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I wouldn't say Rotom-W is a better counter in every way. Zapdos gets reliable recovery in Roost. Also, Rotom-W's standard set is Volt Switch and Hydro Pump, the first which doesn't OHKO, the second which misses 20% of the time. Zapdos can kill immediately with Thunderbolt (granted, you can run...

Ladies and gents, I believe I have found the perfect Talonflame counter. Meet Zapdos: Zapdos is a force to be reckoned with since its inception. It was solid OU for 4 gens, top UU last gen, and now it gets legal Lightningrod to play with. Calcs (think I did them correctly) Talonflame vs...

You don't need synergy (aside from not doing 3 different weathers) when you're running an Ubers team in OU. Same in LC.

Why use a core when you can run the whole ladder to the ground with all 6 (screw vulpix) of them? This probably doesn't prove anything, but I haven't lost in 8 matches with that team (would do more but LC is slooow). In my experience, Yanma and Sneasel are definitely the strongest, easily...

I'd say that Steels definitely got nerfed. Doesn't help that Fairies are fairy fairly very rare, at least in the 20 or so games I've played these past few days. Still, no other type comes close to the defensive prowess Steel has. Sure, Mega Gengar can how rip Skarmory and Scizor a new one, but...

Don't think Ghost needed a buff. The smarter thing for Gamefreak to do would be to just take away Steel resistance to Dark to balance its extra weakness, and keep its resistance to Ghost. I also dislike the idea of a Jigglypuff tanking an Outrage from a Rayquaza like a boss. I'm mixed about it...

I actually meant Haxorus there. Hydreigon has a cool typing and movepool that other Dragons don't get. Haxorus is just Outrage+Dragon Dance like everything else. I'll concede that that wasn't a great analogy though. I do agree with all your points, but I'm still not convinced its high tier. I'm...

That was a coherent argument actually. You don't have to agree, but I made a valid point. No need to get so worked up about it. It was in Limbo tier before. I'm arguing it's not good enough for High, by virtue of the several reasons stated above. You, on the other hand, may find that its STAB...

Pidove is definitely not high tier. It has a horrendous movepool, with half of its level up moves coming off its low special attack, and it's stats are unimpressive as well. The best it can do is a STAB combination of Fly/Return/Roost/(Filler move) from its decent 105 base attack. It's...

I find Skorupi to be criminally underused these days. It has great bulk, an expansive movepool, a decentish typing, and just enough of everything else to matter. Here's a set that works wonders in the current metagame, and often catches people off-guard in the process. Skorupi @ Eviolite...

We must be using different damage calculators then. And really, your results differ from mine by less than 0.5%, so it doesn't matter in the slightest sense. If you read the last sentence, I said that exact same thing you did.

Salamence? Easy. Porygon2 @ Eviolite Trait: Trace/Download EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SDef Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk) - Ice Beam - Discharge - Thunder Wave/Toxic - Recover Look no further than Porygon2, your friendly neighbourhood duck. It can switch into anything MixMence carries with ease, as...

Actually, I'm almost positive it will get Softboiled at some point, since it's a normal type. Perhaps then it will get the usage it deserves.

Never use Reckless Mienshao. It infinitely pales in comparison to Regenerator, which completely makes up for Mienshao's lack of bulk, allows it to continually rack up free damage and momentum with Fake Out+U-Turn, and generally makes it an awesome pokemon. The sets need some serious work too...

Meloetta does compete directly with Jirachi for a spot, and that's probably why it's so overlooked and underhyped. However, it's not completely outclassed, because of its massive 100/128 special bulk, and significantly higher special attack. Jirachi does have a larger movepool, better...