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the treads is the smogon set? mainly to make it completely wall ghold and be safe from focus blast and weather ball, and yeah I did decide to stick with fluffy corv, I wanted wbb mainly bc of iron moth, that thing kinda dismantles my team a lot. neither way thx for the word ;-; I usually do a lot of research before making a team on a format idk so it doesn't look like hot trash (edit: also why all the replies are at the dead of night lol)
lmfao my b, gonna be real I never look at the smogon sets >.> they never match my playstyle haha. Regardless, that's *fascinating* that the treads set is to wall Ghold and non-HW Zapdos.
I usually go into a metagame off of hopes, dreams and my own teambuilding skill, and tinker with my team(s) based on what I find are popular/strong in the metagame from experience.
lmfao my b, gonna be real I never look at the smogon sets >.> they never match my playstyle haha. Regardless, that's *fascinating* that the treads set is to wall Ghold and non-HW Zapdos.
I usually go into a metagame off of hopes, dreams and my own teambuilding skill, and tinker with my team(s) based on what I find are popular/strong in the metagame from experience.
So the mega meganium, feraligatr, and emboar's abilities all got revealed and both meganium and feraligatr got new abilities for their megas which means more AAA strats so i was wondering if dragonize boomburst goatmo-o
will be a near-unstoppable threat or will it unfortunately just get banned to the bottomless pit that is the shadow realm?
Dragonize is likely going to be rarely used as an ability.
The most common use of the -ate abilities is gaining STAB on Boomburst or Extreme Speed. Going over the possible users:
Dragonite and Noivern already have a STAB -ate option with generally better coverage and are likely to use that instead (or even more likely, remain banned).
Zygarde likes Extreme Speed, but way prefers spamming Thousand Arrows and would prefer an ability that amps that instead.
For Kommo-o, Dragonize Boomburst is effectively the same power as Dragon's Maw Clanging Scales, which is already rarely seen and will proably not be very impactful.
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragon's Maw Kommo-o Clanging Scales vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Assault Vest Manaphy: 225-265 (55.6 - 65.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragonize Kommo-o Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Assault Vest Manaphy: 229-270 (56.6 - 66.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
And of course Flygon is even weaker.
Mega Sol could be interesting if it also works in Primordial Sea, provides the 50% damage amp to Fire moves, and applies to Weather Ball. It would basically be Desolate Land that cannot be cancelled out by Primordial Sea but doesn't carry a Water immunity, which probably a net improvement still. If all it does is boost Synthesis and let you use one turn Solar Beam and is still blocked by PSea, or forgoes the Fire amp / doesn't work with Weather Ball, Desolate Land will likely still be better.
212+ SpA Life Orb Kommo-o Clanging Scales vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Pecharunt: 231-273 (60.7 - 71.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
156 Atk Life Orb Tinted Lens Kommo-o Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Primarina: 182-216 (50 - 59.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
156 Atk Life Orb Kommo-o Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Swampert: 230-270 (56.9 - 66.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
212+ SpA Life Orb Tinted Lens Kommo-o Clanging Scales vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Corviknight: 234-278 (58.5 - 69.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
156 Atk Life Orb Kommo-o Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Goodra-Hisui: 416-494 (114.2 - 135.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
etc... etc...
Probably best pair it with like Scream Tail so you can get even more value out of it defensively and lessen the effects of the LO. Not necessary by any means but hey.
Champions has added Dragon Claw to the "slicing moves" category, meaning it gets boosted by Sharpness. If Shadow Claw gets the same treatment, Sharpness stocks could go through the roof
