VGC Lunala [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker with a great defensive ability in Shadow Shield, valuable support tools in Wide Guard and Trick Room, and the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combination. Meteor Beam gives Lunala a strong setup option while having the extra benefit of doing major damage to Incineroar and other Pokemon weak to Rock. Lunala's access to Wide Guard paired with its Ghost typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokemon like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta-C by blocking their strong STAB moves in Body Press and Glacial Lance, respectively. Trick Room allows Lunala to set the pace of the match to its favor, with Moonblast being a solid alternative to cover for Dark-types when speed control isn't necessary. The EV spread allows Lunala to take Wicked Blow and Life Orb-boosted Astral Barrage from Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S with Shadow Shield active. Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weaknesses while being a strong defensive typing itself, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely stay in against would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane while having the extra benefit of boosting Moonblast.

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark- and Normal-types like Incineroar and Terapagos, both taking negligible to no damage from Moongeist Beam once Power Herb is used up by Meteor Beam. Calyrex-S also forces Lunala to either use Wide Guard or Terastallize to avoid major damage. Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, as it's able to cover Lunala's weaknesses and OHKO threatening Pokemon like Incineroar, Terapagos, and Calyrex-S; it is also protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage. Incineroar also forms a solid defensive backbone when paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up Trick Room with Fake Out. Amoonguss provides redirection support as well as Pollen Puff healing to keep Lunala at full HP for Shadow Shield; it also synergizes extremely well with Lunala's other common partners like Urshifu-R and Incineroar. Tailwind + Trick Room teams that run Lunala also benefit from strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott, giving Lunala the flexibility to go for a fast game mode in specific matchups.

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[Flarefox_7]

Gonna do a quick recheck once implemented, ping me here or on discord when you're ready.
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stolen </3

[SET]
Power Herb (Lunala) @ Power Herb (needs a set name to upload properly.)
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Tailwind / Moonblast (from what I'm seeing, there hasn't been much twind. Maybe go protect or something over twind or just remove it entirely, up to you.)

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker that can take advantage of the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combo thanks to its excellent ability in Shadow Shield. (P-herb chunking/flat out ohkoing incin is huge, mention that somewhere, either here or in moves.) Lunala's access to the strong support tool of Wide Guard paired with its Ghost typing Ghost-typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokémon like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta. Trick Room and Tailwind are strong speed control options that allow both itself and its teammates to overwhelm the opponent, while Moonblast is a solid alternative for teams that don't need the speed control. (talk about how this beats darks which lunala struggles against.) The defensive investment EV spread allows Lunala to live Wicked Blow and Life Orb boosted Astral Barrage with Shadow Shield active From Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S respectively. Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weakness weaknesses in exchange for a strong defensive typing, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely sit in front of would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane.

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark and Normal types like Incineroar and Terapagos, both being able to ignore Moongeist Beam once Meteor Beam is already used up. Calyrex-S is also an issue for Lunala, forcing it to click Wide Guard to prevent taking any major damage without investing Tera its Terastallization (personally I think that "Forcing it to Terastallize or click Wide Guard" sounds better, up to you). Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, being able to cover for its Dark and Normal type weakness while being protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage. (killing incin for lunala is huge for shifu, add that.) Incineroar is another great partner for Lunala, being a solid defensive backbone paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up via Fake Out. Incineroar also synergizes with Lunala's Wide Guard by being able to threaten both Calyrex forms with Knock Off and Will-O-Wisp while their STAB spread moves are blocked. (I don't love the wide guard mention, you make it sound like incin is hugely benefitting from the wide guard when its not, Caly-I just hhps it and caly-s isn't doing much to incin either way.) Strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott can also be great partners for Lunala Tailroom teams. (why?) (I also think that Amoonguss deserves a mention here, good in trick room, ppuff heals lunala back into shadow shield range, synergizes well with incin shifu core.)

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[Flarefox_7]

Mark QC (1/2) when implemented, same colors as before. Great work overall!

big wings

[SET]
Power Herb (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker that can take advantage of the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combo thanks to its excellent ability in Shadow Shield. Lunala's access to the strong support tool of Wide Guard paired with its Ghost-typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokémon like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta. Trick Room and Meteor Beam are key tools in Lunala's arsenal, Trick Room allows Lunala to set the pace of the match to its favor and Meteor Beam gives it a strong setup option that can either heavily chunk or OHKO threats such as Incineroar. Moonblast is a solid alternative for teams that don't need the speed control, giving Lunala the capability of dealing with opposing Dark types which Lunala would usually struggle against. The EV spread allows Lunala to live Wicked Blow and Life Orb boosted Astral Barrage with Shadow Shield active From from Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S respectively. Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weaknesses in exchange for a strong defensive typing, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely sit in front of would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane.

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark and Normal types like Incineroar and Terapagos, both being able to ignore Moongeist Beam once Meteor Beam is used up. Calyrex-S is also an issue for Lunala, forcing it to either click Wide Guard or Terastillize to avoid major damage. Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, being able to cover for its weaknesses and OHKO threatening Pokémon for Lunala like Incineroar while being protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage. Incineroar is another great partner for Lunala, being a solid defensive backbone paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up Trick Room via Fake Out. Strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott can also be great partners for Lunala Tailroom teams, giving it the flexibility to go for a fast game mode in specific matchups. Amoonguss is also a solid partner for Lunala, providing redirection support as well as Pollen Puff healing to keep Lunala Healthy and in Shadow Shield range. Amoonguss also synergizes extremely well with Lunala's other common partners like Urshifu-R and Incineroar. (you could probably move this up with the urshifu r and incin part.)

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[Choruto]

Pretty good honestly, I'll give it a look over but yeah, probably QC 2/2
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Lunala

[SET]
Power Herb (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast Do people rly not run Protect?

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker that can take advantage of the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combo thanks to its excellent ability in Shadow Shield This makes it seem like it can only take advantage of Meteor Beam because of Shadow Shield, which I assume you know is not true. Is there any way you can rephrase this, maybe add Shadow Shield at the start of the sentence and maybe mention its utility with Wide Guard. Lunala's access to the strong support tool of Wide Guard paired with its Ghost-typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokémon like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta Why? You can probably get away with not mentioning them but the reasons aren't immediately obvious. Also, does Lunala even mu well into Calyrex-I?. Trick Room and Meteor Beam are key tools in Lunala's arsenal, Yes thats why you run them, maybe you can add "Trick Room and Meteor Beam are the core of the set" or smh but I dt you need this Trick Room allows Lunala to set the pace of the match to its favor and Meteor Beam gives it a strong setup option that can either heavily chunk or OHKO threats such as Incineroar Is Meteor Beam specifically run to OHKO threats like Incineroar or does it just so happen to OHKO threats like Incin? It seems to be the only one that Moongeist dont cover for but Meteor Beam does, unless im forgeting something. This is a bit ambiguous. Moonblast is a solid alternative for teams that don't need the speed control, giving Lunala the capability of dealing with opposing Dark types which Lunala would usually struggle against. The EV spread allows Lunala to live Wicked Blow and Life Orb boosted Astral Barrage with Shadow Shield active from Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S respectively I dont think you need this since both are signature moves. Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weaknesses in exchange for a This implies a trade off, but you only highlight positives of t-fairy while being a strong defensive typing itself, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely sit in front of would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane. Not sure this is rly neccesary but its up to you

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark and Normal types like Incineroar Dident u say incin is a good mu and Terapagos, both being able to ignore Moongeist Beam once Meteor Beam is used up This just feels like a skill issue, not a mon issue. Calyrex-S is also an issue for Lunala, forcing it to either click Wide Guard or Terastillize to avoid major damage. However, Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, as it's being able to cover for its weaknesses and OHKO threatening Pokémon for Lunala like Incineroar, Terapagos, and Calyrex-S while being protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage Flows a bit nicer. Incineroar is another great partner for Lunala, being a solid defensive backbone paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up Trick Room via Fake Out. Amoonguss is also a good partner for Lunala, providing redirection support as well as Pollen Puff healing to keep Lunala healthy and in Shadow Shield range. Amoonguss also synergizes extremely well with Lunala's other common partners like Urshifu-R and Incineroar. Strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott can also be great partners for Lunala Tailroom teams, giving it the flexibility to go for a fast game mode in specific matchups. This is probably fine, but you use the same sentence structure for like everything it gets a bit stale to read, any way you can change it up a bit?

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[Choruto]

Is good, maybe change the set name and add in the stuffs Toast mentioned

 

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GP Team

 

[sunny004]

GP Amcheck!
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[SET]
Power Herb (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker with a great defensive ability in Shadow Shield, a multitude of amazing supporting tools like Wide Guard and Trick Room, (Just to confirm: does it have viable support options beyond those two? If not, this should be rephrased) and the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combo combination. Lunala's access to Wide Guard paired with its Ghost-typing Ghost typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokémon Pokemon (Do not use accent) like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta (do you mean base forme Zamazenta or the part Steel-type Zamazenta-C?) by blocking their strong STABs STAB moves in Body Press and Glacial Lance,(AC) respectively. Trick Room allows Lunala to set the pace of the match to its favor, (AC) and Meteor Beam gives it a strong setup option while having the extra benefit of doing major damage to Incineroar. Moonblast is a solid alternative for teams that don't do not need the speed control, giving Lunala the capability of dealing with opposing Dark types Dark-types. The EV spread allows Lunala to live take Wicked Blow and Life Orb-boosted(add hyphen) Astral Barrage with Shadow Shield active. (Even though both are signature moves it may be worth it to specify Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S here) Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weaknesses while being a strong defensive typing itself, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely sit in front of stay in against would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane(RC) while having the extra benefit of boosting Moonblast.

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark and Normal types Dark- and Normal-types like Incineroar and Terapagos, both taking negligible to no damage from Moongeist Beam once Meteor Beam Power Herb is used up by Meteor Beam. Calyrex-S is also an issue for Lunala, forcing it to either click also forces Lunala to either use Wide Guard or Terastillize Terastallize to avoid major damage. However, Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, as it's able to it can cover for its Lunala's weaknesses and OHKO threatening Pokemon (no accent) Pokémon for Lunala like Incineroar, Terapagos, and Calyrex-S; (semicolon) it is also while being protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage. Incineroar is another great partner for Lunala, being a also forms a solid defensive backbone when paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up Trick Room via with Fake Out. Amoonguss is also a good partner for Lunala, providing provides redirection support as well as Pollen Puff healing to keep Lunala at full HP for Shadow Shield; (semicolon) it Amoonguss also synergizes extremely well with Lunala's other common partners like Urshifu-R and Incineroar. Lunala Tailroom teams Tailwind + Trick Room teams that run Lunala also benefit from strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott, giving Lunala the flexibility to go for a fast game mode in specific matchups.

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[autumn]

1/1 GP Team done, credit both of us

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[SET]
Power Herb (Lunala) @ Power Herb
Ability: Shadow Shield
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 180 HP / 140 Def / 68 SpA / 116 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moongeist Beam
- Meteor Beam
- Wide Guard
- Trick Room / Moonblast

[SET COMMENTS]
Lunala is a strong bulky attacker with a great defensive ability in Shadow Shield, a multitude of amazing supporting tools like Wide Guard and Trick Room, (Just to confirm: does it have viable support options beyond those two? If not, this should be rephrased) and the threatening Power Herb + Meteor Beam combo combination. Lunala's access to Wide Guard paired with its Ghost-typing Ghost typing gives it a favorable matchup into popular restricted Pokémon Pokemon (Do not use accent) like Calyrex-I and Zamazenta (do you mean base forme Zamazenta or the part Steel-type Zamazenta-C?) by blocking their strong STABs STAB moves in Body Press and Glacial Lance,(AC) respectively. Trick Room allows Lunala to set the pace of the match to its favor, (AC) and Meteor Beam gives it a strong setup option while having the extra benefit of doing major damage to Incineroar. (set order and paragraph order need to match - set has meteor beam first then wide guard then trick room, whuch is slshed with something else. your paragraph has wide guard first then trick room then meteor beam. tr and moonblast need to be together in the paragraph because they're slashed - you want to make it easy for a reader to know when to use tr and when to use moonblast) Moonblast is a solid alternative for teams that don't need the speed control, giving Lunala the capability of dealing with opposing Dark types Dark-types. The EV spread allows Lunala to live take Wicked Blow and Life Orb-boosted(add hyphen) Astral Barrage with Shadow Shield active. (Even though both are signature moves it may be worth it to specify Urshifu-S and Calyrex-S here) Tera Fairy removes Lunala's Dark and Ghost weaknesses while being a strong defensive typing itself, giving Lunala the opportunity to safely sit in front of stay in against would-be checks like Incineroar and Flutter Mane(RC) while having the extra benefit of boosting Moonblast.

Lunala naturally struggles against Dark and Normal types Dark- and Normal-types like Incineroar and Terapagos, both taking negligible to no damage from Moongeist Beam once Meteor Beam Power Herb is used up by Meteor Beam. Calyrex-S is also an issue for Lunala, forcing it to either click also forces Lunala to either use Wide Guard or Terastillize Terastallize to avoid major damage. However, Urshifu-R is a phenomenal partner for Lunala, as it's able to cover for its Lunala's weaknesses and OHKO threatening Pokemon (no accent) Pokémon for Lunala like Incineroar, Terapagos, and Calyrex-S; (semicolon) it is also while being protected by Lunala's Wide Guard from strong spread moves like Bleakwind Storm and Astral Barrage. Incineroar is another great partner for Lunala, being a also forms a solid defensive backbone when paired with Urshifu-R as well as generating opportunities for Lunala to set up Trick Room via with Fake Out. Amoonguss is also a good partner for Lunala, providing provides redirection support as well as Pollen Puff healing to keep Lunala at full HP for Shadow Shield; (semicolon) it Amoonguss also synergizes extremely well with Lunala's other common partners like Urshifu-R and Incineroar. Lunala Tailroom teams Tailwind + Trick Room teams that run Lunala also benefit from strong Tailwind setters like Tornadus and Whimsicott, giving Lunala the flexibility to go for a fast game mode in specific matchups.

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