OU Magearna (Assault Vest)

Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Fleur Cannon
- Iron Head / Flash Cannon / Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Volt Switch

Assault Vest is Magearna's most common set due to how extremely potent it is as an offensive pivot thanks to its access to high-Base Power moves and a great offensive and defensive typing; on top of that, it also has very solid bulk, which is furthered by Assault Vest. Its ability to blanket check almost every single special attacker when coupled with an Assault Vest makes it an especially useful Pokemon to teams that may be weak to Pokemon like Ash-Greninja and Gengar. Contrary to most pivots, Magearna is capable of gaining momentum instead of sacrificing it thanks to its access to Volt Switch. . While its defensive typing is very potent, it does leave it weak to common Fire-types like Volcarona and Blacephalon and leaves it vulnerable to the many good Ground-types in the tier. Fortunately, it can work around these Ground-types with its access to Ice Beam.

Want to see Magearna in action?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-341404
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-324761
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-668245799
 
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Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Fleur Cannon
- Iron Head / Flash Cannon / Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Volt Switch

Magearna is one of the best, most diverse Pokemon in the OU metagame, (RC) this is thanks to its plethora of sets, ranging from a bulky offensive pivot to a fast and powerful sweeper with Shift Gear. Assault Vest is its most common set because of due to how extremely potent it is as an offensive pivot thanks to its access to high base-power high-Base Power moves and a great offensive and defensive typing, (RC) (ASC); on top of that, (AC) it also has very solid bulk, (AC) which is and this gets furthered by Assault Vest. Its ability to blanket check almost every single special attacker when coupled with an Assault Vest makes it an especially useful Pokemon to teams that may be weak to Pokemon like Ash-Greninja and Gengar. Contrary to most pivots, Magearna is capable of gaining momentum instead of sacking sacrificing it, (RC) this is thanks to its access to Volt Switch. While Magearna is definitely a good Pokemon, (AC) it still has some notable flaws that keep it from being at the top of the metagame, (RC) (AP). While its defensive typing is very potent, (AC) it does leave it weak to common Fire-types like Volcarona and Blacephalon, (RC) it also and leaves it vulnerable to the many good Ground-types in the tier, (RC) (AP). Fortunately, it can work around these Ground-types with its access to Ice Beam. While Magearna is not flawless, it is one of the best pivots and sweepers in the entire tier, and there is almost no Pokemon that can rival its versatility and effectiveness.

Want to see Magearna in action?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-341404
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-324761
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-668245799
 
GP 1/1
Magearna @ Assault Vest
Ability: Soul-Heart
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Fleur Cannon
- Iron Head / Flash Cannon / Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Volt Switch

Magearna is one of the best, most diverse Pokemon in the OU metagame thanks to its plethora of sets, ranging from a bulky offensive pivot to a fast and powerful sweeper with Shift Gear. Assault Vest is its most common set due to how extremely potent it is as an offensive pivot thanks to its access to high-Base Power moves and a great offensive and defensive typing; on top of that, it also has very solid bulk, which is furthered by Assault Vest. Its ability to blanket check almost every single special attacker when coupled with an Assault Vest makes it an especially useful Pokemon to teams that may be weak to Pokemon like Ash-Greninja and Gengar. Contrary to most pivots, Magearna is capable of gaining momentum instead of sacrificing it thanks to its access to Volt Switch. While Magearna is definitely a good Pokemon, it still has some notable flaws that keep it from being at the top of the metagame. While its defensive typing is very potent, it does leave it weak to common Fire-types like Volcarona and Blacephalon and leaves it vulnerable to the many good Ground-types in the tier. Fortunately, it can work around these Ground-types with its access to Ice Beam. While Magearna is not flawless, it is one of the best pivots and sweepers in the entire tier, and there is almost no Pokemon that can rival its versatility and effectiveness.

Want to see Magearna in action?
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-341404
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-324761
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-668245799
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Pretty decent content, the focus on usage tips instead of describing moves is great. Here's my critique:
Magearna is one of the best, most diverse Pokemon in the OU metagame thanks to its plethora of sets, ranging from a bulky offensive pivot to a fast and powerful sweeper with Shift Gear.
This spotlight is about Magearna's Assault Vest set, NOT Magearna. Its sweeping capabilities with Shift Gear are irrelevant to the Assault Vest set, unless you want to point out that people might expect the other one and you can take advantage of that, which you don't do.
While Magearna is definitely a good Pokemon, it still has some notable flaws that keep it from being at the top of the metagame.
This sentence serves no purpose. You could just move onto the next sentence about its typing without losing any information.

I cover these and more in the intro to spotlights thread.

Scheduled for Monday.
 
Pretty decent content, here's my critique:
This spotlight is about Magearna's Assault Vest set, NOT Magearna. Its sweeping capabilities with Shift Gear are irrelevant to the Assault Vest set, unless you want to point out that people might expect the other one and you can take advantage of that, which you don't do.
This sentence serves no purpose. You could just move onto the next sentence about its typing without losing any information.

I cover these and more in the intro to spotlights thread.

Scheduled for Monday.
removed both

e: P Squared turns out I removed the first and last sentence, not the one in the middle, removed that one too. Should I bring back the last sentence?
 
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