Gen 6 [ZU] Lairon Bulky Stealth Rock [DONE]

[sleid]

[SET]
name: Bulky Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Roar
move 4: Toxic / Superpower
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulky Lairon is a great entry hazard setter, using its solid defensive typing and physical bulk to take on some of the tier's top threats like Persian, Klang, and Furfrou. Head Smash is Lairon's strongest STAB move and hits most Pokemon like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin, for great damage. Roar phazes foes that Lairon can't touch, like Bronzor, and disrupts setup attempts from Pokemon like Klang, Duosion, and Carbink. Vibrava and Gigalith both have an easy time switching into Lairon, so Toxic is the main option to wear them down. Superpower is an alternative to deal more immediate damage to Scraggy and Klang; however, it isn't as strong of an option against Vibrava, which can just shrug it off. Rock Head makes Head Smash more spammable because it stops Lairon from taking recoil damage that would cut into its bulk. Lairon uses maximum HP investment to avoid KOs that a set with no HP investment wouldn't, like the OHKO from Politoed's Scald and Eviolite Krokorok's Earthquake and the 2HKO from Bulk Up Scraggy's Drain Punch.

Lairon does its best work on balance and offense teams looking for an entry hazard setter with a great defensive profile that can deal with a plethora of Pokemon like Persian, Dustox, and Duosion. Frailer teammates like Frogadier and Simipour appreciate Lairon's ability to eat hits from Persian and Furfrou. Lairon pairs well with offensive Quilladin on hazard-stacking teams because Lairon can phaze the opposing team to pile up chip damage, while Quilladin helps deal with a lot of Pokemon that Lairon is weak to such as Vibrava, Gigalith, and Krokorok. Other Grass-types like Simisage and Meganium really like having Lairon on their team because it comes in on Dustox and keeps Stealth Rock up against it for later chip damage. Lairon needs some support from the likes of Scraggy and Magic Guard Duosion against Bronzor, which completely walls it. Swalot is a great teammate that deals with the likes of Pignite and Scraggy while also absorbing Knock Off so Lairon doesn't lose its Eviolite.

[SET CREDITS]
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[5Dots]

QC 1/2, Great Job

[SET]
name: Bulky Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Roar
move 4: Toxic / Superpower
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulky Lairon is a great entry hazard setter with its solid defensive typing and physical bulk to take on some of the tiers top threat like Persian, Klang, and Furfrou. Stealth Rocks are required on every team in order to chip down the opposition and make progress toward winning Redundant. Head Smash is Lairon's strongest STAB move and hits most Pokemon for great damage like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin. Roar helps phaze out foes that Lairon can't touch like Bronzor, and disrupts set up attempts from Pokemon like Klang, Duosion, and Carbink. The likes of Vibrava and Gigalith both find an easy time switching into Lairon, so Toxic is the main option to wear them down. Superpower is an alternative for more immediate damage mention Scraggy and how it hits Steel-types too, however, it isn't as strong of an option against Vibrava who can just shrug it off. Rock Head makes Head Smash more spammable and doesn't take any recoil to cut into its bulk.

Lairon does its best work on balance and offensive teams who are looking for an entry hazard setter with a great defensive profile that can deal with a plethora of Pokemon like Persian, Dustox, and Duosion. Frailer teammates like Frogadier and Simipour appreciate Lairon's ability to eat hits from Persian and Furfrou. Lairon pairs well with Offensive Quilladin on hazard stack teams because Lairon can phaze the opposing team to pile up the chip damage, while Quilladin helps deal with a lot of Pokemon that Lairon is weak to such as Vibrava, Gigalith, and Krokorok. Other Grass-types like Simisage and Meganium really like having Lairon on their team because it comes in on Dustox and can keep Stealth Rocks up against it for later chip. Lairon needs some support from the likes of Scraggy and Magic Guard Duosion because Bronzor completely walls it. Swalot works as a great teammate that deals with the likes of Pignite and Scraggy, while also being a Knock Off absorber so Lairon doesn't lose its bulk.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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[sleid]

implemented, ready for qc 2

 

[Jett]

qc 2/2

[SET]
name: Bulky Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Roar
move 4: Toxic / Superpower
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulky Lairon is a great entry hazard setter with its solid defensive typing and physical bulk to take on some of the tiers top threat like Persian, Klang, and Furfrou. Head Smash is Lairon's strongest STAB move and hits most Pokemon for great damage like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin. Roar helps phaze out foes that Lairon can't touch like Bronzor, and disrupts set up attempts from Pokemon like Klang, Duosion, and Carbink. The likes of Vibrava and Gigalith both find an easy time switching into Lairon, so Toxic is the main option to wear them down. Superpower is an alternative for more immediate damage into the likes of Scraggy and Klang, however, it isn't as strong of an option against Vibrava who can just shrug it off. Rock Head makes Head Smash more spammable and doesn't take any recoil to cut into its bulk. (I know its a pretty standard spread but it's honestly not a popular one since most people probs run max speed lairon for rocks now ngl, finding even a couple thresholds which this can live which the offensive lairon can't live would be nice; a few I could find were this set not being OHKOed by Earth Power Vibrava and non-CB Krokorok Earthquake, but there may be better examples out there)

Lairon does its best work on balance and offensive teams who are looking for an entry hazard setter with a great defensive profile that can deal with a plethora of Pokemon like Persian, Dustox, and Duosion. Frailer teammates like Frogadier and Simipour appreciate Lairon's ability to eat hits from Persian and Furfrou. Lairon pairs well with Offensive Quilladin on hazard stack teams because Lairon can phaze the opposing team to pile up the chip damage, while Quilladin helps deal with a lot of Pokemon that Lairon is weak to such as Vibrava, Gigalith, and Krokorok. Other Grass-types like Simisage and Meganium really like having Lairon on their team because it comes in on Dustox and can keep Stealth Rocks up against it for later chip. Lairon needs some support from the likes of Scraggy and Magic Guard Duosion because Bronzor completely walls it. Swalot works as a great teammate that deals with the likes of Pignite and Scraggy, while also being a Knock Off absorber so Lairon doesn't lose its bulk.

 

[sleid]

implemented, ready for GP Team

 

[zinnias]

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[SET]
name: Bulky Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Roar
move 4: Toxic / Superpower
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulky Lairon is a great entry hazard setter, (AC) with using its solid defensive typing and physical bulk to take on some of the tier's (AA) top threats, like Persian, Klang, and Furfrou. Head Smash is Lairon's strongest STAB move and hits most Pokemon for great damage, (AC) like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin. Roar helps phaze out phazes foes that Lairon can't touch, (AC) like Bronzor, and disrupts setup (remove space) attempts from Pokemon like Klang, Duosion, and Carbink. The likes of (you are just naming the Pokemon, they are not examples from a list) Vibrava and Gigalith both find have an easy time switching into Lairon, so Toxic is the main option to wear them down. Superpower is an alternative for to deal more immediate damage into the likes of to Scraggy and Klang, however, it isn't as strong of an option against Vibrava, (AC) who which can just shrug it off. Rock Head makes Head Smash more spammable and because it stops Lairon from taking recoil damage that would cut into its bulk. doesn't take any recoil to cut into its bulk. Lairon opts for a bulkier bulky set here, (AC) with Max maximum HP investment to avoid KO ranges that a set with 0 no HP investment wouldn't avoid, like the OHKO from Politoed's Scald and Krokorok's Earthquake being an OHKO, Bulk Up and the 2HKO from Scraggy's Drain Punch being a 2HKO. (Period > Comma) and Eviolite Krokorok's Earthquake being an OHKO.

Lairon does its best work works best on balance and offensive offense (or balanced and offensive) teams who that are looking for an entry hazard setter with a great defensive profile that can deal with a plethora of Pokemon like Persian, Dustox, and Duosion. Frailer teammates like Frogadier and Simipour appreciate Lairon's ability to eat take hits from Persian and Furfrou. Lairon pairs well with Offensive offensive Quilladin on hazard stack teams, (AC) because Lairon can phaze the opposing team to pile up the chip damage (RC) while Quilladin helps to deal with a lot of Pokemon that Lairon is weak to, (AC) such as Vibrava, Gigalith, and Krokorok. Other Grass-types like Simisage and Meganium really like having Lairon on their team, (AC) because it comes in on Dustox and can keeps Stealth Rocks up against it for later chip damage. Lairon needs some support from the likes of Scraggy and Magic Guard Duosion because against Bronzor, (AC) because it completely walls it Lairon. Swalot works as is a great teammate that because it deals with the likes of Pignite and Scraggy, while also being a absorbing Knock Off absorber so that Lairon doesn't lose its bulk.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:

 

[SolarBeam]

1/1, GP Team done
Crediting Acne too. Did mine over his; my adds and removes are darker blue and red, while my comments are (orange).

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[SET]
name: Bulky Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Roar
move 4: Toxic / Superpower
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulky Lairon is a great entry hazard setter, (AC) with using its solid defensive typing and physical bulk to take on some of the tier's (AA) top threats, like Persian, Klang, and Furfrou. Head Smash is Lairon's strongest STAB move and hits most Pokemon, like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin, (best to list the example right after the category) for great damage like Swalot, Carbink, and Quilladin. Roar helps phaze out phazes foes that Lairon can't touch, (AC) like Bronzor, and disrupts setup (remove space) attempts from Pokemon like Klang, Duosion, and Carbink. The likes of (you are just naming the Pokemon, they are not examples from a list) Vibrava and Gigalith both find have an easy time switching into Lairon, so Toxic is the main option to wear them down. Superpower is an alternative for to deal more immediate damage into the likes of to Scraggy and Klang; (replaced comma with semicolon) however, it isn't as strong of an option against Vibrava, (AC) who which can just shrug it off. Rock Head makes Head Smash more spammable because it stops Lairon from taking recoil damage that would cut into its bulk and doesn't take any recoil to cut into its bulk. Lairon opts for a bulkier set here with (implied, you're talking about this specific Lairon set) Max uses maximum HP investment to avoid KO ranges KOs that a set with no 0 HP investment wouldn't, like the OHKO from Politoed's Scald and Eviolite Krokorok's Earthquake being an OHKO, Bulk Up and the 2HKO from Bulk Up Scraggy's Drain Punch being a 2HKO and Eviolite Krokorok's Earthquake being an OHKO.

Lairon does its best work on balance and offensive offense teams who are looking for an entry hazard setter with a great defensive profile that can deal with a plethora of Pokemon like Persian, Dustox, and Duosion. Frailer teammates like Frogadier and Simipour appreciate Lairon's ability to eat take hits from Persian and Furfrou. Lairon pairs well with Offensive offensive Quilladin on hazard stack hazard-stacking teams because Lairon can phaze the opposing team to pile up the chip damage, while Quilladin helps deal with a lot of Pokemon that Lairon is weak to such as Vibrava, Gigalith, and Krokorok. Other Grass-types like Simisage and Meganium really like having Lairon on their team because it comes in on Dustox and can keeps Stealth Rocks up against it for later chip damage. Lairon needs some support from the likes of Scraggy and Magic Guard Duosion because against Bronzor, (AC) which completely walls it. Swalot works as is a great teammate that deals with the likes of Pignite and Scraggy (RC) while also being a absorbing Knock Off absorber so Lairon doesn't lose its bulk Eviolite (make the link clearer).

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sleid.601970/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/jett.226429/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/acneautist.569291/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/

 

[sleid]

implemented, ready for upload