[1v1] Tapu Lele

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Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers its weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type attacks while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus. However, it loses to most Steel-types and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Reflect

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, which effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost. Psychium Z gives even greater power. Moonblast is its other STAB move, especially needed for the Dark types that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, such as Chansey and Slowbro, and some other special attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Reflect lets Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-B's Iron Head, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases its chances of living a Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem, but more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against Psychic-weak Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any Pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. It will deal more damage than Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless the foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta. Moonblast should generally only be used against Dark types, like Mega-Sableye.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados, which Pokemon weak to them, like Dragonite and Mimikyu appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types because it has no chance against them. Good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They all do well against the Ghost- and Steel-types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z and run Hidden Power Fire, as Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set. Psyshock should also be run with Choice Specs, as it 2HKOs Chansey. However, this set is generally inferior to the Shattered Psyche set because Tapu Lele doesn't gain much power, and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it, like Mega Gengar and Kartana. However, Tapu Lele gives up some power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to the Shattered Psyche set.

Checks and Counters

Steel-Types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, which has only Hidden Power Fire to hit them with— and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn, Subzero Slammer Kyurem-B, Mega Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko.

Bulky Attackers: Pokemon like Sawk and Crustle can take a hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types: The three common Ghost-types in 1v1, Mega-Gengar, Mimikyu, and Aegislash all beat Tapu Lele with their super-effective ghost moves and cannot be OHKOed by Tapu Lele.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-D, Regice, and Mega Slowbro (unless Tapu Lele is running Thunderbolt), even with Calm Mind.
 
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Then I ultra-Quality Check you. Reserve Tapu Lele, I suppose.

QC 1

Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. If your team needs a Psychic type attack, Tapu Lele is your pokemon. Tapu Lele has a strong pair of offensive typings, resisted only by Steel. Fairy covers some its Psychic weaknesses to Bug and Dark, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy and it has notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic type attacks, while helping against a few pokemon that would use priority to beat it. It has fair speed, even uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1. It loses to most every steel pokemon in 1v1, with only HP Fire to hit them, as well as most ghost mons and some faster attackers.

Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast/Thunderbolt

Set Comments
Before you begin, decide whether you should Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic in what match-ups. Moonblast can be switched for Thunderbolt depending on what pokemon you are facing. They both beat Mega-Gyarados about as well, so decide whether you need an Electric or Fairy attack.

Moves
* Psychic is your main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain. It's like getting a free Choice Specs boost. A Z-Crystal adds even more power to this move.
* Moonblast is your other STAB move. Especially needed for Dark types, which are immune to Psychic.
* Calm Mind helps beat stall, like Chansey and Slowbro and some other special attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina.
* The star of the set, Reflect. This lets you take on numerous slower physical pokemon that would otherwise beat you, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow to live a Scarf Kyurem-Black Iron Head 100% of the time, even if it uses an attack-boosting nature. It also increases your chances of living a Charizard-X Flare Blitz. The extra HP comes in handy against plenty of the weird pokemon you might run into on the ladder. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, while Z-Psychic will deal huge damage to any pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. Z-Psychic will deal more damage than your coverage moves, unless your opponent resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well vs both Charizard X and Mega-Gyarados, which opens up your team to use members that are weak to both of them. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a pokemon that can beat common steel types, because it has no chance against the majority of common steel types, like Metagross and Aegislash. Charizard Y is another threat you should be able to cover, as it can outspeed and KO with Blast Burn. Good teammates include Aegislash, Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. All do well against the Ghost and Steel types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Charizard Y and Mega-Pinsir and provide some utility to help beat FEAR pokemon and other gimmicks.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

Tapu Lele @ Choice Specs
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt/Shadow Ball/Focus Blast
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Psyshock

Really best for increasing the power of HP Fire, allowing you to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn, while not giving up power compared to Z-Psychic. Psyshock allows a 2HKO on Chansey. Generally, this set is inferior to Z-Psychic because you don't gain much power, while losing the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind.

Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 80 HP / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 148 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Thunderbolt
- Moonblast

This set allows you to get the drop and KO some pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO Tapu Lele, like Mega-Gengar, Charizard Y, and Kartana. 148 Speed EVs put you one point ahead of Mega-Gengar, with the rest of the EVs add to your bulk to help vs certain coverage moves, like Iron Head from Kyurem-Black and Dragonite. Of course, you give up some amount of power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to Z-Psychium. This set can't OHKO Mega-Sableye with Moonblast.

Checks and Counters :
Steel-types: Mega-Metagross, Magnezone, Jirachi, Heatran, Genesect, Magearna, Kartana.
Ghost-types: Aegislash, Mimikyu, Mega-Gengar
Pokemon that outspeed and OHKO or live a hit and 2HKO: Mega-Charizard-Y, Z-Ice Kyurem-Black, Mega-Pinsir, Sawk, physical Hoopa-Unbound, Crustle, physical Tapu Koko.
Pokemon that can stall with Amnesia: Deoxys-Defense, Regiice, Snorlax.

So I'm pretty sure you're new to this but I'm pretty sure you know more and can write something better, first it doesn't meet the format and second there's lot of information missing. And remember that writing an analysis is putting out all the information needed to inform newer users, this is like a solid base for them.

Overview
The overview looks nice, looks like you got a good part of what must be said.
-Which Pokemon does Tapu Lele outspeed, give examples, one or two being the most important one.
-Talk about its good Specially Defense that allows it to tank some Pokemon.
-Talk about its good Special Attack stat that allows it to defeat bulky Pokemon.
-It also has Focus Blast to hit Steel-type Pokemon.
-Does it really lose to most ghost Pokemon? Well the only two notably one are Mimikyu, Mega-Gengar and Aegislash. The last one fitting into the Steel-types category.

Set Comments
[There should be blank here, nothing should be written].

Moves
-I'd remove Thunderbolt, it seriously adds nothing. If wanting a Steel-types hitter I'd suggest Focus Blast or HP Fire instead of either Moonblast or Calm Mind
*Jw why Calm mind?

Set Details
-Talk about Psychic Terrain positives, boosting the attacks allowing it to nail the OHKO on a Pokemon, nullifying priority such as Espeed Dragonite.
-Mention one more Pokemon these EVs take advantage of and not just outline it with fluff "comes in hand with plenty other pokemon on ladder.
-I'd probably make the sentencing better

Team Options
-Give an example of Pokemon that likes having Zard X and Mega Gyarados threatened.
-Which Pokemon helps Tapu Lele fend off Steel-type Pokemon?
-Re-write the paragraph to make it sound cleaner, putting it as. X is a great partner cause lele beats dos and zard x, or lele hates steel so Y is a great partner because..., it also needs help against Ghost Pokemon and Lvl 1 Pokemon so z and v are also great Pokemon. [...] (It's better to pick H I J K, because it can help on various levels) (If it sounds good in the end, idk.)



Before moving to Other Options I'd put the Specs set here, it's an equal set to the Z-move and deserves the same exposure. So put the Specs set here and write:
Moves, Set Details, Team Options for the specs set.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

So in here you don't just copy paste the PS! importable you give examples of what could be replaced on the main sets. You can say here Focus Blast can be used over both Thunderbolt and Moonblast if needing a Steel-type check (for example if you didn't mention Fblast in the main set).
A Choice scarf set can be used instead of Specs as it gives it advantage over R S T U...

Checks and Counters:
Lacking a lot of information here, too fluffy and citing only Pokemon not mentioning why.
-Steel-type Pokemon: Why? Their main STAB moves can hit super effectively Tapu Lele while resiting the others and if it runs Focus Blast, Aegislash is immune to it, while Megagross is faster and isn't weak to Focus Blast.
-Ghost-type Pokemon: Why?
-This is too vague and need to be toned down to probably Bulky Pokemon and say WHY and HOW each Pokemon beats it
-Snorlax uses Amnesia? I'd also mention Mega Slowbro and mention how it does it.


I'm not going to give the QC yet, fix everything and put more information and write with better sentencing then re-tag me so I can QC check again and give you the first QC.

KRIS EDIT:

Then I ultra-Quality Check you. Reserve Tapu Lele, I suppose.

QC 1

Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. If your team needs a Psychic type attack, Tapu Lele is your pokemon. Tapu Lele has a strong pair of offensive typings, resisted only by Steel. Fairy covers some of its Psychic weaknesses to Bug and Dark, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic type attacks, while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega-Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair speed, even uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, for example Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus. It loses to most every steel pokemon in 1v1 and pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO it.

Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast/Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
* Psychic is your main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain. It's like getting a free Choice Specs boost. A Z-Crystal adds even more power to this move.
* Moonblast is your other STAB move. Especially needed for Dark types, which are immune to Psychic.
* Calm Mind helps beat stall, like Chansey and Slowbro and some other special attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina.
* The star of the set, Reflect. This lets you take on numerous slower physical pokemon that would otherwise beat you, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Scarf Kyurem-Black Iron Head 100% of the time, even if it uses an attack-boosting nature. It also increases your chances of living a Charizard-X Flare Blitz. The lack of speed can be a problem but overall more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, while Z-Psychic will deal huge damage to any pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. Z-Psychic will deal more damage than your coverage moves, unless your opponent resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well vs both Charizard X and Mega-Gyarados, which opens up your team to use members that are weak to both of them, like Dragonite and Mimikyu. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a pokemon that can beat common steel types, because it has no chance against almost every common steel type. Charizard Y is another threat you should be able to cover, as it can outspeed and KO with Blast Burn. Good teammates include Aegislash, Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. All do well against the Ghost and Steel types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Charizard Y and Mega-Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega-Alakazam.
Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Z-Psychic set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega-Slowbro. Moonblast is used for hitting Dark pokemon, for the most part. Switch moves based on what you are seeing on the ladder. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium-Z. This set is really best for increasing the power of HP Fire, allowing you to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn, while not giving up power compared to Z-Psychic. Psyshock should be run with Choice Specs as it allows a 2HKO on Chansey. Generally, this set is inferior to Z-Psychic because you don't gain much power, while losing the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO Tapu Lele, like Mega-Gengar, Charizard Y, and Kartana. Of course, you give up some amount of power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to Z-Psychium.

Checks and Counters :
Steel-Types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele has only HP Fire to hit them with -- and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO beat Tapu Lele easily. Mega-Charizard-Y, Z-Ice Kyurem-Black, Mega-Pinsir, and physical Tapu Koko all easily outspeed and OHKO non-Scarf Tapu Lele.

Bulky Attackers: Certain pokemon, especially Sawk and Crustle, can take any hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types and Amnesia: The two common ghost-types in 1v1, Mega-Gengar and Mimikyu both beat Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-Defense and Regice.
Moves
Okay!

Set Details
Okay!

Usage Tips
-Mention an idea on when the user should considerable bringing in Tapu Lele and when not.
-Mention when the user should use Moonblast / Calm Mind so they avoid losing and using them carelessly

Team Options
Better!

Other Options
Better!

Checks and Counters
I'd like more information in this section;
-In fast attackers, i'd mention how can the three of them can win, just a word or two. Ex: zard y using blast burn
-In bulky attackers, can sawk really win? Mention how to clarify to people, also add one more I guess.
-Split Ghost and Amnesia users into two categories.

The point of Checks and Counters is to give out everything bit of information needed even if it seems obvious to you, it might not be for others.
You got better writing analysis! I like what I just saw right now, amazing work!

Implement these and QC 1/2, PM me on discord if you have some questions.
 
Then I ultra-Quality Check you. Reserve Tapu Lele, I suppose.

QC 1

Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. If your team needs a Psychic type attack, Tapu Lele is your pokemon. Tapu Lele has a strong pair of offensive typings, resisted only by Steel. Fairy covers some of its Psychic weaknesses to Bug and Dark, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic type attacks, while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega-Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair speed, even uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, for example Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus. It loses to most every steel pokemon in 1v1 and pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO it.

Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast/Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
* Psychic is your main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain. It's like getting a free Choice Specs boost. A Z-Crystal adds even more power to this move.
* Moonblast is your other STAB move. Especially needed for Dark types, which are immune to Psychic.
* Calm Mind helps beat stall, like Chansey and Slowbro and some other special attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina.
* The star of the set, Reflect. This lets you take on numerous slower physical pokemon that would otherwise beat you, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Scarf Kyurem-Black Iron Head 100% of the time, even if it uses an attack-boosting nature. It also increases your chances of living a Charizard-X Flare Blitz. The lack of speed can be a problem but overall more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, while Z-Psychic will deal huge damage to any pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. Z-Psychic will deal more damage than your coverage moves, unless your opponent resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well vs both Charizard X and Mega-Gyarados, which opens up your team to use members that are weak to both of them, like Dragonite and Mimikyu. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a pokemon that can beat common steel types, because it has no chance against almost every common steel type. Charizard Y is another threat you should be able to cover, as it can outspeed and KO with Blast Burn. Good teammates include Aegislash, Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. All do well against the Ghost and Steel types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Charizard Y and Mega-Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega-Alakazam.
Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Z-Psychic set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega-Slowbro. Moonblast is used for hitting Dark pokemon, for the most part. Switch moves based on what you are seeing on the ladder. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium-Z. This set is really best for increasing the power of HP Fire, allowing you to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn, while not giving up power compared to Z-Psychic. Psyshock should be run with Choice Specs as it allows a 2HKO on Chansey. Generally, this set is inferior to Z-Psychic because you don't gain much power, while losing the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO Tapu Lele, like Mega-Gengar, Charizard Y, and Kartana. Of course, you give up some amount of power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to Z-Psychium.

Checks and Counters :
Steel-Types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele has only HP Fire to hit them with -- and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO beat Tapu Lele easily. Mega-Charizard-Y, Z-Ice Kyurem-Black, Mega-Pinsir, and physical Tapu Koko all easily outspeed and OHKO non-Scarf Tapu Lele.

Bulky Attackers: Certain pokemon, especially Sawk and Crustle, can take any hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types and Amnesia: The two common ghost-types in 1v1, Mega-Gengar and Mimikyu both beat Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-Defense and Regice.
Fixed. Ready to get checked again.

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QC 2

Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. If your team needs a Psychic type attack, Tapu Lele is your pokemon. Tapu Lele has a strong pair of offensive typings, resisted only by Steel. Fairy covers some of its Psychic weaknesses to Bug and Dark, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic type attacks, while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega-Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair speed, even uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, for example Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus. It loses to most every steel pokemon in 1v1 and pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO it.

Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast/Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
* Psychic is your main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain. It's like getting a free Choice Specs boost. A Z-Crystal adds even more power to this move.
* Moonblast is your other STAB move. Especially needed for Dark types, which are immune to Psychic.
* Calm Mind helps beat stall, like Chansey and Slowbro and some other special attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina.
* The star of the set, Reflect. This lets you take on numerous slower physical pokemon that would otherwise beat you, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Scarf Kyurem-Black Iron Head 100% of the time, even if it uses an attack-boosting nature. It also increases your chances of living a Charizard-X Flare Blitz. The lack of speed can be a problem but overall more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon weak to Psychic, like Mega-Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any pokemon that doesn't resist Z-Psychic. Decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Z-Psychic will deal huge damage to any pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. Z-Psychic will deal more damage than your coverage moves, unless your opponent resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall pokemon, especially Chansey, and certain slow Special Attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina. Moonblast is pretty much only to hit Dark pokemon super effectively, like Mega-Sableye.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well vs both Charizard X and Mega-Gyarados, which opens up your team to use members that are weak to both of them, like Dragonite and Mimikyu. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a pokemon that can beat common steel types, because it has no chance against almost every common steel type. Charizard Y is another threat you should be able to cover, as it can outspeed and KO with Blast Burn. Good teammates include Aegislash, Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. All do well against the Ghost and Steel types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Charizard Y and Mega-Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega-Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Z-Psychic set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega-Slowbro. Moonblast is used for hitting Dark pokemon, for the most part. Switch moves based on what you are seeing on the ladder. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium-Z. This set is really best for increasing the power of HP Fire, allowing you to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn, while not giving up power compared to Z-Psychic. Psyshock should be run with Choice Specs as it allows a 2HKO on Chansey. Generally, this set is inferior to Z-Psychic because you don't gain much power, while losing the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO Tapu Lele, like Mega-Gengar, Charizard Y, and Kartana. Of course, you give up some amount of power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to Z-Psychium.

Checks and Counters :

Steel-Types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele has only HP Fire to hit them with -- and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO beat Tapu Lele easily. Mega-Charizard-Y with Blast Burn, Z-Ice Kyurem-Black, Mega-Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko all easily outspeed and OHKO non-Scarf Tapu Lele.

Bulky Attackers: Certain pokemon, especially Sawk and Crustle, can take any hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect, with Poison Jab and Z-Rock Wrecker, respectively.

Ghost-types: The two common ghost-types in 1v1, Mega-Gengar and Mimikyu, both beat Tapu Lele, the former with Hypnosis+Hex, the ladder with Z-Shadow Claw.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-Defense and Regice, even with Calm Mind.
Good for my next QC check. Implemented everything DEG said.

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Good for my next QC check. Implemented everything DEG said.
Overview
...every Steel pokemon in 1v1 and pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO it.

Make sure you capitalize all moves/typings, just for consistency's sake. Otherwise fantastic overview.

-->**Psychium** Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast/Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Switch to paragraph form and we good.


Set Details
**

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon weak to Psychic, like Mega-Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any pokemon that doesn't resist Z-Psychic. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Z-Psychic will deal huge damage to any pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. Z-Psychic will deal more damage than your coverage moves, unless your opponent resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall pokemon like Chansey, and certain slow Special Attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Moonblast is pretty much only to hit Dark pokemon super effectively, like Mega-Sableye.

Team Options
No changes, great section.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

**

Checks and Counters :
**

Fantastic analysis, great job Kentari!
 
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Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. If your team needs a Psychic type attack, Tapu Lele is your pokemon. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing strong pair of offensive typings, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers some of its Psychic weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type (AH) attacks (RC) while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's (RH) Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, for example such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus. However, (AC) It loses to nearly most every Steel-type (AH) and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1 Pokemon in 1v1 and pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO it.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is your Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, (comma) which, along with a Psychium Z, effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost It's like getting a free Choice Specs boost. A Z-Crystal adds even more power to this move. Moonblast is your its other STAB move, (comma) especially needed for the Dark-types (AH), which that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, like such as Chansey and Slowbro, (AC) and as well as some other special attackers (RC) like Meloetta and Primarina. The star of the set is Reflect (RP) This lets you Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it you, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-Black Kyurem-B's Iron Head 100% of the time, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases your its chances of living a Charizard-X Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem but overall more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

(discuss item and ability)

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against Psychic-weak Pokemon weak to Psychic, like Mega Venusaur (RH), or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any Pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche Z-Psychic. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Z-Psychic Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon that are slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Z-Psychic Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it (RC) and even some that do. Z-Psychic It will deal more damage than your Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless your the opponent foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. {Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta and Primarina. Moonblast is pretty much only to hit Dark-type Pokemon super effectively, like Mega Sableye (RH).}

(this part is p much repeating the moves section, talk about when to use these moves, e.g. should moonblast be spammed (if not, why not), etc)


Team Options
Tapu Lele does well vs against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados (RH), which opens up your team to use members that are weak to both of them, like Dragonite and Mimikyu appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types (AH; RC) because it has no chance against them almost every common steel type. An answer to Mega Charizard Y is necessary another threat you should be able to cover, as it can outspeed Tapu Lele and KO it with Blast Burn. Therefore, (AC) good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They also All do well against the Ghost- and Steel-types (AH) that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir (RH) while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam (RH).

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Z-Psychic Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro (RH). Moonblast is used for hitting Dark-type Pokemon, for the most part. Switch moves based on what you are seeing on the ladder. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z (RH). {This set is really best for increasing the power of HP Hidden Power Fire, allowing you Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max maximum HP Genesect and Ferrothorn (RC) while not giving up power compared to the Shattered Psyche set Z-Psychic.}

(this part speaks about hp fire; there is no hp fire on the set????)

Psyshock should be run with Choice Specs, (AC) as it allows a 2HKOs on Chansey. Generally, However, this set is inferior to Z-Psychic the Shattered Psyche set because you Tapu Lele don't doesn't gain much power, while losing and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it Tapu Lele, like Mega Gengar (RH), Mega Charizard Y, and Kartana. Of course, However, you give up some amount of power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to the Shattered Psyche set Z-Psychium.

Checks and Counters

Steel-types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, (comma) Tapu Lele which has only HP Hidden Power Fire to hit them with&emdash;and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking switching Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO beat non-Choice Scarf Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y (RH) with Blast Burn, Z-Ice Kyurem-Black, Mega Pinsir (RH) with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko all easily outspeed and OHKO non-Scarf Tapu Lele.

Bulky Attackers: Certain Pokemon, especially Sawk and Crustle (RH) can take any hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect, with Poison Jab and Continental Crush Z-Rock Wrecker, respectively.

Ghost-types: The two common Ghost-types in 1v1, Mega Gengar (RH) and Mimikyu, both beat Tapu Lele, the former with Hypnosis + Hex Hypnosis+Hex (RC) and the latter with Never-Ending Nightmare Z-Shadow Claw.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-Defense, Regice, and Mega Slowbro (RH) (unless you are Tapu Lele is running Thunderbolt) even with Calm Mind.


Sorry for the wait; I didn't know this was ready for GP. I'd recommend reading through the analysis just to catch silly errors (e.g. uncapitalised Pokemon) so that I don't have to do it for you :) I'm not gonna stamp this yet because of a few issues with some sections. Could you look at my comments, especially the ones concerning Hidden Power Fire because idk what you mean there, fix up the sections and tag me so I can look over/stamp? thanks!
 
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Then I ultra-Quality Check you. Reserve Tapu Lele, I suppose.

QC 3/3 Ready for GP 0/1

Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers its weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type attacks while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus-I. However, it loses to most every Steel-type in 1v1 and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, which effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost. Psychium Z gives even greater power. Moonblast is its other STAB move, especially needed for the Dark types, that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, such as Chansey and Slowbro, and some other special attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Reflect lets Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it, like Gyarados and Golem.

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-B's Iron Head, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases its chances of living a Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem but more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon Psychic-weak Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus-I, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. It will deal more damage than Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless the foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta. Moonblast should generally only be used against Dark types, like Mega-Sableye.

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados, which Pokemon weak to them like Dragonite and Mimikyu appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types because it has no chance against them. Good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They all do well against the Ghost and Steel types that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z. This set is really best for increasing the power of Hidden Power Fire, allowing Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max HP Genesect and Ferrothorn, while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set. Psyshock should be run with Choice Specs as it 2HKOs Chansey. However, this set is generally inferior to the Shattered Psyche set because Tapu Lele doesn't gain much power, and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it, like Mega Gengar and Kartana. However, you give up some power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility the Shattered Psyche set.

Checks and Counters :

Steel-Types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, which has only HP Fire to hit them with — and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn, Subzero Slammer Kyurem-B, Mega Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko.

Bulky Attackers: Pokemon like Sawk and Crustle, can take a hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types: The three common ghost-types in 1v1, Mega-Gengar, Mimikyu, and Aegislash all beat Tapu Lele with super-effective ghost moves and cannot be OHKO by Tapu Lele.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-D, Regice, and Mega-Slowbro (unless Tapu Lele running Thunderbolt) even with Calm Mind.
Done with the fixes. Sobi I don't know what you meant about HP Fire.
 

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Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers its weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type attacks while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus Landorus-I. However, it loses to most every (choose one or the other, but use "Steel-types" with "most") Steel-type in 1v1 and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, which effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost. Psychium Z gives even greater power. Moonblast is its other STAB move, especially needed for the Dark-types (RH; RC) that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, such as Chansey and Slowbro, and some other special attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Reflect lets Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it, like Gyarados and Golem.

(reorder this to match the set)

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-B's Iron Head, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases its chances of living a Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem, (AC) but more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon Psychic-weak Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus Landorus-I, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any Pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. It will deal more damage than Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless the foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta. Moonblast should generally only be used against Dark-types (AH), like Mega Sableye (RH).

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados, which Pokemon weak to them, (AC) like Dragonite and Mimikyu, (AC) appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types because it has no chance against them. Good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They all do well against the Ghost- and Steel-types (AH) that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z and run Hidden Power Fire, (comma) as This set is really best for increasing the power of Hidden Power Fire, allowing Choice Specs allows Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max maximum HP Genesect and Ferrothorn (RC) while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set. Psyshock should also be run with Choice Specs, (AC) as it 2HKOs Chansey. However, this set is generally inferior to the Shattered Psyche set because Tapu Lele doesn't gain much power (huh? didn't you just say "while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set"?) and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it, like Mega Gengar and Kartana. However, you give Tapu Lele gives up some power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to the Shattered Psyche set.

Checks and Counters

Steel-types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, which has only HP Hidden Power Fire to hit them with—and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking switching Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn, Subzero Slammer Kyurem-B, Mega Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko.

Bulky Attackers: Pokemon like Sawk and Crustle (RC) can take a hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types: The three common Ghost-types in 1v1, Mega Gengar (RH), Mimikyu, and Aegislash all beat Tapu Lele with their super effective (RH) Ghost-type moves and cannot be OHKO OHKOed by Tapu Lele.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-D, Regice, and Mega Slowbro (RH) (unless Tapu Lele running runs Thunderbolt), (AC) even with Calm Mind.


still a part I'm iffy about but I think you can sort that out yourself.. quite a bit I had to do due to poor implementation; don't rush this, use the reply button, deformat blues, delete reds and punctuation marks (RC/AH/etc), address comments, etc etc

*hope* you'll do this properly :0 don't forget to reorder the moves paragraph to match the set order! thats important.

also if some changes weren't made because of you being unsure about them, i'll add some justification below

- Landorus is how you refer to Landorus-Incarnate, Landorus-T for Landorus-Therian
- when referring to a type, there should be a hyphen, e.g. Ghost-type
- instead of using --, I put in —, that'll show up as an emdash onsite
- no hyphen between "Mega Pokemon", so Mega Sableye not Mega-Sableye
- comma before as when meaning because


GP 1/1
 
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Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers its weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type attacks while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus Landorus-I. However, it loses to most every (choose one or the other, but use "Steel-types" with "most") Steel-type in 1v1 and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, which effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost. Psychium Z gives even greater power. Moonblast is its other STAB move, especially needed for the Dark-types (RH; RC) that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, such as Chansey and Slowbro, and some other special attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Reflect lets Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it, like Gyarados and Golem.

(reorder this to match the set)

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-B's Iron Head, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases its chances of living a Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem, (AC) but more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon Psychic-weak Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus Landorus-I, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any Pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. It will deal more damage than Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless the foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta. Moonblast should generally only be used against Dark-types (AH), like Mega Sableye (RH).

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados, which Pokemon weak to them, (AC) like Dragonite and Mimikyu, (AC) appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types because it has no chance against them. Good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They all do well against the Ghost- and Steel-types (AH) that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z and run Hidden Power Fire, (comma) as This set is really best for increasing the power of Hidden Power Fire, allowing Choice Specs allows Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max maximum HP Genesect and Ferrothorn (RC) while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set. Psyshock should also be run with Choice Specs, (AC) as it 2HKOs Chansey. However, this set is generally inferior to the Shattered Psyche set because Tapu Lele doesn't gain much power (huh? didn't you just say "while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set"?) and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it, like Mega Gengar and Kartana. However, you give Tapu Lele gives up some power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to the Shattered Psyche set.

Checks and Counters

Steel-types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, which has only HP Hidden Power Fire to hit them with&emdash;and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking switching Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn, Subzero Slammer Kyurem-B, Mega Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko.

Bulky Attackers: Pokemon like Sawk and Crustle (RC) can take a hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types: The three common Ghost-types in 1v1, Mega Gengar (RH), Mimikyu, and Aegislash all beat Tapu Lele with their super effective (RH) Ghost-type moves and cannot be OHKO OHKOed by Tapu Lele.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-D, Regice, and Mega Slowbro (RH) (unless Tapu Lele running runs Thunderbolt), (AC) even with Calm Mind.


still a part I'm iffy about but I think you can sort that out yourself.. quite a bit I had to do due to poor implementation; don't rush this, use the reply button, deformat blues, delete reds and punctuation marks (RC/AH/etc), address comments, etc etc

*hope* you'll do this properly :0 don't forget to reorder the moves paragraph to match the set order! thats important.

also if some changes weren't made because of you being unsure about them, i'll add some justification below

- Landorus is how you refer to Landorus-Incarnate, Landorus-T for Landorus-Therian
- when referring to a type, there should be a hyphen, e.g. Ghost-type
- instead of using --, I put in &emdash;, that'll show up as an emdash onsite
- no hyphen between "Mega Pokemon", so Mega Sableye not Mega-Sableye
- comma before as when meaning because


GP 1/1
Done. Thanks for the checks, dude. You pick your pokemon in 1v1, so I left that in. That is an em-dash. If you want I'll change it to your way.
 

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Overview
Tapu Lele is simply the strongest, most consistent, and most versatile Psychic-type attacker in 1v1. Tapu Lele has a good offensive typing, resisted only by Steel. Its part Fairy typing covers its weaknesses to Bug and Dark due to its part Psychic typing, but Psychic doesn't add much defensively to Fairy, leaving Tapu Lele with notable weaknesses to Steel and Ghost. Its ability Psychic Surge gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost to its Psychic-type attacks while blocking priority that could otherwise defeat it, like Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch. It has fair Speed, even when uninvested, allowing it to outspeed most of the slow, bulky attackers in 1v1, including Golem and Primarina. Its good special bulk lets it take some strong special attacks, such as Bug Buzz from Pheromosa and Sludge Wave from Landorus Landorus-I. However, it loses to most every (choose one or the other, but use "Steel-types" with "most") Steel-type in 1v1 and faster, powerful Pokemon in 1v1.

Psychium Z
Tapu Lele @ Psychium Z
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast / Thunderbolt

Set Comments

Moves
Psychic is Tapu Lele's main STAB move and takes advantage of Psychic Terrain, which effectively grants it a Choice Specs boost. Psychium Z gives even greater power. Moonblast is its other STAB move, especially needed for the Dark-types (RH; RC) that are immune to Psychic. Calm Mind helps beat stall Pokemon, such as Chansey and Slowbro, and some other special attackers like Meloetta and Primarina. Reflect lets Tapu Lele take on numerous slower physical Pokemon that would otherwise beat it, like Gyarados and Golem.

(reorder this to match the set)

Set Details
These EVs allow Tapu Lele to live a Choice Scarf Kyurem-B's Iron Head, even if it uses an Attack-boosting nature. It also increases its chances of living a Mega Charizard X's Flare Blitz. The lack of Speed EVs can be a problem, (AC) but more bulk is the more consistent option. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature are for maximum power.

Usage Tips
Try to bring in Tapu Lele against pokemon Psychic-weak Pokemon, like Mega Venusaur, or those that have trouble KOing it, like Landorus Landorus-I, as Tapu Lele can KO almost any Pokemon that doesn't resist Shattered Psyche. In some cases, you have to decide whether Z-Reflect or Shattered Psyche would be better to use. Generally, Z-Reflect is good against physical Pokemon slower than Tapu Lele, like Donphan and Celesteela. Shattered Psyche will deal huge damage to any Pokemon that doesn't resist it, and even some that do. It will deal more damage than Tapu Lele's coverage moves, unless the foe resists Psychic and is weak to the coverage move. Calm Mind should be used to beat stall Pokemon, like Chansey, and certain slow special attackers, like Meloetta. Moonblast should generally only be used against Dark-types (AH), like Mega Sableye (RH).

Team Options
Tapu Lele does well against both Mega Charizard X and Mega Gyarados, which Pokemon weak to them, (AC) like Dragonite and Mimikyu, (AC) appreciate. It is necessary to pair Tapu Lele with a Pokemon that can beat Steel-types because it has no chance against them. Good teammates include Aegislash, Mega Charizard X, Victini, and Donphan. They all do well against the Ghost- and Steel-types (AH) that wreck Tapu Lele. They also have good match-ups against fast Pokemon that can OHKO Tapu Lele like Mega Charizard Y and Mega Pinsir while providing some of the utility that Tapu Lele lacks to beat gimmicks like FEAR and Mega Alakazam.

Strategy Comments

Other Options

On the Shattered Psyche set, Thunderbolt can replace Moonblast to hit certain Pokemon that resist Psychic and are weak to Electric, like Celesteela and Mega Slowbro. Tapu Lele can hold a Choice Specs instead of Psychium Z and run Hidden Power Fire, (comma) as This set is really best for increasing the power of Hidden Power Fire, allowing Choice Specs allows Tapu Lele to pick up some OHKOs against Max maximum HP Genesect and Ferrothorn (RC) while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set. Psyshock should also be run with Choice Specs, (AC) as it 2HKOs Chansey. However, this set is generally inferior to the Shattered Psyche set because Tapu Lele doesn't gain much power (huh? didn't you just say "while not giving up power compared to Shattered Psyche set"?) and loses the utility of Z-Reflect and Calm Mind. Tapu Lele can also use a Choice Scarf to get the drop on and KO some Pokemon that expect to easily outspeed and KO it, like Mega Gengar and Kartana. However, you give Tapu Lele gives up some power compared to Choice Specs and some amount of power and flexibility compared to the Shattered Psyche set.

Checks and Counters

Steel-types: Just about every Steel-type in 1v1 beats Tapu Lele, which has only HP Hidden Power Fire to hit them with&emdash;and it picks up almost no KOs anyway. Avoid picking switching Tapu Lele into Metagross, Heatran, Jirachi, or really any of the good Steel-types in 1v1.

Fast Attackers: Pokemon that can outspeed and OHKO Tapu Lele easily are threats. These include Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn, Subzero Slammer Kyurem-B, Mega Pinsir with Giga Impact, and physical Tapu Koko.

Bulky Attackers: Pokemon like Sawk and Crustle (RC) can take a hit from Tapu Lele and KO back, even through Z-Reflect.

Ghost-types: The three common Ghost-types in 1v1, Mega Gengar (RH), Mimikyu, and Aegislash all beat Tapu Lele with their super effective (RH) Ghost-type moves and cannot be OHKO OHKOed by Tapu Lele.

Amnesia: Tapu Lele has almost no chance against Amnesia users like Deoxys-D, Regice, and Mega Slowbro (RH) (unless Tapu Lele running runs Thunderbolt), (AC) even with Calm Mind.


still a part I'm iffy about but I think you can sort that out yourself.. quite a bit I had to do due to poor implementation; don't rush this, use the reply button, deformat blues, delete reds and punctuation marks (RC/AH/etc), address comments, etc etc

*hope* you'll do this properly :0 don't forget to reorder the moves paragraph to match the set order! thats important.

also if some changes weren't made because of you being unsure about them, i'll add some justification below

- Landorus is how you refer to Landorus-Incarnate, Landorus-T for Landorus-Therian
- when referring to a type, there should be a hyphen, e.g. Ghost-type
- instead of using --, I put in &emdash;, that'll show up as an emdash onsite
- no hyphen between "Mega Pokemon", so Mega Sableye not Mega-Sableye
- comma before as when meaning because


GP 1/1
Done. Thanks for the checks, dude. You pick your pokemon in 1v1, so I left that in. That is an em-dash. If you want I'll change it to your way.
use the HTML thing Sobi provided; however, use —, not &emdash;, as the latter is not an entity in HTML.
 

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