OU Mimikyu

[astralydia]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Play Rough
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Shadow Sneak
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb
ability: Disguise
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set intends to maximize the capability of Mimikyu as a revenge killer and setup sweeper through its ability Disguise. Disguise helps Mimikyu take any one hit at the cost of losing 10% of its HP, which gives it a strong niche on offensive builds as a solid check to the likes of Gyarados, Hawlucha, and Hydreigon. In particular, Disguise allows it to waste a turn of Dynamax, and Disguise can also handle tough-to-answer wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Dracovish. A Jolly nature is preferred to outspeed Galarian Darmanitan, Rotom-W, and Rotom-H, but an Adamant nature allows Mimikyu to get crucial damage rolls on Tyranitar and Corviknight. Play Rough is Mimikyu's strongest available STAB option, dealing great damage to Tyranitar and OHKOing a large portion of offensive threats like Dracovish. Shadow Claw gives it effectively perfect coverage and allows it to potentially 2HKO Ferrothorn and Bulk Up Corviknight. Shadow Sneak allows Mimikyu to circumvent revenge killers like Dragapult and Gengar. Shadow Sneak also allows Mimikyu to pick off weakened threats without breaking Disguise.

Mimikyu primarily finds itself on offensive builds as an offensive blanket check to the metagame. Teammates that pair well with Mimikyu tend to be brute force wallbreakers like Hydreigon, as its best counters are hit super effectively by Mimikyu, and it tends to effectively punish physical walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn. Mimikyu also appreciates VoltTurn support from Corviknight + Rotom-H, as it lets Mimikyu preserve Disguise and potentially use it to support a sweep. Finally, Pokemon such as Dragapult and Clefable that can force out physical walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn are valuable to Mimikyu teams, as they are capable of breaking down these sorts of defensive cores for Mimikyu's late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Chazm, 376769]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [talah, 248449]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073]]

 

[astralydia]

ready

 

[Jordy]

comments in purple things to remove in red

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Play Rough
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Shadow Sneak
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb
ability: Disguise
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set intends to maximize the capability of Mimikyu as a revenge killer and set-up sweeper through its ability Disguise. Disguise helps Mimikyu take any one hit at the cost of losing 10% HP, which gives it a strong niche on offensive builds as a solid check to the likes of Kommo-o and Tyranitar. I think Hawlucha's far more important than either of these Pokemon, so it should definitely be mentioned as well. A Jolly nature is preferred to outspeed Rotom appliances, but an Adamant nature allows Mimikyu to get crucial damage rolls on Tyranitar and Corviknight. Play Rough is Mimikyu's strongest available STAB and allows it to KO Kommo-o, Hydreigon and Hawlucha Dragapult whilst also dealing heavy damage to Tyranitar. I don't think Dragapult's quite as important to mention because it's dealt with by Shadow Claw as well. Shadow Claw gives it effectively perfect coverage, and allows it to potentially 2HKO Ferrothorn and Bulk Up Corviknight. Shadow Sneak allows Mimikyu to circumvent revenge killers like Dragapult and Gengar.

Mimikyu primarily finds itself on offensive builds strictly as an offensive blanket check to the metagame. In particular, Disguise allows it to block a turn of Dynamax, which is essential in a fast paced metagame, and Disguise can also handle tough to answer wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Dracovish. This metagame isn't super fast-paced, so I don't think that has to be pointed out. Teammates that pair well with Mimikyu tend to follow this route. What route? Hydreigon pairs very well with Mimikyu as its best counters are hit super effectively by Mimikyu and it tends to punish physical walls hard. One or two examples of physical walls would be nice. You could also be less general and specify checks to Mimikyu instead. Tyranitar and Excadrill are also prime teammates for Mimikyu, as Tyranitar is capable of setting Stealth Rock and Excadrill capitalizes on Mimikyu's pressuring of Corviknight. Finally, Pokemon that can force out physically bulky walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn such as Expert Belt Dragapult and Rotom-Heat are valuable to Mimikyu teams as they are capable of breaking down these sorts of defensive cores for lategame.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<Chazm>, <376769>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

Good job, 1/2.

 

[astralydia]

Ready for the next check.

RE: Jordy - I couldn't find a relevant example that wasn't already listed where Hydreigon checked something Mimikyu explicitly struggles with, incase you may wonder where the advice went

 

[talah]

Hawlucha, Kommo-o and Tyranitar.

replace Kommo and Tyranitar with Hydreigon and Gyarados. in Gyarados's case it's less of an explicit "do super effective damage and OHKO through Disguise" but Mimikyu still very often is called to check Gyarados. re-order them so it's Gyarados -> Hawlucha -> Hydreigon.

A Jolly nature is preferred to outspeed Rotom appliances

and also CB Darm, which is way more important, mention it before you mention Rotom(and specify max speed on Rotoms)

Play Rough is Mimikyu's strongest available STAB and allows it to KO Kommo-o, Hydreigon and Hawlucha whilst also dealing heavy damage to Tyranitar. Shadow Claw gives it effectively perfect coverage, and allows it to potentially 2HKO Ferrothorn and Bulk Up Corviknight.

don't need to explain them in such detail, try to trimm this section down a bit.

Shadow Sneak allows Mimikyu to circumvent revenge killers like Dragapult and Gengar.

give more attention to this, neutral Sneak is a really nice way to pick stuff off without breaking Disguise, while +2 Sneak is an excellent tool for cleaning late game

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Mimikyu primarily finds itself on offensive builds strictly as an offensive blanket check to the metagame.

wouldn't say strictly, just remove that word and keep the rest as is

In particular, Disguise allows it to block a turn of Dynamax, and Disguise can also handle tough to answer wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Dracovish.

this should be in the first section of the write-up.

Teammates that pair well with Mimikyu tend to be brute force wallbreakers alike these two.

you can trim this down to just the word "wallbreakers" and link it to the pokemon you mention next, as in "Wallbreakers like X..."

Tyranitar and Excadrill are also prime teammates for Mimikyu, as Tyranitar is capable of setting Stealth Rock and Excadrill capitalizes on Mimikyu's pressuring of Corviknight.

Mimikyu on Sand isn't exactly something people use, remove this.

Finally, Pokemon that can force out physically bulky walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn such as Expert Belt Dragapult and Rotom-Heat are valuable to Mimikyu teams as they are capable of breaking down these sorts of defensive cores for lategame.

don't really need to specify EBelt on Draga.

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since I cut a lot of partners, i'd say make a VoltTurn section in order to mention Corviknight and Rotom, then replace Rotom-H with Clefable in the last section.

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good job in general, but since this is a large check, i'll wait until you implement these then give you the 2/2

 

[astralydia]

Implemented.


e: talah cares about his like:post ratio so this post has been approved 2/2 through Discord

 

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Play Rough
move 2: Shadow Claw
move 3: Shadow Sneak
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb
ability: Disguise
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set intends to maximize the capability of Mimikyu as a revenge killer and setup(RH) sweeper through its ability Disguise. Disguise helps Mimikyu take any one hit at the cost of losing 10% of its HP, which gives it a strong niche on offensive builds as a solid check to the likes of Gyarados, Hawlucha,(AC) and Hydreigon. In particular, Disguise allows it to block waste a turn of Dynamax, and Disguise can also handle tough-to-answer(AH) wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Dracovish. A Jolly nature is preferred to outspeed Darmanitan-Galar and Rotom appliances Galarian Darmanitan, Rotom-W, and Rotom-H (would normally do Rotom-A here, but these two are really the only prominent formes), but an Adamant nature allows Mimikyu to get crucial damage rolls on Tyranitar and Corviknight. Play Rough is Mimikyu's strongest available STAB option and deals,(AC) dealing great damage to Tyranitar and OHKOs OHKOing a large portion of offensive threats like Dracovish. Shadow Claw gives it effectively perfect coverage,(RC) and allows it to potentially 2HKO Ferrothorn and Bulk Up Corviknight. Shadow Sneak allows Mimikyu to circumvent revenge killers like Dragapult and Gengar,(RC) and gives it an opportunity to sweep against faster threats such as Barraskewda and Boltund(this is no Pokemon LMAO. plus I don't really get what you mean by "sweep against faster threats"? isn't its entire goal to just prevent faster options like Dragapult, Gengar, and Barraskewda from reliably revenge killing Mimikyu? I feel like you could just remove that second bi and leave it at "blah to circumvent revenge killers like x, y, and z). Shadow Sneak also allows Mimikyu to pick off weakened threats without breaking Disguise.

Mimikyu primarily finds itself on offensive builds as an offensive blanket check to the metagame. Teammates that pair well with Mimikyu tend to be brute force wallbreakers,(RC) like Hydreigon, as its best counters are hit super effectively by Mimikyu,(AC) and it tends to effectively punish physical walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn hard. Mimikyu also appreciates VoltTurn support from Corviknight + Ferrothorn,(AC, why is Ferrothorn listed here? it doesn't provide VoltTurn support) as it gives it a lot more opportunities to lets Mimikyu preserve Disguise and potentially use it to support a sweep. Finally, Pokemon such as Dragapult and Clefable that can force out physically bulky physical walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn such as Dragapult and Clefable are valuable to Mimikyu teams,(AC) as they are capable of breaking down these sorts of defensive cores for Mimikyu's late-game(AH).

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<Chazm>, <376769>]] (remove the <> from credits)
- Quality checked by: [[<Jordy>, <395754>], [<talah>, <248449>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

gp 1/1 once done, make sure to address the comments I left