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A few pages back I made the argument that Gligar should be banned because of the over centralization that is taking place in the meta, due to his presence, that is leading to less creative team building, a lack of moveset diversity, and overall an LC meta that isn't as much fun. I felt that only...

"1) Is Swirlix / Gligar broken?" 2) Is Swirlix / Gligar making Little Cup not fun? I'm going to say first that I believe that only one of the two suspects should be removed from the LC environment so that the other one can be tested independently of the meta influence of the other. There are...

1) Gligar 2) Swirlix

I moved back to just using Burnside. Thanks for all the good games on the ladder everyone!

Scolipede @ Leftovers Ability: Speed Boost EVs: 156 Spd / 248 HP / 104 Atk Adamant Nature - Poison Jab - Baton Pass - Substitute - Megahorn One way in which I've really been enjoying using Scolipede in this meta is as an offensive pivot. Lead Speed Boost is an immensely predictable strategy...

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I added in the option of Fire Blast on the set, as the main idea of the submission is just that it's a Choice Specs set intended to catch opponents off guard with the attack type inversion and I almost entirely agree. I'll try to add some calcs later today that look at the difference between...

Entei @ Choice Specs Trait: Pressure EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk Timid Nature - Overheat / Fire Blast - Shadow Ball - Hidden Power [Grass] - Sleep Talk This is an Entei set that I found particularly useful a few months ago for catching physical walls and water/rock pokes, that 4x resist Entei's...

What if Luxray got Agility? With great coverage in the form of Wild Charge, Superpower, and Crunch, two good abilities in Guts and Intimidate, would Luxray having access to agility make him a more frequent sweeper in the tier? Agility would potentially solve one of Luxray's biggest issues...

Weezing (F) @ Black Sludge Trait: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef Bold Nature - Will-o-wisp/Sludge Bomb/Venoshock - Fire Blast/Flamethrower - Swallow - Stockpile Weezing's lack of a reliable recovery move is one its greatest down falls. This build attempts to find a moderately-reliable...

Hi Alonsoforever, I'd be more than happy to give your team a rate. I have to admit I'm no expert, but I have been playing NU for a while now and feel like I have a few suggestions that might be able to help counter a number of the things you listed in your threat list. I don't have time right...

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I haven't tested Flame Body, but that's a great point! Normally I use Flash Fire to absorb Flamethrowers from Eelektross, and of course it comes in handy when the odd Rapidash or Overheat from a specs zebstrika shows up, but I think with the recent shift trying out Flame Body is something to...

A more defensive tank build can be used as well, which will give it even more survivability against special attackers, though of course at the cost of direct offensive pressure: Porygon @ Eviolite Trait: Trace Nature: Calm EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Def -Toxic -Recover -Discharge -Icebeam...

The team looks pretty good UltraZap, I always love seeing Mandibuzz getting some use. The one thing that I would like to bring up is the tremendous Entei weakness that this team has. Nothing on the team can, or wants, to take a Choice Band Flare Blitz from Entei; both of your walls would be...

Thank you so much for the reply New Breed. Your recommendations were very helpful, and while I was hesitant about switching Sleep Powder for Power Swap, as Power Swap had saved me a number of times in the past, the utility of Sleep Powder was undeniably greater than that of Power Swap...

Introduction Greetings! After spending a lot of time following and playing in 4th gen I took a break from pokemon. However, I was recently introduced to showdown and would like to get back into things. I've decided to try and jump into the RU tier, building a team that consists of some of my...