Uh, I don't think you're using it right. It checks some the biggest threats in the tier such as Pheromosa, Genesect, Buzzwole, Kartana, Xurkitree and a lot more, while also specifically halting and countering almost every electric type in the game (take Magnezone for example), all on top of literally hitting harder than almost anything else in the tier. It's actually pretty damn good.
That face when it's literally a top 10 mon in OU.
That's pre-bank OU, not the actual OU
No it's not. Look at the specific post I linked to. It says Pokebank stats. Antar has now posted both sets.
Okay thanks. I think 132 sounds good then.
Marowak has been PU tier for about... the last 7 generations.
Fair enough, makes sense that it didn't perform well because of what my enemies were using. It's more of a check to top threats than a great standalone Pokemon is what it seems like here.
Having any sort of investment in Special Attack seems like a massive waste. It's strengths are it's Attack and bulk, anything else shouldn't even be considered. I personally like Will O Wisp on my Marowak though, specifically to punish switch-ins before Marowak inevitably switches out himself.
They didn't even change the abilities, they're the exact same as normal Marowak. Outside the type change, the only other thing Marowak got was new moves in Shadow Bone, Flare Blitz, and Will O Wisp. However, the abilities it always had are better utilized now because of the type change. Lightningrod was severely redundant on normal Marowak because it was already Ground type. Now that it's Ghost/Fire it simply adds another immunity on top of the usual ghost immunities. It's also a factor as to why Gengar was so good for 4 gens straight. Even Rock Head is better here because it has Flare Blitz now to abuse the ability.
The change is actually pretty huge
its an investment of 8 spa i dont think it will make or break the pokemon, but feel free to move it where you want
Even a month into the meta, it's already funny to read the original posts in some of these threads.
Now I want to see the carnage numbers Thick Club Flare Blitz would yield if it were a spammable option. The fact that this mon can do better without that is not something I would have expected from this or any mon last gen.
Well, perfect IVs shouldn't really be a problem, because you could just Hyper Train it once it's in Alola.
Marowak was actually OU in Gen 2, though I wholeheartedly agree with everything else you said. I'm really glad that this mon is a solid OU mon both by usage and viability.
to its pre-release critics.One thing to consider with Alolan Wak is that every point of attack investment goes further than it would on a normal mon, since that final attack value is doubled (as compared to Life Orb's 1.3* modifier or whatever). So you're going to see a pretty substantial difference between fully invested and uninvested Wak spreads. As a result, I've generally been more inclined to invest at least a fair amount to help with Wak's capacity to
break shit. Its to outspeed certain Pokemon uninvested in speed such as Tyranitar, Chancey, Clefable and Celesteela. 16 Attack is way too low though, normally I would run 248HP/124Atk/132Spe if I wanted to focus on Marowak's bulk while still hitting very hard. If you don't care about unspeeding anything you can run 252HP/248Atk/8SpD or even 248HP/124Atk/132SpD; though opposing Marowaks will outspeed and OHKO you and will be hit by things like Leech Seed or Toxic from the above mentioned defensive Pokemon.
