OU Specs Hisuian Zoroark

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Ghost / Normal / Fighting
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark is a fast and strong wallbreaker with good coverage. Not only are its coverage moves good, but it has STAB on a very spammable type with fantastic neutral coverage in OU, Ghost. An incredible ability in Illusion greatly improves its wallbreaking: it can disguise itself as a passive teammate to create mindgames, scoring great damage if opponents guess wrong and try to exploit a seemingly passive Pokemon. Its unique typing blocks some revenge killing moves such as Dragonite's Extreme Speed, Ceruledge's Shadow Sneak, and Breloom's Mach Punch. Grass Knot is a great coverage option to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo. Alternatively, Hyper Voice is a good STAB option, getting neutral coverage on most Pokemon that Shadow Ball cannot, and it ignores Substitute placed by Hydreigon and Orthworm's Shed Tail. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight and Amoonguss, as well as OHKOing Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast gives Hisuian Zoroark a way to catch incoming Kingambit off guard, and it potentially OHKOes Garganacl, which is very helpful if forgoing Grass Knot. With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Garganacl, as well as bulky Pokemon it cannot threaten immediately, like Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fire or Tera Water Hatterene. However, giving away Choice Specs sacrifices some of the OHKOs and 2HKOs mentioned above. U-turn is a great alternative to bring teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STAB moves, with boosted Hyper Voice always OHKOing Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOes Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option, as it not only boosts Focus Blast, but it also turns Hisuian Zoroark's Dark weakness into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears Sucker Punch revenge killers.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams. Great Tusk can set Stealth Rock, helping Hisuian Zoroark KO foes more easily, and check the Dark-types it struggles with such as Kingambit and specially defensive Ting-Lu. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Meowscarada can bring Hisuian Zoroark safely into Amoonguss and Corviknight, respectively. Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and naturally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult for Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed and KO. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes opposing hazards: not only does it get worn down easily, but opponents may see through its disguise based on the damage it takes from Stealth Rock. Hence, it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, Corviknight, and/or Hatterene. Great Tusk and Corviknight can also come in and take a hit from Kingambit and Meowscarada, respectively, which can revenge kill Hisuian Zoroark. Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark threatening Gholdengo, which blocks its Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from Hisuian Zoroark, thus forcing it out, given its frailty. To threaten both of these checks, Choice Band Breloom is a great partner. In return, U-turn Hisuian Zoroark can bring Breloom in on these Pokemon. Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge, letting them clean up afterwards. Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as them to lure in their checks and either KO them or cripple them with Trick. Hisuian Zoroark can disguise as Dragonite, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, and Roaring Moon to lure in physical walls such as Great Tusk and Dondozo, only for them to be OHKOed by Grass Knot. Similarly, Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as Volcarona and Iron Moth to lure in Clodsire and Toxapex, using Trick to cripple them and open up a potential sweep.

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Normal / Ghost / Fighting
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Specs, Hisuian Zoroark utilizes its high Special Attack and Speed coupled with its coverage options to function as a strong wallbreaker. (mention Illusion here, the mindgames you get from fooling the enemies can get you kills easily, further helping its role as a wallbreaker) Aside from that, its unique typing allows it to be unaffected by some revenge killing moves such as Shadow Sneak. (the only user is ceruledge and rare variants of sd valiant, just mention how u punish stuff like choice locked pult, gholdengo, loom, and tusk for opportunities to wallbreak) Grass Knot is a great coverage option that allows it to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo. (add ting-lu, big target) Alternatively, Hyper Voice can be used as it is a good STAB option that also has the merit of being able to ignore Substitute (such as? what mons that are often behind a sub that u want to click hyper voice against? also add orthworm's shed tail). Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight, as well as OHKO Scizor and Meowscarada (they are mostly sash at which point u dont OHKO, and if illusion is down and they know u're horoark then they're faster than you and threaten u out and wont switch in in the first place). Alternatively, Focus Blast is another good option so that Hisuian Zoroark has a way to catch Kingambit switching in off guard. (ohko bax as well so it cant freely set up, and hits tinglu and garg if u're not running knot) With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu and Garganacl, (add clod) but comes with the downside of no longer being able to net some of the OHKOs or 2HKOs mentioned above. (also cripple bulky setup mons u cant threaten right away like tera fairy garg and tera water or fire hatt) U-turn is a great alternative on the 4th slot that allows Hisuian Zoroark to act as a pivot by bringing its teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STABs, with boosted Hyper Voice being able to guarantee OHKOs against Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOs Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option for Hisuian Zoroark, as it not only gets Focus Blast boosted when being run, 2HKOing Pokemon it normally struggles with like Ting-Lu, but it also turns its weakness to Dark-types into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears getting revenge killed by Sucker Punch.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams, and it appreciates teammates that can help it wallbreak easier and teammates that can handle the few walls it cannot consistently check. (fluff, this applies to all offensive mons in any metagame) Ting-Lu (tinglu on offense is a bit iffy, mention other setters like chomp or glimmora instead and adjust the tinglu mention later on accordingly) and Great Tusk are great teammates for Hisuian Zoroark, as they're able to set up hazards as well as check Dark-types it struggles with such as Kingambit handled by Ting-Lu and opposing Ting-Lu being handled by Great Tusk. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Scizor can bring in Hisuian Zoroark safely on Garganacl and Corviknight respectively. Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate for Hisuian Zoroark, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and naturally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult, hence allowing Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed them and knock them out. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes hazards, so it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, as well as Corviknight and Hatterene. (not wrong but this sentence feels too generic cause every pokemon dislikes hazards unless u have magic guard or something. instead, emphasize on how hazard makes your illusion useless and they help with that. imagine u decide to disguise your horoark as kingambit so u can lure tusk with grass knot, but once u come in u take 12% from rocks. the opponent will instantly know it's horoark since kingambit should be taking 6% instead and will not switch in their tusk. and also the fact that if you get chipped down too much from hazards but your real kingambit in the back is still healthy, the moment the real kingambit comes out, the opponent will instantly know) Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark being able to threaten Gholdengo, which blocks Corviknight's Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from one of Hisuian Zoroark's moves, thus forcing it out. Choice Band Breloom is hence a great partner for Hisuian Zoroark, as it can threaten both Azumarill and Clodsire with Bullet Seed. (mention how uturn variants help bring loom in safely) Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge for them to clean up afterwards. (mention how illusion helps u do other stuff for them as well. if u disguise as dnite, u can lure in donbozo and great tusk and bop them with gknot, and if u disguise as volc and moth u can lure in clod and pex to cripple them with trick, all of which further opens up their sweep)

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- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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Good job, mostly expanding on your points and minor adjustments overall. As always, feel free to reach out if you need clarifications. 1/2

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Normal / Ghost / Fighting
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Specs, Hisuian Zoroark utilizes its high Special Attack and Speed coupled with its coverage options to function as a strong wallbreaker. (mention Illusion here, the mindgames you get from fooling the enemies can get you kills easily, further helping its role as a wallbreaker) Aside from that, its unique typing allows it to be unaffected by some revenge killing moves such as Shadow Sneak. (the only user is ceruledge and rare variants of sd valiant, just mention how u punish stuff like choice locked pult, gholdengo, loom, and tusk for opportunities to wallbreak) Grass Knot is a great coverage option that allows it to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo. (add ting-lu, big target) Alternatively, Hyper Voice can be used as it is a good STAB option that also has the merit of being able to ignore Substitute (such as? what mons that are often behind a sub that u want to click hyper voice against? also add orthworm's shed tail). Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight, as well as OHKO Scizor and Meowscarada (they are mostly sash at which point u dont OHKO, and if illusion is down and they know u're horoark then they're faster than you and threaten u out and wont switch in in the first place). Alternatively, Focus Blast is another good option so that Hisuian Zoroark has a way to catch Kingambit switching in off guard. (ohko bax as well so it cant freely set up, and hits tinglu and garg if u're not running knot) With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu and Garganacl, (add clod) but comes with the downside of no longer being able to net some of the OHKOs or 2HKOs mentioned above. (also cripple bulky setup mons u cant threaten right away like tera fairy garg and tera water or fire hatt) U-turn is a great alternative on the 4th slot that allows Hisuian Zoroark to act as a pivot by bringing its teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STABs, with boosted Hyper Voice being able to guarantee OHKOs against Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOs Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option for Hisuian Zoroark, as it not only gets Focus Blast boosted when being run, 2HKOing Pokemon it normally struggles with like Ting-Lu, but it also turns its weakness to Dark-types into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears getting revenge killed by Sucker Punch.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams, and it appreciates teammates that can help it wallbreak easier and teammates that can handle the few walls it cannot consistently check. (fluff, this applies to all offensive mons in any metagame) Ting-Lu (tinglu on offense is a bit iffy, mention other setters like chomp or glimmora instead and adjust the tinglu mention later on accordingly) and Great Tusk are great teammates for Hisuian Zoroark, as they're able to set up hazards as well as check Dark-types it struggles with such as Kingambit handled by Ting-Lu and opposing Ting-Lu being handled by Great Tusk. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Scizor can bring in Hisuian Zoroark safely on Garganacl and Corviknight respectively. Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate for Hisuian Zoroark, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and naturally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult, hence allowing Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed them and knock them out. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes hazards, so it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, as well as Corviknight and Hatterene. (not wrong but this sentence feels too generic cause every pokemon dislikes hazards unless u have magic guard or something. instead, emphasize on how hazard makes your illusion useless and they help with that. imagine u decide to disguise your horoark as kingambit so u can lure tusk with grass knot, but once u come in u take 12% from rocks. the opponent will instantly know it's horoark since kingambit should be taking 6% instead and will not switch in their tusk. and also the fact that if you get chipped down too much from hazards but your real kingambit in the back is still healthy, the moment the real kingambit comes out, the opponent will instantly know) Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark being able to threaten Gholdengo, which blocks Corviknight's Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from one of Hisuian Zoroark's moves, thus forcing it out. Choice Band Breloom is hence a great partner for Hisuian Zoroark, as it can threaten both Azumarill and Clodsire with Bullet Seed. (mention how uturn variants help bring loom in safely) Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge for them to clean up afterwards. (mention how illusion helps u do other stuff for them as well. if u disguise as dnite, u can lure in donbozo and great tusk and bop them with gknot, and if u disguise as volc and moth u can lure in clod and pex to cripple them with trick, all of which further opens up their sweep)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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Good job, mostly expanding on your points and minor adjustments overall. As always, feel free to reach out if you need clarifications. 1/2
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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Normal / Ghost / Fighting
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Specs, Hisuian Zoroark utilizes its high Special Attack and Speed coupled with its coverage options to function as a strong wallbreaker. An incredible ability in Illusion greatly improves its role as a wallbreaker, since it can play mind games with foes by disguising as a seemingly passive Pokemon only to be greatly damaged by one of its attacks. Aside from that, its Its unique typing allows it to be unaffected by some revenge killing moves such as Dragonite's Extreme Speed, Ceruledge's Shadow Sneak, and Breloom's Mach Punch. Grass Knot is a great coverage option that allows it to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo and physically defensive Ting-Lu (Not a dex set and not super relevant atm). Alternatively, Hyper Voice can be used as it is a good STAB option that also has the merit of being able to ignore Substitute placed by Hydreigon and Orthworm's Shed Tail. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight and Amoonguss, as well as OHKO Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast is another good option so that Hisuian Zoroark has a way to catch Kingambit and Baxcalibur switching in off guard. Focus Blast can potentially OHKO Garganacl and 2HKO physically defensive Ting-Lu when not running Grass Knot. (Rework this into a single sentence, no need to make it 2. Remove Baxcalibur, it doesnt take its stab moves very well to begin with) With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, Clodsire, Toxapex, and Garganacl, as well as cripple bulky Pokemon Hiusian Zoroark cannot threaten immediately like Tera Fairy Garganacl or Tera Fire or Water Hatterene, but it comes with the downside of no longer being able to net some of the OHKOs or 2HKOs mentioned above. U-turn is a great alternative on the 4th slot that allows Hisuian Zoroark to act as a pivot by bringing its teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STABs, with boosted Hyper Voice being able to guarantee OHKOs against Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOs Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option for Hisuian Zoroark, as it not only gets Focus Blast boosted when being run, 2HKOing Pokemon it normally struggles with like Ting-Lu, (This seems kinda misleading or just weird since you mentioned how 3 of your moves help you deal with Ting-Lu. Fwiw both Grass Knot and Focus Blast are already a roll to 2HKO Ting-Lu) but it also turns its weakness to Dark-types into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears getting revenge killed by Sucker Punch.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams. Garchomp, Glimmora, and Great Tusk are great teammates for Hisuian Zoroark, as they're able to set up hazards to wear down incoming foes for Hisuian Zoroark to more easily knock out. Great Tusk can also check the Dark-types Hisuian Zoroark struggles with such as Kingambit and specially defensive Ting-Lu. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Scizor can bring in Hisuian Zoroark safely on Garganacl and Corviknight respectively. (Scizor is hardly relevant right now and its not a particularly common partner. The above also implies that Garganacl is switching into Rotom-W which is a bit weird. Maybe instead mention Rotom-W inviting Amoonguss, and Meowscarada inviting in Corviknight) Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate for Hisuian Zoroark, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and neutrally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult, hence allowing Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed them and knock them out. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes hazards, since not only does it get worn down easily, but foes can deduce that Hisuian Zoroark is disgusied on the field based on the damage it takes from Stealth Rock. Hence, it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, as well as Corviknight and Hatterene. Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark being able to threaten Gholdengo, which blocks Corviknight's Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from one of Hisuian Zoroark's moves, thus forcing it out. Choice Band Breloom is hence a great partner for Hisuian Zoroark, as it can threaten both Azumarill and Clodsire with Bullet Seed. In return, Hisuian Zoroark can bring Breloom in on these Pokemon when running U-turn. Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge for them to clean up afterwards. Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as them to lure in their checks and either knock them out or cripple them with Trick. Hisuian Zoroark can disguise as Dragonite, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, and Roaring Moon to lure in physical walls such as Great Tusk and Dondozo only to be OHKOed by Grass Knot. Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as Volcarona and Iron Moth to lure in Clodsire and Toxapex and use Trick to cripple them, opening a potential sweep.

See if you can find room to mention how Great Tusk and Corviknight are able to take hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada that would try to revenge Zoroark.

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Normal / Ghost / Normal / Fighting (because hvoice isn't first slash)
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Specs, Hisuian Zoroark utilizes its high Special Attack and Speed coupled with its coverage options to function as a strong wallbreaker. Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark is a fast and strong wallbreaker with good coverage. Not only are its coverage moves good, but it has STAB on a very spammable type with fantastic neutral coverage in OU, Ghost. (the second sentence is optional, but something like this feels worth mentioning) An incredible ability in Illusion greatly improves its role as a wallbreaker, since it can play mind games with foes by disguising as a seemingly passive Pokemon only to be greatly damaged by one of its attacks. wallbreaking: it can disguise itself as a passive teammate to create mindgames, scoring great damage if opponents guess wrong and try to exploit a seemingly passive Pokemon. (I imagine something like this makes sense? change if desired) Its unique typing allows it to be unaffected by blocks some revenge killing moves such as Dragonite's Extreme Speed, Ceruledge's Shadow Sneak, and Breloom's Mach Punch. Grass Knot is a great coverage option that allows it to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo. Alternatively, Hyper Voice can be used as it is a good STAB option that also has the merit of being able to ignore option, getting neutral coverage on most Pokemon that Shadow Ball cannot, and it ignores (I imagine something like this makes sense? if not, maybe clarify why hvoice is good; even just "is a good STAB option because it blocks sub" is fine if it is true) Substitute placed by Hydreigon and Orthworm's Shed Tail. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight and Amoonguss, as well as OHKOing Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast is another good option so that Hisuian Zoroark has gives Hisuian Zoroark a way to catch incoming Kingambit switching in off guard, as well as potentially OHKO and it potentially OHKOes Garganacl, which is very helpful if forgoing Grass Knot. (I imagine?) With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Garganacl, as well as cripple bulky Pokemon Hiusian Zoroark it cannot threaten immediately, (AC) like Tera Fairy Garganacl or and Tera Fire or Tera Water Hatterene, but it comes with the downside of no longer being able to net Hatterene. However, giving away Choice Specs sacrifices some of the OHKOs or and 2HKOs mentioned above. U-turn is a great alternative on the 4th slot that allows Hisuian Zoroark to act as a pivot by bringing its to bring teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STABs, STAB moves, with boosted Hyper Voice being able to guarantee OHKOs against always OHKOing Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOs 2HKOes Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option for Hisuian Zoroark, as it not only gets Focus Blast boosted when being run, but it also turns its weakness to Dark-types boosts Focus Blast, but it also turns Hisuian Zoroark's Dark weakness into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears getting revenge killed by Sucker Punch. Sucker Punch revenge killers.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams. Garchomp, Glimmora, and Great Tusk are great teammates for Hisuian Zoroark, as they're able to set up hazards to wear down incoming foes for Hisuian Zoroark to more easily knock out. (folded into sentence 2. if chomp and glimm don't have any specific synergy w hisui zoroark besides setting hazards for it, idt they need to be mentioned. also, tusk sentence will imply that hazard setters in general are good for it for the reason you say) Great Tusk can also set Stealth Rock, helping Hisuian Zoroark KO foes more easily, and check the Dark-types Hisuian Zoroark it struggles with such as Kingambit and specially defensive Ting-Lu. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Meowscarada can bring in Hisuian Zoroark safely on into Amoonguss and Corviknight, (AC) respectively. Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate for Hisuian Zoroark, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and neutrally naturally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult, hence allowing Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed them and knock them out. Dragapult for Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed and KO. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes hazards, since opposing hazards: not only does it get worn down easily, but foes can deduce that Hisuian Zoroark is disgusied on the field opponents may see through its disguise based on the damage it takes from Stealth Rock. Hence, it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, as well as Corviknight Great Tusk, Corviknight, and/or Hatterene. Great Tusk and Corviknight are able to can also come in and take a hit on from Kingambit and Meowscarada, (can great tusk rly come in and take a hit from meow? maybe smth should be changed if needed?) which can revenge kill Hisuian Zoroark. Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark being able to threaten threatening Gholdengo, which blocks Corviknight's its Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from one of Hisuian Zoroark's moves, Hisuian Zoroark, thus forcing it out, given its frailty. To threaten both of these checks, Choice Band Breloom is hence a great partner for Hisuian Zoroark, as it can threaten both Azumarill and Clodsire with Bullet Seed. a great partner. In return, U-turn Hisuian Zoroark can bring Breloom in on these Pokemon when running U-turn. Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge for them to Skeledirge, letting them clean up afterwards. Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as them to lure in their checks and either knock them out KO them or cripple them with Trick. Hisuian Zoroark can disguise as Dragonite, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, and Roaring Moon to lure in physical walls such as Great Tusk and Dondozo, (AC) only for them to be OHKOed by Grass Knot. Similarly, (I imagine this is fine?) Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as Volcarona and Iron Moth to lure in Clodsire and Toxapex and use Trick to cripple them, opening Toxapex, using Trick to cripple them and open up a potential sweep.

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- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260], [SetsuSetsuna, 548068]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done. just be mindful of wordiness in the future. lmk if any qs!

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Grass Knot / Hyper Voice
move 3: Flamethrower / Focus Blast
move 4: Trick / U-turn
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Normal / Ghost / Normal / Fighting (because hvoice isn't first slash)
ability: Illusion
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Specs, Hisuian Zoroark utilizes its high Special Attack and Speed coupled with its coverage options to function as a strong wallbreaker. Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark is a fast and strong wallbreaker with good coverage. Not only are its coverage moves good, but it has STAB on a very spammable type with fantastic neutral coverage in OU, Ghost. (the second sentence is optional, but something like this feels worth mentioning) An incredible ability in Illusion greatly improves its role as a wallbreaker, since it can play mind games with foes by disguising as a seemingly passive Pokemon only to be greatly damaged by one of its attacks. wallbreaking: it can disguise itself as a passive teammate to create mindgames, scoring great damage if opponents guess wrong and try to exploit a seemingly passive Pokemon. (I imagine something like this makes sense? change if desired) Its unique typing allows it to be unaffected by blocks some revenge killing moves such as Dragonite's Extreme Speed, Ceruledge's Shadow Sneak, and Breloom's Mach Punch. Grass Knot is a great coverage option that allows it to OHKO Great Tusk and physically defensive Dondozo, potentially OHKO Garganacl, and 2HKO specially defensive Dondozo. Alternatively, Hyper Voice can be used as it is a good STAB option that also has the merit of being able to ignore option, getting neutral coverage on most Pokemon that Shadow Ball cannot, and it ignores (I imagine something like this makes sense? if not, maybe clarify why hvoice is good; even just "is a good STAB option because it blocks sub" is fine if it is true) Substitute placed by Hydreigon and Orthworm's Shed Tail. Flamethrower allows Hisuian Zoroark to 2HKO Corviknight and Amoonguss, as well as OHKOing Scizor. Alternatively, Focus Blast is another good option so that Hisuian Zoroark has gives Hisuian Zoroark a way to catch incoming Kingambit switching in off guard, as well as potentially OHKO and it potentially OHKOes Garganacl, which is very helpful if forgoing Grass Knot. (I imagine?) With Trick, Hisuian Zoroark can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, Clodsire, and Garganacl, as well as cripple bulky Pokemon Hiusian Zoroark it cannot threaten immediately, (AC) like Tera Fairy Garganacl or and Tera Fire or Tera Water Hatterene, but it comes with the downside of no longer being able to net Hatterene. However, giving away Choice Specs sacrifices some of the OHKOs or and 2HKOs mentioned above. U-turn is a great alternative on the 4th slot that allows Hisuian Zoroark to act as a pivot by bringing its to bring teammates in safely on Assault Vest Azumarill and Ting-Lu. Tera Normal and Tera Ghost boost Hisuian Zoroark's already powerful STABs, STAB moves, with boosted Hyper Voice being able to guarantee OHKOs against always OHKOing Great Tusk, while boosted Shadow Ball 2HKOs 2HKOes Assault Vest Azumarill. Tera Fighting is another good option for Hisuian Zoroark, as it not only gets Focus Blast boosted when being run, but it also turns its weakness to Dark-types boosts Focus Blast, but it also turns Hisuian Zoroark's Dark weakness into a resistance, meaning it no longer fears getting revenge killed by Sucker Punch. Sucker Punch revenge killers.

Hisuian Zoroark fits best on offensive teams. Garchomp, Glimmora, and Great Tusk are great teammates for Hisuian Zoroark, as they're able to set up hazards to wear down incoming foes for Hisuian Zoroark to more easily knock out. (folded into sentence 2. if chomp and glimm don't have any specific synergy w hisui zoroark besides setting hazards for it, idt they need to be mentioned. also, tusk sentence will imply that hazard setters in general are good for it for the reason you say) Great Tusk can also set Stealth Rock, helping Hisuian Zoroark KO foes more easily, and check the Dark-types Hisuian Zoroark it struggles with such as Kingambit and specially defensive Ting-Lu. Pivots such as Rotom-W and Meowscarada can bring in Hisuian Zoroark safely on into Amoonguss and Corviknight, (AC) respectively. Rotom-W in particular is a great teammate for Hisuian Zoroark, since it can also spread paralysis, crippling boosted sweepers and neutrally naturally fast Pokemon such as Dragonite, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult, hence allowing Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed them and knock them out. Dragapult for Hisuian Zoroark to outspeed and KO. Hisuian Zoroark dislikes hazards, since opposing hazards: not only does it get worn down easily, but foes can deduce that Hisuian Zoroark is disgusied on the field opponents may see through its disguise based on the damage it takes from Stealth Rock. Hence, it appreciates hazard removal and prevention from the aforementioned Great Tusk, as well as Corviknight Great Tusk, Corviknight, and/or Hatterene. Great Tusk and Corviknight are able to can also come in and take a hit on from Kingambit and Meowscarada, (can great tusk rly come in and take a hit from meow? maybe smth should be changed if needed?) which can revenge kill Hisuian Zoroark. Corviknight in particular really appreciates Hisuian Zoroark being able to threaten threatening Gholdengo, which blocks Corviknight's its Defog. Specially defensive Pokemon like Assault Vest Azumarill and Clodsire can take a hit from one of Hisuian Zoroark's moves, Hisuian Zoroark, thus forcing it out, given its frailty. To threaten both of these checks, Choice Band Breloom is hence a great partner for Hisuian Zoroark, as it can threaten both Azumarill and Clodsire with Bullet Seed. a great partner. In return, U-turn Hisuian Zoroark can bring Breloom in on these Pokemon when running U-turn. Lastly, setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Volcarona, and Iron Moth appreciate Hisuian Zoroark's ability to threaten their checks such as Garganacl, Dondozo, and Skeledirge for them to Skeledirge, letting them clean up afterwards. Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as them to lure in their checks and either knock them out KO them or cripple them with Trick. Hisuian Zoroark can disguise as Dragonite, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, and Roaring Moon to lure in physical walls such as Great Tusk and Dondozo, (AC) only for them to be OHKOed by Grass Knot. Similarly, (I imagine this is fine?) Hisuian Zoroark can also disguise as Volcarona and Iron Moth to lure in Clodsire and Toxapex and use Trick to cripple them, opening Toxapex, using Trick to cripple them and open up a potential sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260], [SetsuSetsuna, 548068]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

View attachment 507478GP Team done. just be mindful of wordiness in the future. lmk if any qs!

Implemented ty all! Done ready for upload