2v2 DONE - AV Incineroar

[Itchy]

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Close Combat
item: Assault Vest
ability: Intimidate
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Incineroar is the best Intimidate user in 2v2 Doubles and one of the top Fake Out users. With its incredible mixed bulk, it is no wonder that Assault Vest + Intimidate Incineroar makes up the defensive backbone of many teams. With the provided EV spread, it is able to survive nearly any single target attack, up to a +1 Meteor Beam from Nihilego or a -1 Close Combat from Pheromosa. Flare Blitz OHKOes various Pokemon, such as Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Pheromosa, even with no Attack investment. Knock Off provides higher damage output than Darkest Lariat, as well as utility by removing items, but Darkest Lariat is better against Grassy Seed Cresselia and Cosmic Power Mew. Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego and bypasses Follow Me, making Incineroar's matchup against Psychic Terrain teams even better—it also stops Victini, Indeedee-F, Genesect, and Hattrenne naturally. Close Combat can be used for Kyurem-B and other Incineroar if the team already handles Nihilego well.

Incineroar's many positive qualities lend it useful to a variety of different Pokemon. It matches up well against Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom for Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Kingdra, and Politoed, and it checks Genesect and Victini for Grass-types like Rillaboom and Ferrothorn. In return, these teammates remove various Rock- and Ground-types such as Nihilego, Diancie, Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T for Incineroar. Kyurem-B is a decent partner for Incineroar as well; it appreciates that Incineroar removes some of its common checks, like Genesect and Pheromosa, and supplements its tremendous bulk. Kyurem-B threatens Water-types like Tapu Fini and Ground-types like Zygarde for Incineroar. Regieleki and Zeraora also go well with Incineroar, despite their shared Ground weakness. They remove Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Volcanion, and Blastoise and fast threats like Cinderace, Galarian Zapdos, and Pheromosa. Incineroar also enjoys the speed control they provide, and its Intimidate weakens Rillaboom so they do not have to fear Grassy Glide. Bulky setup Pokemon like Celesteela, Cresselia, and Mew appreciate Intimidate supplementing their already tremendous bulk. All three also match up well versus various threats to Incineroar, such as Nihilego, Diancie, Volcanion, and Galarian Zapdos. Landorus and Tapu Fini ease the Incineroar mirror matchup and remove other checks like Volcanion and Diancie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Resistance Berries such as Chople Berry and Shuca Berry may be occasionally helpful for Incineroar, but there is not usually a reason to use them over Assault Vest.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Strong Super Effective Attacks**: Many strong attackers with super effective STAB moves, such as Pheromosa, Nihilego, and Volcanion, threaten massive damage onto Incineroar, even through Intimidate and Assault Vest. -1 Cinderace can still OHKO Incineroar.

**Galarian Zapdos**: Galarian Zapdos's Defiant means Incineroar's Intimidate gives it a +1 Attack boost, deterring Incineroar from being brought into battle.

**Tapu Fini**: Tapu Fini takes very little from any of Incineroar's attacks and does significantly more in return with Hydro Pump.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Itchy, 518399]]
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[Reece]

Itchy, post: 9262948, member: 518399

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake
item: Assault Vest
ability: Intimidate
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Incineroar is the best Intimidate user in 2v2 Doubles and one of the top Fake Out users to boot. With its incredible bulk on both sides of the spectrum, it is no wonder that Incineroar makes up the defensive backbone of many teams; with the Assault Vest, it is able to survive nearly any single target attack—a +1 Meteor Beam from Nihilego or a -1 Close Combat from Pheromosa are not an issue for Incineroar. Reword this as you are contradicting yourself in checks and counters section.

Mentioning the EV spread in the first sentence seems a bit funny to me. I reckon this first sentence should indefinitely highlight how Incineroar's defensive typing is so good in 2v2, on the lines of 'Staving off (X Fairy-type) and (Y Fire-type). With this you could merge the Imitimadate statement and say how it lets you beat Cinderace etc.

Go into detail of why Flare Blitz is important on a Dark type - beating genesect and pheromosa etc etc. Mention the plethora of Steel-types making Flare Blitz a threat without any investment
Knock Off provides higher damage output, as well as utility by removing items, but Darkest Lariat is better into Grassy Seed Cresselia and Cosmic Power Mew. Earthquake may seem like a strange move choice, but it OHKOes Nihilego and bypasses Follow Me. This allows Incineroar to be a full-on counter to Psychic Terrain teams, since it stops their common offensive pieces in Nihilego, Victini, Genesect, and Hattrenne. If extra Speed is desired to use Fake Out before opposing Incineroar, take EVs out of Defense as desired. Be mindful that doing so will make Pheromosa's Close Combat more likely to OHKO Incineroar.

Incineroar's positive qualities lend it useful to various partners. Water- and Grass-types such as Tapu Fini, Rillaboom, and Ferrothorn remove various Rock- and Ground-types such as Nihilego, Diancie, Zygarde, Landorus, Landorus beats all names teammates bar Fini and Landorus-T for Incineroar. In return, Incineroar matches up well into Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom in theory yes, but do they each not just click on Tapu Fini? this is an extremely slow core. I don't think Tapu Fini is a great option for Incin but feel free to discuss this with me for Tapu Fini and naturally checks Genesect and Victini for the Grass-types. Regieleki also goes well with Incineroar, despite their shared Ground weakness. Regieleki removes Water-types such as Volcanion and Blastoise and faster threats like Cinderace, Galarian Zapdos, and Pheromosa. Regieleki appreciates that Incineroar weakens Rillaboom and provides Fake Out support. Bulky setup Pokemon—most notably Cresselia and Mew, but sometimes Blissey or Chansey—appreciate that Incineroar supplements their already tremendous bulk. Cresselia and Mew also matches up well versus various threats to Incineroar, such as Volcanion, Nihilego, and Galarian Zapdos.
Mention Kyurem-B as a great partner as it freely lets Kyurem either set up DDance on Pheromosa, or just kill everything due to Intimidate and Fake Out pressure causing it to Protect.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Resistance Berries such as Chople Berry may be occasionally helpful for Incineroar, but there is not usually a reason to use them over the Assault Vest. Mention Low Kick if you have sufficient coverage for Ground-types

Checks and Counters
===================
**Galarian Zapdos**: Galarian Zapdos's Defiant means Incineroar's Intimidate gives it a +1 Attack boost, so it serves as a deterrent on Team Preview.

**Strong Super Effective Attacks**: Many strong attackers, such as Pheromosa, Nihilego, Cinderace, and Volcanion all threaten massive damage onto Incineroar, KOing Incineroar after some chip damage. Incineroar is outsped by all of these threats and does little in return to most.

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[Reece]

Itchy, post: 9262948, member: 518399

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake
item: Assault Vest
ability: Intimidate
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Incineroar is the best Intimidate user in 2v2 Doubles and one of the top Fake Out users to boot. With its incredible bulk on both sides of the spectrum, it is no wonder that Incineroar makes up the defensive backbone of many teams; with the Assault Vest and Intimidate, it is able to survive nearly any single target attack, up to a +1 Meteor Beam from Nihilego or a -1 Close Combat from Pheromosa in a pinch. Flare Blitz OHKOes various Pokemon, such as Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Pheromosa, even with no Attack investment. Knock Off provides higher damage output than Darkest Lariat, as well as utility by removing items, but Darkest Lariat is better into Grassy Seed Cresselia and Cosmic Power Mew. Earthquake may seem like a strange move choice, but it OHKOes Nihilego and bypasses Follow Me. This allows as, Incineroar can to be a full-on counter to Psychic Terrain teams, since it stops their common offensive pieces in Nihilego, Victini, Genesect, and Hattrenne. If extra Speed is desired to use Fake Out before opposing Incineroar, take EVs out of Defense as desired. Be mindful that doing so will make Pheromosa's Close Combat more likely to OHKO Incineroar.

Incineroar's positive qualities lend it useful to various partners. Water- and Grass-types such as Tapu Fini, Rillaboom, and Ferrothorn remove various Rock- and Ground-types such as Nihilego, Diancie, Zygarde, and Landorus-T for Incineroar. In return, Incineroar matches up well into Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom for Tapu Fini and naturally checks Genesect and Victini for the Grass-types. Kyurem-B is a decent partner for Incineroar as well; it appreciates that Incineroar removes some of its common checks, like Genesect and Pheromosa and supplements its tremendous bulk. Kyurem-B threatens Regieleki also goes well with Incineroar,reword this since it makes it seem like you are on abou Kyurem still being the partner but mention a ground weakness despite their shared Ground weakness. Regieleki removes Water-types such as Volcanion and Blastoise and faster threats like Cinderace, Galarian Zapdos, and Pheromosa. Regieleki appreciates that Incineroar weakens Rillaboom and provides Fake Out support. Bulky setup Pokemon—most notably Cresselia and Mew, but sometimes Blissey or Chansey—appreciate This is a mon that is not even in the VR; we've removed mentions of Weavile in the past because it was 'not relevant' so this too shouldn;t be here as a niche set used once or twice. that Incineroar supplements their already tremendous bulk. Cresselia and Mew also match up well versus various threats to Incineroar, such as Volcanion, Nihilego, and Galarian Zapdos.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Resistance Berries such as Chople Berry may be occasionally helpful for Incineroar, but there is not usually a reason to use them over the Assault Vest. removed spacing Instead of Earthquake, Incineroar may use Low Kick for better damage into Kyurem-B, but it loses some of its ability to threaten Psychic Terrain teams.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Galarian Zapdos**: Galarian Zapdos's Defiant means Incineroar's Intimidate gives it a +1 Attack boost, so it serves as a deterrent on Team Preview.

**Strong Super Effective Attacks**: Many strong attackers, such as Pheromosa, Nihilego, Cinderace, and Volcanion all threaten massive damage onto Incineroar, KOing Incineroar after some chip damage. Incineroar is outsped by all of these threats and does little in return to most.

**Tapu Fini**: self explanatory

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Itchy, 518399]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece, 540482], [username2, userid2]]
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1/2 just make sure you skim over your work as you can definitely filter down on words to get straight to the point

 

[hayedenn]

add remove conjecture other

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Close Combat
item: Assault Vest
ability: Intimidate
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD / 4 Spe I've seen others use 252 hp / 20 atk / 148 spd / 88 spe but i don't know what it's for and i don't know if it's preferred

[SET COMMENTS]
Incineroar is the best Intimidate user in 2v2 Doubles and as well as one of the top Fake Out users to boot. With its incredible bulk on both sides of the spectrum, it is no wonder that Incineroar makes up the defensive backbone of many teams; with the an Assault Vest and Intimidate, it is able to survive nearly any single target attack, up to a +1 Meteor Beam from Nihilego or a -1 Close Combat from Pheromosa in a pinch. Flare Blitz OHKOes various Pokemon, such as Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Pheromosa, even with no Attack investment. Knock Off provides higher damage output than Darkest Lariat, as well as utility by removing items, but Darkest Lariat is better into Grassy Seed Cresselia and Cosmic Power Mew. Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego and bypasses Follow Me, improving Incineroar's matchup into Psychic Terrain teams blah blah Close Combat can be used blah blah etc This improves Incineroar's already great matchup into Psychic Terrain teams, since it stops Victini, Genesect, and Hattrenne naturally. If you want extra Speed to use Fake Out before opposing Incineroar, take EVs out of Defense and put them into Speed, as desired. Be mindful that doing so will make Pheromosa's Close Combat more likely to OHKO Incineroar.

Incineroar's positive qualities lend it useful to various partners. many positive qualities lend it useful to a variety of different Pokemon. Water- and Grass-types such as Tapu Fini, Rillaboom, and Ferrothorn remove various Rock- and Ground-types such as Nihilego, Diancie, Zygarde, and Landorus-T for Incineroar. In return, Incineroar matches up well into Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom for Tapu Fini and naturally checks Genesect and Victini for the Grass-types. Kyurem-B is a decent partner for Incineroar as well; it appreciates that Incineroar removes some of its common checks, like Genesect and Pheromosa and supplements its tremendous bulk. Kyurem-B threatens Water-types like Tapu Fini and Ground-types like Zygarde for Incineroar. Regieleki mention zeraora here and also how incin likes being paired with faster mons also goes well with Incineroar, despite their shared Ground weakness. Regieleki removes Water-types such as Volcanion and Blastoise and faster threats like Cinderace, Galarian Zapdos, and Pheromosa. Regieleki appreciates that Incineroar weakens Rillaboom and provides Fake Out support. Bulky setup Pokemon like Cresselia and Mew appreciate that Incineroar's Intimidate supplements their already tremendous bulk. Cresselia and Mew also match up well versus various threats to Incineroar, such as Volcanion, Nihilego, and Galarian Zapdos.

mention Celesteela as bulky setup partner
mention landorus-i and mons that may be good into incin mirrors
mention that incin is weak to rain when you mention the water/grass mons
also mention fini weakness

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Resistance Berries such as Chople and Shuca Berry may be occasionally helpful for Incineroar, but there is not usually a reason to use them over the Assault Vest. Instead of Earthquake, Incineroar may use Low Kick for better damage into Kyurem-B, but it loses some of its ability to threaten Psychic Terrain teams.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Galarian Zapdos**: Galarian Zapdos's Defiant means Incineroar's Intimidate gives it a +1 Attack boost, so it serves as a deterrent on Team Preview. deterring Incineroar from being used.

**Strong Super Effective Attacks**: Many strong attackers, such as Pheromosa, Nihilego, Cinderace, and Volcanion all threaten massive damage onto Incineroar after Intimidate, while Incineroar is unable to threaten back with an OHKO or smth like that , KOing Incineroar after some chip damage. Incineroar is outsped by all of these threats and does little in return to most.

**Tapu Fini**: Tapu Fini is a particularly common check to Incineroar; it takes very little from any of Incineroar's attacks and does much significantly more in return with Hydro Pump.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Itchy, 518399]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece, 540482], [beauts, 484270]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Flare Blitz
move 3: Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
move 4: Earthquake / Close Combat
item: Assault Vest
ability: Intimidate
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Incineroar is the best Intimidate user in 2v2 Doubles as well as and one of the top Fake Out users. With its incredible bulk on both sides of the spectrum, mixed bulk, it is no wonder that Assault Vest + Intimidate Incineroar makes up the defensive backbone of many teams; with Assault Vest and Intimidate, it is able to survive nearly any single target attack, up to a +1 Meteor Beam from Nihilego or a -1 Close Combat from Pheromosa. Flare Blitz OHKOes various Pokemon, such as Genesect, Ferrothorn, and Pheromosa, even with no Attack investment. Knock Off provides higher damage output than Darkest Lariat, as well as utility by removing items, but Darkest Lariat is better into against Grassy Seed Cresselia and Cosmic Power Mew. Earthquake OHKOes Nihilego and bypasses Follow Me, improving Incineroar's matchup into Psychic Terrain teams since it making Incineroar's matchup against Psychic Terrain teams even better—it (I imagine this makes sense?) also stops Victini, Indeedee-F, Genesect, and Hattrenne naturally. Close Combat can be used for Kyurem-B and other Incineroar if the team already checks handles Nihilego well. (this ev spread is fairly unusual and you should explain the specific def/spd/spe choices)

Incineroar's many positive qualities lend it useful to a variety of different Pokemon. Water- and Grass-types such as Tapu Fini, Kingdra, Politoed, Rillaboom, and Ferrothorn It matches up well against Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom for Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Kingdra, and Politoed, and it checks Genesect and Victini for Grass-types like Rillaboom and Ferrothorn. In return, these teammates remove various Rock- and Ground-types such as Nihilego, Diancie, Zygarde, Landorus, and Landorus-T for Incineroar. In return, Incineroar matches up well into Zeraora, Regieleki, and Rillaboom for the Water-types and naturally checks Genesect and Victini for the Grass-types. Kyurem-B is a decent partner for Incineroar as well; it appreciates that Incineroar removes some of its common checks, like Genesect and Pheromosa, (AC) and supplements its tremendous bulk. Kyurem-B threatens Water-types like Tapu Fini and Ground-types like Zygarde for Incineroar. Regieleki and Zeraora also go well with Incineroar, despite their shared Ground weakness. Regieleki and Zeraora They remove Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Volcanion, and Blastoise and faster threats like Cinderace, Galarian Zapdos, and Pheromosa. Incineroar also enjoys the speed control they provide, and its Intimidate weakens Rillaboom so they do not have to fear Grassy Glide. Bulky setup Pokemon like Celesteela, Cresselia, and Mew appreciate that Incineroar's Intimidate supplements Intimidate supplementing their already tremendous bulk. Celesteela, Cresselia and Mew All three also match up well versus various threats to Incineroar, such as Nihilego, Diancie, Volcanion, and Galarian Zapdos. Landorus and Tapu Fini make for good partners because they are good to ease the Incineroar mirror matchup and remove other checks like Volcanion and Diancie.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Resistance Berries such as Chople Berry and Shuca Berry may be occasionally helpful for Incineroar, but there is not usually a reason to use them over Assault Vest.

Checks and Counters
===================
**Strong Super Effective Attacks**: Many strong attackers with super effective STAB moves, such as Pheromosa, Nihilego, and Volcanion, (AC) all threaten massive damage onto Incineroar, even through Intimidate and Assault Vest, and Vest. -1 Cinderace can still OHKO Incineroar.

**Galarian Zapdos**: Galarian Zapdos's Defiant means Incineroar's Intimidate gives it a +1 Attack boost, deterring Incineroar from being used. switching into it. (I imagine? if you meant something broader, you can either keep original version or specify what you meant a bit)

**Tapu Fini**: Tapu Fini takes very little from any of Incineroar's attacks and does significantly more in return with Hydro Pump.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Itchy, 518399]]
- Quality checked by: [[Reece, 540482], [beauts, 484270]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

1/1 once you fill in the ev stuff per comment
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