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Hey, I'm trying to get back into competitive mons and just looking at all the new changes I feel like I can use some assistance on a team as I figure out what has changed from when I left.
I'd like to request a team built around a hyper offensive Leafeon (since it has good Attack and decent...
People seem to forget how low-risk high-reward Throh is because he can easily get off damage or cripple anything he wants to. He has access to recovery (which is somewhat unreliable), but it does activate Guts on Throh making him hit harder then he already does. It increases his longevity with...
While I agree with most of those points, you mentioned how RestTalk or Toxic/Taunt is dealt with by stall/offense respectively. While that is true, that only shows how flexible it is for various types of teams that need to deal with either stall or offense better, making it well-rounded. Also, a...
I love Pawniard, and will never not support him. I agree he is a high-tier threat, A+ even. While Sneasel is a dark-type with speed, Pawniard hits super hard and doesn't even need a lot of coverage outside the moves it gets. I have used a variety of sets on him already. Both SD and CB are great...
Hmm...I don't know.
So far we are all talking about (or mostly talking about) how good they are and why they need to go, even if there are drawbacks.
I think we made a decent amount of posts as to why they are good.
Now we should start talking/thinking about why they shouldn't be banned, and...
I mean, whirl's only notable bulk difference is taking a two hit rock blast from golem, and veni's only speed difference is not predicting protect vs spikes on a lead Dwebble which kills with rock blast or goes for rocks predicting protect. Taking Rock Blast from Golem matter more in my opinion...
While I understand the points you are making are certainly true, I just want to point out that you shouldn't bring "hax", or luck, into the point you are trying to make because it has no merit in pointing out why you should ban/not ban a Pokemon. Icicle Crash flinching something shouldn't have a...