UU Vanilluxe

[cheru]

[OVERVIEW]

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage of Snow Warning to use perfectly accurate Blizzards and crush many unprepared teams. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even Ice-resistant Pokemon like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Further, many common Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice, meaning they cannot switch in safely at all. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since Vanilluxe only needs those two moves to 2HKO most of the tier, it can run Sleep Talk in the third—and last—moveslot, making it a fantastic sleep absorber against Amoonguss and letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe's reliance on Choice Specs, poor defensive typing, mediocre bulk, and Stealth Rock weakness, it struggles greatly to safely come onto the field. Because of this, Vanilluxe requires the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its Speed tier also lets it down, since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Keldeo.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing common walls like Tangrowth and Hippowdon while 2HKOing Cobalion, Celesteela, and Nihilego. Freeze-Dry gives it important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel. Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP. Vanilluxe only runs three moves on this set so that Sleep Talk calls Freeze-Dry more often against Water-types. Ice Beam can have some use for a fourth move, since a foe like Chansey can easily stall out Blizzard's PP, but it is always the worst move to get when calling Sleep Talk, and Vanilluxe doesn't have much longevity for Ice Beam's PP to be necessary.

Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a wallbreaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory, and Celesteela as Steel-types, or on bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Salamence is necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these entry hazard removers are commonly used on the same team, since Salamence can handle Skarmory and Hippowdon, while Excadrill counters Nihilego, and having these entry hazard setters beaten helps with Vanilluxe's longevity greatly. Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss and uses U-turn for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard. Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo, as well as removing Eviolite from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz, giving it more wallbreaking opportunities. Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock, which lets Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard, as well as nearly always OHKOing Slowking with Freeze-Dry after hail chip damage. Both entry hazard setters take on Rotom-H, and Swampert lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe. Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego, and they let Vanilluxe get in safely with Teleport. Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt and Ice Shard to bluff the Choice Specs set, shut down Chansey's recovery, and surprise Zygarde-10%. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and sacrifices power, notably missing out on 2HKOing physically defensive Scizor. Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs makes Vanilluxe a great revenge killer against faster Pokemon like Crobat, Keldeo, and Zarude. However, this set can be harder to fit due to its lower damage output.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack, can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripples Vanilluxe with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Specially defensive Scizor can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. However, variants lacking Special Defense investment are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Offensive Scizor always OHKOes it with Bullet Punch, but it can't switch in directly. Jirachi can force Vanilluxe out with Iron Head, which lets it pivot out freely or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock freely.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the former two can't take repeated hits, and the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs Choice Specs, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat, like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes it very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

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[Aether]

AMQC - I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream

[OVERVIEW]

- Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage Snow Warning to give it perfectly accurate Blizzards. (This is dex info, I would cut it)
- When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even resists to Ice like Cobalion, Rotom-H, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard. In addition, Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry.
- Sleep Talk also lets it be a fantastic Sleep absorber against Amoonguss, also letting it also help it save Blizzard PP.
- Due to Vanilluxe needing Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk and a Stealth Rock weakness makes it very hard for it to come on the field.
- Against teams with sturdy checks to it like Scizor and Jirachi, Vanilluxe cannot break through teams as easily. (this is sort of obvious)

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

- Blizzard with hail chip damage from Snow Warning is extremely deadly, as most neutral targets are 2HKOed or OHKOed. (I would rephrase this to "In conjuction with hail chip, many targets such as x y and z are 2HKO'd by Blizzard)
- Freeze-Dry gives it the important super effective coverage on Water-types like Keldeo and Tentacruel.(Replace Keldeo for something else that doesn't beat Ice Cream 1v1)
- Sleep Talk lets it come in on absorb Spore from Amoonguss to come in on Spore and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP.
- Vanilluxe only runs 3 moves on this set to let it more often call Freeze-Dry against Water-types and Ice Beam's accuracy outside of hail is not worth it most of the time.

- Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a breaker that can get past teams that rely on Assault Vest Tangrowth or bulky Water-tyeps types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls.
- Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control from Excadrill and Salamence are necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to break through defensive teams. They can also handle Steel- and Fire-types (like?) for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves.
- Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss, so it can pivot Vanilluxe in for it to blast them away with Blizzard.
- Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo while also removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Chansey. It also can pivot Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz.
- Swampert can set up Stealth Rock to let Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard and nearly always 2HKO Slowking with Freeze-Dry with hail chip. It also and pivot it in on foes Tangrowth.
(Mention Teleport users that allow it to come in for free)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery with Taunt. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful.
- It can also Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets it get the jump on Keldeo that would normally revenge kill it, but the drop in power is even more noticeable noticable.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel-types**: Bulky variants of Scizor have enough bulk to take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and can take it out with Iron Head, pivot out freely, or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it directly. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up all over it or set up Stealth Rock.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like, Entei, Rotom-H, Salazzle, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled.

**Stealth Rock**: Since Vanilluxe needs a boosting item like Choice Specs or Never-Melt Ice, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down.

**Knock Off**: Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Due to Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego and Hydreigon.

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[Monky25]

baskin robbins

[OVERVIEW]

- Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage Snow Warning to give it perfectly accurate Blizzards.
- When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even resists to Ice like Cobalion and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. say how most steel-types like skarm steela and exca aren't resistant to ice, with even scizor variants lacking special defense at risk of being 2HKOd
- Sleep Talk also lets it be a fantastic Sleep absorber against Amoonguss, also letting it save Blizzard PP. I'd add something before this point about it only needing 2 moves to hit the entire tier, so sleep talk can be easily put to absorb spore from amoonguss
- Due to Vanilluxe needing Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk and a Stealth Rock weakness makes it very hard for it to come on the field, facilitating the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. bring up its vulnerable speed tier

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

- Blizzard is incredibly powerful, as nearly every Pokemon that doesn't resist the move is either 2HKOed or OHKOed (use some specific examples, like OHKOing x and y and 2HKOing x and y)
- Freeze-Dry gives it the important super effective coverage on Water-types like Azumarill and Tentacruel. replace azu with slowking and prim, i get they were in the overview but super big targets for freeze dry
- Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP.
- Vanilluxe only runs 3 moves on this set to let it more often call Freeze-Dry against Water-types and Ice Beam's accuracy outside of hail is not worth it most of the time.

- Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a breaker that can get past teams that rely on Assault Vest Tangrowth or bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. instead of special walls I think rely on pokemon like skarmory, celesteela, and cobalion as their steel-type would be the better example.
- Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control from Excadrill and Salamence are necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak through defensive teams. They can also handle Steel-types like Scizor and Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. I would emphasize directly that it is often double removal that support vanilluxe as it needs multiple hazard removers
- Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss for , so it can pivot Vanilluxe in for it to blast them away with Blizzard.
- Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo while also removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Chansey. It also can pivot Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz.
- Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock to let Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard and nearly always 2HKO Slowking with Freeze-Dry with hail chip. They both take on Rotom-H and the former lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe It also and pivot it in on foes Tangrowth.
- Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego while also letting Vaniluxe get in safely with Teleport.
-bring up physical sweepers like Scizor that can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery with Taunt. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful.
- It can also Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets Vanilluxe it get the jump on Keldeo that would normally revenge kill it, but the drop in power is even more noticeable.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel-types**: Bulky variants of Scizor have enough bulk to take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. add how variants lacking special defense investment get 2HKOed by blizzard Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and can take it out with Iron Head, pivot out freely, or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock all over it.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Entei, Rotom-H, Salazzle, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard. removed entei and salazzle and replaced them with chandelure to reflect metagame relevancy.

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripple it with Toxic or Thunder Wave. make this the first point

**Stealth Rock**: Since Vanilluxe needs a boosting item like Choice Specs or Never-Melt Ice, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down.

**Knock Off**: Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth. I feel you could combine this point with the above one

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Due to Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

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Great work QC 1/3
add remove comment

 

[Lily]

[OVERVIEW]

- Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage Snow Warning to give it perfectly accurate Blizzards.
- When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even resists to Ice like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor (this point is important bc it's a huge boon in vani's favour - literally none of the common ice resists can handle it at all) and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard, and many Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry.
- Since it only needs those two moves to hit most of the tier, so Sleep Talk also lets it be a fantastic Sleep absorber against Amoonguss, also letting it save Blizzard PP.
- Due to Vanilluxe needing Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk and a Stealth Rock weakness makes it very hard for it to come on the field, facilitating the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores.
- Its Speed also lets it down since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Mamoswine.


[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

- Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing Excadrill and Azelf while 2HKOing Cobalion and Nihilego.
- Freeze-Dry gives it the important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel.
- Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP.
- Vanilluxe only runs 3 moves on this set to let it more often call Freeze-Dry against Water-types and Ice Beam's accuracy outside of hail is not worth it most of the time. ice beam is good enough to get a better mention than this; mention that its main advantage is PP though, vani can def run out of blizzards pretty quickly in matchups against stuff like chansey.

- Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a breaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory and Celesteela as Steel-types or bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls.
- Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control from Excadrill and Salamence are necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Steel-types like Scizor and Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these are also commonly used on the same team since Vanilluxe needs double entry hazard removal. it doesn't need it, but it's appreciated. i would also remove the scizor mention here since it's a pretty ungood ice cream switch
- Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard.
- Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo while also removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz.
- Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock to let Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard and nearly always 2HKO u mean OHKO here right? Slowking with Freeze-Dry with hail chip. They both take on Rotom-H and the former lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe.
- Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego while also letting Vaniluxe get in safely with Teleport.
- Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery with Taunt. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful.
- Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets Vanilluxe get the jump on Keldeo that would normally revenge kill it, but the drop in power is even more noticeable. mention that it can also dumpster other offensive mons like crobat/zarude/noiv/hydrei/etc - not all of them, just what u wanna include. scarf is good, it just doesn't play like a nuclear wallbreaker and more as an offense shredder.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripple it with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Bulky Scizor bulky is unfair wording here bc we have "Bulky Swords Dance" on the analysis and that's just 252 hp 244 def - "specially defensive" is appropriate can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch, but variants lacking Special Defense are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and can take it out with Iron Head, pivot out freely, or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock all over it.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard. mention that the former two can't really handle it well either

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs Choice Specs, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

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Great job! QC 2/3

 

[Estarossa]

[OVERVIEW]

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage Snow Warning to give it perfectly accurate Blizzards. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even resists to Ice like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard, and many Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since it only needs those two moves to hit most of the tier, so fix how this reads Sleep Talk also lets it be a fantastic Sleep absorber against Amoonguss, also letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe needing Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk and a Stealth Rock weakness makes it very hard for it to come on the field, facilitating the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its Speed also lets it down since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego nihi is prtty fast anyway for uu might be better to pick an example around slightly slower but a nitpick anyway can keep if you want and Mamoswine.


[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing Excadrill and Azelf while 2HKOing Cobalion and Nihilego. Freeze-Dry gives it the important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel. Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP. Vanilluxe only runs 3 moves on this set to let it more often call Freeze-Dry against Water-types. Ice Beam can have some use for a 4th move since Vanilluxe can easily get PP stalled out of Blizzard by a foe like Chansey. xplain why you wouln't usually run it tho (more chance of worst moves off sleep talk and vanilluxe not usually alive long nough to care about this)

Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a breaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory and Celesteela as Steel-types or bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control from Excadrill and Salamence are necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these can also are also commonly used on the same team to help Vanilluxe's longevity greatly maybe mention something about the synergy here as a remover pair, mence can cover stuff like skarm/hippo while exca covers nihi. Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard. Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo while also removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz. Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock to let Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard and nearly always OHKO Slowking with Freeze-Dry with hail chip. They both take on Rotom-H and the former lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe. Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego while also letting Vaniluxe get in safely with Teleport. Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery with Taunt. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful. give an example or two of rolls you miss out on with NMI. Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets Vanilluxe change its role from a wallbreaker to a great revenge killer against many faster Pokemon like Crobat, Keldeo, and Zarude. However, this can be harder to fit due to its lower damage output.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripple it with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Specially defensive Scizor can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch, but variants lacking Special Defense are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and can take it out with Iron Head, pivot out freely, or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock all over it. worth mentioning that more offfensive sciz sets stil lrevenge u but just dont like switching in very much

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the former two can't take repeated hits, and latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs Choice Specs, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

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looks great didn't have much to say qc 3/3

 

[cheru]

gm GP Team i hope you all have a great day

 

[Sulo]

AMGP Check, implement what you want
add remove comment || AC = Added Comma, RC = Removed Comma, AP = Added Period

icy hot

[OVERVIEW]

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage Snow Warning to give it perfectly accurate Blizzards. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even Ice resists resists to Ice like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard, and many Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice, (AC) meaning they cannot switch in safely. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since Vanilluxe only needs those two moves to 2HKO most of the tier, it can run Sleep Talk in the last slot, (AC) making it to let it be a fantastic sleep absorber against Amoonguss, effectively saving letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe's reliance on needing Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk, (AC) and a Stealth Rock weakness, (AC) it is makes it very hard for it to safely hit come on the field. (AP) Because of this, Vanilluxe requires facilitating (facilitating implies that it makes it easier for hazard removal and pivots to do their job when Vanilluxe is in the picture, which I wouldn't say is entirely true.) the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its mediocre Speed tier also lets it down, (AC) since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Mamoswine.


[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing Excadrill and Azelf (Azelf is pretty frail and is realistically never running bulk, I think another example would be more appropriate here; a neutral target like Hatterene maybe, which has a chance to be OHKOed after rocks.) while 2HKOing Cobalion and Nihilego. Freeze-Dry gives it the important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel. Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP. Vanilluxe only runs 3 moves on this set so that it calls Freeze Dry more often to let it more often call Freeze-Dry against Water-types. Ice Beam can have some use for a 4th move since Vanilluxe can easily get PP stalled out of Blizzard by a foe like Chansey, but it is always the worst move to get when (misspelt when here) calling Sleep Talk, and doesn't have much longevity anyway for this to be necessary (misspelt necessary).

Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a breaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory and Celesteela as Steel-types, (AC) or bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control from Excadrill and Salamence is are necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these can also are also commonly used on the same team since Salamence can handle Skarmory and Hippowdon, while Excadrill counters Nihilego, (AC) which helps with to help Vanilluxe's longevity greatly. Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard. Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo, (AC) while also removing Eviolite from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz, (AC) giving it more wallbreaking opportunities. Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock, (AC) which lets to let Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard, (AC) as well as and nearly always OHKOing Slowking with Freeze-Dry after hail chip. They both take on Rotom-H and Swampert the former lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe. Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego, (AC) while also letting Vaniluxe get in safely with Teleport. Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery with Taunt. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful, notably missing out on 2HKOing physically defensive Scizor. Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets Vanilluxe become a change its role from a wallbreaker to a great revenge killer against many faster Pokemon like Crobat, Keldeo, and Zarude. However, this can be harder to fit due to its lower damage output.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripple it with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Specially defensive Scizor can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. (AP) However, but variants lacking Special Defense are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Offensive Scizor always OHKOes it with Bullet Punch, but it can't switch in directly. Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and being able to threaten can take it out with Iron Head, which lets it pivot out freely, or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock freely all over it.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the former two can't take repeated hits, and latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs Choice Specs, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

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- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Lily, 481709], [Estarossa, 461329]]
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[OVERVIEW]

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage of Snow Warning to give it use perfectly accurate Blizzards. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even Ice resists Ice-resistant Pokemon like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard, and Blizzard. Further, many Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice, meaning they cannot switch in safely at all. (I imagine this makes sense?) Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since Vanilluxe only needs those two moves to 2HKO most of the tier, it can run Sleep Talk in the last slot third—and last—moveslot, making it a fantastic sleep absorber against Amoonguss, Amoonguss and letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe's reliance on Choice Specs, its typing in tandem with mediocre bulk, and a poor defensive typing, mediocre bulk, and Stealth Rock weakness, it is very hard for it struggles greatly to safely come onto the field. Because of this, Vanilluxe requires the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its Speed tier also lets it down, since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Mamoswine.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing Excadrill and Azelf while 2HKOing Cobalion and Nihilego. Freeze-Dry gives it important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel. Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP. Vanilluxe only runs 3 three moves on this set so that it Sleep Talk calls Freeze-Dry (added hyphen) more often against Water-types. Ice Beam can have some use for a 4th fourth move, (AC) since Vanilluxe can easily get PP stalled out of Blizzard by a foe like Chansey, a foe like Chansey can easily stall out Blizzard's PP, but it is always the worst move to get when calling Sleep Talk, and Vanilluxe doesn't have much longevity for this Ice Beam's PP to be necessary.

Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a wallbreaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory, (AC) (I imagine comma works here?) and Celesteela as Steel-types, or on bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard control removal from Excadrill and Salamence is necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these can also are also hazard removers are commonly used on the same team, (AC) since Salamence can handle Skarmory and Hippowdon, while Excadrill counters Nihilego, which and having these hazard setters beaten (I imagine this makes sense?) helps with Vanilluxe's longevity greatly. Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss and uses U-turn (I imagine?) for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard. Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo, while also as well as removing Eviolite from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz, giving it more wallbreaking opportunities. Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock, which lets Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard, as well as nearly always OHKOing Slowking with Freeze-Dry after hail chip. They both chip damage. Both hazard setters take on Rotom-H, (AC) and Swampert lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe. Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego, while also letting Vaniluxe and they let Vanilluxe get in safely with Teleport. Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt and Ice Shard to bluff the Choice Specs set, surprise Zygarde-10% with Ice Shard, and shut down Chansey's recovery, and surprise Zygarde-10%. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and it is not as powerful, sacrifices power, notably missing out on 2HKOing physically defensive Scizor. Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs lets Vanilluxe become makes Vanilluxe a great revenge killer against faster Pokemon like Crobat, Keldeo, and Zarude. However, this set can be harder to fit due to its lower damage output.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack, (AC) and can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripple it cripples Vanilluxe with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Specially defensive Scizor can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. However, variants lacking Special Defense investment are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Offensive Scizor always OHKOes it with Bullet Punch, but it can't switch in directly. Jirachi can better take on Vanilluxe due to its higher Speed and being able to threaten it force Vanilluxe (speed doesn't seem that important when comparing to scizor bc sciz bullet punch is prio anyway, but if I'm missing something, feel free to readd the removed part and clarify why the speed matters compared to scizor) out with Iron Head, which lets it pivot out freely (RC) or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock freely.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the former two can't take repeated hits, and the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs relies heavily on Choice Specs, it can't (fixed apostrophe to straight) run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Further, if Knock Off removes Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a some Pokemon that it should beat like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes is it very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[avg, 524894]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Lily, 481709], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [username2, userid2]]

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[Band]

yes i am back from hiatus to save UU from gp hell!!! jk
add remove suggestion

the creamer

[OVERVIEW]

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage of Snow Warning to use perfectly accurate Blizzards and crush many unprepared teams. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even Ice-resistant Pokemon like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Further, many common Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice, meaning they cannot switch in safely at all. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since Vanilluxe only needs those two moves to 2HKO most of the tier, it can run Sleep Talk in the third—and last—moveslot, making it a fantastic sleep absorber against Amoonguss and letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe's reliance on Choice Specs, poor defensive typing, mediocre bulk, and Stealth Rock weakness, it struggles greatly to safely come onto the field. Because of this, Vanilluxe requires the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its Speed tier also lets it down, since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Keldeo.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Blizzard is incredibly powerful, OHKOing common walls like Tangrowth and Hippowdon while 2HKOing Cobalion, Celesteela, and Nihilego. Freeze-Dry gives it important super effective coverage on Water-types like Primarina, Slowking, and Tentacruel. Sleep Talk lets it absorb Spore from Amoonguss and use Blizzard more often without wasting PP. Vanilluxe only runs three moves on this set so that Sleep Talk calls Freeze-Dry (remove an extra space here) more often against Water-types. Ice Beam can have some use for a fourth move, since a foe like Chansey can easily stall out Blizzard's PP, but it is always the worst move to get when calling Sleep Talk, and Vanilluxe doesn't have much longevity for Ice Beam's PP to be necessary.

Vanilluxe is used on bulky offense teams as a wallbreaker that can get past teams that rely on Scizor, Skarmory, and Celesteela as Steel-types, or on bulky Water-types like Slowking and Primarina as their primary special walls. Its Stealth Rock weakness means that entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Salamence is necessary for it to stay healthy and find opportunities to wallbreak. They can also handle Jirachi for Vanilluxe to more easily use its Ice-type moves. Both of these entry hazard removers are commonly used on the same team, since Salamence can handle Skarmory and Hippowdon, while Excadrill counters Nihilego, and having these entry hazard setters beaten helps with Vanilluxe's longevity greatly. Zarude lures in Skarmory and Amoonguss and uses U-turn for Vanilluxe to blast them away with Blizzard. Azelf can more easily deal with other Steel-types like Scizor and faster threats like Keldeo, as well as removing Eviolite from Chansey. It also can bring Vanilluxe in on Mandibuzz, giving it more wallbreaking opportunities. Swampert and the aforementioned Excadrill can set up Stealth Rock, which lets Vanilluxe guarantee a 2HKO on defensive Celesteela with Blizzard, as well as nearly always OHKOing Slowking with Freeze-Dry after hail chip damage. Both entry hazard setters take on Rotom-H, and Swampert lures in Tangrowth and Amoonguss for Vanilluxe. Slowking and Chansey provide a defensive backbone against Cobalion and Nihilego, and they let Vanilluxe get in safely with Teleport. Physical attackers like Swords Dance Scizor and Cobalion can take advantage of Chansey for Vanilluxe.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Vanilluxe can run Never-Melt Ice with Taunt and Ice Shard to bluff the Choice Specs set, shut down Chansey's recovery, and surprise Zygarde-10%. However, this makes it much easier to PP stall Blizzard and sacrifices power, notably missing out on 2HKOing physically defensive Scizor. Choice Scarf instead of Choice Specs makes Vanilluxe a great revenge killer against faster Pokemon like Crobat, Keldeo, and Zarude. However, this set can be harder to fit due to its lower damage output.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey takes every attack, can stall out Blizzard with Soft-Boiled, and cripples Vanilluxe with Toxic or Thunder Wave.

**Steel-types**: Specially defensive Scizor can take on Vanilluxe well, recover the damage off with Roost, and hit it with priority Bullet Punch. However, variants lacking Special Defense investment are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Offensive Scizor always OHKOes it with Bullet Punch, but it can't switch in directly. Jirachi can force Vanilluxe out with Iron Head, which lets it pivot out freely or set up a Substitute. Cobalion outspeeds and KOes Vanilluxe, but it cannot switch in on it. Registeel's massive Special Defense lets it set up Iron Defense, Amnesia, or Stealth Rock freely.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Chandelure, Rotom-H, and Moltres outspeed Vanilluxe and KO it, but the former two can't take repeated hits, and the latter is OHKOed by Blizzard.

**Stealth Rock and Knock Off**: Since Vanilluxe needs Choice Specs, it can’t run Heavy-Duty Boots, making it very easy to wear down. Without Choice Specs, Vanilluxe is notably weaker, making it risky to switch into a Pokemon that it should beat,(AC) like Tangrowth.

**Faster Offensive Threats**: Vanilluxe's middling Speed makes it very easy to revenge kill with Pokemon like Nihilego, Keldeo, and Hydreigon.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[avg, 524894]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Lily, 481709], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [Band, 301217]]

Both you and Finland did a great job with this one, only very minor changes here

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