Hmm, maybe i should replace mence on my team with chomp? Might be fun to give it a shot! :)
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I really hope that this doesn't happen. Sand Veil as a whole is being banned due to Garchomp coming down, and I really hope that Speed Boost as a whole won't be banned, because Yanmega and Sharpedo are perfectly fine with it (although TintedLens+Specs Yanmega is pretty sweet too). And even though Ninjask isn't used as often, it's always great to Baton Pass Speed Boost's to other Pokes, and without it, it would become completely useless.Needs more unbanning of Speed Boost Blaziken.
But we'll see how this goes.
Well, 4x Ice is a bad weakness to have nowadays: there's a reason why Mamoswine has increased its usage so much in last month.What I say is that Garchomp is easier to fit on most teams than Dragonite and Salamence. It is resistant to Stealth Rock, tends to not compound common weakness on teams, and it's own weakness are easy to cover.
But it's weakness to Ice can be covered by pratically any Steel, such as Bronzong and Skarmory. Speaking of Bronzong, it covers perfectly all Garchomp's weakness and can destroy Mamoswine wich Gyro Ball. In return, Garchomp covers Bronzong's only weakness to Fire, and can destroy it's main checks, Heatran and Magnezone.Well, 4x Ice is a bad weakness to have nowadays: there's a reason why Mamoswine has increased its usage so much in last month.
Sand teams have Hippowdon, Landorus and Gliscor (maybe Sand Rush Sandlash?), Rain teams have Breloom and the Genies, Sun has its Clorophyll abusers and weatherless teams usually play with at least one dragon (and maybe Celebi). You'll quite always find another poke weak to ice in today meta.
Without its most infamous set (SubSalac needs Sand Veil) it is outclassed as a revenge killer by ScarfDorus-I, who has an immunity to come in, U-Turn and the possibility to go with HP Ice.
Garchomp also has an immunity remember.Without its most infamous set (SubSalac needs Sand Veil) it is outclassed as a revenge killer by ScarfDorus-I, who has an immunity to come in, U-Turn and the possibility to go with HP Ice.
Didn't want a huge wall of text, but anyway. I've always found Landorus-T to be a great check to physical Dragons, and it definitely keeps Garchomp in check. Instead of +2 boosted hits, you only have to handle +1 boosted attacks. If it's Banded, you're just dealing with non-LO Garchomp without a Scarf. If it's Scarfed, well, lol. Idgaf about 130 Attack. -1 Attack is -1 Attack. Seriously, Lando-T is amazing and Garchomp being around just adds to the list of physical attackers it can hold in check.Landorus-T vs. Garchomp stuff
Timing is key, this is BW2 where most scarfers are packing HP ice and lots of base 105s+ running around loose.I remember a time during early DP