Recent content by CappyThePulpy

Rant warning!!! What is a healthy meta? I would consider that a healthy meta is a meta in which many different mons and playstyles are viable and the determining factors are skill in battle and teambuilding. Therefore, it is reasonable to think that a new addition to the tier should allow more...

Volcarona is weak to sucker punch and toxic?? Clicking sucker punch or toxic into volcarona has a good chance to lose you the game on the spot (pretty much random, dont pretend you can read the set from the teamcomp).

I have to say that the lack of set variety is usually not as important as people make it out to be. Did normal zama do anything else besides IDBP in the tera meta? Very very rarely. You saw a zama you knew almost for certain it was gonna idbp. Was that holding zama back? Not at all. Also burn...

Happy new year everyone! Seeing as my last post didn’t get any hate, time to bring out the greatest shitmon of all. :beedrill-mega: UR-> C- Yeah, this is a wild one but I’ve had much more success with this than with my previous nominations. Managed to peak 1850 with the beedrill team that half...

I am hoping we move for a volcarona suspect in the near future. I wont get into the arguments, but I think everyone knows the issues and how it impacts teambuilding. And DONT bring up the hazards argument, its bs. If zardy can thrive in this tier and come in multiple times per game, so can...

Alright time for a DOUBLE nomination :altaria-mega: UR -> C+ Set: 248HP / 244+ def / 16spe 248HP / 160+ def / 84 spdef / 16 spe - Body Slam - Will-o-Wisp - Roost - Heal Bell / Flamethrower Coming in first we have everyone’s favourite fluffy cloud dragon. What does it do so well in the meta...

Doubt you can find the exact sample team being used. You can find some similar stuff by spectating high ladder games. I would take tournament replays with a grain of salt as cheese sets are a lot more common there. A similar looking team might have a completely different gameplan due to a...

To be fair, yes, 1/3 of your team for hazard control sounds like a lot. However, these mons are very good even if no hazard is ever clicked. Hatterene is a good defensive fairy which can stop sweepers like dragonite or idbp zama and many more, while also providing utility with nuzzle...

Regarding subswarm Z volcarona: I cannot even begin to fathom the “weak to hazards” argument. Y’all know zardY is also weak to hazards right? And that thing doesnt really have problems coming in more than once a game. The combination of tusk/terapagos + hatterene can keep hazards off 95% of...

As me and many other people have said before, most tiering suggestions regarding mola stem from skill issue. There is SO MUCH counterplay to a mola flip turn, not just waterpon. Waterpon just happens to be the most punishing example since a busted wallbreaker gets to come in for absolutely free...

Lots of hot takes here but I will only comment on the main points: :alomomola: Pivoting is an essential part of modern pokemon and having a reliable defensive pivot which can do its job multiple times is critical for a healthy meta, as the stuff it enables is usually the sub optimal or niche...

While I do NOT believe that lokix is viable in natdex, I have to criticise some of your arguments for the sake of better understanding the meta and how mons like lokix can be built to work (even though it is an uphill battle). 1. Lokix is not hardwalled by lando. Nothing is hardwalled by lando...

As a fellow lokix enjoyer, I will be honest and say there is nothing for this mon in natdex. Without tera bug (especially for a jolly set) it struggles to ko offensive threats, even with how broken tinted lens is and how good its moves are for abusing it. With tera bug you used to be able to...

Seeing as wellspring isn’t going anywhere and in order to get back to the usual meta ideas, I strongly recommend everyone to give :beedrill-mega: a try. Y’all called it a shitmon before, but I have been doing quite well with it so hear me out. It has one very very important niche: OHKOing...

Half agreed, the meta does have ample space for creativity with many archetypes, its just that they have to work extra in the builder to beat the dominant HO, and they usually have to make do with “I beat X sweeper mon except for Y set/coverage”, which is literally the opposite of how a healthy...