Monotype Hisuian Zoroark (Normal) [QC: 2/2] [GP: 0/1]

[Dead by Daylight]

[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarf Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal-type teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hit Steel-types like Corviknight and Iron Treads more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, who would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon and Ting-Lu. Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in defensive answers to other threats, such as Corviknight or Toxapex switching into Maushold, and hinder them with Trick, while also giving it a safe opportunity to switch into Fighting-type attacks.

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types, alongside its ability to hinder and remove Rocky Helmets from Pokemon such as Toxapex or Corviknight, to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as the aforementioned Toxapex and Ting-Lu. Choice Scarf Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in to Choice Scarf Great Tusk which tends to lock into Headlong Rush while dealing high amounts of damage itself to enable Hisuian Zoroark to clean up the rest of an opponent's team. It also provides a form of speed control against faster threats such as Dragapult. Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail, while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Steel-types hard. Ditto can turn set-up attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks' STAB moves. Indeedee provides Psychic terrain support to improve Hisuian Zoroark's matchup against Kingambit, can don a Choice Scarf to deal with fast threats such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Choice Scarf Flamigo, and provide Healing Wish support.

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[Neko]

ghostcat

[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal-type team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarfed Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal-type teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease (it also synergizes with illusion, masquerading as Maushold to trick smelly steel types like corv, for instance). Shadow Ball is a good STAB option, doing respectable neutral damage (no need to mention, unless you specifically deal with mons that Normal struggles with eg. Skeledirge). Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hits Steel-types more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, who would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Finally, Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon, Roaring Moon, and Kingambit, while also heavily damaging Garganacl (Gknot hits as much for Gargy, while Flame already deals with Kingambit, sort of. Roaring moon is also faster than you and will bonk you). Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in Fighting-type moves, which it can then switch in on.(More on getting unexpected hits/tricks rather than baiting, since you implied you switch on them, so its kinda obvious that a fighting immune maushold isnt a maushold)

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as Toxapex (may run Rocky helmet, so its dangerous. Maybe highlight trick - maus synergy?) and Ting-Lu. Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in while neutralizing physical attackers with Intimidate (Scarf raptor is usually the best partner rn rather than a defensive set since raptor cannot roost rn). Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail, while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Rock- and Steel-types hard. Ditto can turn set-up attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks' STAB moves.
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Will recheck after these edits, thank you so much Dead by Daylight :3

 

[Dead by Daylight]

qc things
Will recheck after these edits, thank you so much Dead by Daylight :3

done, sorry for the long wait.

 

[Neko]

horo

[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal-type team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarfed Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal-type teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease. Shadow Ball is a good STAB option, doing respectable neutral damage. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hit Steel-types more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, who would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon, and Ting-Lu, and Tyranitar. Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in defensive answers to other threats, such as Corviknight or Toxapex switching into Maushold, and hinder them with Trick, while also giving it a safe opportunity to switch into Fighting-type attacks.

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types, alongside its ability to remove Rocky Helmets (and hinder those guys, in general) from Pokemon such as Toxapex or Corviknight, to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as the aforementioned Toxapex and Ting-Lu. Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in while dealing high amounts of damage itself to enable Hisuian Zoroark to clean up the rest of an opponent's team (Choice Scarf Raptor). Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail, while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Rock- and Steel-types hard. Ditto can turn set-up attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks' STAB moves.

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QC 1/2, thankie Dead by Daylight

 

[Dead by Daylight]

hizo qc stuff
QC 1/2, thankie Dead by Daylight

done, thanks, and on to gp 2 we go!

 

[Giyu]

QC 2/2, good work!
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Hisuian Zoroark (Normal)

[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal-type team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarfed Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal-type teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease. Shadow Ball is a good STAB option, doing respectable neutral damage. (Moves sharing the team's type don't need any mention unless it has a special use) Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hit Steel-types like Corviknight, Iron Treads, and Klefki more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, who would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon and Ting-Lu. Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in defensive answers to other threats, such as Corviknight or Toxapex switching into Maushold, and hinder them with Trick, while also giving it a safe opportunity to switch into Fighting-type attacks.

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types, alongside its ability to hinder and remove Rocky Helmets from Pokemon such as Toxapex or Corviknight, to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as the aforementioned Toxapex and Ting-Lu. Choice Scarf Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in (To what?) while dealing high amounts of damage itself to enable Hisuian Zoroark to clean up the rest of an opponent's team. It also provides a form of speed control against faster threats such as Dragapult. Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail, while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Rock- and Steel-types hard (You don't actually mention Rock-types in the analysis, provide some examples). Ditto can turn set-up attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks' STAB moves. (Indeedee should be mentioned as it blocks priority moves like Kingambit's Sucker Punch)

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[Neko]

GP Team

 

[Dead by Daylight]

QC 2/2, good work!

done, sorry for not informing ya'll

 

[autumn]

1/1 GP Team done

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[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarf Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal-type teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hit Steel-types like Corviknight and Iron Treads more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, who which would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon and Ting-Lu. Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in defensive answers to other threats, such as Corviknight or and Toxapex switching into Maushold, and hinder them with Trick (RC) while also giving it a safe opportunity to switch into Fighting-type attacks.

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types, alongside its ability to hinder and remove Rocky Helmets Helmet from Pokemon such as Toxapex or and Corviknight, to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as the aforementioned Toxapex and Ting-Lu. Choice Scarf Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in to Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which tends to lock into Headlong Rush, (AC) while dealing high amounts of damage itself to enable Hisuian Zoroark to clean up the rest of an opponent's team. It also provides a form of speed control against faster threats such as Dragapult. Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail (RC) while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Steel-types hard. Ditto can turn set-up setup attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks' Shocks's STAB moves. Indeedee provides Psychic terrain Terrain support to improve Hisuian Zoroark's matchup against Kingambit, and it can don also use a Choice Scarf to deal with fast threats such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Choice Scarf Flamigo (RC) and provide Healing Wish support. (fixed parallelism)

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[Neko]

[SET]
Zoroark-Hisui @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Normal)
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower / Grass Knot
- Focus Blast / Grass Knot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Zoroark is a crucial member of any good Normal team, offering good power along with an invaluable immunity to Fighting, letting it take attacks such as Choice Band Breloom's Mach Punch and Choice Scarf Iron Valiant's Close Combat that would otherwise threaten the type. Additionally, it can win the Ghost matchup with good prediction, which is a type that Normal teams usually struggle against. Trick lets Hisuian Zoroark ruin defensive answers, such as Toxapex and Ting-Lu, that would otherwise take its attacks with ease. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to hit Steel-types like Corviknight and Iron Treads more reliably than Focus Blast, while Grass Knot hits Dondozo, which would otherwise take Hisuian Zoroark's attacks. Focus Blast lets Hisuian Zoroark eliminate troublesome Dark-types such as Hydreigon and Ting-Lu. Illusion lets Hisuian Zoroark bait in defensive answers to other threats, such as Corviknight and Toxapex switching into Maushold, and hinder them with Trick while also giving it a safe opportunity to switch into Fighting-type attacks.

Maushold greatly appreciates Hisuian Zoroark's ability to remove Ghost- and Steel-types, alongside its ability to hinder and remove Rocky Helmet from Pokemon such as Toxapex and Corviknight, to enable it to clean up with Population Bomb. In return, Maushold can remove entry hazards with Tidy Up and break through answers to Hisuian Zoroark such as the aforementioned Toxapex and Ting-Lu. Choice Scarf Staraptor is another great partner, as it provides a safe switch-in to Choice Scarf Great Tusk, which tends to lock into Headlong Rush, while dealing high amounts of damage itself to enable Hisuian Zoroark to clean up the rest of an opponent's team. It also provides a form of speed control against faster threats such as Dragapult. Cyclizar also provides a safe switch-in with Shed Tail while keeping hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can use these switch-in opportunities to hit the aforementioned Steel-types hard. Ditto can turn setup attempts on a Choice-locked Hisuian Zoroark on their heads, while Blissey can take strong special hits such as Sandy Shocks's STAB moves. Indeedee provides Psychic Terrain support to improve Hisuian Zoroark's matchup against Kingambit, and it can also use a Choice Scarf to deal with fast threats such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Choice Scarf Flamigo and provide Healing Wish support.

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