[Guide] Pokemon Showcase: Escartress [Competititve]

[Reeveelution]

Eh, I decided to do it on a lark, so I didn't have any plans for it. Besides, I got Dramsama to write about, and boy is it an interesting pokemon to write about...

Oh, and if you want a suggestion on what pokemon to do a guide next on (if you want to keep doing this, I assume), they why not Chimaconda? Both its abilities are interesting, and I like your ideas, so I think there is potential for the little chimera!

Chimaconda was indeed something I was interested in writing. Both abilities are amazing, and its hard to predict what an opponent Chimaconda will do until it is actually sent out in battle which is always something I like having to see around. Unpredictability ftw! XD

Anyways, good luck with Dramsama. Her recent nerf was really really big, and so even if I wanna tak about it, I would feel a little half-arsed cause a Pokemon that I liked so much got nerfed this hard >.< Still wouldnt deter me from using one, though! 

Will look forward to your Dramsama showcase :3

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Not to be rude, but these sets seem pretty redundant.  The only difference between the two is one of the sets runs Toxic and the other runs Ice Beam (apart from interchangeable EV and item differences).  Also, Shell Armor isn't very good, further reducing the purpose of having two sets.  Just my opinion, but you should try to keep an eye out for redundancy like this in general, as I noticed a bit of the same thing in the Antarki guide.  Looking forward for the rest of the guide, maybe an offensive spread to round things out.

I agree with ya, but there are two main reasons why I made it so-ever redundant:

[1] Most of us here in this community are NEW to the game, or even if they aren't half baked, they may no know nothing about Competitive. Because of this, I need to use simple-to-understand words, more details, and a seemingly step-by-step note on how to use them effectively. I wouldn't be labeling my showcases "Guides" otherwise because of this fact.

[2] The sets are similar, but their role with their sets are not. For an example, in set [1], Escartress mainly acts as a counter to those speedy fiery devils. And because I respect the fact that some players can have it hard finding cassnails with HA, I gave them more free will and space in this set to allow room for Shell Armor, while putting a disclaimer that it wouldnt be effective against M Archilles and HA Flareon otherwise. In set [2], Escartress' reason for being there is to play her role as the primary sand setter, and therefore you need to switch your playstyle a little to adjust to this fact. When is a good time to switch in? When is a good time to stay in, Recover, or Attack? Loosing Escartress in any sand team is a huge, huge problem if that happens, thus why EV distributions of this set is similar to that of set [1] as well. In the end, I showcase movesets of similar tastes, but they have very, very different details about how to use them.