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I did try a max speed Choice Band Scizor as well as max speed Swords Dance for a brief period. I agree the Kingambit matchup as well as some other MUs become way better with max speed, but like RaikouLover said, the bulk seems to be more consistently useful, and the lack of speed wasn't always a...
Thanks for the feedback. Happy to hear Screens Rotom confuses people lmao!
Hex Dragapult is definitely annoying but I've never thought of it as a threat. If it stays in Rotom can eat 30-40% and pivot into Hatterene who can straight up 1v1 it and win with 2 Draining Kisses, and if the Pult...
INTRODUCTION
Firstly, all feedback and critique is welcome and encouraged! Looking to improve.
I dabbled in competitive Pokemon back in Gen 5, had a 10-year hiatus from the series, and recently got into Gen 9 - first Battle Stadium Singles (good grief) on the official game and recently...
This inspired me to start implementing screens on my own team (:rotom-wash::volcarona::hatterene::roaring-moon::dragonite::kingambit:) and the replays taught me a lot. Good stuff! I also copied the Hatterene set and in practice it's probably the MVP of my own team. Never used that Pokemon before...
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I've found Bulkarona to work better than an offensive one and suggest at least trying it on your team. The offensive variant has nice coverage and most people seem to prefer it, but in my experience it often just drops mid-sweep to a priority move or sash. I just started Showdown a while...