Recent content by TheTraininator

What are they gonna do? Ban it again?

Isn’t Dewgong’s main niche like, Perish Song + Whirlpool + Flip Turn? Idk how well that set works in an OU meta context specifically, but I do know that Perish Trapping is kind of its claim to fame, especially this gen with the Flip Turn buff. The virgin [one of those options] vs. The chad...

And what if you like not having Kingambit run over all your offensive teams?

That’s a surprisingly high Ursaluna placement. Do you think the metagame favors it highly at the moment?

Glare has no immunities bar things that are globally immune to Paralysis, such as Pokémon with Limber and Electric types (post-gen 6).

No, it was 3.5, still well within usual suspect test range.

You do realize that literally only Gholdengo on that list has recovery like Gouging Fire does, right? (EDIT: And Volcarona, but lol I would not call that physical bulk good). That’s a huge part of the problem with Gouging. Massive bulk, recovery, and strong 2 moveslot coverage are what make the...

I think the overall point is fair, but I don’t think it’s fair to dismiss this as a meme calc. Yes physically defensive Dondozo is the optimal set in this meta, but a huge part of the reason why it is is due to the possibility of sun breaker Gouging being able to run over it otherwise. A water...

Dondozo is definitely its best check but it needs to run physical defense specifically to beat attack Protosynthesis Banded sets with sun support: 252 Atk Choice Band Protosynthesis Gouging Fire Raging Fury vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Dondozo in Sun: 233-274 (46.2 - 54.3%) -- 57.4% chance to 2HKO (This...

I want to weigh in on one particular aspect of this topic, which is the nature of “Tera Blast’s viable users”. If anything, I think this is an argument in favor of Tera Blast remaining legal. It’s a widely used/considered option, but has only genuinely proven to be an issue on 3 users...

I should clarify that Doubles OU is a bit more than just VGC with bans. It also is a 6v6 format, there’s no VGC timer, and it also allows certain Pokémon that VGC doesn’t like most of the mythicals and base Kyurem. In past gens, it also allowed for transfer moves just like other Smogon formats...

A lot of good points are being said, but we don’t need to over complicate things. There’s a really easy way to prove top players don’t inherently have better opinions; if being a top player made you always believe the “right” things, then all top players would agree… but they very much do not do...

I completely missed the new additions tab. My bad.

I’m curious why Pecharunt still hasn’t been given a rank yet. I’m assuming it’s just a lower priority Pokémon so it’s gone under the radar?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you can’t ban items as a whole, even ones signature to a few Pokémon. What I am saying is: a) Booster Energy does not meet the burden of proof to be banned; it makes several Pokémon better, but it only actually breaks, (or arguably breaks), one Pokémon. One...