UU Virizion

[Jade]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Stone Edge / Zen Headbutt
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Lum Berry
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Virizion's unique typing and access to Swords Dance allow it to act as a setup sweeper that can threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Unlike other Grass- and Fighting-types, it has the Speed tier to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame, making it harder to be revenge killed by Pokemon such as Ninetales. Good special bulk and a decent typing also allow it to find setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Rotom-C, and Mantine. Stone Edge nails Centiskorch, Roserade, and Toxtricity after a Swords Dance boost. Zen Headbutt is an alternate option to hit Galarian Weezing; however, it misses out on hitting Noivern and Chandelure. Megahorn hits Celebi, Reuniclus, and Necrozma. However, it has little use compared to other coverage moves. Life Orb allows Virizion to nail Drapion at +2 with Close Combat, as well as break through Galarian Weezing with Zen Headbutt at +2. Alternatively, Lum Berry lets Virizion safely set up against Water-types such as Milotic and Vaporeon.

Virizion cannot touch Doublade, so teammates who that check it, such as Mantine and Incineroar, are important. Incineroar can also bring in Virizion safely against Ground- and Water-types, check Chandelure, wear down Galarian Weezing, and check Psychic-types such as Celebi and Necrozma. Pivots such as Inteleon and Flygon can ease setup against Water-types by bringing Virizion in safely. Noivern can lure in Pokemon such as Milotic, Gigalith, and Rhyperior for Virizion. Due to how weak Virizion is without a boost, wallbreakers such as Inteleon and Haxorus that can break down teams for it are good options. Haxorus can also pressure opposing sweepers with First Impression, as well as threatening out Celebi. Teammates that can handle Noivern are mandatory, as it can take an unboosted Stone Edge and threaten Virizion out with Hurricane. Bronzong and Gigalith are excellent teammates in this regard, as they not only checks Noivern and Poison-types, but can also provide Stealth Rock support to wear down Virizion's checks. The latter also checks Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Chandelure that can revenge kill Virizion. Psychic-types such as Necrozma and Reuniclus make great partners for their ability to pressure and remove Galarian Weezing. Golisopod can provide Spikes support, check Mamoswine and Celebi, and cripple Noivern with Knock Off. In return, Virizion can exploit Water-types that give Golisopod trouble.

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[Jade]

the dumbass boots horse is now ready for qc

 

[Estarossa]

friendly AM check. comments in Blue

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Zen Headbutt / Stone Edge
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Lum Berry
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Virizion's unique typing and access to Swords Dance allows it to act as a set-up sweeper that can threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Unlike other Grass- and Fighting-types, its speed tier allows it to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame I mean Cobalion is a Fighting-type with the same speed tier, but you can talk about how as a grass type its ability to outspeed Haxorus and Ninetales gives its some niche in avoiding being RK'd as easily unlike Roserade/Mowtom. Good special bulk and a decent typing allows it to find setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Rhyperior, and Mantine well not really vs mantine, Haze versions wall you without Stone Edge. Zen Headbutt hits Weezing-Galar, which would normally force Virizion out. Stone Edge is an alternate option to hit Noivern and Centiskorch, however it loses out on the ability to hit Poison-types you can generally still 1v1 offensive Weezing with it with some chip because it cant really hit you hard enough back with your Special bulk, its more about the ability to threaten it without needing to sacrifice a lot of your HP and put you in range of stuff like First Impression / Ice Shard X-Scissor hits Celebi and Reuniclus, but has little use compared to other coverage moves. Talk about Lum berry briefly, aka that it lets you more safely set up and/or switch into waters like Milo/Jelli.

Virizions's downsides compared to other offensive Grasses's like Roserade/Celebi/Mowtom need to be mentioned here, ie. that for an offensive Grass-type it really struggles to directly threaten and force out Water types well due to its low starting attack stat, and that no matter what coverage it runs it is absolutely unable to touch Doublade too.


Teammates that can handle Noivern are mandatory, as it can live an unboosted Stone Edge and threaten Virizion out with Hurricane. Bronzong is an excellent teammate in this regard, as it not only checks Noivern and Poison-types, but can also provide Stealth Rock support to wear down Virizion's checks. 100% mention gigalith as a rocker too, check's Noivern excellently and checks rk'ers like scarf chandy/gard. Noivern can bring in Pokemon such as Milotic, Gigalith, and Rhyperior for Virizion, and appreciates bulky Water-types being removed. Inteleon appreciates bulky Water-types being removed, while bringing in Virizion via U-Turn. Virizion cannot touch Doublade, so teammates who can check it, such as Mantine and Incineroar, are important. Incineroar can also bring in Virizion against Ground- and Water-types, while checking Psychic-types such as Celebi and Scarf Gardevoir. also mention that it checks chandy for viriz.

Would mention that it is wise to run some other teammates that can help pressure Water-types with Virizion too, as it is rather lackluster at doing this on it's own. Heliolisk and Toxtricity could be nice mentions here, Heliolisk can also pivot it in on Umbreon and Gigalith, while Toxtricity greatly appreciates Virizion pressuring Ground-types like Rhyp.

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[Jade]

Added most of this, didn't really want to stretch it that far for a mon that is honestly pretty mediocre. Team options have been rearranged a bit as well to list Virizions weaknesses.

 

[lydian]

virizion gets megahorn now, wouldn't that be better than x-scissor?

 

[Jade]

virizion gets megahorn now, wouldn't that be better than x-scissor?

+2 252 Atk Virizion X-Scissor vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Reuniclus: 342-404 (80.6 - 95.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252 Atk Virizion Megahorn vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Reuniclus: 512-604 (120.7 - 142.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

I could see it working in some situations, but the main thing you are using X-Scissor for is Celebi, which obviously gets maimed. You only need a small bit of chip (20% at most) to kill Reuniclus which isn't all that hard to get off. The only thing that it covers is Necrozma:

+2 252 Atk Virizion X-Scissor vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Prism Armor Necrozma: 201-237 (60 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Virizion Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Prism Armor Necrozma: 301-355 (89.8 - 105.9%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO after Leftovers recovery

I will consider adding it to get the jump on Necrozma but for now I still have to think about it.

 

[Hilomilo]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Zen Headbutt / Stone Edge
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Lum Berry I think Orb is important here for its ability to KO Weezing with a boosted Zen (also helps mend the iffy attack).
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Virizion's unique typing and access to Swords Dance allows it to act as a set-up sweeper that can threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Unlike other Grass- and Fighting-types, its speed tier allows it to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame, making it harder to be revenge killed by Pokemon such as Ninetales. Good special bulk and a decent typing allows it to find setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Rhyperior(if you're highlighting its special bulk I'd prefer you find another specially offensive Pokemon for it to set up on. Rotom-C or Inteleon work here.), and Mantine. Zen Headbutt hits Weezing-Galar, which would normally force Virizion out. Stone Edge is an alternate option to hit Noivern (I'd mention Chandelure here instead considering it has to nab Noivern on the switch) and Centiskorch, however it loses out on the ability to hit Poison-types. X-Scissor (bring up Megahorn here as well considering it busts through fat Reun and Necrozma - which should also be mentioned - more reliably) hits Celebi and Reuniclus, but has little use compared to other coverage moves. Include a sentence here on Life Orb. It KOes Weezing with Zen after a boost while doing some other stuff like cleanly OHKOing Drapion with +2 CC. Lum Berry lets Virizion safely set up against Water-types such as Milotic and Vaporeon.

Virizion cannot touch Doublade, so teammates who can check it, such as Mantine and Incineroar, are important. Incineroar can also bring in Virizion against Ground- and Water-types, check Chandelure, and check Psychic-types such as Celebi and Scarf GardevoirNecrozma. Due to how weak Virizion is without a boost, breakers such as Inteleon and Haxorus that can break down teams for Virizion are good options. I'd add an extra sentence here on how Haxorus can pressure opposing sweepers with First Impression. Teammates that can handle Noivern are mandatory, as it can live an unboosted Stone Edge and threaten Virizion out with Hurricane. Bronzong and Gigalith are excellent teammates in this regard, as they not only checks Noivern and Poison-types, but can also provide Stealth Rock support to wear down Virizion's checks. The latter also checks Pokemon such as Scarf Gardevoir and Chandelure that can revenge kill Virizion. Noivern can bringlure in Pokemon such as Milotic, Gigalith, and Rhyperior for Virizion, and appreciates bulky Water-types being removed. Inteleon appreciates bulky Water-types being removed, while bringing in Virizion via U-Turn. I'd fit this sentence after the earlier portion where you bring it up since it'd make more sense there. I'd also add a sentence in this section on pivots to bring Virizion in, which can especially ease setup against Water-types.

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1/2 when this is implemented

 

[Jade]

Implemented, ready for QC #2.

 

[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Zen Headbutt / Stone Edge Swap these around
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Lum Berry
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Virizion's unique typing and access to Swords Dance allows it to act as a set-up sweeper that can threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Unlike other Grass- and Fighting-types, its speed tier allows it to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame, making it harder to be revenge killed by Pokemon such as Ninetales. Good special bulk and a decent typing allows it to find setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Rotom-C, and Mantine. Zen Headbutt hits Galarian Weezing and Roserade, which would normally force Virizion out. Stone Edge is an alternate option to hit Chandelure and Centiskorch, however it loses out on the ability to hit Poison-types. Swap the Edge and Zen lines around. The only relevant Poison-type it can't break reliably with Edge is Galarian Weezing, Rose drops to +2 Edge, Salazzle still isn't a safe pivot, Croak dies to +2 CC after rocks, and Tox also drops to Edge at +2. Edge also stops it being outright walled by Celebi, while hitting Vern, and the mons you mentioned above. From my experience, there are far more drawbacks to dropping Edge than just supporting it to wear down Weezing into range. You may need to reword the two sentences to accompany this change, and mention some of these calcs when talking about Stone Edge. X-Scissor hits Celebi and Reuniclus, while Megahorn breaks through the latter and Necrozma more reliably. Remove X-Scissor, Megahorn is better. Just hit. However, both have little use compared to other coverage moves. Life Orb allows Virizion to break through Galarian Weezing with Zen Headbutt at +2, while also nailing Drapion at +2 with Close Combat. Lum Berry lets Virizion safely set up against Water-types such as Milotic and Vaporeon.

Virizion cannot touch Doublade, so teammates who can check it, such as Mantine and Incineroar, are important. Incineroar can also bring in Virizion against Ground- and Water-types, check Chandelure, wear down Galarian Weezing, and check Psychic-types such as Celebi and Necrozma. Noivern can lure in Pokemon such as Milotic, Gigalith, and Rhyperior for Virizion. Due to how weak Virizion is without a boost, breakers such as Inteleon and Haxorus that can break down teams for Virizion are good options. Haxorus can also pressure opposing sweepers with First Impression. at least specify something like potentially removing Celebi for it. Teammates that can handle Noivern are mandatory, as it can live an unboosted Stone Edge and threaten Virizion out with Hurricane. Bronzong and Gigalith are excellent teammates in this regard, as they not only checks Noivern and Poison-types, but can also provide Stealth Rock support to wear down Virizion's checks. The latter also checks Pokemon such as Scarf Gardevoir and Chandelure that can revenge kill Virizion. Pivots who can bring Virizion in, such as Inteleon, Flygon, and Heliolisk can ease setup against Water-types by bringing Virizion in safely. Heliolisk isn't bringing Virizion in against Water-types.

Mention how Necrozma and Reuni make great partners for their ability to pressure and remove Galaran Weezing.

I would mention Golisopod as a mention that can provide Spikes support, deal with Mamo, check Celebi, and can cripple Noivern with Knock. In return, Virizion beats the Water-types for it.

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2/2 when implemented.

 

[Jade]

Implemented, ready for GP now.

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1

check

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Stone Edge / Zen Headbutt
move 4: Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Lum Berry
ability: Justified
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Virizion's unique typing and access to Swords Dance allows allow it to act as a set-up setup sweeper that can threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Unlike other Grass- and Fighting-types, its it has the Speed tier allows it to outspeed most of the unboosted metagame, making it harder to be revenge killed by Pokemon such as Ninetales. Good special bulk and a decent typing also allows allow it to find setup opportunities against Pokemon such as Heliolisk, Rotom-C, and Mantine. Stone Edge nails Centiskorch, Roserade, and Toxtrcity Toxtricity after a Swords Dance boost. Zen Headbutt is an alternate option to hit Galarian Weezing; (SC) however, (AC) it misses out on hitting Noivern and Chandelure. Megahorn hits Celebi, Reuniclus, and Necrozma. However, it has little use compared to other coverage moves. Life Orb allows Virizion to break through Galarian Weezing with Zen Headbutt at +2 (RC) while also nailing as well as nail Drapion at +2 with Close Combat. (probably swap these two since ZH is not a main slash) Alternatively, Lum Berry lets Virizion safely set up against Water-types such as Milotic and Vaporeon.

Virizion cannot touch Doublade, so teammates who that can check it, such as Mantine and Incineroar, are important. Incineroar can also bring in Virizion safely against Ground- and Water-types, check Chandelure, wear down Galarian Weezing, and check Psychic-types such as Celebi and Necrozma. Noivern can lure in Pokemon such as Milotic, Gigalith, and Rhyperior for Virizion. Due to how weak Virizion is without a boost, wallbreakers such as Inteleon and Haxorus that can break down teams for Virizion it are good options. Haxorus can also pressure opposing sweepers with First Impression, as well as threatening out Celebi. Teammates that can handle Noivern are mandatory, as it can live take an unboosted Stone Edge and threaten Virizion out with Hurricane. Bronzong and Gigalith are excellent teammates in this regard, as they not only checks Noivern and Poison-types (RC) but also can also provide Stealth Rock support to wear down Virizion's checks. The latter also checks Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Gardevoir and Chandelure that can revenge kill Virizion. Pivots who can bring Virizion in, (RC) such as Inteleon and Flygon (RC) can ease setup against Water-types by bringing Virizion in safely. (cleaner to move this closer to the incineroar / initial inteleon mentions) Psychic-types such as Necrozma and Reuniclus make great partners for their ability to pressure and remove Galarian Weezing. Golisopod can provide Spikes support, check Mamoswine and Celebi, and can cripple Noivern with Knock Off. In return, Virizion can exploit Water-types that give Golisopod trouble.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Juuno, 444224]]
- Quality checked by: [[Hilomilo, 313384], [Twilight, 344575]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Jade]

ok

This should now be ready for upload

 

[Hilomilo]

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