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np: UU Suspect Test Round 1 - Sunny Days
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Let's not forget Empoleon and Magneton.
Ferroseed can take a hit, but it has that problem of not being able to do much back. I guess it can paralyze, so the Dragon can be finished off by anything else...
Funny,
I know I don't speak for the community, but here is what I am seeing right now as potential problems.
Vicini:
Speaks for himself, but this guy is a beast. With sun playing a slightly larger role in this format, Vicini gets even more nuts, as outside from Flashfire Arcanine and Houndoom, and slowbro, not much can really take a V-create in the sun. This guy has no buisness being in UU.
Chansey:
With a large amount of the better fighting pokemon (Infernape, Conkledurr, Machamp, ect) chilling it up in ou, chansey does not have much that can hurt it. I am currently running one myself, and this thing is really sick. It walls a good portion of the metagame, and with the lack of steels around, can toxic stall anything not poison type itself. This might be the lack of expirence, but if it does stay around, expect this to be the swampert/ferrathorn of UU.
Kyurem:
This guy it on the same power level as the Lati twins and other OU dragons, and slipped here mainly because he was outclassed, but I feel he is too strong for UU,with the same Draco meteor sweeping powers that Latias had, even though latios did the job better. Again, time will tell.
These are the three biggest threats that I have noticed in a good portion of my battles today. I think out of the 20UU battles I have had, only two people didn't run 1 of these (and there were some who had 2, and 1 guy ran all 3). Whether or not they belong here is another story, but I see the BL list starting here.
Is it to late to put a gumshoe whoop here? Meh.
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooop, 5th gen UU!
Anyways, I've been playing off and on throughout the day an' night... It's been fairly enjoyable so far, though Kyruem and Victini are really annoying <_< I kinda wouldn't mind if these two got a quick ban, though anything else would probably be pushing it... There's actually another thing that I saw that I didn't like being in UU, but I can't remember what it was...
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooop, 5th gen UU!
Anyways, I've been playing off and on throughout the day an' night... It's been fairly enjoyable so far, though Kyruem and Victini are really annoying <_< I kinda wouldn't mind if these two got a quick ban, though anything else would probably be pushing it... There's actually another thing that I saw that I didn't like being in UU, but I can't remember what it was...
Wooh, test starts while my house is being whitewashed.
TIme to crack out a UU team and ladder.
TIme to crack out a UU team and ladder.
I am surprised to find that stall works well even in such a broken tier, what with sun teams with Victini running around practically everywhere, and Blizzspam with Kyurem.
Stuff like Azelf and Weavile are as broken as hell, too. One thing is for sure, UU is pretty much fun to play!
Stuff like Azelf and Weavile are as broken as hell, too. One thing is for sure, UU is pretty much fun to play!
Weavile is no where near broken, however Nplot Azelf is broken as hell. Its like a worse Nplot Thundurus in UU.
Heh, wouldn't know, but isn't nplot azelf walled to hell by chansey? And any prankster user could stop it as well (although conttonee has to be wary of flamethrower).
I personally like scarfed tricker, just to screw with chansey as that thing is pissing me off. Almost makes me want to run knock off (which is a fine move, but would need to switch a poke in my party, since none of my current users are good knock offers)
What exactly is your definition of broken? This meta is one of the most varied I've seen in quite a while. I know that will change when things get kicked back out, but almost every team has been running something different.
I am sure there are more threats than my original 3 biggest threats to the metagame, but we will see.
Just askin', but which server are you guys grabbing your results from? Sorry if it sounds noob, but I usually play on the official PO server, not Smogon University, so I just want to know if I need to swap servers.
All of this is taking place on Smogon University.
If a pokemon has zero checks or counters to a set, then it IS broken.
So based off the calculations provided Kyruem is broken. The fact that you are arguing a 680 BST pokemon in UU isn't broken is somewhat lolworthy.
Posting to say that Slowbro and Deo-D are absolute bitches to bring down, with the emphasis on Deo-D, since you can rarely Taunt or Toxic it before it Taunts you. The most common set I saw was Taunt / Recover / Spikes / Night Shade (or SR or Toxic). If your team lacks Heracross (or a Magic Bounce Pokemon I guess), then well, have fun playing with full hazards on your side.
Anyway, UU has been pretty fun so far, but I'm sure it'll change once people figure out the most powerful strategies. Oh well, back to laddering.
Anyway, UU has been pretty fun so far, but I'm sure it'll change once people figure out the most powerful strategies. Oh well, back to laddering.
Deo-D is a beast, but not unmanageable. I find that carrying a taunter is invaluable in this UU metagame, with stall being such a viable option.
Kyurem is ridiculously good.
And on the note of a quickban - absolutely not. We all saw what happened in gen 4 UU - almost everything that we thought was going to be broken was not.
Kyurem is ridiculously good.
And on the note of a quickban - absolutely not. We all saw what happened in gen 4 UU - almost everything that we thought was going to be broken was not.
Remember Rampardos and his frightening 158 base Attack and Rock Polish? Didn't get him off the ground after all.
Weavile has some pretty decent checks. Arcanine, Escavalier, Hitmontop and Suicune all do fairly well. It's also weak to Stealth Rock while being vulnerable to Spikes and Toxic Spikes as well. I wouldn't go as far to say it grabs a Swords Dance 'easily' since it does find trouble setting up against offensive teams after all. Weavile is definitely a good mon but I don't think it's by any means broken.
How does weaville garb a swords dance 'easily'. It gets OHKO'd by pretty much any offensive mon and badly damaged by a long list of defensive mons. It's wrecked by priority (even sucker punch) and not strong enough to OHKO andthing defensive that isn't weak to its STABs. I'll be honest it seems good, but nowhere near broken. Especially with choice scarf existing.
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