Monotype [REVAMP] Ceruledge (Fire) [QC: 1/1] [GP: 1/1]

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[SET]
Ceruledge @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Name: Swords Dance (Fire)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Poltergeist
- Bitter Blade
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

Ceruledge is an exceptional wallbreaker on Fire teams with its access to strong STAB moves and priority. Swords Dance allows it to set up quickly, enabling it to break walls like Iron Hands and Hisuian Goodra with relative ease. Bitter Blade allows Ceruledge to re-enable its Focus Sash if it's not already consumed. Poltergeist hits foes that resist Bitter Blade like Gouging Fire, Toxapex, and Heatran. Shadow Sneak allows Ceruledge to check faster threats like Dragapult, Iron Boulder, and Flutter Mane. Jolly Nature makes Ceruledge faster than threats like Choice Scarf Iron Boulder and Choice Scarf Landorus after a boost from Weak Armor, checking the former with Poltergeist and the latter with +2 Bitter Blade.

Both sun setters, Ninetales and Torkoal, are amazing teammates for Ceruledge. Ninetales has access to utility moves such as Encore and Healing Wish to ensure Ceruledge can come safely on the field and can also use Solar Beam to punish Gastrodon and Swampert, while Torkoal can set Stealth Rock up and remove opposing entry hazards with Rapid Spin. Sun is especially primordial for Ceruledge, as it boosts the power of Bitter Blade and enhances Ceruledge's wallbreaking capabilities, notably allowing it to OHKO specially defensive Gliscor after a Swords Dance. Cinderace provides support with Court Change, ensuring Ceruledge's Focus Sash remains intact, and can take out Dark-type foes such as Hydreigon and Tyranitar with High Jump Kick. Ogerpon-H is a great wallbreaking partner for Ceruledge, hitting Heatran whose Air Balloon has been popped as well as Water- and Ground-type threats such as Hisuian Samurott, Keldeo, Swampert, and Hippowdon. Gouging Fire pairs well with Ceruledge, as it can break through defensive cores in Dragon and Flying matchups and can clear the way for Ceruledge to sweep late-game. Air Balloon Heatran is another great partner, providing a Ground immunity and dealing with opposing Gouging Fire. Finally, Volcarona is a valuable teammate, as it can ease Ceruledge's job by disposing of Toxapex and IronPress Zamazenta while benefiting from the breaches Ceruledge can create against opposing special walls such as Gliscor and Clodsire.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/showl.552160/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sasha.510532/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zastra.558636/
 
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[SET COMMENTS]

Ceruledge is an exceptional wallbreaker on Fire teams with access to strong STAB moves and priority. Swords Dance allows it to setup quickly, enabling it to break walls like Toxapex, <- remove comma and Hisuian Goodra with relative ease. Bitter Blade is a splendid STAB move because of its HP-draining effect, allowing Ceruledge to re-enable its Focus Sash if it's not already consumed. Poltergeist hits foes that resist Bitter Blade like Gouging Fire, Toxapex, and Heatran. Shadow Sneak allows Ceruledge to check faster threats like Dragapult, Iron Boulder, and Flutter Mane. Jolly Nature makes Ceruledge faster than threats like Choice Scarf Iron Boulder and Choice Scarf Landorus after a boost from Weak Armor, checking the former with Poltergeist and the latter with +2 Bitter Blade.

Both sun setters, Ninetales and Torkoal, as sun setters, are amazing teammates for Ceruledge with the former having access to utility moves such as Encore and Healing Wish to ensure Ceruledge can come safely on the field and can also use Solar Beam to punish Gastrodon and Swampert, while the latter can set Stealth Rock up, on top of removing opposing entry hazards with Rapid Spin. Sun is especially primordial for Ceruledge as it boosts the power of Bitter Blade and enhances Ceruledge's wallbreaking capabilities, notably allowing it to OHKO specially defensive Gliscor after a Swords Dance. Cinderace provides support with Court Change, ensuring Ceruledge's Focus Sash is enabled, and takes out Dark-type foes such as Hydreigon and Tyranitar with High Jump Kick. Ogerpon-H is a great wallbreaking partner for Ceruledge, hitting Heatran whose Air Balloon is popped, as well as hitting and hits as well Water- and Ground-types threats such as Hisuian Samurott, Keldeo, Swampert, and Hippowdon. Gouging Fire pairs well with Ceruledge, as it can break through defensive cores in Dragon and Flying matchups and can clear the way for Ceruledge to sweep in late-game. Air Balloon Heatran is another great partner, providing a Ground-type immunity and dealing with opposing Gouging Fire. Finally, both bulky and offensive Quiver Dance Volcarona is a valuable teammate are valuable teammates, as they it can ease Ceruledge's job by disposing of Toxapex i would use a different example. in the set comment you say ceru can break toxapex with "Relative ease" so mentioning it again here is a little contradictory. i would honestly change the toxapex example in the set comments because its a bit riskier for ceruledge to break pex thanks to things like haze and toxic. or remove the mention of it here and IronPress Zamazenta, while benefiting themselves from the breaches Ceruledge can create versus opposing special walls such as Gliscor and Clodsire in the opposing team. youre not making a contrast between either volcarona here (you dont need to anyway), so keeping it simple to just saying volcarona makes it less wordy / potentially confusing and gets the same point across

1/1, gj
 
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[SET]
Ceruledge @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Name: Swords Dance (Fire)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Poltergeist
- Bitter Blade
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]
Ceruledge is an exceptional wallbreaker on Fire teams with its access to strong STAB moves and priority. Swords Dance allows it to setup set up quickly, enabling it to break walls like Iron Hands and Hisuian Goodra with relative ease. Bitter Blade is a splendid STAB move because of its HP-draining effect, allowing allows Ceruledge to re-enable its Focus Sash if it's not already consumed. Poltergeist hits foes that resist Bitter Blade like Gouging Fire, Toxapex, and Heatran. Shadow Sneak allows Ceruledge to check faster threats like Dragapult, Iron Boulder, and Flutter Mane. Jolly Nature makes Ceruledge faster than threats like Choice Scarf Iron Boulder and Choice Scarf Landorus after a boost from Weak Armor, checking the former with Poltergeist and the latter with +2 Bitter Blade.

Both sun setters, Ninetales and Torkoal, are amazing teammates for Ceruledge. (AP) with the former having Ninetales has access to utility moves such as Encore and Healing Wish to ensure Ceruledge can come safely on the field and can also use Solar Beam to punish Gastrodon and Swampert, while the latter Torkoal can set Stealth Rock up, on top of removing and remove opposing entry hazards with Rapid Spin (simplified the sentence and split it into 2 for better flow, removed former-latter structure for clarity cuz its a rather long sentence). Sun is especially primordial for Ceruledge, (AC) as it boosts the power of Bitter Blade and enhances Ceruledge's wallbreaking capabilities, notably allowing it to OHKO specially defensive Gliscor after a Swords Dance. Cinderace provides support with Court Change, ensuring Ceruledge's Focus Sash is enabled remains intact (or "unbroken", it doesnt directly "enable" it), and it takes out Dark-type foes such as Hydreigon and Tyranitar with High Jump Kick. Ogerpon-H is a great wallbreaking partner for Ceruledge, hitting Heatran whose Air Balloon is has been popped (RC) as well as hitting Water- and Ground-type threats such as Hisuian Samurott, Keldeo, Swampert, and Hippowdon. Gouging Fire pairs well with Ceruledge, as it can break through defensive cores in Dragon and Flying matchups and can clear the way for Ceruledge to sweep in late-game. Air Balloon Heatran is another great partner, providing a Ground-type immunity and dealing with opposing Gouging Fire. Finally, Volcarona is a valuable teammate, as it can ease Ceruledge's job by disposing of Toxapex and IronPress Zamazenta (RC) while benefiting themselves from the breaches Ceruledge can create against opposing special walls such as Gliscor and Clodsire.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/showl.552160/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sasha.510532/
Grammar checked by:
??? me
1/1 GP Team done
 
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