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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Great Tusk) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Stone Edge

[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk's high Attack stat and powerful STAB moves make it a premier revenge killer with Choice Scarf, capable of threatening OHKOes on Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Chien-Pao. Knock Off and Rapid Spin capitalize on Great Tusk's ability to force switches, potentially crippling the likes of Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola and removing entry hazards in a pinch. Moreover, Knock Off is very useful for popping Gholdengo's Air Balloon. Stone Edge is an alternative to Rapid Spin, enabling a 2HKO on Pelipper and Tera Flying Kingambit. Tera Ground amps up Headlong Rush against foes such as Tera Fairy Miraidon and Annihilape, as well as 2HKOing common Tera Fairy walls like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Tera Fighting boosts Close Combat instead, securing a 2HKO on Corviknight. Tera Fighting also retains a handy resistance to Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch while eliminating an exploitable weakness to Chien-Pao's Ice Shard. Both Tera types provide the necessary boost to OHKO Koraidon and 2HKO Alomomola after Stealth Rock damage. Great Tusk boasts perfect offensive synergy with Miraidon by pressuring Clodsire, Iron Treads, and Ting-Lu. In return, Miraidon scares out Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola. Koraidon pairs nicely with Great Tusk as well, activating Protosynthesis, threatening Corviknight, and overwhelming shared checks in Pelipper, bulky Great Tusk, and Alomomola. In exchange, Great Tusk frightens Toxapex and Skeledirge. Gothitelle traps and removes Corviknight, Pelipper, Alomomola, bulky Great Tusk, and Dondozo, facilitating a late-game sweep. Similarly, special attacking partners like Iron Bundle, Chi-Yu, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane greatly pressure the aforementioned checks. Great Tusk requires defensive support to fall back on, as it is incapable of revenge killing Choice Scarf and Flame Charge Koraidon, boosted Chien-Pao with Ice Shard, Iron Bundle under Electric Terrain, Flutter Mane under sun, and Choice Scarf and Agility Miraidon, so Toxapex and Clodsire are solid teammates. Lastly, Choice Scarf Great Tusk is easily exploitable once it's locked into Rapid Spin, so Corviknight is a convenient partner that offers additional entry hazard removal with Defog and helps check Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle.

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Choice Scarf (Great Tusk) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Stone Edge

[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk sports tremendous damage output courtesy of a high Attack stat and access to powerful STAB moves. Choice Scarf augments this beautifully by boosting Great Tusk's Speed into dangerous territory, turning it into a premier revenge killer capable of threatening OHKO's OHKOes on Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, and many more. Knock Off and Rapid Spin capitalize on the plethora of switches Great Tusk forces against offensive and defensive Pokemon alike, harnessing the opportunity to either cripple the likes of Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola or remove entry hazards in a pinch. You could maybe mention how Knock Off pops Gholdengo's Air Balloon. Stone Edge is an alternative to Rapid Spin, enabling a 2HKO on Pelipper and Tera Flying Kingambit. Tera Ground amps up Headlong Rush against foes such as Tera Fairy Miraidon and Annihilape. Importantly, it also secures the 2HKO on common Tera Fairy walls in Toxapex and Skeledirge. Tera Fighting boosts Close Combat instead, securing a 2HKO on Corviknight on the switch. Tera Fighting also retains a handy resistance to Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch, while eliminating an exploitable weakness to Chien-Pao's Ice Shard. It is probably worth noting how Great Tusk can OHKO Koraidon after Stealth Rock and Terastallizing with the appropriate STAB move. Less notably, Tera Ground Headlong Rush also breaks through Scream Tail and either Tera enables Great Tusk to 2HKO Alomomola after Stealth Rock. Great Tusk boasts perfect offensive synergy with tier king Miraidon, taking advantage of Clodsire, Iron Treads, and Ting-Lu. In return, Miraidon scares out Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola. Koraidon pairs nicely with Great Tusk as well, accentuating the latter's threat level by activating Protosynthesis, threatening Corviknight, and overwhelming shared checks in Pelipper, bulky Great Tusk, and Alomomola. In exchange, Great Tusk frightens Toxapex and Skeledirge. Gothitelle traps and removes all of Corviknight, Pelipper, Alomomola, bulky Great Tusk, and Dondozo, facilitating a late-game sweep. Similarly, sun staples in Chi-Yu, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane make quick work of the aforementioned checks. Great Tusk requires defensive support to fall back on, as it is uncapable of revenge killing Choice Scarf or Flame Charge Koraidon, Ice Shard Chien-Pao, Iron Bundle under Electric Terrain, Flutter Mane under Sun, and Choice Scarf or Agility Miraidon. Toxapex and Clodsire can answer all of these threats between the two of them. Lastly, Choice Scarf Great Tusk is not to be relied upon as the only form of entry hazard removal. Corviknight is a convenient partner that offers additional Defog support and helps check Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle. (add period) Maybe you could mention Iron Bundle as a partner - it threatens bulky Water-types and opposing Great Tusk with Freeze Dry, can pivot into Great Tusk via U-turn which can threaten Pokemon like Clodsire and Blissey for it, and they can weaken shared checks in Corviknight and Scream Tail for the other.

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:sv/great-tusk:

[SET]
Choice Scarf (Great Tusk) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Stone Edge

[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk's (AA) sports tremendous damage output courtesy of a high Attack stat and access to powerful STAB moves make it a premier revenge killer with Choice Scarf, . Choice Scarf augments this beautifully by boosting Great Tusk's Speed into dangerous territory, turning it into a premier revenge killer capable of threatening OHKOes on Miraidon, Iron Bundle, Chien-Pao, and many more. Knock Off and Rapid Spin capitalize on Great Tusk's ability to force switches, potentially crippling the plethora of switches Great Tusk forces against offensive and defensive Pokemon alike, harnessing the opportunity to either cripple the likes of Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola or removing remove entry hazards in a pinch. Moreover, Knock Off is very useful for popping Gholdengo's Air Balloon. Stone Edge is an alternative to Rapid Spin, enabling a 2HKO on Pelipper and Tera Flying Kingambit. Tera Ground amps up Headlong Rush against foes such as Tera Fairy Miraidon and Annihilape, (AC) as well as 2HKOing . Importantly, it also secures the 2HKO on common Tera Fairy walls in Toxapex and Skeledirge. Tera Fighting boosts Close Combat instead, securing a 2HKO on Corviknight on the switch. Tera Fighting also retains a handy resistance to Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch, while eliminating an exploitable weakness to Chien-Pao's Ice Shard. Both Tera types provide the necessary boost to OHKO Koraidon and 2HKO Alomomola after Stealth Rock damage. Great Tusk boasts perfect offensive synergy with tier king Miraidon, pressuring [I'd argue that "taking advantage of" is should only be used in situations where you generate free turns to set up or lay hazards] taking advantage of Clodsire, Iron Treads, and Ting-Lu. In return, Miraidon scares out Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola. Koraidon pairs nicely with Great Tusk as well, accentuating the latter's threat level by activating Protosynthesis, threatening Corviknight, and overwhelming shared checks in Pelipper, bulky Great Tusk, and Alomomola. In exchange, Great Tusk frightens Toxapex and Skeledirge. Gothitelle traps and removes all of Corviknight, Pelipper, Alomomola, bulky Great Tusk, and Dondozo, facilitating a late-game sweep. Similarly, special attacking partners in Iron Bundle, Chi-Yu, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane greatly pressure the aforementioned checks. Great Tusk requires defensive support to fall back on, as it is incapable uncapable of revenge killing Choice Scarf or Flame Charge Koraidon, boosted Ice Shard Chien-Pao, Iron Bundle under Electric Terrain, Flutter Mane under Sun, and Choice Scarf or Agility Miraidon. (RP) , (AC) so Toxapex and Clodsire are solid teammates. can answer all of these threats between the two of them. Lastly, Choice Scarf Great Tusk is easily exploitable once it's locked into Rapid Spin, so not to be relied upon as the only form of entry hazard removal. Corviknight is a convenient partner that offers additional Defog support and helps check Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
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this is incredibly verbose for a mini. As nice as it sounds and as colorful as your phrasing is, it can definitely be trimmed substantially while still communicating the key points.
I made a lot of prose changes here so lmk if you've got any questions or are strongly opposed to some of these changes.

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Great Tusk) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground / Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Headlong Rush
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin / Stone Edge

[SET COMMENTS]
Great Tusk's high Attack stat and powerful STAB moves make it a premier revenge killer with Choice Scarf, capable of threatening OHKOes on Pokemon like Miraidon, Iron Bundle, and Chien-Pao, (rc) and many more. Knock Off and Rapid Spin capitalize on Great Tusk's ability to force switches, potentially crippling the likes of Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola or and removing entry hazards in a pinch. Moreover, Knock Off is very useful for popping Gholdengo's Air Balloon. Stone Edge is an alternative to Rapid Spin, enabling a 2HKO on Pelipper and Tera Flying Kingambit. Tera Ground amps up Headlong Rush against foes such as Tera Fairy Miraidon and Annihilape, as well as 2HKOing common Tera Fairy walls in like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Tera Fighting boosts Close Combat instead, securing a 2HKO on Corviknight on the switch. Tera Fighting also retains a handy resistance to Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch, (rc) while eliminating an exploitable weakness to Chien-Pao's Ice Shard. Both Tera types provide the necessary boost to OHKO Koraidon and 2HKO Alomomola after Stealth Rock damage. Great Tusk boasts perfect offensive synergy with Miraidon, (rc) by pressuring Clodsire, Iron Treads, and Ting-Lu. In return, Miraidon scares out Corviknight, Pelipper, and Alomomola. Koraidon pairs nicely with Great Tusk as well, activating Protosynthesis, threatening Corviknight, and overwhelming shared checks in Pelipper, bulky Great Tusk, and Alomomola. In exchange, Great Tusk frightens Toxapex and Skeledirge. Gothitelle traps and removes Corviknight, Pelipper, Alomomola, bulky Great Tusk, and Dondozo, facilitating a late-game sweep. Similarly, special attacking partners in like Iron Bundle, Chi-Yu, Walking Wake, and Flutter Mane greatly pressure the aforementioned checks. Great Tusk requires defensive support to fall back on, as it is incapable of revenge killing Choice Scarf or and Flame Charge Koraidon, boosted Ice Shard Chien-Pao with Ice Shard, Iron Bundle under Electric Terrain, Flutter Mane under sun Sun, and Choice Scarf or and Agility Miraidon, so Toxapex and Clodsire are solid teammates. Lastly, Choice Scarf Great Tusk is easily exploitable once it's locked into Rapid Spin, so Corviknight is a convenient partner that offers additional entry hazard removal with Defog Defog support and helps check Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/guard.360582/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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