VGC Entei

[Draxolotl]

[OVERVIEW]

* Entei is a strong offensive threat thanks to its amazing movepool, and access to Sacred Fire and Extreme Speed. Its great defensive stats combined with the immunity to Fake Out and Intimidate given by Inner Focus make it difficult to slow down. When next to Chien-Pao, It can threaten to OHKO metagame staples Kingambit, Rillaboom, and frailer Flutter Mane sets.

* As mentioned above, Chien-Pao is a great partner for Entei as Its Sword of Ruin ability helps Entei get KOs more easily. Chien-Pao can also remove Indeedee-F's Psychic Terrain with Ice Spinner, allowing Entei to click Extreme Speed. Another great partner for Entei is Raging Bolt, which, with its powerful Electric-type moves, especially Thunderclap, can pressure foes resistant to Sacred Fire such as Urshifu-R. Ogerpon-W is also a great partner that can redirect Urshifu-R's Surging Strikes or threaten it with a strong Horn Leech.

* Despite its strengths, Entei struggles against bulky Water- and Fire- types like Urshifu-R, Terastallized Ogerpon-W, Incineroar, and Gouging Fire, which resist Sacred Fire. All of them also either resist Chien-Pao's Ice-type STAB move or can mitigate it and Entei's damage output. Entei also faces issues against Farigiraf, which blocks Extreme Speed.

[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Entei) @ Assault Vest
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Grass / Normal
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Snarl / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

* Snarl slows down strong special attackers such as Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, and Iron Crown. Tera Blast can be used instead when using Tera Grass to hit Water-types.

* Assault Vest helps increase Entei's longevity against special attackers such as Flutter Mane, making Entei even harder to remove taking into account Sacred Fire's burn chance.

* The EV spread allows Entei to survive a 116 Special Attack Modest Earth Power from Landorus and, when Terastallized, almost always survive Mystic Water Urshifu-R's Tera Water-boosted Surging Strikes, the rest of the EVs are used to maximize its damage output.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to Water- and Ground- types like Urshifu-R and Landorus, as well as granting a Spore immunity. Tera Normal boosts Entei's Extreme Speed power while also removing its original weaknesses.

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[Yuichi]

Please get this out of WIP by end of this week, thanks!

 

[Sole Survivor]

AM GP check, implement what you like! Please pay more attention to the grammar standards in the future and remember to keep information concise.

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Entei

[OVERVIEW]

*Entei is an amazing offensive threat due to its amazing stab STAB move Sacred Fire and priority Extreme-Speed Extreme Speed. Its relatively high Attack and Speed combined with its inability to be slowed down by Intimidate thanks to Inner Focus against mons Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Incineroar combine to create a beast that can rival Dragonite for its spot next to Chien Pao. (not really, a good amount of the top teams use them together. either way, we don't normally compare Pokemon on analyses so I'd just change it to "...Incineroar make it a top Pokemon in the metagame.") It is also a consistent check to grass types Grass- and Steel-types such as Rillaboom, (AC) and Amoonguss, and Steel types such as Iron Crown, and Kingambit.

*As said above, Chien-Pao (AH) is a great partner for Entei thanks to its Sword of Ruin and good matchup into Pokemon Entei does not like to face such as Landorus. as it likes to use Sword of Ruin and helps to beat the ground types it doesn't wish to face such as Landorus-I and can easily pick up a KO with Tera normal Extreme-Speed + sucker punch. This also makes for a powerful priority-spamming duo with Sucker Punch and Normal Tera-boosted Extreme Speed. Another great partner for Entei is the newly introduced Raging Bolt. Its strong Electric-type moves, especially Thunderclap, help to clear the field of pesky water types Water-types such as Urshifu-RS so Entei can shoot off Sacred Fires. Ogerpon-Wellspring is one more that can help it another good ally as it takes away Urshifu-RS's Surging Strikes or hits it with a strong Horn Leech.

*However Despite its strengths, Entei can struggle to do enough damage to mons Pokemon such as Raging Bolt and Urshifu-RS and often relies on tera Terastallization or its partners to deal with them.

[SET]

Assault Vest (Entei) @ Assault Vest
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Grass
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Snarl / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

* Snarl on Entei may seem suboptimal but with its insane special bulk with Assault Vest it can be used to slow down strong special attackers such as iron crown and flutter mane. Snarl slows down strong special attackers such as Flutter Mane and Iron Crown. (this keeps the information concise while providing the reader with exactly what they need)

* Assault Vest really helps increases Entei's longevity against special attackers such as Flutter Mane, allowing it to get moves such as Sacred Fire off more consistently. it live more attacks and deal a lot of damage back. It also lets it be more likely pull of a burn with sacred fire

* The Ev EV spread lets Entei survive a 116+ Special Attack Modest Earth Power from Landorus-I and have a 6.3% chance to live a -1 tera water ivy cudgel from Ogerpon-Wellspring which are some incredibly strong Pokemon in the format right now (this is too small of a chance to be worth mentioning)

* Tera Normal boosts Entei's Extreme Speed power while also letting it become neutral to all the types that were super effective vs against it. Tera Grass provides a more defensive type letting it resist all types that are super effective vs against it.

Choice Band (Entei) @ Choice Band
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus (fixed formatting)
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 4 SpD / 100 Spe
Tera Type: Normal
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Stomping Tantrum
- Extreme Speed
- Flare Blitz

[SET COMMENTS]

* You may be thinking to yourself, why Flare Blitz and sacred fire on the same set? Basically (this is a nice attempt to make it more clear but this keeps the sentence shorter!) Flare Blitz is a more consistent damaging move than Sacred Fire and deals more damage which is preferred for a Choice Banded set; (ASC) however, (AC) Sacred Fire also having the ability to burn with no recoil lets Entei cripple physical attackers and is better to use when Entei is at low health. can let it still be able to deal high dmg fire attacks at lower health and gain win cons by burning physical attackers.

* Choice Band helps Entei deal a lot more damage and turns it into a major offensive threat rather than a bulky attacker (yes)

*The Ev EV spread on this Entei let it gives it a very high chance to survive a Speed-boosting Walking Wake's Draco Meteor with only a 6.3 chance to die, it also can and also lets it survive 156+ Adamant Mystic Water Tera Water Surging Strikes (space) from an Urshifu-RS. (AP)

* Tera Normal lets it Eneti deal insane amounts of damage with Extreme Speed and also lets it be neutral to all its main threats. (AP)

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[Choruto]

Was gonna say AMQC but apparently im proper QC now >:)
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* Entei is an amazing strong offensive threat thanks to its amazing movepool, including its STAB move and access to Sacred Fire and Extreme Speed. Its great Defensive stats combined with Inner Focus make it difficult to slow down. It is also a consistent check to Grass- and Steel-types such as Rillaboom, Amoonguss, Iron Crown, and Kingambit. (This is a bit like, yeah it's true but ofc a Fire type checks Grass/Steel. I think if you expand a bit on the Inner focus and good move pool part you can just axe this, or you can say it checks just common attackers in general like Gambit or Chien Pao)

* Chien-Pao is a great partner for Entei as it exploits Sword of Ruin and helps against threats like Landorus as Its Sword of Ruin ability boosts Enteis damage output further, and Chien-Pao can handle problematic Pokemon such as Landorus (This was phrased kinda weirdly, it sounded like Sword of Ruin was threatening Lando and Chien pao was abusing SoR. Just how I would rephrase it) (AC), Chien-Pao and can also remove Indeedee-F's terrain with Ice Spinner, allowing Entei to click Extreme Speed. Another great partner for Entei is the newly introduced Raging Bolt. Its powerful Electric-type moves, especially Thunderclap, can pressure Sacred Fire resists such as Urshifu-R. Ogerpon-W is also a great partner that can redirect Urshifu-R's Surging Strikes or threaten it with a strong Horn Leech. (This is good, though I think it can be shortened into a sentence or two, but not gonna do too much sentence re-shuffling, GP or you can do that)

* EDespite its strengths, Entei struggles against Bulky Water and Dragon types like Urshifu-R and Terastallized Amoonguss or (AC), Ogerpon-W, and Gouging Fire which prevent Entei from clicking resist Sacred Fire and don't have to worry about Chien-Pao. All of them can pressure it with huge damage or crippling status in return. can directly OHKO or de-buff both Entei and Chien-Pao (Mostly just shortening this. I've added Gouging Fire too, you can explain breaking swipe but I personally dont see the need. I personally think Fig gets a mention but already talked over disc about it)

[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Entei) @ Assault Vest
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Normal / Grass (I would put Grass over Normal here, eps with Fig and Amoon becoming more common but its your choice)
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Snarl / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

* Snarl slows down strong special attackers such as Flutter Mane and Iron Crown (Eh not sure about Crown, you can just click Sacred Fire into it. I think you can just say Snarl is used to buff its special defense even more). Tera Blast can be used instead when using Tera Grass to hit Urshifu-R.

* Assault Vest helps increase Entei's longevity against special attackers such as Flutter Mane, allowing it to get moves such as Sacred Fire off more consistently. (This doesen't make much sense, how would assault vest affect it being able to click Sacred Fire more consistently? I think a better mention would be Sacred Fire burns + AV make it really hard to get rid off, and let it run some better moves)

* The EV spread allows Entei to survive a 116 Special Attack Modest Earth Power from Landorus and almost always survive Terastallized Ogerpon-W's Ivy Cudgel (The only way you live this is with low attack -1 Ogerpon, you barely even survive a neutral Ivy Cudgel no Tera. I dont really like this calc either, most Entei teams dont run Intimidate, Entei is used instead of Incin. I recc finding another calc for this), the rest of the EVs maximizing its damage output.

* Tera Normal boosts Entei's Extreme Speed power while also removing its original weaknesses to Ogerpon-W and Landorus. Tera Grass provides resistances to Water- and Ground- types like Urshifu-R and Landorus, as well as granting a Spore immunity.

Choice Band (Entei) @ Choice Band
Level: 50 Ability:
Inner Focus
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 4 SpD / 100 Spe
Tera Type: Normal
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Stomping Tantrum
- Extreme Speed
- Flare Blitz

[SET COMMENTS]

*Flare blitz OHKOs Landorus-I and has a positive roll to OHKO Ogerpon-W.

* Choice Band maximizes Entei's damage output.

*The EV spread let Entei almost always survive a Walking Wake Draco meteor, and when Terastallized, 156+ Mystic Water Tera Water Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R.

* Tera Normal lets it deal insane amounts of damage with extreme speed and also lets it be neutral to all its main threats.
(This whole set is pretty outdated. CB has pretty low usage, around 5-6% in Liverpool, and on other online tours even less. I think a Lorb/Sitrus set would be much better as a mention

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Ik theres a lot of colours but this was a good analysis, Im just rephrasing things and adding a few comments. Tell me when implemented and I'll do a re-check. Also might want to axe CB

 

[Choruto]

QC Approved, can go on to GP, great work.

* Entei is a strong offensive threat thanks to its amazing movepool, and (This flows a bit weird, maybe "Such as getting...". Also, I would list another factor here like great offensive stats or typing, as this makes it sound like its the only thing that makes it a strong offensive threat) access to Sacred Fire and Extreme Speed. Its great defensive stats combined with Fake Out and Intimidate-immune Inner Focus make it difficult to slow down. When next to paired with Chien-Pao, It can threaten to OHKO metagame staples such as Kingambit, Rillaboom, and Flutter Mane (Even with SoR you dont OHKO Flutter, I think just threaten is fine)

* As mentioned above, Chien-Pao is a great partner for Entei as Its Sword of Ruin ability boosts Enteis's damage output. Chien-Pao can also remove Indeedee-F's terrain with Ice Spinner, allowing Entei to click Extreme Speed. Another great partner for Entei is Raging Bolt. Its powerful Electric-type moves, especially Thunderclap, can pressure Sacred Fire resists such as Urshifu-R. Ogerpon-W is also a great partner that can redirect Urshifu-R's Surging Strikes or threaten it with a strong Horn Leech.

* Despite its strengths, Entei struggles against Bulky Water and Fire types like Urshifu-R, Terastallized Ogerpon-W, Incineroar, and Gouging Fire, which resist Sacred Fire. All of them also either resist Chien-Pao's Ice STAB or can mitigate it and Entei's damage output. Entei also faces issues against Farigiraf which blocks Extreme Speed.

[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Entei) @ Assault Vest
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Grass / Normal
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Snarl / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

* Snarl slows down strong special attackers such as Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, and Iron Crown. Tera Blast can be used instead when using Tera Grass to hit Urshifu-R. Water-types.

* Assault Vest helps increase Entei's longevity against special attackers such as Flutter Mane, making it hard to get rid off on both sides (Could you rephrase this? It sounds really weird thanks to Sacred Fire's Burn chance.

* The EV spread allows Entei to survive a 116 Special Attack Modest Earth Power from Landorus and almost always survive Mystic Water Urshifu-R's Tera Water-boosted Surging Strikes after Terrastalization (I assume you mean after Tera, no way you live this normally. Also might want to mention Dark fu, I think its the more pressing issue as entei can actually hit it unlike water fu), the rest of the EVs are used to maximizing maximize its damage output.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to Water- and Ground- types like Urshifu-R and Landorus, as well as granting a Spore immunity. Tera Normal boosts Entei's Extreme Speed power while also removing its original weaknesses.

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[LovelyLuna]

Ty, implemented the changes! (Even if some seem like it's been ignored, it's been discussed!)

GP Team

 

[Milak]

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* Entei is a strong offensive threat thanks to its amazing movepool,(RC) and access to Sacred Fire and Extreme Speed. Its great defensive stats combined with Fake Out and Intimidate-immune the immunity to Intimidate given by Inner Focus make it difficult to slow down. When next to Chien-Pao, It can threaten to OHKO metagame staples Kingambit, Rillaboom, and frailer Flutter Mane sets.(AP)

* As mentioned above, Chien-Pao is a great partner for Entei,(AC) as Its Sword of Ruin ability boosts Enteis's damage output (technically this is not correct, as the ability only reduces all Pokemon's Defense stat) helps Entei KO foes more easily. Chien-Pao can also remove Indeedee-F's terrain Psychic Terrain with Ice Spinner, allowing Entei to click Extreme Speed. Another great partner for Entei is Raging Bolt.(RP) Its ,(AC) which, with its powerful Electric-type moves, especially Thunderclap, can pressure foes resistant to Sacred Fire resists such as Urshifu-R. Ogerpon-W is also a great partner that can redirect Urshifu-R's Surging Strikes or threaten it with a strong Horn Leech.

* Despite its strengths, Entei struggles against Bulky bulky Water-(AH) and Fire-(AH)types like Urshifu-R, Terastallized Ogerpon-W, Incineroar, and Gouging Fire, which resist Sacred Fire. All of them also either resist Chien-Pao's Ice-type STAB move or can mitigate it and Entei's damage output. Entei also faces issues against Farigiraf,(AC) which blocks Extreme Speed.

[SET]
Bulky Attacker (Entei) @ Assault Vest
Level: 50
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 52 SpD / 4 Spe
Tera Type: Grass / Normal
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Snarl / Tera Blast

[SET COMMENTS]

* Snarl slows down strong special attackers such as Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, and Iron Crown. Tera Blast can be used instead when using Tera Grass to hit Water-types.

* Assault Vest helps increase Entei's longevity against special attackers such as Flutter Mane, making Entei even harder to remove taking into account Sacred Fire's burn chance.

* The EV spread allows Entei to survive a 116 Special Attack Modest Earth Power from Landorus and,(AC) when Terastallized, almost always survive Mystic Water Urshifu-R's Tera Water-boosted Surging Strikes, the rest of the EVs are used to maximize its damage output.

* Tera Grass provides resistances to Water- and Ground- types like Urshifu-R and Landorus, as well as granting a Spore immunity. Tera Normal boosts Entei's Extreme Speed power while also removing its original weaknesses.

[CREDITS]
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GP Team done