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [Ashbala, 518038]]
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[SET]
name: Choice Specs (Dark)
move 1: Hydro Pump / Surf
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Grass Knot
move 4: Extrasensory
item: Choice Specs
ability: Protean
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Greninja is a staple to Dark teams thanks to its blitzing Speed tier (I think mentioning that this cool guy outspeeds threats like Valiant and Cinderace is cool and makes its blitzing speedtier more concrete) and great ability in Protean that allows it to take full advantage of its coverage moves. Hydro Pump allows Greninja to target and 2HKO Specially Defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock chip, however, Surf is a safer option as it doesn't miss and always will OHKO Specially Defensive Iron Treads after Stealth Rock chip (btw, on non-Gastro Ground builds, shouldn't you just spam Ice Beam whenever you get a free turn if ever?). Ice Beam allows Greninja to target threats such as Dragonite and Clodsire. Grass Knot can 2HKO Ting Lu and OHKO Dondozo after Stealth Rock chip (it also deals with Gastro). Extrasensory allows Greninja to target Poison- and Fighting-types such as Toxapex and Quaquaval. A ton of these OHKO's and 2HKO's would not be possible if Greninja was not holding Choice Specs.

Meowscarada forms a dual Protean core with Greninja, allowing them to form a nasty core that can break the others checks. Greninja can break Toxapex for Meowscarada, while Meowscarada can break Iron Hands for Greninja. Chien-Pao and Greninja form a dangerous core that shatters teams that do not have a proper Ice resist, Chien-Pao is also capable of breaking Steel-types such as Kingambit with Sacred Sword. Kingambit can take Fairy-type Pokemon for Greninja such as Flutter Mane and Hatterene, while it can break past physical walls such as Quagsire for it in return. Ting-Lu can stack Stealth Rock and Spikes for Greninja allowing it to more easily score OHKO's such as against Corviknight and Azumarill (Dozo over Azu imo). Heavy sSlam also allows Ting-Lu to take care of Hatterene and FLlutter Mane for Greninja. Sableye provides Greninja with a switch into Fighting attacks such as Great Tusk's Close Combat, additionally, it can block Rapid Spin, keeping hazards up for Greninja. Skuntank is amazing in the Fairy matchup as it can check threats such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, and trap Klefki with Fire Spin. Sunktank also absorbs and sets Toxic Spikes for Greninja.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526 username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

1/2, Thankie op guy Maroon :blobnom:
 

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[SET]
Greninja @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dark)
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Grass Knot
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory

[SET COMMENTS]
Greninja is a staple to on Dark teams thanks to its blitzing Speed tier, which lets it outpace outpacing Cinderace and Iron Valiant. Protean allows it to take full advantage of its coverage moves. Hydro Pump allows Greninja to target and 2HKO Specially Defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock chip,; (AS) however, Surf is a safer option as it doesn't miss and always will OHKO Iron Valiant after Stealth Rock damage chip (breaking up some monotony). Ice Beam allows Greninja to target threats such as Dragonite and Water Absorb Clodsire. Grass Knot can 2HKO Ting-Lu and Gastrodon, while being able to OHKO Dondozo after Stealth Rock chip. Extrasensory allows Greninja to target Poison- and Fighting-types such as Toxapex and Quaquaval. A ton of these OHKO's and 2HKO's would not be possible if Greninja was not holding Choice Specs.

Meowscarada forms a dual Protean core with Greninja, allowing them to form a nasty core that can (you already said this) break the other's checks. Greninja can break Toxapex for Meowscarada, while Meowscarada can break Iron Hands for Greninja. Chien-Pao and Greninja form a dangerous core that shatters teams that do not have a proper Ice resist,. (AP) Chien-Pao is also capable of breaking Steel-types such as Kingambit with Sacred Sword. Kingambit can take on Fairy-type Pokemon for Greninja such as Flutter Mane and Hatterene, while it Greninja can break past physical walls such as Quagsire for it in return. Ting-Lu can stack Stealth Rock and Spikes for Greninja allowing it to more easily score OHKO's such as against Corviknight and Dondozo. Heavy Slam also allows Ting-Lu to take care of Hatterene and Flutter Mane for Greninja. Sableye provides Greninja with a switch into Fighting attacks such as Great Tusk's Close Combat,; (AS) additionally, it can block Rapid Spin, keeping hazards up for Greninja. Skuntank is amazing in the Fairy matchup as it can check threats such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, and trap Klefki with Fire Spin. Sunktank also absorbs and sets Toxic Spikes for Greninja.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [Ashbala, 518038]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 

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[SET]
Greninja @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dark)
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Grass Knot
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory

[SET COMMENTS]
Greninja is a staple to for Dark teams thanks to its blitzing Speed tier that outpaces outpacing Cinderace and Iron Valiant. Protean + Choice Specs allows it to take full advantage of its coverage moves to OHKO and 2HKO common threats. Hydro Pump allows Greninja to target and 2HKOes Specially Defensive specially defensive Corviknight after Stealth Rock chip; (comma -> semicolon) however, Surf is a safer option as it doesn't miss and always will while still OHKOing Iron Valiant after Stealth Rock chip. Ice Beam allows Greninja to targets threats such as Dragonite and Clodsire. Grass Knot can 2HKO Ting Lu and Gastrodon, (rc) while being able to OHKOing Dondozo after Stealth Rock chip. Extrasensory allows Greninja to targets Poison- and Fighting-types such as Toxapex and Quaquaval. A ton of these OHKO's and 2HKO's would not be possible if Greninja was not holding Choice Specs. (choice specs seems to be a big part of the set [literally the set name] so it's weird that it's just mentioned last like this, so I decided to combine it with the protean line. lmk if it doesnt work)

Meowscarada forms a dual Protean core with Greninja, (rc) allowing them to form a nasty core that can break each the other's (add apostrophe) checks; (period -> semicolon) Greninja can break Toxapex for Meowscarada, while Meowscarada can break Iron Hands for Greninja. Chien-Pao and Greninja form a dangerous core that shatters teams that do not have without a proper Ice-resistant Pokemon (add hyphen). Chien-Pao is also capable of breaking Steel-types such as Kingambit with Sacred Sword. Kingambit can take on Fairy-type Pokemon for Greninja, (ac) such as Flutter Mane and Hatterene, while it can break past physical walls such as Quagsire for it in return. Ting-Lu can stack Stealth Rock and Spikes for Greninjaallowing it Greninja to more easily score OHKO's OHKOs such as against Corviknight and Dondozo(add emdash)Heavy Slam also allows Ting-Lu to and take care of Hatterene and Flutter Mane with Heavy Slam for Greninja. Sableye provides Greninja with a switches into Fighting-type attacks such as Great Tusk's Close Combat; (comma -> semicolon) additionally, it can block Rapid Spin, keeping entry hazards up for Greninja. Skuntank is amazing in the Fairy matchup, (ac) as it can check threats such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, (rc) and trap Klefki with Fire Spin. Sunktank Skuntank also absorbs and sets Toxic Spikes for Greninja.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Dark analysis by: [[maroon, 305839]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [Ashbala, 518038]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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