Gen 6 [ZU] Lairon Rock Polish [DONE]

[sleid]

[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Heavy Slam
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lairon is a threatening cleaner with access to Rock Polish to let it outspeed the entire unboosted tier, a powerful Rock-type STAB move in Head Smash, and a solid defensive profile. Head Smash comes with no drawback with Lairon's Rock Head ability and OHKOes most offensive targets like Simisage, Frogadier, and Sawsbuck. Superpower is coverage against Pokemon that resist Head Smash like Scraggy, Klang, and opposing Lairon. Heavy Slam is coverage to OHKO Carbink and heavily damage Vibrava, and it is also a solid midground move against most switch-ins.

Lairon does well on balance and offense teams looking for an endgame cleaner. Wallbreakers like Krokorok, Pignite, and Scraggy are all appreciated by Lairon, since they can help it get through physical walls that stifle it like Vibrava and Bronzor. Entry hazard setters like Marshtomp, Quilladin, and Whirlipede are appreciated for helping put foes into KO ranges; for example, physically defensive Swalot goes from being 3HKOed to being 2HKOed after Stealth Rock, and Electabuzz goes from being 2HKOed to being OHKOed after Stealth Rock and a layer of Spikes. Lairon likes being paired with teammates that can switch into common Choice Scarf users like Frogadier and Simipour, since it fails to outspeed some of them even after a Rock Polish, so Meganium, Dustox, and Servine make great partners. Lairon also does very well on offensive teams looking for a check to Persian and Furfrou for frailer teammates like Pikachu, Butterfree, and Swoobat.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Hone Claws is an option to provide Lairon better KO ranges and give Head Smash perfect accuracy, although it's not a very viable option because it takes an extra turn of setup and makes Lairon drop an important coverage slot. Running a Jolly nature is an option to ensure Lairon outspeeds the likes of Swoobat and other Pokemon that prefer to creep the 179 benchmark at +2. However, a Jolly nature generally isn't worth the loss in power.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bronzor**: All of Lairon's sets are completely walled by Bronzor and get chipped down by Psywave.

**Bulky Ground-types**: Vibrava can shrug off hits from Lairon, remove its Stealth Rock, and threaten it back with STAB Earthquake. Marshstomp and Hippopotas can also take hits easily and set up their own Stealth Rock. However, they all have to be wary of Lairon carrying Toxic.

**Fast Revenge Killers**: Lairon has a hard time, outside of its Rock Polish set, dealing with revenge killers like Krokorok and Simipour, which can OHKO it. Electabuzz, Magmar, and Vanilluxe typically carry coverage moves that also OHKO Lairon. Even its Rock Polish set struggles to avoid being revenge killed by most Choice Scarf users, as well as Swoobat that carry Hidden Power Ground.

**Bulky Attackers**: A good portion of the tier, such as Pignite, Politoed, and Dragon Dance Scraggy, can switch in on Lairon once and threaten to revenge kill it with a super effective move.

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

 

[Jett]

qc 1/2

[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Heavy Slam
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lairon is a threatening cleaner with its access to Rock Polish to outspeed the entire unboosted tier, a powerful Rock-type STAB move in Head Smash, and a solid defensive profile. Head Smash comes with no drawback with its Rock Head ability as well as OHKOes most offensive targets like Simisage, Frogadier, and Sawsbuck. Superpower is for coverage into Pokemon that resist Head Smash like Scraggy, Klang, and opposing Lairon. Heavy Slam is for coverage to OHKO Carbink, heavily chip Vibrava, and is a solid midground move into most switch-ins.

Lairon does well on balance and offense teams looking for an endgame cleaner. Wallbreakers like Krokorok, Pignite, and Scraggy are all appreciated by Lairon, since they can help give it an easier time getting through physical walls that stifle it like Swalot and Bronzor. Entry hazard setters like Marshtomp, Quilladin, and Whirlipede all appreciated for helping to put foes into easier KO ranges like physically defensive Swalot goes from a 3HKO to a 2HKO after Stealth Rocks, and Electabuzz turns from a 2HKO into OHKO after Stealth Rocks and a Spike. Lairon likes being paired with teammates who can switch into common Choice Scarf users like Krokorok and Simipour, so Meganium, Dustox, and Servine make great partners. Lairon also does very well on offensive teams looking for resists to Persian and Furfrou for their frailer teammates like Pikachu, Butterfree, and Swoobat.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Hone Claws is an option to boost Lairon into better KO ranges and give Head Smash perfect accuracy, although it's not a very viable option because it takes an extra turn of setup and drops an important coverage slot. (add Jolly for RP set outspeeds Swoobat at +2 and a few other Pokemon that typically creep the 179 benchmark but the loss in power just isnt worth it)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bronzor**: All of Lairon's sets are completely walled by Bronzor.

**Bulky Ground-types**: Vibrava can shrug off hits from Lairon, remove its Stealth Rocks. and threaten it back with STAB Earthquake. Marshstomp and Hippopotas can take hits easily and set up their own Stealth Rocks. Although, they all have to be weary of Lairon carrying Toxic.

**Fast Revenge Killers**: Lairon has a hard time, outside of its Rock Polish set, dealing with revenge killers like Krokorok and Simipour, which can OHKO it. Electabuzz, Magmar, and Vanilluxe typically carry coverage moves that also OHKOes Lairon. (Could add even with RP, Choice Scarfers and Swoobat which may have HP ground will still outpace it)

**Bulky Attackers**: A good portion of the tier can switch in once and threaten to kill back with a super effective move such as Pignite, Politoed, and Dragon Dance Scraggy.

good stuff.

 

[sleid]

implemented, ready for qc2

 

[5Dots]

QC 2/2, excellent job

[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Heavy Slam
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lairon is a threatening cleaner with its access to Rock Polish to outspeed the entire unboosted tier, a powerful Rock-type STAB move in Head Smash, and a solid defensive profile. Head Smash comes with no drawback with its Rock Head ability as well as OHKOes most offensive targets like Simisage, Frogadier, and Sawsbuck. Superpower is for coverage into Pokemon that resist Head Smash like Scraggy, Klang, and opposing Lairon. Heavy Slam is for coverage to OHKO Carbink, heavily chip Vibrava, and is a solid midground move into most switch-ins.

Lairon does well on balance and offense teams looking for an endgame cleaner. Wallbreakers like Krokorok, Pignite, and Scraggy are all appreciated by Lairon, since they can help give it an easier time getting through physical walls that stifle it like Swalot Vibrava is probably a better example since some Swalot variants (SpD and Curse Swalot) can struggle to stomach multiple Head Smashes and Bronzor. Entry hazard setters like Marshtomp, Quilladin, and Whirlipede all appreciated for helping to put foes into easier KO ranges like physically defensive Swalot goes from a 3HKO to a 2HKO after Stealth Rocks, and Electabuzz turns from a 2HKO into OHKO after Stealth Rocks and a Spike. Lairon likes being paired with teammates who can switch into common Choice Scarf users like Krokorok and Simipour mention how these Scarfers can still outspeed Lairon after a boost, so Meganium, Dustox, and Servine make great partners. Lairon also does very well on offensive teams looking for resists to Persian and Furfrou for their frailer teammates like Pikachu, Butterfree, and Swoobat.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Hone Claws is an option to boost Lairon into better KO ranges and give Head Smash perfect accuracy, although it's not a very viable option because it takes an extra turn of setup and drops an important coverage slot. Jolly nature is an option to ensure Lairon outspeeds the likes of Swoobat at +2 and other Pokemon who prefer to creep the 179 Speed benchmark like Vibrava. Generally, Jolly nature isn't worth the loss in power.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bronzor**: All of Lairon's sets are completely walled by Bronzor. Elaborate on how Bronzor beats Lairon back

**Bulky Ground-types**: Vibrava can shrug off hits from Lairon, remove its Stealth Rocks. and threaten it back with STAB Earthquake. Marshstomp and Hippopotas can take hits easily and set up their own Stealth Rocks. Although, they all have to be weary of Lairon carrying Toxic.

**Fast Revenge Killers**: Lairon has a hard time, outside of its Rock Polish set, dealing with revenge killers like Krokorok and Simipour, which can OHKO it. Electabuzz, Magmar, and Vanilluxe typically carry coverage moves that also OHKOes Lairon. Even its Rock Polish set struggles to avoid being revenge killed by most Choice Scarf users, and Swoobat who carry Hidden Power Ground.

**Bulky Attackers**: A good portion of the tier can switch in once and threaten to kill back with a super effective move such as Pignite, Politoed, and Dragon Dance Scraggy.

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

 

[sleid]

implemented! ready for GP Team

 

[SolarBeam]

1/1, GP Team done

the smasher

blue = add
red = remove
(orange) = comment

[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Head Smash
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Heavy Slam
item: Eviolite
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Lairon is a threatening cleaner with its access to Rock Polish to let it outspeed the entire unboosted tier, a powerful Rock-type STAB move in Head Smash, and a solid defensive profile. Head Smash comes with no drawback with its Lairon's Rock Head ability as well as and OHKOes most offensive targets like Simisage, Frogadier, and Sawsbuck. Superpower is for coverage into against Pokemon that resist Head Smash like Scraggy, Klang, and opposing Lairon. Heavy Slam is for coverage to OHKO Carbink (RC) and heavily chip damage Vibrava, and it is also a solid midground move into against most switch-ins.

Lairon does well on balance and offense teams looking for an endgame cleaner. Wallbreakers like Krokorok, Pignite, and Scraggy are all appreciated by Lairon, since they can help give it an easier time getting get (unnecessarily wordy) through physical walls that stifle it like Vibrava and Bronzor. Entry hazard setters like Marshtomp, Quilladin, and Whirlipede all are appreciated for helping to put foes into easier better KO ranges; (ASC) like for example, physically defensive Swalot goes from a 3HKO being 3HKOed to a 2HKO being 2HKOed after Stealth Rocks Rock, and Electabuzz turns goes from a 2HKO into OHKO being 2HKOed to being OHKOed after Stealth Rocks Rock and a Spike layer of Spikes. Lairon likes being paired with teammates who that can switch into common Choice Scarf users like Frogadier and Simipour, (AC) since it fails to outspeed some of them like Frogadier and Simipour (better to put the examples right after the category instead of a reference to the category) even after a Rock Polish, so Meganium, Dustox, and Servine make great partners. Lairon also does very well on offensive teams looking for resists a check to Persian and Furfrou for their frailer teammates like Pikachu, Butterfree, and Swoobat.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Hone Claws is an option to boost provide Lairon into better KO ranges and give Head Smash perfect accuracy, although it's not a very viable option because it takes an extra turn of setup and drops makes Lairon drop an important coverage slot. Running a Jolly nature is an option to ensure Lairon outspeeds the likes of Swoobat and other Pokemon that prefer to creep the 179 Speed benchmark at +2 and other Pokemon who prefer to creep the 179 Speed benchmark like Vibrava. Generally However (contrasting, want a transition that expresses such), a Jolly nature generally isn't worth the loss in power.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Bronzor**: All of Lairon's sets are completely walled by Bronzor and gets get chipped down by Psywave.

**Bulky Ground-types**: Vibrava can shrug off hits from Lairon, remove its Stealth Rocks Rock, (replaced period with comma) and threaten it back with STAB Earthquake. Marshstomp and Hippopotas can also take hits easily and set up their own Stealth Rocks Rock. Although However (although isn't a transition word like however), they all have to be weary wary of Lairon carrying Toxic.

**Fast Revenge Killers**: Lairon has a hard time, outside of its Rock Polish set, dealing with revenge killers like Krokorok and Simipour, which can OHKO it. Electabuzz, Magmar, and Vanilluxe typically carry coverage moves that also OHKOes OHKO Lairon. Even its Rock Polish set struggles to avoid being revenge killed by most Choice Scarf users, and as well as Swoobat who that carry Hidden Power Ground.

**Bulky Attackers**: A good portion of the tier, such as Pignite, Politoed, and Dragon Dance Scraggy, can switch in on Lairon once and threaten to kill back revenge kill it with a super effective move such as Pignite, Politoed, and Dragon Dance Scraggy.

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

 

[sleid]

implemented, ty SolarBeam for all your work