LC Offensive Trapper Diglett [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

[Kaboom]

[OVERVIEW]
Diglett's Speed tier and access to Arena Trap make it a threat to nearly every grounded Pokemon. It can trap and remove offensive threats such as Abra, Elekid, Chinchou, Ponyta, and Houndour to support its team. Defensively, it may appear underwhelming, but its immunity to Electric and not much need for high Attack investment allow Diglett to invest in bulk to customize what it's capable of trapping. One of its major shortcoming, however, is the ever-present Porygon's access to Trace and Ice Beam to counter-trap. After a successful trap, Water-types such as Staryu and Wailmer are a concern for Diglett as well, with their powerful STAB moves being difficult to switch into, and they do not fear much from Diglett.

[SET]
Offensive Trapper (Diglett) @ Liechi Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 36 HP / 156 Atk / 80 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost / Thief / Screech
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
Diglett makes use of its Speed to remove a wide variety of threats and aggressively close out games. The Attack EVs allow Diglett at +1 to OHKO Pokemon the more common specially defensive set can't, such as Anorith, Staryu, and bulky Abra, with Earthquake. Defensively, it is capable of surviving an Earthquake from specially defensive Diglett and OHKOing it back with its own. Hidden Power Ghost is the best option for KOing Gastly and dealing respectable damage to Duskull and Exeggcute. Thief and Screech are alternatives to either steal a Sitrus Berry from Porygon and Trapinch or lower their Defense to make Porygon vulnerable to a counter-trap from an ally Porygon or Trapinch. Substitute allows Diglett to lower its HP to activate its Liechi Berry against slower Pokemon, raising its Attack stat to an impressive 21.

It is advised to save Diglett for late-game, as the omnipresent Porygon is a sure-fire way to remove it. It struggles to switch into many threats as well. While it has some of the highest damage output in the tier after a boost, Diglett still struggles to OHKO a large portion of the metagame. Spikes from the likes of Cacnea, Snorunt, and Pineco lessen this issue, with the former being capable of switching into the Water-types that threaten Diglett. Porygon removes Trapinch after it comes in to counter-trap Diglett, and when paired with Screech, it can use Trace to counter-trap an opposing Porygon that has traced Arena Trap. Gastly is an ideal partner for taking advantage of Quick Attack users such as Trapinch and Doduo, which revenge kill a low HP Diglett after activating its Liechi Berry.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Band allows Diglett to always output the same damage as Liechi Berry without burning through its HP, but being locked into any one of its moves is a massive downside. Sludge Bomb lets Diglett trap and KO chipped Cacnea and Exeggcute, but neither of these Pokemon are common enough to justify the moveslot. Toxic is an alternative to Rock Slide if wearing down Porygon and Duskull more necessary than coverage for Doduo.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Porygon**: One of the most common play patterns in the tier is Porygon coming in on a Diglett after a KO to trace Arena Trap and remove it with Ice Beam. There is virtually no counterplay once Porygon is brought in, but Thief can be used to remove Porygon's Sitrus Berry prior to being KOed.

**Water-types**: Wailmer, Horsea, and Staryu all come in to revenge kill Diglett and threaten teams with their powerful Water-type STAB moves.

**Trapinch** Similarly to Porygon, Trapinch comes in to counter-trap Diglett, being able to preserve its Sitrus Berry against weakened Diglett by using Quick Attack.

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[OVERVIEW]
Diglett's speed tier and access to Arena Trap makes it a threat to nearly every grounded Pokemon. Offensive threats such as Abra, Elekid, Chinchou , Ponyta and Houndour can be reliably The overview apply for the offensive trapper set too wich can't switch in vs abra and elekid if you meant beat them 1v1 i would remove elekid since liechi set doesn't beat it reliable. trapped and removed to support its team. Defensively it may appear underwhelming, but an immunity to Electric, and not much need for high Attack investment allows Diglett to invest in bulk to customize what its capable of trapping. One major shortcoming is the ever present Porygon's access to Trace and Ice Beam to countertrap. Despite that interaction, Diglett should be a consideration for nearly every team.

[SET]
Offensive Trapper (Diglett) @ Liechi Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 36 HP / 156 Atk / 80 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost / Thief / Screech
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
This set aims to flex make use of Dont have to add this but i believe this make it easier for the reader Diglett's Speed to remove a wide variety of threats, and aggressively close out games. The Attack EVs allow Diglett at +1 to OHKO Pokemon it would typically struggle to handle, such as Anorith with Rock Slide Earthqauke same roll no miss chance , or Staryu and Bulky Abra with Earthquake. Defensively, it is capable of surviving an Earthquake from Specially Defensive Diglett and OHKOing back with its own. Hidden Power Ghost is the best option for KOing Gastly, and dealing respectable damage to Duskull or Exeggcute. Thief and Screech are there as alternatives, to either steal Sitrus Berrys from Porygon and Trapinch, or lowering their Defense to set up a Porygon for a countertrap. Substitute allows it to lower its HP to proc Liechi Berry on slower Pokemon to fire off EQs Attacks Again you can keep this but the other moves benefit from the boost too for example rock slide on cb doduo off a now impressive 21 Attack.

It is advised to save Diglett for late-game, as the omnipresent Porygon is a surefire way to remove it outside of a Rock Slide flinch, and unlike its Specially Defensive counterpart, is unable to switch into many threats. While having some of the highest damage output in the tier after a boost, Diglett will still struggle to OHKO a large portion of the metagame. Spikes from the likes of Cacnea or Pineco lessen this issue, and the former is capable of switching into the Water types that threaten a Diglett. Porygon removes Trapinch after it comes in to Quick Attack a weakened Diglett, and when paired with screech can use Trace to countertrap a Porygon with Arena Trap. Gastly is an ideal partner for taking advantage of Quick Attack users such as Trapinch or Doduo that RK a Diglett that had to Substitute down.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Band allows Diglett to output the same damage as Liechi Berry without burning through your HP, but being locked into any one of its moves is a massive downside.

Sludge Bomb lets Diglett trap and KO chipped Cacnea and Exeggcute, but neither of these Pokemon are common enough to justify the moveslot.


Checks and Counters
===================
**Porygon**: One of the most common play patterns in the tier will be Porygon coming in on a Diglett after a KO to trace Arena Trap and remove it with Ice Beam. Very little Diglett can do outside of going for a Rock Slide flinch if Liechi, or Thief to remove the Sitrus Berry if Specially Defensive.

**Water-Types**: Wailmer, Horsea, and Staryu all come in after a Diglett kill to threaten teams with their water STABs, or setting Rain Dance to set up Swift Swim in the case of Horsea. if you have a sitrus berry and sub on the rain dance you win that interaction

**Trapinch** Similarly to Porygon, will come in to countertrap Diglett, notably using Quick Attack to avoid getting hit by Offensive Trapper Diglett's boosted EQs.

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Diglett's speed tier and access to Arena Trap makes it a threat to nearly every grounded Pokemon. Offensive threats such as Abra, Elekid, Chinchou, Ponyta and Houndour can be trapped and removed to support its team. Defensively it may appear underwhelming, but an immunity to Electric its Electric immunity, (remove comma) and not much need for high Attack investment allows Diglett to invest in bulk to customize what its capable of trapping. One major shortcoming is the ever present Porygon's access to Trace and Ice Beam to counter-trap. (add hyphen) Despite that interaction, Diglett should be a consideration for nearly every team. (maybe you could say Diglett's strengths make it a strong consideration for every team? might also be worth mentioning water types like Wailmer and Staryu since Diglett also struggle with those)

[SET]
Offensive Trapper (Diglett) @ Liechi Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 36 HP / 156 Atk / 80 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost / Thief / Screech
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
This set aims to make use of Diglett's Speed to remove a wide variety of threats, and aggressively close out games. The Attack EVs allow Diglett at +1 to OHKO Pokemon it the more common specially defensive set would typically struggle to handle, such as Anorith, Staryu and Bulky Abra with Earthquake. Defensively, it is capable of surviving an Earthquake from Sspecially Ddefensive (specially defensive isn't capitalized here) Diglett and OHKOing back with its own. Hidden Power Ghost is the best option for KOing Gastly, and dealing respectable damage to Duskull or Exeggcute. Thief and Screech are there as alternatives, to either steal Sitrus Berrys from Porygon and Trapinch, (i'm not sure if Sitrus Berrys is correct, you could write a Sitrus Berry instead?) or lowering their Defense to set up a Porygon for a counter-trap. (add hyphen again) Substitute allows it to lower its HP to proc activate its Liechi Berry on slower Pokemon to raise its Attack stat to an impressive 21.

It is advised to save Diglett for late-game, as the omnipresent Porygon is a surefire way to remove it outside of a Rock Slide flinch, (discussed on Discord but standard Porygon should always beat Diglett, even at +1) and unlike its Sspecially Ddefensive counterpart, is unable to switch into many threats. While having it has some of the highest damage output in the tier after a boost, Diglett will still struggle to OHKO a large portion of the metagame. Spikes from the likes of Cacnea or Pineco (is Snorunt worth mentioning? doesn't it do well into Water-types as well) lessen this issue, and the former is capable of switching into the Water-types (add hyphen) that threaten a Diglett. Porygon removes Trapinch after it comes in to Quick Attack a weakened Diglett, (could this be simplified to pick off? +1 156 Atk Diglett Earthquake vs. 236 HP / 80 Def Trapinch: 20-24 (83.3 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO + trapinch kills from full with EQ) and when paired with Sscreech can use Trace to counter-trap (add hyphen) an oppposing Porygon with that has traced Arena Trap. Gastly is an ideal partner for taking advantage of Quick Attack users such as Trapinch or Doduo that RK revenge kill a Diglett that had to Substitute down.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Band allows Diglett to output the same damage as Liechi Berry without burning through your HP, but being locked into any one of its moves is a massive downside. (would also point out that Liechi Berry can only be activated once, as opposed to Choice Band always providing a damage boost)

Sludge Bomb lets Diglett trap and KO chipped Cacnea and Exeggcute, but neither of these Pokemon are common enough to justify the moveslot.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Porygon**: One of the most common play patterns in the tier will be Porygon coming in on a Diglett after a KO to trace Arena Trap and remove it with Ice Beam. Very little Diglett can do outside of going for a Rock Slide flinch if Liechi, or Thief to remove the Sitrus Berry if Specially Defensive. (as discussed on Discord, liechi set doesnt beat porygon. would write something like "Diglett always loses this matchup, but can remove Porygon's Sitrus Berry using Thief before it is KOed.")

**Water-Types**: Wailmer, Horsea, and Staryu all come in after a Diglett kill to threaten teams with their water STABs. (do you mean come in to revenge kill diglett?)

**Trapinch** Similarly to Porygon, will come in to counter-trap (add hyphen) Diglett, notably using Quick Attack to avoid getting hit by Offensive Trapper Diglett's boosted EQs. (again +1 156 Atk Diglett Earthquake vs. 236 HP / 80 Def Trapinch: 20-24 (83.3 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO + trapinch kills both diglett spreads with EQ) (there is a spoiler tag here, please remove it)

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[OVERVIEW]
Diglett's speed Speed tier and access to Arena Trap makes make it a threat to nearly every grounded Pokemon. It can trap and remove offensive Offensive threats such as Abra, Elekid, Chinchou, Ponyta, (AC) and Houndour can be trapped and removed to support its team (changing voice to active for better flow). Defensively, (AC) it may appear underwhelming, but its immunity to Electric and not much need for high Attack investment allows allow Diglett to invest in bulk to customize what its it's capable of trapping. One of its major shortcoming, however, is the ever-present (hyphen) Porygon's access to Trace and Ice Beam to counter-trap. After a successful trap, (redundant from what i understand) Water-types (hyphen) such as Staryu and Wailmer are a concern for Diglett as well, with their powerful STAB moves being difficult to switch into, and not fearing they do not fear much from Diglett. Despite that, Diglett's unique and powerful traits make it a consideration for nearly every team.

[SET]
Offensive Trapper (Diglett) @ Liechi Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 36 HP / 156 Atk / 80 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost / Thief / Screech
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
This set aims to make use of Diglett's Speed to remove a wide variety of threats (RC) and aggressively close out games. The Attack EVs allow Diglett at +1 to OHKO Pokemon the more common specially defensive set can't, such as Anorith, Staryu, (AC) and Bulky Abra, (AC) with Earthquake. Defensively, it is capable of surviving an Earthquake from specially defensive Diglett and OHKOing back with its own. Hidden Power Ghost is the best option for KOing Gastly (RC) and dealing respectable damage to Duskull or and Exeggcute. Thief and Screech are alternatives (RC) to either steal a Sitrus Berry from Porygon and Trapinch (RC) or lower their Defense to set up a Porygon for a counter-trap (wdym by setting up a pory for countertrap? set up would usually refer to some boosting move so this is unclear). Substitute allows it to lower its HP to activate its Liechi Berry on against slower Pokemon, (AC) to raise raising (avoiding to-to repetition) its Attack stat to an impressive 21.

It is advised to save Diglett for late-game, as the omnipresent Porygon is a sure-fire (hyphen) way to remove it; (semicolon change cuz the two parts dont seem directly related) and unlike its specially defensive counterpart, it is unable to switch into many threats. While it has some of the highest damage output in the tier after a boost, Diglett will still struggle struggles (future-->present tense) to OHKO a large portion of the metagame. Spikes from the likes of Cacnea, Snorunt, or and Pineco lessen this issue, with the former being capable of switching into the Water-types that threaten Diglett. Porygon removes Trapinch after it comes in to counter-trap (to counter-trap Diglett?), (AC) and when paired with Screech, (AC) it can use Trace to counter-trap an oppposing opposing Porygon that has traced Arena Trap. Gastly is an ideal partner for taking advantage of Quick Attack users such as Trapinch or and Doduo, that (AC) which revenge kill a Diglett that had to Substitute down.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Band allows Diglett to always output the same damage as Liechi Berry without burning through your its HP, but being locked into any one of its moves is a massive downside. Sludge Bomb lets Diglett trap and KO chipped Cacnea and Exeggcute, but neither of these Pokemon are common enough to justify the moveslot. Toxic is an alternative to Rock Slide if you find wearing down Porygon or Duskull more necessary than coverage for Doduo.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Porygon**: One of the most common play patterns in the tier will be is Porygon coming in on a Diglett after a KO to trace Arena Trap and remove it with Ice Beam. There is virtually no counterplay once Porygon is brought in, but Thief can be used to remove Porygon's Sitrus Berry prior to being KO'd KOed.

**Water-Types**: Wailmer, Horsea, and Staryu all come in to revenge kill Diglett and threaten teams with their powerful Water STABs Water-type STAB moves.

**Trapinch** Similarly to Porygon, will come in Trapinch comes in (or "can" come in; changing wills to keep the tense consistent) to counter-trap Diglett, being able to preserve its Sitrus Berry against weakened Digletts Diglett by using Quick Attack.

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[OVERVIEW]
Diglett's speed Speed tier and access to Arena Trap makes make it a threat to nearly every grounded Pokemon. It can trap and remove offensive Offensive threats such as Abra, Elekid, Chinchou, Ponyta, (AC) and Houndour can be trapped and removed to support its team (changing voice to active for better flow). Defensively, (AC) it may appear underwhelming, but its immunity to Electric and not much need for high Attack investment allows allow Diglett to invest in bulk to customize what its it's capable of trapping. One of its major shortcoming, however, is the ever-present (hyphen) Porygon's access to Trace and Ice Beam to counter-trap. After a successful trap, Water-types (hyphen) such as Staryu and Wailmer are a concern for Diglett as well, with their powerful STAB moves being difficult to switch into, and not fearing they do not fear much from Diglett. Despite that, Diglett's unique and powerful traits make it a consideration for nearly every team. (fluff conclusion phrases aren't really needed. if it really does fit on every team, that should be mentioned in the teammates paragraph)

[SET]
Offensive Trapper (Diglett) @ Liechi Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 36 HP / 156 Atk / 80 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Hidden Power Ghost / Thief / Screech
- Substitute

[SET COMMENTS]
This set aims to make use of Diglett's Speed Diglett makes use of its Speed (no need to say 'this set' when you're reading a paragraph on this specific set) to remove a wide variety of threats (RC) and aggressively close out games. The Attack EVs allow Diglett at +1 to OHKO Pokemon the more common specially defensive set can't, such as Anorith, Staryu, (AC) and Bulky bulky Abra, (AC) with Earthquake. Defensively, it is capable of surviving an Earthquake from specially defensive Diglett and OHKOing it back with its own. Hidden Power Ghost is the best option for KOing Gastly (RC) and dealing respectable damage to Duskull or and Exeggcute. Thief and Screech are alternatives (RC) to either steal a Sitrus Berry from Porygon and Trapinch (RC) or lower their Defense to set up a Porygon for a counter-trap (wdym by setting up a pory for countertrap? set up would usually refer to some boosting move so this is unclear). Substitute allows it Diglett to lower its HP to activate its Liechi Berry on against slower Pokemon, (AC) to raise raising (avoiding to-to repetition) its Attack stat to an impressive 21.

It is advised to save Diglett for late-game, as the omnipresent Porygon is a sure-fire (hyphen) way to remove it; (semicolon change cuz the two parts dont seem directly related) and unlike its specially defensive counterpart, it is unable to switch into many threats. (the points aren't really connected at all so it could honestly be a new sentence. is there also a need to compare sets here? we try to avoid cross-set references so a reader can understand full info from just the set they're using. is it fine to just say 'it struggles to switch into many threats'?) While it has some of the highest damage output in the tier after a boost, Diglett will still struggle struggles (future-->present tense) to OHKO a large portion of the metagame. Spikes from the likes of Cacnea, Snorunt, or and Pineco lessen this issue, with the former being capable of switching into the Water-types that threaten Diglett. Porygon removes Trapinch after it comes in to counter-trap (to counter-trap Diglett?), (AC) and when paired with Screech, (AC) it can use Trace to counter-trap an oppposing opposing Porygon that has traced Arena Trap. Gastly is an ideal partner for taking advantage of Quick Attack users such as Trapinch or and Doduo, that (AC) which revenge kill a Diglett that had to Substitute down. (would 'a low HP Diglett' not work fine here? 'subtitute down' isn't really common phrasing and diglett could get low in other ways. if not, maybe something like 'low HP Diglett after activating its Liechi Berry' would work)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Band allows Diglett to always output the same damage as Liechi Berry without burning through your its HP, but being locked into any one of its moves is a massive downside. Sludge Bomb lets Diglett trap and KO chipped Cacnea and Exeggcute, but neither of these Pokemon are common enough to justify the moveslot. Toxic is an alternative to Rock Slide if you find wearing down Porygon or and Duskull (i assume it wears down both) is more necessary than coverage for Doduo.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Porygon**: One of the most common play patterns in the tier will be is Porygon coming in on a Diglett after a KO to trace Arena Trap and remove it with Ice Beam. There is virtually no counterplay once Porygon is brought in, but Thief can be used to remove Porygon's Sitrus Berry prior to being KO'd KOed.

**Water-Types Water-types**: Wailmer, Horsea, and Staryu all come in to revenge kill Diglett and threaten teams with their powerful Water STABs Water-type STAB moves.

**Trapinch** Similarly to Porygon, will come in Trapinch comes in (or "can" come in; changing wills to keep the tense consistent) to counter-trap Diglett, being able to preserve its Sitrus Berry against weakened Digletts Diglett by using Quick Attack.

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