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Classic Rock
:Glimmora::Iron Moth::Iron Valiant::Roaring Moon::Gholdengo::Ogerpon Cornerstone:
https://pokepast.es/f5117c58c6b01f2e
Overview
This is a classic hazard stacking team. The aim is to get hazards up and then protect them with Gholdengo and the many Tera Ghost pokemon on the team...
Banning Tera blast is just tip toeing around Tera. Full on Stockholm syndrome with a Pokémon mechanic lol.
Why ban a move used by like 2 Pokémon? I think it’s crazy to suggest that this move is too strong across all Pokémon. Didn’t bridge just get banned because electro shot is too much? Or...
I think that is just the problem, though -- why is Tera being made a "political" issue? I would like to push back against the seemingly entrenched idea that tera is beyond further consideration, because I feel doing so is only narrowing our perspective. It is the defining characteristic of the...
"Bulky sweeper" is how I would characterize all the problematic stuff over the generation (aside from some of the really early button-clickers). It's kinda stupid when something can click tera, not die to a revenge attempt, and then 6-0 through all but the most beefy of teams...
Thanks, but I don't want to undersell the impact of using unexpected sets! Things are so powerful and standardized around the optimal sets that you get some free wins off people being so conditioned to, say, scarf enamorus.
v1:enamorus::Kingambit::Roaring Moon::Glimmora::Kyurem::Sandy Shocks:
https://pokepast.es/06895da4c0649f77
v2:enamorus::Kingambit::Roaring Moon::Glimmora::Kyurem::Great Tusk:
https://pokepast.es/3b8ba23952ff09d1
Hi - here's a weird team that works only because I am a stupendous player. I cooked...