Mega Swampert (0/1)

[Yoko]

[SET]
Rain Attacker (Swampert-Mega) @ Swampertite
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Flip Turn
- Ice Punch / Stealth Rock / Superpower

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Swampert is a great sweeper on rain teams thanks to its amazing Attack and Swift Swim, which can let it outspeed foes like Choice Scarf Tapu Lele in rain. Its immunity to Electric-type attacks is also greatly appreciated for rain teams, which commonly struggle against Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Tapu Koko. Flip Turn lets it switch out of checks like Ferrothorn, bulky Mega Scizor, and Slowbro while maintaining momentum. Ice Punch hits foes like Dragonite, Mega Latios, and Serperior. Stealth Rock lets Mega Swampert make use of forced switches against Pokemon like Garganacl. Superpower hits Ferrothorn and secures a OHKO on Kartana. Tera Water boosts the damage of Mega Swampert's Waterfall, which can let it gurantee 2HKO defensive Pokemon like Clefable. Rain setters like Pelipper are mandatory teammates for Mega Swampert, being able to boost its offensive pressure and slow pivot it in safely. Mega Swampert can be overwhelmed against Grass-types like Serperior, Rillaboom, and Kartana, which can make teammates like Tornadus-T and Zapdos appreciated, they can also switch into into Grass-type moves for Mega Swampert which helps deal with its massive weakness. Pokemon like Rotom-W, Alomomola, and Ferrothorn, can be a problem for Mega Swampert as they can wall it and stall its turns of rain, which makes Ferrothorn and Kartana valuable teammates. Other Swift Swim Pokemon like Barraskewda can also be good teammates, as they can significantly wear down their shared checks such as Rotom-W.

[SET CREDITS]
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[Yoko]

ready for qc:!

 

[sealoo]

Hi yoko,

Unfortunately, the QC team has decided to reject this.

We believe this analysis misses out on crucial aspects that are imperative to how Rain operates in NatDex. Most notably, the analysis fails to mention Ogerpon-W as one of Mega Swampert's biggest roadblocks, Raging Bolt and Archaludon seem to be omitted as teammates despite them being defining figures on Rain, and some odd examples such as Mega Scizor being listed as a check despite it not being one in any way.

Tera Water boosts the damage of Mega Swampert's Waterfall, which can let it gurantee 2HKO defensive Pokemon like Clefable.

This line in particular shows a potential lack of full understanding of NatDex mechanics, as megas are unable to Tera, and even if they could it would not be relevant to 2HKO Clefable in Rain.

We would like to remind you that having experience with the Pokemon being featured in the analyses in their given format is a prerequisite to write about them, and it appears this analysis lacks a certain level of understanding we are looking to see in analyses.

Don't let this discourage you, your effort is greatly appreciated and we'd love to have you write in the future, but we agreed it would be beneficial that you acquire more practical experience with the Pokemon being talked about first and how they operate in NatDex.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM a Moderator ( Sulo / hidin / Solaros & Lunaris / sealoo), locking this!