AAA Choice Specs Primarina [Done]

[Vertigo]

[SET]
Choice Specs (Primarina) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing and strong, nearly unresisted STAB combination. Weather Ball lets Primarina 2HKO RegenVest Swampert while still being able to hit Desolate Land users such as Heatran. Flip Turn allows Primarina to pivot away from problematic matchups like Empoleon and Blissey as well as predicted switch-ins in order to maintain momentum, while Psychic lets it hit Poison-types such as Toxapex and Desolate Land Iron Moth. Primarina is relatively slow and struggles to switch in, so it appreciates other slow pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert; in return, it can threaten wallbreakers that come in on them such as Cinderace and Roaring Moon. Corviknight especially is a great partner, as it can also remove entry hazards, which wear down Primarina very quickly due to its lack of recovery and frequent pivoting. Primarina struggles against special walls such as Manaphy, Meloetta, and Bulletproof Empoleon, so physical wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Roaring Moon, and Iron Hands make for great teammates; in return, Primarina can apply pressure on physical walls such as Corviknight and Great Tusk for them, wearing down each other's checks.

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Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker, with rain Primordial Sea letting it use a strong STAB Weather Ball that most notably can 2HKO RegenVest Swampert. Moonblast is one of its very strong STAB moves that is able to OHKO Dark-types such as Mandibuzz and Roaring Moonits most spammable move, while Flip Turn is used to switch out of unfavorable matchups.a pivot option in case the matchup isn't favorable; however, beware not to use it on an oncoming Desolate Land user. Psychic lets it Primarina hit Poison-type Pokemon it struggles against, such as Toxapex and the aforementioned Desolate Land users, most notably Iron Moth. (Add mons that Primarina match really well against here, such as Walking Wake) Primarina is relatively slow and it typically doesn't want to hard switch in, almost never wants to hard switch in, so it appreciates being brought in by slow and bulky pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert. Primarina struggles against specially defensive walls such as Bulletproof Empoleon, and RegenVest Manaphy, as well as Desolate Land Heatran, so physical attackers like Iron Hands and Ogerpon-W are able to handle Empoleon and Manaphy, while Heatran can be countered by RegenVest Manaphy and Swampert. so partners able to deal with it such as Great Tusk and Iron Hands are welcome.

 

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Primarina) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Moonblast
- Weather Ball
- Flip Turn
- Psychic

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker, with rain letting it use a strong STAB Weather Ball that most notably can 2HKO RegenVest Swampert. this is a clunky sentence, but it also doesnt get into why it's a good abuser of weather ball. if it was just about 2HKOing swampert, you could just use inteleon as it gets the exact same calc with hydro pump. primarina stands out because of its unique STAB coverage as well as room to fit weather ball, which can still damage desolate land users such as heatran Moonblast is its most spammable move, Flip Turn is a pivot option in case the matchup isn't favorable; however, beware not to use it on an oncoming Desolate Land user. You don't need to explain moonblast here, both because you should be mentioning the access to water/fairy coverage in the first sentence and because it's a STAB move not slashed with anything. the flip turn sentence is a misunderstanding of what pivoting moves do; primarina can't flip turn out of an unfavorable matchup if it's already locked into a move. flip turn is to scout predicted switch-ins and gain momentum, especially with other pivoting teammate. flip turn and psychic should share a sentence, just for efficiencies sake Psychic lets it hit Toxapex and the aforementioned Desolate Land users, most notably Iron Moth. Primarina is relatively slow and almost never wants to hard switch in and struggles to switch in, so it appreciates being brought in by other slow pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert; in return, it threatens the wallbreakers coming in on them you cant just say this without elaborating. what wallbreakers? why are we neglecting that primarina itself is a pivot?. Primarina struggles against Bulletproof Empoleon, so partners able to deal with it such as Great Tusk and Iron Hands are welcome. bulletproof empoleon is not the only special wall it struggles against. not mentioning the obvious synergy with physical wallbreakers such as galarian zapdos and chien-pao is also a strange choice. not mentioning primarina's glaring hazard weakness, especially when you've already mentioned the synergy with corviknight, is also odd be sure to follow our analysis template for sentence count and content.

[SET CREDITS]
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Ping me here or in Smogcord when you're ready for a recheck, this needs a lot of stuff rewritten. No QC 1 yet

notes for Gambit

This is just a glorified GP check in a lot of places. We have a GP team for a reason. Try your hand at AMGPing if you're interested in it! You're also writing over the authors text when you really don't have to, both because you're not QC but mainly because this entirely drowns out their personal voice and the intent they had when writing; instead, this is where you should leave a conjecture guiding the writer in the correct direction. Some of the information you've changed is also blatantly incorrect, both grammatically and content-wise. Moonblast still does not need to be elaborated on, you changed the sentence about flip turn without actually dissecting why it was wrong, instead just rewriting it to sound better. Changing Bulletproof Empoleon to just Empoleon is a pointless change, as Primarina can effectively break Non-Bulletproof Empoleon with sheer damage, but including other special walls instead of just empoleon was the right call. the biggest problem here is the pointless reworking of many sentenced. QC does not rewrite to sound better, QC is only meant to change this much text when the information is false or when the author's writing makes it unclear.

 

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Primarina) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Moonblast
- Weather Ball i'd consider swapping the move order of weather ball and moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing and strong, nearly unresisted STAB combination. Weather Ball lets Primarina 2HKO RegenVest Swampert while still being able to hit Desolate Land users such as Heatran. Flip Turn allows Primarina to pivot away from predicted switch-ins in order to maintain momentum while still dealing a considerable amount of chip damage flip turn is rlly weak even in rain, and Psychic lets it hit Poison-types such as Toxapex and Desolate Land Iron Moth. Primarina is relatively slow and struggles to switch in, so it appreciates other slow pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert; in return, it can provide pivoting for them as well while threatening wallbreakers coming in on them such as Ceruledge and Roaring Moon. Corviknight especially is a great partner as it can remove entry hazards as well, which can wear down Primarina very quickly due to the lack of recovery and frequent pivoting. Primarina struggles against special walls such as Manaphy, Meloetta, and Bulletproof Empoleon, so physical wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Roaring Moon, and Iron Hands make for great teammates. this still feels like it needs elaboration; the synergy goes deeper than this, primarina is fantastic at pressuring physical walls such as corviknight as well and that's a major reason why you pair physical and special wallbreakers, it's a two way partnership

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QC 1/2!

 

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Primarina) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing and strong, nearly unresisted STAB combination. Weather Ball lets Primarina 2HKO RegenVest Swampert while still being able to hit Desolate Land users such as Heatran. Flip Turn allows Primarina to pivot away from problematic matchups like Empoleon and Blissey and predicted switch-ins in order to maintain momentum, and Psychic lets it hit Poison-types such as Toxapex and Desolate Land Iron Moth. Primarina is relatively slow and struggles to switch in, so it appreciates other slow pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert; in return, it can provide pivoting for them as well while threatening threaten they don't really need pivoting wallbreakers coming in on them such as Ceruledge Cinderace ceru can just nuke you with poltergeist and Roaring Moon. Corviknight especially is a great partner as it can remove entry hazards as well, which can wear down Primarina very quickly due to the lack of recovery and frequent pivoting. Primarina struggles against special walls such as Manaphy, Meloetta, and Bulletproof Empoleon, so physical wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Roaring Moon, and Iron Hands make for great teammates; in return, Primarina can apply pressure on physical walls such as Corviknight and Great Tusk for them, wearing down their mutual checks.

[SET CREDITS]
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[Vertigo]

Implemented, thank you!
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[SET]
Choice Specs (Primarina) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Primarina is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing and strong, nearly unresisted STAB combination. Weather Ball lets Primarina 2HKO RegenVest Swampert while still being able to hit Desolate Land users such as Heatran. Flip Turn allows Primarina to pivot away from problematic matchups like Empoleon and Blissey, (comma) as well as predicted switch-ins in order to maintain momentum, (comma) while Psychic lets it hit Poison-types such as Toxapex and Desolate Land Iron Moth. Primarina is relatively slow and struggles to switch in, so it appreciates other slow pivots such as Corviknight and Swampert; in return, it can threaten wallbreakers coming that come in on them such as Cinderace and Roaring Moon. Corviknight especially is a great partner, (comma) as it can also remove entry hazards as well, which can wear down Primarina very quickly due to the its lack of recovery and frequent pivoting. Primarina struggles against special walls such as Manaphy, Meloetta, and Bulletproof Empoleon, so physical wallbreakers such as Chien-Pao, Roaring Moon, and Iron Hands make for great teammates; in return, Primarina can apply pressure on physical walls such as Corviknight and Great Tusk for them, wearing down their (I'd replace their with the wallbreakers' if you're just talking about checks they share rather than checks they share with Primarina) mutual checks.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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1/1 GP Team done