National Dex UU Nihilego [GP: 1/1]

[Arishem]

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Meteor Beam (Nihilego) @ Power Herb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 80 Def / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Sludge Wave
- Grass Knot
- Stealth Rock / Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Fire

[SET COMMENTS]
Nihilego's great coverage, offenses, and ability in Beast Boost make it a ferocious late-game cleaner. Additionally, by virtue of its huge Special Defense and HP, Nihilego is also an effective mid-game deterrent to special attackers such as Iron Moth, Choice Scarf Hydreigon, and Thundurus-T, greatly relieving offensive teams in finding opportunities to attack despite the prevalence of these Pokemon. However, Nihilego struggles to get past the ubiquity of common defensive pivots such as Slowking, Whirlwind Ting-Lu, and Celesteela outside of Meteor Beam boosts, often necessitating heavy team support for it to clean effectively given the limited nature of said move. Additionally, the prevalence of sand teams and Excadrill also greatly affects Nihilego's ability to dish out damage, cutting its sweep short in the process. Sludge Wave provides Nihilego with a strong secondary STAB attack for breaking down the likes of Latios, Mega Venusaur, Hydreigon, and Volcanion after it has expended its Power Herb. Grass Knot is a vital coverage move that hits Ground-types such as Hippowdon, Gastrodon, and Ting-Lu super effectively while also finishing off weakened Tyranitar. Owing to its great matchups against common anti-entry hazard measures such as Defog Rotom-W, Tapu Fini, and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce, Nihilego is an adept user of Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Thunderbolt provides a stronger hit on Celesteela and Mega Aerodactyl, preventing these Pokemon from reliably blanking Nihilego. Hidden Power Fire KOes Scizor, which Meteor Beam may fail to do against bulky variants, while also nailing Bisharp and Aegislash after a boost. The given EVs ensure Nihilego boosts its Speed instead of Special Attack after a KO, letting it outrun potential revenge killers such as Alakazam and Zeraora, while the remaining amount is invested into Defense, as Nihilego is already very specially bulky, and the increased odds of surviving priority attacks such as defensive Scizor's Bullet Punch and Belly Drum Azumarill's Aqua Jet is noticeable with the investment. Wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Iron Hands, Air Balloon Aegislash, and Autotomize Celesteela are excellent for their ability to find opportunities against or weaken walls that may stop Nihilego, such as Ting-Lu and Slowking; the latter two can also help play around Sand Rush Excadrill if needed. In return, Nihilego can take advantage of faster cleaners and pivots such as Booster Energy Iron Moth and Hydreigon, which are commonly sent out to finish off these Pokemon. Other key Pokemon that can target these Pokemon, as well as Steel-types, include Galarian Zapdos, Buzzwole, and Magnet Pull Magnezone, the former two appreciating Nihilego's ability to threaten common sponges such as Slowbro and Mega Sableye. If Nihilego is not running Stealth Rock, other entry hazard setters such as Mew, Mold Breaker Excadrill, and Healing Wish Jirachi or Clefable are excellent choices to help push bulkier Pokemon like Mega Venusaur, Latios, and Tyranitar into Nihilego's KO threshold.

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Meteor Beam (Nihilego) @ Power Herb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 80 Def / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Sludge Wave
- Grass Knot
- Stealth Rock / Hidden Power [Fire] / Thunderbolt id put tbolt before hp fire here, pex/steela hit is super important

[SET COMMENTS]
Nihilego's great coverage, offenses, and ability in Beast Boost make it a ferocious late-game cleaner. Additionally, by virtue of its huge Special Defense and HP, Nihilego is also an effective mid-game deterrent to special attackers such as Iron Moth, Choice Scarf Hydreigon, and Thundurus-T worth emphasizing that it is pretty offensive exclusive, making these traits all the more important. However, Nihilego struggles to get past the ubiquity of common defensive pivots such as Toxapex, Whirlwind Ting-Lu and Celesteela outside of Meteor Beam boosts, often necessitating heavy team support for it to clean effectively given the one-time nature of said move you can still click it again viably, consider rewording it to being restricted to maximum efficiency 1x or smth. Additionally, the prevalence of Sand teams and Excadrill also greatly affects Nihilego's ability to dish out damage, cutting its sweep short in the process. Sludge Wave provides Nihilego with strong secondary STAB for KOing breaking or any synonym you want, since you cant ohko any of these at +1 the likes of Latios, Mega Venusaur, Hydreigon, and Volcanion after it has expended its Power Herb. Grass Knot is a vital coverage move that hits Ground-types such as Hippowdon, Gastrodon, and Ting-Lu super effectively, while also finishing off weakened Tyranitar. Owing to its great matchups against common anti-hazard measures such as Defog Rotom-W, Tapu Fini, and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce, Nihilego is an adept user of Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Hidden Power Fire KOes Scizor, which Meteor Beam may fail to do against bulky variants, while also nailing Bisharp and Aegislash after a boost, whereas Thunderbolt provides a stronger hit on Toxapex, Celesteela, and Mega Aerodactlyl, preventing these Pokemon from reliably blanking it. The given EVs ensure Nihilego boosts its Speed instead of Special Attack after a KO, letting it outrun potential revenge killers such as Alakazam and Zeraora, while the remaining amount is invested into Defense, as Nihilego is already very specially bulky, and the odds of potentially surviving priority attacks such as defensive Scizor's Bullet Punch and Belly Drum Azumaril's Aqua Jet is noticeable. Nihilego fits best on offense teams that heavily emphasise the need to exert constant offensive pressure, allowing it to sweep with greater ease. id cut this sentence and merge it with my first comment Wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Iron Hands, Air Balloon Aegislash, and Autotomize Celesteela are excellent for their ability to find opportunities against or weaken walls which may stop Nihilego, such as Toxapex, Ting-Lu, and Slowking; the latter two also help play around Sand Rush Excadrill if needed. In return, Nihilego can take advantage of faster cleaners and pivots such as Booster Energy Iron Moth and Hydreigon which are commonly sent out to finish off these Pokemon. Other key Pokemon that can target these Pokemon, as well as Steel-types include Galarian Zapdos, Buzzwole and Magnet Pull Magnezone, the former two appreciating Nihilego's ability to threaten common sponges such as Slowbro and Mega Sableye. If Nihilego is not running Stealth Rock, other entry hazard setters such as Mew, Mold Breaker Excadrill, and Clefable clef + nihi? are excellent choices to help push bulkier Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, Latios, and Tyranitar, into Nihilego's KO threshold, as they also appreciate Nihilego's ability to pressure hazard removers such as Rotom-W. u mentioned a positive mu into common foggers in the section where you talk about it rocking, idt you need to reiterate

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Meteor Beam (Nihilego) @ Power Herb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 80 Def / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Sludge Wave
- Grass Knot
- Stealth Rock / Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Fire

[SET COMMENTS]
Nihilego's great coverage, offenses, and ability in Beast Boost make it a ferocious late-game cleaner. Additionally, by virtue of its huge Special Defense and HP, Nihilego is also an effective mid-game deterrent to special attackers such as Iron Moth, Choice Scarf Hydreigon, and Thundurus-T, greatly reliving relieving offensive teams in finding opportunities to attack despite the prevalence of these Pokemon. However, Nihilego struggles to get past the ubiquity of common defensive pivots such as Toxapex, Whirlwind Ting-Lu, (AC) and Celesteela outside of Meteor Beam boosts, often necessitating heavy team support for it to clean effectively given the limited nature of said move. Additionally, the prevalence of Sand teams and Excadrill also greatly affects note to approver - 'affects' is fine, since 'prevalence' is the subject and is singular, though it does seem a bit ambigious Nihilego's ability to dish out damage, cutting its sweep short in the process. the prevalence of these threats does this? That doesn't sound right; what aspect of Excadrill sand prevents Nihilego from dishing out damage? Possible things to mention would be that sand rush excadrill easily revenge kills, and that it can easily switch in due to being immune to or double resisting its stab combo Sludge Wave provides Nihilego with a strong secondary STAB attack for breaking down the likes of Latios, Mega Venusaur, Hydreigon, and Volcanion after it has expended its Power Herb. Grass Knot is a vital coverage move that hits Ground-types such as Hippowdon, Gastrodon, and Ting-Lu super effectively (RC) while also finishing off weakened Tyranitar. Owing to its great matchups against common anti-hazard measures such as Defog Rotom-W, Tapu Fini, and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce, Nihilego is an adept user of Stealth Rock. this seems fine, though it seems out of place considering all the other move mentions mention the move first as the subject Alternatively, Thunderbolt provides a stronger hit on Toxapex, Celesteela, and Mega Aerodactlyl Aerodactyl, preventing these Pokemon from reliably blanking it Nilhilego 'it' by default would refer to Thunderbolt, which is clearly not the intent. Hidden Power Fire KOes Scizor, which Meteor Beam may fail to do against bulky variants, while also nailing Bisharp and Aegislash after a boost. The given EVs ensure Nihilego boosts its Speed instead of Special Attack after a KO, letting it outrun potential revenge killers such as Alakazam and Zeraora, while the remaining amount is invested into Defense, as Nihilego is already very specially bulky, note - I'd lean towards removing this comma, but doing so violates parallelism and seems valid as is and the increased odds of potentially surviving priority attacks such as defensive Scizor's Bullet Punch and Belly Drum Azumaril's Aqua Jet is noticeable with the investment. it's a bit ambigous what this part is saying. From a quick calc, it seems that scizor bullet punch is already a roll on 0/0 nihilego, so I inferred that this increases the odds (hence the addition of the 'increased') --- as opposed to giving it a chance to survive regardless --- and I also added a direct reference to the investment to definitively tie it back in Wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Iron Hands, Air Balloon Aegislash, and Autotomize Celesteela are excellent for their ability to find opportunities against or otherwise weaken walls which that may stop Nihilego (RC) the examples are a needed clarification in this context such as Toxapex, Ting-Lu, and Slowking; the latter two also can help play around Sand Rush Excadrill if needed. In return, Nihilego can take advantage of faster cleaners and pivots such as Booster Energy Iron Moth and Hydreigon just to be clear (I'm not a NDUU player), these two are both cleaners and pivots? Otherwise you should clarify which are the cleaners and which are the pivots, (AC) which are commonly sent out to finish off these Pokemon. Other key Pokemon that can target these Pokemon, as well as Steel-types, (AC) seems to be a seperate related thought include Galarian Zapdos, Buzzwole, (AC) and Magnet Pull Magnezone, the former two appreciating Nihilego's ability to threaten common sponges such as Slowbro and Mega Sableye. If Nihilego is not running Stealth Rock, other entry hazard setters such as Mew, Mold Breaker Excadrill, and Healing Wish Jirachi or Clefable seems fine, since it refers to the fact that either of them run Healing Wish are excellent choices to help push bulkier Pokemon (RC) like Mega Venusaur, Latios, and Tyranitar (RC) I'm really on the fence here; removing the commas does change the semantics of the sentence by having the examples clarify 'bulkier' pokemon, which might not be the intent, but there's so many commas there that it's really confusing to look at. It probably works either way (albeit with the slight meaning change), but I'm including this change anyway for evaluation purposes into Nihilego's KO threshold.

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Meteor Beam (Nihilego) @ Power Herb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 80 Def / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Meteor Beam
- Sludge Wave
- Grass Knot
- Stealth Rock / Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Fire

[SET COMMENTS]
Nihilego's great coverage, offenses, and ability in Beast Boost make it a ferocious late-game cleaner. Additionally, by virtue of its huge Special Defense and HP, Nihilego is also an effective mid-game deterrent to special attackers such as Iron Moth, Choice Scarf Hydreigon, and Thundurus-T, greatly reliving relieving offensive teams in finding opportunities to attack despite the prevalence of these Pokemon. However, Nihilego struggles to get past the ubiquity of common defensive pivots such as Toxapex, Whirlwind Ting-Lu, (AC) and Celesteela outside of Meteor Beam boosts, often necessitating heavy team support for it to clean effectively given the limited nature of said move. Additionally, the prevalence of sand teams and Excadrill also greatly affects Nihilego's ability to dish out damage, cutting its sweep short in the process. Sludge Wave provides Nihilego with a strong secondary STAB attack for breaking down the likes of Latios, Mega Venusaur, Hydreigon, and Volcanion after it has expended its Power Herb. Grass Knot is a vital coverage move that hits Ground-types such as Hippowdon, Gastrodon, and Ting-Lu super effectively (RC) while also finishing off weakened Tyranitar. Owing to its great matchups against common anti-entry hazard measures such as Defog Rotom-W, Tapu Fini, and Mega Sableye's Magic Bounce, Nihilego is an adept user of Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Thunderbolt provides a stronger hit on Toxapex, Celesteela, and Mega Aerodactlyl Aerodactyl, preventing these Pokemon from reliably blanking it Nilhilego 'it' by default would refer to Thunderbolt, which is clearly not the intent. Hidden Power Fire KOes Scizor, which Meteor Beam may fail to do against bulky variants, while also nailing Bisharp and Aegislash after a boost. The given EVs ensure Nihilego boosts its Speed instead of Special Attack after a KO, letting it outrun potential revenge killers such as Alakazam and Zeraora, while the remaining amount is invested into Defense, as Nihilego is already very specially bulky, and the increased odds of potentially surviving priority attacks such as defensive Scizor's Bullet Punch and Belly Drum Azumaril's Azumarill's Aqua Jet is are noticeable with the investment. it's a bit ambigous what this part is saying. From a quick calc, it seems that scizor bullet punch is already a roll on 0/0 nihilego, so I inferred that this increases the odds (hence the addition of the 'increased') --- as opposed to giving it a chance to survive regardless --- and I also added a direct reference to the investment to definitively tie it back in Wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Iron Hands, Air Balloon Aegislash, and Autotomize Celesteela are excellent for their ability to find opportunities against or weaken walls which that may stop Nihilego, such as Toxapex, Ting-Lu, and Slowking; the latter two also can help play around Sand Rush Excadrill if needed. In return, Nihilego can take advantage of faster cleaners and pivots such as Booster Energy Iron Moth and Hydreigon, (AC) which are commonly sent out to finish off these Pokemon. Other key Pokemon that can target these Pokemon, as well as Steel-types, (AC) seems to be a seperate related thought include Galarian Zapdos, Buzzwole, (AC) and Magnet Pull Magnezone, the former two appreciating Nihilego's ability to threaten common sponges such as Slowbro and Mega Sableye. If Nihilego is not running Stealth Rock, other entry hazard setters such as Mew, Mold Breaker Excadrill, and Healing Wish Jirachi or Clefable are excellent choices to help push bulkier Pokemon (RC) like Mega Venusaur, Latios, and Tyranitar (RC) into Nihilego's KO threshold.

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