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So I've been playing a lot of "competetive" Natdex AG and chilling at the 1450-1500 range and even there you still see Gimmick Teams from time to time but atleast they're semi-viable when you're in that point of ladder, anyways one of my biggest problems in Natdex AG high ladder is...
100% agree, boots have been overall very dominant on the Meta to the point that even mons who aren't weak to Stealth Rock still use it take for example Tapu Koko, even though this does take up an Item-Slot it's pretty safe to say that these mons benefit from Heavy-Duty Boots than any other item...
Well...this is a thread for unpopular opinions and I think Scarf Greninja is underrated and therfore unpopular.
Plus the Monotype I'm referring to is Natdex Monotype so i don't think this will stick there and Scarf Greninja can be used even on Standard Natdex.
Scarf Greninja
:ss/greninja:
Now I know what you're thinking "why would I use Scarf on Greninja when it already outspeeds almost everything?" That's true to some degree because of Greninja's base 122 speed most will opt for Specs or LO but the LO variant is easily chipped down limiting its turns...
Buzzwole now gets U-turn!
Bug Types problem is that their good moves have low distribution one of those good moves is U-turn which is one of the most widespread moves in the game but the only Bug Type Pokémon in OU that has it is fuckin' Volcarona leaving Scizor to be the only one who can...
Trying to fix bad Starters!
Starters in definition are "the Pokémon the trainer chooses at the beginning of their Pokémon Journey and the main protagonists of the Pokémon Series of games".
Now being the Main Protagonists of the Game they're in makes you think that they are very strong, but...
You all note what it does individually but not what it does for it's team as i said at my post before the real reason that KFC is broken is because of how much it dents tanks, the synergy it does with other offensive mons like LeLe, Now for the Rain situation I mostly just bring general Water...