Gen 5 [BW] Swords Dance Leafeon [DONE]

[sleid]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
move 4: Synthesis
item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
ability: Leaf Guard
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. It has solid bulk, allowing it to come in and set up against passive walls or weaker physical attackers, like Clefairy, Hippopotas, Graveler, or Munchlax. Using Lum Berry can help Leafeon safely set up against any of these more passive Pokemon reliant on status, like Solrock and Frillish. Leaf Blade deals massive damage to bulky nuetral targets such as Lairon, Wormadam-G, and Pelipper. The high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned setup targets. Return or Double-Edge can help it break through the Poison-types and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. When carrying the Normal Gem, Leafeon can OHKO those Grass-resistant foes with a Normal-type move after setting up one Swords Dance; it is worth noting that Return won't always OHKO Muk, Meganium, or opposing Leafeon at full health in this instance, whereas Double-Edge always will. Alternatively, X-Scissor is optimal for hitting opposing Grass- and Psychic-types really hard without the concern of Double-Edge recoil damage, but Leafeon struggles to damage Muk and Arbok without a Normal-type move. Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against the previously mentioned Pokemon that it wants to come in on.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive teams looking for a reliable sweeper that can take a hit or two. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or Graveler to take hits from the faster physically offensive Pokemon such as Emolga and Persian. Special walls such as Clefairy and Grumpig can deal with the faster Raichu and Simisear. Depending on its coverage move, Leafeon can struggle against some combination of Grass-, Poison- and Steel-types. Leafeon pairs well with Muk, Grumpig, Simisear, and Arbok, which can help deal with walls of these types, some of the few it struggles to break through. These walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-S. Simisear in particular works well with Leafeon, as it can bring in the Water- and Rock-types that Leafeon likes to setup on. Leafeon also has strong synergy with other physical sweepers like Shelgon and Whiscash, as Leafeon and them can pressure each other's shared checks.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Leafeon can also run Substitute or Endure over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with Salac Berry. This makes Leafeon a very dangerous late-game cleaner for hyper offensive teams that outspeeds almost every Pokemon in the tier, barring Choice Scarf Raichu and Simisear. The downside to running this set is that Leafeon loses its longevity and niche as a bulky Swords Dance user.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass- and Poison-types**: Cleric Leafeon can have a tough time dealing with the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom, and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. Swords Dance Leafeon needs a Normal Gem to threaten Poison- and Grass-types from high health, and otherwise they can hit it super effectively or phaze it.

**Special Attackers**: Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and Special Defense stats. Faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Mr. Mime, Grumpig, Gastly, and Glaceon, or Simisear and Raichu, can come in and immediately threaten it. Some of these can be circumvented by running the Substitute + Salac Berry variant. Some bulkier special attackers can come in on Leafeon's Swords Dance and KO it back after taking a hit; these would include Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent, and Magmar.

**Wormadam-S**: Wormadam-S's Bug / Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon. Wormadam-S can wear it down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute Leafeon variants can get past this Pokemon, as long as it doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Faster Revenge Killers**: Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + Return or U-turn. Leafeon must be healthy in order to survive these hits back-to-back and heal off the damage. Emolga can OHKO with Flying Gem + Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of Flying Gem.

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Excellent job, QC 1/2 when implemented

QC: 1/2

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[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Leaf Blade
Move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
Move 4: Synthesis
Item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. It has solid bulk, allowing it to come in against passive walls or weaker physical attackers to set up a Swords Dance. Give some examples here Leaf Blade deals massive damage to anything that isn't a bulky resist. Also give examples here The high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned passive walls/weaker physical attackers. Return/ or Double-Edge can help it break through the opposing Poison and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. When carrying the Normal Gem, you can OHKO after setting up one Swords Dance. State the pros and cons of using either, i.e. that Double Edge hits harder but causes recoil. Also give examples about which Pokemon you can OHKO with a Normal Gem that you can't OHKO otherwise. Alternatively, X-Scissor is great for hitting those opposing Grass and Psychic-types really hard without needing to set up. Setting up is still very useful here, as you can score some OHKOes an unboosted Leafeon can't manage, like against Grumpig. Additionally, I'm not sure "great for hitting those" will get past GP, optional but I'd say something along the lines of "serves as coverage against" Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against some of the previously mentioned Pokemon that it wants to come in on.

Mention Lum Berry somewhere. It's admittedly pretty self-explanatory, but as an item it fulfills a very different role than Normal Gem.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive teams looking for a reliable sweeper who can take a hit or two. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or Graveler to take hits from the faster offensive Pokemon that it crumbles to such as Raichu, Simisear and Emolga. Solrock and Graveler aren't good checks to Raichu and Simisear, mention how special walls and tanks can check them. Additionally, mention Persian and counterplay to it, as while it loses one-on-one it can easily revenge kill Leafeon after some chip. It also pairs well with Muk, Grumpig, Simisear and Arbok that can help deal with the few walls that it struggles to break; these walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-Trash. Optional, but I would mention that Leafeon struggles against opposing Grass-types and Poison-types in general before citing examples. Fire-types also work well with Leafeon as they can bring in the Water and Rock-types that it likes to setup on.

[SET]
Name: Cleric
Move 1: Wish
Move 2: Protect / Synthesis
Move 3: Heal Bell
Move 4: Leaf Blade
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def

Leafeon can work well defensively on teams looking for a Cleric and/or Wish support. why and/or? this set always uses Wish Its fantastic Defense stat that allows it to wall many physical attackers who can't hit it for super effective damage. Give examples Wish does a great job at keeping its teammates healthy, allowing them more opportunities to break down the opposing team. Protect ensures Leafeon can the Wish healing it needs, while Synthesis can be used instead to can help it gain immediate health back if it can't afford to Wish and wait the turn. Sentence should be reworded to make it clearer that Protect and Synthesis are alternatives. Feel free to word it how you wish, I just gave a suggestion Heal Bell is great for curing Leafeon and its teammates of status conditions. GP-related so optional, but Heal Bell is less "great" at healing status conditions and more that's what it literally does, so I'd omit "is great" and just say "Heal bell lets Leafeon heal status conditions from it and its teammates" or something along those lines Leaf Blade is still a strong STAB move off of an uninvested Attack stat; this keeps it from being incredibly passive.

Cleric Leafeon does best on fat and balance teams. It is able to sit on Pokemon like Solrock, Meganium, Hippopotas, and Vibrava; this means it can pass wishes with little to no drawback to an offensive Pokemon with a favorable matchup into them like Glaceon, Grumpig, Wailren, or Pelipper. Also, it's makes great teammates with the likes of Simisear, Lairon, Muk and Raichu as it can come in and take a hit from the previously mentioned above. It does well at providing teams longevity when they otherwise wouldn't be able to outlast bulkier teams that attempt to wear them down with status conditions or other notable chip damage. Mention support against foes that resist Grass.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Leafeon can also opt to run Substitute over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with the Salac Berry item. This allows Leafeon to be a very dangerous late game cleaner that outspeeds almost every Pokemon in the tier barring a Scarfed Raichu and Simisear. Mention the cons i.e. Leafeon has much less longevity, which hurts its niche as a bulky SD user.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass and Poison Types**- Leafeon can have a tough time breaking through the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. Its nuetral neutral hits struggle to break through even after a Swords Dance boost. Mention how they should still fear a boosted Return/Double-Edge, especially with Normal Gem. I would specify set. Cleric Leafeon has 0 hope of breakin through anything that resists Grass, while SD has a good shot against everything here.

**Fast Special Attackers**- Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and SpD stats. It doesn't take hits well from Pokemon such as Simisear, Raichu, Magmar, Mr. Mime, Glaceon, Grumpig or Gastly. Given that Gastly, Glaceon, and non-scarf Grumpig are slower, rename this section to Special Attackers, and state how some outspeed and overwhelm Leafeon, while others have the bulk/typing to check Leafeon. Also mention counterplay: very few of these Pokemon want to switch into SD Leafeon.

**Wormadam-Trash**- Wormadam's Bug and Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon. Wormadam-Trash can wear it down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute variants can get past this Pokemon as long as it doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Quick Faster Revenge Killers**- Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + Return/U-Turn. It will need to stay healthy in order to live these hits back to back and Synthesis off the damage. Emolga can take OHKO with Flying Gem Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of Flying Gem as well.

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[sleid]

implemented! ready for qc 2

 

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Good work implement for qc2
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[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Leaf Blade
Move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
Move 4: Synthesis
Item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Jolly / Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. It has solid bulk, allowing it to come in against passive walls or weaker physical attackers, like Clefairy, Hippopotas, Graveler, or Munchlax, and set up a Swords Dance. Using Lum Berry can help Leafeon safely set up a Swords dance against any of these more passive Pokemon who use status to cripple their foes reliant on status, like Hippopotas and Solrock. Leaf Blade deals massive damage to anything that isn't a bulky resist such as Lairon, Wormadam-Sandy and Pelipper. The high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned passive walls/weaker physical attackers. Return/Double-Edge can help it break through the opposing Poison and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. Double Edge is a bit stronger, but you deal with recoil damage. When carrying the Normal Gem, you can OHKO those Leaf Blade resists with a Normal-type move after setting up one Swords Dance; it is worth noting that Return is not strong enough to always OHKO Muk, Meganium or opposing Leafeon at full health in this instance, whereas Double Edge would be. Alternatively, X-Scissor is optimal for hitting opposing Grass and Psychic-types really hard without the recoil of Double-Edge, but Leafeon struggles to damage Muk and Arbok without a Normal-type move. Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against some of the previously mentioned Pokemon that it wants to come in on.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive teams looking for a reliable sweeper who can take a hit or two. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or Graveler to take hits from the faster physically offensive Pokemon such as Emolga and Persian. Special walls such as Clefairy and Grumpig can deal with the faster Raichu and Simisear. Due to its move coverage, some sets can struggle against Grass, Poison and Steel-types. It pairs well with Muk, Grumpig, Simisear and Arbok that can help deal with these few walls that it struggles to break; these walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-Trash. Fire-types also work Simisear in particular works well with Leafeon as they can bring in the Water and Rock-types that it likes to setup on. Leafeon also has strong synergy with other physical sweepers like Shelgon and Whiscash, as they can pressure each other's shared checks.

[SET]
Name: Cleric
Move 1: Wish
Move 2: Protect / Synthesis
Move 3: Heal Bell
Move 4: Leaf Blade
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def

Leafeon can work well defensively on teams looking for a Cleric and Wish support. Its fantastic Defense stat that allows it to wall many physical attackers who can't hit it for super effective damage such as Hippopotas, Hippo is not an attacker Mienfoo, Lairon, Slaking and many Persian sets Whiscash you wall Whiscash anyways. Wish does a great job at keeping its teammates healthy, allowing them more opportunities to break down the opposing team. Protect ensures Leafeon can receive the Wish healing it needs, or you can opt to run Synthesis instead to gain immediate health back if it can't afford to Wish and wait the turn. Heal Bell is for curing Leafeon and its teammates of status conditions. Leaf Blade is still a strong STAB move off of an uninvested Attack stat; this keeps it from being incredibly passive.

Cleric Leafeon does best on fat and balance teams. It is able to sit on Pokemon like Solrock, Meganium, Hippopotas, and Vibrava while curing status later with Heal Bell; this means it can pass wishes with little to no drawback to an offensive Pokemon with a favorable matchup into them like Glaceon, Grumpig, Wailren, or Pelipper. Also, it's makes great teammates with the likes of Simisear, Lairon, Muk and Raichu as it can come in and take a hit from the previously mentioned above. Cleric Leafeon really appreciates being paired with Pokemon such as Simisear, Muk, Emolga, and Arbok that can deal with those who resist its Leaf Blade. It does well at providing teams longevity when they otherwise wouldn't be able to outlast bulkier teams that attempt to wear them down with status conditions or other notable chip damage.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
==============

Leafeon can also opt to run Substitute or Endure over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with the Salac Berry item. This allows Leafeon to be a very dangerous late game cleaner for Hyper Offense teams that outspeeds almost every Pokemon in the tier barring a Scarfed Raichu and Simisear. The downside to running this set is that it loses its longevity and niche as a bulky Swords Dance user.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass and Poison Types**- Cleric Leafeon can have a tough time dealing with the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. While Swords Dance Leafeon needs a Normal Gem to threaten Poison and Grass-types from high health, otherwise it can be hit supereffectively or phazed. can get through with neutral coverage moves after a Swords Dance Boost, especially with Normal Gem.

**Special Attackers**- Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and SpD stats. Faster Pokemon such as Scarf Mr. Mime, Scarf Grumpig, Scarf Gastly, Scarf Glaceon, Simisear and Raichu can come in and immediately threaten it. Some of these can be null if running the Substitute Salac Berry variant. Some bulkier special attackers can come in on a Leafeon Swords Dance and kill it back after taking a hit; this would include Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent and Magmar.

**Wormadam-Trash**- Wormadam's Bug and Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon. Wormadam-Trash can wear it down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute variants can get past this Pokemon as long as it doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Faster Revenge Killers**- Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + Return/U-Turn. It will need to stay healthy in order to live these hits back to back and Synthesis off the damage. Emolga can take OHKO with Flying Gem Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of Flying Gem as well.

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[sleid]

implemented, now for GP GP Team

 

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[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Leaf Blade
Move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
Move 4: Synthesis
Item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Jolly / Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. (RP) It has and its solid bulk, allowing which allows it to come in against passive walls or and weaker physical attackers, (RC) like Clefairy, Hippopotas, Graveler, or and Munchlax, (RC) and set up a with Swords Dance. Using Lum Berry can help Leafeon safely set up a Swords dDance against any of these more passive Pokemon reliant on status, like Solrock and Frillish. I would move this sentence in front of the Normal Gem part; moves should generally be discussed before items. Leaf Blade deals massive damage to anything that isn't a bulky resist, such as Lairon, Wormadam-Sandy Wormadam-G, (AC) and Pelipper. The Leaf Blade's high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned passive walls/weaker physical attackers bulky targets. Return/Double-Edge can help it Leafeon break through the opposing Poison- (Add hyphen) and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. Double-Edge (Add hyphen) is a bit stronger, but you deal with wears Leafeon down due to recoil damage. When carrying the Normal Gem, (RC) you can allows Leafeon to OHKO those key Leaf Blade resists with a Normal-type move after setting up one a Swords Dance; however, it is worth noting that Return is not strong enough to does not always OHKO Muk, Meganium, (AC) or opposing Leafeon at full health in this instance after setup, whereas Double-Edge (Add hyphen) would be does. Alternatively, X-Scissor is optimal for hitting opposing Grass and Psychic-types really hard without the concern of Double-Edge's (Add hyphen) recoil damage, but Leafeon struggles to damage Muk and Arbok without a Normal-type move. Put this sentence after the Return/Double Edge part and before item discussion. Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against some of when pivoting into the previously mentioned Pokemon weaker threats that it wants to come in set up on.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive offense teams looking for a reliable sweeper who can take a hit or two with defensive utility. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or and Graveler to that can take hits from the faster physically offensive Pokemon such as Emolga and Persian. Special walls such as Clefairy and Grumpig can deal with the faster fast special attackers like Raichu and Simisear. Due to Depending on its move coverage, some sets Leafeon "some sets" is confusing because this section refers only to the listed Swords Dance set can struggle against Grass, Poison and Steel-types. It pairs well with Pokemon like Muk, Grumpig, Simisear, and Arbok that can help deal with these few walls such as Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-Trash that it struggles to break; these walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-Trash. Simisear in particular works well with Leafeon, (AC) as they it can bring in the Water and Rock-types that it Leafeon likes to setup set up on. Leafeon also has strong synergy with other physical sweepers like Shelgon and Whiscash, as they can pressure each other's shared checks.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
==============

Leafeon can also opt to run Substitute or Endure over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with the Salac Berry item. This allows Leafeon to be a very dangerous late game cleaner for Hhyper Offensive offense teams, (AC) that outspeeds outspeeding almost every unboosted Pokemon in the tier barring a Choice Scarfed Raichu and Simisear. The downside to running this set is that it loses its longevity and niche as a bulky Swords Dance user.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass and Poison Types**- Cleric Leafeon can have a tough time dealing with the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. While Swords Dance Leafeon needs a Normal Gem to threaten Poison- (Add hyphen) and Grass-types from high health,; (RC, add semicolon) otherwise, (AC) it can be hit supereffectively super effectively or phazed.

**Special Attackers**- Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and SpD Special Defense stats. Faster Pokemon such as Scarf Mr. Mime, Scarf Grumpig, Scarf Gastly, Scarf Glaceon, Simisear and Raichu and Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, Grumpig, Gastly, and Glaceon can come in and immediately threaten it. Some of these can be null if circumvented by running the Substitute + Salac Berry variant. Some bulkier special attackers, (AC) including Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent, and Magmar, can come in on a Leafeon Swords Dance and kill OHKO it Leafeon back after taking a hit; this would include Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent and Magmar.

**Wormadam-Trash Wormadam-S**- Wormadam-S's Bug and/ Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon., (RP, AC) Wormadam-Trash and it can can wear it Leafeon down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute variants Leafeon can get past this Pokemon Wormadam-S as long as it the latter doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Faster Revenge Killers**- Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + into Return/ or U-Turn. It Leafeon will need needs to stay healthy in order to live survive these hits back to back and Synthesis heal off the damage. Emolga can take OHKO Leafeon with Flying Gem Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of using Flying Gem as well.

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[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Leaf Blade
Move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
Move 4: Synthesis
Item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Jolly / Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. It has solid bulk, allowing it to come in and set up against passive walls or weaker physical attackers, like Clefairy, Hippopotas, Graveler, or Munchlax, and set up a Swords Dance. Using Lum Berry can help Leafeon safely set up a Swords dance against any of these more passive Pokemon reliant on status, like Solrock and Frillish. Leaf Blade deals massive damage to anything that isn't a bulky resist besides bulky resistant Pokemon, such as Lairon, Wormadam-Sandy Wormadam-G, and Pelipper. The high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned passive walls/weaker physical attackers. Return/Double-Edge setup targets. Return or Double-Edge can help it break through the opposing Poison Poison-types and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. Double Edge is a bit stronger, but you deal with recoil damage. When carrying the Normal Gem, you Leafeon can OHKO those Leaf Blade resists Grass-resistant foes with a Normal-type move after setting up one Swords Dance; it is worth noting that Return is not strong enough to won't always OHKO Muk, Meganium, (AC) or opposing Leafeon at full health in this instance, whereas Double Edge would be. always will. Alternatively, X-Scissor is optimal for hitting opposing Grass- (added hyphen) and Psychic-types really hard without the concern of Double-Edge (added hyphen) recoil damage, but Leafeon struggles to damage Muk and Arbok without a Normal-type move. Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against some of the previously mentioned Pokemon that it wants to come in on.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive teams looking for a reliable sweeper who that can take a hit or two. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or Graveler to take hits from the faster physically offensive Pokemon such as Emolga and Persian. Special walls such as Clefairy and Grumpig can deal with the faster Raichu and Simisear. Due to its move coverage, some sets Depending on their coverage moves, sets can struggle against Grass, Poison and some combination of Grass-, Poison-, and Steel-types. It Leafeon pairs well with Muk, Grumpig, Simisear, (AC) and Arbok that Arbok, which can help deal with these few walls that it struggles to break; walls of these types, some of the few it struggles to break through. These walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-Trash. Wormadam-S. Simisear in particular works well with Leafeon, (AC) as they it can bring in the Water- (added hyphen) and Rock-types that it likes to setup set up on. Leafeon also has strong synergy with other physical sweepers like Shelgon and Whiscash, as they can pressure each other's shared checks. (some examples would be cool here)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
==============

Leafeon can also opt to run Substitute or Endure over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with the Salac Berry item. This allows Leafeon to be Salac Berry. This makes Leafeon a very dangerous late-game (added hyphen) cleaner for Hyper Offensive hyper offense teams that outspeeds almost every Pokemon in the tier, (AC) barring a Scarfed Choice Scarf Raichu and Simisear. The downside to running this set is that it Leafeon loses its longevity and niche as a bulky Swords Dance user.

Checks and Counters (replaced dashes after bullets with colons)
===================

**Grass and Poison Types** **Grass- and Poison-types**: Cleric Leafeon can have a tough time dealing with the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom, (AC) and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. While Swords Dance Leafeon needs a Normal Gem to threaten Poison- (added hyphen) and Grass-types from high health, and otherwise it can be hit supereffectively or phazed. they can hit it super effectively or phaze it.

**Special Attackers**: Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and SpD Special Defense stats. Faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Mr. Mime, Scarf Grumpig, Scarf Gastly, Scarf and Glaceon, or Simisear and Raichu, (AC) can come in and immediately threaten it. Some of these can be nullified if running the Substitute + Salac Berry variant. Some bulkier special attackers can come in on a Leafeon Swords Dance and kill KO it back after taking a hit; this these would include Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent, (AC) and Magmar.

**Wormadam-Trash**- Wormadam's Bug and Steel **Wormadam-S**: Wormadam-S's Bug / Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon. Wormadam-Trash Wormadam-S can wear it down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute Leafeon variants can get past this Pokemon, (AC) as long as it doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Faster Revenge Killers**- Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + Return/U-Turn. It will need to stay Return or U-turn. Leafeon must be healthy in order to live survive these hits back to back and Synthesis heal off the damage. Emolga can take OHKO with Flying Gem-boosted Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of Flying Gem as well.

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[sleid]

implemented changes made so far, tag when finished

 

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changes to version currently in the OP

[SET]
name: Swords Dance (fixed capitalization on 'name' 'move 1' etc.)
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Return / X-Scissor / Double-Edge
move 4: Synthesis
item: Lum Berry / Normal Gem
ability: Leaf Guard
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Leafeon is a threatening setup sweeper due to its great Attack and Speed stats. It has solid bulk, allowing it to come in and set up against passive walls or weaker physical attackers, like Clefairy, Hippopotas, Graveler, or Munchlax. Using Lum Berry can help Leafeon safely set up against any of these more passive Pokemon reliant on status, like Solrock and Frillish. Leaf Blade deals massive damage to anything besides bulky resistant Pokemon such as Lairon, (this isn't resistant. pls either change sentence to accommodate Lairon or remove Lairon) Wormadam-G, (is 60/85 rly bulky? maybe it runs max phys def always? idk. maybe consider changing sentence or something but not mandatory) and Pelipper. The high critical hit ratio can also assist in breaking through the aforementioned set up setup targets. Return or Double-Edge can help it break through the Poison-types and Grass-types that resist Leaf Blade. When carrying the Normal Gem, Leafeon can OHKO those Grass-resistant foes with a Normal-type move after setting up one Swords Dance; it is worth noting that Return won't always OHKO Muk, Meganium, or opposing Leafeon at full health in this instance, whereas Double-Edge always will. Alternatively, X-Scissor is optimal for hitting opposing Grass- and Psychic-types really hard without the concern of Double-Edge recoil damage, but Leafeon struggles to damage Muk and Arbok without a Normal-type move. Synthesis is great for Leafeon's longevity, keeping it healthy to set up against the previously mentioned Pokemon that it wants to come in on.

Leafeon thrives on balance and offensive teams looking for a reliable sweeper that can take a hit or two. It appreciates teammates like Solrock or Graveler to take hits from the faster physically offensive Pokemon such as Emolga and Persian. Special walls such as Clefairy and Grumpig can deal with the faster Raichu and Simisear. Depending on their coverage moves, some sets its coverage move, Leafeon can struggle against some combination of Grass-, Poison- and Steel-types. Leafeon pairs well with Muk, Grumpig, Simisear, and Arbok, (AC) which can help deal with walls of these types, some of the few it struggles to break through. These walls include Meganium, Muk, Ivysaur, and Wormadam-S. Simisear in particular works well with Leafeon, as it can bring in the Water- and Rock-types that it Leafeon likes to setup on. Leafeon also has strong synergy with other physical sweepers like Shelgon and Whiscash, as they Leafeon and them can pressure each other's shared checks.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Leafeon can also run Substitute or Endure over Synthesis on its Swords Dance set with Salac Berry. This makes Leafeon a very dangerous late-game cleaner for hyper offensive teams that outspeeds almost every Pokemon in the tier, barring Choice Scarf Raichu and Simisear. The downside to running this set is that Leafeon loses its longevity and niche as a bulky Swords Dance user.

Checks and Counters (you didn't change the dashes after **Text** into colons. please do that)
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**Grass- and Poison Types** Poison-types**: Cleric Leafeon can have a tough time dealing with the likes of Meganium, Arbok, Muk, Ivysaur, Gloom, and even opposing Leafeon due to its lack of coverage. Swords Dance Leafeon needs a Normal Gem to threaten Poison- and Grass-types from high health, and otherwise they can hit it super effectively or phaze it.

**Special Attackers**: Leafeon is susceptible to special attackers due to its middling HP and Special Defense stats. Faster Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Mr. Mime, Grumpig, Gastly, and Glaceon, or Simisear and Raichu, can come in and immediately threaten it. Some of these can be circumvented by running the Substitute (add a + plus sign here) Salac Berry variant. Some bulkier special attackers can come in on a Leafeon Leafeon's Swords Dance and KO it back after taking a hit; these would include Ivysaur, Gloom, Lampent, and Magmar.

**Wormadam-S**: Wormadam-S's Bug / Steel typing completely blanks Leafeon. Wormadam-S can wear it down quickly with Toxic and Protect. However, Substitute Leafeon variants can get past this Pokemon, as long as it doesn't run Bug Bite.

**Faster Revenge Killers**: Persian can come in on Leafeon and deal massive damage with Fake Out + Return or U-Turn. U-turn. Leafeon must be healthy in order to survive these hits back-to-back (added hyphens) and heal off the damage. Emolga can OHKO with Flying Gem (add a + plus sign here) Acrobatics; it also comes very close without the use of Flying Gem-boosted.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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GP Team done

 

[sleid]

implemented, ready for upload

 

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