Scarlet and Violet: Battle Stadium Singles Series 1 Analysis Reservation Thread (NOW OPEN!)

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I feel like doing something quick and dirty, so time for me to tackle Choice Item Garchomp!
 

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You Fire Emblem dorks better be ready this month. I know I'm not, I haven't even finished Three Houses yet LOL

Anyways, here's 3 new things to reserve! Well technically 2, because I'm gonna do one of them: Flamigo!



:grimmsnarl:Grimmsnarl (Choice Band Trick)


[SET]
name: Choice Band Trick
move 1: Trick
move 2: Spirit Break
move 3: Sucker Punch / Crunch
move 4: Parting Shot / Fire Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Prankster
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
tera type: Fire

:staraptor: Staraptor

[SET]
name: Choice Item
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Double-Edge
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Close Combat
item: Choice Scarf / Choice Band
ability: Reckless / Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP 252 Atk / 252 Spe
tera type: Flying / Normal / Fighting
 
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I'm seeing some more niche stuff, so I'm willing to try Orthworm. I've used it in 100s of games, at any rate(well I didn't count but it's been on the team.)

I know nothing of Shed Tail sets though. It may be obvious enough I can do both sets, but just fyi only used Body Press.
 

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With the new season starting, we got some new stuff up for reservation! Expect a lot of new stuff to pop up, the top teams are likely to have a big impact on metagame trends!

Highest Priority

:gholdengo: Defensive Gholdengo


[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Recover
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Hex / Shadow Ball
move 4: Make It Rain / Focus Blast
item: Rocky Helmet / Covert Cloak
tera type: Flying / Normal
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe

High Priority

:annihilape: Stealth Rock Annhilape


[SET]
name: Stealth Rock Support
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Final Gambit / Close Combat
move 4: Rage Fist / Shadow Claw / Fling / Bulldoze
item: Focus Sash / Light Ball
tera type: Normal / Steel
ability: Vital Spirit / Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe

:kingambit: Stealth Rock Kingambit

[SET]
name: Stealth Rock Support
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Kowtow Cleave
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Taunt / Guillotine / Sucker Punch
item: Black Glasses / Focus Sash
tera type: Flying / Dark
ability: Supreme Overlord / Defiant
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

Alternate EV spread onsite: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant



:meowscarada: Subseed Meowscarada


[SET]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Taunt / Toxic Spikes
item: Leftovers
ability: Protean
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Steel

Low Priority

:avalugg: Avalugg


[SET]
Name: Defensive
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Recover
move 4: Avalanche
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Fighting
ability: Sturdy
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
 

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Got another mon up for reservation: Assault Vest Dondozo!

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Wave Crash
move 2: Avalanche
move 3: Earthquake / Tera Blast
move 4: Fissure / Tera Blast
item: Assault Vest
ability: Unaware
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
tera type: Grass / Fairy
 

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So first off: I'll be doing Defensive Dragon Dance Dragonite. We already sorta cover it onsite with the regular Dragon Dance set at the bottom, but its got a lot of particulars specific to it, so better to split them off.

So here's another Pokemon up for reservation. This one is a bit special, because one of our QC members, Pearl, got to double digits on the cart ladder with this: Dudunsparce! Please read the notes they wrote for it if you reserve the analysis, it'll provide a lot of guidance!

:dudunsparce:Dudunsparce

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Boomburst
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Flamethrower / Earth Power
move 4: Earth Power / Glare / Stealth Rock
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Modest
evs: 236 HP / 236 SpA / 36 SpD
tera type: Ground / Fire

* notes: i'm not actually writing this but i can help whoever ends up taking it

* tera: not 100%. this thing can benefit from a lot of tera types theoretically, even normal for boomburst damage, but that's what the 2 highest rated dudunsparce players use. its good for more damage on boomburst resists, ground can mess with magnezone and other volt switch users, while fire can be used alongside glare against specs volcarona. fairy steel prob good mentions for the resists, normal for damage

* evs always live timid specs draco from hydra

* can run more physical bulk to reliably live cb dragon hits without tera, but the benchmarks start compromising damage too much imo

move descriptions:

* boomburst big damage, kinda 2hkos everything

* ice beam chunks dragons, ohkos chomp most of the time

* flamethrower slash ep slot hits steels, ft can hit tera steel hydreigon and scizor harder

* ep hits steels too but also covers clod and skele. 20 percent sdef drop with serene grace can help it break things it has no business beating

* glare and sr are good self explanatory utility options. yawn might be worth mentioning but i think you're better off just attacking. at least glare lets you get a hit off after crippling whatever it hit

* sitrus berry good vs scarf gholdengo. the extra hp can help it forcing people into unfavorable positions cause opponent has to go through a bigger hp pool instead of sending whatever to revenge kill
 

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First off, I'll do Defensive Gholdengo tonight after I finish the Series 2 thread!

Secondly, while this will be a more major force next month... Torkal is up for reservation now!

:torkoal: Torkoal

[SET]
Name: Sun Support
move 1: Overheat
move 2: Yawn
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Body Press
Item: Eject Pack
tera type: Grass
ability: Drought
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
 
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