if you're running sandshrew and drillbur, the ninetales will have a problem, being a ground type weakness. if it's a swords dance drillbur or some kind of attack boosting sandshrew (idk if swords dance is with him) it would die against both of them
i kind of feel like drought shouldn't be banned, it's not like any chlorophyll pokemon are really overpowered with it
...Anyway, after extensive testing with ThePillsburyDoughBoy, I have decided that Drought is ridiculously broken and needs to be banned. Specs Ninetales 2HKOs even the bulkiest walls (sans immune ones), Specs Vulpix comes pretty damn close, and Lilligant is easily capable of 6-0ing teams with a Growth set.
Gyarados can know Thrash, Rain Dance, Aqua Tail, and Hyper Beam at level 1, all of which are level up moves, so over one third of its level up movepool is legal.So I just realized that level 1 Gyarados is legal, albeit with no level-up moves whatsoever.
Marill has Play Rough thoFun fact: Marill can (as of Gen VI) spam aqua jet from 48 attack after factoring in Belly Drum and Huge Power.
It is checked by resists though:
+6 116 Atk Huge Power Marill Aqua Jet vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Palkia: 3-4 (23 - 30.7%) -- 96.3% chance to 4HKO
Hence check, not counter.Marill has Play Rough tho
But Smeargle would only learn Sketch once, since its lvl 1. That pretty much throws this strategy out of the window :/this one might sound like a joke, but i'm 100% serious.
Extreme Killer Smeargle.
item: oran berry
ability: technician
moves:
belly drum
extremespeed
mach punch/spore/aqua jet
shadow sneak/spore/sucker punch/aqua jet
after belly drum, smeargle has 24 attack, spam whatever priority move makes the most sense, and win.
for the choice of sucker punch or shadow sneak, sucker punch is stronger but riskier, but shadow sneak is a safer move
spore is optional if you want a safer time setting up belly drum, but it's not required since smeargle doesn't die to everything like it does in "standard" battling.
edit: sucker punch
Not really, you can relearn sketch at the move relearner, it's the same as if you replaced any lv 1 move with a TM move and went back to the relearnerBut Smeargle would only learn Sketch once, since its lvl 1. That pretty much throws this strategy out of the window :/
Please make the XY version of this sometime, I remember this meta being really fun to play :)Actually I might just ban Smeargle whenever I make the XY version of this, considering it's a fuck ton harder to actually Sketch moves in XY (and because Belly Drum Smeargle was pretty terrifying).
I never knew forgetting to say I implemented this would hurt someone so muchPlease make the XY version of this sometime, I remember this meta being really fun to play :)