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Overqwil @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Gunk Shot
- Crunch
- Liquidation

On top of threatening a number of defensive staples like Gholdengo, Clefable, and Hydrapple, Overqwil has recently carved a niche as a potent wallbreaker and sweeper on rain teams because it immediately threatens Ogerpon-W, doesn't fear common revenge killers like Kingambit and Rillaboom, and serves as a Toxic Spikes absorber, all of which are valuable assets for the archetype. Liquidation lets Overqwil deal significant damage to Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, such as Ting-Lu and offensive Kingambit, picking up 2HKOs on both in rain. Tera Water can be used to boost Liquidation's potency even more, guaranteeing an OHKO on Ting-Lu in rain, always OHKOing Tinkaton, and having a good chance to OHKO Corviknight in rain after a Swords Dance boost. Pelipper is a mandatory teammate for Overqwil in order to activate Swift Swim. Overqwil can struggle against dedicated physical walls like Dondozo and Zamazenta, so it benefits from specially offensive teammates like Raging Bolt and Tornadus-T that can remove them. Overqwil also appreciates entry hazard removal, since it quickly gets worn down by Life Orb recoil and hazard damage, making Iron Treads an important partner.

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Overqwil is a potent wallbreaker on rain teams thanks to its high Attack, nearly unresisted STAB combination that lets it threaten a number of defensive staples, including Gholdengo, Clefable, and Hydrapple, and Swift Swim, which allows it to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame.

I was trying to read this out loud in a br*tish accent only to discover this feels like a run on sentence. I would change it to:

Overqwil is a potent wallbreaker on rain teams thanks to its high Attack, access to Swift Swim, and a nearly unresisted STAB combination that lets it threaten a number of defensive staples, including Gholdengo, Clefable, and Hydrapple.

Liquidation lets Overqwil deal significant damage to Pokemon that do resist its STAB moves, 2HKOing Ting-Lu and offensive Kingambit variants in rain.
This might just be personal preference but I would reword it in a way that has the mons mentioned right after the "resists stab moves" part. Something like: (I do not feel confident in my answer so maybe you'll come up with some 3rd one)

Liquidation lets Overqwil deal significant damage to Pokemon that resist its STAB moves, such as Ting-Lu and Kingambit, picking up 2HKO's on both if the latter is an offensive variant.

Overqwil also appreciates entry hazard support from Iron Treads to help soften defensive Pokemon like Gliscor and Great Tusk that could otherwise take an attack and threaten Overqwil back.

I think you can reword this to say that Overqwil appreciates hazard removal since it can get worn down quickly between those and Life Orb, and list Treads as a partner.

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Overqwil @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Gunk Shot
- Crunch
- Liquidation

On top of threatening a number of defensive staples like Gholdengo, Clefable, and Hydrapple, Overqwil has recently carved a niche as a potent wallbreaker and sweeper on rain teams because it immediately threatens Ogerpon-W, doesn't fear common revenge killers like Kingambit and Rillaboom, and serves as a Toxic Spikes absorber, all of which are valuable assets for the archetype. Liquidation lets Overqwil deal significant damage to Pokemon that do resist its STAB moves, such as Ting-Lu and offensive Kingambit, picking up 2HKOs 2HKOes on both in rain if the latter is an offensive variant. Tera Water can be used to boost Liquidation's potency even more further, guaranteeing an OHKO on Ting-Lu in rain, always OHKOing Tinkaton, (comma) as well as OHKOing Tinkaton and having a good chance to OHKO Corviknight in rain after a Swords Dance boost. Pelipper is a mandatory teammate for Overqwil in order to activate Swift Swim. Overqwil can struggle against dedicated physical walls like Dondozo and Zamazenta, so it benefits from specially offensive teammates like Raging Bolt and Tornadus-T that can remove them. Overqwil also appreciates entry hazard removal, (comma) since it quickly gets worn down by Life Orb recoil and entry hazard damage, making Iron Treads an important partner.
GP Team done
 
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Overqwil @ Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Gunk Shot
- Crunch
- Liquidation

On top of threatening a number of defensive staples like Gholdengo, Clefable, and Hydrapple, Overqwil has recently carved a niche as a potent wallbreaker and sweeper on rain teams because it immediately threatens Ogerpon-W, doesn't fear common revenge killers like Kingambit and Rillaboom, and serves as a Toxic Spikes absorber, all of which are valuable assets for the archetype. Liquidation lets Overqwil deal significant damage to Pokemon that do resist its STAB moves, such as Ting-Lu and offensive Kingambit, picking up 2HKOs 2HKOes on both in rain if the latter is an offensive variant. Tera Water can be used to boost Liquidation's potency even more further, guaranteeing an OHKO on Ting-Lu in rain, always OHKOing Tinkaton, (comma) as well as OHKOing Tinkaton and having a good chance to OHKO Corviknight in rain after a Swords Dance boost. Pelipper is a mandatory teammate for Overqwil in order to activate Swift Swim. Overqwil can struggle against dedicated physical walls like Dondozo and Zamazenta, so it benefits from specially offensive teammates like Raging Bolt and Tornadus-T that can remove them. Overqwil also appreciates entry hazard removal, (comma) since it quickly gets worn down by Life Orb recoil and entry hazard damage, making Iron Treads an important partner.
GP Team done
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Implemented, thank you!
 
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