Gen 5 Donphan (Done)

[Gamer1234556]

[OVERVIEW]

With sun's decreased viability following Dugtrio's ban, Donphan is no longer viable. While Donphan may have access to a workable support movepool, solid Attack and Defense stats, and the ability to switch into common Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Garchomp, these traits aren't enough for it to establish a niche. Excadrill far outclasses it as a spinner with its additional Steel typing and an ability to better pressure crucial Pokemon such as Jellicent and Reuniclus. It even struggles to find a place on modern sun teams, as most players instead use Xatu for its Magic Bounce and ability to preserve momentum with U-turn.

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Leftovers
ability: Sturdy
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Gamer1234556, 515642]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ophion, 433215]]
- Grammar checked by: [[rabia, 336073]]

 

[Gamer1234556]

QCed by Ophion by Discord: 1/1
Awaiting GP.

 

[Rabia]

add remove comments

gp

[OVERVIEW]

With sun's worse overall performance in the current meta decreased viability following Dugtrio's ban, Donphan finds itself in an unfortunate spot of being in a tier that oversells its viability is no longer viable. While Donphan may have access to a workable support movepool, solid Attack and Defense stats, and the ability to switch into common Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Garchomp, these traits aren't enough for it to establish a niche. Excadrill far outclasses it as a spinner with its additional Steel-type Steel typing and an ability to better pressure crucial Pokemon such as Jellicent and Reuniclus. It even struggles to find a place on modern sun teams,(AC) as most players instead use Xatu as it has for its Magic Bounce and can ability to preserve momentum with U-turn.

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Leftovers
ability: Sturdy
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Gamer1234556, 515642]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ophion, 433215]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]

GP 1/1 when done

 

[Gamer1234556]

add remove comments

gp

[OVERVIEW]

With sun's worse overall performance in the current meta decreased viability following Dugtrio's ban, Donphan finds itself in an unfortunate spot of being in a tier that oversells its viability is no longer viable. While Donphan may have access to a workable support movepool, solid Attack and Defense stats, and the ability to switch into common Pokemon such as Tyranitar and Garchomp, these traits aren't enough for it to establish a niche. Excadrill far outclasses it as a spinner with its additional Steel-type Steel typing and an ability to better pressure crucial Pokemon such as Jellicent and Reuniclus. It even struggles to find a place on modern sun teams,(AC) as most players instead use Xatu as it has for its Magic Bounce and can ability to preserve momentum with U-turn.

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Leftovers
ability: Sturdy
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Gamer1234556, 515642]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ophion, 433215]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]

GP 1/1 when done

Implemented. Thanks!