OU Mandibuzz

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Foul Play / Knock Off
move 2: Roost
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Taunt / Knock Off / Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 160 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is one of the few Pokemon capable of checking Ghost-types like Dragapult, Aegislash, and Gengar thanks to its typing, great defensive stats, and access to reliable recovery in Roost. Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just checking Ghost-types, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like Defog, U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off. Foul Play is Mandibuzz's preferred STAB attack because it improves the matchups against Excadrill and Aegislash, although Knock Off is a good alternative on teams that don't require the additional insurance again them. U-turn is great for pivoting out of checks and bringing in the appropriate answers. Although Mandibuzz is commonly used as a Defogger, it can drop Defog on teams that include an alternative source of entry hazard removal. Taunt lets Mandibuzz shut down passive Pokemon like Toxapex, Seismitoad, Ferrothorn, and Corviknight, preventing them from setting or removing hazards, while Knock Off helps Mandibuzz punish switch-ins like Clefable, Rotom-H, and Kyurem. Toxic can also be considered to cripple Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Terrakion. 96 Speed EVs allow Mandibuzz to outspeed neutral-natured Aegislash.

Mandibuzz can fit on a variety of builds thanks to the immense utility it brings to the table. Wallbreakers like Conkeldurr, Dragapult, and Kyurem appreciate being safely brought in with Mandibuzz's U-turn, giving them more opportunities to wallbreak. Kyurem also benefits from Mandibuzz's Defog support, and they all appreciate Mandibuzz checking Ghost-types. If you drop Defog on Mandibuzz for another utility move, entry hazard removers like Corviknight, Rotom-H, and Excadrill are ideal partners that can also deal with Fairy-types. Fairy-types like Clefable and Sylveon are excellent partners as well, checking Kyurem as well as other Pokemon like Conkeldurr and Nasty Plot Hydreigon that give Mandibuzz massive issues.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]
 
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Rabia said:
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Foul Play / Knock Off
move 2: Roost
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Taunt / Knock Off / Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 160 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is one of the few Pokemon capable of reliably checking Ghost-types like Dragapult, Aegislash, and Gengar thanks to its typing and access to reliable recovery in Roost. Its defensive stats are also great. Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just providing Defog support, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off. Foul Play is Mandibuzz's preferred STAB attack because it improves the matchups against Excadrill and physical Aegislash, although Knock Off is a good alternative on teams that don't require the additional insurance against Aegislash and Excadrill?. Although Mandibuzz is commonly used as a Defogger, it can drop Defog on teams that include an alternative source of entry hazard removal. Taunt lets Mandibuzz shut down passive Pokemon like Toxapex, Seismitoad, and Ferrothorn, it also prevents these Pokemon from putting up hazards as well as Corviknight (and Mantine) from removing them while Knock Off helps Mandibuzz punish switch-ins like Clefable, Rotom-H, and Kyurem. Toxic can also be considered to cripple Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Terrakion. 96 Speed EVs allow Mandibuzz to outspeed neutral-natured Aegislash.

Mandibuzz can fit on a variety of builds thanks to the immense utility it brings to the table. Wallbreakers like Conkeldurr, Dragapult, and Kyurem appreciate being safely brought in with Mandibuzz's U-turn, giving them more opportunities to wallbreak. Kyurem also benefits from Mandibuzz's Defog support. If you drop Defog on Mandibuzz for another utility move, entry hazard removers like Corviknight, Rotom-H, and Excadrill are ideal partners that can also deal with Fairy-types. It might be worth mentioning Fairy-types as partners to check threats like Kyurem, Terrakion, Conkeldurr, and Nasty Plot Hydreigon which could otherwise take advantage of Mandibuzz.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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Great stuff, 1/2.
 
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Rabia said:
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Foul Play / Knock Off
move 2: Roost
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Taunt / Knock Off / Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 160 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is one of the few Pokemon capable of reliably checking Ghost-types like Dragapult, Aegislash, and Gengar thanks to its typing, great defensive stats, and access to reliable recovery in Roost. Mandibuzz can be overwhelmed by them so I think you should just leave it at that it can check them. Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just providing Defog support, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off. You never brought up Defog before this, so this comes a little out of nowhere. I think it'd make more sense to say something along the lines of "Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just checking Ghost-types, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like Defog, U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off." Foul Play is Mandibuzz's preferred STAB attack because it improves the matchups against Excadrill and physical Aegislash, although Knock Off is a good alternative on teams that don't require the additional insurance them. It's really useful to OHKO special Aegislash as well, so there's no need to specify physical Aegislash. Although Mandibuzz is commonly used as a Defogger, it can drop Defog on teams that include an alternative source of entry hazard removal. Taunt lets Mandibuzz shut down passive Pokemon like Toxapex, Seismitoad, Ferrothorn, and Corviknight, preventing them from setting or removing hazards, while Knock Off helps Mandibuzz punish switch-ins like Clefable, Rotom-H, and Kyurem. Toxic can also be considered to cripple Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Terrakion. 96 Speed EVs allow Mandibuzz to outspeed neutral-natured Aegislash.

U-turn is pretty key to Mandibuzz right now, you should definitely explicitly state why it's useful here.

Mandibuzz can fit on a variety of builds thanks to the immense utility it brings to the table. Wallbreakers like Conkeldurr, Dragapult, and Kyurem appreciate being safely brought in with Mandibuzz's U-turn, giving them more opportunities to wallbreak. Kyurem also benefits from Mandibuzz's Defog support. If you drop Defog on Mandibuzz for another utility move, entry hazard removers like Corviknight, Rotom-H, and Excadrill are ideal partners that can also deal with Fairy-types. Fairy-types like Clefable and Sylveon are excellent partners as well, checking Pokemon like Kyurem, Nasty Plot Hydreigon, and Conkeldurr that give Mandibuzz massive issues.

You'll definitely want to mention Kyurem checks here; they're really important alongside Mandibuzz. You could also talk about Pokemon that appreciate its ability to switch into Ghost-types. You could probably combine that with the sentence about wallbreakers because they all appreciate that.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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Good job, 2/2.
 
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Foul Play / Knock Off
move 2: Roost
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Taunt / Knock Off / Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 160 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is one of the few Pokemon capable of checking Ghost-types like Dragapult, Aegislash, and Gengar thanks to its typing, great defensive stats, and access to reliable recovery in Roost. Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just checking Ghost-types, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like Defog, U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off. Foul Play is Mandibuzz's preferred STAB attack because it improves the matchups against Excadrill and Aegislash, although Knock Off is a good alternative on teams that don't require the additional insurance against them. U-turn is great for pivoting out of checks and bringing in the appropriate answers. Although Mandibuzz is commonly used as a Defogger, it can drop Defog on teams that include an alternative source of entry hazard removal. Taunt lets Mandibuzz shut down passive Pokemon like Toxapex, Seismitoad, Ferrothorn, and Corviknight, preventing them from setting or removing hazards, while Knock Off helps Mandibuzz punish switch-ins like Clefable, Rotom-H, and Kyurem. Toxic can also be considered to cripple Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Terrakion. 96 Speed EVs allow Mandibuzz to outspeed neutral-natured Aegislash.

Mandibuzz can fit on a variety of builds thanks to the immense utility it brings to the table. Wallbreakers like Conkeldurr, Dragapult, and Kyurem appreciate being safely brought in with Mandibuzz's U-turn, giving them more opportunities to wallbreak. Kyurem also benefits from Mandibuzz's Defog support, and they all appreciate Mandibuzz checking Ghost-types. If you drop Defog on Mandibuzz for another utility move, entry hazard removers like Corviknight, Rotom-H, and Excadrill are ideal partners that can also deal with Fairy-types. Fairy-types like Clefable and Sylveon are excellent partners as well, checking Kyurem as well as other Pokemon like Conkeldurr and Nasty Plot Hydreigon that give Mandibuzz massive issues.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
on phone so no id

I expect you to make me do a hard stamp w no changes someday but today is not this day
 
A Cake Wearing A Hat said:
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Foul Play / Knock Off
move 2: Roost
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Taunt / Knock Off / Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Overcoat
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 160 SpD / 96 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is one of the few Pokemon capable of checking Ghost-types like Dragapult, Aegislash, and Gengar thanks to its typing, great defensive stats, and access to reliable recovery in Roost. Additionally, Mandibuzz's utility extends beyond just checking Ghost-types, with a deep movepool consisting of other moves like Defog, U-turn, Taunt, and Knock Off. Foul Play is Mandibuzz's preferred STAB attack because it improves the matchups against Excadrill and Aegislash, although Knock Off is a good alternative on teams that don't require the additional insurance against them. U-turn is great for pivoting out of checks and bringing in the appropriate answers. Although Mandibuzz is commonly used as a Defogger, it can drop Defog on teams that include an alternative source of entry hazard removal. Taunt lets Mandibuzz shut down passive Pokemon like Toxapex, Seismitoad, Ferrothorn, and Corviknight, preventing them from setting or removing hazards, while Knock Off helps Mandibuzz punish switch-ins like Clefable, Rotom-H, and Kyurem. Toxic can also be considered to cripple Pokemon such as Kommo-o and Terrakion. 96 Speed EVs allow Mandibuzz to outspeed neutral-natured Aegislash.

Mandibuzz can fit on a variety of builds thanks to the immense utility it brings to the table. Wallbreakers like Conkeldurr, Dragapult, and Kyurem appreciate being safely brought in with Mandibuzz's U-turn, giving them more opportunities to wallbreak. Kyurem also benefits from Mandibuzz's Defog support, and they all appreciate Mandibuzz checking Ghost-types. If you drop Defog on Mandibuzz for another utility move, entry hazard removers like Corviknight, Rotom-H, and Excadrill are ideal partners that can also deal with Fairy-types. Fairy-types like Clefable and Sylveon are excellent partners as well, checking Kyurem as well as other Pokemon like Conkeldurr and Nasty Plot Hydreigon that give Mandibuzz massive issues.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
on phone so no id

I expect you to make me do a hard stamp w no changes someday but today is not this day
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one day...
 
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