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Welcome to Monotype's Other Metagames Premier League! This tournament will be comprised of only Monotype OMs and this thread is for those who wish to sign up as a manager for the tournament. The metagames are as follows: Doubles Ubers LC CAP MonoThreat ADV Example: Manager Name: boomp...

Was the issue with my opening line just that it was too prescriptive, rather than that I shouldn't be mentioning what team styles enmpoleon gets used on at all? (as the mention that empoleon is usually on bulky water teams at the end didn't get cut) - this is only the case if the mon is truly...

[SET] Empoleon @ Heavy-Duty Boots Name: Specially defensive (Water) Ability: Competitive EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature - Stealth Rock - Flash Cannon / Surf - Roar / Knock Off - Roost [SET COMMENTS] Empoleon’s unique defensive typing makes it valuable to stall/semi-stall Water and...

You say I should think "what would you tell a beginner / new player basically in a general perspective." but if someone appeared in the monotype room asking about what they can put on a team with empoleon the number 1 thing I would tell them is they should put stall/bulky balance pokemon. I...

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- provide an example of a mon were taking out thanks to stealth rock support from jirachi, or overall just talk about it racking up chip dmg vs checks qc 1/2 well done

ok lets get it Is empoleon good on all teams? I would have thought rain would almost always prefer swampert over empoleon and can’t fit both. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an empoleon rain above 1500. I don't think I even see empoleons on the more offensive variants of water balance. - when i...

[OVERVIEW] Water ========== Slowking finds a niche as a special bulky pivot for Water teams. It features a unique strategy allowing free entrance for Water breakers like and especially Urshifu-R while denying other weathers thanks to Chilly Reception. Future Sight into Chilly Reception creates...

ADD [COMMENT] REMOVE [SET] Empoleon @ Heavy-Duty Boots Name: whats the set name Ability: Competitive EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature - Stealth Rock - Flash Cannon / Surf - Roar / Knock Off - Roost [SET COMMENTS] Empoleon’s unique defensive typing makes it valuable to...