National Dex Monotype Specially Defensive Muk-Alola (Dark) QC (2/2) GP (1/1)

[Elvira]

[SET]

Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any Dark team, with its Poison typing and an amazing Special Defense stat providing Dark a comfortable switch-in to the likes of special Iron Valiant, Enamorus, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele. Poison Touch gives Alolan Muk the ability to poison common switch-ins such as Great Tusk, Rotom-W, and Zapdos. Poison Jab provides an accurate and solid way to deal damage to Fairy-types such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko. Knock Off makes progress against item-reliant Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Celesteela. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap Pokemon like Alolan Raichu, Gholdengo, and Galarian Slowking that attempt to switch out against it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery and a tool to deal with Steel-types like Hisuian Goodra, Heatran, and Hydreigon. Finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus and take advantage of Black Sludge recovery. Investing 20 EVs in Attack helps Alolan Muk always break Kyurem's Substitute with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to complement Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to switch into threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk. and it has access to Defog to remove entry hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk, allowing it to make the most out of Black Sludge. Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade by using Foul Play. With its Ghost typing and Will-O-Wisp, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting-types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade. Mega Sableye is also excellent to pair with Alolan Muk, as it grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user. Meowscarada helps threaten out several Water- and Ground-type threats that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert, and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team. as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard-stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy-Duty Boots. Hydreigon is a wallbreaker that checks defensive Pokemon that Alolan Muk struggles to break like Hippowdon, opposing Alolan Muk, and Toxapex. Weavile checks Ground-, Dragon-, and Flying-types such as Garchomp, Mega Altaria, and Landorus.


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[Elvira]

QC Ready

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

Reserving for amqc

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

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MukAlola!

Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any dark team, with its Poison typing granting Dark a neutrality against its weaknesses (This is kinda implied later on when you mention valiant enam and hatt) and an amazing special defensive stat, can provide providing Dark teams a comfortable switch into the likes of Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Enamorus, and Hatterene Tapu Lele. Poison Jab is best STAB for Alolan Muk as it provides an accurate and solid damage to Fairy types such as Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Koko. Pairing it up with the ability Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving Alolan Muk the ability to poison known switch ins such as Great Tusk I would honestly mention poison touch before you talk abt the movepool since its not only through poison jab which you spread poison. Knock Off is another great STAB for Alolan Muk that helps make progress against threats like Volcarona, Kyurem, and Latias Mention item removal here since it really isn't implied that you make progress against them by removing hazards. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in pokemon like Raichu-Alola, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar that attempt to switch out of it. Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but also a tool to deal with Steel types like Hisuian-Goodra, Heatran, while also being able to effectively hit Weavile and Roaring Moon Substitute + Nasty Plot Hydreigon. And finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Latios Enamorus while still taking advantage of Black Sludge recovery. Mandibuzz is a great partner to compliment Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to come in to threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk thanks to its Flying type and has access to the move Defog to remove hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk and allow it to get the most out of Black Sludge. Mandibuzz also has the ability to also come in on predominant attack setup sweepers (like?) with Foul Play. Sableye is an excellent pair to put with Alolan Muk as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. (Fluff, you can mention magic bounce later on) With its ghost typing, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp (you can put magic bounce here). Both Mega-Sableye and Mandibuzz pair well with Alolan Muk with its ability to tank threatening Moonblasts or other hard hitting special attacking moves. (Move this earlier after foul play but before mentioning how mega sableye handles fighting types

Also mention:
- Before mentioning teammates, mention what 20 Atk evs do (always breaking kyurem's sub with pjab)
- Meowscarada to deal with Waters and Grounds that threaten alolan muk like band urshifu-r, mega swampert, and great tusk
- Hydreigon and Weavile appreciating amuk pursuit trapping lele
- Ting-lu since they both help their teammates wear down foes (ting with hazards, amuk with poison touch)

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Yea, this is catto approved -Neko >:3

 

[Elvira]

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MukAlola!

Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any dark team, with its Poison typing and an amazing special defensive stat, providing Dark a comfortable switch into the likes of Iron Valiant, Enamorus, and Tapu Lele. Pairing it up with the ability Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving Alolan Muk the ability to poison known switch ins such as Great Tusk. Poison Jab is best STAB for Alolan Muk as it provides an accurate and solid damage to Fairy types such as Tapu Lele, and Tapu Koko. Knock Off is another great STAB for Alolan Muk helps make progress against threats like Volcarona, Kyurem, and Latias by removing their items. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in pokemon like Raichu-Alola, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar that attempt to switch out of it. Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but also a tool to deal with Steel types like Hisuian-Goodra, Heatran, while also being able to effectively hit Substitute + Nasty Plot Hydreigon. And finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus while still taking advantage of Black Sludge recovery. When adding 20 EV's to attack; this helps Alolan Muk in always breaking Kyurem's substitute with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to compliment Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to come in to threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk thanks to its Flying type and has access to the move Defog to remove hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk and allow it to get the most out of Black Sludge. Mandibuzz also has the ability to also come in on predominant attack setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade with Foul Play. Both Mega-Sableye and Mandibuzz pair well with Alolan Muk with its ability to tank threatening Moonblasts or other hard hitting special attacking moves.With its ghost typing, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp. Sableye is an excellent pair to put with Alolan Muk as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. Meowscarada helps threaten out the several Water-type and Ground-type threats in the tier that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy Duty Boots.

Approved by Neko
Yea, this is catto approved -Neko >:3

implemented and updated. Awaiting QC 2.

 

[roxie]

2/X

[SET]

Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any dark (typings have to be capitlized) team, with its Poison typing and an amazing special defensive stat, providing Dark a comfortable switch into the likes of Iron Valiant (specifying special Valiant is crucial because SD+Z can still nuke this on a swap), Enamorus, and Tapu Lele. Pairing it up with the ability (fluff) Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving Alolan Muk the ability to poison known common switch ins such as Great Tusk (add 2 more examples). Poison Jab is best STAB for Alolan Muk as it provides an accurate and solid damage to Fairy types such as Tapu Lele, and Tapu Koko. Knock Off is another great STAB for Alolan Muk helps make forces progress against threats like Volcarona, Kyurem, and Latias by removing their items. (i would mention something else for its utilily on what exactly ur removing like what would sit in front of dark or what are some other heavily reliant pokemon. mention hdb mons/eviolite/etc) Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in pokemon (cap) like Raichu-Alola, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar that attempt to switch out of it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but also a tool to deal with Steel types like Hisuian-Goodra, Heatran, while also being able to effectively hit Substitute + Nasty Plot Hydreigon. (specifying plot is irrelevant, id just simply say Hydreigon. this is also dark so the extra emphasize here in comparison to the steel comment prob isnt needed here) And (dont begin this and "Finally" is a good starting transition) finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus while still taking advantage of Black Sludge recovery. When adding 20 EV's to attack; this helps Alolan Muk in always breaking Kyurem's substitute (cap) with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to compliment Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to come in to threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk thanks to its Flying type and has access to the move Defog to remove hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk and allow it to get the most out of Black Sludge. Mandibuzz also has the ability to also come in on predominant attack setup sweepers Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade with Foul Play. Both Mega-Sableye and Mandibuzz pair well with Alolan Muk with its ability to tank threatening Moonblasts or other hard hitting special attacking moves.(For smaller analyses like this we need to get to the point when we get in the teammates section. we mentioned how muk is a great swap for fairies but lets directly talk about what the teammates are doing here. We covered a good bit of mandibuzz prior so after this we can mention sab (id put that physical valiant here and moreso if the mon does something that correlate to sab just say x checks this for muk-a but not muk-a is good for xyz (+adds a point from earlier) With its ghost typing, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp. Sableye is an excellent pair to put with Alolan Muk as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. Meowscarada helps threaten out the several Water-type and Ground-type threats in the tier that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy Duty Boots. (need to mention what hydreigon and weavile are specifically doing)

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[roxie]

- Knock Off removes progress on item-reliant Pokemon such as xyz
- Move Volcarona into early spa switch in sentence
- Adjust/Remove point on current k/o sentence

 

[Elvira]

2/X

[SET]

Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]

Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any dark (typings have to be capitlized) team, with its Poison typing and an amazing special defensive stat, providing Dark a comfortable switch into the likes of Iron Valiant (specifying special Valiant is crucial because SD+Z can still nuke this on a swap), Enamorus, and Tapu Lele. Pairing it up with the ability (fluff) Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving Alolan Muk the ability to poison known common switch ins such as Great Tusk (add 2 more examples). Poison Jab is best STAB for Alolan Muk as it provides an accurate and solid damage to Fairy types such as Tapu Lele, and Tapu Koko. Knock Off is another great STAB for Alolan Muk helps make forces progress against threats like Volcarona, Kyurem, and Latias by removing their items. (i would mention something else for its utilily on what exactly ur removing like what would sit in front of dark or what are some other heavily reliant pokemon. mention hdb mons/eviolite/etc) Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in pokemon (cap) like Raichu-Alola, Gholdengo, and Slowking-Galar that attempt to switch out of it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but also a tool to deal with Steel types like Hisuian-Goodra, Heatran, while also being able to effectively hit Substitute + Nasty Plot Hydreigon. (specifying plot is irrelevant, id just simply say Hydreigon. this is also dark so the extra emphasize here in comparison to the steel comment prob isnt needed here) And (dont begin this and "Finally" is a good starting transition) finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus while still taking advantage of Black Sludge recovery. When adding 20 EV's to attack; this helps Alolan Muk in always breaking Kyurem's substitute (cap) with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to compliment Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to come in to threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk thanks to its Flying type and has access to the move Defog to remove hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk and allow it to get the most out of Black Sludge. Mandibuzz also has the ability to also come in on predominant attack setup sweepers Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade with Foul Play. Both Mega-Sableye and Mandibuzz pair well with Alolan Muk with its ability to tank threatening Moonblasts or other hard hitting special attacking moves.(For smaller analyses like this we need to get to the point when we get in the teammates section. we mentioned how muk is a great swap for fairies but lets directly talk about what the teammates are doing here. We covered a good bit of mandibuzz prior so after this we can mention sab (id put that physical valiant here and moreso if the mon does something that correlate to sab just say x checks this for muk-a but not muk-a is good for xyz (+adds a point from earlier) With its ghost typing, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp. Sableye is an excellent pair to put with Alolan Muk as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. Meowscarada helps threaten out the several Water-type and Ground-type threats in the tier that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy Duty Boots. (need to mention what hydreigon and weavile are specifically doing)

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Implemented, Ty beloved <3. GP Team

 

[veti]

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[SET]
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Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
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Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any Dark (remove either space) team, with its Poison typing and an amazing special defensiveSpecial Defense stat, (RC) providing Dark a comfortable switch intoswitch-in to the likes of special Iron Valiant, Enamorus, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele. Pairing it up with Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving Alolan Muk the ability to poison common switch insswitch-ins such as Great Tusk, Rotom-Wash, and Zapdos. Poison Jab is the best STAB move for Alolan Muk as it provides an accurate and solid way to deal damage to Fairy types such as Tapu Lele, (RC) and Tapu Koko. Knock Off removes progress on do you mean "makes progress against"? item-reliant Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Celesteela. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in Pokemon like Raichu-AlolaAlolan Raichu, Gholdengo, and Slowking-GalarGalarian Slowking that attempt to switch out of it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but alsoand a tool to deal with Steel typesSteel-types like Hisuian-GoodraHisuian Goodra, Heatran, and Hydreigon. Finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus while still taking advantage of Black Sludge recovery. When addingAdding 20 EV'sEVs to attack;Attack this helps Alolan Muk in always breaking Kyurem's Substitute with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to complimentcomplement Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground thanks to its Flying type makes it easier to come in to threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk, (AC) thanks to its Flying type and it has access to the move Defog to remove entry hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk, (AC) and allowing it to get the most out of Black Sludge. Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade withby using Foul Play small change but "Mega Gallade with Foul Play" is unclear as to whether Mandibuzz or Gallade is using it. With its ghostGhost typing and Will-O-Wisp, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting typesFighting-types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp moved for same reason as last comment, O in Will-O-Wisp is capitalized if you don't implement the move. Mega Sableye is analso excellent to pair to put with Alolan Muk as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. Meowscarada helps threaten out the several Water-typeWater- and Ground-type threats in the tier that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert, (AC) and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy DutyHeavy-Duty Boots. Hydreigon is a wall breakerwallbreaker that checks defensive Pokemon that Alolan Muk struggles to break like Hippowdon, opposing Alolan Muk, and Toxapex. Weavile checks Ground, Dragon, and Flying typesGround-, Dragon-, and Flying-types such as Garchomp, Mega-AltariaMega Altaria, and Landorus.


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[SET]
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Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
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Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any Dark (remove either space) team, with its Poison typing and an amazing special defensiveSpecial Defense stat, (RC) providing Dark a comfortable switch intoswitch-in to the likes of special Iron Valiant, Enamorus, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele. Pairing it up with Poison Touch grants it more access to spreading status, giving gives (first part is redundant with rest of sentence) Alolan Muk the ability to poison common switch insswitch-ins such as Great Tusk, Rotom-Wash, and Zapdos. Poison Jab is best STAB for Alolan Muk as it (filler) provides an accurate and solid way to deal damage to Fairy-types (AH) such as Tapu Lele, (RC) and Tapu Koko. Knock Off removes progress on makes progress against do you mean "makes progress against"? (agree with this change) item-reliant Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Celesteela. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap in Pokemon like Raichu-AlolaAlolan Raichu, Gholdengo, and Slowking-GalarGalarian Slowking that attempt to switch out of against it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery but alsoand a tool to deal with Steel typesSteel-types like Hisuian-GoodraHisuian Goodra, Heatran, and Hydreigon. Finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout choice-locked Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus while still taking and take (scouting isn't exclusive w/ black sludge otherwise) advantage of Black Sludge recovery. When adding Investing 20 EV's to attack; this EVs in Attack helps Alolan Muk in always breaking break Kyurem's Substitute with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to complimentcomplement Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to come in to switch into threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk, (AC) thanks to its Flying type and it has access to the move Defog to remove entry hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk, (AC) and allowing it to get make the most out of Black Sludge. Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade withby using Foul Play small change but "Mega Gallade with Foul Play" is unclear as to whether Mandibuzz or Gallade is using it. With its ghostGhost typing and Will-O-Wisp, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting typesFighting-types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade with Will-o-Wisp moved for same reason as last comment, O in Will-O-Wisp is capitalized if you don't implement the move. Mega Sableye is analso excellent to pair to put with Alolan Muk, (AC) as giving it Sablenite grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user in Mega-Sableye. Meowscarada helps threaten out the several Water-typeWater- and Ground-type threats in the tier that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert, (AC) and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team, (AC) as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard-stacking (AH) capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy DutyHeavy-Duty Boots. Hydreigon is a wall breakerwallbreaker that checks defensive Pokemon that Alolan Muk struggles to break like Hippowdon, opposing Alolan Muk, and Toxapex. Weavile checks Ground, Dragon, and Flying typesGround-, Dragon-, and Flying-types such as Garchomp, Mega-AltariaMega Altaria, and Landorus.


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amcheck feedback

• remember that you should put a comma before "as" when it's used like "because"
• "choice" when referring to Choice items is always capitalized, even w/ phrases like "Choice-lock"
• "hazard stacking" isn't an accepted term as-is, it needs to have a hyphen to make it "hazard-stacking" to make it a compound adjective
• phrases like "Poison Jab is the best STAB move for Alolan Muk", "Earthquake is a strong Ground-type STAB move that..." are filler- you can cut to the part where it says what they do. don't blame you for not cutting though, it's subjective and case-dependent
• i just cut the "thanks to its Flying type" phrase altogether, it's dex info. good thought with trying to move it though
• v solid job overall

 

[Elvira]

1/1, GP Team done
Crediting veti too, did my check over hers. My adds and removes are lighter blue and red, while my comments are (orange).

muk amok

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[SET]
Muk-Alola @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 240 HP / 20 Atk / 248 SpD
Careful Nature
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Pursuit / Drain Punch
- Protect

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Muk is an amazing defensive part of any Dark team, with its Poison typing and an amazing Special Defense stat providing Dark a comfortable switch-in to the likes of special Iron Valiant, Enamorus, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele. Poison Touch gives Alolan Muk the ability to poison common switch-ins such as Great Tusk, Rotom-W, and Zapdos. Poison Jab provides an accurate and solid way to deal damage to Fairy-types such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko. Knock Off makes progress against item-reliant Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Celesteela. Pursuit grants Alolan Muk the ability to trap Pokemon like Alolan Raichu, Gholdengo, and Galarian Slowking that attempt to switch out against it. Alternatively, Drain Punch gives Alolan Muk both another form of recovery and a tool to deal with Steel-types like Hisuian Goodra, Heatran, and Hydreigon. Finally, Protect can allow Alolan Muk to scout Choice-locked threats such as Meowscarada and Enamorus and take advantage of Black Sludge recovery. Investing 20 EVs in Attack helps Alolan Muk always break Kyurem's Substitute with Poison Jab. Mandibuzz is a great partner to complement Alolan Muk, as its immunity to Ground makes it easier to switch into threats such as Excadrill, Garchomp, and Great Tusk. and it has access to Defog to remove entry hazards that would whittle down Alolan Muk, allowing it to make the most out of Black Sludge. Furthermore, Mandibuzz checks physical setup sweepers like Scizor and Mega Gallade by using Foul Play. With its Ghost typing and Will-O-Wisp, Mega Sableye can handle threatening Fighting-types such as Sneasler, Iron Hands, and Mega Gallade. Mega Sableye is also excellent to pair with Alolan Muk, as it grants Dark a bulky Magic Bounce user. Meowscarada helps threaten out several Water- and Ground-type threats that threaten Alolan Muk like Choice Band Urshifu-R, Mega Swampert, and Great Tusk with its powerful Flower Trick. Both Hydreigon and Weavile appreciate having Alolan Muk on the team. as it can effectively Pursuit trap Tapu Lele. Alolan Muk complements Ting-Lu's hazard-stacking capabilities by spreading poison to wear down foes or removing Heavy-Duty Boots. Hydreigon is a wallbreaker that checks defensive Pokemon that Alolan Muk struggles to break like Hippowdon, opposing Alolan Muk, and Toxapex. Weavile checks Ground-, Dragon-, and Flying-types such as Garchomp, Mega Altaria, and Landorus.


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amcheck feedback

• remember that you should put a comma before "as" when it's used like "because"
• "choice" when referring to Choice items is always capitalized, even w/ phrases like "Choice-lock"
• "hazard stacking" isn't an accepted term as-is, it needs to have a hyphen to make it "hazard-stacking" to make it a compound adjective
• phrases like "Poison Jab is the best STAB move for Alolan Muk", "Earthquake is a strong Ground-type STAB move that..." are filler- you can cut to the part where it says what they do. don't blame you for not cutting though, it's subjective and case-dependent
• i just cut the "thanks to its Flying type" phrase altogether, it's dex info. good thought with trying to move it though
• v solid job overall

implemented and will finalize, thank you <3