Recent content by a potato mage

what's the benefit of heat wave over flamethrower? is it just power?

https://pokepast.es/ef73d728d8d17de4 this is the set i'm currently testing, I like the new whimsicott set as well as the addition of cress as my final trick room setter - double healing wish really is great especially with its bulk. The only thing I'm not sure about is what hoopa's set should be...

memento sounds like a good idea(over leech seed)...but wouldn't magic bounce on Hatt deflect the stat drops????? or am I tripping

I still want to experiment with whimsicott as it helps late game with encore support - it also completely walls raging bolt which helps with matchups against sun and rain. I started with tera steel but I experimented also with tera rock and ghost, are there any other options for whimsicott?

1650ish, unfortunately don't have a screenshot

So my favorite pokemon is whimsicott - that should be obvious from my profile. I found a post while lurking around the OU forums that used whimsicott as a support/trick room setter, and decided to try it out. Any advice is much appreciated, especially ev spreads - I have no clue what to do...

Hey, not sure if I'm allowed to do this but I replaced RM with Tera Fire Gambit(since terrain protects against EQ) after the ban, opinions on the set? ban me next (Kingambit) @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fire EVs: 236 HP / 252 Atk / 20 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords...

Thanks! Would I want to set the EVs so attack is barely higher and still have max speed, or just try to run 252/4/252+?

Hey, I'm very very new to smogon and showdown, have only been playing since DLC 2 of Gen 8. I only really got into learning the metagame this gen because I was brought into showdown from those showdown youtube channels, but I just decided to throw some suggested sets together and this team ended...