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Speaking from experience Giratina-A stall is doable but perhaps not ideal. Giratina-A, Mega-Sableye, Shedinja for some key special attackers, Hydreigon for a token dark resist, Tank Chomp for hazards and residual damage, and unfortunately either doublade as your only possible steel, or gengar...

Rayquaza vs Mega-Mence surely just comes down to preference? The above post demonstrates that mega-mence and LO rayquaza essentially hit equally hard with their flying STAB. I think the main niche rayquaza has over salamence is it's SpAtk stat. Rayquaza doesn't just use flying spam. It also...

With mewtwo forms you have to go mono-psychic, with primal groudon you have to use mono-ground team, etc. The base form's typing determines your team.

What is your process for revenge killing electrics such as zekrom, thundurus, rotom, and zapdos? They seem annoying to deal with, which is obvious given the water typing of the team, and they can show up on several teams due to their dual typing. You mentioned swampert as an option over ttar...

On the notion of giving ranks to non-uber gods in the god slot, where to even start? I've come up with creative teams before but in this case it seems like giving up a potential uber just for a pokemon with useful typing might hardly ever be a viable trade off. Obviously there are definitely...

Oh believe me I'm aware of the weaknesses to kyogre and groudon. Against a kyogre + keldeo team, specs keldeo was getting a kill nearly every time it came in until jirachi killed it. In the end I had to healing wish ferrothorn who beat last mon kyogre despite being cursed. As for pdon, he took...

I wanted to use an uber with reliable recovery so that I could more comfortably use it in the early/mid battle. I also wanted one that wasn't too hurt by hazards, so again it'd be easier to have it switch in at any time. I settled on arceus-steel and I must say that mono steel really takes on...

I present to you the amazing cro-gross. Metagross @ Metagrossite Ability: Clear Body EVs: 128 HP / 128 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Meteor Mash - Power-Up Punch - Rest - Sleep Talk Metagross has amazingly useful typing for the meta and quite a strong STAB to spam. I wanted to use a bulky-ish...

I think the idea of double ghost is only appropriate for sablenite teams because at that point it's clear that your entire strategy revolves around hazard control. Sableye is also basically the only ghost that doesn't immediately die to dark spam. The archetype truly is viable. Sab+Jelly...

How do people feel about spin blocking nowadays? I posted a RMT team a while back that had two ghosts on the team as well as a toxic spiker. It actually seemed to have been really effective for me personally. A LOT of hyper offense teams rely on LO starmie or on excadrill to either git the spin...

I didn't post a core because i think that it doesn't matter. You could use a team of PU mons with zapdos and still win easily. I liked the idea of finding a single pokemon that can pretty much sweep the team with arbitrary teammates so as to leave as much flexibility as possible. I didn't want...

Why post a whole core when there's pokemon that solo's? I spent some time looking through the dex trying to find a single pokemon that hits a few bullet points: 2hkos phys defensive sableye and isn't too hurt by burn hits shedinja somehow is not trapped by dugtrio and is also not ohko'd by...

Your comments on the fairies are accurate Dark G, but each of them actually has a specific strategy. Taking down a fairy like this definitely isn't as easy as simply switching in a scizor or a jirachi, but it still usually works. Clefable: Gyarados or Celebi can T-Wave it, Gyarados can roar it...

Hi everyone, Sableye is not my favorite pokemon (Gyarados is, always buy the magikarp outside Mt. Moon!) but the little demon still is my favorite mega pokemon to use in ORAS OU because hazards are a pain when you rely on lots of switches to keep your team alive. CORE CONCEPTS: 1. Build around...

I agree with Azumarill to S for the aforementioned reasons (offensive options) as well as one more. I won't write too much about the offensive sets except just to say that there is absolutely no way to differentiate whether azu is banded or BD at team preview and so called scouting is extremely...