RNGIsFatal
Banned deucer.
Here are some significant changes in current meta I have observed:
Kyogre-Primal @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Revelation Dance / Scald
- Spectral Thief
- Roost
- U-turn / Core Enforcer / Entrainment / Worry Seed
We previously used Unaware Gyarados to check Power Trip / Stored Power users, but any players around average level have their team prepared against it all times while Stored Power's main abuser is MMX which simply wrecks Mega Gyarados using Close Combat. Also Poison Heal Xerneas is more prevalent after absence of Primal Groudon and is one of the best ways to threaten Giratina and Zygarde-C, and this is another bad news for Unaware Gyarados. Poison Heal Pogre, which Unaware Gyarados normally would check, now carries Moonblast pretty much all the time. In such ways, Unaware Mega Gyarados has been suffering from the metagame it has shaped. I think this allowed Primal Kyogre to equip Unaware and be a very efficient wall.
Unless you are avid user of RegenVest, you might have overlooked Primal Kyogre's monstrous special bulk of 100/160. A single Water-typing in addition leaves Primal Kyogre with only two weakness of Electric and Grass-types and in terms of special attacks, these typing are fairly uncommon outsides Volt Switch or Leaf Storm from Mega Sceptile. This allows Unaware Pogre to check PH Pogre and PH Xerneas itself while being emergency way to stop contrary MMY or Mega Sceptile; +6 Moongeist Beam fails to OHKO this titan. Also Pogre is one of the Unaware users that is able to keep certain degree of offensive presence.
As seen in morogrim's RMT, Pogre now handles tons of threats in current meta and I have been using it myself. It fits well on balance and stall alike. Imposter switching in and spamming recovery might be an issue, but that's same issue for Fur Coat set as well soz...
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These two friends are top tier threat at this point imo.
They check each others' checks and counters and a single setup lets them outspeed MMY which is the most relevant & fastest offensive threat. Poison Heal makes Regigigas and Xerneas impossible to wear down and there are severely few 'mons that are able to endure through sleep turns while handling boosted Regigigas' Facade, Xerneas' Moonblast, and their respective coverage moves. I have been using this core myself; Giratina and Zygarde-C cries and runs away from Xerneas while Regigigas beats down all Prankster users and specially defensive walls. The best core to abuse at this moment, trust me.
Ez af. Laddered for 2 hours and look what happened.
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Flash Fire Steel is everywhere.
Those Pdon addicts can't stop spamming V-create and they now do that with -ate users, and as far as I can tell, this has been a norm around since the time we were suspect testing Primal Groudon. Solgaleo, Registeel, and particulary Aegislash now check -ate better with Flash Fire than carrying Prankster. Yeh, I remember volt saying "I write Aegislash analysis and Aegi is awful". Well, this guy now simultaneously functions as -ate check, spreads status, checks Contrary lacking Moongeist Beam, and blocks spin.
Oh also I have been using Magearna; it is decent at least, I can say. I staple this 'mon when I only have one team slot left and when I want some sort of mixture of Registeel and Audino. Magic Bounce is p dope, it completely invalidates stuff like Poison Fang that Giratina carries for Audino and has some offensive presence with Moonblast unlike other Steel-types which just let dragons come in and heal up for free.
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So yeah, this is what I think. Do you guys see these phenomenons on ladder too?
Kyogre-Primal @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Revelation Dance / Scald
- Spectral Thief
- Roost
- U-turn / Core Enforcer / Entrainment / Worry Seed
We previously used Unaware Gyarados to check Power Trip / Stored Power users, but any players around average level have their team prepared against it all times while Stored Power's main abuser is MMX which simply wrecks Mega Gyarados using Close Combat. Also Poison Heal Xerneas is more prevalent after absence of Primal Groudon and is one of the best ways to threaten Giratina and Zygarde-C, and this is another bad news for Unaware Gyarados. Poison Heal Pogre, which Unaware Gyarados normally would check, now carries Moonblast pretty much all the time. In such ways, Unaware Mega Gyarados has been suffering from the metagame it has shaped. I think this allowed Primal Kyogre to equip Unaware and be a very efficient wall.
Unless you are avid user of RegenVest, you might have overlooked Primal Kyogre's monstrous special bulk of 100/160. A single Water-typing in addition leaves Primal Kyogre with only two weakness of Electric and Grass-types and in terms of special attacks, these typing are fairly uncommon outsides Volt Switch or Leaf Storm from Mega Sceptile. This allows Unaware Pogre to check PH Pogre and PH Xerneas itself while being emergency way to stop contrary MMY or Mega Sceptile; +6 Moongeist Beam fails to OHKO this titan. Also Pogre is one of the Unaware users that is able to keep certain degree of offensive presence.
As seen in morogrim's RMT, Pogre now handles tons of threats in current meta and I have been using it myself. It fits well on balance and stall alike. Imposter switching in and spamming recovery might be an issue, but that's same issue for Fur Coat set as well soz...
--
These two friends are top tier threat at this point imo.
They check each others' checks and counters and a single setup lets them outspeed MMY which is the most relevant & fastest offensive threat. Poison Heal makes Regigigas and Xerneas impossible to wear down and there are severely few 'mons that are able to endure through sleep turns while handling boosted Regigigas' Facade, Xerneas' Moonblast, and their respective coverage moves. I have been using this core myself; Giratina and Zygarde-C cries and runs away from Xerneas while Regigigas beats down all Prankster users and specially defensive walls. The best core to abuse at this moment, trust me.
Ez af. Laddered for 2 hours and look what happened.
--
Flash Fire Steel is everywhere.
Those Pdon addicts can't stop spamming V-create and they now do that with -ate users, and as far as I can tell, this has been a norm around since the time we were suspect testing Primal Groudon. Solgaleo, Registeel, and particulary Aegislash now check -ate better with Flash Fire than carrying Prankster. Yeh, I remember volt saying "I write Aegislash analysis and Aegi is awful". Well, this guy now simultaneously functions as -ate check, spreads status, checks Contrary lacking Moongeist Beam, and blocks spin.
Oh also I have been using Magearna; it is decent at least, I can say. I staple this 'mon when I only have one team slot left and when I want some sort of mixture of Registeel and Audino. Magic Bounce is p dope, it completely invalidates stuff like Poison Fang that Giratina carries for Audino and has some offensive presence with Moonblast unlike other Steel-types which just let dragons come in and heal up for free.
...
So yeah, this is what I think. Do you guys see these phenomenons on ladder too?
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