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Hydreigon @ Roseli Berry Ability: Levitate EVs: 56 SpA / 200 SpDef / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Draco Meteor - Fire Blast - Belch This is mostly for fun so don't take it too seriously, but it works well as a lure haha. Since Sylveon or Clef are on nearly every bulky...

Sub Gyara is extremely underrated. Once dmax was banned everyone assumed it would just be bad and stopped using it, but it's really good. You should definitely be running dragon dance. Dragon Dance / Substitute / Waterfall / Bounce is very good except that haze is a bit of a pest (but vaporeon...

While on the topic of Dracovish, here is something that I've been thinking about: DRACOvish (Dracovish) @ Life Orb Ability: Strong Jaw EVs: 176 Atk / 196 SpA / 136 Spe Naughty Nature - Fishious Rend - Super Fang - Draco Meteor - Psychic Fangs / Low Kick Since Dracovish's switch...

Clef on sticky web is very interesting. On webs HO clef can definitely afford to just run 3 attacks since it won't be used to pivot much and its coverage is near perfect. Psychic is cool too since you hit rotom neutral while maintaining pex coverage. Clef with full coverage is one of the few...

CM over moonlight was best during the dynamax days when you could just get 3 KOs after a CM due to being able to tank everything. Now you want recovery to repeatedly switch into Seismitoad, Pex, Buzz, certain Corviknight, etc over the course of the game. Defensive CM without coverage is just...

Calm Mind Clefable is vastly underutilized. LO+3 and Defensive seem to be mostly what are run now but CM should really be used more. Clefable @ Life Orb Ability: Magic Guard EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Moonblast - Thunderbolt - Moonlight...

Tox (toxtricity not pex of course) has so much potential, as the cookie cutter bulky builds that are everywhere like Clef / Corv / Rotom / Toad fold to it... that is IF you aren't choice locked. Not using choice is such an important point you brought up and it's clear in the replay. Protect and...

I'm glad you posted this. I never bothered to try luke on HO and it looks promising. It's like Bisharp except with a stronger stab move and better speed. Bisharp is really good of course but it just misses out on important KOs like Corviknight, Ferro, Pex, and Toad due to not having knock off...

It seems that the post Dmax ban meta is becoming very balance heavy as many predicted. Bulky Corviknight, Pex, Mandibuzz, Clefable, Vaporeon, etc are going strong. I don't think the current hydreigon loadout of subplot is adequate to break through because of how most competent balance teams have...

160 Atk LO CC does 58% min to 252 HP / 252 Def Bold Umbreon and 79% min to 252 HP calm Umbreon. With decent speed investment of around 168 Spe Aegislash outspeeds most walls. The point of this Aegislash is to wallbreak not tank, so you just want to 2HKO walls on the switch or KO more offensive...

I am not calling Aegislash broken, or saying it should be banned, and I'm not saying it can do everything at once. You are misconstruing what I'm saying. I'm saying it has excellent potential as a wallbreaker and that it has options to break through most walls used in OU. And it will likely...

Let's not twist what I said. I mentioned before that aegislash can fit options like CC and others on that set easily over king's shield. That's 4 moves not 5. I said it has the tools to beat most walls, which it does. I didn't max all of the EVs, and my calcs are using the spread I listed. I...

Bold pex is 2HKOd after rocks as it takes 46% min. Hippo is 2HKOd unless max careful, which is rare and bad because of excadrill. Mandibuzz is taking 75% from two iron heads and is outsped, so it needs HBD to avoid the 2HKO and without lefties it gets chipped pretty quickly anyway. Gastrodon and...

I'm not advocating for or against a ban, but it's definitely going to be a top threat. I think Aegislash becomes far more deadly as an all out attacker with life orb and some speed investment since it has the tools to beat any wall. I don't see many defensive walls currently used being able to...

- I've posted this before, but Sylveon in a decent defensive core (corsola, seismitoad, etc) is amazing. It has been able to get more 6-0s for me than even broken dmax sweepers. It's just so difficult to defeat and is the only fairy that can counter Hydreigon (flash cannon does less than 30%)...