RU Calm Mind 3 Attack Armarouge

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind 3 Attacks
move 1: Armor Cannon
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Energy Ball
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Weak Armor
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]

Armarouge is a devastating special attacker, capable of breaking holes in teams or taking advantage of opposing physical attackers to boost its Speed with Weak Armor in order to sweep. Armarouge particularly excels against Cyclizar, the most common form of entry hazard removal in the tier, due to the minimal damage received and the fact that most of Cyclizar's moves will activate Weak Armor. Psyshock targets the weaker Defense of opposing Pokemon such as Chansey and Assault Vest Cyclizar. Energy Ball is used to hit Water-types with high Defense like Slowbro and Suicune. Tera Fairy provides valuable resistances to Bisharp's Sucker Punch and Slither Wing's First Impression, as well as allowing Armarouge to shrug off Knock Off from Krookodile, Mienshao, and Galarian Zapdos. Tera Fairy also grants an immunity to Cyclizar's Dragon Tail, preventing Armarouge from being phazed out. Tera Grass grants resistances to Barraskewda's and Crawdaunt's Aqua Jet, Empoleon's Surf, and Krookodile's Earthquake. This also boosts the damage of Energy Ball, allowing Armarouge to threaten OHKOs on Krookodile, Terrakion, and Hippowdon.

Calm Mind Armarouge is most comfortable on balance and offense teams, where it can use its wallbreaking ability to open up holes for its team to exploit or threaten a late-game sweep. Pivot support from VoltTurn users such as Cyclizar, Thundurus, and Hisuian Zoroark are important to get Armarouge into favorable matchups against Pokemon like Hippowdon and Amoonguss while preserving its HP. These Pokemon can also bait out weak Knock Off from Cyclizar and Reuniclus, easily allowing Weak Armor to activate. Mienshao and Galarian Zapdos invite physical walls like Hippowdown and Slowbro in, which Armarouge can take advantage of. Opposing special attackers like Gengar, Mew, and Salamence outspeed and threaten Armarouge, so allies like Cyclizar, Hisuian Goodra, and Jirachi, respectively, can switch into their attacks for it. Priority moves are one of the most reliable answers to Armarouge after Weak Armor activates, so pairing it with Psychic Surge Indeedee can nullify this weakness with the added benefit of empowering its Psychic-type moves.

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind 3 Attacks
move 1: Armor Cannon
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Energy Ball
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Weak Armor
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]

Armarouge is a devastating special attacker, capable of breaking holes in many teams or and taking advantage of opposing physical attackers to boost its speed with Weak Armor in order to sweep. Armarouge particularly excels against Cyclizar, the most common form of entry hazard removal in the tier, due to the minimal damage recieved, while most of Cyclizar's moves will activate Weak Armor. most of Cyclizar's moves dealing minimal damage to Armarouge while still activating Weak Armor. Psyshock targets the weaker Defence Defense (GP) of opposing specially defensive Pokemon such as Chansey and Assault Vest Cyclizar. Energy Ball is used to hit Water-types with high Defence Defense like Slowbro and Suicune. Tera Fairy provides valuable resistances to Bisharp’s Sucker Punch and Slither Wing’s First Impression, as well as allowing Armarouge to shrug off Knock Off from Krookodile, Mienshao, and Galarian Zapdos. The immunity to Cyclizar's Dragon Tail counters the only way Cyclizar can win the matchup. A Grass Tera type grants resistance to Barraskewda and Crawdaunt’s Aqua Jet as well as Empoleon’s Surf and Krookodile's Earthquake. This also boosts the damage of Energy Ball, allowing Armarouge to threaten OHKOs on Krookodile, Terrakion and Hippowdon. Add a line about CM allowing Armarouge to take advantage of pokemon that cant do much against it like Cyclizar, Fezandipiti and Gweezing, a line about HDB allowing Armarouge to come in safely over the course of the game by letting it ignore Stealth Rock damage, and a line mentioning that Timid allows it to outspeed almost the entire metagame including 350 scarfers at +2.

Calm Mind Armarouge is most comfortable on balance and offence offense teams, where it can use its wallbreaking ability to open up holes for its team to exploit or where it can threaten a late-game sweep. Pivot support from VoltTurn users such as Cyclizar, Thundurus, and Hisuian Zoroark are important to get Armarouge in while preserving its HP. Opposing special attackers like Gengar, Earth Power Mew, and Salamence outspeed and threaten Armarouge, so specially defensive allies like Cyclizar, Hisuian Goodra, and Jirachi can switch into those attacks for it. Also mention physical checks like Krookodile, Terrakion, Aqua Jet Crawdaunt, and Maushold with relevant walls to deal with them Priority moves are one of the most reliable answers to Armarouge after Weak Armor activates, so pairing it with Psychic Surge Indeedee can nullify this weakness with the added benefit of empowering its Psychic-type moves. Mention that Armarouge appreciates breakers like Okidogi that can open up special walls it cant muscle through like Chansey, Empoleon and Hoodra. Also mention that Armarouge works well with hazard stack structures due to the accrued chip on the opposing team allowing it to act as a great cleaner especially with weak armor activated.

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind 3 Attacks
move 1: Armor Cannon
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Energy Ball
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Weak Armor
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]

Armarouge is a devastating special attacker, capable of breaking holes in many teams or taking advantage of opposing physical attackers to boost its speed with Weak Armor in order to sweep. Armarouge particularly excels against Cyclizar, the most common form of entry hazard removal in the tier, due to the minimal damage recieved received corrected spelling while most of Cyclizar's moves will activate Weak Armor. Psyshock targets the weaker Defence of opposing Pokemon such as Chansey and Assault Vest Cyclizar. Energy Ball is used to hit Water-types with high Defence like Slowbro and Suicune. Is Gastrodon relevant enough to mention here? Tera Fairy provides valuable resistances to Bisharp’s Sucker Punch and Slither Wing’s First Impression, as well as allowing Armarouge to shrug off Knock Off from Krookodile, Mienshao, and Galarian Zapdos. The immunity to Cyclizar's Dragon Tail counters the only way Cyclizar can win the matchup. Consider rewriting this sentence to something like "Tera Fairy notably gives an immunity to Dragon Tail, preventing Cyclizar from phazing Armarouge after it sets up." A Grass Tera type grants resistance resistances to Barraskewda and Crawdaunt’s Aqua Jet as well as Empoleon’s Surf and Krookodile's Earthquake. This also boosts the damage of Energy Ball, allowing Armarouge to threaten OHKOs on Krookodile, Terrakion and Hippowdon.

Calm Mind Armarouge is most comfortable on balance and offence teams, where it can use its wallbreaking ability to open up holes for its team to exploit or where it can threaten a lategame late-game sweep. Pivot support from VoltTurn users such as Cyclizar, Thundurus, and Hisuian Zoroark are important to get Armarouge in while preserving its HP. Elaborate on this point of getting Armarouge in safely with VoltTurn users into favorable matchups, like Cyclizar clicking U-turn on an incoming Hippowdon or Amoonguss, and maybe talk about luring weak Knock Offs so that Armarouge can get the Weak Armor boost. Opposing special attackers like Gengar, Mew, and Salamence outspeed and threaten Armarouge, so allies like Cyclizar, Hisuian Goodra, and Jirachi can switch into those attacks for it. Priority moves are one of the most reliable answers to Armarouge after Weak Armor activates, so pairing it with Psychic Surge Indeedee can nullify this weakness with the added benefit of empowering its Psychic-type moves.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flampoke.654091/

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Good work, implement and ready for QC2.
 
looks great, mention Mienshao and Zapdos-Galar as pivot supports, they also invite Hippowdon and Slowbro to switch in. You should also specify what mon switches in for what special attackers (Jirachi is not a switch-in for Gengar, Cyclizar isn't a switch-in for Salamence).

Also it's Zapdos-Galar and not Galarian Zapdos.

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[SET]
name: Calm Mind 3 Attacks
move 1: Armor Cannon
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Energy Ball
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Weak Armor
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]

Armarouge is a devastating special attacker, capable of breaking holes in teams or taking advantage of opposing physical attackers to boost its Speed with Weak Armor in order to sweep. Armarouge particularly excels against Cyclizar, the most common form of entry hazard removal in the tier, due to the minimal damage received, (RC) while and the fact that most of Cyclizar's moves will activate Weak Armor. Psyshock targets the weaker Defense of opposing Pokemon such as Chansey and Assault Vest Cyclizar. Energy Ball is used to hit Water-types with high Defense like Slowbro and Suicune. Tera Fairy provides valuable resistances to Bisharp’s Bisharp's (Fix apostrophe) Sucker Punch and Slither Wing’s Wing's (Fix apostrophe) First Impression, as well as allowing Armarouge to shrug off Knock Off from Krookodile, Mienshao, and Galarian Zapdos. Tera Fairy also grants an immunity to Cyclizar's Dragon Tail, preventing Armarouge from being phazed out. A Tera Grass Tera type grants resistances to Barraskewda Barraskewda's and Crawdaunt’s Crawdaunt's (Fix apostrophe) Aqua Jet, (AC) Empoleon's (Fix apostrophe) as well as Empoleon’s Surf, (AC) and Krookodile's Earthquake. This also boosts the damage of Energy Ball, allowing Armarouge to threaten OHKOs on Krookodile, Terrakion, (AC) and Hippowdon.

Calm Mind Armarouge is most comfortable on balance and offence offense teams, where it can use its wallbreaking ability to open up holes for its team to exploit or threaten a late-game sweep. Pivot support from VoltTurn users such as Cyclizar, Thundurus, and Hisuian Zoroark are important to get Armarouge into favourable favorable matchups against Pokemon like Hippowdon and Amoonguss while preserving its HP. These Pokemon can also lure bait out weak Knock Off from Cyclizar and Reuniclus, easily allowing Weak Armor to activate. Mienshao and Galarian Zapdos invite physical walls like Hippowdown and Slowbro in, which Armarouge can take advantage of. Opposing special attackers like Gengar, Mew, and Salamence outspeed and threaten Armarouge, so allies like Cyclizar, Hisuian Goodra, and Jirachi, (AC) respectively, (AC) can switch into those their attacks for it, (RC) respectively. Priority moves are one of the most reliable answers to Armarouge after Weak Armor activates, so pairing it with Psychic Surge Indeedee can nullify this weakness with the added benefit of empowering its Psychic-type moves.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/machjacob.555741/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flampoke.654091/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/feen.231398/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/

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