Recent content by ArcanePhoenix

That is the most likely result, unfortunately. Whatever can use Dynamax will smack whatever can't use it. Dynamax is incredibly broken and unhealthy. Its a factor of uncertainty which nobody can nor wants to deal with. As long it is not burned ANY mon on the opposing side can randomly survive an...

That never stopped people from hating Smogon and spouting nonsense. Unfortunately. To the topic at hand: From what I have seen so far Dynamax is... bad. Very bad. One doesn't have to be a genius to figure out that the entire mechanic was not designed for singles. Most of what needed to be said...

Zapdos is B+ material at this point, its just that imo it has to choose whether to stop birspamm or to defog. Birdspamm can overwhelm it thanks to Azelf leading with SR. If its double defog or the static set that issue is irrelevant and birspamm cries. Unlike Rotom-W, the second bulky electric...

Yeah... the coverage hits roughly like unboosted ft/boltbeam and against anything thats not ho (even then sometimes lol) it just doesn't cut it and against bulkier archtypes like semi/full stall its dead weight and those rule the higher ladder right now.

Alo can rise. It's a decent stop to Keldeo and Wish + tons of HP + Regenerator are awesome in combination. It sure keeps its team alive for quite a while. Not much more to say honestly.

Amoongus B+ -> A- It is great defensive glue and in combination with slowbro which tanks those nasty firetypes for it it is a great pain to deal with. Great Typing, good stats and supreme ability (regenerator in this fast paced meta is god) and decent synergy with current playstyles (Sand, Dark)...

The problem with Hoopa-C is that it's main target, slow builds, are getting less and less common over time. On top of that most remaining "slow builds", if you can even call them that have more Issues with Hoopa-U, Manaphy, Kyu-B etc so they kinda overprepare for them. As long the Meta shifts...

Imo M-Bees problem is the bulk. As pivot bulk is important but a SR weakness and paper defenses without an ability to ease these problems is just kinda weak in this sand infested meta. Ferro + Chomp + Sand + Rocks everywhere is worse for it than for any other pivot and given its poor bulk a...

Keldeo at this point is either S-Rank or the best mon in A+. The fact that it checks almost every darktype by virtue of its typing is great. Most of its checks can be trapped and murderd or are easy to wear down (the only one that doesnt get reckt by default is amoongus i guess). It has a good...

Regenrator reduces that damage to ~15%, leaving it at a sufficent amount of hp. After that you know its specs and witch out to a resist. The speed drop is nasty for offense tho.

Mence was hit quite hard with the dragon nerf in gen 6. DD? Zard is better(if you can afford the mega slot), Nite outclasses. Defog? Weak to SR, which reduces its bulk as defensive pivot a lot. And as mentioned the Latis(thanks to higher speed and neutral SR dmg) get away with LO which makes...

Not to forget that the OU steels either get hit neutraly by DS (skarm doesnt give a fuck i guess) or get destroyed by Earthpower, which is basically the last part missing in its coverage. RP sets are good at cleaning but tend to have issues with setting up. When it comes down to the main...

dysbber162 You could literally place anything with a move that deals a good chunk to Ferro (read 50% of all offensive mons lol) in Mega Alts spot in that replay and the result would have been the same, really. The replay just prooves how weak it truly is rn. The replay however shows why Tornadus...

In my opinion its pretty much a one-slot solution to stall (like we need more stallbreaker but whatever). 150 Base with Ghost Stab is no joke and can destroy almost anything on its own. Shadowball + Focusblast is unresisted. For stall this thing is a problem but HO and Balance should not have...

Kyu-B is more a Wallbreaker as SR take quite a toll on its HP and it uses instantly powerfull attacks to break walls. I dont really see it as Stallbreaker.