PU Robin Hood (SD Decidueye) [DONE!!]

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PUPL Champion
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Spirit Shackle / Poltergeist
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB combination that only a few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, a useful ability in Long Reach, and a good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers. While Spirit Shackle is generally preferred for its increased accuracy, Poltergeist can be opted instead for its higher power, allowing Decidueye to OHKO Bellibolt with Tera Ghost after a Swords Dance, although its anti-synergy with Knock Off can make it unappealing. Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switch-ins like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to justify using it over other moves, and it does not work well with Poltergeist. Spell Tag lets Decidueye OHKO Toxtricity with unboosted Poltergeist and Inteleon with +2 Shadow Sneak. Decidueye's choice of Tera type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STAB moves and gives Decidueye a better defensive typing, (ac) allowing it to spinblock Alolan Sandslash and set up on Pokemon like Delphox and Salazzle, while Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to take on Dark-type Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty.

Decidueye excels on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom cannot be swept by Shadow Sneak and can threaten Decidueye in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt and Gligar make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring it in safely. Florges, Mudsdale, Paldean Tauros-W, and Skuntank can help switch into Decidueye's checks like opposing Skuntank, Bombirdier, Scrafty, and Galarian Articuno. Decidueye can struggle against offensive Fire-types like Arcanine and Paldean Tauros-F, so Pokemon like Mudsdale and Milotic make excellent partners. Decidueye's ability to beat common physical walls like Mudsdale, Galarian Slowbro, and Bellibolt make other physical sweepers like Arcanine, Ambipom, and Paldean Tauros-W valuable teammates. In turn, these three can take out Decidueye's offensive checks, like Staraptor and Zoroark, with priority to complement Decidueye's Shadow Sneak.

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Poltergeist / Spirit Shackle
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB combination that few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, Long Reach, and good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers. Poltergeist is an extremely powerful and spammable STAB move, although if Decidueye is being paired with multiple Knock Off users, Spirit Shackle can be opted for instead and also can allow Decidueye to trap switchins to KO them. Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switchins like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to fit and is incompatable with Poltergeist. Spell Tag is the preferred item as it gives Decidueye a power boost to its Ghost-type STAB moves. Decidueye's choice of Tera Type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STABs (what calcs can tera ghost get that it can't get otherwise? also mention how it spinblocks alolaslash) and gives Decidueye a better defensive typing, although Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to resist Dark-type attacks, allowing it to take on Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty.

Decidueye excells on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom resist Decidueye's Shadow Sneak and can threaten it in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt or Gligar who can take these Pokemon on make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring in Decidueye safely onto the battlefield. Dark- and Ghost-type resists like Florges, Wo-Chien, and Skuntank can help switch in to Decidueye's (decidueye's what?), particularly to Knock Off.

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Poltergeist / Spirit Shackle (Shackle first)
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB attack combination that few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, Long Reach, and good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers. Poltergeist is an extremely powerful and spammable STAB move, although if Decidueye is being paired with multiple Knock Off users, Spirit Shackle can be opted for instead and also can allow Decidueye to trap switchins to KO them (dex info; we know shackle traps) (Poltergeist comes at the bad synergy with Knock Off and inaccuracy, but when is the power worth it over Shackle? One matchup is the OHKO at +2 with Tera Ghost versus Bellibolt, another is the 2HKO versus Gligar without the help from tera, and ultimately I would include at least one example to make this tradeoff tangible to the reader) Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switch-ins (hyphen) like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to fit and is incompatable with when opting for Poltergeist (otherwise incompatibility implies a set illegality, like an egg move with an event move). Spell Tag is the preferred item as it gives Decidueye a power boost to its Ghost-type STAB moves. (Set info; we know Spell Tag boosts Ghost-type attacks. What does it do that makes giving up HDB or Colbur Berry worth it? Find some notable examples, and I think we can reference the aforementioned Poltergeist calcs, as well as stuff like the following Shadow Sneak + Tera Ghost calcs after a Swords Dance that need Spell Tag to pick off important faster attackers:
+2 252+ Atk Spell Tag Tera Ghost Decidueye Shadow Sneak vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Flamigo: 258-304 (84.5 - 99.6%) -- 75% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252+ Atk Spell Tag Tera Ghost Decidueye Shadow Sneak vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Kilowattrel: 304-358 (108.1 - 127.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Spell Tag Tera Ghost Decidueye Shadow Sneak vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Inteleon: 286-338 (101.7 - 120.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO


Decidueye's choice of Tera Type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STABs, achieving roles like OHKOing Scyther and Arcanine before a Swords Dance and gives Decidueye a better defensive typing allowing it to spinblock Alolan Sandslash, although Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to resist Dark-type attacks, allowing it to take on Dark-type Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty. (you can rework the Tera Ghost bit into the previous line, especially because the Arcanine and Scyther lines are in regards to the lesser-used Poltergeist anyways)

Decidueye excells excels on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom resist Decidueye's Shadow Sneak cannot be swept by a boosted Shadow Sneak (not resisted by, immune to, and the sweeping verbiage implies the importance of the following checks) and can threaten it in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt or Gligar who can take these Pokemon on make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring in Decidueye safely onto the battlefield. Dark- and Ghost-type resists like Florges, Wo-Chien, and Skuntank can help switch in to Decidueye's checks like an opposing Skuntank (of the afforementioned teammates, the only one that might check Skuntank is itself, and that's still a mirror matchup obviously. It would be better to include Fighting-type here as well, with Paldean Taurus-W being a solid pick as well for helping Decidueye check Curse Arcanine), Scrafty, and Galarian Articuno.

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I would like to see this one more time before the last QC, please. There was a lot of basic dex info, whereas I was expecting more meta-relevant examples. Try to avoid lines like Spell Tag is the preferred item as it gives Decidueye a power boost to its Ghost-type STAB moves," because it does not give the reader any indication as to why this set would opt for Shadow Tag over other items sweepers usually run like Heavy-Duty Boots, Life Orb, ect. I was also looking for more in the teammates section that I'll tackle again on the second time around.
 
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Spirit Shackle / Poltergeist
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB combination that few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, Long Reach, and good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers. While Spirit Shackle is generally prefered preferred for its increased accuracy, Poltergeist can be opted instead for its increased power, allowing Decidueye to OHKO Bellibolt with Tera Ghost and a Swords Dance, although its anti-synergy with Knock Off can make it unappealing. Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switch-ins (hyphen) like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to justify using over other moves and does not work well with Poltergeist. Spell Tag is the preferred item as it gives Decidueye a power boost to its Ghost-type STAB moves, allowing it to (fluff) achieves rolls such as OHKOing Toxtricity with Poltergeist without Swords Dance and OHKOing Inteleon with a +2 Swords Dance Shadow Sneak. Decidueye's choice of Tera Type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STABs STAB attacks and giving Decidueye a better defensive typing allowing it to spinblock Alolan Sandslash and set up on Pokemon like Delphox and Salazzle, although Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to take on Dark-type Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty.

Decidueye excels on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom cannot be swept by a Shadow Sneak and can threaten it in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt or Gligar who can take these Pokemon on make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring in Decidueye safely onto the battlefield. (See below) Dark- and Ghost-type resists like Florges, Wo-Chien Mudsdale, Paldean Tauros-W, and Skuntank can help switch in to Decidueye's checks like an opposing Skuntank, Bombirdier, Scrafty, and Galarian Articuno (I still don't like this line because now only waterbull is a Skuntank check, and scrafty + gcuno are shoddy checks to Decidueye. Also we ought to include Bombirdier here somewhere, and to that point, we really ought to include Mudsdale as a defensive check to Skunk + bomb, so this first part can be rewritten. Not sure how Wo-Chein was supposed to check skunk / scrafty / gcuno either so scrapping that). Arcanine is an effective offensive counter to Decidueye, as with Tera Normal it can force Decidueye to have to risk a 50:50 with its Ghost-type STAB or Leaf Blade while also having Flare Blitz to disway Decidueye from Swords Dancing, so checks to Decidueye like Ambipom and both Paldean Tauros formes make excellent partners.(Did you mean checks to Arcanine, not Decidueye? Just rewrite this part to say that the aforementioned physical walls, see above, are also great at coming in at the faster physical Fire-types like Arcanine and Tauros Paldean-F to pivot out on)
(Add that Decidueye can break holes through common physical walls like Mudsdale, Galarian Slowbro, and Bellibolt to assist additional physical sweepers like Arcanine and Ambipom, which in turn offer more priority to compliment Decidueye's Shadow Sneak by nailing the likes of Staraptor and Zoroark)


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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Spirit Shackle / Poltergeist
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB combination that only a few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, a useful ability in Long Reach, and good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers (Long Reach in that context made it look like a boosting move). While Spirit Shackle is generally preferred for its increased accuracy, Poltergeist can be opted instead for its increased power, allowing Decidueye to OHKO Bellibolt with Tera Ghost and a Swords Dance, although its anti-synergy with Knock Off can make it unappealing. Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off hit faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switch-ins like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to justify using it over other moves, (ac) and it does not work well with Poltergeist. Spell Tag is the preferred item as it achieves rolls such as OHKOing OHKOes Toxtricity with Poltergeist without Swords Dance and OHKOing Inteleon with a +2 Swords Dance Shadow Sneak. Decidueye's choice of Tera Type type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STAB moves and giving gives Decidueye a better defensive typing, (ac) allowing it to spinblock Alolan Sandslash and set up on Pokemon like Delphox and Salazzle, although while Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to take on Dark-type Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty.

Decidueye excels on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom cannot be swept by a Shadow Sneak and can threaten it Decidueye in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt or Gligar who can take these Pokemon on (the word "checks" implies that they can take them on) make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring in Decidueye safely onto the battlefield. Teammates like Florges, Mudsdale, Paldean Tauros-W, and Skuntank can help switch in to into Decidueye's checks like an opposing Skuntank, Bombirdier, Scrafty, and Galarian Articuno. Decidueye can struggle against offensive Fire-types like Arcanine and Paldean Tauros-F, so checks Pokemon ("checks" is repetitive) like Mudsdale and Milotic make excellent partners. Decidueye's ability to wallbreak common physical walls like Mudsdale, Galarian Slowbro, and Bellibolt make other physical sweepers like Arcanine, Ambipom, and Paldean Tauros-W excellent partners valuable teammates (excellent partners was repetitive). In turn, these 3 three can take out Decidueye's offensive checks, (ac) like Staraptor and Zoroark, (ac) with priority to compliment complement Decidueye's Shadow Sneak.
 
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Spirit Shackle / Poltergeist
move 3: Leaf Blade
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Spell Tag
ability: Long Reach
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fairy

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to a great STAB combination that only a few Pokemon resist, a great boosting move in Swords Dance, a useful ability in Long Reach, and a good defensive typing, Decidueye is one of PU's strongest physical wallbreakers and sweepers (Long Reach in that context made it look like a boosting move). While Spirit Shackle is generally preferred for its increased accuracy, Poltergeist can be opted instead for its increased higher power, allowing Decidueye to OHKO Bellibolt with Tera Ghost and after a Swords Dance, although its anti-synergy with Knock Off can make it unappealing. Shadow Sneak is useful priority to pick off faster weakened threats like Inteleon, Salazzle, and Delphox. Knock Off can be used to give Decidueye extra utility and punish common switch-ins like Staraptor and Wo-Chien, but it is very hard to justify using it over other moves, (ac) and it does not work well with Poltergeist. Spell Tag is the preferred item as it achieves rolls such as OHKOing lets Decidueye OHKO Toxtricity with unboosted Poltergeist without Swords Dance and OHKOing Inteleon with a +2 Swords Dance Shadow Sneak. Decidueye's choice of Tera Type type is flexible; Tera Ghost boosts the power of its Ghost-type STAB moves and giving gives Decidueye a better defensive typing, (ac) allowing it to spinblock Alolan Sandslash and set up on Pokemon like Delphox and Salazzle, although while Tera Fairy allows Decidueye to take on Dark-type Pokemon like Zoroark and Scrafty.

Decidueye excels on offensive or balance teams looking for a strong wallbreaker with sweeping and cleaning potential. Faster Normal-types like Staraptor, Meloetta, and Ambipom cannot be swept by a Shadow Sneak and can threaten it Decidueye in return, so checks to these Pokemon like Bellibolt or and Gligar who can take these Pokemon on (the word "checks" implies that they can take them on) make good partners. Decidueye is also relatively frail, so slow pivots like Bellibolt, Gligar, and Milotic can help bring in Decidueye safely onto the battlefield it in safely. Florges, Mudsdale, Paldean Tauros-W, and Skuntank can help switch in to into Decidueye's checks like an opposing Skuntank, Bombirdier, Scrafty, and Galarian Articuno. Decidueye can struggle against offensive Fire-types like Arcanine and Paldean Tauros-F, so checks Pokemon ("checks" is repetitive) like Mudsdale and Milotic make excellent partners. Decidueye's ability to wallbreak beat common physical walls like Mudsdale, Galarian Slowbro, and Bellibolt make other physical sweepers like Arcanine, Ambipom, and Paldean Tauros-W excellent partners valuable teammates (excellent partners was repetitive). In turn, these 3 three can take out Decidueye's offensive checks, (ac) like Staraptor and Zoroark, (ac) with priority to compliment complement Decidueye's Shadow Sneak.
 
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