1v1 Donphan [Lum Berry] [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

[lavarina]

[SET]
name: Lum Berry
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Counter / Gunk Shot
move 3: Encore / Gunk Shot
move 4: Ice Shard / Rock Tomb
item: Lum Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Adamant
evs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 128 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
* Sturdy is an invaluable ability in the 1v1 metagame, giving Donphan a free turn to deal damage with its good offensive stats.
* Lum Berry allows Donphan to beat Will-O-Wisp users such as stall Arcanine and Skeledirge, preventing burns and Donphan's Sturdy from breaking.
* Counter makes use of Sturdy, retaliating against most physical attackers that Donphan cannot KO easily, such as Chien-Pao.
* Encore traps opposing Pokemon such as Espathra and Swords Dance Iron Hands into setup moves and locks foes such as Ting-Lu into weaker moves.
* Donphan can beat many physical attackers with Counter, although some prediction may be required versus Pokemon that have the option of using an attacking move, such as Swords Dance Haxorus and non-Choice item Meowscarada.
* Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy-types such as Sylveon and Azumarill. However, Azumarill with Defense investment can tank a Gunk Shot, so it's not always reliable.
* Ice Shard gives Donphan priority and finishes off foes that are at low HP. It also gives Donphan a way to deal with Dragon- and Flying-types such as Salamence, Garchomp, and Dragapult.
* Rock Tomb lowers the opposing Pokemon's speed, Speed, letting Donphan go first and pull off a potential Encore on foes such as Attack-boosted Great Tusk.
* The HP and Defense EVs allow Donphan to tank an Outrage from Adamant Choice Band Haxorus, and maximum Attack ensures that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The remaining EVs are put into Speed.
* An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 240 Atk / 8 Def / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature only allows Donphan to tank Jolly Choice Band Haxorus, but comes with a faster Encore and Earthquake. The spread gives Donphan the capability to naturally outspeed Pokemon such as Sylveon and Azumarill.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[lavarina, 566051]]
- Quality checked by: [[bored_glitch, 579035], [Itchy, 518399]]
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[SET]
name: Lum Berry
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Counter / Gunk Shot
move 3: Encore / Gunk Shot
move 4: Ice Shard / Rock Tomb
item: Lum Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Adamant
evs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 128 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
mention something about sturdy here, something along the lines of donphan uses it to get free turn
*Lum Berry counters allows Donphan to beat Pokémon with Will-oO-Wisp such as Stall Arcanine, Weakness Policy Chi-Yu and Skeledirge, preventing burns and its as well as Sturdy from breaking.
*Counter makes use of Donphan's Sturdy ability, returning back damage against most physical Pokémon that it cannot KO easily, such as Great Tusk and Choice Band Dondozo. not the best examples, great tusk can knock or taunt and dondozo can surf
*Encore traps opposing Pokémon into setup moves, such as Bulk Up Annihilape and Curse Dondozo, or weaker attacks which lets Donphan take the kill first, such as Ting-Lu. I wouldnt mention ape here, donphan loses pretty much always
*Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy and Grass types, mainly Azumarill that can break Donphan's Sturdy first with Aqua Jet before getting the KO with Liquidation. (is prediction required? check matchups thoroughly, ask someone for help if needed)
*Ice Shard gives Donphan priority and a way to deal with Dragon and Flying types such as Salamence and Iron Jugulis (mention chomp and pult, i might remove jugulis).
*Rock Tomb is also an option against Pokémon that aren't affected by both Earthquake and Counter, while also lowering their speed (mainly helps with encore, flyings you hit with shard, ill reword this a bit).
*Maximum Attack is put in to ensure that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The HP and Defense EVs tanks Adamant Choice Band Haxorus. who has Mold Breaker to ignore Donphan's Sturdy. Maximum Attack is put in to ensure that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The rest remaning EVs are dumped put into Speed. mention altspread, check setscomp
*Donphan wins against physical attackers most of the time with Counter can beat many physical attackers with Counter. Though it has to be more careful against faster Pokémon that setup instead of attacking although some prediction may be required versus Pokemon that have the option of using an attacking move I would add examples for this (id also move this bullet point under the encore one).

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- Written by: [[lavarina, 566051]]
- Quality checked by: [[bored_glitch, 579035], [username2, userid2]]
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check your matchups, impliment correctly. dm me on cord if you need help
1/2 when done
doc1203 your turn next

 

[Itchy]

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gm

[SET]
name: Lum Berry
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Counter / Gunk Shot
move 3: Encore / Gunk Shot
move 4: Ice Shard / Rock Tomb
item: Lum Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Adamant
evs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 128 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
*Donphan's Sturdy is an invaluable ability in the 1v1 metagame, giving it a free turn to deal damage with its good offensive stats.
*Lum Berry allows Donphan to beat Pokémon with Will-O-Wisp such as Stall Arcanine, Weakness Policy Chi-Yu and Skeledirge, preventing burns and as well as Sturdy from breaking.
*Counter makes use of Donphan's Sturdy ability, returning back damage against most physical Pokémon that it cannot KO easily, such as Avalugg and Gyarados. both avalugg and gyarados are not the most relevant examples, higher ranked stuff like chien pao are better examples
*Encore traps opposing Pokémon into setup moves, such as Espathra and Swords Dance Iron Hands, or weaker attacks which lets Donphan take the kill first, such as Ting-Lu.
*Donphan can beat many physical attackers with Counter, although some prediction may be required versus Pokemon that have the option of using an attacking move, such as Swords Dance Baxcalibur same here, maybe just SD haxorus? and non-Choiced Meowscarada.
*Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy and Grass types, mainly Azumarill who has priority in supereffective Aqua Jet. Though prediction is required, as Azumarill sets with Defense investment can tank a Gunk Shot. what other gunk shot targets are there? if it's only for azu and it's unreliable then it can be removed, but if it does something else please include it
*Ice Shard gives Donphan priority and a way to deal with Dragon and Flying types such as Salamence, Garchomp and Dragapult ice shard does help versus pult, but mostly because it finishes them off after earthquake, maybe add another bullet about ice shard finishing off things at low health.
*Rock Tomb lowers the opposing Pokémon's speed, which helps Donphan become faster and pull off a potential Encore. name at least one example here
*The HP and Defense EVs tanks Adamant Choice Band Haxorus, maximum Attack is put in to ensure that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The remaining EVs are put into Speed.
*An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 240 Atk / 8 Def / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature ensures Donphan to be able to tank Jolly Choice Band Haxorus, (comma) ensuring faster a Encore and Earthquake. where is the extra speed helpful?


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[lavarina, 566051]]
- Quality checked by: [[bored_glitch, 579035], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

I will want to confirm that these changes are made before this goes off to GP, but I don't expect to make new changes. Thanks for your interest in C&C!

2/2 after

re: bored_glitch, looks fairly good to me. You can read through this check if you want to see what else I added / removed but you caught a lot of stuff in qc1

 

[Itchy]

Only a couple more things

*Counter makes use of Donphan's Sturdy ability, returning back damage against most physical Pokémon that it cannot KO easily, such as Iron Hands and most iron hands aren't running more speed than donphan, you win this even if they're air balloon Chien-Pao.

*Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy and Grass types, such as Sylveon and Azumarill and subseed Meowscarada gunk does not help here, since they can use protect to be a normal type, leech and profit. At best they are not mental herb and it's a 50/50 where gunk shot is weaker than EQ. Though Azumarill with Defense investment can tank a Gunk Shot, so it's not always reliable.

*Rock Tomb lowers the opposing Pokémon's speed, helping Donphan become faster and pull off a potential Encore on Pokémon such as Attack Booster Great Tusk and Corviknight can safely Taunt t1, tried to find another example but couldn't

*An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 240 Atk / 8 Def / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature ensures Donphan to be able to tank Jolly Choice Band Haxorus, ensuring a faster Encore and Earthquake. The spread gives Donphan the capability to naturally outspeed Pokémon such as non-Scarfed Sylveon Choice Scarf sylveon is not real it cannot hurt you and Azumarill. Rock Tomb further helps this, outspeeding Pokémon such as Arcanine you can just OHKO arcanine with EQ even at -1 and Scarfed Sylveon at -1.

After implementing these comments, ping "@ GP team" (no space) in a new post in this thread and they will look over your analysis shortly after

 

[lavarina]

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[Lunaflare]

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donphan

[SET]
name: Lum Berry
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Counter / Gunk Shot
move 3: Encore / Gunk Shot
move 4: Ice Shard / Rock Tomb
item: Lum Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Adamant
evs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 128 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
*Donphan's Sturdy is an invaluable ability in the 1v1 metagame, giving Donphan it a free turn to deal damage with its good offensive stats.

*Lum Berry allows Donphan to beat Pokémon with Will-O-Wisp such as Stall stall Arcanine, Weakness Policy Chi-Yu, (AC) and Skeledirge, preventing burns and Sturdy from breaking. and as well as Sturdy from breaking. (Playstyles aren't capitalized IIRC)

*Counter makes use of Sturdy, (AC) Donphan's Sturdy ability, returning back damage retaliating against most physical attackers Pokémon that Donphan it cannot KO easily, such as Chien-Pao.

*Encore traps opposing Pokémon into setup moves from Espathra and Swords Dance Iron Hands, and weaker moves from Ting-Lu. , such as Espathra and Swords Dance Iron Hands, or weaker attacks which lets Donphan take the kill first, such as Ting-Lu.

*Donphan can beat many physical attackers with Counter, although some prediction may be required versus Pokemon that have the option of using an attacking move, such as Swords Dance Haxorus and non-Choiced Meowscarada.

*Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy-types (AH/RC) such as Sylveon and Azumarill. Though However, Azumarill with Defense investment can tank a Gunk Shot, so it's not always reliable.

*Ice Shard gives Donphan priority and finishes off opponents that are at low health. It also gives Donphan a way to deal with Dragon- (AH) and Flying-types (AH) such as Salamence, Garchomp, (AC) and Dragapult.

*Rock Tomb lowers the opposing Pokémon's Speed, letting Donphan go first speed, helping Donphan become faster and pull off a potential Encore on Pokemon Pokémon such as Attack-boosted Booster Great Tusk.

*The HP and Defense EVs allow Donphan to tank tanks Adamant Choice Band Haxorus, and maximum Attack is put in to ensure that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The remaining EVs are put into Speed.

*An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 240 Atk / 8 Def / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature ensures Donphan can to be able to tank Jolly Choice Band Haxorus, ensuring a faster Encore and Earthquake. The spread gives Donphan the capability to naturally outspeed Pokémon such as Sylveon and Azumarill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[lavarina, 566051]]
- Quality checked by: [[bored_glitch, 579035], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[autumn]

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[SET]
name: Lum Berry
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Counter / Gunk Shot
move 3: Encore / Gunk Shot
move 4: Ice Shard / Rock Tomb
item: Lum Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Adamant
evs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 128 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
*Sturdy is an invaluable ability in the 1v1 metagame, giving Donphan a free turn to deal damage with its good offensive stats.
*Lum Berry allows Donphan to beat Pokémon with Will-O-Wisp users such as stall Arcanine and Skeledirge, preventing burns and Donphan's Sturdy from breaking.
*Counter makes use of Sturdy, retaliating against most physical attackers that Donphan cannot KO easily, such as Chien-Pao.
*Encore traps opposing Pokémon Pokemon (analyses don't use the accent) into setup moves from such as Espathra and Swords Dance Iron Hands into setup moves and locks foes such as Ting-Lu into weaker moves from Ting-Lu.
*Donphan can beat many physical attackers with Counter, although some prediction may be required versus Pokemon that have the option of using an attacking move, such as Swords Dance Haxorus and non-Choiced non-Choice item Meowscarada. (or non-Choice Band if it only runs one item, ikd if it runs band or band/scarf)
*Gunk Shot can be used to deal with Fairy-types such as Sylveon and Azumarill. However, Azumarill with Defense investment can tank a Gunk Shot, so it's not always reliable.
*Ice Shard gives Donphan priority and finishes off opponents foes that are at low health HP. It also gives Donphan a way to deal with Dragon- and Flying-types such as Salamence, Garchomp, and Dragapult.
*Rock Tomb lowers the opposing Pokémon's speed, Pokemon's Speed, letting Donphan go first and pull off a potential Encore on Pokemon foes such as Attack-boosted Great Tusk.
*The HP and Defense EVs allow Donphan to tank Adamant Choice Band Haxorus (tank what? outrage?), and maximum Attack is put in to ensures that Donphan can hit as hard as possible. The remaining EVs are put into Speed.
*An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 240 Atk / 8 Def / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature ensures Donphan can tank Jolly Choice Band Haxorus, ensuring a faster Encore and Earthquake. The spread gives Donphan the capability to naturally outspeed Pokémon Pokemon such as Sylveon and Azumarill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[lavarina, 566051]]
- Quality checked by: [[bored_glitch, 579035], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lunaflare, 430518]]

 

[Itchy]

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