Gen 5 [ZU] Rock Polish Solrock [DONE]

[Gangsta Spongebob]

[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Acrobatics
item: Flying Gem
ability: Levitate
nature: Adamant Nature
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Rock Polish and high Attack make Solrock an effective sweeper, while its typing combined with Levitate let it set up on common offensive foes like Persian, Muk, and Emolga. EdgeQuake threatens the majority of the tier for significant damage. Flying Gem combined with Acrobatics gives Solrock the means to threaten EdgeQuake's best switch-ins, namely Grass-types like Leafeon and Fighting-types like Mienfoo.

Solrock best fits on offensive teams looking for a cleaner. Solrock struggles the most against physical walls that don't mind its coverage, like physically defensive Clefairy, Wormadam-S, and physically defensive Solrock. Thus, checks to them, like special wallbreakers such as Simisear, or stallbreakers such as Grumpig, are essential partners. Some physically bulky Grass-types like Meganium and Ivysaur can tank a Flying Gem-boosted Acrobatics at full health, so teammates that can handle them like Muk and the aforementioned Simisear are also needed. These Grass-types are also great partners to Solrock, as they check Water-types like Whiscash and Kingler, which can tank whatever attacks Solrock throws at them.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
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Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/adeleine.517429/

 

[UT]

Split, QC, GP Team

 

[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Rock Polish
move 1: Rock Polish
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Acrobatics
item: Flying Gem
ability: Levitate
nature: Adamant Nature
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Rock Polish, high Attack, and great defensive traits make Solrock an effective sweeper, with it able to set up on top offensive foes like Persian, Muk, and Emolga (could you elaborate a bit on the defensive traits, eg "through its good resistances and Levitate" if that is appropriate). EdgeQuake threatens the majority of the tier for significant damage. Flying Gem combined with Acrobatics provide Solrock with gives Solrock the means to threaten EdgeQuake's best switch-ins, namely Grass-types like Leafeon and Fighting-types like Mienfoo.

Solrock best fits on offensive teams looking for an endgame cleaner. Solrock struggles the most against physical walls that don't mind its coverage, like physically defensive Clefairy, Wormadam-T, Wormadam-S, and physically defensive Solrock. Thus, checks to them, like special wallbreakers such as Simisear, or stallbreakers such as Grumpig, are essential partners. Some physically bulky Grass-types like Meganium and Ivysaur can tank a Flying Gem-boosted Acrobatics at full health, so teammates that can handle them like Muk and the aforementioned Simisear are also needed. These Grass-types are also great partners to it, Solrock, as they check Water-types like Whiscash and Kingler, which can tank whatever attacks Solrock uses throws at them.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/mirbro.451786/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/adeleine.517429/

GP Team done

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Implemented and ready for upload!

 

[Tuthur]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/bw/pokemon/solrock/zu/