Sweet Jesus
Neal and Jack and me, absent lovers...
Although I won't vouch for terrain pulse xerneas, I think it should be noted knock off is one of the most tier defining moves right now. With the slight rise of purify/knock off to wreck poison healers and the fact only 2 mons carry a locked item (unless you count rusted shield or you consider genesect or silivaly viable), knock off really becomes one of the hardest moves to counter in my experience. I've surprised my fair share of metronome xerneas with an unexpected knock off and the fact it's a great move on wallbreakers as much as on walls really makes it hard to predict when it will come out and xerneas can't switch-in “safely” on nearly antything that hasn't been properly scouted. Although this isn't a flaw in itself, the fact xerneas is often one of your 2 or 3 best switch-ins to the move makes it dangerous to rely on your item as a win condition as you'll often be switching in xerneas on knock off as soon as your dedicated knock off switch-in is dead or simply a wrong match-up for your opponent's knock off user.
I'd still say pixilate is the best wallbreaker set and metronome is the best item for the set, but when using it, I would fully expect to lose metronome unless I really packed my team with knock off tankers.
Since the xerneas conversation seems to be covered, I'd like to hear opinions on the viability of purify+knock off. I've encountered it against top 5 ladder players and have used it succesfully against top 5 ladder players, but I still have the feeling it's a one time trick and once it's been scouted it becomes a complete waste of a move since it's ridiculously easy to switch into (purify, not knock off). That being said, poison heal giratina is just an utter pain to kill especially with mons that aren't impossible to improof and purify is very very easy to improof. Opinions?
I'd still say pixilate is the best wallbreaker set and metronome is the best item for the set, but when using it, I would fully expect to lose metronome unless I really packed my team with knock off tankers.
Since the xerneas conversation seems to be covered, I'd like to hear opinions on the viability of purify+knock off. I've encountered it against top 5 ladder players and have used it succesfully against top 5 ladder players, but I still have the feeling it's a one time trick and once it's been scouted it becomes a complete waste of a move since it's ridiculously easy to switch into (purify, not knock off). That being said, poison heal giratina is just an utter pain to kill especially with mons that aren't impossible to improof and purify is very very easy to improof. Opinions?
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