PU Scrafty

[UberSkitty]

[OVERVIEW]

Scrafty can be run as an either bulky or fast setup sweeper, sporting both Bulk Up and Dragon Dance. Its solid bulk and defensive typing give it various opportunities to switch in against and set up on Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. However, this same typing also gives it weaknesses to common types such as Fairy and Fighting, which are often run as coverage on Pokemon Scrafty wants to check such as Mesprit and Absol. Scrafty's typing also has its ups and downs offensively, as it is able to hit most of the tier neutrally, but Fairy-types such as Aromatisse and Silvally-Fairy completely wall it if it is not running coverage. While Scrafty's defenses are good, its Attack is underwhelming without boosts and its Speed is very mediocre, with it still being outsped even at +1 by Pokemon such as Ribombee and Whimsicott.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Scrafty to serve as a special sponge that can soft check special attackers such as Heliolisk and Vanilluxe, which it can use as setup bait. This pairs well with Bulk Up because, after setting up, Scrafty can take both physical and special hits, ideally allowing it to slowly break through the opponent's remaining Pokemon. This is furthered by its combination of Rest and Shed Skin, which makes Scrafty harder to wear down and cripple with status conditions, although Shed Skin can be unreliable at times. Drain Punch also helps keep Scrafty healthy, while Knock Off does decent damage while crippling Pokemon that may depend on their items such as Weezing and Choice Scarf Passimian. Scrafty prefers to start setting up after threats to it such as Passimian, Aromatisse, and Braviary have been taken out, so Pokemon that can help against those such as Uxie, Togedemaru, and Rotom make for good teammates.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Close Combat / High Jump Kick
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Iron Head
item: Lum Berry / Chople Berry
ability: Moxie / Shed Skin
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragon Dance gives Scrafty a greater offensive presence, with Moxie giving it an easier time sweeping and maximum Speed with a Jolly nature allowing it to outspeed base 110 Speed Pokemon after one Dragon Dance. Close Combat serves as its powerful STAB move, although High Jump Kick is slightly more powerful and has no defense drops in exchange for considerably more risk. Iron Head hits Fairy-types like Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse. Lum Berry gives Scrafty one-time protection from status conditions that would otherwise make it much harder to sweep, but Chople Berry can instead be used to take moves such as Close Combat from Choice Scarf Passimian, which still outspeeds +1 Scrafty, and Hitmontop's Mach Punch. Chople Berry can be run alongside Shed Skin so Scrafty can still set up against Pokemon like Vaporeon. Good teammates are Pokemon that can help against faster threats such as Ribombee and the previously mentioned Choice Scarf Passimian. Both Silvally-Fairy and Silvally-Steel make for good teammates, as they can check these threats and bring Scrafty onto the field with Parting Shot. Wallbreakers like Magmortar and Clawitzer can weaken bulky Pokemon such as Weezing and Aromatisse, making it easier for Scrafty to clean up the match.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Quality checked by: [[TONE, 213583], [gum, 434150]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[TONE]

[OVERVIEW]

Scrafty can be run as either a bulky or fast setup sweeper, sporting both Bulk Up and Dragon Dance. Its solid bulk and defensive typing gives it various opportunities to switch in against and set up on Pokemon such as Shiftry and Palossand.(perhaps mention Vaporeon instead of Shiftry.) However, this same typing also gives it weaknesses to common types such as Fairy and Fighting, which is often run as coverage on Pokemon Scrafty wants to check such as Mesprit and Absol. Scrafty's typing also has its ups and downs offensively, as it it able to hit most of the tier neutrally bar the Fairy-types such as Aromatisse and Silvally-Fairy that completely wall it if not running coverage. While Scrafty's defenses are good, its Attack is underwhelming without boosts and its Speed is very mediocre, still being outsped even at +1 by Pokemon such as Talonflame and Whmsicott.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Scrafty to serve as a special sponge that can soft check special attackers such as Roserade and Vanilluxe, who it can use as setup bait. This pairs well with Bulk Up as after setting up Scrafty can take both physical and special hits, ideally allowing it to slowly break through the opponent's remaining Pokemon. This is furthered by its combination of Rest and Shed Skin, which makes Scrafty harder to wear down and cripple with status conditions. Drain Punch also helps keep Scrafty healthy while Knock Off does decent damage while crippling Pokemon that may depend on their items such as Clefairy and Choice Scarf Tsareena. Scrafty prefers to start setting up after its threats such as Passimian, Aromatisse, and Braviary have been taken out, so Pokemon that can help against those make for good teammates. (such as?)

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Close Combat / High Jump Kick
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Iron Head
item: Lum Berry / Chople Berry
ability: Moxie
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragon Dance gives Scrafty a more offensive presence, with Moxie giving it an easier time sweeping and max Speed Jolly allowing it to outspeed base 110 Speed Pokemon such as Archeops and Froslass at +1. Close Combat serves as its powerful STAB, although High Jump Kick is slightly more powerful and no defense drops but with considerably more risk. Knock Off is Scrafty's secondary STAB move and targets Pokemon that resist Fighting such as Mesprit and Rotom while Iron Head hits Fairy-types like Silvally-Fairy and Alcremie. Lum Berry gives Scrafty a one-time prevention of being crippled by status conditions that would otherwise make it much harder to sweep but Chople Berry can instead be used to take Close Combat from Choice Scarf Passimian, who still outspeeds +1 Scrafty, and Hitmontop's Mach Punch. If not running Chople Berry, Threats like these, as well as others such as Ribombee and Choice Scarf Braviary, should be taken out first unless you manage to set up two Dragon Dances, which is most easily done against Pokemon like Gigalith or defensive Mesprit. (instead of mentioning trying to get 2 DD's off, mention Pokemon that can handle faster threats to Scrafty, Silvally-Steel for example handles fairies and provides Parting Shot momentum for Scrafty to set up easier.)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2.

 

[gum]

[OVERVIEW]

Scrafty can be run as either a bulky or fast setup sweeper, sporting both Bulk Up and Dragon Dance. Its solid bulk and defensive typing gives (give) it various opportunities to switch in against and set up on Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. However, this same typing also gives it weaknesses to common types such as Fairy and Fighting, which is often run as coverage on Pokemon Scrafty wants to check such as Mesprit and Absol. Scrafty's typing also has its ups and downs offensively, as it it able to hit most of the tier neutrally bar the Fairy-types such as Aromatisse and Silvally-Fairy that completely wall it if not running coverage. While Scrafty's defenses are good, its Attack is underwhelming without boosts and its Speed is very mediocre, still being outsped even at +1 by Pokemon such as Talonflame and Whmsicott. (idt talon ohkoes? ribombee would probably be a better example)

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Scrafty to serve as a special sponge that can soft check special attackers such as Roserade and Vanilluxe, who it can use as setup bait. This pairs well with Bulk Up as after setting up Scrafty can take both physical and special hits, ideally allowing it to slowly break through the opponent's remaining Pokemon. This is furthered by its combination of Rest and Shed Skin, which makes Scrafty harder to wear down and cripple with status conditions. (it can be a bit unreliable at times though) Drain Punch also helps keep Scrafty healthy while Knock Off does decent damage while crippling Pokemon that may depend on their items such as Clefairy and Choice Scarf Tsareena. (clef is kinda bad though, and scarf tsareena usually does not switch into scrafty. weezing + scarf pass would be better examples) Scrafty prefers to start setting up after its threats such as Passimian, Aromatisse, and Braviary have been taken out, so Pokemon that can help against those such as Uxie, Togedemaru, and Rotom make for good teammates. (mention some wallbreakers that can weaken down walls)

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Close Combat / High Jump Kick
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Iron Head
item: Lum Berry / Chople Berry
ability: Moxie / Shed Skin - might be worth discussing with qc but chople + shed skin allows u to risk setting up on vaporeon while also not losing to passimian n stuff
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragon Dance gives Scrafty a more offensive presence, with Moxie giving it an easier time sweeping and max Speed Jolly allowing it to outspeed base 110 Speed Pokemon such as Archeops and Froslass at +1. (i'd just say how it outspeeds stuff like base 110s after a boost) Close Combat serves as its powerful STAB, although High Jump Kick is slightly more powerful and no defense drops but with considerably more risk. Knock Off is Scrafty's secondary STAB move and targets Pokemon that resist Fighting such as Mesprit and Rotom while Iron Head hits Fairy-types like Silvally-Fairy and Alcremie. (alcremie's kinda bad) Lum Berry gives Scrafty a one-time prevention of being crippled by status conditions that would otherwise make it much harder to sweep but Chople Berry can instead be used to take Close Combat from Choice Scarf Passimian, who still outspeeds +1 Scrafty, and Hitmontop's Mach Punch. Good teammates are Pokemon that can help against faster threats such as Ribombee and the previously mentioned Choice Scarf Passimian. Both Silvally-Fairy and Silvally-Steel make for good teammates as they can check these threats and bring Scrafty onto the field with Parting Shot. (wallbreakers can weaken down stuff for scrafty to clean late-game, roserade's a good partner)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Quality checked by: [[TONE, 213583], [gum, 434150]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

qc 2/2

 

[MZ]

nuke Roserade mentions please and ty. also in your Rotom analysis

 

[Adeleine]

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[OVERVIEW]

Scrafty can be run as an either a bulky or fast setup sweeper, sporting both Bulk Up and Dragon Dance. Its solid bulk and defensive typing give it various opportunities to switch in against and set up on Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. However, this same typing also gives it weaknesses to common types such as Fairy and Fighting, which is are often run as coverage on Pokemon Scrafty wants to check such as Mesprit and Absol. Scrafty's typing also has its ups and downs offensively, as it it able to hit most of the tier neutrally, (AC) but bar the Fairy-types such as Aromatisse and Silvally-Fairy that completely wall it if it is not running coverage. While Scrafty's defenses are good, its Attack is underwhelming without boosts and its Speed is very mediocre, with it still being outsped even at +1 by Pokemon such as Robombee and Whmsicott. Ribombee and Whimsicott.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
This set allows Scrafty to serve as a special sponge that can soft check special attackers such as Heliolisk and Vanilluxe, who which it can use as setup bait. This pairs well with Bulk Up as because, after setting up, (AC) Scrafty can take both physical and special hits, ideally allowing it to slowly break through the opponent's remaining Pokemon. This is furthered by its combination of Rest and Shed Skin, which makes Scrafty harder to wear down and cripple with status conditions, although it Shed Skin can be unreliable at times. Drain Punch also helps keep Scrafty healthy, (AC) while Knock Off does decent damage while crippling Pokemon that may depend on their items such as Weezing and Choice Scarf Passimian. Scrafty prefers to start setting up after its threats to it such as Passimian, Aromatisse, and Braviary have been taken out, so Pokemon that can help against those such as Uxie, Togedemaru, and Rotom make for good teammates.

[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Close Combat / High Jump Kick
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Iron Head
item: Lum Berry / Chople Berry
ability: Moxie / Shed Skin
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragon Dance gives Scrafty a more greater offensive presence, with Moxie giving it an easier time sweeping and maximum Speed with a Jolly nature allowing it to outspeed base 110 Speed Pokemon after one Dragon Dance. Close Combat serves as its powerful STAB move, although High Jump Kick is slightly more powerful and has no defense drops but with in exchange for considerably more risk. Iron Head hits Fairy-types like Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse. Lum Berry gives Scrafty a one-time prevention of being crippled by one-time protection from status conditions that would otherwise make it much harder to sweep, (AC) but Chople Berry can instead be used to take Close Combat from Choice Scarf Passimian, who which still outspeeds +1 Scrafty, and Hitmontop's Mach Punch. If running Chople Berry it can be run alongside Shed Skin so you Scrafty can still set up against Pokemon like Vaporeon. Good teammates are Pokemon that can help against faster threats such as Ribombee and the previously mentioned Choice Scarf Passimian. Both Silvally-Fairy and Silvally-Steel make for good teammates, (AC) as they can check these threats and bring Scrafty onto the field with Parting Shot. Wallbreakers like Magmortar and Clawitzer can weaken bulky Pokemon such as Weezing and Aromatisse, all of which make making (in addition to this, you change earlier to like "Any wallbreaker, like Magmortar or Clawtizer, can weaken..." if you wanted) it easier for Scrafty to clean up the match.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[UberSkitty, 355061]]
- Quality checked by: [[TONE, 213583], [gum, 434150]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

GP 1/1