Monotype Hawlucha (Fighting) QC: [2/2] Gp: [1/1]

[Namranan]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance (Fighting)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics / Brave Bird
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Taunt
item: White Herb
ability: Unburden
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

On Fighting teams, Hawlucha is a fantastic late-game setup sweeper that utilizes its Unburden ability to become one of the fastest threats in the metagame. This and Hawlucha's access to Swords Dance, make it very good at cleaning weakened teams, and it grants the team a good matchup against Grass- and Bug-type teams thanks to its Flying typing. With White Herb, it can set up Unburden in front of any Pokemon that isn't a Ghost-type with Close Combat, and use either Acrobatics or Brave Bird to hit most of the tier very hard. Brave Bird is especially useful in matchups like Ghost, where activating White Herb is impossible due to everything being immune to Close Combat. Swords Dance is used to further boost its power in front of walls such as Ferrothorn on Steel. Taunt facilitates this by preventing walls like Toxapex or Hippowdon from using Haze or phazing moves, as well as preventing entry hazards and other status moves. One should also be wary of Pokemon that are faster than Hawlucha after Unburden, such as Barraskewda in rain. Maximum Attack and Speed investment with a Jolly nature allows Hawlucha to hit as hard as possible while outspeeding most key threats outside of Unburden such as Gengar and Keldeo.

Hawlucha can't outright sweep teams from the beginning of the match, which is why it needs teammates like Bewear and Lucario to break holes in the opposing team so it can find an opportunity to set up and clean. Bewear helps check walls like Galarian Corsola thanks to its Substitute + Bulk Up set, while Lucario can help bust through walls like Toxapex with its Nasty Plot set. These Pokemon in return appreciate Hawlucha's ability to prevent hazards from being on the field thanks to Taunt, as well as making it easier to switch into walls like Hippowdon or Ferrothorn. Choice Scarf Toxicroak is also a great teammate, as it can KO most Fairy-types that threaten Hawlucha like Gardevoir and Hatterene. Hawlucha also enjoys the support that Stealth Rock Kommo-o can provide, as it weakens opposing Pokemon and makes it easier for Hawlucha to sweep late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Namranan, 353292]]
- Fighting analysis by: [[Namranan, 353292]]
- Quality checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [Maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]

 

[Namranan]

Ready for QC

 

[mushamu]

[SET]
Jolly > Adamant

Also name the set something like Swords Dance.
[SET COMMENTS]

"This Pokemon is very good at cleaning weakened teams and grants the team a good matchup against Grass and Bug-type teams thanks to its flying typing."
Rephrase this to something like "This, along with its access to Swords Dance, makes Hawlucha very good at..."
Also name some more types Hawlucha is good against. You don't have to specify the Flying typing.

"Swords Dance is used to further boost its power in front of a wall that was hit by Taunt, which is used to prevent Pokemon like Toxapex from hazing or phasing it out from combat while also preventing any status moves to get on it."
Use Hippowdon as an example, and I would also mention hazards for it.

Reflect the Jolly > Adamant change and what Pokemon it lets you outspeed.

Let's see a usage tip or two for Hawlucha?

"Hawlucha, like most fighting types, is weak to Psychic-types like Indeedee and Gardevoir so Scrafty or Pangoro are very helpful teammates as they can switch into STAB Psychic moves and force them out with their offensive arsenal."
I'm unsure about this since neither Scrafty or Pangoro can switch into Indeedee or Gardevoir. I would find some better examples or remove it completely.

Specify that Toxicroak is Choice Scarf.

QC 1/2

 

[Namranan]

implemented, awaiting next check

 

[maroon]

- i would maybe list something faster than unburden hawlucha such as barraskewda in rain
- mention that in matchups like ghost, where it cant pop its white herb brave bird is way more useful
- dont say hawluchas teammates should switch into walls such as toxapex because of taunt in the teammate section, scald burns still exist
- maybe mention that np lucario can break past threats for hawlucha such as toxapex with psychic

QC 2/2

 

[Namranan]

Implmented, putting into gp queue

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

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[SET]
name: White Herb (Fighting)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Acrobatics / Brave Bird
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Taunt
item: White Herb
ability: Unburden
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

On Fighting teams, Hawlucha is a fantastic lategame late-game setup sweeper that utilizes its Unburden ability to become one of the fastest threats in the metagame. This and Hawlucha's access to Swords Dance, (RC) make it very good at cleaning weakened teams, (AC) and it grants the team a good matchup against Grass- (AH) and Bug-type teams thanks to its Flying typing. With White Herb, it can set up Unburden in front of any Pokemon that isn't a Ghost-type with Close Combat, and use either Acrobatics or Brave Bird as a useful secondary STAB attack that allows Hawlucha to hit most of the tier very hard. Brave Bird is especially useful in matchups like Ghost, (AC) where activating White Herb is impossible due to everything being immune to Close Combat.(remove doublespace) Swords Dance is used to further boost its power in front of a wall that was hit by Taunt, which is used to prevent Pokemon like Hippowdon from hazing or phasing it out from combat while also preventing any status moves or hazards to get on it. It is recommended that you try to set up Hawlucha in front of a taunted wall like Ferrothorn on Steel so that you can instantly get your speed boost and also some additional Swords Dance boosts if your opponent lacks a proper switch in. (this sentence set just says "Swords Dance lets Hawlucha set up on walls after using Taunt, which lets it set up on walls. Set up on walls so that you can set up and also set up.") in front of walls such as Ferrothorn on Steel. Taunt facilitates this by preventing walls like Toxapex or Hippowdon from using Haze or phazing moves, as well as preventing entry hazards and other status moves. One should also be wary of Pokemon that are faster than Hawlucha after Unburden, such as Barraskewda in Rain rain. Max attack and max speed Maximum Attack and Speed investment with a Jolly nature allow allows (investment...allows) Hawlucha to hit as hard as possible while out speeding outspeeding most key threats outside of Unburden such as Gengar.

Hawlucha can't outright sweep teams from the beginning of the match, which is why it needs helpful (implied) teammates like Bewear and Lucario to break holes in the opposing team so it can find an opportunity to set up and clean. Bewear helps check walls like Galarian Corsola thanks to its substitute Substitute + Bulk Up set, (AC) while Lucario can help burst bust through walls like Toxapex with its Nasty Plot set. These Pokemon in return appreciate Hawlucha's ability to prevent hazards from being on the field thanks to Taunt, as well as making it easier to switch into walls like Hippowdon or Ferrothorn. Choice Scarf Toxicroak is also a great teammate, as it can KO most Fairy-types that threaten Hawlucha like Gardevoir and Hatterene. Hawlucha also enjoys the support that Stealth Rock Kommo-o can provide, as it weakens opposing Pokemon and makes it easier for it Hawlucha to sweep in the lategame late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Namranan, 353292]]
- Fighting analysis by: [[Namranan, 353292]]
- Quality checked by: [[Decem, 362454], [Maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]

GP 1/1

 

[Namranan]

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