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I am going to talk about a hypothetical venusaur-less metagame if venusaur does get the ban. Most of the responses seem to agree that venusaur should rise to NUBL. If venusaur rises to NUBL, then offensive teams will get a reprieve from its Z-celebrate set, which can be a monster to face due to...
Is it me or rain is a good idea vs magmortar because it decreases the power of its fire moves? I could see this as an emergency fire check. Also, is sticky web viable now that shuckle is here? I'm pretty sure it is, but there may be too many hazard removers for sticky web to be viable. Altaria...
Are we allowed to discuss what could happen if Sneasel gets banned? For example, what could replace it?
So this isn't a one-liner, I think trick room will get better simply because of the two colossal megas. They hit colossally hard but move very slowly so trick room could alleviate this...
Poliwrath:
This pokemon can run physical or special sets. Its ability swift swim allows it to overcome its base speed of 70 and outspeed many key threats.
Poliwrath has good bulk (90/95/90) and has some key resistances to rock and fire. It has many good coverage moves to hit its checks, such as...
Is that with or without the weakened BP (Mega stones can't be removed). Yes, Crawdaunt bashes stall and fat pokemon. The problem is that stall has several ways of dealing with it and Crawdaunt doesn't do particularly well against faster pokemon who can KO it (and survive an aqua jet). I know it...
Good thing we got rid of regular blastoise. I think it was a bad spinner and that's it. I just hope that UU stops using ambipom and it drops to RU, then NU. I think Lycanroc-Dusk might have a niche as a physical swords dance sweeper with priority. Its bulk may hold it back, though.
Moving away from Durant for a minute, I am trying to figure out the impact of the three new drops.
Mandibuzz gives us a new defogger, but I am not sure how much of an impact that has when gligar is so common. Mandibuzz at least has no 4x weaknesses and foul play can help punish offense. This...
It does have potential via countersweeping something with imposter. I can see it being used as a hyper offense checker.
Where do you get the sprites anyway? I'd love to make a team with ditto. And how do I get permission to make a team?
I have a question: Why is Ultra Necrozma A- while Dusk Mane Necrozma is S? Isn't one of Dusk Mane Necrozma's sets Ultranecroznium Z? If so, then is it true that DM Necrozma's best set isn't the ultranecroznium z set?
How do you pressure opposing spinners/defoggers for web teams? Also, which is the best web setter. I know that ribombee is the fastest, but does that mean it is the best?
Speaking of which, what pokemon do well on web teams? I've heard that there are lots of bad web teams and I want to avoid this.
Whats a good core involving this set and ways to support such a core?
Darkrai @ Darkinium Z
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Bomb
Glad you asked. Darkrai really appreciates entry hazards (From its SM page)...
What are your opinions about Serperior? Is it getting out of hand? What is its best set?
I also want to know what changes when scolipede and kommonium z are banned. Kommonium z being banned really hurts Kommo-o, which probably drops to C/C- on the strength of its Dragon Dance Close Combat set...
Ah, I never thought I would see a day where Greninja-Protean is in a horrible spot. From hero to zero. I do think it's getting worse as the omnipresence of defog makes spikes sets worse than they usually are. You're right that 4 attacks is not that good anymore because it has real counters now...
Now that Naganadel is gone, how will the metagame develop? I think AV Tar will definitely drop, it was a niche pick for Naganadel checking. As such, maybe Blacephalon might see more use since AV tar was its worst enemy? (Sorry for theorymoning)