OU Choice Specs Gholdengo

[Dreadfury]

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing, high damage output, and good utility movepool. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest viable attack, OHKOing Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail. Shadow Ball offers great coverage, hitting foes that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo. Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves. Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game, and it can be freely used once Gholdengo lands Trick and loses its Choice Specs. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire with a Choice lock, consequently making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost typing, turning its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain—which becomes so ludicrously strong, it even 2HKOes Clodsire—while preserving the Steel type's great defensive profile. Also, keeping Steel while removing Gholdengo's Ghost and Dark weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo.

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, punching holes for an array of sweepers later in the game, and these teams' stronger defensive backbones give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks, like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave and Shadow Ball from Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and opposing Gholdengo. It can also force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind, giving Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. In return, Gholdengo can block Rapid Spin and Defog to ensure that Ting-Lu's entry hazards remain active, and it handles threats like Breloom and Iron Valiant, which Ting-Lu struggles against. Other hazard setters like Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora similarly appreciate Gholdengo's blocking of all forms of hazard removal. Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Gholdengo, which can deal with attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner, while Roaring Moon can handle Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth. Choice Specs Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically bulky foes like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Swords Dance Iron Valiant can handle Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult for Gholdengo, while Gholdengo can wear down or eliminate Unaware Skeledirge and Dondozo to let Iron Valiant sweep. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks, like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill, with their solid coverage. Hisuian Zoroark in particular is an excellent teammate: it shares Gholdengo's access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets with Illusion, provides a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks, and has a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard. For facing Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark is immune to Ghost while Gholdengo resists Dragon, and both can OHKO Dragapult if it incorrectly predicts which Pokemon it's facing.

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[SetsuSetsuna]

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QC 1/2 after implemented. There's a fair bit of notes but most stuff is straightforward. Thank you!

Dreadfury, post: 9590787, member: 408271

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker at disrupting more balanced teams thanks to its great typing, high damage output, and good utility movepool, and excellent ability. (I removed this part since it made much else with the wallbreaking part) Make it Rain eliminates Garganacl, hits Scream Tail and Great Tusk harder than Shadow Ball, is its only option to deal with Zoroark-Hisui, and is generally Gholdengo's strongest neutral attack. (This part reads a bit weird. What if we try something like this: "Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB attack able to nail OHKOs on Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail". This should cover it pretty well.) Shadow Ball offers great neutral coverage by hitting Fire-, Water-, and Steel-types that resist Make it Rain while eliminating opposing Gholdengo. (This is a bit of type chart. Opposing Gholdengo is also a Steel-type. Maybe we can try "Pokemon that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo.") Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves, and alongside Tera Fighting hits hard enough to muscle past Ting-Lu, Corviknight, and Roaring Moon. (This is mentioned below so we can remove it rom here) Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game and has excellent synergy with Trick (Maybe instead directly mention that it can be used freely after Gholdengo has tricked its Choice Specs). Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire by forcing them into a Choice-lock, consequently making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost/Steel (You are not using this part here so we can remove it) typing by it to turn its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain while preserving the Steel-type's great defensive profile, as removing Gholdengo's Ghost- and Dark-type weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo. (Here you can mention one of the truly absurds calcs Tera Steel has in that it 2HKOs Clodsire even if its Water Absorb)

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, as the holes it can punch can open up an array of sweepers later in the game while the teams' stronger defensive backbones can give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave, Shadow Balls from Dragapult, Zoroark-Hisui, and opposing Gholdengo, and can force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind to give Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. (Here you may add how Gholdengo in return helps keep this hazards up and its able to help deal with some Pokemon problematic for Ting-Lu such as Breloom and Iron Valiant) Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Choice Specs Gholdengo, as it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to deal with Fairy-, Dragon-, Ice-, and Fighting-type (No need for this part as is just type chart and the examples clearly pretty well) attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner while handling Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth (Try to make it a bit more clear that Roaring Moon is the one taking these attacks and not Gholdengo). Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically-bulky opponents like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Iron Valiant can utilize its great mixed coverage to wear down the aforementioned physically-bulky opponents, and with a Choice Scarf or Booster Energy can sweep once Gholdengo wears down or removes threats like Scream Tail and Corviknight. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Zoroark-Hisui pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill with their solid coverage. Zoroark-Hisui in particular is an excellent teammate, as it can use Illusion and (I dont think this is particularly relevant here unless you have an example of the interaction) their shared access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets while providing a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks and a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard.

You may also reword the hazards part on Ting-Lu so that it includes hazard support from oher Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora. You can add Swords Dance Iron Valiant being able to handle faster threats such as Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult that may cause Gholdengo problem.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Dreadfury, 408271]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
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[Dreadfury]

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QC 1/2 after implemented. There's a fair bit of notes but most stuff is straightforward. Thank you!

Dreadfury, post: 9590787, member: 408271

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker at disrupting more balanced teams thanks to its great typing, high damage output, and good utility movepool, and excellent ability. (I removed this part since it made much else with the wallbreaking part) Make it Rain eliminates Garganacl, hits Scream Tail and Great Tusk harder than Shadow Ball, is its only option to deal with Zoroark-Hisui, and is generally Gholdengo's strongest neutral attack. (This part reads a bit weird. What if we try something like this: "Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB attack able to nail OHKOs on Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail". This should cover it pretty well.) Shadow Ball offers great neutral coverage by hitting Fire-, Water-, and Steel-types that resist Make it Rain while eliminating opposing Gholdengo. (This is a bit of type chart. Opposing Gholdengo is also a Steel-type. Maybe we can try "Pokemon that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo.") Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves, and alongside Tera Fighting hits hard enough to muscle past Ting-Lu, Corviknight, and Roaring Moon. (This is mentioned below so we can remove it rom here) Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game and has excellent synergy with Trick (Maybe instead directly mention that it can be used freely after Gholdengo has tricked its Choice Specs). Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire by forcing them into a Choice-lock, consequently making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost/Steel (You are not using this part here so we can remove it) typing by it to turn its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain while preserving the Steel-type's great defensive profile, as removing Gholdengo's Ghost- and Dark-type weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo. (Here you can mention one of the truly absurds calcs Tera Steel has in that it 2HKOs Clodsire even if its Water Absorb)

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, as the holes it can punch can open up an array of sweepers later in the game while the teams' stronger defensive backbones can give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave, Shadow Balls from Dragapult, Zoroark-Hisui, and opposing Gholdengo, and can force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind to give Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. (Here you may add how Gholdengo in return helps keep this hazards up and its able to help deal with some Pokemon problematic for Ting-Lu such as Breloom and Iron Valiant) Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Choice Specs Gholdengo, as it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to deal with Fairy-, Dragon-, Ice-, and Fighting-type (No need for this part as is just type chart and the examples clearly pretty well) attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner while handling Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth (Try to make it a bit more clear that Roaring Moon is the one taking these attacks and not Gholdengo). Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically-bulky opponents like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Iron Valiant can utilize its great mixed coverage to wear down the aforementioned physically-bulky opponents, and with a Choice Scarf or Booster Energy can sweep once Gholdengo wears down or removes threats like Scream Tail and Corviknight. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Zoroark-Hisui pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill with their solid coverage. Zoroark-Hisui in particular is an excellent teammate, as it can use Illusion and (I dont think this is particularly relevant here unless you have an example of the interaction) their shared access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets while providing a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks and a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard.

You may also reword the hazards part on Ting-Lu so that it includes hazard support from oher Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora. You can add Swords Dance Iron Valiant being able to handle faster threats such as Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult that may cause Gholdengo problem.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Dreadfury, 408271]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

All implemented! For the Illusion example I opted to explain how an H-Zoroark disguised as Gholdengo forces Dragapult to be very careful with its STABs, since a Ghost move into a disguised H-Zoroark or a Dragon move into Gholdengo will get it KOed, since that's a realistic enough use case for that core.

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing, high damage output and good utility movepool. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB attack able to nail OHKOs on Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail. Shadow Ball offers great coverage, hitting opponents that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo . Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves. Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game and can be freely used once Gholdengo has Tricked away its Choice Specs. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire by forcing them into a Choice-lock, consequently making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost typing by turning its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain while preserving the Steel-type's great defensive profile, as removing Gholdengo's Ghost- and Dark-type weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo. With the boost from Tera Steel, Make it Rain's damage output is so ludicrously high that even Water Absorb Clodsire is 2HKOed by it. Forgive me if I'm missing something, but why does specifying Water Absorb matter here? It doesn't change the calc at all.

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, as the holes it can punch can open up an array of sweepers later in the game while the teams' stronger defensive backbones can give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave, Shadow Balls from Dragapult, Zoroark-Hisui, and opposing Gholdengo, and can force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind to give Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. In return, Gholdengo can block Rapid Spin and Defog to ensure that Ting-Lu's entry hazards remain active and handles threats like Breloom and Iron Valiant, which Ting-Lu struggles against. Other entry hazards like Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora similarly appreciate Gholdengo's ability to block all forms of hazard removal. Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Choice Specs Gholdengo, as it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to deal with attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner, while Roaring Moon can handle Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth. Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically-bulky opponents like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Iron Valiant can utilize its great mixed coverage to wear down the aforementioned physically-bulky opponents, Does this matter in specific regards to Gholdengo? and with a Choice Scarf or Booster Energy can sweep once Gholdengo wears down or removes threats like Scream Tail and Corviknight. Swords Dance Iron Valiant can handle Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult for Gholdengo, while Gholdengo can wear down or eliminate Unaware Skeledirge and Dondozo to let Iron Valiant sweep. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Zoroark-Hisui pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill with their solid coverage. Zoroark-Hisui in particular is an excellent teammate, as it shares Gholdengo's access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets while providing a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks and a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard. Zoroark-Hisui's Illusion can prove very useful against Dragapult if it disguises itself as Gholdengo; Zoroark-H is immune to Ghost-type attacks while Gholdengo resists Dragon-type attacks, and both can OHKO Dragapult in retaliation if it predicts incorrectly.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Dreadfury, 408271]]
- Quality checked by: [[setsusetsuna, 548068], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2 when implemented, thankz

 

[Dreadfury]

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2/2 when implemented, thankz

All implemented! This is ready for the folks over at the GP Team now!

Forgive me if I'm missing something, but why does specifying Water Absorb matter here? It doesn't change the calc at all.

SetsuSetsuna probably suggested Water Absorb specifically because Tera Steel Make it Rain is so strong that, even factoring in the move's SpA drop, it can take out Clodsire. It's still a 2HKO regardless, but it's a lot more impressive when it's a 66% hit into a 44% hit than if it's just two hits for 50%.

Nevertheless, I completely see why mentioning it could be redundant, so I scrapped it as per your suggestion.

 

[Lunaflare]

amcheck implement what you want, just gonna point out a few things
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Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing, high damage output, (AC) and good utility movepool. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB attack, (AC) OHKOing able to nail OHKOs on Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail.

(first sentence. fixed a missing is, added a serial comma, and cut out a bit of fluff)

Shadow Ball offers great coverage, hitting opponents that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo.

(there was an extra space before the period so i fixed that here)

(my allergies are annoying me and i'm tired so i think i'll leave it like this until an official checker comes up)

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing, high damage output, and good utility movepool. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB viable attack, OHKOing Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail. Shadow Ball offers great coverage, hitting opponents foes that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo. (removed space before period) Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves. Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game, (AC) and it can be freely used once Gholdengo has Tricked away lands Trick and loses its Choice Specs. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire by forcing them into a Choice-lock, consequently with a Choice lock, making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost typing, (AC) by turning its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain—which becomes so ludicrously strong, it even 2HKOes Clodsire—while preserving the Steel type's (removed hyphen) great defensive profile, as profile. Also, keeping Steel but (I imagine this makes sense in context?) removing Gholdengo's Ghost- and Dark-type Ghost and Dark weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo. With the boost from Tera Steel, Make it Rain's damage output is so ludicrously high that even Clodsire is 2HKOed by it.

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, as the holes it can punch can open up punching holes for an array of sweepers later in the game while the game, and these teams' stronger defensive backbones can give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks, (AC) like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave (RC) and Shadow Balls Ball from Dragapult, Zoroark-Hisui, Hisuian Zoroark, and opposing Gholdengo, and can Gholdengo. It can also force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind to give Whirlwind, giving Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. In return, Gholdengo can block Rapid Spin and Defog to ensure that Ting-Lu's entry hazards remain active, (AC) and it handles threats like Breloom and Iron Valiant, which Ting-Lu struggles against. Other entry hazards hazard setters like Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora similarly appreciate Gholdengo's ability to block Gholdengo blocking all forms of hazard removal. Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Choice Specs Gholdengo, as it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to which can deal with attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner, while Roaring Moon can handle Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth. Choice Specs Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically-bulky opponents physically bulky foes like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Swords Dance Iron Valiant can handle Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult for Gholdengo, while Gholdengo can wear down or eliminate Unaware Skeledirge and Dondozo to let Iron Valiant sweep. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks, (AC) like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill, (AC) with their solid coverage. Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark in particular is an excellent teammate, as teammate: it shares Gholdengo's access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets while providing sets with Illusion, provides a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks, (AC) and has a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard. Zoroark-Hisui's Illusion can prove very useful against Dragapult if it disguises itself as Gholdengo; Zoroark-H is immune For facing Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark is immune to Ghost-type attacks while Gholdengo resists Dragon-type attacks, Ghost, while Gholdengo resists Dragon, and both can OHKO Dragapult in retaliation if it predicts incorrectly. if it incorrectly predicts which Pokemon it's facing.

[CREDITS] (remember new credits format and to add me)
- Written by: [[Dreadfury, 408271]]
- Quality checked by: [[setsusetsuna, 548068], [chimp, 197439]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP Team done

 

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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Make it Rain
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Focus Blast / Recover
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
tera type: Fighting / Steel
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Gholdengo is an excellent wallbreaker thanks to its great typing, high damage output, and good utility movepool. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB viable attack, OHKOing Pokemon like Garganacl, Hisuian Zoroark, Great Tusk, and Scream Tail. Shadow Ball offers great coverage, hitting opponents foes that resist Make It Rain such as Toxapex, Corviknight, Rotom-W, Slowking, Skeledirge, and opposing Gholdengo. (removed space before period) Focus Blast offers crucial coverage against Kingambit, which resists both of Gholdengo's STAB moves. Recover, on the other hand, can keep Gholdengo healthy throughout the game, (AC) and it can be freely used once Gholdengo has Tricked away lands Trick and loses its Choice Specs. Trick allows Gholdengo to cripple special walls like Clodsire by forcing them into a Choice-lock, consequently with a Choice lock, making them much easier to wear down or pivot around throughout the game. Tera Fighting has excellent synergy with Gholdengo's Ghost typing, (AC) by turning its weakness to Dark-type attacks like Kingambit's Sucker Punch into a resistance, and the STAB boost to Focus Blast greatly helps in dealing with Ting-Lu and Roaring Moon, which can otherwise check Gholdengo if they remain healthy. Tera Steel is a valid alternative that dramatically powers up Make it Rain—which becomes so ludicrously strong, it even 2HKOes Clodsire—while preserving the Steel type's (removed hyphen) great defensive profile, as profile. Also, keeping Steel but (I imagine this makes sense in context?) removing Gholdengo's Ghost- and Dark-type Ghost and Dark weaknesses can prove useful against Dragapult, Meowscarada, and opposing Gholdengo. With the boost from Tera Steel, Make it Rain's damage output is so ludicrously high that even Clodsire is 2HKOed by it.

Choice Specs Gholdengo's immediate power and valuable defensive utility give it a solid place on an array of bulkier offensive teams, as the holes it can punch can open up punching holes for an array of sweepers later in the game while the game, and these teams' stronger defensive backbones can give Gholdengo more opportunities to come in and hit hard. Ting-Lu can sponge Ghost- and Dark-type attacks, (AC) like Kingambit's Kowtow Cleave (RC) and Shadow Balls Ball from Dragapult, Zoroark-Hisui, Hisuian Zoroark, and opposing Gholdengo, and can Gholdengo. It can also force progress with entry hazard damage alongside Whirlwind to give Whirlwind, giving Gholdengo an easier time breaking past teams' defensive cores. In return, Gholdengo can block Rapid Spin and Defog to ensure that Ting-Lu's entry hazards remain active, (AC) and it handles threats like Breloom and Iron Valiant, which Ting-Lu struggles against. Other entry hazards hazard setters like Great Tusk, Garchomp, and Glimmora similarly appreciate Gholdengo's ability to block Gholdengo blocking all forms of hazard removal. Roaring Moon also has great synergy with Choice Specs Gholdengo, as it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to which can deal with attacks like Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Close Combat, Hatterene's Dazzling Gleam, Baxcalibur's STAB moves, and Great Tusk's Close Combat and Ice Spinner, while Roaring Moon can handle Fire-type attacks from Volcarona and Iron Moth. Choice Specs Gholdengo's high immediate power puts a great deal of pressure on physically-bulky opponents physically bulky foes like Garganacl, Skeledirge, and Dondozo, which can open up opportunities for Roaring Moon to sweep unimpaired. Swords Dance Iron Valiant can handle Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Dragapult for Gholdengo, while Gholdengo can wear down or eliminate Unaware Skeledirge and Dondozo to let Iron Valiant sweep. Faster Ghost-types like Dragapult and Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark pair well with Gholdengo, as they can wear down and eventually overwhelm their shared checks, (AC) like Ting-Lu and Assault Vest Azumarill, (AC) with their solid coverage. Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark in particular is an excellent teammate, as teammate: it shares Gholdengo's access to Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, and Nasty Plot to bluff numerous Gholdengo sets while providing sets with Illusion, provides a crucial Ghost immunity to deter opposing Ghost-type attacks, (AC) and has a much better Speed stat to catch opponents off-guard. Zoroark-Hisui's Illusion can prove very useful against Dragapult if it disguises itself as Gholdengo; Zoroark-H is immune For facing Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark is immune to Ghost-type attacks while Gholdengo resists Dragon-type attacks, Ghost, while Gholdengo resists Dragon, and both can OHKO Dragapult in retaliation if it predicts incorrectly. if it incorrectly predicts which Pokemon it's facing.

[CREDITS] (remember new credits format and to add me)
- Written by: [[Dreadfury, 408271]]
- Quality checked by: [[setsusetsuna, 548068], [chimp, 197439]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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And with that, Specs Gholdengo is now done and ready for upload! Thank you, everyone!