Ubers Shedinja [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/1]

[Aqua Jet]

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[Overview]
Despite only having 1 HP, Shedinja is able to establish a niche for itself on stall teams by completely walling common threats such as Kyogre, Zygarde-C, and Xerneas due to Wonder Guard. It also provides some utility by spreading status. Unfortunately, Shedinja instantly falls to super effective attacks from many top-tier threats such as Yveltal, Eternatus, Calyrex-S, and Marshadow. In addition, it may lose to foes that it would otherwise check due to their secondary options, such as Zygarde-C using Toxic and Calyrex-I using Leech Seed.

[SET]
name: Wonder Guard
move 1: Shadow Sneak
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Toxic / Poltergeist
move 4: Protect
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Wonder Guard
nature: Lonely / Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Def / 0 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Shadow Sneak is the best attacking move for Shedinja, allowing it to revenge kill faster foes after they have been worn down by status such as Calyrex-S, Galarian Darmanitan, and Rayquaza. Will-O-Wisp deters physical attackers such as Galarian Darmanitan and Groudon from switching in. Toxic hinders switch-ins such as Yveltal and Ho-Oh and lets Shedinja beat Zygarde-C and Kyogre lacking Rest. Poltergeist is an option over Toxic, as it allows Shedinja to deal greater damage to slower foes such as Necrozma-DM. Protect lets Shedinja scout Choice-locked foes such as Calyrex-S, Galarian Darmanitan, Dracovish, and Marshadow and lets it scout for status moves. It also racks up status damage.

As a result of only appearing on stall teams, Shedinja is commonly paired with teammates such as Heavy-Duty Boots Blissey, Chansey, Lunala, and Toxapex. Blissey and Chansey are able to check Eternatus, while Shedinja walls Kyogre and Xerneas in return, alleviating some pressure off of them. Lunala is also excellent for checking Groudon, which threatens Shedinja. Eternatus is able to deal with Ferrothorn and Marshadow, while Shedinja can wall Kyogre and thus allow Eternatus to run a more offensive set. Yvetal is a superb partner for Shedinja, being able to deal with Calyrex-S and opposing Yveltal for it. In return, Shedinja can wall Xerneas. Rest Zygarde-C is also a good partner for Shedinja, as it can absorb status for it and use other passive Pokemon that threaten Shedinja, such as Toxapex, as setup fodder. Toxapex acts as a decent answer to Necrozma-DM and Marshadow, which would otherwise threaten Shedinja and its teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Shedinja can run a Swords Dance set with Swords Dance and Poltergeist over Will-O-Wisp and Toxic; however, due to Shedinja's poor Attack and the prevalence of Knock Off, it is not very effective.

Checks and Counters
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**Super Effective Attacks**: As a result of having 1 HP, any attack that goes through Wonder Guard will OHKO Shedinja. These can include unusual coverage moves such as Crunch on Dracovish, but Shedinja can scout for them with Protect.

**Indirect Damage**: Moves such as Leech Seed, Will-O-Wisp, and Toxic KO Shedinja. Rarer options like Toxic on Zygarde-C can surprise and KO it. In addition, Tyranitar's summoned sand can also KO.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Aqua Jet, 531302]]
- Quality checked by: [[Aberforth, 249382], [Manaphy, 50695]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Aberforth]

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[Overview]

- Despite only having 1 HP, Shedinja is able to establish a niche for itself on stall(capitalization) teams as a fantastic Pokemon capable of completely walling common threats such as Kyogure, Zygarde-C, and Xerneas due to its access to arguably the best ability in the game, (too subjective)Wonder Guard.
- It is also amazing at irritating opposing teams through priority as well as spreading status. This is a bit too positive for what Shedinja realistically does. Priority is not too big an issue for Ubers foes to tank; you can simply say "It also provides some utility by spreading status."
- Unfortunately, Shedinja's unique traits may prove to be it waterloo(We have no clue what this means, please be a bit more clear), as due to its basically non-existent HP stat it is extremely vulnerable to super effective(capitalization) attacks from many top-tier threats such as Yveltal, Eternatus, Calyrex-Shadow, and Marshadow.
- Furthermore, it is also incredibly vulnerable to status, making it unable to check foes such as Lunala.(status in this tier isn't as common anymore and what does run status falls under your next point.)
- In addition, it may lose to foes that it would otherwise check due to coverage moves, such as Necrozma-DM running Knock Off,(Sunsteel/Photon Geyser ignore Wonder Guard) Zygarde-C using Toxic(RC) and Groudon using Overheat Calyrex-I using Leech Seed.

[SET]
name: Wonder Guard
move 1: Shadow Sneak
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Toxic / Poltergeist
move 4: Protect
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Wonder Guard
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

- Shadow Sneak is the ideal best attacking move for Shedinja, allowing it to revenge kill foes after they have been worn down by status such as Galarian Darmanitan-G and Rayquaza. (emphasize the priority part allowing Shed to bypass its low speed and revenge)
- In addition, as a result of its high PP, it Shedinja to be able to outlast foes that it cannot break through using power such as Substitute Kyogure and Necrozma-DM.
- Will-O-Wisp is used as a means of crippling opposing physical attackers and Pokemon that are immune to toxic such as Buzzwole and Necrozma-DM. Will-O-Wisp deters physical attackers such as Galarian Darmanitan and Groudon from switching in on Shedinja.
- Toxic is a secondary status move that Shedinja may run in order to assist its teammates in wearing down the opposing team.
- Toxic hinders switch-ins such as Yveltal and Ho-Oh and lets Shedinja beat Zygarde-C and Kyogre lacking Rest.
- Protect lets Shedinja scout foes for super-effective moves such as Necrozma-DM's Knock Off, in addition to allowing Shedinja scout choiced attackers locked foes such as Calyrex-S, Galarian Darmanitan-G, Dracovish, and Marshadow and lets it scout for status moves.
Mention Poltergeist. It's slashed but you forgot to add it.

- As a result of only appearing on stall and semi-stall(capitalization) teams, Shedinja is commonly paired with teammates such as Blissey, Chansey, Lunala, Xerneus, and Toxapex.
- Blissey and Chansey are able to wall check Eternatus, which otherwise threatens Shedinja with Flamethrower. In return, Shedinja is able to wall a host of physical attackers for them such as Dracovish, as well as wall Kyogure, taking while Shedinja walls Kyogre and Xerneas in return, alleviating some pressure off of them.
- Lunala is also an excellent partner for Shedinja, being able to check Groudon which threatens with would otherwise OHKO Shedinja with Stone Edge.
- Xerneus is a fine addition to Stall and Semi-stall structures, being able to cure the team's status using Aromatherapy. In addition, Xerneus is also able to deal with many Dark- and Ghost-type foes that threaten Shedinja such as Marshadow and Yveltal. Shedinja is an excellent partner for Xerneus, as Shedinja can switchin on many Pokemon that give Xerneus trouble, notably Necrozma-DM.
- On Semi-stall structures, offensive teammates that work well with Shedinja are Eternatus, Yveltal, and Zygarde-C.
- Eternatus is able to deal with Knock Off variants of Ferrothorn and Marshadow and Necrozma-DM with Flamethrower. In return, Shedinja can completely wall Darmanitan-G after it has been choice locked into a move other than Flare Blitz. while Shedinja can wall Kyogre and allow Eternatus to run a more offensive set.
- Yvetal is a superb partner for Shedinja, being able to deal with Ghost-types such as Marshadow and Calyrex-S and opposing Yveltal for it. It is also the only Dark-type that pairs up with Shedinja, as Tyranitar has anti-synergy with it. In return, Shedinja can wall foes such as Xerneus that would otherwise use Yveltal as setup fodder.
- Rest Zygarde-C is also a good partner for Shedinja, as it can absorb status for Shedinja it and use other passive Pokemon that threaten Shedinja such as Toxapex as setup fodder. In return, Shedinja can wall foes such as Xerneus for Zygarde-C.
You mentioned Toxapex earlier, add it as a teammate as its a decent answer to Necrozma-DM and Marshadow.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Shedinja can run a Swords Dance set with Swords Dance and Poltergeist over Will-O-Wisp and Toxic, however due to Shedinja's poor Attack stat as well as the prevalence of Knock Off it is not very effective.

Checks and Counters
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**Super Effective Attacks**: As a result of having 1 HP, any attack that is able to go through Wonder Guard will easy OHKO Shedinja.

**Unusual Coverage Moves**: Unusual coverage moves such as Toxic Zygarde(RC) and Crunch Dracovish can surprise and OHKO Shedinja. However, Shedinja can scout for these moves with Protect.

**Status and other Indirect Damage**: Moves such as Leech Seed, Will-O-Wisp, and Toxic ignore Wonder Guard and OHKO Shedinja. In addition, Tyranitar's Sandstorm also ignores Wonder Guard can also KO.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Aqua Jet, 531302]]
- Quality checked by: [[Aberforth, 249382], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

This might feel like a lot of corrections, but it's mostly correcting phrasing and changing mentions of teammates/foes. The core of the analysis is fine. Also, Please fix every time you spelled Xerneas as "Xerneus" and Kyogre as "Kyogure". I cannot stress this enough, this was unsettling.

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[Manaphy]

Thnx for fixing spelling

You need to mention Sunsteel Strike somewhere, as it ignores wonder guard which many people forget

Shadow Sneak is the best attacking move for Shedinja, allowing it to revenge kill faster foes after they have been worn down by status such as Galarian Darmanitan and Rayquaza.

Its very obvious but please mention Calyrex-S here.

Shedinja is commonly paired with teammates such as Blissey, Chansey, Lunala, and Toxapex. Blissey and Chansey are able to check Eternatus while Shedinja walls Kyogre and Xerneas in return, alleviating some pressure off of them.

So if Shedinja walls Kyogre, you need to specify that this is Heavy-Duty Boots Blissey, as standard Blissey runs Utility Umbrella

as Tyranitar has anti-synergy with it.

this sentence is pretty cringe, pls remove it

besides that looks good enough
QC 2/2

 

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[Overview]
Despite only having 1 HP, Shedinja is able to establish a niche for itself on stall teams as a Pokemon capable of by completely walling common threats such as Kyogre, Zygarde-C, and Xerneas due to its access to Wonder Guard. It also provides some utility by spreading status. Unfortunately, Shedinja's unique traits may prove to be its downfall, as due to its basically non-existent HP stat it is extremely vulnerable Shedinja instantly falls to super effective attacks from many top-tier threats such as Yveltal, Eternatus, Calyrex-S, and Marshadow. In addition, it may lose to foes that it would otherwise check due to coverage moves, their secondary options, such as Zygarde-C using Toxic and Calyrex-I using Leech Seed.

[SET]
name: Wonder Guard
move 1: Shadow Sneak
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Toxic / Poltergeist
move 4: Protect
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Wonder Guard
nature: Lonely / Naughty
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Def / 0 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Shadow Sneak is the best attacking move for Shedinja, allowing it to revenge kill faster foes after they have been worn down by status such as Calyrex-S, Galarian Darmanitan, (AC) and Rayquaza. Will-O-Wisp deters physical attackers such as Galarian Darmanitan and Groudon from switching in on Shedinja. Toxic hinders switch-ins such as Yveltal and Ho-Oh and lets Shedinja beat Zygarde-C and Kyogre lacking Rest. Poltergeist is an option for Shedinja over Toxic, as it allows Shedinja to deal greater damage to slower foes such as Necrozma-DM. Protect lets Shedinja scout choice locked Choice-locked foes such as Calyrex-S, Galarian Darmanitan, Dracovish, and Marshadow and lets it scout for status moves. It also racks up status damage. (I imagine this is worth mentioning? remove if not, though)

As a result of only appearing on stall teams, Shedinja is commonly paired with teammates such as Heavy-Duty Boots Blissey, Chansey, Lunala, and Toxapex. Blissey and Chansey are able to check Eternatus, (AC) while Shedinja walls Kyogre and Xerneas in return, alleviating some pressure off of them. Lunala is also an excellent partner for Shedinja, being able to check Groudon excellent for checking Groudon, which threatens Shedinja. Eternatus is able to deal with Ferrothorn and Marshadow, (AC) while Shedinja can wall Kyogre and thus (I imagine?) allow Eternatus to run a more offensive set. Yvetal is a superb partner for Shedinja, being able to deal with Calyrex-S and opposing Yveltal for it. In return, Shedinja can wall (or other word) Xerneas. Rest Zygarde-C is also a good partner for Shedinja, as it can absorb status for it and use other passive Pokemon that threaten Shedinja, (AC) such as Toxapex, (AC) as setup fodder. Another good teammate for Shedinja is Toxapex, which can help Shedinja by acting like Toxapex acts as a decent answer to Necrozma-DM and Marshadow, (AC) which would otherwise threaten Shedinja and its teammates.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Shedinja can run a Swords Dance set with Swords Dance and Poltergeist over Will-O-Wisp and Toxic, however Toxic; however, due to Shedinja's poor Attack as well as and the prevalence of Knock Off, (AC) it is not very effective.

Checks and Counters
====

**Super Effective Attacks**: As a result of having 1 HP, any attack that is able to go through Wonder Guard will easy goes through Wonder Guard will OHKO Shedinja. These can include unusual coverage moves such as Crunch on Dracovish, but Shedinja can scout for them with Prortect.

**Unusual Coverage Moves**: Unusual coverage moves such as Toxic Zygarde and Crunch Dracovish can surprise and OHKO Shedinja. However, Shedinja can scout for these moves with Protect.

**Status and other Indirect Damage**: Moves such as Leech Seed, Will-O-Wisp, and Toxic KO Shedinja. Rarer options like Toxic on Zygarde-C can surprise and KO it. In addition, Tyranitar's Sandstorm summoned sand can also KO.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Aqua Jet, 531302]]
- Quality checked by: [[Aberforth, 249382], [username2, userid2]] (fill this)
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

this can proceed 1/1 just implement carefully