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My read on the meta is similar. Most of the common megas (not just the ones you've mentioned, but also stuff like SD M-Lop, M-Phox, etc) distinctly lack sturdy counterplay and can often bulldoze past what options exist with appropriate team support/tech options. I also agree that Xard kinda...

I forgot in my earlier post, but I'd like to nominate Kommo-o to C/B-. Bulky sets are a pretty decent alternative to Tankchomp with a typing that's better into stuff like Hamurott and Kingambit, while also having Taunt to bully Corv and deny webs from Araq. Its shortcomings mean it's not better...

I think I'm going to second everyone who's saying M-Phox should by higher. It 2HKOs basically everything unboosted (Fire Blast even 2HKOs Hamurott) while having a great speed tier and being a short term answer to M-Floette and M-Meganium. Also immune to webs and spikes, both of which are huge in...

I'd say Dark Pulse is mandatory given the prominence of Glowking and certain ghost types, but U-turn could maybe be dropped for a fourth attack depending on the team. M-Gren is a fast, frail offensive pivot. It works best with support from other pivots. It fits well onto standard Corv-King team...

Won, gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-935971 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-935972

It's pretty ok. It struggles to pick up OHKOs on neutral targets, so 4mss hurts a bit, but the speed tier and coverage options still make it very threatening. I like running Gunk Shot/Dark Pulse/Ice Beam/U-turn, but that fourth move is very much swappable.

It's because the banned megas ate up a ton of usage that might have otherwise gone to putting other megas into the tier. The banned megas together make up over a quarter of the total mega usage, stuff like Mega Clef, Zam, Zard-X, Scizor, and Glimm all probably would have gotten in the tier if...

Won in 2, gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-934188 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-934190

Won 2-1, GG https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-930923 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-930928 https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9championsou-930931

Opponent gave me the win, proof on their wall.

Dropping Polteageist is silly. KM Pot was the set that broke the mon, and the innovation there was running Strength Sap > TB with a defensive tera (usually steel) and bulk investment, which made it utterly oppressive to face. And that was in a meta with stuff like Hoopa-U and Zarude running...

I got a quick rules question. Round 1 games played later this week should still be with M-Blastoise legal, correct?

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I've been playing a bunch today (Mega Gengar being gone has done great things for this meta) and figured I'd drop my thoughts on some mons. :Sneasler: Maybe it's because I'm only running into/using pivot sets (whether scarf or otherwise, idk what the fake out ones are running), but it seems...

I already had Quick Attack mentioned for the SD set, but I put in Mach Punch as well. I also added that Scrappy lets M-lop beat those ghosts, something that most fighting types can't do. I also made some other misc tweaks to the post, like adjusting the sample sets to the Champions style.