Just my opinion, but the banning of move+condition sets a horrible precedent that we should not subscribe to and we have not subscribed to for a couple of generations.
I see, so old gens do kind of have a different philosophy applied to bans. That makes sense. I guess I can see how allowing dry passing is sort of akin to allowing spout-less Kyogre or whatever.
Fwiw, I do think that dry pass would have some (not many) applications, but at some point, we have to worry less about collateral and more about consistency. Appreciate the understanding
Nothing is currently in the works, but it’s possible BL lists can be tinkered with. Nothing will drop into new full tiers though.
In BW, there are many mons that should be UU, are they gonna drop some day
No, the generation is long over with and derailing BW lower tiers with pokemon that were used during the generation would ruin those metagames
In the case of vally ground, is specially useful against grasses because it hits them, but also prevent the opposition from revenge kill it for example
big damage momentum boost is always nice
I would say neither are really broken. Hazards are crucial for chipping down massive threats in the current meta such as Tapu Lele, Kuyrem, Weavile, Nidoking. Now while things things can run boots, they cut MASSIVE power in order to do it. Weavile no longer nukes things with CB triple axel. Kuyrem lacks the power to potentially 2KO blissey if it runs boots. Nidoking can’t use life orb for an extra jacked power boost. Lele can’t abuse it’s good speed tier and fantastic special attack. Some things are forced to run boots such as volcarona, who gets crippled without them. Even if you do run boots, you have to be wary of knock offs from things such as Lando or Rillaboom. Now I want to go back to hazards for a second. Hazards have been massive in the games for awhile. Now there definitely was some merit to banning them back in Gen 4, it is simply not the case. There are many pokemon in the tier that are fine with running defog. Zapdos, Tornadus, Corviknight, Moltres, Mandibuzz, and even maybe the rare HO defoggers like Koko or Kartana. Hazards have just become part of the game, and have been very much nerfed from the old days. Defog buff in Gen 6, Boots being introduced now, it’s just that hazards aren’t as warping as they were. Heck some teams are fine without even running a spinner or fogger. I mean they aren’t always easy to play with, but are certainly viable. Anyway I’m done with my TedTalk. I spent a whole 10 min writing this so if Finch doesn’t like it I will be big sad.
lando-t is a very solid rocker and corv is a good defogger. For a core on a team I would go for a more offensive defogger like zapdos or torn-t
i thought so alright thank you
It doesn’t check LandoT and being vulnerable to hazards and status makes it a few predictions away from even being susceptible to Dragapult’s specs set. I would not advise using it. Clefable outclasses it and so do others
cant really check lando at all
I just tried it for fun, but if I am not wrong a check is a mon that can beat x mon given a free switch
Wiggly checks Dragapult, but does not check Landorus-T due to how strong Landorus-T is. Even if you’re using a defensive Landorus-T, Knock or Toxic + U-Turn can wear out Wigglytuff far quicker than ideal for a Pokemon dedicated to being a wall. Keep in mind Landorus-T is bulky enough and has enough immunities to enter the field numerous times without struggling, making this especially problematic.
It just a cute mon, to joke a round and maybe do something, but I would use clef in serious battle
No Tangrowth checks Dragapult, so no. The standard PDef spread handles the former two though.
