Recent content by Avira

After reading the discussion here, I've changed my mind on all the new Megas getting either a signature move or a conditional power-up to one of their moves given Z-Megas are hyped to be more potent and directly tied to Mega Zygarde-Complete, so if any Megas will be getting super moves in...

Maybe Gamefreak wanted to keep Nihil Light special for Mega Zygarde-Complete since Z-A is a game based on it. Given the design philosophy around Gen 9, it wouldn't surprise me if either all new Megas get a signature move or conditional power-up to one of their moves or a more limited group such...

I expect every new Mega from Z-A to get a signature move or a conditional power-up to one of their moves. We've already seen precedents with Ash-Greninja getting a powered-up Water Shuriken and Mega Zygarde-Complete getting an upgrade to Core Enforcer upon Mega Evolving. With Gamefreak's design...

I still think Mega Feraligatr should have Sheer Force. As is with Dragon's Maw, the Swords Dance set is just a match-up fish against stall teams that don't have Unaware Clefable. Retaining Sheer Force like base Feraligatr would ensure that all of Mega Feraligatr's moves would hit hard instead of...

Finchinator didn't say there'd be no changes for the rest of the generation, just that he doesn't think there's anything banworthy in the meta but would allow a suspect test depending on whether the qualified demographic of survey takers score something at 3.5 or above (This part is implied...

I am not pro-usage-based tiering or pro-viability-based tiering, but if Smogon ever decides collectively to end usage-based tiering, it would not be perfectly intuitive to continue its current naming scheme with OU, UU, RU, NU, etc., and the reason is that a mon that's not often used but has a...

I don't know where you're getting your information, but Rillaboom is already OU, not UUBL. It moved to OU in October.

It was overrated for a while. The SV OU tier is dripping with defensive counterplay for Iron Valiant given its lack of breaking power, and even many offense teams have their outs against a boosted Iron Valiant given every team should have some way of forcing Iron Valiant out. After getting rid...

I was thinking that Mega Baxcalibur would surely be slowly than base Baxcalibur, but these extra blurbs make me believe it'll be faster, and if that's the case, it'll instantly be Uber with only Mega Scizor being a decent check to it. However, Baxcalibur itself will probably be Uber, so maybe...

I believe the OU Council has done a great job this generation under your leadership. Contrary to the beliefs of those such as DaddyBuzzwole, there has been more tiering action this generation than any other generation, and the transparency of the OU Council is at its highest ever due to your...

Most of the suspects/quickbans this generation were administered after a survey score of 3.5+ or higher from the qualified demographic. I don't see Dragonite getting a suspect unless its survey score clearly reaches that threshold for the next OU Tiering Survey next month. It could feasibly...

Tio Chico Good post. If Acupressure could potentially steal games with Evasion boosts, leading to its inclusion in Evasion Clause, Metronome should be banned for potentially violating Evasion and OHKO Moves Clause.

You overrate Zama as it needs significant support to clean/sweep teams. There's a reason why Zama is no longer on OU Tiering Surveys, and it's because nobody on the OU Council deems it to be a problem with the minimum criteria for being on such a survey is that one person on the OU Council wants...

I second 658Greninja that Ceruledge should rise to A- due to its strong performance as a Hyper Offense staple in SCL. Its LO set is a nuclear breaker, and it has just enough set variety to keep you on your toes. Even if it's mainly used on specific structures, it's clearly better and more...

Ceruledge may be a lot slower, but Ghost is the best attacking type in the game with it being a lot more threatening than Water/Grass, not to mention Fire STAB also being excellent with Fire historically a better attacking type than Water, and Bitter Blade is an excellent move since a 90 Base...