Monotype Mandibuzz (Dark)

[Perish Song]

[SET]
name: Defensive Utility (Dark)
move 1: Defog
move 2: Roost
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Foul Play / Brave Bird
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Bold Nature
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Having fantastic bulk, access to a plethora of utility moves, and a decent Speed tier for a defensive Pokemon makes Mandibuzz an excellent pick for Dark-type teams. Roost helps Mandibuzz stay healthy through the match, while Defog removes entry hazards for your team to prevent chip damage. Toxic cripples defensive Pokemon in Hippowdon and Jellicent. Foul Play allows Mandibuzz to threaten powerful physical Pokemon such as Barraskewda and set up sweepers such as Excadrill and Gyarados. Leftovers grants passive recovery, allowing Mandibuzz to sustain itself without spending a turn using Roost. Heavy-Duty Boots can be used as an alternative to remove Mandibuzz's Stealth Rock weakness, allowing it to switch in more safely. Maximum EV investment in HP and Defense allows Mandibuzz to be as physically tanky as possible physically, to take on the aforementioned threats.

With its respectable bulk and part-Flying typing, Mandibuzz offers a Fighting- and Bug-type neutrality for Dark-type teams that teammates like Tyranitar and Hydreigon will appreciate. Tyranitar synergizes well with Mandibuzz, as it can be used as a pivot to absorb special attacks Mandibuzz is weak against, such as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. The aforementioned Pokemon are all weak to Fairy-type attacks, so Drapion can be used as a teammate with its part-Poison typing. Mandibuzz also provides a Ground-type immunity, which is appreciated by Tyranitar and Drapion.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Perish Song, 419696]]
- Dark analysis by: [[Perish Song, 419696]]
- Quality checked by: [[maroon, 305839], [Moosical, 215618]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]

 

[maroon]

- its SpD not Sp. Def
- heavy duty boots doesn't allow it to use utility moves safer, it makes it easier to switch into attacker with rocks up
- I wouldn't mention barraskewda in setup because it needs to dynamax fighting to boost its attack
- you mention what its defensive typing does but forget that its a ground immune, I know that is not exclusive to mandi but its the only one on dark with reliable recovery

QC 1/2

 

[Perish Song]

Did All besides barraskewda cuz it still falls under the "powerful physical" category. I rearranged the sentence to avoid further confusion. Lmk if it still needs a change.

 

[Moosical]

- Remove "paragraph 1" and "paragraph 2"
- I would very briefly mention Leftovers before HDB because its the first slash
- Technically Tyranitar deals with Ice-type and Electric-type attacks the same from a defensive point of view. I would just refer to Tyranitar in the second sentence taking on both without alluding to Hydreigon.

Drapion feels kinda poor but it's fine to include for now.

QC 2/2

 

[Perish Song]

Did. cheers

 

[A Cake Wearing A Hat]

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[SET]
name: Defensive Utility (Dark)
move 1: Defog
move 2: Roost
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Foul Play / Brave Bird
item: Leftovers / Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Bold Nature
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
========
Having a fantastic bulk, access to a plethora of utility moves, and a decent Speed tier for a defensive Pokemon make makes (having x makes y do z) Mandibuzz an excellent pick for Dark-type teams. Roost helps Mandibuzz with staying stay healthy through the match, while Defog removes entry hazards for your team to prevent chip damage. Toxic cripples defensive Pokemon in Hippowdon and Jellicent. Foul Play is an excellent move that allows Mandibuzz to have a presence against threaten powerful physical Pokemon such as Barraskewda and Pokemon that can set up setup sweepers such as Excadrill and Gyarados. Leftovers grant grants (as an item lefties is singular) passive recovery, allowing Mandibuzz to sustain itself without spending a turn using Roost. Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots can be used as an alternative to remove Mandibuzz's Stealth Rock weakness from Mandibuzz, allowing it to switch in safer more safely. The Maximum EV investment in HP and Def allow Defense allows (write out stats if not directly mentioning a full spread, also, "investment allows") Mandibuzz to be as physically tanky as possible physically, allowing Mandibuzz to take on the aforementioned threats.

With its respectable bulk and part-Flying type typing, Mandibuzz offers a Fighting- and Bug-type neutrality for Dark-type teams that teammates like Tyranitar and Hydreigon will appreciate. Tyranitar synergizes well with Mandibuzz, (AC) as it can be used as a pivot to absorb special hits attacks Mandibuzz is weak against, such as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. The aforementioned Pokemon are all weak to Fairy-type attacks, (AC) so Drapion can be used as a teammate with its part-Poison typing. Mandibuzz also provides a Ground-type immunity, which is appreciated by Tyranitar and Drapion.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Perish Song, 419696]]
- Dark analysis by: [[Perish Song, 419696]]
- Quality checked by: [[maroon, 305839], [Moosical, 215618]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

On phone so no id tag but you can find it
1/1 my colors are self explanatory

 

[Perish Song]

Done. Ty

 

[Eien]

Uploaded with some minor changes.