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It's a niche mon, but it can work well within the right team comp. Part of that comp needs to be hazard support. I don't actually love Specs that much in a tier with Wellspring being so common. It makes it annoying spamming Steam Eruption, which is otherwise its most spammable move. It's not...

1. Given the offensive powercreep this gen, I think it's good to have defensive pokemon like this and Gliscor in the tier as glue mons. In the case of Ting-Lu, it has enough common weaknesses and a lack of reliable recovery. I'd also add that the U-turn weakness can really help more offensive...

I would say my favorite lefties mon is ID Zama with Roar. I feel TTar is better as a special wall with AV. But you can't use it as your rocker if you do that. You also need the right team for it.

There are plenty of ways to counter it. The main ways are: Poison types, Steel types, Garganacl, and Covert Cloak. Then there are conditional options. Gliscor can counter it, although it needs to be wary of Hex and carry the right moves to hit Pech. Natural Cure Blissey is also a decent option...

Aside from what was already said, Terapagos is Tera locked into Stellar. Because the Zero form requires Tera Stellar to activate, you can't ban it without banning either the Tera or the mon itself. However, Tera Starstorm is basically Tera Blast on steroids. That move could be banned...

It depends on the teams. If you have a team that can target or even trap some Ground types with an innovative set, you can free the way for Regieleki somewhat. Also, most of the Ground types besides Gliscor and Clod can be chipped down over time. Eleki would still likelu be UU, but it would...

The competitiveness and enjoyment were very close to my scores. The rest seems to be very middling whereas many of my score were a bit more on the extreme end this time around. I'm a little annoyed that there seems to be no clear direction again according to the polls. The tier is in a better...

I know you were trying to wrap up the conversation, but the thing that is missing is how Tera itself is more inherently offensive than defensive as a mechanic. Defensive Tera is still the only part of Tera that isactually used for defense, and even then, setup sweepers can use it to brute force...

I think my enjoyment is about a 7 since the Moon ban. That was really positive to me. Competitiveness is still only a 6. There is still a bit too much cheese for my tastes, but it isn't as bad as it was. Dragonite is a 1. It's not broken. There are many built in flaws that make it more...

I was actually running Volcanion on a GT team with Rillaboom. The problem is Great Tusk just pulls out Headlong Rush and Lando-T can sometimes Earth Power. The Tusk matchup could probably be improved by going Tera Ghost, but this weakens the Wellspring matchup as well as the possible damage on...

That's interesting. The moves are exactly the same, except for the slight difference Sludge Bomb over Sludge Wave. I vaguely remember having heard of a trapping Volcanion set somewhere before, so perhaps I subconsciously thought of this one. The Tera is different and the EVs are just far more...

After some more testing of my mixed Manaphy set, I have come to the conclusion that it is not bad. It is also not particularly good. The problem is the opportunity cost of using something better. Water is an ok attacking type. It's just that there are a lot of resists and immunities for a set...

My two cents on Tera Blast is banning it would help with the variance issue. Mons that get access to whatever coverage move they want can shred through checks they normally shouldn't be able to. We all know this, so I won't get too into it. But I do think variance has been an issue with gen 9...

I tend to play like I assume it's a special set at first because the special wallbreaking potential is a bit more immediate as a threat. I try to have something on my team to force it out if it is DDs. Once you force Kyurem out once, it becomes a lot easier to deal with because you know roughly...

It is my belief that Tera Fire with 3 attacks is underrated on Serp since Grass/Fire STAB is kind of crazy. Dragon coverage is also good to hit the many Dragons in the tier. However, you can also run physical. The secret Serp tech is Overgrow Coil and Loaded Dice Scale Shot. You can also...