Copyediting Choice Band Marshadow [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

[ANinjaDude]

[SET]
Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, due to its unresisted and spammable STAB combo, access to high Base Power attacks, and powerful priority.
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s strongest move, but comes with 90% accuracy and fails entirely when a Pokemon has been hit by Knock Off or used their item such as Meteor Beam Eternatus. Tera Ghost Poltergeist reaches a power level so high that outside of resists, Zygarde-C is the only Pokemon in the tier that can avoid a 2HKO.
• Spectral Thief has perfect accuracy and can steal boosts from slower Pokemon, such as a slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM set. Though a great move, Spectral Thief does come with an opportunity cost since Marshadow cannot drop Shadow Sneak nor its Fighting-type STAB move. Running Spectral Thief means that Marshadow is dropping either Poltergeist or a coverage move, this limits Marshadow’s wallbreaking capabilities or its ability to remove certain targets with its coverage.
• There are a variety of Pokemon 4x weak to the Ice-type in the tier that crumple to Ice Punch such as Zygarde, Mega Salamence and Rayquaza, while also 2HKOing Yveltal.
• In addition to OHKOing Ho-Oh, the Speed drop from Rock Tomb denies some Dragon Dance users the ability to boost their Speed if they see Marshadow as an opportunity to switch in and start boosting such as Mega Salamence, Arceus formes, and Necrozma-DM.
• Low Kick is Marshadow’s preferred Fighting-type STAB move. Due to the heavy nature of the tier, Low Kick is functionally a 120 base power move.
• Shadow Sneak is what makes Marshadow a potent revenge killer as it hits deceptively hard due to Technician, and several threatening Pokemon, such as Necrozma-DM, Lunala, Deoxys-A, and Mega Mewtwo Y. It is of such significance that Pokemon such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Ultra Necrozma are EVed specifically to live Shadow Sneak from full HP though they are OHKOed if Marshadow elects to Tera Ghost or if entry hazards are up.
• With Adamant, Marshadow no longer outspeeds fully invested base 120 Speed Pokemon like Arceus formes or Palkia-O, but is also outsped by any Eternatus sets that speed creep fully Invested Arceus sets. The main damage thresholds gained in return are things like being able to 2HKO set-up Primal Groudon sets with Poltergeist, being guaranteed to OHKO uninvested Primal Kyogre with Low Kick, being able to OHKO offensive Necrozma-DM sets with Poltergeist, and OHKO uninvested Yveltal with Low Kick after Stealth Rock or sufficient Life Orb recoil.
• Tera Ghost allows Marshadow’s attacks to reach nuclear levels of damage with Poltergeist, OHKOing uninvested Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, Palkia-O, and Calyrex-I.
• The best way to use this set is to first identify any Pokemon that could wall either Fighting or Ghost, and identify any offensive pokemon like Ultra Necrozma it might need to revenge kill with Shadow Sneak. The second step is to look for as many switch-in opportunities as possible, such as a predicted Ho-Oh Defog, a Marshadow locked into Low Kick or Rock Tomb, or an Arceus set using Extreme Speed. The third step is to just attack until Marshadow is walled by an immunity, Dondozo, or Ho-Oh. If the opponent has a Pokemon that can wall one STAB type, it can be predicted, for instance, predicting Arceus-Dark with Low Kick, or Giratina with Poltergeist. Marshadow's primary goal is to soften up defensive Pokemon to either sweep through later with Marshadow, or to bust through with other Pokemon. If you see a threatening offensive pokemon that would need revenge killed, prioritize keeping Marshadow healthy to be able to effectively revenge it later in the game.
• Marshadow compresses the roles of a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and cleaner in the end-game. It is one of the best anti-offense Pokemon due to its ability to steal stat boosts and alternatively kill such threats with Shadow Sneak. It appreciates entry hazard support whether it is from dedicated setters on hyper offense teams such as Deoxys-S or Glimmora, or Primal Groudon on balance teams.
• On hyper offense teams, Marshadow appreciates teammates which pressure defensive Pokemon like Zygarde-C, defensive Primal Groudon, or Dondozo. Good teammates include Life Orb Yveltal and Xerneas because they can pressure these defensive Pokemon with their strong special attacks, and Yveltal can force damage to stick by using Taunt to deny recovery.
• On balance teams, Marshadow likes teammates which can switch in to take hits aimed at Marshadow once it has scared out or KOed an opposing Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and support Arceus formes.

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[Gangsta Spongebob]

Great work, QC 1/2 when implemented

QC 1/2

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[Set]
Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band Sets need a nickname to be uploaded
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick / Close Combat
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, thanks to its devastating STAB combo, high speed, and strong 125 base Attack Mention that its STAB combo is basically unresisted
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s biggest damage button, Eh this is self-explanatory Ice Punch hits numerous threats such as Zygarde-Complete, Rayquaza, and Salamence-Mega Mega Salamence hard for 4x super effective damage, while 2HKOing Yveltal, and Rock Tomb denies Dragon Dance from Salamence-Mega Mega Salamence, OHKOs OHKOes Ho-Oh, and 2HKOs 2HKOes Yveltal
• Spectral Thief is more accurate than Poltergeist, and can steal boosts from slower pokemon Pokemon, while Poltergeist does more damage at a cost of a 10% accuracy decrease. You can run both, but then you sacrifice coverage. This second sentence is self-explanatory, if you want to keep it explain what losing this coverage entails. Note that you generally can't use "you" in an analysis. Also mention that Poltergeist needs its foe to be holding an item, which can cause issues if a teammate has Knock Off. Also move this ahead of the coverage bullet point
• Close Combat hits Blissey/ and Chansey, Chi-Yu, and Terapagos harder, everything else gets taken down by Low Kick just as effectively, and without any drawbacks. The examples you give aren't the only relevant foes, as there are others like Grimmsnarl, so talk in more general terms. Also, there a lot of Pokemon CC does more damage to, like Mega-Mewtwo-Y, which is usually 2HKOed by CC but never by Low Kick. Obviously Fighting STAB is an inferior option, but as a CB user a more consistent midground is sometimes useful. Give more examples of foes where CC would make a meaningful difference even if it isn't the best move. Also, talk about Low Kick first, why it's so good, and then talk about CC as an alternative
• Tera Ghost is to do massive damage with Poltergeist/ and Spectral Thief, and makes Shadow Sneak a more reliable revenge killing tool. Mention XHKO thresholds this improves
• Marshadow is a great wallbreaker, able to punch through a lot of teams once their switch-in to one of your its STAB types is removed. It is also a good revenge killer for fast Psychic types.
• Marshadow appreciates entry hazard You need "entry" before hazards first before shortening to just "hazards" support, either in the form of HO leads like Deoxys-Speed or Glimmora, or bulkier setters on balance teams, like Groudon-Primal Primal Groudon and support Arceus formes
• Good teammates include Xerneas, Mega-Salamence, Yveltal, Rayquaza, and anything that can keep up pressure on defensive cores, Give examples of ones Marshadow might need help against or bulky pokemon Pokemon like Groudon-Primal Primal Groudon, Ho-Oh, Arceus Formes, and defensive Eternatus to take hits from what foes that outspeeds Marshadow Give examples

Mention what team styles this set fits on. Mention the choice between Adamant and Jolly. Also mention Shadow Sneak and technician when going over its moves. It's somewhat self-explanatory, but Shadow Sneak is a huge part of Marshadow's niche.


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[Bobsican]

Goat for indirectly discouraging Focus Sash Marshadow further

Trial QC, don't QC 2/2 until a proper QC member corroborates

After revising, I'll remind that set analyses use American English, and please be careful with capitalization.

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[Set]
Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick / Close Combat There was some talk in the QC chat and overall this is just way too niche, especially given it's only for a niche mon
- Shadow Sneak

The format used for sets isn't like PS! as they're uploaded to the dex with a different format, please reformat the set in accordance to the skeleton here, if unsure look here as an example

Edit: I'm being informed that this can also work, but you'd still have to set a nickname to the Pokemon here as the name of the set.

[SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, due to its nigh-unresisted unresisted meta-wise no good team is using Hisuian Zoroark/Zorua and spammable STAB combo, access to high base power attacks, and powerful priority.
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s strongest move, but comes with a frustrating 90% accuracy and fails entirely when a pokemon Pokemon has been knocked off hit by Knock Off or used their item such as Meteor Beam Eternatus. Tera Ghost Poltergeist reaches a power level so high that outside of resists, add comma Zygarde-C is the only pokemon Pokemon in the tier which is able to that can avoid the 2hko a 2HKO.
• Spectral Thief has perfect accuracy and can steal boosts from slower Pokemon. Though a great move, Spectral Thief does come with an opportunity cost since Marshadow cannot drop Shadow Sneak nor its fighting Fighting-type STAB move. Running Spectral Thief means that Marshadow is dropping either Poltergeist or a coverage move. This , this comma added limits Marshadow’s wallbreaking capabilities or its ability to remove certain targets with its coverage.
• There are a bevy of quad ice weak pokemon variety of Pokemon 4x weak to the Ice-type in the tier that crumple to Ice Punch such as Zygarde, Mega Salamence, remove comma and Rayquaza. Though not a target, it also 2HKOs Yveltal. add point
• In addition to OHKOing Ho-Oh, the speed drop from Rock Tomb denies some Dragon Dancers abusers the ability to boost their speed if they see Marshadow as an opportunity to switch in and start boosting such as Mega Salamence add some more examples.
• Low Kick is Marshadow’s preferred fighting Fighting-type STAB move. Due to the heavy nature of the tier, add comma Low Kick is functionally a 120 base power move. The notable exception, and sole reason to run Close Combat is Chansey as Low Kick does not OHKO. Low Kick also has significantly more PP making it better against bulkier teams. See above in the moveset for why
• Shadow Sneak is what makes Marshadow at worst the second best revenge killer a potent revenge killer derailing information in the tier as it hits deceptively hard due to technician Technician and several threatening pokemon Pokemon carrying a ghost Ghost-type weakness Such as? Mention some. It is of such significance that pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Ultra Necrozma are EVd EVed specifically to live Shadow Sneak from full HP though they are OHKOd OHKOed if Marshadow elects to Tera Ghost or if entry hazards are up.
• Tera Ghost allows Marshadow’s attacks to reach nuclear levels of damage with Poltergeist or Spectral Thief Mention some notable OHKOs reached this way. It also enables Marshadow to revenge kill boosted pokemon Pokemon from much higher health such as Primal Groudon, Mega Salamence, and Xerneas.
• Marshadow compresses the roles of a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and cleaner in the end-game add hyphen. It is one of the best anti-offence offense mons Pokemon due to its ability to steal stat boosts and alternatively revenge kill boosted such threats with Shadow Sneak. It appreciates entry hazard support whether it is from dedicated setters on hyper offence offense teams such as Deoxys-S or Gliimmora Glimmora, add comma or Primal Groudon on balance teams.
• On hyper offence offense teams, add comma Marshadow appreciates teammates which pressure removed extra space at "which pressure" defensive pokemon Pokemon mention some defensive Pokémon here that'd check Marshadow such as Life Orb Yveltal and Xerneas.
• On balance teams, add comma Marshadow likes teammates which can switch in to take hits aimed at Marshadow once it has scared out or KOd KOed an opposing pokemon Pokemon, such as Ho-Oh, Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and Support support Arceus formes.

It seems you also have yet to implement the previous QC request for mentioning some comparison between running Adamant or Jolly, what does it outspeed with Jolly that Adamant doesn't? What KOes are reached with Adamant over Jolly?

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[Bobsican]

Now that I'm a proper QC member I can self-stamp my previous trial QC, so...

After corroborating, well, it's stamped, but I'd rather not let this go to 2/2 yet, there's quite a lot of stuff to revise above and I'd rather see how it turns out before properly letting it go to GP phase.

 

[Bobsican]

Okay, this still has some issues that could arise when fixed that wouldn't be filtered by the GP phase, please apply the stuff below so I can then corroborate again.

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ow the edge

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Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[Set Comments SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, due to its unresisted and spammable STAB combo, access to high base power attacks, and powerful priority.
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s strongest move, but comes with a frustrating 90% accuracy and fails entirely when a Pokemon has been hit by Knock Off or used their item such as Meteor Beam Eternatus. Tera Ghost Poltergeist reaches a power level so high that outside of resists, Zygarde-C is the only Pokemon in the tier that can avoid a 2HKO.
• Spectral Thief has perfect accuracy and can steal boosts from slower Pokemon. Though a great move, Spectral Thief does come with an opportunity cost since Marshadow cannot drop Shadow Sneak nor its Fighting-type STAB move. Running Spectral Thief means that Marshadow is dropping either Poltergeist or a coverage move, this limits Marshadow’s wallbreaking capabilities or its ability to remove certain targets with its coverage.
• There are a variety of Pokemon 4x weak to the Ice-type in the tier that crumple to Ice Punch such as Zygarde, Mega Salamence and Rayquaza. Though not a target, it also 2HKOs Yveltal., while also 2HKOing Yveltal. less vague and shorter
• In addition to OHKOing Ho-Oh, the speed Speed drop from Rock Tomb denies some Dragon Dance abusers the ability to boost their speed if they see Marshadow as an opportunity to switch in and start boosting such as Mega Salamence, Arceus formes, and Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Necrozma-DM.
• Low Kick is Marshadow’s preferred Fighting-type STAB move. Due to the heavy nature of the tier, Low Kick is functionally a 120 base power move.
• Shadow Sneak is what makes Marshadow a potent revenge killer as it hits deceptively hard due to Technician, add comma and several threatening Pokemon, such as Necrozma-DM, Lunala, Deoxys-Attack Deoxys-A, and Mega Mewtwo Y, being weak to Ghost-type moves. It is of such significance that Pokemon such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Ultra Necrozma are EVed specifically to live Shadow Sneak from full HP though they are OHKOed if Marshadow elects to Tera Ghost or if entry hazards are up.
• There aren’t many differences in calcs between Adamant and Jolly, but there are a few notable differences, both in speed tier, and in the damage thresholds you hit. With Adamant you no longer With Adamant, Marshadow can Unecessary commentary, also using "you" in an analysis is usually a no outspeed max speed Jolly fully invested base 120 speed pokemon Speed Pokemon like Arceus formes or Origin Forme Palkia Palkia-O, and you are also but is also outsped by any Eternatus sets that speed creep Arceus’s 372 max speed Speed stat. The main damage thresholds you gain gained in return are things like being able to 2HKO set-up Primal Groudon sets with Poltergeist, being guaranteed to OHKO 0 bulk uninvested Primal Kyogre with what move? If it's with Poltergeist, merge this claim with the previous sentence to minimize verbosity/redundancy, being able to OHKO set-up offensive Necrozma Dusk Mane Necrozma-DM sets with Poltergeist, and even lets you OHKO 0 bulk uninvested Yveltal with Low Kick after Stealth Rocks remove "s" or sufficient Life Orb recoil.
• Tera Ghost allows Marshadow’s attacks to reach nuclear levels of damage with Poltergeist or Spectral Thief, being capable of OHKOing 0 bulk uninvested Primal Groudon and , Primal Kyogre, OHKO Zacian-Crowned, Origin Forme Palkia, Calyrex-Ice, Zacian-C, Palkia-O, and Calyrex-I without entry hazards, and potentially OHKO Geomancy Xerneas sets after entry hazards Stealth Rock, and 2HKO Alomomola with Poltergeist. Alomomola is currently unranked, plus that's more than sufficient examples It also enables Marshadow to revenge kill boosted Pokemon from much higher health such as Primal Groudon, Mega Salamence, and Xerneas. I think this'd be self evident, especially as no particular benchmark is being reached here

Add a bullet point or two on general usage tips for this Marshadow set, for example, what it should be doing early-game in a match, when it should be trying to blow holes on the other team, and so on.

• Marshadow compresses the roles of a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and cleaner in the end-game. It is one of the best anti-offense Pokemon due to its ability to steal stat boosts and alternatively kill such threats with Shadow Sneak. It appreciates entry hazard support whether it is from dedicated setters on hyper offense teams such as Deoxys-S or Glimmora, or Primal Groudon on balance teams.
• On hyper offense teams, Marshadow appreciates teammates which pressure defensive Pokemon like Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C, defensive Primal Groudon, or Dondozo. Good teammates include Life Orb Yveltal and Xerneas because they can pressure these defensive Pokemon with their strong special attacks, and Yveltal can force damage to stick by using Taunt to deny recovery. Add period
• On balance teams, Marshadow likes teammates which can switch in to take hits aimed at Marshadow once it has scared out or KOed an opposing Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and support Arceus formes.

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[Bobsican]

Okay, now I got the time, apply the stuff below and then go for QC 2/2 and let this go proceed to the Copyediting phase, also don't forget to then post here a ping to GP Team after applying this.

I've also noted that you missed some stuff from the previous QC check, please check here how to easily apply a QC or GP check if you have issues on that.

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Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, due to its unresisted and spammable STAB combo, access to high base power Base Power attacks, and powerful priority.
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s strongest move, but comes with 90% accuracy and fails entirely when a Pokemon has been hit by Knock Off or used their item such as Meteor Beam Eternatus. Tera Ghost Poltergeist reaches a power level so high that outside of resists, Zygarde-C is the only Pokemon in the tier that can avoid a 2HKO.
• Spectral Thief has perfect accuracy and can steal boosts from slower Pokemon Such as?. Though a great move, Spectral Thief does come with an opportunity cost since Marshadow cannot drop Shadow Sneak nor its Fighting-type STAB move. Running Spectral Thief means that Marshadow is dropping either Poltergeist or a coverage move, this limits Marshadow’s wallbreaking capabilities or its ability to remove certain targets with its coverage.
• There are a variety of Pokemon 4x weak to the Ice-type in the tier that crumple to Ice Punch such as Zygarde, Mega Salamence and Rayquaza, while also 2HKOing Yveltal.
• In addition to OHKOing Ho-Oh, the Speed drop from Rock Tomb denies some Dragon Dance abusers users the ability to boost their speed Speed if they see Marshadow as an opportunity to switch in and start boosting such as Mega Salamence, Arceus formes, and Necrozma-DM. Add period
• Low Kick is Marshadow’s preferred Fighting-type STAB move. Due to the heavy nature of the tier, Low Kick is functionally a 120 base power move.
• Shadow Sneak is what makes Marshadow a potent revenge killer as it hits deceptively hard due to Technician, and several threatening Pokemon, such as Necrozma-DM, Lunala, Deoxys-A, and Mega Mewtwo Y, being weak to Ghost-type moves. Self explanatory It is of such significance that Pokemon such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Ultra Necrozma are EVed specifically to live Shadow Sneak from full HP though they are OHKOed if Marshadow elects to Tera Ghost or if entry hazards are up.
• With Adamant, Marshadow no longer outspeeds add "s" fully invested base 120 Speed Pokemon like Arceus formes or Palkia-O, but is also outsped by any Eternatus sets that speed creep Arceus’s 372 max Speed stat fully invested Arceus. Less verbose and clearer The main damage thresholds gained in return are things like being able to 2HKO set-up Primal Groudon sets with Poltergeist, being guaranteed to OHKO 0 bulk uninvested Primal Kyogre with Low Kick, being able to OHKO offensive Necrozma-DM sets with Poltergeist, and OHKO uninvested Yveltal with Low Kick after Stealth Rocks remove "s", entry hazard moves are always to be spelt in singular or sufficient Life Orb recoil.
• Tera Ghost allows Marshadow’s attacks to reach nuclear levels of damage with Poltergeist or Spectral Thief, being capable of OHKOing 0 bulk uninvested Primal Groudon and Kyogre, OHKOing uninvested Primal Kyogre, Zacian-Crowned Zacian-C after Stealth Rock, Palkia-O, Calyrex-Ice, and potentially OHKO Geomancy Xerneas sets after Stealth Rock. I checked and this does not OHKO uninvested PDon even after SR with Poltergeist, Zacian-C is also only OHKOed after SR, and removed the mention of Spectral Thief as it does not OHKO consistently any of the above but Zacian.
• Marshadow compresses the roles of a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and cleaner in the end-game. It is one of the best anti-offense Pokemon due to its ability to steal stat boosts and alternatively kill such threats with Shadow Sneak. It appreciates entry hazard support whether it is from dedicated setters on hyper offense teams such as Deoxys-S or Glimmora, or Primal Groudon on balance teams. Move the whole teammates bit to after the usage tips, as it pertains teambuilding tips.
• The best way to use this set is to first identify any pokemon Pokemon that could wall either of your STABs Fighting or Ghost, and identify any offensive pokemon Pokemon like Xerneas or Necrozma-Ultra Ultra Necrozma you it might need to revenge kill with Shadow Sneak. The second step is to look for as many switch-in opportunities as you can find possible, such as a predicted Ho-Oh Defog, a Marshadow locked into Low Kick or Rock Tomb, or an EKiller Arceus set clicking using Extreme Speed. The third step is to just click buttons attack until Marshadow is walled by a immunity or Dondozo you can't because of immunities/Dondozo. If they the opponent has have a pokemon Pokemon that can wall one STAB type, you can try to predict it it can be predicted, for instance, predicting Arceus-Dark with Low Kick, or Giratina with Poltergeist. Your Marshadow's primary goal is to soften up defensive pokemon Pokemon to either sweep through later with Marshadow, or to bust through with other pokemon Pokemon. If you see a threatening offensive pokemon that would need to be revenge killed, prioritize keeping Marshadow alive and unburnt healthy to be able to effectively revenge it later in the game.
• On hyper offense teams, Marshadow appreciates teammates which pressure defensive Pokemon like Zygarde-C, defensive Primal Groudon, or Dondozo. Good teammates include Life Orb Yveltal and Xerneas because they can pressure these defensive Pokemon with their strong special attacks, and Yveltal can force damage to stick by using Taunt to deny recovery.
• On balance teams, Marshadow likes teammates which can switch in to take hits aimed at Marshadow once it has scared out or KOed an opposing Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and support Arceus formes.

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[Bobsican]

ANinjaDude Hello? If you can't apply the above soon I'm afraid it may have to be reassigned.

 

[S0A0M0I0]

shouldnt this be in GP stage?

 

[ANinjaDude]

GP Team

 

[Zrp200]

I'm pulling this back into QC for another check due to metagame shifts and lingering QC issues.

 

[Bobsican]

GP Team Done

Gotta remove it from the GP bot in the meantime to avoid confusion.

 

[Zrp200]

Sorry for the delay, here's what needs to be changed/addressed. Let me know if you need any clarification; I'm aware these are a bit open-ended.
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[SET]
Choice Band (Marshadow) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist / Ice Punch / Rock Tomb
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• Choice Band Marshadow is one of the strongest wallbreakers, cleaners, and revenge killers in the tier, due to its unresisted and spammable STAB combo, access to high Base Power attacks, and powerful priority.
• Poltergeist is Marshadow’s strongest move, but comes with 90% accuracy and fails entirely when a Pokemon has been hit by Knock Off or used their item such as Meteor Beam Eternatus. Tera Ghost Poltergeist reaches a power level so high that outside of resists, Zygarde-C is the only Pokemon in the tier that can avoid a 2HKO.
• Spectral Thief has perfect accuracy and can steal boosts from slower Pokemon, such as a slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM set not as pressing, but are there any other examples? Making this call is absurdly risky if it hasn't revealed that it is not a unecro yet. Though a great move, Spectral Thief does come with an opportunity cost since Marshadow cannot drop Shadow Sneak nor its Fighting-type STAB move. Running Spectral Thief means that Marshadow is dropping either Poltergeist or a coverage move, this limits Marshadow’s wallbreaking capabilities or its ability to remove certain targets with its coverage.
• There are a variety of Pokemon 4x weak to the Ice-type in the tier that crumple to Ice Punch such as Zygarde, Mega Salamence and Rayquaza, while also 2HKOing Yveltal.
• In addition to OHKOing Ho-Oh, the Speed drop from Rock Tomb denies some Dragon Dance users the ability to boost their Speed if they see Marshadow as an opportunity to switch in and start boosting such as Mega Salamence, Arceus formes, and Necrozma-DM.
• Low Kick is Marshadow’s preferred Fighting-type STAB move. Due to the heavy nature of the tier, Low Kick is functionally a 120 base power move. mention that it doesn't have drawbacks and that its consistency is further boosted by Technician. People are going to gravitate towards Close Combat by default; give them compelling reasons to not consider it (without mentioning Close Combat directly of course)
• Shadow Sneak is what makes Marshadow a potent revenge killer as it hits deceptively hard due to Technician, and several threatening Pokemon, such as Necrozma-DM, Lunala, Deoxys-A, and Mega Mewtwo Y It looks like you were going to say something here, and then didn't. Please elaborate on this section: it's not that I can drop in the word "for OHKOs" since you also listed Necrozma-DM. It is of such significance that Pokemon such as Mega Mewtwo Y and Ultra Necrozma are often making these kinds of generalizations in sample analyses never ends well EVed specifically to live Shadow Sneak from full HP though they are OHKOed if Marshadow elects to Tera Ghost or if entry hazards are up.
• With Adamant, Marshadow no longer outspeeds fully invested base 120 Speed Pokemon like Arceus formes or Palkia-O, but is also outsped by any Eternatus sets that speed creep fully Invested Arceus sets. The main damage thresholds gained in return are things like being able to 2HKO set-up Reword this; setup pdons vary quite a bit in ev spreads. Jolly Poltergeist always 2HKOes 0/0, and even adamant requires hazards to always 2HKO 252/0 (which, while not a set, is a concrete benchmark) Primal Groudon sets with Poltergeist, being guaranteed to OHKO uninvested Primal Kyogre with Low Kick, being able to OHKO offensive Necrozma-DM sets with Poltergeist, and OHKO uninvested Yveltal with Low Kick after Stealth Rock or sufficient Life Orb recoil.
• Tera Ghost allows Marshadow’s attacks to reach nuclear levels of damage with Poltergeist, OHKOing uninvested Primal Kyogre, Zacian-C, Palkia-O, and Calyrex-I. (1) mention also that Shadow Sneak becomes especially powerful, this is a major draw especially against neutral or bulkier targets (2) if there's any OHKOs that are achieved with Spectral Thief as well as Poltergeist, please include them
• The best way to use this set is to first identify any Pokemon that could wall either Fighting or Ghost, and identify any offensive pokemon like Ultra Necrozma it might need to revenge kill with Shadow Sneak. The second step is to look for as many switch-in opportunities as possible, such as a predicted Ho-Oh Defog, a Marshadow locked into Low Kick or Rock Tomb, or an Arceus set using Extreme Speed. The third step is to just attack until Marshadow is walled by an immunity, Dondozo, or Ho-Oh. If the opponent has a Pokemon that can wall one STAB type, it can be predicted, for instance, predicting Arceus-Dark with Low Kick, or Giratina with Poltergeist. Marshadow's primary goal is to soften up defensive Pokemon to either sweep through later with Marshadow, or to bust through with other Pokemon. If you see a threatening offensive pokemon that would need revenge killed, prioritize keeping Marshadow healthy to be able to effectively revenge it later in the game.
• Marshadow compresses the roles of a wallbreaker, revenge killer, and cleaner in the end-game. It is one of the best anti-offense Pokemon due to its ability to steal stat boosts and alternatively kill such threats with Shadow Sneak. It appreciates entry hazard support whether it is from dedicated setters on hyper offense teams such as Deoxys-S or Glimmora, or Primal Groudon on balance teams.
• On hyper offense teams, Marshadow appreciates teammates which pressure defensive Pokemon like Zygarde-C, defensive Primal Groudon, or Dondozo. Good teammates include Life Orb Yveltal and Xerneas because they can pressure these defensive Pokemon with their strong special attacks, and Yveltal can force damage to stick by using Taunt to deny recovery. Xerneas is banned, please remove its mention and reword this to compensate or replace with a different example
• On balance teams, Marshadow likes teammates which can switch in to take hits aimed at Marshadow once it has scared out or KOed an opposing Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and support Arceus formes.

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