Recent content by Bold School

Chandelure isn't great. It is the third best Fire/Ghost type. It would be fourth if A-wak was in the game to also be better on TR. If you want a special attacking Fire/Ghost, use the faster H-phlosion with the threat of Eruption. And if you want an Infiltrator Ghost type, just use Pult. I also...

Life has been busy. Sadly, I don't have any time to ladder before the end of the day. Either way, I wanted to get my survey thoughts out late that they are. Enjoyment: 6 I find a way to have some fun with niche stuff, but I don't think I'll miss this gen when it is no longer newest. Too much...

You're right about nearly everything here, but I don't think there are only 4 rain abusers. Pokemon like Zapdos, Basculegion, and even Wellspring itself can make great use of rain. Looking at this phrasing further turns the gears in my mind. I remember when Pinkacross used Toxicroak of all...

It's allegedly never been the right time even when there was support for it. The timing arguments don't hold water when it is never the right time for the entire gen. Always too early or late. Always busy. Never the right time. The support arguments don't hold water for reasons I already...

As opposed to what? Not even trying and not being successful? Do you think there might be a chance after gen 10 launches or something? Or are you just telling us to not even try in the first place? Because I hate that imposed defeatism. It is one of my biggest complaints this gen. Yeah, it...

Of all the mons I most strongly wanted banned, the only left is Kyurem. So that's something I guess. Not that it would be unlikely to see most things you want banned when you ban a whole tier worth of mons from a tier, but you know. There's a few other mons I could take or leave, and at least...

Wanting to try other things, I have recently turned my attention to the Agility set I posted on page 4. So I slapped it on some semi-random HO mess I threw together and started laddering from where I left off with the Roar/Sight team. How did it go? Well, I have good new and bad news. The good...

I kind of like sand better without Drill, tbh. Drill feels mid as heck with all the priority and defensive answers to it. Maybe the right Tera set could change my mind, but it feels like niche, worse Iron Treads to me. There are people who make decent teams with it, but I never loved using it...

That's sick. I love that others are trying this. Phase/Sight is slowly becoming a thing. The only thing I will say is that Mew gets no good recovery moves this gen. So the staying power probably isn't good enough. Maybe you could run Mola Wish support or something, but it seems kinda bad to me...

Teleport is hard to run without healing from Morning Sun. So you'll want to use a two attack combo when you drop one of your attacks for it. One STAB + a coverage move will hit more of the meta than the Steel/Psychic combination. So choose based on that. You don't use both STABs on most sets for...

This is a great question. It could be that nobody thought of it. The mon is also a bit lower tier. As you stated, the bulk is one problem. Part of what makes Solgaleo so dangerous is that its bulk allows it to stay in and keep firing off Future Sights. The more chances you have at it, the more...

I think I may have just boken Solgaleo. Remember the troll Roar/Future set I came up with on page 4? Well, I have done more testing on that since then and it is legit stupid. Here are a few replays for reference...

It has Morning Sun. While that's not as good as the passive from Regenerator, it's still pretty good healing. I also disagree Teleport sets are mid on Solg. It's quite good on Sun teams and Trick Room sets at the very least. As for supposed mid Teleport sets, it depends on how you build...

That's fair. Far be it from me of all people to diss the appeal of building with niche mons or strategies. I would argue, as you already pointed out, that Solgaleo probably would feel more restrictive running Rocks as well. It has been my experience that Solg sets need to be made very...

What exactly are you expecting? Of all the doomer takes I have seen for Solgaleo, this one is the most wild. Empoleon and Jirachi are RU mons. And you think they are better team fits because they get Rocks? Ok... Here is a list of all the OU rated mons that get Stealth Rock: Clefable...