ZU [SS] Heatmor [GP 1/1]

diegoyuhhi

our shared past and our lost future
is a Pre-Contributor
[OVERVIEW]
Heatmor is a slow and frail mixed attacker; thus, it is outclassed by other Fire-types such as Rapidash and Ninetales thanks to their better bulk and Speed as well as access to boosting options.

[SET]
name: Physical Attacker
move 1: Fire Lash
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Superpower
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Heatmor, thanks to its access to Fire Lash, might look like a budget Centiskorch, which was banned from ZU thanks to its insane wallbreaking power mainly due to this move; unfortunately, Heatmor doesn’t hold up to that title, being both weaker and frailer than Centiskorch and having less useful coverage moves for common metagame threats. It is also outclassed by more reliable Fire-types like Rapidash and Ninetales, which are faster and bulkier, and they also have access to better coverage and boosting options.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/diegoyuhhi.550005/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/jett.226429/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
 
Last edited:

Dead by Daylight

are we the last living souls
is a Contributor to Smogon
AMGP, take what you'd like add remove comment
[OVERVIEW]
Heatmor is a slow and frail mixed attacker; thus, it is and it’s thus outclassed by other Fire-types fire types such as Rapidash and Ninetales thanks to their better bulk and Speed speed and access to boosting options.

[SET]
name: Physical Attacker
move 1: Fire Lash
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Superpower
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Heatmor, thanks to its access to Fire Lash, might look like a budget Centiskorch, which was banned from ZU thanks to its insane wallbreaking power mainly due to this move; unfortunately, (AC) Heatmor doesn’t hold up to that title, being both weaker and frailer than Centiskorch and having less useful coverage moves for common meta threats. It is also outclassed by more reliable Fire-types fire types like Rapidash or Ninetales, which are faster, bulkier, (AC) and have access to better coverage and boosting options.
 
Last edited:

autumn

only i will remain
is a Site Content Manageris a Member of Senior Staffis a Community Contributoris a Tiering Contributoris a Top Contributoris a Social Media Contributor Alumnusis a Top Smogon Media Contributor Alumnusis an Administrator Alumnusis a Battle Simulator Moderator Alumnus
C&C Leader
1/1 GP Team done credit both of us
[OVERVIEW]
Heatmor is a slow and frail mixed attacker; thus, it is and it’s thus outclassed by other Fire-types fire types such as Rapidash and Ninetales thanks to their better bulk and Speed as well as speed and access to boosting options.

[SET]
name: Physical Attacker
move 1: Fire Lash
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Superpower
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Heatmor, thanks to its access to Fire Lash, might look like a budget Centiskorch, which was banned from ZU thanks to its insane wallbreaking power mainly due to this move; unfortunately, (AC) Heatmor doesn’t hold up to that title, being both weaker and frailer than Centiskorch and having less useful coverage moves for common metagame threats. It is also outclassed by more reliable Fire-types fire types like Rapidash or and Ninetales, which are faster (RC) and bulkier, (AC) and they also have access to better coverage and boosting options.


Dead by Daylight
- In the overview, I changed the second 'and' to 'as well as' to avoid a clunky phrase with two uses of and.
- Meta threats -> metagame threats; shortened words are always written out.
- Fire-types is plural, so Rapidash or Ninetales should be changed to Rapidash and Ninetales,
- The last sentence doesn't actually work as a list; lists have to be parallel. When you split this list into its separate parts, you get:
It is outclassed by more reliable Fire-types, which are faster.
It is outclassed by more reliable Fire-types, which are bulkier.
It is outclassed by more reliable Fire-types, which are have access to better coverage.
- The last one doesn't fit the same structure of the other two, so the list doesn't work grammatically and needs to be split up. This is the same reason why I changed 'and' -> 'as well as' in the overview instead of just making taht a list too, as that would not have had a parallel structure either.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 1, Guests: 0)

Top