OU Bulky Swords Dance Kingambit

[Nichalho]

[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
By investing in bulk, Kingambit gains more setup opportunities and the ability to act as a short-term blanket check for much of the metagame; it also is an effective late-game cleaner. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult, as well as Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting-type coverage. Iron Head destroys many of the Fairy-types in the tier, including Enamorus, Clefable, and Hatterene. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting-types, including Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for opposing Kingambit as well as maintaining a strong option into Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Ting-Lu. However, without Iron Head, Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy-types. Kingambit makes good use of both Leftovers to increase its longevity late-game and Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid entry hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance to Fighting and an immunity to Ground, allowing it to set up on Great Tusk and Landorus-T, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists Kingambit defensively by giving it a Fighting resistance and a good defensive spread but also gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage. 44 Speed EVs make Kingambit faster than Blissey, and the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack are put into HP, increasing its bulk. Alternatively, Kingambit's HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Iron Hands, Ursaluna, and Azumarill.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor and Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats; in return, they can chip down Great Tusk with Toxic or Rocky Helmet damage. These Pokemon also set up entry hazards, which assist with wallbreaking. Slower teams appreciate the priority Kingambit provides, and Pokemon like Gholdengo and Kyurem also appreciate Kingambit's ability to switch into Dragon- and Ghost-type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo. Great Tusk can weaken Gliscor, Landorus-T, and opposing Great Tusk for Kingambit while also being able to remove Skarmory's Rocky Helmet with Knock Off. In return, Great Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to switch in on Pokemon like Hatterene and Clefable that force Great Tusk out. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowking also supports Kingambit by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult for foes to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces special and physical damage on the same turn; only Dark-types resist both, and they struggle to take Kingambit's coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost and switching in on Gholdengo and Dragapult. Kingambit can form a Dark-type spam core with Roaring Moon or Weavile, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Great Tusk. Rillaboom helps Kingambit by removing its Earthquake weakness and providing passive recovery from Grassy Terrain. Due to its lower special bulk, Kingambit can be vulnerable to wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Galarian Slowking and Toxapex, is a good solution. Combining Kingambit's power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Gholdengo is another way to boost a team's wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up. Both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fighting-types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, while Kingambit checks Ghost-types like Dragapult and other Gholdengo. Iron Valiant and Kingambit both have powerful speed control and support each other by weakening their shared checks, like Gliscor and Volcarona. Kingambit is also useful against Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in.

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP236 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe20 Spe Kingambits set was changed a little bit before this check

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper for more offensive team structures, but its Steel typing and investment in bulkier stats allows it to fulfill that same role while also acting as a physical wall on more balanced teams. A couple things, Kingambit isn't a physical wall, or a wall at all, but rather uses it's bulk for setup opportunities and short term checking. Bulky Kingambit fits on balance teams, but it also fits on every type of offense team. Kingambit serves as a sweeper but it's ability to serve as a blanket check to so many pokemon is a big enough part of it's role deserves a mention as a revenge killer. Steel typing also doesn't need to be mentioned. Finally, the reference to offensive Kingambit should be cut in the first line. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game, from what pokemon? and strike back with powerful STAB and priority, which ramps up throughout the game thanks to Supreme Overlord. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to many coverage moves to add to its kit. Iron Head with the boost from STAB destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus, Hatterene and Azumarill. Hatterene and Azumarill are poor choices for examples, as Kowtow Cleave is sufficient against Hatterene and Azumarill is pretty irrelevant in ou. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as the other rampant Dark types of the tier, such as Roaring Moon and Samurott-Hisui. All the darks besides Kingambit and Samurott are beaten with Iron Head too. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can not only take on the aforementioned Dark Types but also Dragons such as Dragapult or Raging Bolt. Tera Blast Fairy is for bulky fighting types, including tera fighting variants of Skarmory, Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Tera Blast should also go before Low Kick. 4420 Speed EVs make it faster than Blisseyother uninvested Kingambits, and allows the remaining 212236 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk and allowing it to be useful in such structures. The new spread is faster than Blissey and then dumps evs into HP, while not on the set you should also mention 4 speed for extra bulk and outrunning 0 speed kingambit, iron hands, ursaluna and azumarill. Kingambit is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are both common attacking types in the metagame, so it is one of the premier Pokemon that benefits from Tera. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to the two types that hurt it the most include examples of what pokemon tera flying sets up on, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage. elaborate on how tera fairy assists Kingambit defensively, especially because tera fairy is still good without tera blast. you should also give the pros and cons of fairy vs flying.

above paragraph missing mentions of the items

Balance teams that can make good use of both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a Steel type physical wall are the perfect spot for bulky Kingambit. bulky Kingambit is still excellent on all types of offense including HO, Kingambit isn't a wall. Kingambit serving as speed control is also huge on balances and all flavors of offense. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Ting-Lu or Skeledirge, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Corviknight or Amoonguss the example pokemon seem random, they're not particularly good partners nor are they the face of any playstyle, closest would be Ting Lu but Gliscor is generally better. appreciate Kingambit's Sucker Punch threatening faster sweepers that would have otherwise swept through the team. Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up the opposing team after being chipped down by Stealth Rock and Great Tusk's attacks. What can Great Tusk force chip on that Kingambit appreciates? Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Rotom-Wash Rotom-Wash isn't a particularly notable partner for Kingambit and isn't very relevant in the meta. and Slowking-Galar. Slowking Galar is a pretty good partner, I'd suggest adding how future sight is excellent support while it can check some Kingambit answers, with Kingambit being a dark and ghost resist to pair with it Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor or Skarmory, are very helpful. Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be overwhelmed by Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Hatterene Hatterene doesn't check Volc and Wake very well, being 2hkod by specs walking wake and needing significant chip on Volcarona to kill with psyshock. or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits physical power with the Special power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Change the wording here, Gholdengo and Iron Valiant can be good partners but it isn't due to being special attackers, Gholdengo can keep hazards up amplifying Kingambits threat level while they defensively check threats that check one (for example, gholdengo checks fighting and fairy types like Val and Zama while kingambit checks ghost like Pult and other Gholds). Iron Valiant and Kingambit combine to create a ton of speed control to beat offense while physical Iron Valiants can force damage on certain Kingambit counters, although it's dependent on Valiants moveset. For example, SD vals are checked by Dondozo and Skarmory and can knock them off for Kingambit while a special or special bias mixed Valiant is going to bring in a Blissey, Clodsire, Skeledirge, Glowking or Gholdengo that Kingambit can't abuse chip damage on. Checking Glowking and Gholdengo is pretty big for Val though.

For the whole teammates section, add more offensive partners that can overwhelm shared checks because near exclusively using defensive mons doesn't do Kingambit justice.

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I'll give a second look after you implement before giving 1/2

 

[Nichalho]

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I'll give a second look after you implement before giving 1/2

I implemented what I could, but I was confused by some parts. Please take a look and let me know what you think.

 

[veti]

I implemented what I could, but I was confused by some parts. Please take a look and let me know what you think.

Contact me here or on disc (veti in oucord) and I can elaborate on anything you didn't understand

 

[veti]

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame, allowing it to be used as a revenge killer as well. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Gholdengo, Raging Bolt and Weavile Gholdengo has Focus Blast as an option which should be mentioned, Raging Bolt is favored to win the 1v1 thanks to it's higher speed stat, Weavile runs low kick commonly which should be mentioned, and Dragapult isn't mentioned despite Kingambits positive matchup into it being huge., and strike back with powerful STAB and priority, which ramps up throughout the game thanks to Supreme Overlord. Bulky Kingambit makes good use of both Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on, and Leftovers to have consistent recovery when setting up. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to many coverage moves to add to its kit. Iron Head with the boost from STAB destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus and Clefable. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can not only take on the aforementioned Dark Types but also reference of dark types was moved down, coverage against dark types isn't too notable anyways except in the Kingambit mirror. bulky Fighting Types, including Tera Fighting Skarmory, Great Tusk, and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as the other rampant Dark types of the tier, such as Samurott-Hisui Can be changed to something along the lines of "while maintaining a strong option into heavy dark resists like Great Tusk and Zamazenta". It is also worth noting the bad matchup into some Fairy types without Iron Head. and opposing Kingambits Kingambit already mentioned in the sentence. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk and allowing it to be useful in such structures. Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Kingambit, Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill. Kingambit is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are both common attacking types in the metagame, so it is one of the premier Pokemon that benefits from Tera. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to the two types that hurt it the most, allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit immunity to Draco Meteor's from Dragapult and Walking Wake, but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. The info here is all good, but add the pros and cons of both (what do you lose with tera fairy vs flying, for an example fairy is weaker to rillaboom while flying is weaker to other kingambit and raging bolt)

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. Could add on how they can get up hazards which assist in wallbreaking while also chipping down Great Tusk by forcing it to take hazards and rocky helmet chip to remove spikes which makes Kingambits life much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Corviknight or Amoonguss Corviknight and Amoongus aren't relevant enough to be the main examples here. appreciate Kingambit's Sucker Punch threatening faster sweepers that would have otherwise swept through the team. Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up the opposing team after being chipped down by Stealth Rock and Great Tusk's attacks. Give some examples of the pokemon that switch into Great Tusk to check it and get chipped. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Slowking-Galar. Slowking-Galar also supports by checking Kingambit answers with Future Sight, change it from checking Kingambit answers to something about Future Sight and Kowtow Cleave being hard to switch into at the same time. while Kingambit helps it back by resisting Dark and Ghost. Offensive teammates, like Volcarona, Kyurem and Dragonite, can do damage and take knockouts throughout the game, allowing Kingambit easier clean-up later, while also putting pressure on their shared checks. what are their shared checks?Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor or Skarmory, are very helpful. Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be overwhelmed by Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Blissey Blissey is limited to stall where Kingambit isn't used outside of very gimmicky substitute protect sets, Slowking Galar could fit here instead. or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits physical power with the Special power reword to remove physical and special. of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fairy and Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengos. Iron Valiant and Kingambit support each other by both having powerful speed control, and Iron Valiant is also useful against Slowking-Galar and Gholdengo. It is Kingambit that gains entry points on Slowking Galar and Gholdengo that Iron Valiant forces in.

I'd add mentions of Darkspam cores with Roaring Moon, Weavile and Meowscarada that can assist in beating down dondozo, skarmory and dark resists.

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[Nichalho]

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I was just about to message you when you posted this. This did help quite a lot, thank you! These have been implemented.

 

[veti]

Looks good, qc 1/2. A couple small things to implement.

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame, allowing it to be used as a revenge killer as well. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting coverage, and strike back with powerful STAB and priority, which ramps up throughout the game thanks to Supreme Overlord. Bulky Kingambit makes good use of both Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on, and Leftovers to have consistent recovery when setting up. Not needed, but could mention how leftovers can be very useful when opponents isn't attacking to not get sucker punched. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to many coverage moves to add to its kit. Iron Head with the boost from STAB destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus and Clefable. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types, including Tera Fighting Skarmory, Great Tusk, and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as maintaining a strong option into powerful Dark resists like Great Tusk and Zamazenta, although without Iron Head Kingambit may struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk and allowing it to be useful in such structures. Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Kingambit, Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill. Kingambit is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are both common attacking types in the metagame, so it is one of the premier Pokemon that benefits from Tera. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to the two types that hurt it the most, allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit immunity to Draco Meteor's from Dragapult and Walking Wake, but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. Each of these Teras leave you vulnerable to certain Types, however; Tera Fairy leaves you weak to Rillabooms Grassy Glide, while Tera Flying makes you susceptiable to other Kingambits and Raging Bolt.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Gholdengo or Kyurem appreciate Kingambit's Sucker Punch threatening faster sweepers that would have otherwise swept through the team. Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Landorus-Therian after being chipped down by Stealth Rock and Great Tusk's attacks. sentence has a gap in the middle, I'd add knocking off Skarmory and chipping Gliscor with Ice Spinner. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Slowking-Galar. Slowking-Galar also supports by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, I'd add in something about how Future Sight and Kowtow Cleave force special and physical damage in the same turn while being very hard to resist both, with dark types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves. while Kingambit helps it back by resisting Dark and Ghost. Offensive teammates, like Volcarona, Kyurem and Dragonite, can do damage and take knockouts throughout the game, allowing Kingambit easier clean-up later, while also putting pressure on their shared checks, like Weavile and Iron Valiant. I'd move the darkspam part here and remove this part. Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor or Skarmory, other pokemon like Rillaboom and Enamorus can be added are very helpful. Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be overwhelmed by Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fairy and Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengos. Iron Valiant and Kingambit support each other by both having powerful speed control, and Kingambit is also useful against Slowking-Galar and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in. Finally, Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon, Weavile and Meowscarada make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and any other Dark resists.

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[Nichalho]

Looks good, qc 1/2. A couple small things to implement.

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Implemented and QC 1 reached. Thanks for all your help!

 

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

(One thing to note is that the description should follow the order that the set is listed - You should talk about moves first, then item, then Tera types, then the EV spread / nature. I will leave this for you to restructure)
[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame, allowing it to be used as a revenge killer as well. (Any Kingambit can revenge kill with Sucker Punch regardless of bulk, this overcomplicates things a little) Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting coverage, and strike back with powerful STAB and priority, (Doesn't feel super relevant for a description) which ramps up throughout the game thanks to Supreme Overlord. (dex info) Kingambit makes good use of both Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on, and Leftovers to have consistent recovery when setting up and can be very useful when the opponent isn't attacking to avoid Sucker Punch. (This is alright but a little wordy, you could instead mention how Leftovers simply increases its longevity in the lategame. Also, switch the order of Leftovers and Boots being described to match the dex entry) In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to many coverage moves to add to its kit. (Could maybe rephrase this - Iron Head is STAB rather than coverage, and its actual coverage is actually pretty limited hence it using Tera Blast) Iron Head with the boost from STAB (dex info) destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus and Clefable (Maybe include Hatterene?). Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types, including Tera Fighting Skarmory, (This is okay but a little niche, particularly as Tera Fighting isn't Skarmory's first option and Kingambit doesn't typically force Skarm to Tera unless it's already very low) Great Tusk, and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as maintaining a strong option into powerful Dark resists like Great Tusk and Zamazenta (May be a little repetitive as Low Kick is the same BP as Iron Head and worse than Tblast Fairy into both Tusk and Za, could instead mention targets you hit w/o needing Tera like Ting-Lu), although without Iron Head Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk and allowing it to be useful in such structures. (Further explanation here feels a little unnecessary) Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Kingambit, (this comes across like it's speed creeping itself) Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill. Kingambit is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are both common attacking types in the metagame, so it is one of the premier Pokemon that benefits from Tera. (This sentence feels weird and it's best not to just list weaknesses as that's dex info, you could maybe drop this entirely as it doesn't add much to the analysis apart from saying that Kingambit likes to Tera) Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to the two types that hurt it the most, (Fire is just as strong into Kingambit, instead just say Ground- and Fighting-type attacks respectively) allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit immunity to Draco Meteor's from Dragapult and Walking Wake, (This is not relevant information as Kingambit already resists Dragon-type moves. Tera Fairy is instead mainly useful for the Fighting resistance along with having a good defensive spread) but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. Each of these Teras leave you vulnerable to certain Types, however; Tera Fairy leaves you weak to Rillabooms Grassy Glide, (Even Choice Band Glide does less than half after Tera, not sure if this is the most important though it's a valid inclusion) while Tera Flying makes you susceptable to other Kingambits (Not really - Tera Fairy does this even worse as you get hit for super effective by Iron Head, while without Tera you're weak to them if they have Low Kick) and Raging Bolt. (Can kinda drop this I think, or move these trade-offs to be listed next to the explanation for each type? Also, up to you but you could potentially consider listing some niche alternative Teras here like Fire)

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Gholdengo or Kyurem appreciate Kingambit's Sucker Punch threatening faster sweepers that would have otherwise swept through the team. (This doesn't really give much information - it could be instead worth mentioning how Kingambit can switch into Ghost- or Dragon- type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo for these Pokemon if you opt to include synergies with them) Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Landorus-Therian, (neither Kingambit nor Great Tusk check either of these Pokemon well) Knock Off Skarmory, and chip Gliscor with Ice Spinner, (This is phrased weirdly, as if Kingambit does this for Great Tusk - you could keep this mentioned but rephrase it) after being chipped down by Stealth Rock and Great Tusk's attacks. (Great Tusk is a great pairing with Kingambit, but I think it'd be better to rephrase this as talking about how Tusk can Knock Skarm and chip Gliscor / Lando-T / opposing Tusk for Gambit while Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to come in on things like Hatterene or Clefable that force Tusk out) Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada (This is an okay synergy but not super common due to Meow fitting best on balance where offensive type-stacking is less desirable than type overload) and Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking. Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking (Naming convention) also supports by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special and physical damage in the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost. (Dark- and Ghost-type attacks from who?) Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon, or Weavile and Meowscarada (Meow doesn't really fit as well on these structures, the strongest pairing here is Roaring Moon though Weavile also works) make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Dark resists. (What Dark resists? Great Tusk or Clefable could be pretty easy lists here) Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, Rillaboom or Enamorus, (Could maybe omit Enamorus as it's not a very good general defensive check) are very helpful. (Maybe mention how Rillaboom in particular gives much appreciated recovery from Grassy Terrain while removing your EQ weakness - up to you though, this is a little niche) Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be overwhelmed (I don't think overwhelmed is the right word here, as it kinda implies that Kingambit is used to check these Pokemon) by Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fairy (Kingambit is not weak to Fairy-types directly, for example it has a good matchup into Clef and Hatt) and Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengos. Iron Valiant and Kingambit support each other by both having powerful speed control, (This isn't really an example of them supporting each other, rather what they both bring to a team) and Kingambit is also useful against Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in. (This is okay but Val loses its booster if it's ever forced out, so this isn't the strongest synergy. Instead, think about what shared checks they can weaken for one another - I think my biggest tip on thinking of which Pokemon have offensive synergy is if they can weaken checks for each other as well as being able to straight up beat each others' answers, which is part of the whole darkspam synergy thing with RM / Weavile)

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

(One thing to note is that the description should follow the order that the set is listed - You should talk about moves first, then item, then Tera types, then the EV spread / nature. I will leave this for you to restructure)
[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame, allowing it to be used as a revenge killer as well. (Any Kingambit can revenge kill with Sucker Punch regardless of bulk, this overcomplicates things a little) Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting coverage, and strike back with powerful STAB and priority, (Doesn't feel super relevant for a description) which ramps up throughout the game thanks to Supreme Overlord. (dex info) Kingambit makes good use of both Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on, and Leftovers to have consistent recovery when setting up and can be very useful when the opponent isn't attacking to avoid Sucker Punch. (This is alright but a little wordy, you could instead mention how Leftovers simply increases its longevity in the lategame. Also, switch the order of Leftovers and Boots being described to match the dex entry) In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to many coverage moves to add to its kit. (Could maybe rephrase this - Iron Head is STAB rather than coverage, and its actual coverage is actually pretty limited hence it using Tera Blast) Iron Head with the boost from STAB (dex info) destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus and Clefable (Maybe include Hatterene?). Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types, including Tera Fighting Skarmory, (This is okay but a little niche, particularly as Tera Fighting isn't Skarmory's first option and Kingambit doesn't typically force Skarm to Tera unless it's already very low) Great Tusk, and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as maintaining a strong option into powerful Dark resists like Great Tusk and Zamazenta (May be a little repetitive as Low Kick is the same BP as Iron Head and worse than Tblast Fairy into both Tusk and Za, could instead mention targets you hit w/o needing Tera like Ting-Lu), although without Iron Head Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk and allowing it to be useful in such structures. (Further explanation here feels a little unnecessary) Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Kingambit, (this comes across like it's speed creeping itself) Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill. Kingambit is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are both common attacking types in the metagame, so it is one of the premier Pokemon that benefits from Tera. (This sentence feels weird and it's best not to just list weaknesses as that's dex info, you could maybe drop this entirely as it doesn't add much to the analysis apart from saying that Kingambit likes to Tera) Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to the two types that hurt it the most, (Fire is just as strong into Kingambit, instead just say Ground- and Fighting-type attacks respectively) allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit immunity to Draco Meteor's from Dragapult and Walking Wake, (This is not relevant information as Kingambit already resists Dragon-type moves. Tera Fairy is instead mainly useful for the Fighting resistance along with having a good defensive spread) but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. Each of these Teras leave you vulnerable to certain Types, however; Tera Fairy leaves you weak to Rillabooms Grassy Glide, (Even Choice Band Glide does less than half after Tera, not sure if this is the most important though it's a valid inclusion) while Tera Flying makes you susceptable to other Kingambits (Not really - Tera Fairy does this even worse as you get hit for super effective by Iron Head, while without Tera you're weak to them if they have Low Kick) and Raging Bolt. (Can kinda drop this I think, or move these trade-offs to be listed next to the explanation for each type? Also, up to you but you could potentially consider listing some niche alternative Teras here like Fire)

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Gholdengo or Kyurem appreciate Kingambit's Sucker Punch threatening faster sweepers that would have otherwise swept through the team. (This doesn't really give much information - it could be instead worth mentioning how Kingambit can switch into Ghost- or Dragon- type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo for these Pokemon if you opt to include synergies with them) Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up Pokemon like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Landorus-Therian, (neither Kingambit nor Great Tusk check either of these Pokemon well) Knock Off Skarmory, and chip Gliscor with Ice Spinner, (This is phrased weirdly, as if Kingambit does this for Great Tusk - you could keep this mentioned but rephrase it) after being chipped down by Stealth Rock and Great Tusk's attacks. (Great Tusk is a great pairing with Kingambit, but I think it'd be better to rephrase this as talking about how Tusk can Knock Skarm and chip Gliscor / Lando-T / opposing Tusk for Gambit while Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to come in on things like Hatterene or Clefable that force Tusk out) Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada (This is an okay synergy but not super common due to Meow fitting best on balance where offensive type-stacking is less desirable than type overload) and Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking. Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking (Naming convention) also supports by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special and physical damage in the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost. (Dark- and Ghost-type attacks from who?) Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon, or Weavile and Meowscarada (Meow doesn't really fit as well on these structures, the strongest pairing here is Roaring Moon though Weavile also works) make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Dark resists. (What Dark resists? Great Tusk or Clefable could be pretty easy lists here) Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, Rillaboom or Enamorus, (Could maybe omit Enamorus as it's not a very good general defensive check) are very helpful. (Maybe mention how Rillaboom in particular gives much appreciated recovery from Grassy Terrain while removing your EQ weakness - up to you though, this is a little niche) Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be overwhelmed (I don't think overwhelmed is the right word here, as it kinda implies that Kingambit is used to check these Pokemon) by Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fairy (Kingambit is not weak to Fairy-types directly, for example it has a good matchup into Clef and Hatt) and Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengos. Iron Valiant and Kingambit support each other by both having powerful speed control, (This isn't really an example of them supporting each other, rather what they both bring to a team) and Kingambit is also useful against Slowking-Galar Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in. (This is okay but Val loses its booster if it's ever forced out, so this isn't the strongest synergy. Instead, think about what shared checks they can weaken for one another - I think my biggest tip on thinking of which Pokemon have offensive synergy is if they can weaken checks for each other as well as being able to straight up beat each others' answers, which is part of the whole darkspam synergy thing with RM / Weavile)

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Implemented!

 

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting coverage. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to a few additional moves to add to its kit. Iron Head destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus, Clefable and Hatterene. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types, including Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as maintaining a strong option into Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Ting-Lu, although without Iron Head Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types. Kingambit makes good use of both Leftovers to increase its longevity in the lategame and Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to Fighting- and Ground-type attacks respectively, allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit the Fighting-type resistance and a good defensive spread, but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk. Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested (mention that this is an uninvested benchmark - these mons sometimes run speed) Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Gholdengo or Kyurem appreciate Kingambit's ability to switch into Ghost- or Dragon-type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo that would have otherwise swept through the team. (Not really the point of having it as a switch-in for these Pokemon - my point here is that Kingambit pairs well with those mons to switch into certain things. You could instead stay that slower teams appreciate the priority, with Pokemon like Ghold and Kyurem[...]) Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up Pokemon like Knock Off Skarmory and (This doesn't really make sense) finish off Gliscor, Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusks after they've been chipped down with Ice Spinner. (Potentially change this sentence to saying that Great Tusk can weaken Gliscor, Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusk for Kingambit while also being able to Knock Off Skarmory - this doesn't fully convey what Great Tusk does for Kingambit) In return, Great Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to switch in on Pokemon like Hatterene and Clefable that force Great Tusk out. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowking also supports by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special and physical damage in the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost. (Mention Pokemon like Gholdengo that Kingambit comes in on for Slowking-G, needs to be more than just listing type chart) Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon or Weavile make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Great Tusk. Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-T; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, or Rillaboom, are very helpful. Rillaboom also helps Kingambit by removing its Earthquake weakness and providing passive recovery from Grassy Terrain. Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be vulnerable to Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengo. Iron Valiant and Kingambit both have powerful speed control, and support each other by weaking their shared checks, like Gliscor and Iron Boulder. (Boulder doesn't really safely check Gambit because of Sucker Punch - Iron Valiant and Kingambit don't actually have many shared checks unless you're using SD Val, but Volcarona could be another one worth listing) Kingambit is also useful against Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in.

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Really nice work implementing so far! Just added a few more things before giving the full QC, lmk when implemented!

 

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting coverage. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to a few additional moves to add to its kit. Iron Head destroys many of the Fairy types in the tier, including Enamorus, Clefable and Hatterene. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types, including Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits as well as maintaining a strong option into Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Ting-Lu, although without Iron Head Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types. Kingambit makes good use of both Leftovers to increase its longevity in the lategame and Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance and immunity to Fighting- and Ground-type attacks respectively, allowing it to setup on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists defensively by giving Kingambit the Fighting-type resistance and a good defensive spread, but gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. 44 Speed EVs make it faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be put into HP, increasing its bulk. Alternatively, Kingambits HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested (mention that this is an uninvested benchmark - these mons sometimes run speed) Iron Hands, Ursaluna and Azumarill.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. Slower teams featuring Pokemon like Gholdengo or Kyurem appreciate Kingambit's ability to switch into Ghost- or Dragon-type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo that would have otherwise swept through the team. (Not really the point of having it as a switch-in for these Pokemon - my point here is that Kingambit pairs well with those mons to switch into certain things. You could instead stay that slower teams appreciate the priority, with Pokemon like Ghold and Kyurem[...]) Great Tusk also appreciates having a teammate that can clean up Pokemon like Knock Off Skarmory and (This doesn't really make sense) finish off Gliscor, Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusks after they've been chipped down with Ice Spinner. (Potentially change this sentence to saying that Great Tusk can weaken Gliscor, Landorus-T and opposing Great Tusk for Kingambit while also being able to Knock Off Skarmory - this doesn't fully convey what Great Tusk does for Kingambit) In return, Great Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to switch in on Pokemon like Hatterene and Clefable that force Great Tusk out. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowking also supports by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special and physical damage in the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost. (Mention Pokemon like Gholdengo that Kingambit comes in on for Slowking-G, needs to be more than just listing type chart) Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon or Weavile make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Great Tusk. Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-T; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, or Rillaboom, are very helpful. Rillaboom also helps Kingambit by removing its Earthquake weakness and providing passive recovery from Grassy Terrain. Due to its lower Special bulk, Kingambit can be vulnerable to Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Toxapex is a good solution. Combining Kingambits power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure up, and both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fighting Types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, Kingambit checks Ghost Types like Dragapult and other Gholdengo. Iron Valiant and Kingambit both have powerful speed control, and support each other by weaking their shared checks, like Gliscor and Iron Boulder. (Boulder doesn't really safely check Gambit because of Sucker Punch - Iron Valiant and Kingambit don't actually have many shared checks unless you're using SD Val, but Volcarona could be another one worth listing) Kingambit is also useful against Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in.

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Really nice work implementing so far! Just added a few more things before giving the full QC, lmk when implemented!

Implemented! Let me know what you think.

 

[kd458]

Great writeup and implementation, I like this! QC 2/2

 

[Nichalho]

Great writeup and implementation, I like this! QC 2/2

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help. GP Team

 

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame. By investing in bulk, Kingambit gains more setup opportunities and the ability to act as a short-term blanket check for much of the metagame; it also is an effective late-game cleaner. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo Dragapult, as well as Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting-type coverage. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to a few additional moves to add to its kit. (this is pretty much fluff; no need to explain unslashed stab moves and fluff phrases like 'it has more options' doesn't really add anything that going straight into the options does) Iron Head destroys many of the Fairy types Fairy-types in the tier, including Enamorus, Clefable, (AC) and Hatterene. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types Fighting-types, including Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits opposing Kingambit as well as maintaining a strong option into Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Ting-Lu, although Ting-Lu. However, without Iron Head,(AC) Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types Fairy-types. Kingambit makes good use of both Leftovers to increase its longevity in the lategame late-game and Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid entry hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance to Fighting and an immunity to Ground Fighting- and Ground-type attacks respectively, allowing it to setup set up on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists Kingambit defensively by giving Kingambit the Fighting-type resistance it a Fighting resistance and a good defensive spread (RC) but also gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. 44 Speed EVs make it Kingambit faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be are put into HP, increasing its bulk. Alternatively, Kingambits Kingambit's HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Iron Hands, Ursaluna, (AC) and Azumarill.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or and Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats; in return, they can chip down Great Tusk with Toxic or Rocky Helmet damage. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists set up entry hazards, which assist with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. (qc change kinda, chipping tusk should be prioritised here) Slower teams appreciate the priority Kingambit provides, with and Pokemon like Gholdengo or and Kyurem especially appreciating also appreciate Kingambit's ability to switch into Ghost- or Dragon-type Dragon- and Ghost-type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo. (this is 2 different ideas, first that slow teams appreciate prio and 2 that gamit can check pult and ghold. rephrased a bit so they're not linked into one) Great Tusk can weaken Gliscor, Landorus-T, (AC) and opposing Great Tusk for Kingambit while also being able to Knock Off Skarmory remove Skarmory's Rocky Helmet with Knock Off. In return, Great Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to switch in on Pokemon like Hatterene and Clefable that force Great Tusk out. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowking also supports Kingambit by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult for foes to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special special and physical damage in on the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves turn; only Dark-types resist both, and they struggle to take Kingambit's coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost (RC) and switching in on Gholdengo and Dragapult. Kingambit can form a Dark-type spam core with Roaring Moon or Weavile Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon or Weavile make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Great Tusk. Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-T; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, or Rillaboom, are very helpful. (not really sure how much this point is needed - you've already talked about how glisc/skarm can help with tusk in an earlier point, so it's basically being restated. you can delete this line and just make the next one about why rilla pairs well) Rillaboom also helps Kingambit by removing its Earthquake weakness and providing passive recovery from Grassy Terrain. Due to its lower Special special bulk, Kingambit can be vulnerable to Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Galairan Slowking and Toxapex, (AC) is a good solution. Combining Kingambits Kingambit's power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or and Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams team's wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure ,up, and both up. Both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fighting Types Fighting-types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, while Kingambit checks Ghost Types Ghost-types like Dragapult and other Gholdengo. Iron Valiant and Kingambit both have powerful speed control (RC) and support each other by weaking weakening their shared checks, like Gliscor and Volcarona. Kingambit is also useful against Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in.

[SET CREDITS]
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would recommend proofreading for things like x-type in future

 

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[SET]
name: Bulky Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Iron Head / Tera Blast / Low Kick
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fairy / Flying
ability: Supreme Overlord
nature: Adamant
evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Kingambit is often used as a late game sweeper, and by investing in more bulk, it gains more options for setup opportunities, as well as being able to act as a short term blanket check for much of the metagame. By investing in bulk, Kingambit gains more setup opportunities and the ability to act as a short-term blanket check for much of the metagame; it also is an effective late-game cleaner. Kingambit can be used to absorb hits throughout the game from Pokemon like Dragapult and Gholdengo Dragapult, as well as Gholdengo and Weavile if they aren't running Fighting-type coverage. In addition to its powerful Dark STAB with Kowtow Cleave and the speed control granted from Sucker Punch, Kingambit has access to a few additional moves to add to its kit. (this is pretty much fluff; no need to explain unslashed stab moves and fluff phrases like 'it has more options' doesn't really add anything that going straight into the options does) Iron Head destroys many of the Fairy types Fairy-types in the tier, including Enamorus, Clefable, (AC) and Hatterene. Tera Blast Fairy is a surprising pick that can take on bulky Fighting Types Fighting-types, including Great Tusk and Zamazenta. Low Kick provides solid coverage for other Kingambits opposing Kingambit as well as maintaining a strong option into Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Ting-Lu, although Ting-Lu. However, without Iron Head,(AC) Kingambit struggles with the matchup against Fairy Types Fairy-types. Kingambit makes good use of both Leftovers to increase its longevity in the lategame late-game and Heavy-Duty Boots to avoid entry hazard damage and continue switching in to keep pressure on. Tera Flying gives Kingambit a resistance to Fighting and an immunity to Ground Fighting- and Ground-type attacks respectively, allowing it to setup set up on Great Tusk and Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, whereas Tera Fairy not only assists Kingambit defensively by giving Kingambit the Fighting-type resistance it a Fighting resistance and a good defensive spread (RC) but also gives it access to Tera Blast Fairy to add to its coverage as well. 44 Speed EVs make it Kingambit faster than Blissey, and allows the remaining 212 EVs not invested in Attack to be are put into HP, increasing its bulk. Alternatively, Kingambits Kingambit's HP EVs can be raised to increase bulk, dropping Speed down to 4 EVs, which outruns uninvested Iron Hands, Ursaluna, (AC) and Azumarill.

Bulky Kingambit is excellent both on offense and balance teams as both a powerful late game setup sweeper and a form of speed control. Alongside more passive bulky Pokemon, such as Gliscor or and Skarmory, Kingambit helps the team make more progress and break through tougher threats; in return, they can chip down Great Tusk with Toxic or Rocky Helmet damage. These Pokemon also get up hazards which assists set up entry hazards, which assist with wallbreaking and Skarmory and Gliscor can chip down Great Tusk with Rocky Helmet and Toxic respectively, making Kingambits job much easier. (qc change kinda, chipping tusk should be prioritised here) Slower teams appreciate the priority Kingambit provides, with and Pokemon like Gholdengo or and Kyurem especially appreciating also appreciate Kingambit's ability to switch into Ghost- or Dragon-type Dragon- and Ghost-type attacks from Dragapult and opposing Gholdengo. (this is 2 different ideas, first that slow teams appreciate prio and 2 that gamit can check pult and ghold. rephrased a bit so they're not linked into one) Great Tusk can weaken Gliscor, Landorus-T, (AC) and opposing Great Tusk for Kingambit while also being able to Knock Off Skarmory remove Skarmory's Rocky Helmet with Knock Off. In return, Great Tusk appreciates bulky Kingambit being able to switch in on Pokemon like Hatterene and Clefable that force Great Tusk out. Kingambit benefits from teammates with the ability to pivot and get it in safely, such as Meowscarada and Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowking also supports Kingambit by setting up Future Sight, which is difficult for foes to switch in on at the same time as Kowtow Cleave, as it forces Special special and physical damage in on the same turn, while being very hard to resist both, with Dark Types resisting both but struggling to take Kingambits coverage moves turn; only Dark-types resist both, and they struggle to take Kingambit's coverage moves. Kingambit in turn helps Galarian Slowking by resisting Dark and Ghost (RC) and switching in on Gholdengo and Dragapult. Kingambit can form a Dark-type spam core with Roaring Moon or Weavile Darkspam cores featuring Roaring Moon or Weavile make a good match for Kingambit, as they can assist in beating down Dondozo, Skarmory, and Great Tusk. Without Tera Flying, Kingambit is vulnerable to attacks from Great Tusk and Landorus-T; Pokemon that can mitigate this Ground weakness, like Gliscor, Skarmory, or Rillaboom, are very helpful. (not really sure how much this point is needed - you've already talked about how glisc/skarm can help with tusk in an earlier point, so it's basically being restated. you can delete this line and just make the next one about why rilla pairs well) Rillaboom also helps Kingambit by removing its Earthquake weakness and providing passive recovery from Grassy Terrain. Due to its lower Special special bulk, Kingambit can be vulnerable to Special wallbreakers like Volcarona and Walking Wake. Having teammates more suited to taking hits from such Pokemon, like Slowking-Galar or Galairan Slowking and Toxapex, (AC) is a good solution. Combining Kingambits Kingambit's power with the power of Pokemon like Iron Valiant or and Gholdengo is another way to boost a teams team's wallbreaking potential. Gholdengo's ability allows it to keep hazards up, helping Kingambit keep pressure ,up, and both up. Both Pokemon defensively check Pokemon that threaten the other; Gholdengo checks Fighting Types Fighting-types like Iron Valiant and Zamazenta, while Kingambit checks Ghost Types Ghost-types like Dragapult and other Gholdengo. Iron Valiant and Kingambit both have powerful speed control (RC) and support each other by weaking weakening their shared checks, like Gliscor and Volcarona. Kingambit is also useful against Galarian Slowking and Gholdengo, which Iron Valiant forces in.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nichalho.359575/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kd458.633798/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/username.XXXXXX/

would recommend proofreading for things like x-type in future

Implemented and completed. Thank you so much!