Recent content by CooolTrainer

The meta going back to HO spam is sort of a hummer tbh. Feels like nothing is really changing.

Username: CooolTrainer Tiers Preferred (Not Binding) SV, SS Tiers NOT Played (Binding) ORAS, Bo3 Time Zone GMT-6 Foreseeable Inactivity

I wonder if this would change after watching Vert have his Zamazenta get crit OHKO for both his games in the OLT semis. Definitely took away a win.

I think the main issue here is that mons like Garg and Heatran really like to have hazard control. Heatran especially is more at home on offense/bulky offense structures since it doesn’t always stay alive a long time. It’s ok to have a Mon with leftovers on boots spam but your opponents can...

Enjoyment: 7 Competitive: 7 I think part of gen 9 is that there are certain match ups that feel like you lost at preview. However, you need to balance that with not letting really slow balance overrun the meta. I disagree with people saying it already has, offense and HO have done really well...

How did you deal with Pecharunt here? Just Garg? It seems like it has a lot of opportunities to come in and pivot. It has a great switch in on everything but Bolt and terrain helps it against Lando.

Nothing new, but I really like Gambit+(Darkrai/Weavile/Meowscarada)+ Zap as a core. Zap+Rai/Weavile/Meow can chip away at Ting, Corv, Zama, or any other Gambit checks with ice and electric coverage. There’s a lot of flexibility between going full offensive with both or using wisp/t-wave/trick to...

Does the meta feel more match up fishy than a few months ago to anyone? I feel like loading up any team I just have accept there are going to be quite a few matches that are auto losses at preview.

Turning away from the verbose Ogre discussion, Rillaboom is having a fun resurgence. So many pokemon appreciate passive healing+reduced ground damage. Grassy Terrain can enable Zama, Ghold, Hatterene, Oger, Bolt, Heatran and many others. Even without a choice band, its ability to provide...

I agree that Ogerpon has a niche on teams like this but it’s hard for me to go with it as a knocker/breaker over since you have to add yet another ice weakness for Kyurem to feast on.

I not good, but I’ve found Gliscor pretty underwhelming lately with the amount of breakers and Corv running around. What set do you think is the most disruptive?

Any solution? It seems like we’re all out of bans (not that any of those Pokemon are bannable).

Prob just a skill issue on my part. Does anyone else find the meta far more difficult than it used to be. I know it’s currently OLT but the emphasis on offense feels like it highlights a lot of my mistakes. The council used to talk/care about threat saturation, but it seems like that problem was...

Tera is one of a few factors in even if it takes skill to use. It inherently makes the meta unpredictable. I would love to be surprised, but I don’t think the Moon ban will help much tbh. There’s so much power creep I think offensive teams will always have a significant advantage over slower...

IIRC Vert had some pretty intense posts just calling everyone bad lol. You sound pretty silly tbh. Voicing dissent in a public forum is like the original way to create change or have issues addressed. Finch and other council members answer questions here all the time, so it’s quite obvious...