UU Cloyster

[NDK]

[OVERVIEW]
Cloyster is a unique, solid setup sweeper with Shell Smash + Skill Link on hyper offense teams. Its naturally high Defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill. After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can threaten many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoonguss, with only a select few Pokemon able to revenge kill it at +2. However, Cloyster's lackluster Special Defense stat and initial speed prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T. Even at +2 Speed, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon. Cloyster cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina, and it just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel. It is vulnerable to priority moves such as Lycranroc-D's Accelerock and Conkeldurr's Mach Punch, and can have its sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and entry hazards.

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats, such as Diggersby, Celesteela, Tangrowth, and Thundurus-T. Pin Missile hits Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and, somewhat less importantly, Starmie, for super effective damage. However, Poison Jab is an option to KO certain Water-types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage. Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost. Life Orb secures these OHKOs, but it can severely cut into Cloyster's longevity. White Herb is an alternative that restores Cloyster's defenses back to normal after Shell Smash, limiting its vulnerability to Scizor's Bullet Punch and potentially letting it boost again. A Naughty nature gives Cloyster maximum Attack without weakening Hydro Pump, as it does not care about decreasing its already low Special Defense.


Cloyster is primarily a late-game cleaner on hyper offense teams, which are great at weakening its checks. Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up entry hazards and rack up chip damage on threats such as Celesteela and Swampert. Excadrill's Stealth Rock also disables Skarmory's Sturdy, and it can remove hazards with Rapid Spin, alleviating Cloyster's weakness to them. Celesteela and Azelf can take on Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former beating Scizor and the latter able to revenge kill Keldeo as well. Gyarados and Thundurus-T can remove Water-types like Keldeo, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W for Cloyster. They also can wear down checks such as Slowking and Primarina. Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego pressure faster threats such as Zarude, Azelf, Salamence, and Hydreigon. Scizor can revenge kill Azelf with Bullet Punch and take a hit from Zarude, while Nihilego uses both Salamence and Hydreigon to fire off Meteor Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to get off a Shell Smash reliably, but this item necessitates using a Taunt lead or Rapid Spin Excadrill to block or clear entry hazards. Heavy-Duty Boots can be run to mitigate Cloyster's entry hazard weakness, but, like with any item bar Life Orb, Cloyster will fail to get past Skarmory and Cobalion.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr, Cobalion, and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch. However, Cobalion is cleanly OHKOed by a +2 Hydro Pump.

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank Cloyster's hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb, respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall Poison Jab sets and Pin Missile sets, respectively.

**Faster Threats and Priority Moves**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves. Common priority move users such as Scizor, Zygarde-10%, and Lycanroc-D can also KO Cloyster after it boosts.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [avarice, 346653]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]],

 

[Monky25]

shell shocked

[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as being a great setup sweeper and wallbreaker with Shell Smash on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can beat many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoongus, only having a small section of counterplay at +2.
-While Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams, it can be run on any team ranging from hyper offense to stall. ??? Nobody runs Cloyster on anything barring hyper offense, remove this point
-However, Cloyster lacks the coverage to beat pokemon such as Keldeo and Cobalion.
-It also gets outsped at +2 by choice scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.

The following points you talk about next should be:
-how its lackluster Special Defense and Medicore Speed keeps it from setting up safely against offensive teams that have strong special attackers like Nihilego, Azelf, and Thundurus-T, with Choice Scarf users like Hydreigon and Zarude outspeeding a boosted Cloyster.
-how it cannot fit coverage for both Primarina and Slowking and it just cannot get past Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel
-its proneness to having a sweep cut short between status, life orb recoil, and potential entry hazards


[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab I put spaces for the /, make sure to do that
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-After one Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes a terrifying offensive threat, as its Attack, Special Attack, and Speed are all increased by two stages.
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats in Underused, such as Salamence, Amoongus, and Thundurus-T.
-Pin Missile is run to hit Zarude harder and to hit Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking. it's really just to break through Slowking and to a lesser extent Starmie, remove the Zarude mention
-However, Poison Jab is run to KO hit fairy types such as Primarina and Azumarill Harder. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defense Pokemon like Skarmory and Cobalion after a boost. hit Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory for big damage.
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further.
-However, White Herb can restore Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity. increasing its longevity.
-A Naughty nature allows Cloyster to have maximum Attack potential without cutting into Special Attack for its Hydro Pump, not caring about the decrease in its already low Special Defense
The listed EV spread maximizes Cloyster's Attack stat and Speed stat without cutting into Special Attack. I reworded this point to reflect its more about the nature rather than EVs

Paragraph 2
-Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams due to its ability to break through many pokemon.
-It appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and chip damage.
-Cloyster helps out other setup sweepers such as Automize Celesteela, NP Azelf, Meteor Beam Nihelego, and CM Keldeo with breaking pokemon such as Zygarde-10%.
-In turn, these pokemon can beat pokemon such as Scizor and Cobalion, both of whom can beat Cloyster.
Describe some teammates that would be a good idea to pair with this Pokemon to help it fulfil its role.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to reliably get off a Shell Smash, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip. falls victim to priority moves. fixed the info
-Rock Blast could be run to harder hit Pokemon such as Gyarados, but misses out on hitting Cobalion and Skarmory for big damage.
-Ice Shard is an option to deal with other priority users, but priority is not that important on a sweeper. both moves are useless most of the time compared to the ones on the main set, just cut them
-A set with Rapid Spin and Rest might be run on stall teams, but other hazard removers such as Salamence and Excadrill are preferred due to their higher speed. replace this with a suicide lead set for hyper offense that can use both spikes and Rapid Spin to support its team, but say how Excadrill is typically the better option


Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Cobalion and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion can get OHKOd by a +2 Hydro Pump. can come into all of Cloyster's moves and proceed to KO Cloyster with their Fighting type moves, however, Cloyster can OHKO Cobalion with Hydro Pump and 2HKO Keldeo with Icicle Spear. bring up Conkeldurr here to pick off Cloyster with Mach Punch

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's Hits and KO it with Volt Switch Thunderbolt or Sludge Bomb respectively. Despite this, they cannot switch in as both are 2HKOed by Cloyster. typically they're switching in as it boosts up or come in after it gets a kill, not on a +2 attack.
say how Slowking or Primarina can wall it depending on the coverage as it cannot fit moves to hit them both.

**Scarf Users**: Common Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster and KO it with their STAB moves, however, they get OHKOed by Icicle Spear. reword this entire section to be faster threats. You can say how faster threats like Thundurus-T, Nihilego, Azelf, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's low Special Defense and KO it before it boots, while Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Zarude can outspeed and KO even a boosted Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

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[NDK]

shell shocked

[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as being a great setup sweeper and wallbreaker with Shell Smash on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can beat many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoongus, only having a small section of counterplay at +2.
-While Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams, it can be run on any team ranging from hyper offense to stall. ??? Nobody runs Cloyster on anything barring hyper offense, remove this point
-However, Cloyster lacks the coverage to beat pokemon such as Keldeo and Cobalion.
-It also gets outsped at +2 by choice scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.

The following points you talk about next should be:
-how its lackluster Special Defense and Medicore Speed keeps it from setting up safely against offensive teams that have strong special attackers like Nihilego, Azelf, and Thundurus-T, with Choice Scarf users like Hydreigon and Zarude outspeeding a boosted Cloyster.
-how it cannot fit coverage for both Primarina and Slowking and it just cannot get past Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel
-its proneness to having a sweep cut short between status, life orb recoil, and potential entry hazards


[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab I put spaces for the /, make sure to do that
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-After one Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes a terrifying offensive threat, as its Attack, Special Attack, and Speed are all increased by two stages.
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats in Underused, such as Salamence, Amoongus, and Thundurus-T.
-Pin Missile is run to hit Zarude harder and to hit Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking. it's really just to break through Slowking and to a lesser extent Starmie, remove the Zarude mention
-However, Poison Jab is run to KO hit fairy types such as Primarina and Azumarill Harder. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defense Pokemon like Skarmory and Cobalion after a boost. hit Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory for big damage.
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further.
-However, White Herb can restore Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity. increasing its longevity.
-A Naughty nature allows Cloyster to have maximum Attack potential without cutting into Special Attack for its Hydro Pump, not caring about the decrease in its already low Special Defense
The listed EV spread maximizes Cloyster's Attack stat and Speed stat without cutting into Special Attack. I reworded this point to reflect its more about the nature rather than EVs

Paragraph 2
-Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams due to its ability to break through many pokemon.
-It appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and chip damage.
-Cloyster helps out other setup sweepers such as Automize Celesteela, NP Azelf, Meteor Beam Nihelego, and CM Keldeo with breaking pokemon such as Zygarde-10%.
-In turn, these pokemon can beat pokemon such as Scizor and Cobalion, both of whom can beat Cloyster.
Describe some teammates that would be a good idea to pair with this Pokemon to help it fulfil its role.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to reliably get off a Shell Smash, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip. falls victim to priority moves. fixed the info
-Rock Blast could be run to harder hit Pokemon such as Gyarados, but misses out on hitting Cobalion and Skarmory for big damage.
-Ice Shard is an option to deal with other priority users, but priority is not that important on a sweeper. both moves are useless most of the time compared to the ones on the main set, just cut them
-A set with Rapid Spin and Rest might be run on stall teams, but other hazard removers such as Salamence and Excadrill are preferred due to their higher speed. replace this with a suicide lead set for hyper offense that can use both spikes and Rapid Spin to support its team, but say how Excadrill is typically the better option


Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Cobalion and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion can get OHKOd by a +2 Hydro Pump. can come into all of Cloyster's moves and proceed to KO Cloyster with their Fighting type moves, however, Cloyster can OHKO Cobalion with Hydro Pump and 2HKO Keldeo with Icicle Spear. bring up Conkeldurr here to pick off Cloyster with Mach Punch

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's Hits and KO it with Volt Switch Thunderbolt or Sludge Bomb respectively. Despite this, they cannot switch in as both are 2HKOed by Cloyster. typically they're switching in as it boosts up or come in after it gets a kill, not on a +2 attack.
say how Slowking or Primarina can wall it depending on the coverage as it cannot fit moves to hit them both.

**Scarf Users**: Common Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster and KO it with their STAB moves, however, they get OHKOed by Icicle Spear. reword this entire section to be faster threats. You can say how faster threats like Thundurus-T, Nihilego, Azelf, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's low Special Defense and KO it before it boots, while Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Zarude can outspeed and KO even a boosted Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

Good job with your first analysis! You def can have a good future in QC with more practice. Implement this check and tag me again for another look before I give it 1/3. If you have any questions feel free to ask
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Added the changes you suggested. Thank you for reading my analysis!

 

[Monky25]

I cant think of a funny title

[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as being a great setup sweeper and wallbreaker with Shell Smash on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can beat many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoongus, only having a small section of counterplay at +2.
-However, Cloyster lacks the coverage to beat pokemon such as Keldeo and Cobalion. remove this please
-However, Cloyster's Lackluster Special Defense stat and its mediocre speed tier prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T.
-Even at +2, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.
-Cloyster also suffers from 4MSS, as it cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina.
-It just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel. merge this sentence with the above
-Cloyster is prone to having a sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and potential entry hazards.

work on proper capitalizations and spelling, you misspell Nihilego a bunch and need to have items be capitalized

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

please do the proper spacing for the set, I did it here do so in the analysis

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-After one Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes a terrifying offensive threat. , as its Attack, Special Attack, and Speed are all increased by two stages. fluff / extra info
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats in Underused, such as Salamence, Amoongus, and Thundurus-T.
-Pin Missile is run to hit hit Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and to a lesser extent, Starmie.
-However, Poison Jab is run to KO fairy types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost. It also retains coverage for Rotom-H
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further.
-However, White Herb can restore Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity.
-A Naughty nature allows Cloyster to have maximum Attack potential without cutting into into Special Attack for Hydro Pump, not caring about the decrease in its already low Special Defense.

Paragraph 2
-Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams that provide it many opportunities to sweep. due to its ability to break through many pokemon.
-It Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and chip damage. why is chip damage relevant? Say how it can wear down threats like Swampert and Celesteela and break Skarmory's Sturdy
-Cloyster helps out other setup sweepers such as Automize Celesteela, NP Azelf, Meteor Beam Nihelego, and CM Keldeo with breaking pokemon such as Zygarde-10%.
-In turn, these pokemon can beat pokemon such as Scizor and Cobalion, both of whom can beat Cloyster.

this point needs some rewording for other sweepers, you're on the right track but it needs some fixing. It should be:
-Celesteela and Azelf taking on Fighting-types like Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former checking Scizor and the latter revenge killing Keldeo
-Gyarados and Thundurus-T being able to remove Water-types like Primarina, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W.
-Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego beating threats to Cloyster like Zarude, Azelf, Salamence, and Hydreigon. Scizor revenge kills Azelf and takes a hit from Zarude while Nihilego uses Salamence and Choice Scarf Hydreigon as setup bait.

please implement these points correctly

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to reliably get off a Shell Smash, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip damage.
-A suicide lead set with Spikes and Rapid Spin can be used on hyper offense, but Excadrill is typically a better option due to its ability in Mold Breaker and being faster than Cloyster.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Cobalion and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion can get OHKOd by a +2 Hydro Pump. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch.

fix the spacing

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's Hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall it depending on the coverage move that Cloyster is running, with Slowking walling sets with Poison Jab and Primarina walling sets with Pin Missile .

**Faster Threats**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

QC 1/3 good job implementing this, make sure to do everything
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[Sulo]

AMQC check, implement what you want
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half shell hero

[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as being a great setup sweeper and wallbreaker with Shell Smash on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high Defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can beat threaten many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoonguss, with only a select few Pokemon able to revenge kill it at +2. only having a small section of counterplay at +2. (made the wording here more concise)
-However, Cloyster's lackluster Special Defense stat and its mediocre Speed tier prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T.
-Even at +2, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.
-Cloyster also suffers from 4MSS four-moveslot syndrome (I think that newer players reading this won't initially know what 4MSS is, so spelling it out might be best), as it cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina, and it just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel.
-Cloyster is prone to having a sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and potential entry hazards.

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-After one Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes a terrifying offensive threat.
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats in Underused, such as Salamence, Amoongus, and Thundurus-T. (I think using different examples here would be appropriate, you mentioned 2/3 of these in the overview.)
-Pin Missile is run to hit hit Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and to a lesser extent, Starmie.
-However, Poison Jab is run to KO fairy types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost.
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further, but can severely cut into its longevity.
-However, White Herb is an alternative that can restores Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability making it less vulnerable to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity.
-A Naughty nature allows gives Cloyster to have maximum attacking potential without cutting into into Special Attack for Hydro Pump. (added a period here.) not caring It also does not care about the decrease in its already low Special Defense.

Paragraph 2
-Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams that provide it many opportunities to sweep.
-Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and rack up chip damage. The entry hazzards can wear down threats such as Swampert and Celesteela and breaks Skarmory's sturdy.
-Celesteela and Azelf can take on Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former beating Scizor and the latter able to revenge kill Keldeo.
-Gyarados with Power Whip and Thundurus-T can remove Water-types like Keldeo, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W for Cloyster.
-Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego beat threats such as Zarude, Azelf, Salamence and Hydreigon. Scizor can revenge kill Azelf with Bullet Punch and can take a hit from Zarude while Nihilego uses both Salamence and Hydreigon as setup bait.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to reliably get off a Shell Smash, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip damage.
-A suicide lead set with Spikes and Rapid Spin can be used on hyper offense, but Excadrill is typically a better option due to its ability in Mold Breaker and being faster than Cloyster.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr, (you mentioned it afterward so I think it would be appropriate to include it here beforehand) Cobalion and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion can get is cleanly OHKO'd (added apostrophe in OHKO'd.) by a +2 Hydro Pump. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch.

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall it, (added comma) depending on the coverage move that Cloyster is running, with Slowking walling sets with Poison Jab and Primarina walling sets with Pin Missile .

**Faster Threats**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

 

[cheru]

AM QC! implement if you wish

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all star remix- smash mouth ft. cloyster

[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as being a great setup sweeper and wallbreaker with Shell Smash on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high Defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can threaten many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoonguss, with only a select few Pokemon able to revenge kill it at +2.
-However, Cloyster's Lackluster Special Defense stat and its mediocre speed tier prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T.
-Even at +2, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.
-Cloyster also suffers from 4MSS, as it cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina, and it just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel.
-Cloyster is prone to having a sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and potential entry hazards.

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-After one Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes a terrifying offensive threat. everyone knows what shell smash does
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats in Underused, such as Diggersby, Celesteela, Tangrowth, and Thundurus-T.
-Pin Missile is run to hit hit Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and to a lesser extent, Starmie.
-However, Poison Jab is an option to KO certain Water-types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost.
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further, but can severely cut into its longevity.
-White Herb is an alternative that restores Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity.
-A Naughty nature gives Cloyster maximum Attack potential without cutting into Special Attack for Hydro Pump, as it does not care about the decrease in its already low Special Defense.

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-Cloyster fits best on hyper offense teams that provide it many opportunities to sweep. reword this to explain why cloyster is mainly a late-game cleaner and its teammates weaken down its checks for it.
-Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and rack up chip damage. The entry hazards can wear down threats such as Swampert and Celesteela and break Skarmory's sturdy. mention how excadrill can also remove hazards
-Celesteela and Azelf can take on Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former beating Scizor and the latter able to revenge kill Keldeo as well.
-Gyarados and Thundurus-T can remove Water-types like Keldeo, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W for Cloyster.
-Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego pressure faster threats such as Zarude, Azelf, Salamence and Hydreigon. Scizor can revenge kill Azelf with Bullet Punch and can take a hit from Zarude while Nihilego uses both Salamence and Hydreigon as setup bait to fire off a Meteor Beam.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to get off a Shell Smash reliably, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip damage.
- mention heavy-duty boots
-A suicide lead set with Spikes and Rapid Spin can be used on hyper offense, but Excadrill is typically a better option due to its ability in Mold Breaker and being faster than Cloyster.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr, Cobalion, and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion is cleanly OHKO'd by a +2 Hydro Pump. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch.

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall it, depending on the coverage move that Cloyster is running, with Slowking walling sets with Poison Jab and Primarina walling sets with Pin Missile.

**Faster Threats and Priority**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves. mention other priority users like sciz, zydog, and lycanroc-d

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- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
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Implemented elements of both AM checks.

 

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[OVERVIEW]

-Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as a solid setup sweeper with Shell Smash + Skill Link on hyper offense teams.
-Its naturally high Defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill.
-After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can threaten many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoonguss, with only a select few Pokemon able to revenge kill it at +2.
-However, Cloyster's lackluster Special Defense stat and its mediocre Speed when unboosted prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T.
-Even at +2 Speed, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon.
-Cloyster also suffers from 4MSS, as it cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina, and it just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel.
-Cloyster is prone to having a sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and potential entry hazards.
include vulnerable to priority somewhere

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
-With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats, such as Diggersby, Celesteela, Tangrowth, and Thundurus-T.
-Pin Missile hits Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and to a lesser extent, Starmie, for super effective damage.
-However, Poison Jab is an option to KO certain Water-types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage.
-Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost.
-Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output further, but can severely cut into its longevity.
include examples of calls that LO is needed for
-White Herb is an alternative that restores Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense back to normal, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity.
-A Naughty nature gives Cloyster maximum Attack potential without cutting into Special Attack for Hydro Pump, as it does not care about the decrease in its already low Special Defense.

Paragraph 2
-Cloyster is primarily a late game cleaner on hyper offense teams that appreciates its checks being weakened.
-Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up hazards and rack up chip damage. The entry hazards can wear down threats such as Swampert and Celesteela and break Skarmory's sturdy. Excadrill can also remove hazards with Rapid Spin.
-Celesteela and Azelf can take on Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former beating Scizor and the latter able to revenge kill Keldeo as well.
-Gyarados and Thundurus-T can remove Water-types like Keldeo, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W for Cloyster.
-Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego pressure faster threats such as Zarude, Azelf, Salamence and Hydreigon. Scizor can revenge kill Azelf with Bullet Punch and can take a hit from Zarude while Nihilego uses both Salamence and Hydreigon to fire off a Meteor Beam.
give an example of another sweeper that can wear down shared checks like the aforementioned slowking prim keld, could just reword a bit and use some of the mons already included as examples

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
-Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to get off a Shell Smash reliably, however, this item can be useless if entry hazards are up and Cloyster takes chip damage feel like this second part would sound less like filler if you emphasized needing a taunt mon/excadrill with it instead of just saying focus sash can be broken.
-Heavy Duty Boots can be run to mitigate Cloyster's entry hazard weakness, however, the lack of power can be apparent at times. already mentioned to include non LO calcs b4 so don't need em here but could add another if u want
-A suicide lead set with Spikes and Rapid Spin can be used on hyper offense, but Excadrill is typically a better option due to its ability in Mold Breaker and being faster than Cloyster. has this been used like ever? feel like if u want a niche spiker u just go froslass and prevent the need to spin in the first place via taunt

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr, Cobalion, and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. However, Cobalion is cleanly OHKO'd by a +2 Hydro Pump. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch.

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall it, depending on the coverage move that Cloyster is running, with Slowking walling sets with Poison Jab and Primarina walling sets with Pin Missile.

**Faster Threats and Priority**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves. Common Priority users such as Scizor, Zygarde-10%, and Lycanroc-D can also KO Cloyster with their priority moves.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [avarice, 346653], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

good2me, this should b 2/2

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Cloyster has a unique niche in UU as a is a unique, solid setup sweeper with Shell Smash + Skill Link on hyper offense teams. Its naturally high Defense lets it set up on physical attackers such as Zygarde-10%, Mamoswine, and Excadrill. After a Shell Smash boost, Cloyster can threaten many top UU threats such as Hippowdon, Salamence, and Amoonguss, with only a select few Pokemon able to revenge kill it at +2. However, Cloyster's lackluster Special Defense stat and its mediocre Speed when unboosted intial Speed prevent it from setting up against offensive teams with powerful special attackers, (AC) such as Azelf, Nihilego, and Thundurus-T. Even at +2 Speed, Cloyster is outsped by common Choice Scarf users such as Zarude and Hydreigon. Cloyster also suffers from 4MSS, as it cannot fit coverage for both Slowking and Primarina, and it just cannot get past checks such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Tentacruel. Cloyster It is vulnerable to priority moves, (AC) such as Lycranroc-D's Accelerock and Conkeldurr's Mach Punch. Cloyster is prone to having a Punch, and can have its sweep cut short by status, Life Orb recoil, and potential entry hazards. (added line break)

[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Pin Missile / Poison Jab
move 4: Hydro Pump
item: Life Orb / White Herb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe (added line break)

[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1
With Skill Link, Icicle Spear, and a Shell Smash Boost, Cloyster can defeat many top threats, such as Diggersby, Celesteela, Tangrowth, and Thundurus-T. Pin Missile hits Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Slowking and to a lesser extent, and, somewhat less importantly, (I imagine? if im missing the point, you should elaborate) Starmie, for super effective damage. However, Poison Jab is an option to KO certain Water-types such as Primarina and Azumarill. It also hits Keldeo and Rotom-W for greater damage. Hydro Pump is run to OHKO physically defensive Pokemon such as Cobalion and Skarmory after a boost. Life Orb is used to increase Cloyster's Damage output to the point where it can OHKO Skarmory and Cobalion, but can severely cut into its secures these OHKOs, but it can severely cut into Cloyster's longevity. White Herb is an alternative that restores Cloyster's Defense and Special Defense defenses back to normal after Shell Smash, limiting its vulnerability to priority from Scizor and giving it a potential second setup opportunity. Scizor's Bullet Punch and potentially letting it boost again. (I imagine this makes sense? if i'm confused and you meant like, white herb means cloyster can a take hit while setting up, switch out, and still be healthy enough to try setting up again, you should be more explicit about what you mean.) A Naughty nature gives Cloyster maximum Attack potential without cutting into Special Attack for without weakening Hydro Pump, as it does not care about the decrease in decreasing its already low Special Defense. (added line break)

Paragraph 2
Cloyster is primarily a late game late-game cleaner on hyper offense teams that appreciates its checks being weakened. teams, which are great at weakening its checks. (I imagine?) Cloyster appreciates a dedicated suicide lead, such as Excadrill or Scolipede, to set up entry hazards and rack up chip damage. The entry hazards can wear down damage on threats such as Swampert and Celesteela and break Skarmory's sturdy. Excadrill can also Celesteela and Swampert. Excadrill's Stealth Rock also disables Skarmory's Sturdy, and it can remove hazards with Rapid Spin, alleviating Cloyster's weakness to them. Celesteela and Azelf can take on Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr and Cobalion, with the former beating Scizor and the latter able to revenge kill Keldeo as well. Gyarados and Thundurus-T can remove Water-types like Keldeo, Tentacruel, and Rotom-W for Cloyster. They also can wear down checks such as Slowking and Primarina. Scizor and Meteor Beam Nihilego pressure faster threats such as Zarude, Azelf, Salamence, (AC) and Hydreigon. Scizor can revenge kill Azelf with Bullet Punch and can take a hit from Zarude, (AC) while Nihilego uses both Salamence and Hydreigon to fire off a Meteor Beam. (added line break)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Focus Sash could be used in place of Life Orb or White Herb to get off a Shell Smash reliably, however, but this item necessitates the use of a Pokemon with Taunt using a Taunt lead (I imagine?) or Rapid Spin Excadrill to block or clear entry hazards. Heavy-Duty (added hyphen) Boots can be run to mitigate Cloyster's entry hazard weakness, however, the lack of power can be apparent at times, with Cloyster failing but, like with any item bar Life Orb, Cloyster will fail (I imagine this makes sense? if not, maybe "like with White Herb"? whatever's appropriate. im not sure how sash cloyster would ever get past them, but maybe theres a way idk) to get past Skarmory and Cobalion. (added line break)

Checks and Counters
===================
**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types such as Conkeldurr, Cobalion, and Keldeo offensively pressure and KO Cloyster. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch. However, Cobalion is cleanly OHKO'd OHKOed by a +2 Hydro Pump. Conkeldurr can also pick off Cloyster using Mach Punch.

**Bulky Water-types**: Bulky Water-types such as Rotom-W and Tentacruel can tank through Cloyster's hits and KO it with Volt Switch or Sludge Bomb, (AC) respectively. Additionally, Slowking or Primarina can wall it, depending on the coverage move that Cloyster is running, with Slowking walling sets with Poison Jab and Primarina walling sets with Pin Missile. Poison Jab sets and Pin Missile sets, respectively.

**Faster Threats and Priority Moves**: Faster threats such as Nihilego, Azelf, Thundurus-T, and Salamence can take advantage of Cloyster's poor Special Defense and KO it before it boosts. Common Choice Scarf users like Zarude and Hydreigon can outspeed Cloyster at +2 and KO it with their STAB moves. Common Priority priority move users such as Scizor, Zygarde-10%, and Lycanroc-D can also KO Cloyster with their priority moves. after it boosts.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[NoahDeKnight, 458971]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [avarice, 346653]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done

 

[NDK]

Implemented!