Is THIS the spring maiden?! (Defensive Corviknight) [Done!]

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Corviknight) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD or 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Brave Bird / Body Press
- Defog / Iron Defense
- U-turn / Iron Defense


[SET COMMENTS]
Corviknight uses its favorful defensive typing, pivoting capabilities, and good matchups against entry hazard setters like Gliscor and Landorus-T to become a good defensive glue for teams that lack strong checks to powerful wallbreakers like Tapu Lele, Kartana, and Weavile while also being able to consistently remove hazards and gain momentum for its team. Brave Bird allows Corviknight to not be completely useless against Pokemon like Volcarona, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. Body Press hits Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar and Ferrothorn for meaningful damage, preventing them from consistently getting hazards up against Corviknight. U-turn is a vital tool, allowing Corviknight to preserve momentum against Pokemon that counter it, such as Raging Bolt and Heatran. Iron Defense can be used over Defog if a team already has hazard removal, and it allows Corviknight to boost alongside Pokemon that could otherwise set up on it like Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor while also boosting the damage output of Body Press to monstrous levels. Iron Defense can also be used over U-turn on stall teams that don’t mind the momentum sink and appreciate Corviknight compressing multiple roles, such as being a check to Mega Gyarados, Mega Mawile, and Tapu Lele; as a Defogger; and as a good wincon. Rocky Helmet is used to punish contact moves from Weavile, Urshifu-R, Landorus-T, and Rillaboom, but Leftovers or Covert Cloak can be used for passive healing or ignoring secondary effects from moves like Tapu Lele’s Psychic and Toxapex’s Scald. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Corviknight to pivot more safely without fearing chip damage from Stealth Rock and more reliably switch in and remove hazards with Defog. Tera Dragon allows Corviknight to gain resistances to Fire- and Electric-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Zapdos while also allowing it to check Ogerpon-W and rain sweepers like Barraskewda and Mega Swampert. The first EV spread allows Corviknight to survive a Swords Dance-boosted Continental Crush from Landorus-T, with the remaining EVs dumped into Special Defense to let Corviknight take on Tapu Lele and Mega Latios a bit better. The second EV spread should be used on Iron Defense variants to outspeed uninvested Heatran. Corviknight mainly fits on balance teams, where Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar appreciate its ability to switch into devastating wallbreakers like the aforementioned Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Rillaboom. Wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Weavile appreciate Corviknight pivoting them in safely against Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Garchomp because of their frailty. A good defensive backbone that can check Pokemon that threaten Corviknight offensively like Volcarona, Heatran, and Raging Bolt is much appreciated, usually consisting of teammates like Gliscor and Toxapex. Corviknight can also fit on stall teams, which contain teammates like Clodsire and Dondozo that help check Tapu Koko and Gouging Fire are found.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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[Ineros]

Ready for QC!

 

[Ineros]

Bumping this since it’s been almost a week

 

[red fintans]

no its not

[SET]
Corviknight @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Covert Cloak
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD
Tera Type: Dragon
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird / Body Press
- Defog / Iron Defense
- U-turn / Iron Defense
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Corviknight uses a favorful defensive typing, pivoting abilities, and good matchups into entry hazard setters like Gliscor and Landrous-T to become good defensive glue for teams that lack strong checks into powerful wallbreakers like Tapu Lele, Kartana, and Weavile while also being able to consistently remove hazards and gain momentum for its team. probably worth mentioning bbird hitting volc zama etc for decent damage, to compare to body press Body Press hits Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar and Ferrothorn for meaningful damage, preventing them from consistently getting hazards against Corviknight. U-turn is a vital tool, preventing Corviknight from losing momentum against Pokemon that threaten it when switched in counter it, such as Raging Bolt and Heatran. Iron Defense can be used over Defog if a team already has hazard removal and allows Corviknight to boost alongside Pokemon that could setup on it otherwise like Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor. Iron Defense can also be used over U-turn on stall teams that don’t mind the momentum sink and appreciate Corviknight compressing multiple roles as a check to Mega Gyarados and the aforementioned Mega Mawile and as a Defogger alike. Body Press should always be used alongside Iron Defense, as the Defense boosts allow Corviknight to become an imposing threat when enough boosts are acquired. Rocky Helmet is used to punish contact moves like Triple Axel from Meowscarada lacking Protective Pads meow is kinda nonexistent u can nuke that, maybe replace with shifu sstrikes and Weavile or U-turn from Landorus-T and Rillaboom, but Leftovers or Covert Cloak can be used for passive healing or ignoring secondary effects from moves like Tapu Lele’s Psychic and Garganacl’s Salt Cure. Tera Dragon allows Corviknight to gain resistances to Fire- and Electric-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Zapdos while also crucially checking Ogerpon-W can mention easier rain mu. The EV spread allows Corviknight to survive a Swords Dance boosted Continental Crush from Landorus-T, with the rest dumped into Special Defense to take on Tapu Lele and Mega Latios a bit better. Corviknight mainly fits on balance teams, which like its ability to switch into devastating wallbreakers like the aforementioned Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Rillaboom, which is appreciated by Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Weavile appreciate Corviknight pivoting them in safely against Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Tornadus-T because of their frailty. A good defensive backbone that can check Pokemon that threaten Corviknight offensively like Volcarona, Heatran, and Raging Bolt is much appreciated, usually consisting of teammates like Gliscor and Toxapex. Corviknight can also fit on stall teams, where teammates like Clodsire and Dondozo that help stuff Tapu Koko and Gouging Fire are found. In return, these types of teams like Corviknight’s role compression as a check to Choice Specs Tapu Lele corv is a bit shaky vs specs, maybe just say lele in general and Mega Mawile and as a Defogger alike.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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[Ineros]

Should be implemented! Ready for QC #2

 

[omarsgarciav]

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Corviknight) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / corvi is relegated to exclusively being a pivot in alot of games + it can't fog infront of tran so boots is good Covert Cloak
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD
Tera Type: Dragon
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird / Body Press
- Defog / Iron Defense
- U-turn / Iron Defense
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Corviknight uses a favorful defensive typing, pivoting abilities, and good matchups into entry hazard setters like Gliscor and Landrous-T to become good defensive glue for teams that lack strong checks into powerful wallbreakers like Tapu Lele, Kartana, and Weavile while also being able to consistently remove hazards and gain momentum for its team. Brave Bird allows Corviknight to not be completely useless into Pokemon like Volcarona, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. Body Press hits Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar and Ferrothorn for meaningful damage, preventing them from consistently getting hazards against Corviknight. U-turn is a vital tool, preventing Corviknight from losing momentum against Pokemon that counter it, such as Raging Bolt and Heatran. Iron Defense can be used over Defog if a team already has hazard removal and allows Corviknight to boost alongside Pokemon that could setup on it otherwise like Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor sd maw is very meh rn and aoa maw outspeeds and 2hkos with fire fang/tpunch, gliscor is a better mention, also should be mentioned that its a good wincon, and that it pp stalls id zama. Iron Defense can also be used over U-turn on stall teams that don’t mind the momentum sink and appreciate Corviknight compressing multiple roles as a check to Mega Gyarados and the aforementioned Mega Mawile and as a Defogger alike its also a good wincon on stall. Body Press should always be used alongside Iron Defense, as the Defense boosts allow Corviknight to become an imposing threat when enough boosts are acquired. this part should be merged with the iron defense part, no need for two sections on a single corvi variant, also idbp corvi should run some speed for like sciz or tran Rocky Helmet is used to punish contact moves like Triple Axel and Suring strikes from Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads and Weavile respectively or U-turn from Landorus-T and Rillaboom, but Leftovers or Covert Cloak can be used for passive healing or ignoring secondary effects from moves like Tapu Lele’s Psychic and Garganacl’s Salt Cure garg can just tera and beat u + if ur bb u do nothing back, latios luster or pex scald are better, also add a small mention of boots. Tera Dragon allows Corviknight to gain resistances to Fire- and Electric-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Zapdos while also crucially checking Ogerpon-W. Tera Dragon also gives the added benefit of helping against rain sweepers like Barraskewda and Mega Swampert. these two sections on tera should be merged The EV spread allows Corviknight to survive a Swords Dance boosted Continental Crush from Landorus-T, with the rest dumped into Special Defense to take on Tapu Lele and Mega Latios a bit better. Corviknight mainly fits on balance teams, which like its ability to switch into devastating wallbreakers like the aforementioned Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Rillaboom, which is appreciated by Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Weavile appreciate Corviknight pivoting them in safely against Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Tornadus-T because of their frailty. A good defensive backbone that can check Pokemon that threaten Corviknight offensively like Volcarona, Heatran, and Raging Bolt is much appreciated, usually consisting of teammates like Gliscor and Toxapex. Corviknight can also fit on stall teams, where teammates like Clodsire and Dondozo that help stuff Tapu Koko and Gouging Fire are found. In return, these types of teams like Corviknight’s role compression as a check to Tapu Lele and Mega Mawile and as a Defogger alike is also a good wincon :).

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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2/2 gj

 

[Ineros]

Thanks Omar and Fintans, GP Team

 

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Corviknight) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD
248 HP / 180 Def / 80 Spe
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD or 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Brave Bird / Body Press
- Defog / Iron Defense
- U-turn / Iron Defense


[SET COMMENTS]
Corviknight uses a favorful utilizes its favorable defensive typing, pivoting abilities capabilities(just to prevent confusion), and good matchups into entry hazard setters like Gliscor and Landrous-T Landorus-T to become a good defensive glue for teams that lack strong checks into powerful wallbreakers like Tapu Lele, Kartana, and Weavile while also being able to consistently remove hazards and gain momentum for its team. Brave Bird allows Corviknight to not be completely useless into Pokemon like Volcarona, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. Body Press hits Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar and Ferrothorn for meaningful damage, preventing them from consistently getting hazards against Corviknight. U-turn is a vital tool, preventing allowing Corviknight from losing to preserve momentum against Pokemon that counter it, such as Raging Bolt and Heatran. Iron Defense can be used over Defog if a team already has hazard removal and allows Corviknight to boost alongside Pokemon that could setup on it otherwise would otherwise set up on it like Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor while also boosting the damage output of Body Press to monstrous levels. Iron Defense can also be used over U-turn on stall teams that don't mind the momentum sink and appreciate Corviknight compressing multiple roles,(comma) such as being a check to Mega Gyarados and Mega Mawile, as a Defogger, and as a good wincon. Rocky Helmet is used to punish contact moves like Triple Axel, U-turn, and Surging Strikes from Weavile, Landorus-T and Rillaboom, and Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads, respectively Triple Axel and Surging strikes from Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads and Weavile respectively or U-turn from Landorus-T and Rillaboom, but Leftovers or Covert Cloak can be used for passive healing or ignoring secondary effects from moves like Tapu Lele's Psychic and Toxapex's Scald. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Corviknight to pivot more safely without fearing chip damage from Stealth Rock, allowing it to more reliably pivot in and remove hazards with Defog. Tera Dragon allows Corviknight to gain resistances to Fire- and Electric-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Zapdos while also allowing Corviknight to check Ogerpon-W along with rain sweepers like Barraskewda and Mega Swampert. The first EV spread allows Corviknight to survive a Swords Dance boosted Swords Dance-boosted Continental Crush from Landorus-T, with the rest remaining EVs dumped into Special Defense to take on Tapu Lele and Mega Latios a bit better, but the .(period) The second EV spread should be used on Iron Defense Variants variants to outspeed uninvested Heatran. Corviknight mainly fits on balance teams, which like appreciate its ability to switch into devastating wallbreakers like the aforementioned Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Rillaboom, which is appreciated by Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Weavile appreciate Corviknight pivoting them in safely against Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Garchomp because of their frailty. A good defensive backbone that can check Pokemon that threaten Corviknight offensively like Volcarona, Heatran, and Raging Bolt is much appreciated, usually consisting of teammates like Gliscor and Toxapex. Corviknight can also fit on stall teams, where which contain teammates like Clodsire and Dondozo that help stuff check(is this what you meant by "stuff"?) Tapu Koko and Gouging Fire.(period) are found. In return, these types of teams like Corviknight's role compression as a check to Tapu Lele and Mega Mawile, as a potential wincon, and as a Defogger alike.(already said this way up in the paragraph)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ineros.658067/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/red-fintans.637479/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/omarsgarciav.526618/
Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Corviknight) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots / Covert Cloak
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD
248 HP / 180 Def / 80 Spe
EVs: 248 HP / 184 Def / 76 SpD or 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Brave Bird / Body Press
- Defog / Iron Defense
- U-turn / Iron Defense

[SET COMMENTS]
Corviknight uses a favorful its favorable defensive typing, pivoting abilities capabilities (just to prevent confusion), and good matchups into against entry hazard setters like Gliscor and Landrous-T Landorus-T to become a good defensive glue for teams that lack strong checks into to powerful wallbreakers like Tapu Lele, Kartana, and Weavile while also being able to consistently remove hazards and gain momentum for its team. Brave Bird allows Corviknight to not be completely useless into against Pokemon like Volcarona, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. Body Press hits Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar and Ferrothorn for meaningful damage, preventing them from consistently getting hazards up against Corviknight. U-turn is a vital tool, preventing allowing Corviknight from losing to preserve momentum against Pokemon that counter it, such as Raging Bolt and Heatran. Iron Defense can be used over Defog if a team already has hazard removal, (comma) and it allows Corviknight to boost alongside Pokemon that could setup on it otherwise otherwise set up on it like Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor while also boosting the damage output of Body Press to monstrous levels. Iron Defense can also be used over U-turn on stall teams that don't mind the momentum sink and appreciate Corviknight compressing multiple roles, (comma) such as being a check to Mega Gyarados and Mega Mawile, as a Defogger, and as a good wincon Gyarados, Mega Mawile, and Tapu Lele; a Defogger; and a good wincon. (added Lele because it's mentioned over Gyarados when you repeat this sentence later on) Rocky Helmet is used to punish contact moves like Triple Axel and Surging strikes from Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads and Weavile respectively or U-turn from Landorus-T and Rillaboom from Pokemon like Weavile, Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads, Landorus-T, and Rillaboom, (does this work? if not just go with "like Triple Axel from Weavile, Surging Strikes from Urshifu-R lacking Protective Pads, and U-turn from Landorus-T and Rillaboom,") but Leftovers or Covert Cloak can be used for passive healing or ignoring secondary effects from moves like Tapu Lele's Psychic and Toxapex's Scald. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Corviknight to pivot more safely without fearing chip damage from Stealth Rock, allowing it to Rock and more reliably pivot switch in and remove hazards with Defog. Tera Dragon allows Corviknight to gain resistances to Fire- and Electric-type attacks from Mega Charizard Y and Zapdos while also allowing Corviknight it to check Ogerpon-W along with and rain sweepers like Barraskewda and Mega Swampert. The first EV spread allows Corviknight to survive a Swords Dance boosted Swords Dance-boosted Continental Crush from Landorus-T, with the rest remaining EVs dumped into Special Defense to let Corviknight take on Tapu Lele and Mega Latios a bit better, but the . (period) The second EV spread should be used on Iron Defense Variants variants to outspeed uninvested Heatran. Corviknight mainly fits on balance teams, which like where Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar appreciate its ability to switch into devastating wallbreakers like the aforementioned Tapu Lele, Garchomp, and Rillaboom, which is appreciated by Pokemon like Toxapex and Mega Tyranitar. Rillaboom. Wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Weavile appreciate Corviknight pivoting them in safely against Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Garchomp because of their frailty. A good defensive backbone that can check Pokemon that threaten Corviknight offensively like Volcarona, Heatran, and Raging Bolt is much appreciated, usually consisting of teammates like Gliscor and Toxapex. Corviknight can also fit on stall teams, where which contain teammates like Clodsire and Dondozo that help stuff check (is this what you meant by "stuff"?) Tapu Koko and Gouging Fire. (period) are found. In return, these types of teams like Corviknight's role compression as a check to Tapu Lele and Mega Mawile, as a potential wincon, and as a Defogger alike. (already said this way up in the paragraph)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ineros.658067/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/red-fintans.637479/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/omarsgarciav.526618/
Grammar checked by:
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AM Check Feedback

- Replacing "uses" with "utilizes" wasn't necessary; they mean basically the same thing.
- Avoid using "into" where "against"/"versus" should be.
- The second sentence about Corviknight's role compression had different examples of Pokemon it checks, so just deleting it removed some information.
- The sentence about Corviknight being used on balance teams was awkward and repetitive, so it could've done with being reworded.

1/1 GP Team done
Credit adorluigi too

 

[Ineros]

Thank you both, this should be done!