Gen 6 [ORAS] Lairon Choice Band [DONE]

[sleid]

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Head Smash
move 2: Heavy Slam
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Iron Head / Shadow Claw / Toxic
item: Choice Band
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Lairon is a powerful wallbreaker, capable of 2HKOing many physical walls and naturally bulky Pokemon such as Swalot, Meganium, and Vibrava. With Choice Band, Head Smash would-be 3HKOs on physical defensive Dusclops and Bulk Up Scraggy become safe 2HKOs after Stealth Rock damage. Heavy Slam is the preferred Steel-type STAB move because it hits Vibrava than harder Iron Head. Superpower is strong coverage against Klang and opposing Lairon. Iron Head is one of the better last slot options because it's a safer click against heavier targets like Swalot and Gigalith than a move that has a chance to miss in Head Smash or has a drawback of dropping Lairon's stats in Superpower. Shadow Claw is an alternative to give Lairon a way to actually damage Bronzor, however, it's still only a 3HKO and isn't very strong against other targets. Toxic is an option to take down Gourgeist-L and Vibrava, which can otherwise safely heal off damage from Lairon and threaten it back with Will-O-Wisp and Earthquake, respectively.

Lairon is best on offensively oriented teams that are looking for a physical wallbreaker to clear the path for physical sweepers such as Scraggy, Huntail, and Klang. Lairon appreciates being paired with slower pivots like Dustox and Vibrava, which bring it into favorable matchups against their common switch-ins like Ivysaur and Jumpluff. Offensive checks to Bronzor such as Scraggy and Krokorok are important, as Lairon finds it almost impossible to break it. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Marshstomp, Krokorok, and Carbink is very helpful for getting Pokemon such as bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou into favorable KO ranges for Lairon. Paralysis support from the likes of Servine and Duosion is greatly appreciated, since it can slow down threats that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO Lairon like Pignite and Simipour.

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[Jett]

qc 1/2

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Head Smash
move 2: Heavy Slam
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Iron Head / Shadow Claw / Toxic
item: Choice Band
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Lairon powerful breaker, capable of 2HKOing many physical walls and naturally bulky Pokemon such as Swalot, Meganium, and Vibrava. Head Smash is an extremely powerful STAB move without any drawback due to its Rock Head ability. With the Choice Band, would be 3HKOes on Physical Dusclops and Bulk Up Scraggy into safe 2HKOes after Stealth Rock damage. Heavy Slam is the preferred/required Steel-type STAB move because it does a lot more damage into Vibrava than Iron Head does. Superpower is strong coverage into Klang and opposing Lairon. Iron Head is one of the better last slot options because it's a safer click into heavier targets like Gigalith and Swalot, without having to use a move that has a chance to miss in Head Smash or that has a drawback of dropping your stats in Superpower. (Shouldn't the order of drawbacks be switched because you'd Superpower Gigalith and Head Smash Swalot) Shadow Claw is an alternative to give Lairon a way to actually damage Bronzor, however, it's still only a 3HKO and isn't very strong into other targets. Toxic is an option to take down Gourgeist-Large, who otherwise can safely heal off Head Smash damage until it runs out of PP.

Lairon is best on offensive styled teams that are looking for a physical breaker to clear the path for physical sweepers such as Scraggy, Huntail, and Klang. Lairon appreciates being paired with pivots like Persian and Furfrou in order to give Lairon favorable matchups into Pokemon that would usually be brought in against them, such as Carbink and Gigalith. (While agree pivots are a great way to get Lairon in, offensive Carbink can outpace and OHKO with Earth Power, while depending on spread Gigalith can tank a U-turn from the normal-type and an attack from lairon and KO Lairon with EQ or Superpower. At least one less situational example of a pivot like a special attacking one to lure in a Dustox or something would be nice to have here) Offensive checks to Bronzor such as Scraggy and Krokorok are important as Lairon finds it almost impossible to break it. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Marshstomp, Krokorok, and Carbink are very helpful for getting Pokemon into favorable KO ranges for Lairon such as Bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou.

Good job, I forgor I had one of these lol.

 

[sleid]

ty for the qc, implemented. ready for qc 2

 

[5Dots]

QC 2/2, fantastic job

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Head Smash
move 2: Heavy Slam
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Iron Head / Shadow Claw / Toxic
item: Choice Band
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Lairon powerful breaker, capable of 2HKOing many physical walls and naturally bulky Pokemon such as Swalot, Meganium, and Vibrava. Head Smash is an extremely powerful STAB move without any drawback due to its Rock Head ability. With the Choice Band, would be 3HKOes on Physical Dusclops and Bulk Up Scraggy into safe 2HKOes after Stealth Rock damage. Heavy Slam is the preferred/required Steel-type STAB move because it does a lot more damage into Vibrava than Iron Head does. Superpower is strong coverage into Klang and opposing Lairon. Iron Head is one of the better last slot options because it's a safer click into heavier targets like Swalot and Gigalith, without having to use a move that has a chance to miss in Head Smash or that has a drawback of dropping your stats in Superpower. Shadow Claw is an alternative to give Lairon a way to actually damage Bronzor, however, it's still only a 3HKO and isn't very strong into other targets. Toxic is an option to take down Gourgeist-Large also mention Vibrava, since most Vibrava outspeeds Lairon and can spam Roost, who otherwise can safely heal off Head Smash damage until it runs out of PP.

Lairon is best on offensive styled teams that are looking for a physical breaker to clear the path for physical sweepers such as Scraggy, Huntail, and Klang. Lairon appreciates being paired with slower pivots like Dustox and Vibrava, bringing Lairon into favorable matchups into their common switch-ins like Ivysaur and Jumpluff. Offensive checks to Bronzor such as Scraggy and Krokorok are important as Lairon finds it almost impossible to break it. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Marshstomp, Krokorok, and Carbink are very helpful for getting Pokemon into favorable KO ranges for Lairon such as Bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou. Can also mention paralysis support from Servine and defensive Duosion since Lairon is slow and can make it even harder for foes to switch into it

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

 

[sleid]

ready for GP Team

 

[adorluigi]

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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Head Smash
move 2: Heavy Slam
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Iron Head / Shadow Claw / Toxic
item: Choice Band
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Lairon is a powerful breaker, capable of 2HKOing many physical walls and naturally bulky Pokemon such as Swalot, Meganium, and Vibrava. Head Smash is an extremely powerful STAB move without any recoil drawback (80% accuracy though) due to its Lairon's Rock Head ability. With the Choice Band, wouldbe would-be 3HKOes 3HKOs on Physical physically defensive Dusclops and Bulk Up Scraggy into become safe 2HKOes 2HKOs after Stealth Rock damage. Heavy Slam is the preferred/required Steel-type STAB move because it does a lot more damage into it hits Vibrava harder than Iron Head does. Superpower is strong coverage into Klang and opposing Lairon. Iron Head is one of the better last slot options because it's a safer click into heavier targets like Swalot and Gigalith,(remove comma) without having to use a move that has a chance to miss in Head Smash or that has a drawback of dropping your Lairon's stats in Superpower. Shadow Claw is an alternative to give Lairon a way to actually damage Bronzor;, however, it's still only a 3HKO and isn't very strong into other targets. Toxic is an option to take down Gourgeist-Large Gourgeist-L and Vibrava, which can otherwise safely heal off damage from Lairon Lairon's damage and threaten back with Will-O-Wisp and Earthquake, respectively.

Lairon is best on offensive styled offensively oriented teams that are looking for a physical breaker to clear the path for physical sweepers such as Scraggy, Huntail, and Klang. Lairon appreciates being paired with slower pivots like Dustox and Vibrava, bringing which bring Lairon into favorable matchups into their common switch-ins like Ivysaur and Jumpluff. Offensive checks to Bronzor such as Scraggy and Krokorok are important,(comma) as Lairon finds it almost impossible to break it. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Marshstomp, Krokorok, and Carbink are is very helpful for getting Pokemon such as bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou into favorable KO ranges for Lairon such as Bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou. Paralysis support from the likes of Servine and Duosion are is greatly appreciated since they it can slow down threats that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO Lairon like Pignite and Simipour.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/jett.226429/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
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edit: accidentally called it aggron lmao

 

[Rose]

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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Head Smash
move 2: Heavy Slam
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Iron Head / Shadow Claw / Toxic
item: Choice Band
ability: Rock Head
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Lairon is a powerful breaker, wallbreaker capable of 2HKOing many physical walls and naturally bulky Pokemon such as Swalot, Meganium, and Vibrava. Head Smash is an extremely powerful STAB move without any recoil drawback (80% accuracy though) due to its Lairon's Rock Head ability. (is the Head Smash sentence really necessary?) With the Choice Band, wouldbe would-be 3HKOes 3HKOs on Physical physically defensive Dusclops and Bulk Up Scraggy into become safe 2HKOes 2HKOs after Stealth Rock damage. Heavy Slam is the preferred/required Steel-type STAB move because it does a lot more damage into it hits Vibrava harder than Iron Head does. Superpower is strong coverage into against Klang and opposing Lairon. Iron Head is one of the better last slot options because it's a safer click into against heavier targets like Swalot and Gigalith,(remove comma) without having to use than a move that has a chance to miss in Head Smash or that has a drawback of dropping your Lairon's stats in Superpower. Shadow Claw is an alternative to give Lairon a way to actually damage Bronzor;, however, it's still only a 3HKO and isn't very strong into against other targets. Toxic is an option to take down Gourgeist-Large Gourgeist-L and Vibrava, which can otherwise safely heal off damage from Lairon and threaten it back with Will-O-Wisp and Earthquake, respectively.

Lairon is best on offensive styled offensively oriented teams that are looking for a physical breaker wallbreaker to clear the path for physical sweepers such as Scraggy, Huntail, and Klang. Lairon appreciates being paired with slower pivots like Dustox and Vibrava, bringing which bring Lairon it into favorable matchups into against their common switch-ins like Ivysaur and Jumpluff. Offensive checks to Bronzor such as Scraggy and Krokorok are important,(comma) as Lairon finds it almost impossible to break it. Stealth Rock support from the likes of Marshstomp, Krokorok, and Carbink are is very helpful for getting Pokemon such as bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou into favorable KO ranges for Lairon such as Bulky Servine, Meganium, and Furfrou. Paralysis support from the likes of Servine and Duosion are is greatly appreciated, (comma) since they it can slow down threats that would otherwise outspeed and OHKO Lairon like Pignite and Simipour.

[SET 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:

AM Check

- "Breaker" should be replaced with "wallbreaker" or "stallbreaker" (usually the former).
- "Into" shouldn't be used in place of "against"/"versus".
- The Toxic sentence was missing an it in "threaten it back".
- When "since" is used to mean "because", it should be preceded by a comma. It is not used with a comma when it is being used in a temporal sense.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit adorluigi too!

 

[Theia]

Uploaded, thank you!

https://www.smogon.com/dex/xy/pokemon/lairon/