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Just hit A rank, here are my quick notes: - Kyogre is everywhere, which means random grass and electric attacks are also everywhere. GeoXern needs to be prepped for or it will steamroll you, which leads to my next observation.. - Speed is more valuable than ever, so many matches are...

Been playing online a lot, here is my take on the meta so far: - Lots of variety this time, not sure if it’s people trying out the hyperspace mons or if there are just that many that are top meta, but we can all agree that the legendaries stifled team comp a lot. - While the tried and true...

Hit A rank earlier today with AV yveltal team, here are my thoughts on the meta: - Xern is the more popular legend by like 2 to 1, but yveltal has plenty of play into most meta threats. Besides the XY legends, most of the meta is exca, metagross, Skarm, gyara, chomp, gardevoir and ampharos...

I’m running pretty much this exact yveltal for next month. Oblivion wing is your main attack for healing, though it stunlocks you for a long time. Dark pulse is second STAB for most flying resists and shreds metagross. Heat wave is almost exclusively for Skarmory, and I run Focus blast as the...

After much thought, I tried really hard to be open-minded and experiment with defensive applications of Dynamax, how to read the situation and pick the best Dynamax target, etc.. However, even though it's only been a week or two since we've had this mechanic, I think it needs to go. The...

After some more play-testing with poison, here are some more thoughts: - I have mixed feelings regarding Dynamax; on the one hand, it is completely busted for some pokemon in particular like Gyarados, who can't even be OHKO'd by electric attacks unless you either have STAB or are packing a...

Currently trying out some new strats for Poison with a handful of alts, here are my notes so far: - Grass / Poison seems like a necessity on a defensive team due to the resists and Ground neutrality. G-Weezing's ground immunity isn't enough seeing as how Excadrill is common and can either EQ...

Hmm let's see how my poison bois are doing this gen: Fully evolved Posion-type Pokemon: [Venusaur], Vileplume, Roserade, Skuntank, Garbodor, Gengar, (Galarian) Weezing, Drapion, Toxicroak, Toxapex, Salazzle, Toxtricity, Eternatus (lol) Positives: - Access to spikes, toxic spikes - Toxapex is...

Anorith is no offensive threat. S, A and B ranks are all filled with heavy-hitters, and there is absolutely nothing that Anorith can hit that isn't covered by better mons. 95 attack pales in comparison to stuff like Scizor and Buzzwole, and base 75 speed is absolute crap for something with...

Forget thunderbolt, here is what you should be worried about: Naganadel @ Dragonium Z Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Sludge Wave - Heat Wave - Nasty Plot +2 252 SpA Naganadel Devastating Drake (195 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Heatran: 297-349 (91.9 -...

Electroweb =/= sticky web EDIT: NM I just saw the egg moves list; Ribombee and Slurpuff get Sticky webz now as well as Araquanid (RIP surskit water teams) I'm a bit wary on this, as while Shadow Shield was an unfortunate loss for this thing, it's not exactly a defensive slouch with stats...

First, welcome to Smogon! You make some very valid points but I disagree with Scoli for A for the following reasons: -- Psychic isn't quite as lopsided against Poison as the type chart suggests, as the things A-Muk can't beat can be handled by its teammates to the extent where even Gengar isn't...

wow so here are my thoughts (spoilers ahead): Naganadel (poison/dragon, Base Stats: 73/73/73/127/73/121) - This will largely depend on its moveset, but those stats are reminiscent of Nihilego, trading the awesome special bulk for 20 more points of speed. Unfortunately this will be forced to...

If your solution is to "predict" Goth and not even let Chansey have a turn on the field before switching it out, I think the psychological effect of Shadow Tag has proven itself. This is a poor argument because it can be argued equally that the STAG user is good enough to predict your double...

While Haakunite brought up many great counterpoints, I feel compelled to add a few more: Vs Flying, Gothitelle traps the intended target and removes it. It cannot possibly be considered a liability if you get to erase your target from the match. This would be like saying on Poison teams...