Recent content by gnr61

Amazing team, dude! Had a lot of fun trying it out. Definitely recommend Healing Wish on Latias over roost/recover; it's often seen as a sort of HO choice but it happens to work quite well here, with Slowbro, Hippo and Volc all benefiting greatly from the free switch/second chance. MegaBurrito...

Yeah Heracross isn't setting up late game unless against poorly played stall; it's best used for punching holes early and often. Toxic orb is the best option as practically speaking you'll rarely be out for more than two turns.

We all know what swift swimmers do, so I'll refrain from talking about Lord Helix here and how much more rad he is than Swampert and instead talk a bit about non-water types that just lu da rain. Tornadus-T (AV or LO): big bird is a huge asset to rain, providing a switch-in to grass types with...

The purpose of Knock Off Omastar is to force Chansey, Omastar's only good switch-in with rocks up, into deadly 50/50s. Sans Eviolite Omastar+Kingdra simply rip through the thing, but with it Chansey is a cold stop to the whole team (provided they have a half-decent Scizor answer to pivot into...

I'm not a huge fan of fast n weak electrics (Raikou, Megaman) on rain HO since their main use is pressuring offensive teams for momentum, which isn't really a huge deal for rain since you handle most offense just fine. Raikou offers nothing against stall or balance except Volt Switch bait for...

Huh? Mega Pokemon don't have any more or less versatility just because they're Mega (with the exception of items) lol, MEvos like Scizor, Xard, Altaria and Sableye have zillions of cool sets and options, defs more than Pangoro who although a cool mon isn't gonna have more than one or two...

Ice Beam better on Toed more often than not if running Phys Def IMO, this is HO and you have RD Klefki if you need to sac Toed, usually a better play than Resting, and Resting is better on SpDef to fuck with Latias/Rotom pivoting rather than cocky SR Chomps and Landos. Anyway, tbh although I...

While Thunderbolt is nice to hit Azumarill (a problem for sure, but you can probably play around it without mutilating your team) and Shed Shell Skarmory, in this meta I think Earthquake/Surf has more use as coverage for Latios so long as you're not going to bother trying to peg...

You're certainly right that Clefable has some new obstacles in ORAS, but let's not cry doom for the old fairy just yet. Clef struggles with Metagross and the buffed Greninja a LOT, but just like the start of last gen this is a meta swarmed with setup sweepers, few of whom are better dealt with...

Hey, m8, just wanna say you've inspired me to roll with the super shark and I gotta agree, Jaws does MAD work, very underrated. I'm finding Sharpedo is one of those mons who stacks naturally with partners (Conk, Ninja) who can bully the same group of checks/counters until they're within Crunch...

whoa. trying with kabutops, dgaf about heatran or tflame and loves the slow entry + boost vs zap/mman/skarm, plus rain makes scizor unkillable and forces opponents into obvious wows and fire attacks. really cool set, the possibilities seem real

I agree that certain fire types make unlikely good pairings with Omastar, though I haven't tried Talonflame since it really doesn't contribute against Thundurus/Rotom/electricts in general. Bulky Charizard X (Roost + WoW or SD) works pretty nicely, gaining momentum off Ferrothorn and giving...

HP Grass seems almost useless to me. Hitting stray Gastrodon/Vaporeon is nice (tho Vaporeon will just tank and switch out and regen to full when you're eventually forced to use a water move) but seems way more situational than Knock Off. Knock Off obviously does no damage to anything, but so...

Nice post Jin White! Answers to those two pokemon are imo at the heart of every teambuilding process for rain. It depends a lot on what type of team structure you're seeking, but given the 'they don't necessarily need to switch in' part of your post I'm guessing you lean more toward hyper/heavy...

Rain is a fun style to teambuild with right now because you honestly only have a few slots to play with and optimization is mostly a fool's errand, requiring too delicate a balance between offense, defense and matchup consideration. It's like a big puzzle, which has the added difficulty of...