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[SET]
The Loom (Breloom) @ Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Spore / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Breloom is a potent sweeper for offensive teams due to its strong priority and ability to force and exploit switches. Mach Punch massively threatens faster Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle, and it lets Breloom function as a formidable revenge killer and even sweep through weakened teams once boosted. Bullet Seed hits Great Tusk and bulky Water-types, like Toxapex, Alomomola, and Dondozo, and it avoids Rocky Helmet damage, preserving Focus Sash. Spore shuts down slower defensive Pokemon, like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper, offering Breloom free opportunities to use Swords Dance. Close Combat can be used instead on Life Orb sets, as it puts Miraidon into Mach Punch range if it tries to switch in, OHKOes Corviknight at +2. Focus Sash is the preferred item, as it gives more opportunities for Breloom to set up and allows it to avoid revenge killing attempts, but Life Orb can be used instead, notably OHKOing Miraidon and Koraidon with +2 Tera Fighting Mach Punch and improving Breloom's ability to revenge kill Koraidon and Great Tusk. Tera Fighting increases Mach Punch damage, and it lets Breloom survive an Ice Shard from Chien-Pao. Breloom fits best on offensive teams as a wallbreaker and sweeper that especially threatens balance teams. Entry hazard support from Glimmora, Cloyster, or Froslass is appreciated to put offensive Pokemon into Mach Punch KO range. Toxic Spikes may seem like poor synergy because poison prevents Spore, but Spore's main targets—Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper—are unaffected by Toxic Spikes, and the increased damage on Miraidon and Koraidon is helpful. Hatterene is a good partner, as it prevents entry hazards, preserving Breloom's Focus Sash. Kingambit is a powerful sweeper that helps to handle Flutter Mane and Ice Shard Chien-Pao, which can stop Breloom from sweeping. Fast allies like Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao can force in slower Pokemon, like Toxapex and Corviknight, for Breloom to exploit, and they also put pressure on Gholdengo and Skeledirge, which effectively wall Breloom. Miraidon prevents Breloom from using Spore on grounded Pokemon, so ways to threaten it—such as Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane—are greatly appreciated.

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[SET]
The Loom (Breloom) @ Focus Sash / Loaded Dice Life Orb
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Spore
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed

[SET COMMENTS]
Breloom is a potent sweeper for hyper offense teams due to its strong priority and ability to force switches to abuse. Spore shuts down slower defensive Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Clodsire whenever Electric Terrain isn't active. Maybe you could mention how this gives relatively safe opportunities to Swords Dance and allows Breloom to break through bulkier foes it wouldn't otherwise. Mach Punch massively threatens faster Pokemon like Chien-Pao, Chi-Yu, and Iron Bundle, and can sweep through weakened teams once boosted. Bullet Seed hits Toxapex and Great Tusk and avoids Rocky Helmet damage, preserving Focus Sash. The wording makes its sound like Toxapex + Great Tusk is the entire list of targets here. Maybe you could say something like it "hits Pokemon such as Great Tusk and bulky Water-types like Toxapex, Alomomola, and Dondozo". Focus Sash is the preferred item, giving more opportunities for Breloom to set up, as well as allowing it to avoid revenge killing attempts, but Loaded Dice can be used for increased consistency on teams with poor hazard control Life Orb can be used to boost Mach Punch, notably allowing it to OHKO Miraidon from full at +2 Attack with Tera Fighting. You could mention any other thresholds Life Orb reaches if you know of any. Tera Fighting increases Mach Punch damage to reach certain thresholds, such as OHKOing Miraidon after a boost and minor chip damage, or OHKOing Koraidon after using Swords Dance twice. Breloom fits best on hyper offense teams as a wallbreaker and sweeper that especially threatens balance teams. Entry hazard support from Glimmora and or Froslass is appreciated, putting offensive Pokemon into Mach Punch KO range. Toxic Spikes seems may seem like poor synergy because the poison would prevent Spore, but the main targets for Spore─Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper─are unaffected by Toxic Spikes, and the increased damage on Miraidon and Koraidon is helpful. Is the list of three Spore targets here supposed to be different than the one at the start? Hatterene is a good partner that prevents entry hazards, preserving Breloom's Focus Sash. Kingambit is another powerful sweeper that helps to handle Flutter Mane and Ice Shard Chien-Pao, threats that can stop Breloom from sweeping. Fast threats like Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao can force in slower Pokemon like Toxapex and Corviknight for Breloom to abuse. Maybe you could mention how Koraidon can weaken Skeledirge for Breloom, and how these three threaten Gholdengo for it. Miraidon prevents Breloom from using Spore on grounded Pokemon, so ways to threaten it─such as Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane─are greatly appreciated.

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dont implement the bulldoze bit as discussed on discord, im too lazy to edit here
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[SET]
The Loom (Breloom) @ Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Spore / Close Combat / Bulldoze didnt we decide that this is viable? and it directly threatens skele (2hko with life orb) and ghold (ohko with lo after rocks) so I think its fine to include as a third option.

[SET COMMENTS]
Breloom is a potent sweeper for hyper offense and bulky offensive I think the loom has proven that he deserves this mention teams due to its strong priority and ability to force switches to abuse. Mach Punch massively threatens faster Pokemon like Chien-Pao, Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle, and can let it function as a threatening revenge killer and even sweep through weakened teams once boosted. Bullet Seed hits Pokemon such as Great Tusk and bulky Water-types like Toxapex, Alomomola, and Dondozo and avoids Rocky Helmet damage, preserving Focus Sash. Spore shuts down slower defensive Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper whenever Electric Terrain isn't active, offering free opportunites to use Swords Dance, but Close Combat can instead be used on Life Orb sets, as it puts Miraidon into Mach Punch range if it tries to hard switch in, and OHKOs Corviknight at +2, and becomes more effective by bluffing Spore. Bulldoze... Focus Sash is the preferred item, giving more opportunities for Breloom to set up, as well as allowing it to avoid revenge killing attempts, but Life Orb can be used instead, notably allowing it to OHKO Miraidon from full at +2 Attack with Tera Fighting, as well as increasing revenge killing capabilities vs Koraidon and Great Tusk. Tera Fighting increases Mach Punch damage to reach certain thresholds, such as OHKOing Miraidon after a boost and minor chip damage, or notably OHKOing Koraidon after using Swords Dance twice and lets it survive an Ice Shard from Chien-Pao. rephrase this Koraidon bit. with life orb tera fighting at +2 you ohko koraidon 80% of the time. By saying that it needs 2 SDs you're kinda making it sound weaker than it is. Breloom fits best on hyper offense teams as a wallbreaker and sweeper that especially threatens balance teams. Entry hazard support from Glimmora or Froslass is appreciated, putting offensive Pokemon into Mach Punch KO range. Toxic Spikes may seem like poor synergy because the poison would prevent Spore, but the main targets for Spore─Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper─are unaffected by Toxic Spikes, and the increased damage on Miraidon and Koraidon is helpful. Hatterene is a good partner that prevents entry hazards, preserving Breloom's Focus Sash. Kingambit is another powerful sweeper that helps to handle Flutter Mane and Ice Shard Chien-Pao, threats that can stop Breloom from sweeping. Fast threats like Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao can force in slower Pokemon like Toxapex and Corviknight for Breloom to abuse, while also putting pressure on Gholdengo and Skeledirge, Breloom's best walls. Miraidon prevents Breloom from using Spore on grounded Pokemon, so ways to threaten it─such as Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane─are greatly appreciated.

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[SET]
The Loom (Breloom) @ Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Spore / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Breloom is a potent sweeper option for offensive teams due to its strong priority and ability to force and abuse switches to abuse. (Subjective but sounds a lot cleaner.) Mach Punch massively threatens faster Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle, and lets it Breloom function as a threatening formidable revenge killer (Overuse of "threaten", twice in one sentence.) and even sweep through weakened teams once boosted. Bullet Seed hits Great Tusk and bulky Water-types like Toxapex, Alomomola, and Dondozo pretty well, (Just saying that it "hits them" sounds weird. Of course you're hitting them, it's an attack. X3) and allows Breloom to avoids possible Rocky Helmet damage, and preserving e it's Focus Sash, if it chooses to run the item. (Subjective change) Spore shuts down slower defensive Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper whenever Electric Terrain isn't active, offering Breloom free opportunites oppurtunities to use Swords Dance, . (Creates a run-on sentence) but Close Combat can instead be used on Life Orb sets, as it puts Miraidon into Mach Punch range if it tries to hard switch in, and OHKOs Corviknight at +2, and becomes more effective by bluffing Spore. Focus Sash is the preferred item, giving more opportunities for Breloom to set up, as well as allowing it to avoid revenge killing attempts, but Life Orb can be used instead, notably allowing it to OHKO Miraidon from full at +2 Attack with Tera Fighting, as well as increasing revenge killing capabilities vs V.S. Koraidon and Great Tusk. Tera Fighting increases Mach Punch damage to reach certain thresholds, notably OHKOing Koraidon after using Swords Dance with Life Orb, and it lets it Breloom survive an Ice Shard from Chien-Pao. Breloom fits best on offensive teams as a wallbreaker and sweeper that especially threatens balance teams. Entry hazard support from Glimmora, Cloyster, or Froslass is appreciated, often putting offensive Pokemon into Mach Punch KO range. Toxic Spikes may seem like poor synergy because the poison inflicted by them would prevent the usage of Spore, (Subjective) but the main targets for Spore─Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper─are unaffected by Toxic Spikes, and the increased damage on Miraidon and Koraidon is helpful. Hatterene is a good partner for Breloom that as it prevents entry hazards, (Subjective) preserving Breloom's Focus Sash. Kingambit is another powerful ally sweeper (This phrasing makes it sounds like Hatterene is a sweeper, which it most certainly is not lol) that helps to handle Flutter Mane and Ice Shard Chien-Pao, threats that can stop Breloom from sweeping. Fast threats like Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao can force in slower Pokemon like Toxapex and Corviknight for Breloom to abuse, while also putting pressure on Gholdengo and Skeledirge, Breloom's best walls. Miraidon prevents Breloom from using Spore on grounded Pokemon, so ways to threaten it─such as Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane─are greatly appreciated.
 
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[SET]
The Loom (Breloom) @ Focus Sash / Life Orb
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Mach Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Spore / Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Breloom is a potent sweeper for offensive teams due to its strong priority and ability to force and exploit ("abuse" is not acceptable per GP standards) switches to abuse..Mach Punch massively threatens faster Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Iron Bundle, and it (needed due to comma) lets it Breloom function as a threatening formidable revenge killer and even sweep through weakened teams once boosted. Bullet Seed hits Great Tusk and bulky Water-types, (AC) like Toxapex, Alomomola, and Dondozo, (AC) and it avoids Rocky Helmet damage, preserving Focus Sash. Spore shuts down slower defensive Pokemon, (AC) like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper, (AC) whenever Electric Terrain isn't active (two of these aren't grounded though; maybe follow up with QC or drop this caveat?), offering Breloom free opportunites opportunities to use Swords Dance. (period), but Close Combat can be used instead be used on Life Orb sets, as it puts Miraidon into Mach Punch range if it tries to hard switch in, and OHKOes Corviknight at +2, and becomes more effective by bluffing Spore (this is a little unclear, are you saying its effective to hit things trying to block Spore like Miraidon or foes with Tera Grass? If so just say that). Focus Sash is the preferred item, giving as it gives more opportunities for Breloom to set up, as well as allowing and allows it to avoid revenge killing attempts, but Life Orb can be used instead, notably allowing it to OHKOing Miraidon from full at +2 Attack with Tera Fighting (change this to "OHKOing Miraidon with +2 Tera Fighting [move]" - I assume it's Mach Punch?), (RC) as well as increasing revenge killing capabilities vs and improving Breloom's ability to revenge kill Koraidon and Great Tusk. Tera Fighting increases Mach Punch damage to reach certain thresholds, notably OHKOing Koraidon after using Swords Dance with Life Orb, (is there any reason not to mention this at the same time you said Breloom can OHKO Miraidon with the same exact circumstances? if not, move it there) and it lets it Breloom survive an Ice Shard from Chien-Pao. Breloom fits best on offensive teams as a wallbreaker and sweeper that especially threatens balance teams. Entry hazard support from Glimmora, Cloyster, or Froslass is appreciated, (RC) putting to put offensive Pokemon into Mach Punch KO range. Toxic Spikes may seem like poor synergy because the poison would prevents Spore, but the main targets for Spore's main targets─—Corviknight, Toxapex, and Pelipper─—are (em dashes are good but you have to format them as "—" for the dex) unaffected by Toxic Spikes, and the increased damage on Miraidon and Koraidon is helpful. Hatterene is a good partner, (AC) that as it prevents entry hazards, preserving Breloom's Focus Sash. Kingambit is another a powerful sweeper that helps to handle Flutter Mane and Ice Shard Chien-Pao, which threats that can stop Breloom from sweeping. Fast threats allies like Koraidon, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao can force in slower Pokemon, (AC) like Toxapex and Corviknight, (AC) for Breloom to abuse exploit, while also putting and they also put pressure on Gholdengo and Skeledirge, which effectively wall Breloom's best walls. Miraidon prevents Breloom from using Spore on grounded Pokemon, so ways to threaten it─—such as Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane─—are greatly appreciated.
 
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