VGC Ogerpon-Hearthflame

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[OVERVIEW]

* With a solid stat spread, incredible damage output with Terastallization, a unique typing and access to utility such as Follow Me, Ogerpon-H can provide some unique assets to a team.

* Ogerpon-H has a strong STAB combination that is only walled by Fire- and Dragon-types. Because of this, some of its best partners include Urshifu-R, Landorus and Flutter Mane, which are all powerful attackers that pair well with Ogerpon-H and enjoy Follow Me support. Another strong partner is Kingambit, which dissuades Intimidate from weakening Ogerpon-H, while Follow Me provides an opportunity for Swords Dance Kingambit to set up.

* Ogerpon-H becomes an extremely powerful offensive threat once Terastallized, being able to OHKO metagame staples like Flutter Mane, Urshifu-R, Rillaboom, and Landorus. Ogerpon-H also has a fantastic matchup against Amoonguss; not only is it able to completely ignore Amoongus's Spore and Rage Powder, but it is also able to OHKO it with Ivy Cudgel or with Wood Hammer should Amoonguss Terastallize into a Water-type. Additionally, Mystic Water variants of Urshifu-R get outsped and OHKOed.

* Bad matchups for Ogerpon-H include Pokemon such as Entei and Raging Bolt that can wall its STAB combation. For this reason, as well as Intimidate hampering Ogerpon-H's offensive capabilities, Incineroar is a very stable check to it. Lastly, despite having solid bulk, powerful threats that can outspeed Ogerpon-H can OHKO it such as Choice Scarf Urshifu-R. However, with speed control or Fake Out support from Pokemon like Rillaboom, Ogerpon-H can take on Choice Scarf Urshifu-R.

[SET]
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Wood Hammer / Horn Leech
- Follow Me / Grassy Glide / Stomping Tantrum
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
* Horn Leech trades Wood Hammer's power for greater longevity.

* Follow Me is by far the best third move on this Pokemon, but if the team does not require a redirector, Ogerpon-H can use Grassy Glide; if this is the case, it is almost always paired with Rillaboom to ensure Grassy Glide is a priority move. Alternatively, Stomping Tantrum allows it to hit opposing Fire-types such as Entei and Chi-Yu.

* The Speed EVs allow Ogerpon-H to outspeed Modest Landorus and Adamant Urshifu-R. The Attack EVs with the Adamant nature allow it to OHKO Flutter Mane after Terastallization even when Ogerpon-H is Intimidated.

* The bulk investment allows Ogerpon-H to live most Choice Scarf Urshifu-R's Tera Water Surging Strikes while having a favorable roll to survive Timid Landorus's Sludge Bomb.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sole-survivor.518634/
Grammar checked by:https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
 
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Solid points overall! Just pay more attention to the formatting. Let me have a look once you're done implementing these changes, this is close to stamping.
[OVERVIEW]

* With a solid stat spread all around, incredible burst damage with Terastallization, unique typing and access to utility such as Follow Me, Ogerpon-H can provide some unique assets to a team.

* Ogerpon-H has a strong fire and grass stab STAB combination, which is only walled by Fire- and Dragon-types. Because of this, some of it's its best partners include Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, Landorus and Flutter Mane, all powerful offensive attackers that pair well offensively (you just said they're attackers) with Ogerpon-H and enjoy Follow Me support to redirect attacks away from them. (not necessary but you can keep it in if you want). Another strong partner is Kingambit, who which dissuades Intimidate from landing into Ogerpon-H, which is one of the main ways to dampen it's offensive prowess. (stating the obvious) Follow Me also provides an opportunity for Swords Dance Kingambit to set up. (merged this point with the previous one)

* Ogerpon-H becomes an extremely powerful offensive threat once Terastallized, and has the potential to take entire games on it's own (not really, it has a suboptimal to bad matchup into 5 of the top 10 Pokemon.) being able to OHKO metagame staples in Flutter Mane, Urshifu-R, Rillaboom, and Landorus. It now resists Flutter Mane's Moonblast and OHKOs it back. Landorus-Incarnate also loses to +1 Ivy Cudgel if the Ogerpon-H can outspeed it. Rillaboom and Amoonguss are also good matchups, with the latter being hit for super effective by Wood Hammer even after terastallizing to water. Ogerpon-H also has a particularly fantastic matchup against Amoonguss, not only being able to completely ignore its Spore and Rage Powder but also being able to OHKO it with Ivy Cudgel or with Wood Hammer should Amoonguss Terastallize into a Water-type. With Speed control and/or Fake Out support, Ogerpon-H can take on Choice Scarf Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. Mystic Water Urshifu-Rapid-Strike variants already get outsped and killed OHKOed by Wood Hammer. (we don't need to go this deep in the overview, don't even particularly need this point imo but we canm keep it in till GP)

* Bad matchups for Ogerpon-H include fire types and dragon types who can Pokemon such as Entei and Raging Bolt that can wall it's its STABs. For this reason as well as Intimidate hampering Ogerpon-H's offensive capabilities, Incineroar is a very stable check to it. Lastly, despite having solid bulk, powerful threats that can outspeed Ogerpon-H can quickly OHKO it before it gets a chance to move. (name these Pokemon and then talk again about teammates that can help circumvent this problem since this is a bit vague.)

[SET]
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Wood Hammer / Horn Leech/ Power Whip (Power Whip is a suboptimal move in general and isn't even on the usage stats)
- Follow Me / Grassy Glide / Stomping Tantrum / Swords Dance (SD is also not shown and Glide is even more common than Stomping Tantrum)
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
* Horn Leech and Power Whip are alternatives over Wood Hammer. Horn Leech trades Wood Hammer's power in order to give Ogerpon-H for greater longevity, which is especially useful on the Swords Dance sets. This helps it pressure Urshifu-R and Walking Wake. Power Whip does the same as Wood Hammer, but trades the recoil of Wood Hammer for the 15% chance to miss Power Whip.

* Follow Me is by far the best third move on this Pokemon, but if the team does not require a redirector, Ogerpon-H can use Stomping Tantrum or Swords Dance Grassy Glide which is almost always paired with Rillaboom. The former Alternatively, Stomping Tantrum allows it to hit opposing Fire-types such as Entei and Chi-Yu for super effective and the latter allows it to become a dangerous setup sweeper with the right team support.

* The Speed EVs allow Ogerpon-H to outspeed Modest Landorus and Adamant Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. The Attack EVs with the Adamant nature hit a stat bump and allow it to OHKO Flutter Mane after Terastallization even when Ogerpon-H is Intimidated.

* The bulk allows Ogerpon-H to live most Choice Scarf Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Tera Water Surging Strikes while in it's base form while having a favourable roll into to survive Timid Landorus's Sludge Bomb.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sole-survivor.518634/
Grammar checked by:
 
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Solid points overall! Just pay more attention to the formatting. Let me have a look once you're done implementing these changes, this is close to stamping.
[OVERVIEW]

* With a solid stat spread all around, incredible burst damage with Terastallization, unique typing and access to utility such as Follow Me, Ogerpon-H can provide some unique assets to a team.

* Ogerpon-H has a strong fire and grass stab STAB combination, which is only walled by Fire- and Dragon-types. Because of this, some of it's its best partners include Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, Landorus and Flutter Mane, all powerful offensive attackers that pair well offensively (you just said they're attackers) with Ogerpon-H and enjoy Follow Me support to redirect attacks away from them. (not necessary but you can keep it in if you want). Another strong partner is Kingambit, who which dissuades Intimidate from landing into Ogerpon-H, which is one of the main ways to dampen it's offensive prowess. (stating the obvious) Follow Me also provides an opportunity for Swords Dance Kingambit to set up. (merged this point with the previous one)

* Ogerpon-H becomes an extremely powerful offensive threat once Terastallized, and has the potential to take entire games on it's own (not really, it has a suboptimal to bad matchup into 5 of the top 10 Pokemon.) being able to OHKO metagame staples in Flutter Mane, Urshifu-R, Rillaboom, and Landorus. It now resists Flutter Mane's Moonblast and OHKOs it back. Landorus-Incarnate also loses to +1 Ivy Cudgel if the Ogerpon-H can outspeed it. Rillaboom and Amoonguss are also good matchups, with the latter being hit for super effective by Wood Hammer even after terastallizing to water. Ogerpon-H also has a particularly fantastic matchup against Amoonguss, not only being able to completely ignore its Spore and Rage Powder but also being able to OHKO it with Ivy Cudgel or with Wood Hammer should Amoonguss Terastallize into a Water-type. With Speed control and/or Fake Out support, Ogerpon-H can take on Choice Scarf Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. Mystic Water Urshifu-Rapid-Strike variants already get outsped and killed OHKOed by Wood Hammer. (we don't need to go this deep in the overview, don't even particularly need this point imo but we canm keep it in till GP)

* Bad matchups for Ogerpon-H include fire types and dragon types who can Pokemon such as Entei and Raging Bolt that can wall it's its STABs. For this reason as well as Intimidate hampering Ogerpon-H's offensive capabilities, Incineroar is a very stable check to it. Lastly, despite having solid bulk, powerful threats that can outspeed Ogerpon-H can quickly OHKO it before it gets a chance to move. (name these Pokemon and then talk again about teammates that can help circumvent this problem since this is a bit vague.)

[SET]
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Wood Hammer / Horn Leech/ Power Whip (Power Whip is a suboptimal move in general and isn't even on the usage stats)
- Follow Me / Grassy Glide / Stomping Tantrum / Swords Dance (SD is also not shown and Glide is even more common than Stomping Tantrum)
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
* Horn Leech and Power Whip are alternatives over Wood Hammer. Horn Leech trades Wood Hammer's power in order to give Ogerpon-H for greater longevity, which is especially useful on the Swords Dance sets. This helps it pressure Urshifu-R and Walking Wake. Power Whip does the same as Wood Hammer, but trades the recoil of Wood Hammer for the 15% chance to miss Power Whip.

* Follow Me is by far the best third move on this Pokemon, but if the team does not require a redirector, Ogerpon-H can use Stomping Tantrum or Swords Dance Grassy Glide which is almost always paired with Rillaboom. The former Alternatively, Stomping Tantrum allows it to hit opposing Fire-types such as Entei and Chi-Yu for super effective and the latter allows it to become a dangerous setup sweeper with the right team support.

* The Speed EVs allow Ogerpon-H to outspeed Modest Landorus and Adamant Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. The Attack EVs with the Adamant nature hit a stat bump and allow it to OHKO Flutter Mane after Terastallization even when Ogerpon-H is Intimidated.

* The bulk allows Ogerpon-H to live most Choice Scarf Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Tera Water Surging Strikes while in it's base form while having a favourable roll into to survive Timid Landorus's Sludge Bomb.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sole-survivor.518634/
Grammar checked by:
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Thanks for the suggestions, I think I've implemented just about all of them.
 
Fixed a couple of things you missed from the first check, QC 1/1
[OVERVIEW]

* With a solid stat spread all around, incredible burst damage with Terastallization, unique typing and access to utility such as Follow Me, Ogerpon-H can provide some unique assets to a team.

* Ogerpon-H has a strong STAB combination, which is only walled by Fire- and Dragon-types. Because of this, some of its best partners include Urshifu-R, Landorus and Flutter Mane, all powerful attackers that pair well with Ogerpon-H and enjoy Follow Me support. Another strong partner is Kingambit, which dissuades Intimidate from landing into Ogerpon-H and Follow Me provides an opportunity for Swords Dance Kingambit to set up.

* Ogerpon-H becomes an extremely powerful offensive threat once Terastallized, being able to OHKO metagame staples in Flutter Mane, Urshifu-R, Rillaboom, and Landorus. Ogerpon-H also has a particularly fantastic matchup against Amoonguss, not only being able to completely ignore its Spore and Rage Powder but also being able to OHKO it with Ivy Cudgel or with Wood Hammer should Amoonguss Terastallize into a Water-type. Mystic Water Urshifu-R variants get outsped and killed OHKOed. (you might have missed this. "Killed" is not formal)

* Bad matchups for Ogerpon-H include Pokemon such as Entei and Raging Bolt that can wall its STABs. For this reason as well as Intimidate hampering Ogerpon-H's offensive capabilities, Incineroar is a very stable check to it. Lastly, despite having solid bulk, powerful threats that can outspeed Ogerpon-H can quickly kill OHKO it such as Choice-Scarf Urshifu-R. However, with Speed control and/or Fake Out support from Pokemon like Rillaboom, Ogerpon-H can take on Choice Scarf Urshifu-R.

[SET]
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Wood Hammer / Horn Leech
- Follow Me / Grassy Glide / Stomping Tantrum (you missed this)
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
* Horn Leech trades Wood Hammer's power for greater longevity. This helps it pressure Urshifu-R and Walking Wake. (previous QC)

* Follow Me is by far the best third move on this Pokemon, but if the team does not require a redirector, Ogerpon-H can use Grassy Glide which is almost always paired with Rillaboom. Alternatively, Stomping Tantrum allows it to hit opposing Fire-types such as Entei and Chi-Yu.

* The Speed EVs allow Ogerpon-H to outspeed Modest Landorus and Adamant Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. (also previous QC) The Attack EVs with the Adamant nature hit a stat bump and allow it to OHKO Flutter Mane after Terastallization even when Ogerpon-H is Intimidated.

* The bulk allows Ogerpon-H to live most Choice Scarf Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Tera Water Surging Strikes while having a favourable roll to survive Timid Landorus's Sludge Bomb.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sole-survivor.518634/
Grammar checked by:
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[OVERVIEW]

* With a solid stat spread all around, incredible burst damage output with Terastallization, a unique typing, (AC) and access to utility such as Follow Me, Ogerpon-H can provide some unique assets to a team.

* Ogerpon-H has a strong STAB combination, (RC) which that is only walled by Fire- and Dragon-types. Because of this, some of its best partners include Urshifu-R, Landorus and Flutter Mane, which are all powerful attackers that pair well with Ogerpon-H and enjoy Follow Me support. Another strong partner is Kingambit, which dissuades Intimidate from landing into weakening Ogerpon-H, (AC) while and Follow Me provides an opportunity for Swords Dance Kingambit to set up.

* Ogerpon-H becomes an extremely powerful offensive threat once Terastallized, being able to OHKO metagame staples in like Flutter Mane, Urshifu-R, Rillaboom, and Landorus. Ogerpon-H also has a particularly fantastic matchup against Amoonguss,; (ASC, RC) not only is it being able to completely ignore its Amoongus's Spore and Rage Powder, (AC) but it is also being able to OHKO it with Ivy Cudgel or with Wood Hammer should Amoonguss Terastallize into a Water-type. Additionally, (AC) Mystic Water variants of Urshifu-R variants get outsped and OHKOed.

* Bad matchups for Ogerpon-H include Pokemon such as Entei and Raging Bolt that can wall its STABs STAB combination. For this reason, (AC) as well as Intimidate hampering Ogerpon-H's offensive capabilities, Incineroar is a very stable check to it. Lastly, despite having solid bulk, powerful threats that can outspeed Ogerpon-H can quickly OHKO it such as Choice-Scarf Choice Scarf Urshifu-R. However, with Speed speed control and/or or Fake Out support from Pokemon like Rillaboom, Ogerpon-H can take on Choice Scarf Urshifu-R.

[SET]
Ogerpon-Hearthflame (F) @ Hearthflame Mask
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ivy Cudgel
- Wood Hammer / Horn Leech
- Follow Me / Grassy Glide / (Add Space) Stomping Tantrum
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
* Horn Leech trades Wood Hammer's power for greater longevity, (RC) . This helps it pressure Urshifu-R and Walking Wake. (How does Horn Leech help it pressure these two that Wood Hammer doesn't?)

* Follow Me is by far the best third move on this Pokemon, but if the team does not require a redirector, Ogerpon-H can use Grassy Glide; (ASC) if this is the case, it which is almost always paired with Rillaboom. (why?) Alternatively, Stomping Tantrum allows it to hit opposing Fire-types such as Entei and Chi-Yu.

* The Speed EVs allow Ogerpon-H to outspeed Modest Landorus and Adamant Urshifu-R. The Attack EVs with the Adamant nature hit a stat bump and allow it to OHKO Flutter Mane after Terastallization even when Ogerpon-H is Intimidated.

* The bulk investment allows Ogerpon-H to live most Choice Scarf Urshifu-R Urshifu-R's Tera Water Surging Strikes while having a favourable favorable (Smogon uses American English so we have to use the American spelling) roll to survive Timid Landorus's Sludge Bomb.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/soulboyvgc.558405/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sole-survivor.518634/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/

GP Team done
 
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