NU Defensive Appletun GP (1/1)

[Pokeslice]

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Apple Acid
move 2: Recover
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
tera type: Steel

[SET COMMENTS]

Appletun acts as one of the tier's premier special walls thanks to its fantastic defensive typing and plethora of utility options, which let it consistently check Pokemon like Lurantis, Jolteon, and Eelektross. Although Appletun might seem passive, Apple Acid prevents special walls like Umbreon and Ursaring from sitting on it because of the Special Defense drops. Leech Seed helps weaken Poison-, Flying-, and Bug-types like Muk, Oricorio-F, and Scyther that are all capable of shrugging off Apple Acid while also allowing Appletun to check powerful setup sweepers like Coil Eelektross and Dudunsparce thanks to the extra health it provides. Dragon Tail adds another option to deal with setup sweepers while forcing Pokemon that want to switch into Appletun to take another round of entry hazards, working wonderfully in tandem with Spikes setters like Qwilfish. Alternatively, Dragon Pulse makes for a powerful STAB coverage option that can hit Grass-resistant foes like Scyther and Drifblim. Heavy-Duty Boots helps Appletun check strong special attackers like Zoroark, Rotom, and boosted Veluza, but Leftovers can also be used for the extra recovery. Tera Steel helps Appletun flip the script on Pokemon like Scyther, Muk, and Tera Ice Jolteon that traditionally answer it. Tera Steel also helps Appletun against Pokemon like Ursaring, Indeedee-F, and Clawitzer that all pack super effective coverage for it.

Because of Appletun's weakness to Poison-types like Muk and Swalot, Sandaconda and Qwilfish make for fantastic defensive partners, also sporting Rocky Helmet to punish U-turns targeted at Appletun. Additionally, Electric-types like Rotom and Eelektross can threaten Flying-types like Scyther and Oricorio-F.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pokeslice.509790/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rabia.336073/

 

[Stories]

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Apple Acid
move 2: Recover
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
tera type: Steel

[SET COMMENTS]

Appletun acts as one of the tiers premier special walls thanks to its fantastic defensive typing and plethora of utility options that let it consistently check Pokemon like Lurantis, Jolteon, and Eelektross. Appletun's signature move Apple Acid, which lowers the Special Defense of the opposing Pokemon, punishes special walls like Umbreon and Ursaring that can switch into it, making Appletun extremely difficult to win against in a one on one. just rewrite this to talk about how apple acid prevents special walls from sitting in front of appletun which means appletun isnt as passive as it appears, rn this is basically just a description of what the move is which is pretty fluff Leech Seed helps chip Poison-, Flying-, and Bug-types like Muk, Oricorio, and Scyther that are all capable of shrugging off Apple Acid while also allowing Appletun to check powerful set up sweepers like Coil Eelektross and Dudunsparce small thing but throw in that leech seed keeps appletun healthy while checking these threats. In the last slot, Dragon Tail adds another option to deal with set up sweepers while forcing Pokemon that want to switch into Appletun to take another round of hazards, working wonderfully in tandem with Spike setters like Qwilfish. Alternatively, because the tier has virtually no Fairy- or Steel-types, Dragon Pulse makes for a powerful STAB coverage option in conjunction with Apple Acid, especially since it deals massive damage to the aforementioned Poison-, Flying-, and Bug-types that consistently switch in on Appletun. idet dpulse should be mentioned but if you do just keep it simple and say it hits grass resists like scyther and drifblim Heavy-Duty Boots help Appletun check strong special attackers like Zoroark, Rotom, and Fillet Away Veluza by preventing it from taking hazard damage or getting crippled by Toxic Spikes, but Leftovers can also be used for the extra recovery. Tera Steel is prefered for the amazing resistances that a Steel-type provides, especially with Thick Fat neutralizing the Fire weakness, helping Appletun flip the script on Pokemon like Scyther, Muk, and Tera Ice Jolteon that traditionally answer it. Tera Steel also helps Appletun against Pokemon like Ursaring, Indeedee-F, and Clawitzer that all pack super effective coverage for it. Because of Appletun's weakness to Poison-types like Muk and Swalot, Sandaconda and Qwilfish makes for a fantastic defensive partners, sporting a Rocky Helmet to punish U-turns targeted at Appletun. that also comes with the added benefit of chipping physical attackers with Rocky Helmet such as Passimian and Scyther that can bother Appletun. Electric-types like Rotom and Eelektross can threaten Flying-types like Scyther and Oricorio-F that threaten Appletun. Additionally, Pokemon that can take care of the Flying- and Bug-type Pokemon that cause Appletun trouble such as Rotom and Eelektross further help patch the holes in Appletun's defensive profile.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pokeslice.509790/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/

mostly just defluffed some stuff, 1/1

 

[Pokeslice]

done! GP Team

 

[Rabia]

gp

[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Apple Acid
move 2: Recover
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Dragon Tail / Dragon Pulse
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
tera type: Steel

[SET COMMENTS]

Appletun acts as one of the tiers tier's premier special walls thanks to its fantastic defensive typing and plethora of utility options,(AC) that which let it consistently check Pokemon like Lurantis, Jolteon, and Eelektross. Although Appletun might seem passive, Apple Acid prevents special walls like Umbreon and Ursaring from sitting on it because of the Special Defense drops. Leech Seed helps chip weaken Poison-, Flying-, and Bug-types like Muk, Oricorio-F, and Scyther that are all capable of shrugging off Apple Acid while also allowing Appletun to check powerful set up setup sweepers like Coil Eelektross and Dudunsparce thanks to the extra health it provides. In the last slot, Dragon Tail adds another option to deal with set up setup sweepers while forcing Pokemon that want to switch into Appletun to take another round of entry hazards, working wonderfully in tandem with Spike Spikes setters like Qwilfish. Alternatively, Dragon Pulse makes for a powerful STAB coverage option that can hit common Grass resists Grass-resistant foes like Scyther and Drifblim. Heavy-Duty Boots help helps Appletun check strong special attackers like Zoroark, Rotom, and Fillet Away boosted Veluza by preventing it from taking hazard damage or getting crippled by Toxic Spikes (what boots do is dex info tbh), but Leftovers can also be used for the extra recovery. Tera Steel is prefered for the amazing resistances that a Steel-type provides, especially with Thick Fat neutralizing the Fire weakness, helping helps Appletun flip the script on Pokemon like Scyther, Muk, and Tera Ice Jolteon that traditionally answer it. Tera Steel also helps Appletun against Pokemon like Ursaring, Indeedee-F, and Clawitzer that all pack super effective coverage for it.

Because of Appletun's weakness to Poison-types like Muk and Swalot, Sandaconda and Qwilfish make for fantastic defensive partners, also sporting a Rocky Helmet to punish U-turns targeted at Appletun. Additionally, Electric-types like Rotom and Eelektross can threaten Flying-types like Scyther and Oricorio-F that threaten Appletun.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pokeslice.509790/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/

gp 1/1 ya bop

GP Team done

 

[Pokeslice]

done!