1v1 Skeledirge

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Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy / Mental Herb
Ability: Unaware / Blaze
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Torch Song
- Blast Burn
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp
- Encore / Slack Off

Skeledirge burns everything to cinders in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song! Encore + Torch Song beats Iron Valiant, and Flame Charge + Encore defeats Fake Tears Sylveon. Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Weakness Policy allows it to beat Donphan with Flame Charge and some Great Tusk variants with Blast Burn, while Mental Herb beats Gardevoir and non-Trick Sableye. Unaware is preferred to beat Bulk Up Annihilape, Quiver Dance Volcarona, and Swords Dance Iron Hands, but Blaze is better versus most Meowscarada. The HP and Defense EVs give it the best chance to survive a Choice Band Donphan Earthquake. Skeledirge's weakness to Water-Types, like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake, and difficulty damaging Dragon-types, like Garchomp, Haxorus, and Dragapult, mean that Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon make good partners.

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I'm sorry these comments are really long, dm me if any or all of them aren't 100% clear
this will prob need another look - from me or someone else

*fire* spotlight (haha get it)

Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy / Mental Herb
Ability: Blaze / Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Torch Song
- Blast Burn
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp
- Encore / Slack Off

Skeledirge tears everything to flames in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song making it stronger everytime it attacks! Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Azumarill

azu comment

bdrum, or a defense drop from band, or encore from life orb all should win, find another example plz.

Encore beats most Sylveon with after Flame Charge

sylv comment

specs exists but most sylveon you encore tru
specs matchup depends on getting blaze range or them not having sball (but this second part shouldn't go in a spotlight, just explaining why it's most sylveon)

and Iron Valiant with Blast Burn

blast burn comment

bb is not the reason dirge wins against valiant, it can just alternate encore and torch song (+0 into +1 KOes, you can't encore encore)
blast burn is better when WP activates, gains wins vs stuff like scarf tusk (kinda overkill but torch doesn't OHKO but not reliable versus other tusk sets), you mention some annihilape later as well, probably more.

Weakness Policy allows you to beat non-Attack boosting some can be less specific about sets since this is a spotlight Great Tusk, Iron Treads

treads comment

just use torch vs treads, it's not living after WP
(this sentence implies that flame charge is the best strat vs all 3 of these but that's not true here since speed booster exists)

, and Donphan with Flame Charge, (comma) while Mental Herb beats Annihilape and non-Trick Sableye. Blaze is preferred to allow you to kill Pokemon such as Annihilape and Donphan, however Unaware can be used to beat Bulk Up Annihilape and Quiver Dance Volcarona.

abilities comment

annihilape is under both abilities, which would confuse casual readers, are there other matchups where that matters?

Skeledirge being weak to Dark, Rock, and Ground types and being resisted by Dragon types

checks and counters comment

I think it might be better to mention arcanine over the grounds/rocks since it can beat a bunch of ground types and rock types aren't really relevant, also if you have space, naming common pokemon of a certain type (ie "Water-types like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake") would be nice

means that good partners for Skeledirge are Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Great Tusk.

move wisp + slack off away from the beginning since those are the slash options rather than the main moves

 

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I forgot the funny this time oops

Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy / Mental Herb
Ability: Blaze / Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Torch Song
- Blast Burn
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp
- Encore / Slack Off

Skeledirge tears everything to flames in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song making it stronger everytime it attacks! Encore beats most Sylveon with Flame Charge and Iron Valiant this seems to be an unfinished sentence oops. Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Weakness Policy allows you to also beat Donphan with Flame Charge and some Great Tusk with Blast Burn, while Mental Herb beats Gardevoir and non-Trick Sableye. Blaze is preferred to allow you to kill Pokemon such as Assault Vest Annihilape when combined with Weakness Policy might need to ask setscomp people about blaze, I asked smely (bc I didn't know) and she said something about flame charge wanting blaze and wisp wanting unaware but also wasn't sure, however Unaware can be used to beat Bulk Up Annihilape and Quiver Dance Volcarona sd hands too. Skeledirge being weak to Water Types like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake, while also being resisted by Dragon-types like Garchomp, Haxorus, and Dragapult types means that good partners for Skeledirge are Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Great Tusk great tusk doesn't really take on any of the threats you listed all that well, maybe sylveon / meowscarada?.
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1/1 once these changes go through

 

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Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy / Mental Herb
Ability: Unaware / Blaze
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Speed Spe
Bold Nature
- Torch Song
- Blast Burn
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp
- Encore / Slack Off

Skeledirge tears everything to flames (idt this is a real expression, maybe "tears everything to shreds" or "burns everything to cinders" would be better) in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song making it stronger everytime it attacks (dex info)! Encore + Torch Song song beats Iron Valiant, and Flame Charge + Encore defeats Fake Tears Sylveon. Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Weakness Policy allows you it to also beat Donphan with Flame Charge and some Great-Tusk (RH) variants (optional) with Blast Burn, while Mental Herb beats Gardevoir and non-Trick Sableye. Unaware is preferred to beat Bulk Up Annihilape, Quiver Dance Volcarona, and Swords Dance Iron Hands, but alternatively Blaze is better versus most Meowscarada. The HP and Defense EVs give you it the best chance to survive a Choice Band Donphan Earthquake. Skeledirge's being weakness to Water-types, Types like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake, while also being resisted by and difficulty damaging Dragon-types, (AH, AC) like Garchomp, Haxorus, and Dragapult, (AC) means that Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon make good partners for Skeledirge are Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon.

Characters: 981

 

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Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy / Mental Herb
Ability: Unaware / Blaze
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Speed Spe
Bold Nature
- Torch Song
- Blast Burn
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp
- Encore / Slack Off

Skeledirge tears everything to flames (idt this is a real expression, maybe "tears everything to shreds" or "burns everything to cinders" would be better) in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song making it stronger everytime it attacks (dex info)! Encore + Torch Song song beats Iron Valiant, and Flame Charge + Encore defeats Fake Tears Sylveon. Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Weakness Policy allows you it to also beat Donphan with Flame Charge and some Great-Tusk (RH) variants (optional) with Blast Burn, while Mental Herb beats Gardevoir and non-Trick Sableye. Unaware is preferred to beat Bulk Up Annihilape, Quiver Dance Volcarona, and Swords Dance Iron Hands, but alternatively Blaze is better versus most Meowscarada. The HP and Defense EVs give you it the best chance to survive a Choice Band Donphan Earthquake. Skeledirge's being weakness to Water-types, Types like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake, while also being resisted by and difficulty damaging Dragon-types, (AH, AC) like Garchomp, Haxorus, and Dragapult, (AC) means that Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon make good partners for Skeledirge are Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon.

Characters: 981

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You missed a comma after Dragapult, heads up

 

[bea]

You missed a comma after Dragapult, heads up

Maybe putting in implementations at midnight wasnt the best idea (fixed)

 

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