AAA It don't miss!?! (No Guard Zapdos) [Done]

[Slither Wing]

[SET]
No Guard (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Choice Specs
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Zap Cannon
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Roost / Heat Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Zapdos leverages its great offensive stats and typing to be a solid offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as Meloetta, Hisuian Goodra, and RegenVest Roaring Moon. U-turn lets Zapdos pivot out of tough matchups such as against Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, which is its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy. Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Slither Wing, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes and pivot them into favorable matchups. Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Azelf and Walking Wake are appreciated, as they can overwhelm it alongside Zapdos. Zapdos has lackluster Speed and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive Pokemon like physically defensive Manaphy and Corviknight good teammates. Faster teammates such as Barraskewda, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Azelf are also appreciated, as they can force out the aforementioned threats.

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Zapdos leverages great offensive stats and typing to be a great offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon also spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as Meloetta, Heatran, and Roaring Moon. U-turn lets you pivot out of tough matchups such as Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon, while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity, and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, with Heat Wave being its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy after slight chip. Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Walking Wake, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes while also pivoting in them into favorable matchups. Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Iron Moth and Heatran are valued, as they can lure in Swampert and KO it with a Solar Beam not really? moth beam does 84 at most and you risk trading moth for "chip" on it which results in 51% at most after it switches out. Zapdos has lackluster Speed, and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive teammats like physically defensive Manaphy and Fluffy Corviknigt good teammates

Good work as always, QC 1/2!

 

[Gambit_Gamin]

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zippy zap

Zapdos leverages great offensive stats and typing to be a great offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon also spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as RegenVest Meloetta, Heatran Hisuian Goodra, and Roaring Moon. hoodra is one of the best switch-ins to Zapdos so its probably a better mention than Heatran, if you wanna keep Heatran, I suggest switching out Meloetta instead. Its also probably worth it to mention how Hurricane always hits thanks to No Guard in a non dex info way and how it can hit Ground types like Garchomp and Lando-T U-turn lets you pivot out of tough matchups such as Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon, while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity, and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, with Heat Wave being its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy. after slight chip. i calculated this, its a guaranteed 2HKO on both Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, non-scarf to avoid confusion Walking Wake, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes while also pivoting in them into favorable matchups. Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Hisuian Electrode and Ogerpon-H Walking Wake are appreciated, as they can together overwhelm Swampert. Swamp takes about 50 from w-ball and 60 from dragon maw draco, and can either just flip turn or ohko with mirror coat, Ogerpon-H is a better mention Zapdos has lackluster Speed, and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive teammats like physically defensive Manaphy and Fluffy Corviknigt good teammates fluffy and intimidate can match well against those three

 

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amqc, implement what you'd like
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zippy zap

Zapdos leverages great offensive stats and typing to be a great offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon also spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as RegenVest Meloetta, Heatran Hisuian Goodra, and Roaring Moon. hoodra is one of the best switch-ins to Zapdos so its probably a better mention than Heatran, if you wanna keep Heatran, I suggest switching out Meloetta instead. Its also probably worth it to mention how Hurricane always hits thanks to No Guard in a non dex info way and how it can hit Ground types like Garchomp and Lando-T U-turn lets you pivot out of tough matchups such as Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon, while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity, and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, with Heat Wave being its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy. after slight chip. i calculated this, its a guaranteed 2HKO on both Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, non-scarf to avoid confusion Walking Wake, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes while also pivoting in them into favorable matchups. Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Hisuian Electrode and Ogerpon-H Walking Wake are appreciated, as they can together overwhelm Swampert. Swamp takes about 50 from w-ball and 60 from dragon maw draco, and can either just flip turn or ohko with mirror coat, Ogerpon-H is a better mention Zapdos has lackluster Speed, and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive teammats like physically defensive Manaphy and Fluffy Corviknigt good teammates fluffy and intimidate can match well against those three

Implemented some of your notes, great job on the "after slight chip" removal, I goofed while calcing. Mentioning Hurricane here would be considered dex info however, and explaining STAB moves isn't needed; the mention is just to show that No Guard allows you to use Zap Cannon. I'm also keeping Walking Wake, as the point of the mention is that it can together with Zapdos overwhelm Swampert, since it's often a team's most reliable SpDef wall; by either threatening 2HKOes or Knock Offs on Swampert means that Zapdos can bully teams easier if its no longer switching in reliably. Overall good work tho!

 

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[SET]
No Guard (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Choice Specs
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Zap Cannon
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Roost / Heat Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Zapdos leverages great offensive stats and typing to be a great offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon also spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as Meloetta, Hisuian Goodra, and RegenVest Roaring Moon. U-turn lets you pivot out of tough matchups such as Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon, while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity, and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, with Heat Wave being its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy. Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Walking Wake, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes while also pivoting in them into favorable matchups. Walking Wake does not appreciate Zapdos switch-ins like Hisuian Goodra and Volt Absorb Empoleon, as well as the various other RegenVests that switch in. I actually question the premise of its ability to slow down foes of being that useful, though full para can definitely be useful to overwhelm RegenVests. All of Zapdos's switch-ins are already slow, and it's very rarely going to hit a fast mon to make a difference (because if you are, you're probably killing it or they are desperate) Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Hisuian Electrode and Walking Wake are appreciated, as they can together overwhelm Swampert. Don't know about Hisuian Electrode, because Swamp will never stay in and any good Swamp team should have a plan for it. Azelf might be a better mention. Zapdos has lackluster Speed, and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive teammates like physically defensive Manaphy and Corviknight good teammates. Could be worth mentioning speed control being useful given Zapdos is actually pretty slow as a wallbreaker and the mons you want speed control for are never going to get hit by Zapdos.

[SET CREDITS]
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QC 2/2

 

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[SET]
No Guard (Zapdos) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Choice Specs
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Zap Cannon
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Roost / Heat Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Zapdos leverages its great offensive stats and typing to be a great (maybe replace with a different adjective) offensive pivot, paralysis spreader, and wallbreaker. No Guard allows Zapdos to make use of its strong STAB moves, with Zap Cannon also spreading paralysis against switch-ins such as Meloetta, Hisuian Goodra, and RegenVest Roaring Moon. U-turn lets you Zapdos pivot out of tough matchups such as against Swampert and Volt Absorb Empoleon, (comma) while also generating momentum. Heavy-Duty Boots in combination with Roost gives Zapdos great longevity, (comma) and lets it check threats such as Dragonite and Great Tusk more effectively, while Choice Specs sets prefer Heat Wave, with Heat Wave being which is its best option against checks like Iron Treads and Volt Absorb Corviknight. Choice Specs also allow Zapdos to 2HKO Heatran and RegenVest Manaphy. Slow wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Slither Wing, and all Ogerpon formes appreciate Zapdos's ability to both slow down foes while also pivoting in and pivot them into favorable matchups. Zapdos struggles greatly against Swampert, so teammates like Azelf and Walking Wake are appreciated, as they can together overwhelm Swampert. (I'd change this to "they can overwhelm it" or "they can overwhelm it alongside Zapdos" to be clear on whether Zapdos is helping with the overwhelming) Zapdos has lackluster Speed, (comma) and is threatened by foes such as Chien-Pao, Iron Boulder, and Barraskewda, which makes defensive teammates Pokemon like physically defensive Manaphy and Corviknight good teammates. Faster teammates such as Barraskewda, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Azelf are also appreciated, (comma) as they can force out the aformentioned aforementioned threats.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slither-wing.603931/
Quality checked by:
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1/1 GP Team done

 

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