Grookey [QC 0/2][GP 0/1]

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[SET]
name: Fast Physical Attacker
move 1: Wood Hammer
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Drain Punch / Hammer Arm
move 4: U-turn
item: Eviolite / Berry Juice
ability: Overgrow
nature: Jolly
evs: 236 Atk / 36 Def / 236 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Grookey functions as an early-game pivot that also provides its team with Knock Off support. Wood hammer is a fairly strong stab that can be used to deal serious damage to opponents which do not resist it. Drain Punch is a coverage move that allows Grookey to deal large amounts of damage to steel-types like Pawniard and Ferroseed; Grookey can use Hammer Arm to guarantee a KO on Pawniard while also dealing significant damage to Cufant and Ferroseed.

Pokemon that benefit from a Grass-type teammate, like Vulpix and Chinchou, appreciate Grookey as a partner. Setup sweepers like Scraggy and Vullaby benefit greatly from Grookey's ability to pivot and support via Knock off. Grookey itself appreciates teammates that can cover its weaknesses to Poison- and Flying-types like Oddish and Vullaby. Due to this, Pokemon like Rufflet and Onix make excellent teammates. If Grookey is more of an offensive variant, it can nab OHKOs on Pokemon like Cufant and Ferroseed after three layers of Spikes are set up; a teammate like Dwebble would be key in ensuring that this is the case.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

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This should now be ready for QC!

 

[Joltage]

Not really a check at all, but is there a particular reason you opted to go for the SpDef point instead of taking the free Eviolite number by putting the point in Def?

 

[rssp1]

Not really a check at all, but is there a particular reason you opted to go for the SpDef point instead of taking the free Eviolite number by putting the point in Def?

because my teambuilder glitched out and told me 36evs wouldn't work in defense. its probably better on def (esp because it becomes a more reliable onix/corph switchin) so I went ahead and changed it. Thanks!

 

[EnzoLapras]

Amcheck time, change what you want:

Set seems alright, although I'd probably run juice or scarf over evio since it lacks bulk personally. Also juice helps with wood hammer damage.

Set comments
Second sentence can be condensed into something like "Grookey can be used as an early game pivot and provide Knock Off support"
Wood Hammer is a strong STAB (120 base power hello?)
"along with a KO on Cufant and Ferroseed while there are three layers of Spikes up on the opponent's side of the field. " Too detailed for a pre-analysis, and also getting 3 spikes up is unlikely. Maybe change to "Hammer arm deals significantly more damage to Steel-types like Cufant, Ferro etc"

Explain how Chinchou and Vulpix benefit from having Grookey as a partner. Mention that Grookey can switch into ground+water types
Rephrase second sentence so that it doesn't sound like pivoting is its ability
Poison types are more threatening generally than fire types, particularly Oddish
Good job getting a Rufflet mention in there, but Vullaby is the more relevant flying type
Last sentence can be shortened to something like "Grookey appreciates hazard support from teammtes such as Dwebble and Ferroseed"

 

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Amcheck time, change what you want:

Set seems alright, although I'd probably run juice or scarf over evio since it lacks bulk personally. Also juice helps with wood hammer damage.

Set comments
Second sentence can be condensed into something like "Grookey can be used as an early game pivot and provide Knock Off support"
Wood Hammer is a strong STAB (120 base power hello?)
"along with a KO on Cufant and Ferroseed while there are three layers of Spikes up on the opponent's side of the field. " Too detailed for a pre-analysis, and also getting 3 spikes up is unlikely. Maybe change to "Hammer arm deals significantly more damage to Steel-types like Cufant, Ferro etc"

Explain how Chinchou and Vulpix benefit from having Grookey as a partner. Mention that Grookey can switch into ground+water types
Rephrase second sentence so that it doesn't sound like pivoting is its ability
Poison types are more threatening generally than fire types, particularly Oddish
Good job getting a Rufflet mention in there, but Vullaby is the more relevant flying type
Last sentence can be shortened to something like "Grookey appreciates hazard support from teammtes such as Dwebble and Ferroseed"

added a slash for juice
changed the sentences for grookey's role on a team and the one for hammer arm
Don't think we typically go into detail of why pokemon benefit from having it as a partner in pre-analyses so that wasn't changed
rephrased the sentence with pivoting
Switched up the sentence with types that grookey should be worried about
Most pokemon appreciate hazard support so i'm keeping the last sentence as a mention of what pokemon specifically grookey appreciates hazard support for.
Thanks for the amcheck!