I have been unsure of whether a bunch of things are okay or not, so here they are dumped into one post
1. "Base 100s" shows up a lot, particularly in set details ("x Speed EVs let y outspeed base 100s such as z"). Is this acceptable, or should it always be changed to "base 100 Speed Pokemon"? I have seen some people leave it and others change it, so I don't know... on one hand, "base 100 Speed Pokemon" is never wrong and is less informal, but if you use that then "speed" shows up three times minimum in the sentence, which I guess could be a lot.
2. The boost itself is called STAB, and the moves are called STAB moves, but is "STABs" okay if it's being used like "Yanmega's STABs are Bug and Flying" or "Terrakion's STABs have good coverage"? I've seen some people say this is fine, but I'm always unsure, so I try to change it to STAB types or STAB moves to be safe. Also, is "dual STAB" (like, "Klinklang resists Jumpluff's dual STAB") fine?
3. Is ", and is/has/can/etc." acceptable? For example, "Feraligatr has access to Swords Dance, and is a good wallbreaker" or "Heracross has a good Attack stat, and can absorb status thanks to Guts". I thought that these should always be changed to either "Feraligatr has access to Swords Dance and is a good wallbreaker" or "Feraligatr has access to Swords Dance, and it is a good wallbreaker" (although the first one is usually better), but checks seem to be pretty divided on this issue.
4. I wrote up a big explanation about this one
here. When talking about luring things in general English, we say stuff like "fishermen lure in fish with bait" or "mousetraps lure in mice with cheese". So the pattern is [something that traps/kills the target] lures in [target] with [something the target likes]. However, I have seen sentences such as "Scizor lures in Heatran with Superpower" here many times. Using the pattern as a key, it sounds like the sentence is saying that Heatran switches in because it likes getting hit by Superpower, which is pretty much the opposite of what it should be. I have tried to think of explanations for this and here are the results. So, what's happening here?
A: "lure" has a different meaning in Pokemon
B: I'm overthinking this
C: both A and B
D: it should always be changed to "Scizor lures in and KOes Heatran with Superpower" (or some other solution?)
would appreciate insight on any of these. thanks!