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Derp... Oh well if that's the case I'll take the battle-ready Tapu Lele! Choice Scarf Timid | Psychic Surge IVs: 31/x/31/31/26/31 (Hyper trained to 31/x/31/31/31/31) EVs: 252 SpAtk / 4 SpDef / 252 Spe Psychic / Moonblast / Shadow Ball / Thunderbolt IGN: Eddie Deposited: Tentacool lvl 31 female...

Would really appreciate that perfect ditto! Nickname: PrfctAdmnt Adamant | Limber IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31 EVs: Untrained IGN: Eddie Deposited: Tentacool lvl 31 female Requested: Ditto, level 91 or higher Message: I want to trade for a Pokemon that is strong in battles Reason: Been playing...

I won't bore everyone with a super long intro... Name's TRG and I've been playing competitive Pokemon since Gen 4, but I had a hiatus after Gen 6 OU first dropped and am now getting back into the groove of things. This will be my first RMT. Cool? Cool. Now that we have that out of the way...

Terrakion might be the most underrated wall breaker in the OU metagame right now... Terrakion @ Life Orb Justified 252 Atk/252 Spe/4 HP - Swords Dance - Close Combat - Stone Edge - Earthquake This is the basic double dancer set that wrecked Gen 5 OU but with a small twist: EQ instead of Rock...

God damn it can't believe it took me 3 full days to realize that. *facepalm* Well I'm glad that issue is solved. Thanks! :)

I've run into a really nasty bug that is costing me matches... My Alakazam keeps getting outsped by stuff it should clearly not be such as the Lati twins, Espeon, and Starmie. It's the typical Focus Sash Alakazam with max speed (Timid nature) with Encore instead of HP Ice as my only means of...

Yeah it would be very wise to have a ScarfSect counter that can reliably switch into its main coverage moves (Heatran) or else you're just asking yourself to have your team slowly picked off one by one. Heatran in general is a pretty good counter until you run into an HP Ground variant. :\

So what's the point of even mentioning a Pokemon if it's only effective against one of Genesect's 3 main sets? U-Turn is a common move on both ScarfSect and the Expert Belt set. Tyranitar isn't a reliable check to Genesect unless if you're 100% sure that you're going against a Rock Polish set...

Those are nice calcs and all, but they still do nothing to prove T-Tar is a good check to Sect in general since you could potentially be eating a strong U-Turn. That's like saying Slowbro is a reliable check for Scizor since it resists Bullet Punch.

Right depending on T-Tar against a Pokemon that commonly uses STAB boosted +1 U-Turns and Bug Buzzes is a fantastic strategy...

It was an extreme example but my point still stands... There's very little reason for nearly any team to not be using Genesect in the current metagame, which I THINK is one of the factors that will lead to an eventual ban. Want an effective wall-breaker? Genesect Want the (debatably) best...

One could make the argument that the metagame was more fluid and creative w/o Sect. Like Tornadus-T Genesect is a common sight on most of the top teams. There's almost little reason to not be using one right now because of how many roles it can fill, but unlike Tornadus-T Sect isn't nearly as...

@blacklight I was just responding as to why people dislike less freedom in teambuilding (creativity) and that its important to a lot of people. Overall though I agree with you.

I thought the general consensus was that less creativity = less fun. People have always disliked when the OU metagame revolves around a single Pokemon (like Mence in DPP). You of all people should know this Ulti. lol

Too bad NONE of the stuff you labeled are counters thanks to Genesect's crazy diverse movepool. That's the main problem with it: it has very, very few counters that can actually handle it. And FYI having to change around your entire team just to handle a single Pokemon is the opposite of...