Breloom

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Excuse any schoolboy errors, this is my first analysis.

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[OVERVIEW]

Breloom has a lot a lot of positive aspects, including its movepool, ability, and typing. For one, it has Spore, the only 100% accurate sleep move in the game, which can cripple anything that isn't a Grass-type. This allows Breloom to put pressure on at least one of its checks or counters, making playing around this Pokemon a pain. Also, many of Brelooms other moves benefit greatly from Technician including Rock Tomb, Bullet Seed, and Mach Punch. It can even put slower threats to sleep and capitalize on the free turns with Swords Dance, sweeping weakened teams with Mach Punch. Along with this, Breloom has just the offensive typing it needs to check common offensive threats Colossoil and Kyurem-B.

However, Breloom's horrible defensive typing and stats mean it really struggles against anything faster than it that resists Mach Punch. such as Talonflame, Cawmodore, and Latios among many, many others. It's typing particularly suffers against Grass-types that can absorb every move coming at them including Necturna and Mega Venusaur. This, on top of its very subpar Speed tier, means that a lot of common Pokemon including Charizard X and Y, Tornadus-T and Latios can outspeed and KO it easily, making Breloom overly reliant on Mach Punch.

[SET]
name: Technician Attacker
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb / Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
ability: Technician
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
========

Spore is a great utility move, as it is guaranteed to cripple one Pokemon (besides the uncommon Grass-types). This allows Breloom to get rid of one of its checks or counters for a couple of turns, supporting both the team and itself in a lot of ways, such as providing opportunities for Breloom and its teammates to set up. Mach Punch reaches 90 Base Power after STAB and Technician, meaning Breloom can clean or revenge kill very well thanks to its great Attack. Bullet Seed is great for breaking through Substitutes and complements Mach Punch very well, scoring hits against Gliscor and Azumarill. Rock Tomb can easily take care of offensive Pokemon that can normally switch in to Breloom, including Charizard, Talonflame, and Tornadus-T. Rock Tomb also lowers the foe's Speed and is boosted by Technician, so Breloom can outpace some threats and put them to sleep with Spore. With Stealth Rock support, Rock Tomb can beat some defensive checks such as Pyroak. Swords Dance can be used instead of Rock Tomb to boost Breloom's Attack by two stages, allowing Breloom to sweep much easier.

Set Details
========

Life Orb boosts damage output, allowing Breloom to dent Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle. Life Orb is also necessary to get the OHKO on Stratagem. However, Focus Sash makes Breloom a blanket check against setup sweepers, allowing it to survive at least one hit and put a Pokemon to sleep with Spore. 252 Attack and Speed EVs make Breloom as powerful and fast as possible. as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like Mega Gyarados and outspeed Pokemon like defensive Heatran. A Jolly nature is necessary to further outpace maximum Speed Scizor, Adamant Bisharp, and neutral-natured Altaria.

Usage Tips
========

Breloom gets worn down very quickly, and with its bad defenses, it needs to preserve all the health it can get. Because of this, try to bring Breloom in on free switches or through a slow U-Turn or Volt Switch. While Breloom has access to Rock Tomb, Flying-types are deadly and Breloom is best kept well away from them unless you can predict the switch. Try to keep from setting up Swords Dance until late-game when Breloom can clean up with Mach Punch. Breloom can also function well as a revenge killer for a lot of Pokemon, including Stratagem and Cawmodore. Sometimes it's worth using Spore more tactically to incapacitate a threat that otherwise wouldn't switch in on Breloom.

Team Options
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Breloom appreciates Pokemon that can deal with its checks and counters. For example, Mega Manetric and Stratagem can take care of Flying-types, Weavile and Colossoil can beat a lot of Psychic-types, and Talonflame and Crucibelle handle Fire types; all of these types are difficult for Breloom to handle. Breloom also appreciates Stealth Rock support from the likes of Crucibelle and Heatran to help pressure Flying-types, which Breloom does not like. Since Breloom is good at eliminating Dark-, Water-, and Ground-types, it can pave the way for a Pokemon such as Victini. Breloom appreciates free switches in, so a Volt Switch or U-turn from a Pokemon like Mega-Manectric or Crucibelle (Mega Manetric Volt Switches, while Crucibelle U-turns) works very well. Setup sweepers like Naviathan, Azumarill, and Mega Charizard X can benefit from Spore and set up on Fire types; Pokemon like Naviathan can do this especially well as they have a good movepool to hit a lot of Pokemon that beat Breloom. Reliable entry hazard removal is a must if Breloom is using Focus Sash, as it fails to fulfill its role if Focus Sash gets broken. Pokemon that can do this well include Steel-types such as Skarmory, Kitsunoh, and Scizor. However, Flying-types such as Tomohawk, Zapdos, and Togekiss can also work well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Poison Heal is a good way to beat defensive teams but falters against offensive teams. Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the forced switch but the Life Orb whittles it down very quickly and works well in tandem with Focus Punch, but the combination of Substitute damage and Life Orb recoil whittles it down very quickly. Breloom can also use an Adamant nature if outspeeding Mamoswine and Mega Altaria isn't important for your team and you appreciate the extra damage on walls such as Clefable.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Grass-types**: Pokemon with a Spore immunity and Bullet Seed resistance such as Mega Venusaur and Necturna can deal big damage to Breloom with their STAB or coverage moves and take only a little bit of damage from Breloom.

**Flying-types**: Almost all Flying-types such as Tornadus-T, Talonflame and Mega Charizard Y can deal with Breloom offensively or defensively, and Breloom's 4X weakness to Flying doesn't help. However, Breloom can OHKO all of these Pokemon with Rock Tomb. Defensive checks including Tomohawk and Skarmory are more tricky to take down, although Spore can cripple these Pokemon to allow a partner to come in on the free switch.

**Priority Users**: Faster priority moves can 2HKO Breloom if not resisted, such as Weavile's Ice Shard, and some can OHKO it, such as Talonflame's Brave Bird.

**Poison-types**: Common Poison-types including Gengar and Plasmanta resist Breloom's STAB attacks and can hit back with a super effective Sludge Wave pretty easily.

**Fire-types**: Fast Fire-types such as Talonflame and Volkraken take little damage from Breloom's STAB moves and hit back super effectively. However, they must watch out for Rock Tomb or Spore on the switch.

**Psychic-types**: Most Psychic-types resist Mach Punch, and Pokemon like Latios and Latias also resist Bullet Seed. However, they can be put to sleep with Spore and hit for neutral damage with Rock Tomb
 
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I know this is still WIP, but from my experience with Breloom, I think Rock Tomb deserves to be in front of SD. SD loom is alright, but it's not terribly difficult to wall or switch into, especially if Spore has already been used up. Mollux walls it after something else has been spored, and Pyroak hard walls it regardless of whether Spore has been used. Rock Tomb fixes all this:

252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Pyroak: 179-213 (40.4 - 48%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Mollux: 299-354 (75.8 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mollux: 299-354 (90.3 - 106.9%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO

Pyroak can't switch in if SR is up, and Mollux can't switch in at all. SDef Mollux can't even check Breloom if SR is up. And of course, it's still good for popping things like talon, zard, torn-t, among other things that could otherwise switch into Grass/Fighting coverage.

That's all I have for now, tag me once the Poison Heal set is up and I'll do a full check. This is looking good so far.
 
sparktrain said:
I know this is still WIP, but from my experience with Breloom, I think Rock Tomb deserves to be in front of SD. SD loom is alright, but it's not terribly difficult to wall or switch into, especially if Spore has already been used up. Mollux walls it after something else has been spored, and Pyroak hard walls it regardless of whether Spore has been used. Rock Tomb fixes all this:

252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Pyroak: 179-213 (40.4 - 48%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Mollux: 299-354 (75.8 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Life Orb Technician Breloom Rock Tomb vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mollux: 299-354 (90.3 - 106.9%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO

Pyroak can't switch in if SR is up, and Mollux can't switch in at all. SDef Mollux can't even check Breloom if SR is up. And of course, it's still good for popping things like talon, zard, torn-t, among other things that could otherwise switch into Grass/Fighting coverage.

That's all I have for now, tag me once the Poison Heal set is up and I'll do a full check. This is looking good so far.
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Implemented the former, now working on the latter
 
[OVERVIEW]

+ Has access to Spore
+ Strong STAB priority boosted by Technician Breloom's movepool in general works well with Technician, not just Mach Punch.
+ Great offensive typing, taking care of common threats including Colossoil and Kyurem-B
+ Can take advantage of Spore and Priority with boosting movesJust say Swords Dance since its the only boosting move in the analysis.
- Bad defensive typing means it gets beaten by common threats including Cawdomore, Talonflame and Tomohawk
- Low Speed tier means Pokemon like Charizard can outspeed and KO it Also makes it dependent on priority to mitiagte this.
- Bad defenses mean it gets beaten by most neutral attacksYou can tie this into bad typing.
Perhaps add something about being hard walled by Tomohawk, Mega Venusaur, etc.

[SET]
name: Life Orb
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb/Swords Dance
item:Life Orb
ability:Technician
nature:Adamant/Jolly Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly should be slashed first and unless there are some noticable benchmarks Adamant hits that I'm not aware of you can unslash it.
[SET COMMENTS]
========

  • Spore is a 100% accurate sleep move, hindering more defensive Pokemon.It also punishes switch ins such as Tomohawk and gives Breloom set up oppurtunities. Good for putting pressure on the opponent in general.
  • Mach Punch reaches a Base Power of 90 after STAB and TechnicianUsed to revenge kill because of priority and helps remedy speed issue.
  • Bullet Seed breaks through Substitute and is a really nice secondary STAB which can take care of water types (Suicune, Slow Azumarill) and ground types (Hippowdon, Gliscor)Some mention of how powerful Bullet Seed can be is needed if it gets higher hits.
  • Swords Dance can be used in accordance with Spore to set up, allowing Breloom to clean or break up a team.
  • Rock Tomb can beat offensive Pokemon that can switch in including Gyarados and TalonflameFix the ordering to match the set oder, also mention how Rock Tomb helps against Pyroak. Really helps against Flying- and Fire-types in general.

Set Details
========

  • Life Orb boosts the Damage output, allowing Breloom to get extra damage off against Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle
  • A Jolly nature helps outspeed bulkier Pokemon to put them to sleep but lacks the Damage that Adamant offers
  • Adamant hits harder, but means Spore can only be used when a Pokemon switches or when you have a much slower Pokemon.
For natures you need to mention what Pokemon Jolly notably outspeeds, and for Adamant if you choose to include it, mention notable OHKOs / 2HKOs it nets over Jolly as well as speed benchmarks it misses over Jolly.
  • the 252 Attack and Speed EV's boost Breloom Speed and Attack as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like Gyarados-Mega and outspeed Pokemon like defensive Heatran

Usage Tips
========

  • Come in on a free switch so it doesn't get whittled down quickly.
  • Keep away from Flying types. If you have rock tomb, hit them decently hard on the switch to slow them down and possibly hit them again If you don't have Rock Tomb hit them with Spore if possible.
  • Swords Dance makes it a really nice cleaner so if it has a good matchup, keep it for late game where it can Spore or Swords Dance on the switch.
  • It can act as a decent revenge killer if adamant with Mach PunchJolly too.
Some mention of using Spore to set up / cripple Pokemon is needed.


Team Options
========

  • A Pokemon that can deal with Flying, Psychic and Fire Types like ColossoilYou're going to have to elaborate here and give better examples of checks to each type, especially for flying types. In what world is Colossoil a Flying check, it's literally setup bait for or hardwalled by most of them.
  • A Pokemon that can set up Stealth Rocks but also supports his type weakness, this can work with Tyranitar or Skarmory Explain this better, what do the Pokemon do for eachother beyond type synergy. Crucibelle would be a pretty nice mention as well.
  • Pokemon that appreciate Dark, Water and Ground types gone including Latios or Latias
  • A Pivot or Pokemon who can utilize VoltTurn who can get Breloom in relatively safelyExamples?

[SET]
name: Toxic Heal
move 1: Swords Dance
move 3: Seed Bomb/Mach punch
move 4: Facade/Spore
item:Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Jolly
evs: 12 HP / 244 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]

Moves
========
  • Swords Dance boosts up on defensive Pokemon, allowing it to beat common defensive Pokemon and negate half of the attack drop from Superpower
  • Superpower is a very powerful STAB with the Ability to KO Skarmory and 2KO Pyroak after +2
  • Drain punch adds more longevity with a decently powerful Fighting STAB but longevity is often done by Poison Heal
  • Mach Punch allows Breloom to Revenge Kill in a pinch, but it doesn't give very good damage compared to Life Orb
  • Seed Bomb is a great Secondary STAB with a lot of Base Power which can still beat Water-types and Ground-types
  • Facade hits 140 Base Power after the Toxic and it hits Flying-types and other Pokemon who resist Breloom's STAB combination including Mega Altaria and Celebi
  • Spore allows Breloom to stop more offensive Pokemon in their tracks or stop troubling defensive Pokemon.

Set Details
========
  • 12 HP EVs keep Breloom recovering the maximum amount of HP and hit a Stealth Rock number
  • Fully invested Jolly lets Breloom be as fast as possible to speed tie with Pokemon like Jolly Bisharp, Cusap Skarmory and outspeed pokemon like Scizor and Tyranitar
  • 252 Attack EV's lets Breloom boost its damage output.
  • Poison Heal means that Breloom is immune to status and gets passive recovery whilst boosting Facade if he chooses to use it

Usage Tips
========
  • Breloom is best pitted up against defensive teams as it hits hard and isn't hindered by chip damage or status
  • Keep away from a lot of flying types thanks to Brelooms type weakness to them.
  • Bring him in on a lot of Defensive, Status reliant pokemon as he absorbs their attacks and can hit back hard with a Superpower or Facade.
  • Make sure to actvate Posion Heal as soon as possible to minimalize have the risk of getting Burned or Paralyzed

Team Options
========
  • Pokemon that can beat Flying types including Talonflame and Tomohawk
  • Pokemon that can beat Offensively based teams such as Mega Manetric
  • Pokemon that appreciate defensive pokemon and Water-type, Steel-type and Ground-types gone
  • Mega Manetric can tick all of these boxes, so it deservs a special mention
After reviewing this set in detail and how it is in the meta sparktrain and I decided that it really isn't worth keeping. If it picks up in viability sometime later we'll do an individual set write-up for it, but for now keep it OO and stick with Technician.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

  • Poison Heal
  • Focus Sash can act as an emergency check to a lot of set up sweepers for an offensive team, however, there are entry hazards everywhere meaning he must have reliable defog supportOr Rapid Spin. Easier way to say this is hazard removal.
  • Focus Punch can be useful thanks to Breloom's ability to force switches and also utilize Spore. Works well with Substitute.
  • Force Palm can be a powerful fighting type STAB for the Life Orb set but the power difference isn't too big and Mach Punch has more uses in a battleJust remove Force Palm, its not worth using.
  • Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the switch but the Life Orb set it gets whittled down very quickly. On the Poison Heal set, however, it can heal quickly and beats a lot of offensive Pokemon who might switch in.Last sentence include with Poison Heal bullet point.
Checks and Counters
===================

**Flying Types**: Almost all flying typescan deal with Breloom offensively or defensivelyand Breloom's 4X weakness to flying doesn't help. Rock Tomb is on the set soley for beating Flying-type checks. Mention Tomohawk, Tornadus-T, Talonflame, and anyother Flying-types you want to mention.

**Grass Types** Resisting Spore and Bullet Seed and Pokemon like Mega Venusaur can deal big damage back to Breloom and take minimal damage.This is wordd pretty badly, it sounds like resisting Spore and Bullet Seed can deal big damage back to Breloom right now, which makes no sense.

**Priority** Faster priority can 2KO if not resisted and some can OHKO.Examples are needed.

Psychic-types, especially faster ones such as the Latis, Aurumoth.

Fire-types, especially faster ones.

Poison-types, aka Gengar and Plasmanta
This looks like a good start. Implement the above check and you can consider this QC 1/3.

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cbrevan said:
[OVERVIEW]

+ Has access to Spore
+ Strong STAB priority boosted by Technician Breloom's movepool in general works well with Technician, not just Mach Punch.
+ Great offensive typing, taking care of common threats including Colossoil and Kyurem-B
+ Can take advantage of Spore and Priority with boosting movesJust say Swords Dance since its the only boosting move in the analysis.
- Bad defensive typing means it gets beaten by common threats including Cawdomore, Talonflame and Tomohawk
- Low Speed tier means Pokemon like Charizard can outspeed and KO it Also makes it dependent on priority to mitiagte this.
- Bad defenses mean it gets beaten by most neutral attacksYou can tie this into bad typing.
Perhaps add something about being hard walled by Tomohawk, Mega Venusaur, etc.

[SET]
name: Life Orb
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb/Swords Dance
item:Life Orb
ability:Technician
nature:Adamant/Jolly Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly should be slashed first and unless there are some noticable benchmarks Adamant hits that I'm not aware of you can unslash it.
[SET COMMENTS]
========

  • Spore is a 100% accurate sleep move, hindering more defensive Pokemon.It also punishes switch ins such as Tomohawk and gives Breloom set up oppurtunities. Good for putting pressure on the opponent in general.
  • Mach Punch reaches a Base Power of 90 after STAB and TechnicianUsed to revenge kill because of priority and helps remedy speed issue.
  • Bullet Seed breaks through Substitute and is a really nice secondary STAB which can take care of water types (Suicune, Slow Azumarill) and ground types (Hippowdon, Gliscor)Some mention of how powerful Bullet Seed can be is needed if it gets higher hits.
  • Swords Dance can be used in accordance with Spore to set up, allowing Breloom to clean or break up a team.
  • Rock Tomb can beat offensive Pokemon that can switch in including Gyarados and TalonflameFix the ordering to match the set oder, also mention how Rock Tomb helps against Pyroak. Really helps against Flying- and Fire-types in general.
Set Details
========

  • Life Orb boosts the Damage output, allowing Breloom to get extra damage off against Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle
  • A Jolly nature helps outspeed bulkier Pokemon to put them to sleep but lacks the Damage that Adamant offers
  • Adamant hits harder, but means Spore can only be used when a Pokemon switches or when you have a much slower Pokemon.
For natures you need to mention what Pokemon Jolly notably outspeeds, and for Adamant if you choose to include it, mention notable OHKOs / 2HKOs it nets over Jolly as well as speed benchmarks it misses over Jolly.
  • the 252 Attack and Speed EV's boost Breloom Speed and Attack as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like Gyarados-Mega and outspeed Pokemon like defensive Heatran

Usage Tips
========

  • Come in on a free switch so it doesn't get whittled down quickly.
  • Keep away from Flying types. If you have rock tomb, hit them decently hard on the switch to slow them down and possibly hit them again If you don't have Rock Tomb hit them with Spore if possible.
  • Swords Dance makes it a really nice cleaner so if it has a good matchup, keep it for late game where it can Spore or Swords Dance on the switch.
  • It can act as a decent revenge killer if adamant with Mach PunchJolly too.
Some mention of using Spore to set up / cripple Pokemon is needed.


Team Options
========

  • A Pokemon that can deal with Flying, Psychic and Fire Types like ColossoilYou're going to have to elaborate here and give better examples of checks to each type, especially for flying types. In what world is Colossoil a Flying check, it's literally setup bait for or hardwalled by most of them.
  • A Pokemon that can set up Stealth Rocks but also supports his type weakness, this can work with Tyranitar or Skarmory Explain this better, what do the Pokemon do for eachother beyond type synergy. Crucibelle would be a pretty nice mention as well.
  • Pokemon that appreciate Dark, Water and Ground types gone including Latios or Latias
  • A Pivot or Pokemon who can utilize VoltTurn who can get Breloom in relatively safelyExamples?
[SET]
name: Toxic Heal
move 1: Swords Dance
move 3: Seed Bomb/Mach punch
move 4: Facade/Spore
item:Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Jolly
evs: 12 HP / 244 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]

Moves
========
  • Swords Dance boosts up on defensive Pokemon, allowing it to beat common defensive Pokemon and negate half of the attack drop from Superpower
  • Superpower is a very powerful STAB with the Ability to KO Skarmory and 2KO Pyroak after +2
  • Drain punch adds more longevity with a decently powerful Fighting STAB but longevity is often done by Poison Heal
  • Mach Punch allows Breloom to Revenge Kill in a pinch, but it doesn't give very good damage compared to Life Orb
  • Seed Bomb is a great Secondary STAB with a lot of Base Power which can still beat Water-types and Ground-types
  • Facade hits 140 Base Power after the Toxic and it hits Flying-types and other Pokemon who resist Breloom's STAB combination including Mega Altaria and Celebi
  • Spore allows Breloom to stop more offensive Pokemon in their tracks or stop troubling defensive Pokemon.
Set Details
========
  • 12 HP EVs keep Breloom recovering the maximum amount of HP and hit a Stealth Rock number
  • Fully invested Jolly lets Breloom be as fast as possible to speed tie with Pokemon like Jolly Bisharp, Cusap Skarmory and outspeed pokemon like Scizor and Tyranitar
  • 252 Attack EV's lets Breloom boost its damage output.
  • Poison Heal means that Breloom is immune to status and gets passive recovery whilst boosting Facade if he chooses to use it
Usage Tips
========
  • Breloom is best pitted up against defensive teams as it hits hard and isn't hindered by chip damage or status
  • Keep away from a lot of flying types thanks to Brelooms type weakness to them.
  • Bring him in on a lot of Defensive, Status reliant pokemon as he absorbs their attacks and can hit back hard with a Superpower or Facade.
  • Make sure to actvate Posion Heal as soon as possible to minimalize have the risk of getting Burned or Paralyzed
Team Options
========
  • Pokemon that can beat Flying types including Talonflame and Tomohawk
  • Pokemon that can beat Offensively based teams such as Mega Manetric
  • Pokemon that appreciate defensive pokemon and Water-type, Steel-type and Ground-types gone
  • Mega Manetric can tick all of these boxes, so it deservs a special mention
After reviewing this set in detail and how it is in the meta sparktrain and I decided that it really isn't worth keeping. If it picks up in viability sometime later we'll do an individual set write-up for it, but for now keep it OO and stick with Technician.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

  • Poison Heal
  • Focus Sash can act as an emergency check to a lot of set up sweepers for an offensive team, however, there are entry hazards everywhere meaning he must have reliable defog supportOr Rapid Spin. Easier way to say this is hazard removal.
  • Focus Punch can be useful thanks to Breloom's ability to force switches and also utilize Spore. Works well with Substitute.
  • Force Palm can be a powerful fighting type STAB for the Life Orb set but the power difference isn't too big and Mach Punch has more uses in a battleJust remove Force Palm, its not worth using.
  • Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the switch but the Life Orb set it gets whittled down very quickly. On the Poison Heal set, however, it can heal quickly and beats a lot of offensive Pokemon who might switch in.Last sentence include with Poison Heal bullet point.
Checks and Counters
===================

**Flying Types**: Almost all flying typescan deal with Breloom offensively or defensivelyand Breloom's 4X weakness to flying doesn't help. Rock Tomb is on the set soley for beating Flying-type checks. Mention Tomohawk, Tornadus-T, Talonflame, and anyother Flying-types you want to mention.

**Grass Types** Resisting Spore and Bullet Seed and Pokemon like Mega Venusaur can deal big damage back to Breloom and take minimal damage.This is wordd pretty badly, it sounds like resisting Spore and Bullet Seed can deal big damage back to Breloom right now, which makes no sense.

**Priority** Faster priority can 2KO if not resisted and some can OHKO.Examples are needed.

Psychic-types, especially faster ones such as the Latis, Aurumoth.

Fire-types, especially faster ones.

Poison-types, aka Gengar and Plasmanta
This looks like a good start. Implement the above check and you can consider this QC 1/3.

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Working on it now.

cbrevan said:
This is wordd pretty badly
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Oh the Irony
 
hi Bionic Puppy, my comments are in bold
[OVERVIEW]

+ Has access to Spore
+ Good movepool that complements Technician
+ Great offensive typing, taking care of common threats including Colossoil and Kyurem-B
+ Can take advantage of Spore and Priority with Swords Dance
- Bad defensive typing in tandem with bad defenses means it gets beaten by common threats including Cawdomore, Talonflame, and Tomohawk. I'd list the stuff that hard walls it (nect, venu, etc) first since they can absorb spore, then tie in the other mons with the next point (offensive checks)
- Low Speed tier means Pokemon like Mega Charizard X/Y can outspeed and KO it. This makes it dependent on Priority to beat a lot of Pokemon (leaves it susceptible to faster threats that resist Mach Punch)


[SET]
name: Life Orb
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb/Swords Dance
item:Life Orb
ability:Technician
nature:Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
========

  • Spore is a 100% accurate sleep move, hindering more defensive Pokemon. It can punish a lot of switch ins like Tomohawk and can also give Breloom the opportunity to set up Swords Dances. It also helps pressure the opponent.
  • Mach Punch reaches a Base Power of 90 after STAB and Technician and can revenge kill or clean relatively well.
  • Bullet Seed breaks through Substitute and is a really nice secondary STAB which can take care of water types (Suicune, Slow Azumarill) and ground types (Hippowdon, Gliscor). It is also Breloom's most powerful move when boosted by technician after 3 hits
  • Rock Tomb can beat offensive Pokemon that can switch in and reduce their speed so Breloom can outpace them (or just OHKO them in the case of talon/zard y). Rock tomb also deals with Pyroak, which can beat the set otherwise.
  • Swords Dance can be used in accordance with Spore to set up, allowing Breloom to clean or break up a team.

Set Details
========

  • Life Orb boosts the Damage output, allowing Breloom to get extra damage off against Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle (also secures the OHKO on stratagem)
  • A Jolly nature helps outspeed bulkier Pokemon to put them to sleep but lacks the Damage that Adamant offers
  • the 252 Attack and Speed EV's boost Breloom Speed and Attack as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like Gyarados-Mega and outspeed Pokemon like defensive Heatran

Usage Tips
========

  • Come in on a free switch so it doesn't get whittled down quickly.
  • Keep away from Flying types. If you have rock tomb, hit them decently hard on the switch to slow them down and possibly hit them again
  • Swords Dance makes it a really nice cleaner so if it has a good matchup, keep it for late game where it can Spore or Swords Dance on the switch.
  • It can act as a decent revenge killer to threats like Stratagem thanks to Mach Punch.
  • Spore can cripple a lot of defensive counters to Breloom and can make Breloom's setting up much easier.

Team Options
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  • A Pokemon that can deal with Flying types like Manetric-Mega or Stratagem, Psychic types like Weavile and Colossoil and Fire types like Talonflame and Crucibelle.
  • A Pokemon who can set up stealth rocks and blend well with Breloom. Good examples of this include Cricubelle who can take Fire types, Flying types, Grass types and Poison types pretty well, whilst Breloom takes down Water, Ground and Steel type Pokemon.
  • Pokemon that appreciate Dark, Water and Ground types gone including Latios or Latias
  • A Pivot or Pokemon who can utilize VoltTurn who can get Breloom in relatively safely, this could be Crucibelle, Mega Manetric or Colossoil.
  • mention some setup sweepers like zard-x/navi/azu, they can set up on certain fire-types (and in navi's case, flying-types as well) that threaten breloom and appreciate the potential free turns provided by spore

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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  • Focus Sash can act as an emergency check to a lot of set up sweepers for an offensive team, but you need reliable Hazard Removal
  • Poison Heal is a good way to beat Defensive teams but falters against Offensive teams. however, it can use Substitute to take advantage of switches into Offensive Pokemon and recover well with Poison Heal.
  • Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the switch but the Life Orb set it gets whittled down very quickly. This can work well in tandem with Focus Punch to hit for a lot of damage.

Checks and Counters
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**Flying Types**: Almost all flying types (provide examples as cbrevan mentioned in his check, mention troubles switching into Spore or Rock Tomb where applicable) can deal with Breloom offensively or defensively and Breloom's 4X weakness to flying doesn't help

**Grass Types** Resisting Spore and Bullet Seed and Pokemon like Mega Venusaur and Necturna can deal big damage back to Breloom and take minimal damage. make this the first section since they're immune to Spore and therefore the most reliable answers

**Priority** Faster priority (examples) can 2KO if not resisted and some can OHKO.

**Poison Types** Common poison types including Gengar and Plasmanta can resist Breloom's STAB attacks and hit back with a super effective Sludge Wave pretty easily.

**Fire Types** Fast fire types like Talonflame and Volkraken can take little damage from Breloom's STABs and hit with a super effective STAB attack. However, Rock Tomb or Spore can be used on the switch to hit for a lot of damage

**Psychic Types** Psychic types can resist Mach Punch and Pokemon like Latios and Latias can resist Bullet Seed and hit back with a super effective Psychic-type move. However, they can be sent to sleep with Spore and hit for neutral damage with Rock Tomb.
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there were a just few things that were missed from cbrevan's check, so go ahead and tag me once it's updated and I'll give QC
 
sparktrain said:
hi Bionic Puppy, my comments are in bold

there were a just few things that were missed from cbrevan's check, so go ahead and tag me once it's updated and I'll give QC
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Ok, removed QC check until I actually get every thing done lol. On mobile though atm so will sort this out probably tomorrow. Thanks!!
 
Please actually list what Jolly outspeeds but that Adamant does not. Move Focus Sash out of OO and slash it with Life Orb, and add mentions of hazard removal to team options.

In checks and counters, you make it seem like Spore lets Breloom beat Tomohawk, which is just not true. Breloom can spore, but a teammate has to take care of it. Not to mention that if a Tomo gets in for free, then a priority sub can stop a spore. Basically I'm saying that Tomohawk is one of the better flying type checks to Breloom.

I don't have time for a full check, so I'll say more later after these changes have been made.
 
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Please actually list what Jolly outspeeds but that Adamant does not. Move Focus Sash out of OO and slash it with Life Orb, and add mentions of hazard removal to team options.

In checks and counters, you make it seem like Spore lets Breloom beat Tomohawk, which is just not true. Breloom can spore, but a teammate has to take care of it. Not to mention that if a Tomo gets in for free, then a priority sub can stop a spore. Basically I'm saying that Tomohawk is one of the better flying type checks to Breloom.

I don't have time for a full check, so I'll say more later after these changes have been made.
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All done. I have removed every Mention of Adamant Breloom. Would it be worthwhile adding it in OO?
 
- rename the set since focus sash is now slashed
- provide examples of hazard removers that have good synergy with breloom. steel-types like mega zor and kitsunoh would be good picks for this; things like colo/tomo exacerbate breloom's vulnerability to fairy/ice/flying attacks, whereas a shared fire weakness is a bit less problematic (also, steels appreciate brelooms luring potential with rock tomb)

implement this and it's QC 2/3, good work

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Adamant Breloom definitely needs to be mentioned. I'm torn if it's set worthy (As a slash or whatever) or just OO. Probably OO I guess, but I'd defer to other QC members if they have differing opinions.
 
Oook finally finished all! Ready for Final QC check!

what else have I missed

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[OVERVIEW]

Breloom has a lot of positive aspects, including running for it in its movepool, ability, and typing. movepool. (Comment: "running" and "in" are weird here ) For one, it has Spore, the only 100% accurate sleep move in the game game, (Comment: original kind of suggests there's another 100% accurate sleep move ) which can cripple anything that wasn't a grass type. isn't a Grass-type. This allows it Breloom to put pressure on at least one of its checks or counters, making playing around this thing Pokemon a pain. Also, many of Breloom's other moves greatly benefit from Technician, including Rock Tomb, Bullet Seed, and priority Mach Punch. However, this is not all Breloom can pull off, it has a great movepool which benefits greatly from its ability, Technician with moves including Rock Tomb, Bullet Seed and amazing Priority in Mach Punch. It can even sleep slower threats and capitalazie on the free turns with Swords Dance, sweeping weakened teams with said Mach Punch. Along with this, Breloom has a great just the offensive typing that which lets it check common offensive threats including the omnipotent Colossoil and Kyurem-B. (Comment: the second paragraph is mostly about how its typing is bad defensively and offensively, so "great" doesn't work ) Kyurem-B, it can even send slower threats to sleep and then capitalize on this with Swords Dance , which then it can sweep weekend teams with its powerful STAB Technician Mach Punch (Comment: this is more related to moves and less to its typing )

But Breloom is far from perfect. It's Its horrible defensive typing and stats means mean it really suffers from struggles against (Comment: usually you suffer from a condition ) anything faster that resists Mach Punch. This can be seen with Pokemon like Talonflame, Cawmodore, or Latios among many, many others. Its typing suffers also, especially against Grass-types who can absorb every move coming at them including Necturna, Tomohawk, and Mega Venusaur. (Comment: specificity better for set analysis ) This, stacked on top of its very subpar speed tier tier, means that a lot of common Pokemon including Charizard, Tornadus-T and Latios can outspeed and KO it easily, making Breloom over-reliant on Mach Punch.

[SET]
name: Technician Attacker
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb/Swords Tomb / Swords Dance
item:Life item: Life Orb/Focus Sash
ability:Technician ability: Technician
nature:Jolly nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
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Spore is a great utility move move, as it is guaranteed to get cripple one Pokemon (besides the uncommon Grass-types). who isn't the uncommon Grass Type to sleep. This can allow allows Breloom to get rid of one of its checks or counters for a couple of turns, this means that it supports supporting both the team and itself in a lot of ways, for example by providing opportunities to set up. ways, including setting up, which Breloom can also do. Mach Punch reaches 90 Base Power after STAB and Technician, meaning this Breloom can clean or revenge kill very well thanks to Brelooms its great attack. Bullet seed Seed is great for Breaking breaking through substitutes and complements Mach Punch very well, scoring hits against Gliscor and Azumarill. a great secondary STAB which can hit harder than any other move Breloom has after 3 hits and complements Brelooms coverage very well, scoring hard hits against Gliscor and Azumarill. Rock Tomb can easily take care of offensive Pokemon who that can normally switch in easily to Breloom. Breloom, including Charizard, Talonflame, and Tornadus-T. It also lowers the opponent's speed Speed and is boosted by Technician, meaning that Breloom can outpace some threats and put them to sleep with thanks to Spore. With Stealth Rock support Rock Tomb can also beat some defensive checks such as Pyroak. It can also beat some of its defensive checks including Pyroak but requires Stealth Rock support to do this. If these aren't needed, Swords Dance can be used instead to boost boosts Breloom's attack by 2, allowing Breloom to clean or sweep much easier.

Set Details
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Life Orb boosts the Damage damage output, allowing Breloom to dent get extra damage off against Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle. Life Orb is also necessary to OHKO Stratagem. Crucibelle and guarantees the OHKO on Stratagem. However, Focus Sash makes Breloom a blanket check against set up sweepers, allowing Breloom it to live at least one hit and send a Pokemon to sleep with Spore. A Jolly nature helps outspeed bulkier Pokemon like max speed Scizor, Adamant Bisharp and Neutral natured Altaria. The 252 Attack and Speed EV's EVs boost Breloom Breloom's Attack and Speed Speed and Attack as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like Mega Gyarados Gyarados-Mega and outspeed Pokemon others like defensive Heatran Heatran. A Jolly nature is necessary to further outpace max Speed Scizor, Adamant Bisharp, and neutral-natured Altaria.

Usage Tips
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Breloom gets worn down very quickly and with its bad defenses, it needs all the HP it can get. Because of this, try to bring Breloom in on free switches or through slow U-Turn U-turn U-turns or Volt Switches. Whilst While Breloom has access to Rock Tomb, Flying types Flying-types are deadly and Breloom s is best kept well away from them unless you can predict the switch. you're predicting the switch and clicking Rock Tomb. Avoid Try to keep from setting up Swords Dance until late game when Breloom can clean up with Mach Punch. or if it has a good match-up against the opponents team as with Swords Dance and Mach Punch, Breloom functions best as a cleaner. Along with this, Mach Punch Breloom can also function well as a revenge killer for a lot of Pokemon Including including Stratagem and Cawdomore. Cawdomore (on relatively low health). Sometimes it is worth using Spore more tactically to hit a threat that otherwise wouldn't swtich in on Breloom. Spore can be used to get rid of one of Brelooms slower checks on its team so sometimes it is worth using Spore more carefully to cripple certain checks or counters who might not switch in on a Breloom.

Team Options
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Breloom appreciates Pokemon that can deal with its checks and counters. different types which cause Breloom trouble. For example, Manetric Mega Mega Manectric and Stratagem can take care of Flying-types, Flying types, Weavile and Colossoil can beat a lot of Psychic types Psychic-types, and Talonflame and Crucibelle take care of Fire types, handle Fire-types. all of these types are difficult for Breloom to handle. Breloom also likes Stealth Rock support as it helps to help pressure Flying types Flying-types. which Breloom does not like. Good setters include Crucibelle who synergises best with Breloom but Heatran and Heatran. also performs well with Breloom. Along with this, Since Breloom is good at eliminating Dark-, Water-, and Ground-types, it can pave the way for Pokemon like Victini. Dark, Water, and Ground types so a Pokemon like Victini could benefit greatly from Breloom paving the way. Breloom appreciates free switches, getting in whilst taking minimal damage, so a Volt Switch or U-Turn U-turn from Pokemon like Crucibelle and Mega Manetric work very well. well alongside Breloom. Set up sweepers like Naviathan, Azumarill Azumarill, and Charizard-X can benefit from Spore and set up on Fire-types; Naviathan can take advantage of Flying-types too. and ones like Naviathan, Azumarill and Charizard-X can set up on fire types and Naviathan can even set up on Flying types too. Reliable Hazard Removal hazard removal is a must if Breloom is using Focus Sash Sash, as it fails to fulfill its role if Focus Sash is broken. it's Sash gets broken by Hazards. Pokemon who synergize well with Breloom who achieve this role Pokemon that can do this include includes Steel types Steel-types like Kitsunoh, Skarmory Skarmory, and Mega Scizor. However, Flying types Flying-types like including Tomohawk, Zapdos Zapdos, and Togekiss can also work well. well with Breloom.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Poison Heal is a good way to beat Defensive teams defensive teams, but this but falters against Offensive offensive ones. teams. however, it can use Substitute to take advantage of switches into Offensive Pokemon and recover well with Poison Heal. Along with this, Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the forced switch but the Life Orb whittles it down set it gets whittled down very quickly. This Substitude can work well in tandem with Focus Punch though. to hit for a lot of damage. Breloom can also work with an Adamant nature if outspeeding Mamoswine and Altaria isn't important for your team and you appreciate the extra damage off on walls like Clefable.

Checks and Counters
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**Grass Types** Types**: (Comment: include colon for the rest ) Pokemon with Spore immunity and Bullet Seed resistance Resisting Spore and Bullet Seed and Pokemon like Mega Venusaur and Necturna can deal big damage back to Breloom with their STABs or coverage moves and take only a little bit of damage from Breloom.

**Flying Types**: Almost all flying types can deal with Breloom offensively or defensively and Breloom's 4X weakness to flying Flying doesn't help. Good examples of this include Tornadus-T, Talonflame Talonflame, and Charizard. However, these Pokemonn Pokemon can easily be KO'd by a Rock Tomb. Defensive checks including Tomohawk and Skarmory are more tricky to take down, although Spore can cripple these Pokemon, allowing a partner to come in on the free switch.

**Priority** Faster priority can 2KO 2HKO if not resisted and some can OHKO. This can include includes Brave Bird from Talonflame and Ice Shard from Weavile. a Weavile's Ice Shard.

**Poison Types** Common poison types including Gengar and Plasmanta can resist Breloom's STAB attacks and hit back with a super effective Sludge Wave pretty easily.

**Fire Types** Fast fire types like Talonflame and Volkraken can take little damage from Breloom's STABs and hit back super effectively. with a super effective STAB attack. However, Rock Tomb or Spore can be used on the switch. switch to hit for a lot of damage

**Psychic Types** Psychic types Most Psychic-types can resist Mach Punch and Pokemon like Latios and Latias can resist Bullet Seed. Seed and hit back with a super effective Psychic-type move. However, they can be sent to sleep slept with Spore and hit for neutral damage with Rock Tomb.
 
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Bionic Puppy said:
Finishing now but missing things that seem to make no sense such as this and this

If I have got it wrong, could you please explain? Thanks
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now I'm not lemonade but I think that he may have accidentally left in a word that was supposed to be removed, and removed a word that was supposed to be left in.

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should be "but this falters against..."

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"boosts" should be removed and i think attack should be kept but this is just my opinion!
 
Sobi said:
now I'm not lemonade but I think that he may have accidentally left in a word that was supposed to be removed, and removed a word that was supposed to be left in.

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should be "but this falters against..."

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"boosts" should be removed and i think attack should be kept but this is just my opinion!
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Thanks for clearing it up for me, I'm never quite sure!

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[OVERVIEW]

Breloom has a lot a lot of positive aspects, including its movepool, ability, and typing. For one, it has Spore, the only 100% accurate sleep move in the game, (AC) which can cripple anything that isn't a Grass-type. This allows Breloom to put pressure on at least one of its checks or counters, making playing around this Pokemon a pain. Also, many of Breloom's (Add apostrophe) other moves benefit greatly from Technician including Rock Tomb, Bullet Seed, and priority Mach Punch. It can even put to sleep slower threats and capitalize on the free turns with Swords Dance, sweeping weakened teams with said Mach Punch. Along with this, Breloom has just the offensive typing that lets it check common offensive threats including the omnipotent (You can't be omnipotent if Breloom checks it.) Colossoil and Kyurem-B.

But Breloom is far from perfect. Its Breloom's horrible defensive typing and stats mean it really struggles against anything faster than it that resists Mach Punch. This can be seen with Pokemon like such as Talonflame, Cawmodore, or Latios among many, many others. Its typing suffers also, especially against Grass-types who that can absorb every move coming at them including Necturna, Tomohawk, and Mega Venusaur. This, stacked on top of its very subpar Speed tier, means that a lot of common Pokemon including Charizard, Tornadus-T and Latios can outspeed and KO it easily, making Breloom over-reliant on Mach Punch.

[SET]
name: Technician Attacker
move 1: Spore
move 2: Mach Punch
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Rock Tomb / Swords Dance
item: Life Orb / Focus Sash (Not positive on this, but I think you should have spaces here)
ability: Technician
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
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Spore is a great utility move, as it is guaranteed to cripple one Pokemon (besides the uncommon Grass-types). (Add hyphen and capitalize G) This allows Breloom to get rid of one of its checks or counters for a couple of turns, supporting both the team and itself in a lot of ways, for example, such as providing opportunities for Breloom to set up. Mach Punch reaches 90 Base Power after STAB and Technician, meaning Breloom can clean or revenge kill very well thanks to its great Attack. Bullet Seed is great for breaking through Substitutes and complements Mach Punch very well, scoring hits against Gliscor and Azumarill. Rock Tomb can easily take care of offensive Pokemon that can normally switch in to into Breloom, including Charizard, Talonflame, and Tornadus-T. It Rock Tomb also lowers the opponent's Speed and is boosted by Technician, meaning that Breloom can outpace some threats and put them to sleep with Spore. With Stealth Rock support, (AC) Rock Tomb can beat some defensive checks such as Pyroak. Swords Dance can be used instead of Rock Tomb to boost Breloom's attack by 2 stages, allowing Breloom to sweep much easier.

Set Details
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Life Orb boosts damage output, allowing Breloom to dent Pokemon that it might normally struggle with, including Crucibelle. Life Orb is also necessary to get the OHKO on Stratagem. However, Focus Sash makes Breloom a blanket check against set up (Remove space) sweepers, allowing it to live at least one hit and send put a Pokemon to sleep with Spore. 252 Attack and Speed EVs boost Breloom's Attack and Speed as much as possible, letting it KO Pokemon like such as Mega Gyarados and outspeed Pokemon like such as defensive Heatran. A Jolly nature is necessary to further outpace max Speed Scizor, Adamant Bisharp, and neutral-natured Altaria.

Usage Tips
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Breloom gets worn down very quickly and, (AC) with its bad defenses, it needs all the HP it can get. (I got confused and looked up to check what the HP EV investment was. I would strongly recommend rewording this to be: "should preserve its health as much as possible." or something similar to avoid this.) Because of this, try to bring Breloom in on free switches or through slow U-turns or Volt Switches. While Breloom has access to Rock Tomb, Flying-types are deadly and Breloom is best kept well away from them unless you can predict the switch. Try to keep from setting up Swords Dance until late-game (Add hyphen) when Breloom can clean up with Mach Punch. Breloom can also function well as a revenge killer for a lot of Pokemon, (AC) including Stratagem and Cawdomore. Sometimes its worth using Spore more tactically to hit a threat that otherwise wouldn't switch in on Breloom.

Team Options
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Breloom appreciates Pokemon that can deal with its checks and counters. For example, Mega Manectric and Stratagem can take care of Flying-types, Weavile and Colossoil can beat a lot of Psychic-types, (AC) and Talonflame and Crucibelle handle Fire types;, (Remove comma and add a semicolon.) all of these types are difficult for Breloom to handle. Breloom also likes appreciates (Used "like" later on in the sentence. Feels repetitive) Stealth Rock support to help pressure Flying-types, (AC) which Breloom does not like. Good Stealth Rock setters include Crucibelle and Heatran. Since Breloom is good at eliminating Dark-, Water-, and Ground-types, (AC) it can pave the way for a Pokemon like such as Victini. Breloom appreciates free switchins switches in, so a Volt-Switch (Remove hyphen. Volt Switch is two words) or U-turn from Pokemon like such as Crucibelle and Mega Manetric Mega Manectric and Crucibelle (Mega Manectric Volt Switches, while Crucibelle U-turns) work very well. Set up (Remove space. Setup here is one word) sweepers like such as Naviathan, Azumarill, and Charizard-X can benefit from Spore and set up on fire types; Pokemon like (I'm keeping this like because I believe you're comparing the Pokemon to Naviathan. If you meant to use Naviathan as an example, replace "like" with "such as".) Naviathan can do this very especially well. Reliable entry hazard removal is a must if Breloom is using Focus Sash, as it fails to fulfill its role if Focus Sash gets broken. (Remove line break)
Pokemon that can do this well include Steel-types (Add hyphen) like such as Skarmory, Kitsunoh, and Scizor. However, Flying-types like such as Tomohawk, Zapdos, and Togekiss can also work well.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Poison Heal is a good way to beat defensive teams but falters against offensive teams. Substitute allows Breloom to set up on the forced switch but, (AC) with the Life Orb recoil, (AC) whittles it down very quickly. Substitute can work well in tandem with Focus Punch though. Breloom can also work with use an Adamant nature if outspeeding Mamoswine and Altaria isn't important for your team and you appreciate the extra damage on walls like such as Clefable.

Checks and Counters
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**Grass-types** (Add hyphen and lowercase t): Pokemon with Spore immunity and Bullet Seed resistance like such as Mega Venusaur and Necturna can deal big damage back to Breloom with their STABs or coverage moves and take only a little bit of damage from Breloom.

**Flying-types** (Add hyphen and lowercase t): Almost all Flying-types (Add hyphen and capitalize F) can deal with Breloom offensively or defensively, (AC) and Breloom's 4x weakness to Flying doesn't help. Good examples of this include Tornadus-T, Talonflame, and Charizard. However, these Pokemon can easily be KO'd KOed by a Rock Tomb. (Couple comments: 1- I would prefer to see this written: "However, Breloom can KO these Pokemon with Rock Tomb." 2- You say "KO'd by a", are they OHKOed? If so, I think you should specifically mention that. If they aren't OHKOed, remove the "an" as it takes more than one Rock Tomb.) Defensive checks including Tomohawk and Skarmory are more tricky to take down, although Spore can cripple these Pokemon, allowing to allow a partner to come in on the free switch.

**Priority**: Faster priority can 2KHO 2HKO Breloom if not resisted and some can OHKO. This includes Brave Bird from Talonflame and an Ice Shard from Weavile. (I think this should be rewritten: "This includes attacks such as Talonflame's Brave Bird and Weavile's Ice Shard.")

**Poison-types** (Add hyphen and lowercase t): Common Poison-types (Add hyphen and capitalize P) including Gengar and Plasmanta resist Breloom's STAB attacks and hit back with a super effective Sludge Wave pretty easily.

**Fire-types** (Add hyphen and lowercase t): Fast Fire-types (Add hyphen and capitalize F) like such as Talonflame and Volkraken can take little damage from Breloom's STABs moves and hit back super effectively. However, Rock Tomb or Spore can be used on the switch.

**Psychic-types** (Add hyphen and lowercase t): Most Psychic-types (Add hyphen) resist Breloom's Mach Punch and Pokemon like such as Latios and Latias also resist Bullet Seed. However, they can be slept put to sleep with Spore and hit for neutral damage with Rock Tomb.
 
I should've done it all! I want to say a massive thank you to Eien , Lemonade. and the QC people for helping me, it's not done yet as I'm proof-reading it now, but thanks for your patience and helpfulness!

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