National Dex Ubers Bulk Up Marshadow [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

[Eledyr]

And it's definitely not Focus Sash

[SET]
Bulk Up (Marshadow) @ Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ghost
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• With Bulk Up increasing its already great Attack stat; a STAB combination no viable Pokemon resists; great STAB options in Poltergeist, Low Kick, Spectral Thief; and a strong priority move in Shadow Sneak further boosted by Technician, Bulk Up Marshadow is an incredible mid- to late-game wallbreaker and cleaner that can threaten a great majority of the metagame.
• Spectral Thief is a fantastic tool that not only steals boosts from common boosted threats such as Coil Zygarde, the many Calm Mind Arceus variants, and slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM variants but also threatens these targets for huge damage. Alternatively, Poltergeist can be used for its higher Base Power; this comes in handy with Tera Ghost, as it can OHKO defensive Primal Kyogre at +1 after Stealth Rock damage for example.
• Low Kick perfectly complements Marshadow's Ghost-type attacks and forms a nearly unresisted STAB combination. Due to the heavy weight of Pokemon in Ubers, Low Kick is preferred to Close Combat because it has no drawbacks while still having 120 Base Power against common targets like Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Arceus, and Arceus-Dark.
• Shadow Sneak is a powerful tool that can eliminate Speed-boosted and naturally faster targets such as Deoxys-A, as well as weakened Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Ultra Necrozma.
• Tera Ghost is the premier choice because it further amplifies Marshadow's damage output. In particular, it allows Poltergeist to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1, OHKO Dragon Dance Zygarde at +1 and—after Stealth Rock damage—almost always 2HKO defensive Arceus-Fairy when unboosted. Turning into a pure Ghost-type also comes in handy in order to tank one hit from the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Ultra Necrozma.
• Life Orb is the best item in order to maximize the damage Marshadow can deal. Spell Tag can also be used, granting its Ghost-type attacks a 20% damage boost with no drawbacks. The drop in power is significant, however; for example, Spell Tag Marshadow is not guaranteed to 2HKO defensive Primal Groudon at +1 with Poltergeist.
• A Jolly nature is generally recommended in order to ensure that Marshadow always outspeeds Arceus formes as well as Mega Salamence. An Adamant nature further boosts Marshadow's Attack, giving it a chance to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist.
• Marshadow likes entry hazards for their ability to hinder common switch-ins such as Arceus-Fairy, Primal Groudon, and Zygarde-C; thus, Spikes support from Primal Groudon and Toxic Spikes support from Eternatus are welcome.
• Marshadow hates switching in on entry hazards, as their damage racks up quickly when factoring its poor bulk, lack of recovery, and the possible Life Orb recoil. Thus, a Defogger like Ho-Oh or Giratina-O fits well with Marshadow. On top of that, Ho-Oh and Giratina-O can easily spread status and cripple the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Primal Groudon.

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[Gangsta Spongebob]

Great work, QC 1/2 when implemented

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[SET]
Bulk Up (Marshadow) @ Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ghost
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• With Bulk Up increasing its already great Attack stat, access to an unresisted STAB combination no viable Pokemon resists, Technically we have Horoark great STABs options in Poltergeist, Low Kick, Spectral Thief, and a strong STAB priority further boosted by Technician, Bulk Up Marshadow is an incredible mid- to late-game wallbreaker and cleaner that can threaten a great majority of the metagame.
• Spectral Thief is a fantastic tool which not only steal boosts from common boosted threats such as Coil Zygarde, the many Calm Mind Arceus variants, and slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM variants, but also threaten these targets for important STAB damages huge damage.
• Alternatively, Poltergeist can be used for its higher Base Power. Specify it has better damage thresholds with Tera Ghost, and add this with the previous point
• Low Kick complements perfectly Marshadow's Ghost-type attacks coverage and forms an nearly unresisted STAB combination. Due to the heavy weight of its targets Pokemon in Ubers, Low Kick is preferred to Close Combat because it has no drawbacks while having 120 Base Power against common targets like Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Arceus, and Arceus-Dark. Close Combat can be used in order to break Chansey and Blissey specifically.
• Shadow Sneak is a powerful tool that can eliminate Speed boosted and faster targets such as Deoxys-A, or a weakened Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Ultra Necrozma.
• Tera Ghost is the premier choice because it further amplifies Marshadow's damage output. In particular, it allows to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist, as well as OHKO Dragon Dance Zygarde at +1 prior Power Construct, and almost always 2HKO defensive Arceus-Fairy at +0 after Stealth Rock damage. Turning into a pure Ghost type also comes in handy in order to tank one hit from Arceus-Fairy. Mention the utility against other foes such as Ultra Necrozma
• Life Orb is the best item in order to maximize the damage Marshadow can deal. Spell Tag can also be used, granting its Ghost-type attacks a 20% damage boost with no drawbacks. The drop in power is significant however; for example, Marshadow is not guaranteed to 2HKO defensive Primal Groudon at +1 with Poltergeist.
• A Jolly Nature is generally recommended in order to be sure that Marshadow always outspeeds Arceus and its different formes, as well as Mega Salamence. An Adamant Nature further boosts Marshadow's Attack, giving it a chance to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist.
• Marshadow likes entry hazards for their ability to hinder common switch-ins such as Arceus-Fairy, Primal Groudon, and Zygarde-C, thus Spikes support from Primal Groudon and Toxic Spikes support from Eternatus are welcome.
• On the other hand, Marshadow hates switching on entry hazards, as their damage racks up quickly when factoring its poor bulk, lack of recovery, and the possible Life Orb recoil. Thus, a defogger like Ho-Oh and Giratina-O fits well with Marshadow. On top of that, they can invalidate Arceus-Fairy and Primal Groudon with a status to further help Marshadow.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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[Bobsican]

Good job, apply the stuff below and this can pass as QC 2/2

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[SET]
Bulk Up (Marshadow) @ Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ghost
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• With Bulk Up increasing its already great Attack stat, access to a STAB combination no viable Pokemon resists, great STAB options in Poltergeist, Low Kick, Spectral Thief, and a strong STAB priority further boosted by Technician, Bulk Up Marshadow is an incredible mid- to late-game wallbreaker and cleaner that can threaten a great majority of the metagame.
• Spectral Thief is a fantastic tool which not only steal boosts from common boosted threats such as Coil Zygarde, the many Calm Mind Arceus variants, and slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM variants, but also threaten these targets for huge damage. Alternatively, Poltergeist can be used for its higher Base Power; this comes in handy with Tera Ghost, as it can for example OHKO defensive Primal Kyogre at +1 after Stealth Rock damage.
• Low Kick complements perfectly Marshadow's Ghost-type attacks coverage and forms a nearly unresisted STAB combination. Due to the heavy weight of Pokemon in Ubers, Low Kick is preferred to Close Combat because it has no drawbacks while having 120 Base Power against common targets like Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Arceus, and Arceus-Dark. Close Combat can be used in order to break Chansey and Blissey specifically. Too niche, has way more drawbacks just for this matchup, I don't think this is sufficiently viable even as an "other options" thing.
• Shadow Sneak is a powerful tool that can eliminate Speed boosted and faster targets such as Deoxys-A, or a weakened Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Ultra Necrozma.
• Tera Ghost is the premier choice because it further amplifies Marshadow's damage output. In particular, it allows to OHKO with Poltergeist defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist, as well as OHKO Dragon Dance Zygarde at +1 prior Power Construct, and almost always 2HKO defensive Arceus-Fairy at +0 after Stealth Rock damage. Turning into a pure Ghost type also comes in handy in order to tank one hit from the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Ultra Necrozma.
• Life Orb is the best item in order to maximize the damage Marshadow can deal. Spell Tag can also be used, granting its Ghost-type attacks a 20% damage boost with no drawbacks. The drop in power is significant however; for example, Marshadow is not guaranteed to 2HKO defensive Primal Groudon at +1 with Poltergeist.
• A Jolly Nature nature is generally recommended in order to be sure that Marshadow always outspeeds Arceus and formes as well as Mega Salamence. An Adamant Nature nature further boosts Marshadow's Attack, giving it a chance to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist.
• Marshadow likes entry hazards for their ability to hinder common switch-ins such as Arceus-Fairy, Primal Groudon, and Zygarde-C, thus Spikes support from Primal Groudon and Toxic Spikes support from Eternatus are welcome.
• Marshadow hates switching on entry hazards, as their damage racks up quickly when factoring its poor bulk, lack of recovery, and the possible Life Orb recoil. Thus, a defogger Defogger like Ho-Oh and Giratina-O fits well with Marshadow. On top of that, they can invalidate Arceus-Fairy and Primal Groudon This bit should be reworded to be more specific on what each of those two cover, as the current wording implies Giratina-O checks Arceus-Fairy with status to further help Marshadow.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.105/ I'll remind that analyses for this tier only have a single GP check, so this extra section is misleading as it'd only be really used if an AMGP steps in, which is easy to add either way

 

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[SET]
Bulk Up (Marshadow) @ Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ghost
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• With Bulk Up increasing its already great Attack stat, access to a STAB combination no viable Pokemon resists, great STAB options in Poltergeist, Low Kick, Spectral Thief, and a strong STAB priority move in Shadow Sneak further boosted by Technician, Bulk Up Marshadow is an incredible mid- to late-game wallbreaker and cleaner that can threaten a great majority of the metagame.
• Spectral Thief is a fantastic tool,(add comma) which not only steal steals boosts from common boosted threats such as Coil Zygarde, the many Calm Mind Arceus variants, and slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM variants, but also threaten threatens these targets for with huge damage. Alternatively, Poltergeist can be used for its higher Base Power; this comes in handy with Tera Ghost, as it can for example OHKO defensive Primal Kyogre at +1 after Stealth Rock damage, for example.
• Low Kick perfectly complements perfectly Marshadow's Ghost-type attacks coverage and forms a nearly unresisted STAB combination. Due to the heavy weight of Pokemon in Ubers, Low Kick is preferred to Close Combat because it has no drawbacks while still having 120 Base Power against common targets like Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Arceus, and Arceus-Dark.
• Shadow Sneak is a powerful tool that can eliminate Speed boosted Speed-boosted and faster targets such as Deoxys-A, or a as well as weakened Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Ultra Necrozma.
• Tera Ghost is the premier choice because it further amplifies Marshadow's damage output. In particular, it allows +1 Poltergeist to OHKO with Poltergeist defensive Necrozma-DM at+1, as well as OHKO and Dragon Dance Zygarde at +1 prior to Power Construct,(remove comma) and almost always 2HKO defensive Arceus-Fairy at +0 after Stealth Rock damage. Turning into a pure Ghost type Ghost-type also comes in handy in order to tank one hit from the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Ultra Necrozma.
• Life Orb is the best item in order to maximize the damage Marshadow can deal. Spell Tag can also be used, granting its Ghost-type attacks a 20% damage boost with no drawbacks. The drop in power is significant,(add comma) however.(add period); for For example, Spell Tag Marshadow is not guaranteed to 2HKO defensive Primal Groudon at +1 with Poltergeist.
• A Jolly nature is generally recommended in order to be sure ensure that Marshadow always outspeeds Arceus and formes the Arceus formes as well as Mega Salamence. An Adamant nature further boosts Marshadow's Attack, giving it a chance to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist.
• Marshadow likes appreciates (I changed this one because I just never see "likes" in analyses) entry hazards for their ability to hinder common switch-ins such as Arceus-Fairy, Primal Groudon, and Zygarde-C, thus Spikes support from Primal Groudon and Toxic Spikes support from Eternatus are welcome.
• Marshadow hates switching on entry hazards, as their damage racks up quickly when factoring its poor bulk, lack of recovery, and the possible Life Orb recoil. Thus, a Defogger like Ho-Oh and or Giratina-O fits well with Marshadow. On top of that, Ho-Oh and Giratina-O can easily spread status and cripple the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Primal Groudon.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/eledyr.415367/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Bulk Up (Marshadow) @ Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ghost
Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Spectral Thief / Poltergeist
- Low Kick
- Shadow Sneak

[SET COMMENTS]

• With Bulk Up increasing its already great Attack stat, access to stat; a STAB combination no viable Pokemon resists, resists; great STAB options in Poltergeist, Low Kick, Spectral Thief, Thief; and a strong STAB priority move in Shadow Sneak further boosted by Technician, Bulk Up Marshadow is an incredible mid- to late-game wallbreaker and cleaner that can threaten a great majority of the metagame.
• Spectral Thief is a fantastic tool which that not only steal steals boosts from common boosted threats such as Coil Zygarde, the many Calm Mind Arceus variants, and slow Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM variants, (comma) but also threaten threatens these targets for huge damage. Alternatively, Poltergeist can be used for its higher Base Power; this comes in handy with Tera Ghost, as it can for example OHKO defensive Primal Kyogre at +1 after Stealth Rock damage for example.
• Low Kick perfectly complements perfectly Marshadow's Ghost-type attacks and forms a nearly unresisted STAB combination. Due to the heavy weight of Pokemon in Ubers, Low Kick is preferred to Close Combat because it has no drawbacks while still having 120 Base Power against common targets like Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Arceus, and Arceus-Dark.
• Shadow Sneak is a powerful tool that can eliminate Speed boosted Speed-boosted and naturally faster targets such as Deoxys-A, or a as well as weakened Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground and Ultra Necrozma.
• Tera Ghost is the premier choice because it further amplifies Marshadow's damage output. In particular, it allows Poltergeist to OHKO with Poltergeist defensive Necrozma-DM at +1, as well as OHKO Dragon Dance Zygarde at +1 prior Power Construct, (saying just Zygarde instead of Zygarde-C already indicates base forme) and—after Stealth Rock damage—almost (less ambiguous as to whether all or just Arceus-Fairy need hazards) always 2HKO defensive Arceus-Fairy at +0 after Stealth Rock damage when unboosted. Turning into a pure Ghost type Ghost-type also comes in handy in order to tank one hit from the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Ultra Necrozma.
• Life Orb is the best item in order to maximize the damage Marshadow can deal. Spell Tag can also be used, granting its Ghost-type attacks a 20% damage boost with no drawbacks. The drop in power is significant,(add comma) however; for example, Spell Tag Marshadow is not guaranteed to 2HKO defensive Primal Groudon at +1 with Poltergeist.
• A Jolly nature is generally recommended in order to be sure ensure that Marshadow always outspeeds Arceus and formes Arceus formes as well as Mega Salamence. An Adamant nature further boosts Marshadow's Attack, giving it a chance to OHKO defensive Necrozma-DM at +1 with Poltergeist.
• Marshadow likes entry hazards for their ability to hinder common switch-ins such as Arceus-Fairy, Primal Groudon, and Zygarde-C, thus Zygarde-C; thus, Spikes support from Primal Groudon and Toxic Spikes support from Eternatus are welcome.
• Marshadow hates switching in on entry hazards, as their damage racks up quickly when factoring its poor bulk, lack of recovery, and the possible Life Orb recoil. Thus, a Defogger like Ho-Oh and or Giratina-O fits well with Marshadow. On top of that, Ho-Oh and Giratina-O can easily spread status and cripple the likes of Arceus-Fairy and Primal Groudon.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/eledyr.415367/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
Grammar checked by:
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AM Check Feedback

- The nature of the set should be formatted like "Jolly / Adamant Nature, not "Jolly Nature / Adamant Nature".
- When list items contain commas, use semicolons to separate the items to improve readability.
- In the Spectral Thief sentence, "but" isn't connecting independent clauses, so it shouldn't be preceded by a comma.
- The second Tera Ghost sentence read as "+1 Poltergeist can... at +0", which didn't make too much sense.
- Using a semicolon to connect two sentences is fine if they're not too long.
- Using "likes" over "appreciates" is fine.
- When "thus" is being used to connect two independent clauses, it should be used with a semicolon or an and.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit adorluigi too

 

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