nominations LC

Nomination list:

Skorupi unranked to D:
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17 speed, Good defencive typing, good defences and manageable HP/Sp def no recovery however. Acces to Knock Off, Whirl, Toxic spikes and Taunt making it a good Lead/Phazer.
Sniper + Swords Dance + stabs like Pin missile and Poison Jab/Cross poison can do nice damage, sadly still lacks offence.
Many possitives sadly it can't be optimal in any of them neither all at once. Also some interesting move coverage with Pursuit, Thief, Aqua Tail and Brick Break ... oh and -acupressure is legit-.
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Sandile Unranked to D:
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Viable Pursuit user, Rocks lead, strong coverage but not too staggering attack missing out on the KO against Goth with Pursuit for example. 17 Speed and strong Ground combined with Rock Coverage Stab gives it a niche over most Ground type Leads. It's defences are enough to survive Timburrs Mach Punch or Croagunks Vaccume Wave with LO/Scarf. It's niche is known having Scarf use with Moxie, however I rater include Life Orb even if it takes 2 HP every time it uses it, but this allowes it to 2HKO all fight types including Timburr, Pancham, Scraggy, Mienfoo (speed ties though).
Moxie however makes it amazing with Pursuit allowing it to get more then just a Kill, infact even threatening another poke to take Heavy damage right after it has traped something.
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Buizel to D:
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Niche as a Life Orb wallbreaker: Water Veil, 19 Speed combined with 16 Attack allowes it to work most effectively.
some Calcs for it:
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236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Brick Break vs. 236 HP / 36 Def Eviolite Porygon: 13-16 (50 - 61.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Brick Break vs. 228 HP / 140 Def Eviolite Lileep: 13-16 (50 - 61.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 156 Def Eviolite Timburr: 9-13 (37.5 - 54.1%) -- 87.9% chance to 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 196 Def Eviolite Mienfoo: 9-13 (42.8 - 61.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 236 Def Eviolite Ponyta: 18-26 (85.7 - 123.8%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Aqua Tail vs. 76 HP / 156 Def Eviolite Larvesta: 18-26 (78.2 - 113%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Ice Punch vs. 68 HP / 156+ Def Eviolite Chespin: 13-16 (56.5 - 69.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Ice Punch vs. 124 HP / 160+ Def Eviolite Foongus: 13-16 (52 - 64%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Ice Punch vs. 204 HP / 36 Def Eviolite Pumpkaboo-Super: 13-16 (52 - 64%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Ice Punch vs. 116 HP / 196+ Def Eviolite Cottonee: 13-16 (59 - 72.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Ice Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Snivy: 21-26 (100 - 123.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Brick Break vs. 84 HP / 188 Def Eviolite Ferroseed: 10-13 (45.4 - 59%) -- 12.1% chance to 2HKO
(10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 13)
Hazards supported:
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Brick Break vs. 84 HP / 188 Def Eviolite Ferroseed: 10-13 (45.4 - 59%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after 1 layer of Spikes
236 Atk Life Orb Buizel Aqua Tail vs. 156 HP / 100 Def Eviolite Pancham: 9-13 (36 - 52%) -- 87.9% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
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Not too amazing calcs however it does show offencive possibilities. Does get walled by regulard Water type answeres like Chinchou/Croagunk but with a little bit of chip damage it can get past that, aswell as pivoting with the more passive Baton Pass is a notable option. The priority of Aqua Jet is just weak not even KOing Scarfed Drilbur with Stealth Rocks up.
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Paras Unranked to D or C-:
I don't remember if it was Jac or Merrit noting this, however they were right. Paras doesn't have the worst defences however they aren't as great as those of foongus. The Ability Dry skin has some niche in being immune to Scald burns aswell as very usefull typing against Chinchou, Staryu etc but again Regenerator is still overall better. It's movepool has few good niches over foongus being Knock Off, Aromatherapy and some physical options with Swords Dance and not bad base 70 Attack... best part about the last one is that it's outclassed by Shroomish lol. Reguardless the way I presented it so far may seems very lacking, however allot of teams actualy want something like this, they just want more Knock Off support, Thief for Anti-Knock Off support, Status absorbers and the typing to deal with Fight/Grass/Water- Types.It's Stabs include Bullet Seed and X-scissor also get's acces to Synthesis, Stun Spore, Brick Break and Pursuit.
There have been allot of occasions I could have used this over Foongus better even keeping in mind the fact it's less durable.
Why? Because these small niches over foongus can depending on the team be worthwhile. These are common things teams just want to have but don't nessesairly need, at very least this poke should be worth noting in D.