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Copyediting Calm Mind Raging Bolt GP [0/1]

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Raging Bolt @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Def / 68 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Thunderclap
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Protect

[OVERVIEW]

Raging Bolt is able to leverage its good natural bulk, a great Special Attack stat and an excellent STAB combination that allows it to hit much of the tier for respectable damage to become one of the metagame's most threatening setup sweepers.

[SET COMMENTS]

• Thunderclap lets Raging Bolt circumvent its mediocre Speed to get the jump on offensive threats that would force it out, such as Chien-Pao, and nab revenge KOs on weakened foes. Thunderbolt can also be used in place of Thunderclap, (AC) as the latter can be exploited by redirection like Follow Me as well as Dragon-resistant Pokemon such as Gholdengo using stat-boosting moves like Nasty Plot.
• Dragon Pulse gives Raging Bolt a way to deal with common Dragon-types, such as Dragonite, Regidrago and Gouging Fire, as well as the Grass- and Ground-types that aren't threatened by its Electric-type coverage.
• Calm Mind boosts Raging Bolt's already high Special Attack stat while increasing its special bulk, letting it function as a dangerous win condition that can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked. Raging Bolt's natural typing also allows it to resist attacks from common physical attackers, such as Ogerpon-W, Ogerpon-H, and Rillaboom, which provides Raging Bolt more opportunities to set up with Calm Mind.
• Leftovers gives Raging Bolt more staying power, as the passive recovery it provides in addition to the stat boosts from Calm Mind makes Raging Bolt harder to KO. It also helps to negate any chip damage that Raging Bolt may receive. Booster Energy provides Raging Bolt with more immediate power at the cost of forgoing the added longevity provided by Leftovers. Covert Cloak can also be used to allow Raging Bolt to ignore the secondary effects of Fake Out, Mortal Spin, and Snarl, all of which can otherwise be quite troublesome.
• Tera Fairy offers Raging Bolt a useful immunity to the Dragon-type moves that normally threaten it; this allows it to completely flip the matchup against Regidrago, which would otherwise pose as a big obstacle. Tera Fairy also gives Raging Bolt a more neutral type matchup across the board, aiding it in its role as a bulky setup sweeper. Tera Grass provides Raging Bolt with a resistance to Ground-type moves, which improves its matchups against Landorus and Ursaluna-B, as well as useful immunities to Spore, Rage Powder, and Sleep Powder.
• The EV spread allows Raging Bolt to survive an Ice Spinner from Life Orb Chien-Pao and a +2 Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit.
• Raging Bolt pairs well with Pokemon that provide it with opportunities for setting up with Calm Mind, such as Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Incineroar, as well as redirection support from the likes of Ogerpon-W and Amoonguss. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Landorus, which can beat the Steel- and Fairy-types such as Kingambit, Diancie, and Gholdengo that Raging Bolt struggles with; conversely, Raging Bolt is strong against the Flying-types that can freely switch in on Landorus's Ground-type STAB moves and the Water-types such as Ogerpon-W that offensively threaten it. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Sinistcha, as the latter provides additional longevity with its ability Hospitality while helping to cover for the former's Ground-type weakness with the redirection provided by Rage Powder.


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  • Dragon Pulse section should probably mention hitting the grasses and Lando I, which thunderclap doesn't hit. Probably should also be mentioned as the main way of hitting targets that aren't attacking. Overall just emphasize its use in covering for the weaknesses of Thunderclap as a primary damage dealing option.
  • I would not say Bolt's spdef stat is mediocre (definitely not in conjunction with its hp stat), maybe just rephrase to something like "increasing its special bulk"
  • I'd probably mention Tera Fairy first as it's the most common tera type on it, maybe also mention in particularly Regidrago for it and granting generally neutral type matchups across the board. I think Tera steel has generally fallen out of favor, might want to mention grass instead? That's a bigger change that's maybe not necessary to change, what you have for tera steel is fine in that case.
  • In the context of the more current DOU metagame I think Sinistcha is also really worth mentioning in the partners section for providing additional longevity and helping cover for Bolt's ground weakness. Really like the rest of the partners section!
Really good stuff here imo, the only stuff here is mainly a function of the analysis being written a year ago (oops)- just update a few things and it'll be great!
 
Raging Bolt @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Def / 68 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Thunderclap
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Protect

[OVERVIEW]

Raging Bolt is able to leverage its good natural bulk, along with a great Special Attack stat to become one of the metagame's most threatening setup sweepers with an excellent STAB combination that allows it to hit much of the tier for respectable damage.

[SET COMMENTS]

• Thunderclap lets Raging Bolt circumvent its mediocre Speed to get the jump on offensive threats that would force it out, such as Chien-Pao and Ninetales-A, and nab revenge KOs on weakened foes (I wouldn't mention Ninetales-A which does 30% after a calm mind) (I would put in the set Thunderbolt that has been used quite a bit with the advantages of not worrying about redirection or Gholdengo nasty plotting in front of Raging Bolt)
• Dragon Pulse threatens common Dragon types such as Dragonite, Baxcalibur and Gouging Fire, the last two of which are Electric resists while dealing neutral damage to most of the metagame.
• Calm Mind boosts Raging Bolt's already high Special Attack stat while patching up its mediocre Special Defence stat, letting it function as a dangerous win condition that can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked. (I would also mention that Raging Bolt typing is great against the most common physical attackers of the tier, Ogerpon-W, Ogerpon-H and Rillaboom)
• Leftovers gives Raging Bolt more staying power as the passive recovery it provides in addition to the stat boosts from Calm Mind make it harder to KO and helps to negate any chip damage it may receive.
• Tera Fairy offers Raging Bolt a useful immunity to the Dragon type moves that normally threaten it, which allows it to completely flip the matchup against Regidrago, who would otherwise pose a big obstacle. It also gives Raging Bolt a more neutral type matchup across the board, which helps aid it in it's role as a bulky set up sweeper. Tera Grass provides Raging Bolt a resistance to Ground type moves, which helps it matchup better into Landorus and Ursaluna-Bloodmoon as well as a useful immunity to spore, rage powder and sleep powder.
• The EV spread allows Raging Bolt to survive a Life Orb Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and +2 Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit.
• Raging Bolt pairs well with Pokemon that make opportunities for setting up Calm Minds easier, such as Fake Out users Like Rillaboom, Incineroar, and Iron Hands as well as redirection support from the likes of Ogerpon-W and Amoonguss. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Landorus-I who can beat the Steel and Fairy types such as Kingambit, Diancie and Gholdengo that Raging Bolt struggles with, conversely Raging Bolt is strong against the Flying types that can freely switch in on Landours-I's (it's just Landorus) Ground-type STAB and the Water types such as Ogerpon-W that offensively threaten it. (I think in the relationship between Raging Bolt and Landorus it's more important the fact that Raging Bolt can switch into Rillaboom's Wood Hammer and Ivy Cudgel from Wellspring) important that Raging Bolt also pairs well with Sinistcha as it provides additional longevity with its ability Hospitality as well as helping to cover for its ground type weakness with Rage Powder redirection.


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I have some doubts about the spread too, because a Raging Bolt without Thunder Clap and with Thunderbolt doesn't really need the Sp. Atk but it's fine like this too probably, QC 2/2 after we decide for the spread.
Good work btw c:
 
a blue banana said:
Is this ready for GP? The title says QC 2/2, but the tag hasn't changed to Copyediting.
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No that was done in error and has been reverted. The first qc check for this was posted on discord by ryo yamada2001 and that check + the one eragon posted have been implemented but I messed up and forgot to implement the check that waffle2O2O posted above (which will be done within the next 24hrs). So it's technically QC 2/3 at this point.
 
[SET COMMENTS]

• Thunderclap lets Raging Bolt circumvent its mediocre Speed to get the jump on offensive threats that would force it out, such as Chien-Pao, and nab revenge KOs on weakened foes. Thunderbolt can also be used in place of Thunderclap as Thunderclap can be exploited by redirection like Follow me and Pokemon that resist your Dragon type STAB such as Gholdengo using stat boosting moves like Nasty Plot.
• Dragon Pulse gives Raging Bolt a way to deal with common Dragon types such as Dragonite, Regidrago and Gouging Fire, as well as the Grass and Ground types that aren't threatened by its Electric type coverage.
• Calm Mind boosts Raging Bolt's already high Special Attack stat while increasing its Special bulk, letting it function as a dangerous win condition that can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked. Raging Bolt's natural typing also allows it to resist common physical attackers, such as Ogerpon-W, Ogerpon-H and Rillaboom This last part about resisting the fwg stuff needs to mention that this provides a setup opportunity, to be clear about why those resistances are relevant here.
• Leftovers gives Raging Bolt more staying power as the passive recovery it provides in addition to the stat boosts from Calm Mind make it harder to KO and helps to negate any chip damage it may receive. I think we should mention alternative items here. In particular Booster Energy providing more immediate power, and Covert Cloak letting it work around fake out, mortal spin, and snarl.
• Tera Fairy offers Raging Bolt a useful immunity to the Dragon type moves that normally threaten it, which allows it to completely flip the matchup against Regidrago, who would otherwise pose a big obstacle. It also gives Raging Bolt a more neutral type matchup across the board, which helps aid it in it's role as a bulky set up sweeper. Tera Grass provides Raging Bolt a resistance to Ground type moves, which helps it matchup better into Landorus and Ursaluna-Bloodmoon as well as a useful immunity to spore, rage powder and sleep powder.
• The EV spread allows Raging Bolt to survive a Life Orb Ice Spinner from Chien-Pao and +2 Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit.
• Raging Bolt pairs well with Pokemon that make opportunities for setting up Calm Minds easier, such as Fake Out users Like Rillaboom, Incineroar, and Iron Hands We can probbaly drop Hands from this list, "like Incineroar or Rillaboom" is fine, in practise we don't see hands + bolt as well as redirection support from the likes of Ogerpon-W and Amoonguss. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Landorus-I who can beat the Steel and Fairy types such as Kingambit, Diancie and Gholdengo that Raging Bolt struggles with, conversely Raging Bolt is strong against the Flying types that can freely switch in on Landours' Ground-type STAB and the Water types such as Ogerpon-W that offensively threaten it. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Sinistcha as it provides additional longevity with its ability Hospitality as well as helping to cover for its ground type weakness with Rage Powder redirection.
Just a few comments
I'll do a once over after implementation and give it the ol' 3/3


Edit: implemented well, good to go, QC 3/3
 
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there's a bunch of changes so i want to take a second look before stamping; ping when implemented ty
Raging Bolt @ Leftovers (please add a set name)
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Def / 68 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Thunderclap
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Protect

[OVERVIEW]

Raging Bolt is able to leverage its good natural bulk, along with a great Special Attack stat, (AC) and to become one of the metagame's most threatening setup sweepers with an excellent STAB combination that allows it to hit much of the tier for respectable damage to become one of the metagame's most threatening setup sweepers. (slight reword to move the point about the STAB combination into the first list)

[SET COMMENTS]

• Thunderclap lets Raging Bolt circumvent its mediocre Speed to get the jump on offensive threats that would force it out, such as Chien-Pao, and nab revenge KOs on weakened foes. Thunderbolt can also be used in place of Thunderclap, (AC) as Thunderclap the latter (changed to prevent repetition) can be exploited by redirection like Follow Me and Pokemon that resist your Dragon type STAB as well as Dragon-resistant Pokemon such as Gholdengo using stat boosting stat-boosting moves like Nasty Plot.
• Dragon Pulse gives Raging Bolt a way to deal with common Dragon types Dragon-types, (AC) such as Dragonite, Regidrago and Gouging Fire, as well as the Grass- and Ground types Ground-types that aren't threatened by its Electric type Electric-type coverage.
• Calm Mind boosts Raging Bolt's already high Special Attack stat while increasing its special bulk, letting it function as a dangerous win condition that can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked. Raging Bolt's natural typing also allows it to resist attacks from common physical attackers, such as Ogerpon-W, Ogerpon-H, (AC) and Rillaboom, (AC) which allows provides (changed to avoid repetition; you used "allows" earlier in the sentence) Raging Bolt more opportunities to set up it's with Calm Mind boosts.
• Leftovers gives Raging Bolt more staying power, (AC) as the passive recovery it provides in addition to the stat boosts from Calm Mind make it makes Raging Bolt harder to KO. (AP) and (split the sentence here since it was getting long) It also helps to negate any chip damage it that Raging Bolt may receive. Booster Energy provides Raging Bolt with more immediate power but at the cost of forgoing the added longevity provided by Leftovers. Covert Cloak can also be used to allow Raging Bolt to ignore the secondary effects of Fake Out, Mortal Spin, (AC) and Snarl, all of which can otherwise be quite troublesome.
• Tera Fairy offers Raging Bolt a useful immunity to the Dragon type Dragon-type moves that normally threaten it (RC) which; (ASC) this allows it to completely flip the matchup against Regidrago, who which would otherwise pose as a big obstacle. It Tera Fairy also gives Raging Bolt a more neutral type matchup across the board, which helps aid aiding it in it's its role as a bulky set up setup sweeper. Tera Grass provides Raging Bolt with a resistance to Ground type Ground-type moves, which helps it matchup better into improves its matchups against Landorus and Ursaluna-Bloodmoon Ursaluna-B, (AC) as well as a useful immunity immunities to Spore, Rage Powder, (AC) and Sleep Powder.
• The EV spread allows Raging Bolt to survive a Life Orb an Ice Spinner from Life Orb Chien-Pao and a +2 Kowtow Cleave from Kingambit.
• Raging Bolt pairs well with Pokemon that make provide it with opportunities for setting up with Calm Minds easier Mind, such as Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Incineroar, (AC) as well as redirection support from the likes of Ogerpon-W and Amoonguss. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Landorus-I who Landorus, which can beat the Steel- and Fairy types Fairy-types such as Kingambit, Diancie, (AC) and Gholdengo that Raging Bolt struggles with (RC); (ASC) conversely, (AC) Raging Bolt is strong against the Flying types Flying-types that can freely switch in on Landours' Landorus's Ground-type STAB moves and the Water types Water-types such as Ogerpon-W that offensively threaten it. Raging Bolt also pairs well with Sinistcha, (AC) as it the latter provides additional longevity with its ability Hospitality as well as while helping to cover for its ground type the former's Ground-type weakness with the redirection provided by Rage Powder redirection.

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