1v1 Mega-Altaria [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2] [DONE]

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• Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon/Fairy typing, it can take on Dark types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon types such as Garchomp, Dragonite and Mega Charizard X.
• The amazing natural bulk allows it to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover 50% of its health.
• After mega evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice.
• Cotton Guard allows Mega Altaria to boost its defense which allows it to beat pokemon such as Garchomp and Sawk alongside Fire Blast acting as coverage against Steel types such as Genesect, Mega Scizor and Kartana. Roost enables it to stall out pokemon such as Victini and Mega Lopunny
• Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB.
• However, Poison types such as Naganadel and Venusaur threaten it as well as Steel types such as Heatran and Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna.

Again, the Overview is absolutely NOT the Moves section. Overview should be a summation of Altaria's different aspects that define its presence in the 1v1 metagame while Moves should go slightly more in-depth in clarifying the differing threats that each move can handle. Remove the red, add the blue, and you'll be set.

2/3 upon implementation (don't forget to switch to paragraphs, afterwards!)

 

[Kaif]

Alakazam

 

[pqs]

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[OVERVIEW]
Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon/Fairy typing, it can take on Dark types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon types such as Garchomp, Dragonite and Mega Charizard X. The amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover 50% of its health. After mega evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB. However, Poison types such as Naganadel and Venusaur threaten it as well as Steel types such as Heatran and Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna.

[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Cotton Guard is an important part of the set as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its defense by three stages allowing it to beat pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest and allows it to sustain against attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora and Zygarde-Complete It doesn't need Roost to beat any of these. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp and Zygarde while going through substitute to beat pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott Specify non-Taunt variants of Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Kartana who would beat Altaria without it. If you were running Confide which would probably be the move you'd replace Fire Blast with, Altaria-Mega still would beat non-Rest Ferrothorn (most common/best set), because you'd out-PP it. The edit for taking Ferrothorn is out as newer players I guess wouldn't know that it'd beat it otherwise.

Set Details
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252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef EVs and a Calm Nature allows Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def EVs allows Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker into a Rock Wrecker after Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Spe EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant Max Speed Donphan. The 16 SpA EVs are leftover and allow Mega Altaria to hit slightly harder.
Usage Tips
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Send Mega Altaria against pokemon that cannot threaten you with strong super-effective attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups such as Groundium-Z Landorus-Therian, Choice Band Kartana with Smart Strike, Mega Scizor with Bullet Punch and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound with Gunk Shot, not mega evolving retains the Dragon/Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to not take super-effective damage, this turn can be used to setup a Cotton Guard to Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde or Golem, immediately Cotton Guard followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on if you are 2HKO'd if you do not Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana and Mega Scizor. Avoid bringing it against Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini and Magearna, since they can hit you with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd themselves. Avoid bringing it against pokemon with powerful Ice coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam, Weavile and Kyurem with their STAB Ice moves. Weavile is a non-mon only prevalent because of Dragonite and sucks otherwise

Team Options
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Fire types such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel types. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora which the aforementioned pokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemon such as Magnezone, Sawk and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of Mega Gyarados, Garchomp and Ferrothorn that Crustle struggles with and deals with pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast threats such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for it and pair well with Zeraora beating Water types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini and Primarina alongside Porygon-Z whilst Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash and Heatran. Mega Altaria beats pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian that Zeraora struggles with, and opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Specs Necrozma to stall them out, however it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice and Fire Blast as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy attack to beat pokemon such as Kommo-o as Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja which is not OHKO'd by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the Special set as not having Fire coverage leaves you walled by Steel types and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh the amount the Physical set gives. Since you're knocking out Giga Impact MAlt how about mentioning Return/Frustration (still stall based ) MAlt too Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o which is not affected by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed of pokemon such as Magnezone but is inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
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**Steel Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Metagross and Aegislash due to their super-effective STAB that can deal too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and Celesteela stall out Fire Blasts and knock out Mega Altaria. Celesteela doesn't "stall out" Mega Altaria per se, since the main set will just Metal Sound into Z-Flash Cannon to net the OHKO, so Celesteela would fall over into more of the Set-Up territory.

**Fairy Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele and Magearna as they have super-effective STAB that can OHKO it.

**Poison Types**: Poison Types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk of Mega Venusaur

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special Wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel OHKO Mega Altaria, pokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from Choice Scarf.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type:Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage from it.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [, ]]
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Great analysis I use this sometimes for teambuilding around Mega Altaria though it's not even complete yet >_>

 

[Ginger Princess]

Bolded is additions, strikethrough is stuff that should be removed, underline needs to be edited in some way, red is comments. All information I bring are based on 1630 Usage stats (considering anything at or above 6% as of September 2019 usage relevant) and Calcs.

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[OVERVIEW]
Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon/Fairy typing, it can take on Dark types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon types such as Garchomp, Dragonite and Mega Charizard X. The amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover 50% of its health. After mega evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as? as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB such as?. However, Poison types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur threaten it as well as Steel types such as Heatran and Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna.

Mention how it is slow and therefore susceptible to some sleep users like smeargle

[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Cotton Guard is an important part of the set as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its defense by three stages allowing it to beat pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest and allows it to sustain against attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora and Zygarde-Complete. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp and Zygarde while going through substitute to beat pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect and Kartana who would beat Altaria without it.

Set Details
========
252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef EVs and a Calm Nature allows Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def EVs allows Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker into a Rock Wrecker after Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Spe EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant Max Speed Donphan. The 16 SpA EVs are leftover and allow Mega Altaria to hit slightly harder.

Usage Tips
========
Send Mega Altaria against pokemon that cannot threaten you with strong super-effective attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups such as Groundium-Z Landorus-Therian, Choice Band Kartana with Smart Strike, Mega Scizor with Bullet Punch and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound with Gunk Shot those are standard for those sets, don't need to specify, not mega evolving retains the Dragon/Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to not take super-effective damage, this turn can be used to setup a Cotton Guard to Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. Some of these matchups may be mind games, if your opponent predicts you to not mega evolve and therefore hits your with something like a Rock- or Ice-type move, like an Ice Punch from Choice Band Hoopa-U. or something like that, just acknowledge that some will be 50/50s Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde or Golem, immediately Cotton Guard followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on if you are 2HKO'd if you do not Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana and Mega Scizor. Avoid bringing it against Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini and Magearna, since they can hit you with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd themselves. Avoid bringing it against pokemon with powerful Ice coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam, Weavile and Kyurem with their STAB Ice moves.

Team Options
========
Fire types such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel types such as?. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora which the aforementioned pokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemon such as Magnezone, Sawk and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of Mega Gyarados, Garchomp and Ferrothorn that Crustle struggles with and deals with pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast threats such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for it and pair well with Zeraora beating Water types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini and Primarina alongside Porygon-Z whilst Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash and Heatran. Mega Altaria beats pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian that Zeraora struggles with, and opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Specs Necrozma to stall them out, however it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice and Fire Blast as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either. Return or Frustration can be used with a Careful nature to beat Soundproof users that evade Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy attack to beat pokemon such as Kommo-o as Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja which is not OHKO'd by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the Special set as not having Fire coverage leaves you walled by Steel types and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh the amount the Physical set gives. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o which is not affected by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed of pokemon such as Magnezone but is inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Metagross and Aegislash due to their super-effective STAB that can deal too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela stall out Fire Blasts and knock out Mega Altaria.

**Fairy Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele and Magearna as they have super-effective STAB that can OHKO it.

**Poison Types**: Poison Types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk of Mega Venusaur

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special Wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel OHKO Mega Altaria, pokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from Choice Scarf.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type: Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage from it.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

3/3 after implementing

Overall very good analysis. Stop tagging us.

 

[Kaif]

ready for gp, thanks for qcing Alakazam :)

 

[edudittA]

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[OVERVIEW]
Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemonPokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon/Fairy typing, it can take on Dark-types(AH) such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye,(AC) as well as Dragon-types(AH) such as Garchomp, Dragonite,(AC) and Mega Charizard X. The amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover 50% of its health. After mega evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. (Moved it below for more concise paraphrasing)Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as Mega Charizard X, Landorus-Therian and Mega Heracross as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB such as Heatran and Mega Aggronuseful setup moves like Cotton Guard and Roost which aids it in withstanding and recovering the damage from powerful physical attackers like Mega Charizard X, Landorus-T, and Mega Heracross, and coverage moves like Fire Blast, which lets it attack certain Steel-types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB moves like Mega Aggron.(1. Your paraphrasing made it sound like Fire Blast lets it withstand Steel-types, and 2. Heatran has Flash Fire, making Fire Blast useless against it) However, Poison-types(AH) such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur threaten it as well asVenusaur,(AC) Steel-types(AH) such as Heatran,(AC) and Fairy-types(AH) such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna threaten it. Due to its relatively low speedSpeed, speed trap pokemonPokemon such as Smeargle, Jumpluff and Vivillon take advantage of Mega Altaria.

[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Cotton Guard is an important part of the set as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its defense by three stages allowing itDefense to beat pokemonPokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest and allows it to sustain against attackers from Pokemon such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora and Zygarde-Complete. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemonPokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp and Zygarde while going through substitute to beat pokemon that utilize it,as well as beating some Substitute users such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect and Kartana who would beat Mega Altaria without it.

Set Details
========
252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef EVs and a Calm Nature allows Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def EVs allows Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker into a Rock Wrecker after Cotton Guard from Crustle after Cotton Guard. 16 Spe EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant Maxmax Speed Donphan. The 16 SpA EVs are leftover and allow Mega Altaria to The remaining EVs are dumped into SpA to let Mega Altaria hit slightly harder. (Better phrasing)

Usage Tips
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Send Mega Altaria against pokemonPokemon that cannot threaten you with strong super effective(RH) attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups such as Groundium-Z Landorus-Therian, Choice Band Kartana, Mega Scizor and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound, not mega evolving retains the Dragon/Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to not take super-effective damage, and this turn can be used to setup a Cotton Guard to Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. These matchups may beboil down to mind games, such as if the enemy Hoopa-Unbound predicts you to not mega evolve and hits you with an Ice Punch. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde or Golem, immediately use Cotton Guard on the first turn, followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on ifwhether you are 2HKO'd if you do not use Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemonPokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana,(AC) and Mega Scizor. Avoid bringing it against Fairy-types(AH) such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Magearna(AC), since they can hit you with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd themselves. Avoid bringing it against pokemonPokemon with powerful Ice coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam, Weavile,(AC) and Kyurem with their STAB Ice-type moves.

Team Options
========
Fire-types(AH) such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions,Mega Charizard X, and Mega Charizard Y are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel-types(AH) such aslike Mega Aggron and Mega Mawile. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora which the aforementioned pokemonPokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemonPokemon such as Magnezone, Sawk,(AH) and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of,(AC) Mega Gyarados, Garchomp and Ferrothorn that Crustle struggles with,(AC) and deals with pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast threats such asbreakers/Pokemon(either of the one, threats is used for Pokemon which threaten the Pokemon being discussed) like Zeraora and Greninja make up for it and pair well,(AC) with Zeraora beating Water-types(AC) such as Greninja, Tapu Fini,(AC) and Primarinaalongside as well as Porygon-Z,(AC) whilst Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash and Heatran. Mega Altaria beats pokemonPokemon that Zeraora struggles with such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian that Zeraora struggles with, and opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Choice Specs Necrozma to stall them out;(ASC) however,(AC) it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice and Fire Blaststandard set, as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either of the moves. Return or Frustration can be used instead of Hyper Voice, with a Careful nature instead of Calm, to beat Soundproof users that evade Hyper Voice (like? list examples here). Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy-type attack to beat pokemonPokemon such as Kommo-o as Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja which is not OHKO'd by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the Specialspecial attacking set as not having Fire-type coverage leaves you walled by Steel-types,(AC)(AH) and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh the amountusefulness the Physical set gives. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o which is not affected by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs,(AC) alongside with the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed of pokemonPokemon such as Magnezone,(AC) but is inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel-Types**(AC): Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross,(AC) and Aegislash due to their super-effective STAB that can deal too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela stall out Fire Blasts and knock out Mega Altaria.

**Fairy Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele,(AC) and Magearna as they have super-effective STAB that can OHKO it.

**Poison Types**: Poison TypesPoison-types(AH) such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk ofin Mega Venusaur's case.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special Wallbreakerswallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel OHKO Mega Altaria, pokemonPokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from Choice Scarfmoves.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type:Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage from it.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

 

[Kaif]

thanks. ill ignore

 

[Shachaawaq]

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Before we continue, I have a few preliminary nitpicks:

• Pokemon is always capitalized.
• Mega Evolution and its derivatives are always capitalized. Mega formes of Pokemon do not contain a hyphen (i.e. Mega Venusaur).
• Don't forget the Oxford comma~! It is important to add a comma to the end of a list of three, four, or more objects.
• When referring to types individually, use a hyphen (i.e. Dark-type). When referring to dual-types, use a spaced forward-slash (i.e. Dark / Water type).
• Use the full, capitalized names of stats when referring to them. The exceptions are stat spreads (i.e. 252 HP / 48 Def / 208 SpD) and damage calculations.

Now, without further ado, here are the issues I've come across and the corrections I've made accordingly:

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[OVERVIEW]
Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon/Fairy typing, it can take on Dark-types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon-types such as Garchomp, Dragonite , and Mega Charizard X. The Its amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria to tank hits from both the special and the physical side sides to Roost and recover while simultaneously recovering 50% of its health. health with Roost. After mega evolving, Mega Evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as Mega Charizard X, Landorus-Therian , and Mega Heracross as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB such as Genesect and Kartana. However, Poison types Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega-Venusaur, Mega Venusaur, Steel-types such as Heatran, and Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna threaten it. Due to its relatively low speed, speed trap pokemon Pokemon that can outspeed it or hinder its Speed stat such as Smeargle, Jumpluff and Vivillon take advantage of Mega Altaria.

[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Cotton Guard is an important part of the set as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its Defence boosts Mega Altaria's Defense to ridiculous levels, allowing it to beat pokemon tank hits from Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest , and allows allowing it to sustain against recover damage after tanking hits from attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora , and Zygarde-Complete. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp , and Zygarde while going through bypassing substitute Substitute to beat pokemon Pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect , and Kartana who would beat Altaria without it.

Set Details
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252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef Special Defense EVs and a Calm Nature allows allow Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def Defense EVs allows Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker into a Rock Wrecker after one Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Spe Speed EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant max Speed Donphan. The remaining EVs are dumped into SpA Special Attack to let Mega Altaria hit slightly harder.

Usage Tips
========
Send Mega Altaria against pokemon Pokemon that cannot threaten you with strong super-effective attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups such as Groundium-Z Landorus-Therian, Choice Band Kartana, Mega Scizor , and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound, Hoopa-U, not mega evolving Mega Evolving retains the its Dragon/Flying Dragon / Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to not take super-effective damage, from attacks the Fairy-type is weak to, such as Mega Scizor's Bullet Punch and Hoopa-U's Gunk Shot. this This turn can be used to setup a set up Cotton Guard to and Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. These matchups may be mind games, such as if the enemy Hoopa-Unbound Hoopa-U predicts you to not mega evolve Mega Evolve and hits you Altaria with an Ice Punch. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde , or Golem, use Cotton Guard on the first turn followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on whether you are 2HKO'd if you do not Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemon Pokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana , and Mega Scizor. Avoid bringing it against Fairy types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini , and Magearna, since they can hit you with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd avoiding the OHKO themselves. Avoid bringing it against pokemon Pokemon with powerful Ice coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam, and Weavile and Kyurem with their STAB Ice-type moves.

Team Options
========
Fire types such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel types Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Mega Mawile. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora , which the aforementioned pokemon Pokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemon Pokemon with the Sturdy ability such as Magnezone, Sawk , and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers wallbreakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that which can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of handles Mega Gyarados, Garchomp , and Ferrothorn that Crustle struggles with and deals with pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast Fast threats teammates such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for it its lackluster Speed and pair well with it as Zeraora beating beats opposing Water types Water-types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini , and Primarina alongside Porygon-Z whilst while Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash , and Heatran. In return, Mega Altaria beats pokemon Pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian that Zeraora struggles with, and opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados , and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Specs Necrozma to stall them out, out; however however, it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice and Fire Blast as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either. Return or Frustration can be used with a Careful nature to beat Soundproof users that evade Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy attack to beat pokemon such as Kommo-o as Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja which is not OHKO'd by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the special attacking set as not having Fire-type coverage leaves you walled by Steel types and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh the usefulness the Physical set gives. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o which is not affected by Hyper Voice and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed Speed of pokemon such as Magnezone , but it is inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross , and Aegislash due to their super-effective STAB moves that can deal inflict too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela stall out can PP-stall Fire Blasts Blast and knock out Mega Altaria.

**Fairy Types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele , and Magearna as they have super-effective STAB moves that can OHKO it.

**Poison Types**: Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves moves. in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk in Mega Venusaur's case. Mega Venusaur's Thick Fat reduces the damage taken from an otherwise super effective Fire Blast; this along with its high natural bulk allows it to take on Mega Altaria with ease.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel OHKO Mega Altaria, Altaria. pokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from if it is carrying a Choice Scarf.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type:Null Type: Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or and Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage taken from it.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

 

[Rabia]

gp

[OVERVIEW]

Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest pokemon Pokemon in the 1v1 metagame. With its unique Dragon / Fairy (spacing) typing, it can take on Dark-types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon-types such as Garchomp, Dragonite,(AC) and Mega Charizard X. The Its amazing natural bulk allows Mega Altaria it to tank hits from both the special and the physical side to Roost and recover physical and special attacks while simultaneously recovering 50% of its health. with Roost. After mega evolving, Mega Evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast,(AC) which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as Mega Charizard X, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T,(AC) and Mega Heracross as well as certain Steel types that would otherwise resist its Fairy STAB Hyper Voice such as Genesect and Kartana. However, Poison types Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega-Venusaur, Mega Venusaur, Steel-types such as Heatran, and Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna threaten it. Due Additionally, due (flow) to its relatively low speed Speed, speed trap pokemon Pokemon that can outspeed it or hinder its Speed stat such as Smeargle, Jumpluff,(AC) and Vivillon take advantage of Mega Altaria it.

[SET]
Name: Bulky Attacker
Move 1: Cotton Guard
Move 2: Roost
Move 3: Hyper Voice
Move 4: Fire Blast
Item: Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

name: Bulky Attacker
move 1: Cotton Guard
move 2: Roost
move 3: Hyper Voice
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Altarianite
ability: Cloud Nine
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Cotton Guard is an important part of the set,(AC) as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its Defence allowing it to Defense and beat pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest,(AC) and allows allowing it to sustain against recover damage after tanking hits from attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora,(AC) and Zygarde-Complete Zygarde-C. Hyper Voice is run as a STAB Fairy move as it hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting pokemon Pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp,(AC) and Zygarde (Zygarde-C? or base Zygarde?) super effectively while going through substitute bypassing Substitute to beat pokemon Pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect,(AC) and Kartana who would that beat Mega Altaria without it.

Set Details
========

252 HP EVs along with 92 SpDef Special Defense EVs and a Calm Nature allows allow Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with 132 Def Defense EVs allows allow Mega Altaria to tank a Z-Rock Wrecker Continental Crush into a Rock Wrecker after one Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Spe Speed EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant max Speed Donphan. The remaining EVs are dumped into SpA Special Attack to let Mega Altaria hit slightly harder.

Usage Tips
========

Send Mega Altaria against pokemon Pokemon that cannot threaten you it with strong,(AC) super effective(RH) attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. In some matchups Against Pokemon such as Groundium Z(RH) Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, Choice Band Kartana, Mega Scizor,(AC) and Choice Band Hoopa-Unbound, Hoopa-U, not mega evolving Mega Evolving retains the Dragon/Flying Altaria's Dragon / Flying typing and causes Mega Altaria to lets it not take super effective(RH) damage,(RC) from attacks Fairy is weak to, such as Mega Scizor's Bullet Punch and Hoopa-U's Gunk Shot. this This turn can be used to setup a set up Cotton Guard to and Roost off the damage taken previously and attack afterwards. These matchups may be mind games, such as if the enemy Hoopa-Unbound Hoopa-U predicts you to not mega evolve Mega Evolve and hits you Altaria with an Ice Punch. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde,(AC) or and Golem, use Cotton Guard on the first turn followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on whether you are 2HKO'd if you do Mega Altaria is 2HKOed if it does not use Roost. Use Fire Blast against pokemon Pokemon that are weak to it such as Genesect, Kartana,(AC) and Mega Scizor.(this sentence feels incredibly filler. I would like to believe people understand to use Fire Blast against Pokemon 4x weak to it) Avoid bringing it Mega Altaria against Fairy-types(AH) such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini,(AC) and Magearna, since they can hit you OHKO it with their powerful STAB attacks and can OHKO you while not being OHKO'd avoiding the OHKO themselves. Avoid Furthermore, avoid (flow) bringing it against pokemon Pokemon with powerful Ice-type(AH) coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam,(RC) as well as Weavile and Kyurem with their STAB Ice-type moves.

Team Options
========

Fire-types(AH) such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel types Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Mega Mawile. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora,(AC) which the aforementioned pokemon Pokemon struggle with. Sturdy pokemon Pokemon with Sturdy such as Magnezone, Sawk,(AC) and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wall-breakers wallbreakers such as Greninja and Naganadel that,(AC) which can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite that,(AC) which Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of Mega Gyarados, Garchomp,(AC) and Ferrothorn that,(AC) which Crustle struggles with,(AC) and deals with pokemon Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite for Sawk,(AC) while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Since Mega Altaria is slow, fast threats Fast teammates such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for it its lackluster Speed and pair well with it,(AC) as Zeraora beating beats opposing Water types Water-types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini,(AC) and Primarina alongside as well as Porygon-Z whilst,(AC) while Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash , and Heatran. In return, Mega Altaria beats pokemon Pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-Therian Landorus-T that Zeraora struggles with,(RC) and as well as Pokemon like opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Specs Necrozma to stall them out, out; however however, it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice,(AC) and Fire Blast,(AC) as you lose valuable matchups by replacing either any of these moves. Return or Frustration can be used with a Careful nature to beat Soundproof users that,(AC) which (using 'that' here implies there are Soundproof users that don't evade Hyper Voice, which is false) evade Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful Physical Fairy physical Fairy-type attack to beat pokemon Pokemon such as Kommo-o as,(AC) Soundproof is not hit by Hyper Voice thanks to Soundproof,(AC) and Protean Greninja,(AC) which is not OHKO'd OHKOed by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the special attacking set,(AC) as not having Fire-type coverage leaves you Mega Altaria walled by Steel-types,(AH, AC) and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups that outweigh,(AC) outweighing the usefulness of the Physical physical set gives. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger form of STAB attack than Hyper Voice and can be used to beat Soundproof Kommo-o,(AC) which is not affected by Hyper Voice,(AC) and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational as because Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs(against what Pokemon?) alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the speed Speed of pokemon Pokemon such as Magnezone,(AC) but it is inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel Types Steel-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross,(AC) and Aegislash due to their super effective(RH) STAB moves that can deal inflict too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela stall out can PP stall Fire Blasts Blast and knock out Mega Altaria.

**Fairy Types Fairy-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele,(AC) and Magearna,(AC) as they have super effective(RH) STAB moves that can OHKO it.

**Poison Types Poison-types**: Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur beat Mega Altaria with their STAB moves in the case of Naganadel and the overall bulk in Mega Venusaur's case. Naganadel beats Mega Altaria with its STAB attacks, while Mega Venusaur's bulk and Thick Fat give it the upper hand against Mega Altaria.(the sentence was gonna be hard to fix without just reworking it entirely. if this doesn't convey what you meant, contact me over Discord so we can work it out better)

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Naganadel (you just used Naganadel in the previous section) OHKO Mega Altaria, Altaria. pokemon such as Porygon-Z also OHKOs OHKOes Mega Altaria with its STAB Z-Hyper Beam Normalium Z-boosted Hyper Beam as well as Uproar from if it is carrying a Choice Scarf.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type:Null Type: Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide respectively and have reliable recovery in both Slack Off or and Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage taken from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]

the bright colors are from the amcheck. the depressing colors are from my check. i kept the changes i agreed with and added more.

in this hide tag is feedback for the amchecker. feel free to read it yourself if you would like to see some more feedback ig

amchecker feedback

overall your check was solid. a few things you missed out on:
super effective does not need a hyphen
use a comma before "as" if it is being used to mean 'because'
use a comma before "which" if it is preceding a nonrestrictive phrase (google is your friend for describing what this means lol)
"OHKOes" is the verb form of "to OHKO"
consistency: you noted a lot of general errors the reader made yet missed a fair bit of them in the check. this isn't technically a problem, but it's always best to catch the super free stuff like Pokemon not being capitalized
comments: when adding a comma or period, always make sure to note it. writers miss these rather frequently otherwise from my experience.

if you have any more questions, lmk

gp 1/2 once done

 

[Kaif]

implemented, next grammar tryhard come thru

 

[Lumari]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 2/2

check

[OVERVIEW]

Mega Altaria is one of the bulkiest Pokemon in 1v1. With its unique Dragon / Fairy typing, it can take on Dark-types such as Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye as well as Dragon-types such as Garchomp, Dragonite, and Mega Charizard X. Its amazing natural bulk allows it to tank both physical and special attacks while simultaneously recovering 50% of its with Roost. After Mega Evolving, it gains Pixilate for a powerful STAB attack in Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria also has access to useful setup and coverage moves between Cotton Guard and Fire Blast,(AC) (keep comma, remove comment) which aid it in withstanding damage from the many powerful physical attackers that occupy 1v1 such as Mega Charizard X, Landorus-T, and Mega Heracross as well as taking on certain Steel-types (AH) that resist its STAB Hyper Voice such as Genesect and Kartana. However, Poison-types such as Naganadel and Mega Venusaur, Steel-types such as Heatran, and Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir and Magearna threaten it. Additionally, due to its relatively low Speed, Pokemon that can outspeed it or hinder its Speed stat such as Smeargle, Jumpluff, and Vivillon take advantage of it.

[SET]
name: Bulky Attacker
move 1: Cotton Guard
move 2: Roost
move 3: Hyper Voice
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Altarianite
ability: Cloud Nine
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 16 SpA / 92 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Cotton Guard is an important part of the set, as it allows Mega Altaria to boost its Defense and beat Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and physical Dragonite. Roost is the only source of recovery Mega Altaria receives outside of Rest, allowing it to recover damage after tanking hits from attackers such as Donphan, Golem, Zeraora, and Zygarde-C. Hyper Voice hits decently hard after Mega Evolving, hitting Pokemon such as Dragonite, Garchomp, and Zygarde-C super effectively while bypassing Substitute to beat Pokemon that utilize it such as Whimsicott. Fire Blast is run as coverage to hit Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Genesect, and Kartana that beat Mega Altaria without it.

Set Details
========

252 HP EVs along with 92 Special Defense EVs and a Calm nature allow Mega Altaria to tank a Choice Specs-boosted Flash Cannon from Timid Genesect. 252 HP EVs along with Furthermore, 132 Defense EVs allow Mega Altaria to tank a Continental Crush into followed by a Rock Wrecker after one Cotton Guard from Crustle. 16 Speed EVs allow Mega Altaria to outspeed Adamant Donphan. The remaining EVs are dumped into Special Attack to let Mega Altaria hit slightly harder.

Usage Tips
========

Send Mega Altaria against Pokemon that cannot threaten it with strong, super effective attacks such as Donphan and Mega Lopunny. Against Pokemon such as Groundium Z Landorus-T, Choice Band Kartana, Mega Scizor, and Choice Band Hoopa-U, not Mega Evolving retains Altaria's Dragon / Flying typing and lets it not take super effective damage from attacks Fairy is weak to, such as Mega Scizor's Bullet Punch and Hoopa-U's Gunk Shot. This turn can be used to set up Cotton Guard and Roost off damage taken previously and attack afterwards. These matchups may be mind games, however, such as if Hoopa-U predicts you to not Mega Evolve and hits Altaria with Ice Punch. Against attackers such as Donphan, Zygarde, and Golem, use Cotton Guard on the first turn followed by Roost or Hyper Voice depending on whether Mega Altaria is 2HKOed if it does not use Roost. Avoid bringing Mega Altaria against Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Magearna, since they can OHKO it with their powerful STAB attacks while avoiding the OHKO themselves. Furthermore, avoid bringing it against Pokemon with powerful Ice-type coverage such as Protean Greninja with Ice Beam as well as Weavile and Kyurem.

Team Options
========

Fire-types such as Volcarona and both Charizard Mega Evolutions are highly appreciated due to the weakness that Mega Altaria possesses to Steel-types such as Mega Aggron and Mega Mawile. In return, Mega Altaria counters Mega Gyarados and Zeraora, which the aforementioned Pokemon struggle with. Pokemon with Sturdy such as Magnezone, Sawk, and Crustle function well with Mega Altaria, as they beat special wallbreakers such as Greninja and Naganadel, which can break through it. Mega Altaria in return beats Earthquake Mega Gyarados and Dragonite, which Magnezone struggles with. Mega Altaria takes care of Mega Gyarados, Garchomp, and Ferrothorn, which Crustle struggles with, and deals with Pokemon such as Mega Charizard X and Dragonite,(space)while Sawk beats threats to Mega Altaria such as Heatran and Magearna. Fast teammates such as Zeraora and Greninja make up for its Mega Altaria's lackluster Speed and pair well with it, as Zeraora beats opposing Water-types such as Greninja, Tapu Fini, and Primarina as well as Porygon-Z, while Greninja beats Mega Slowbro, Aegislash, and Heatran. In return, Mega Altaria beats Pokemon such as Garchomp and Landorus-T that Zeraora struggles with, (AC) as well as Pokemon like opposing Zeraora, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Lopunny that Greninja struggles with.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Confide can be used against special attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, Primarina, and Choice Specs Necrozma to stall them out; however, it is outclassed by the combination of Cotton Guard, Roost, Hyper Voice, and Fire Blast, as you lose valuable matchups by replacing any of these moves. Return or Frustration can be used with a Careful nature to beat Soundproof users, which evade Hyper Voice. Mega Altaria can use Dragon Dance with Giga Impact to fire off a powerful physical Fairy-type attack to beat Pokemon such as Kommo-o, which is not hit by Hyper Voice thanks to Soundproof, and Protean Greninja, which is not OHKOed by Hyper Voice. Unfortunately, this set is outclassed by the special attacking set, as not having Fire-type coverage leaves Mega Altaria walled by Steel-types, and not having Cotton Guard and Roost loses multiple matchups,outweighing the usefulness of the physical set. Hyper Beam can be run as a stronger STAB attack than Hyper Voice and to beat Soundproof Kommo-o, which is not affected by Hyper Voice, and Protean Greninja, but it is extremely situational because Mega Altaria does not have much Special Attack investment to guarantee OHKOs(against what Pokemon?) (address this pls) alongside the detriment of having to recharge for a turn. Bulldoze can be used to decrease the Speed of Pokemon such as Magnezone, but it is again inferior to the given set.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Steel-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross, and Aegislash due to their super effective STAB moves that inflict too much damage for it to deal with. Pokemon such as Registeel and stall variants of Celesteela can PP stall Fire Blast and knock out Mega Altaria.

**Fairy-types**: Mega Altaria struggles against most Fairy-types such as Mega Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, and Magearna, as they have super effective STAB moves that can OHKO it with super effective STAB moves.

**Poison-types**: Naganadel beats Mega Altaria with its STAB attacks, while Mega Venusaur's bulk and Thick Fat give it the upper hand against Mega Altaria.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Special wallbreakers such as Protean Greninja and Mega Diancie OHKO Mega Altaria. Porygon-Z also OHKOes Mega Altaria with its STAB Normalium Z-boosted Hyper Beam as well as Uproar if it is carrying a Choice Scarf.

**Stall Pokemon**: Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro and Type: Null outstall Mega Altaria with Amnesia and Confide and have reliable recovery in Slack Off and Rest, while Taunt users such as Mew and Whimsicott disable Mega Altaria's Roost and heal off the damage taken from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Kaif, 455212]]
- Quality checked by: [[lost heros, 316445], [Osra, 239997], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [, ]]

 

[Kaif]

done

 

[Ginger Princess]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/altaria/1v1/

Uploaded, good job