Ah. Sorry. It took me a while to figure out you were trolling.
Now your just picking at straws.
A smogon mod locked a OU thread for golbat for not being viable. Just in case you didn't know.
No, you're absolutely right. Why should we use very superior abilities just so we can counter SwagPlay? I'm pretty sure the community would love having to run Own Tempo over Regenerator on Slowbro and Slowking, or Swift Swim or Rain Dish on Ludicolo, or Chlorophyll on Lilligant, or Sturdy on Avalugg, etc. We should definitely centralize the meta to counter SwagPlay.
Spikes have many viable users, and can be used. Your argument that you run no pokemon weak to rock is also pretty bad because then you're still taking 12% damage each time you switch, unless you run a whole team of rock resists.
Again though I do have to bring up there isn't only one counter for this.
Yes, but in the thread there was confusion and some thought it was about just Prankster, so that's how all the SwagCat discussion started.
Let's look at who sits in an internet forum and whines about the game and then evaluate who enjoys the game.
That only works against swagger+foul play 6 mons. A good swagger spam team will just use toxic on a random mon or have at least a mon to obliterate what beats the spam.
OHKO moves have a very low chance of working. Free ohko moves.
i didnt say spikes wasnt viable i will be running klefki with it after i start breeding for good IV's
It only works if you get lucky
Not only are you factoring in on the worst case scenario, a 6-man team full of sweg, but this is the nature of the game. Also, 5 times a day? Is someone forcing you to play this game every second? If you don't like it, just don't play in the tier so much/go to a different one or at the very least build a counter team if you just have to have that OU goodness. Or just forfeit if the sight of a swag play team scares you that much. If playing this game is about having fun, then points don't matter too much these days.
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the bouncers aren't very good in actual competitive battles, lum berry is only usable once and sacrifices your item slot, own tempo makes you sac far better abilities 95% of the time, and magic coat makes you sacrifice a moveslot that could have gone to a better move.
Grass Types or a status absorber are needed to stop Spore, and Steels/Fairies find their use in stopping Outrage.
The best argument against it is that several OU Pokemon can check or counter it almost all the time without running particularly niche sets. Taunt Thundurus-I, Phys Defensive Rotom-W, Chansey, Sylveon, etc. are all way better than any Own Tempo user.
Grass Types, Fairy Types and Steel Types are useful outside of stopping Spore / Outrage. Own Tempo literally does nothing but stop confusion. (Also Spore is semi-banned, sleep clause exists).
