Recent content by dudebones

SVOU: Strong bulky boots spam team featuring SD Gliscor and Nasty Plot Pech win cons. Also the return of an old favorite: Clefable https://pokepast.es/173ee4bb23791842

https://pokepast.es/4d228d7213ade6f0 Stupid dumbass strong OU dark spam team. Darkrai lead is so oppressive you just chip stuff and the rest of the team cleans up

GEN 9 OU: Tired of Darkrai and Zama spam due to OLT? Tinkaton and Moltres are thriving counters to several OP mons in this meta Tinkaton stealing an item is also underrated tech Try this https://pokepast.es/5959452a90ee8201

Peaked top 10 OU with Iron Treads (BBL TREDDY) + Mixed E-Belt Iron Valiant. https://pokepast.es/170d834262dd0280 Peak Proof: https://pasteboard.co/A0Sdu4EAiir5.png Careful against: Ogrepon, Sinista, Moltres, and Deoxys. Take the Cudgel with Lando to get U turn chip, go Valiant and predict with...

Streets want a regular 'ole OU live. Featuring E belt Valiant and Iron "BBL TREDDY" Treads. https://pokepast.es/1b8614c29d6f2412

Maybe for an Iron Treads live? When the last time you brought Great Nose lil bro out? https://pokepast.es/9ae9a9e24aec23e8

I agree hazards are not as big of a deal as everyone makes them seem. Go watch replays of WCoP, i really dont see matches being decided by some really consistent form of hazard stacking, mainly just offense v offense with a lot of opportunity to rapid spin

smogon would just ban the broken pokemon with LR rather than the move that's why they took houndstone away pre home

Really well said The one issue i have with your Gambit example is scouting its tera type and patiently playing around it to make sure you can hit it with a super effective move is somewhat punished because he can accumulate swords dance boosts and just OHKO whatever answer you have to his tera...

I was just looking over this (WCoP Stats) really useful document of WCoP 2023 stats and I noticed Iron Treads at 0% usage. I for one really like Booster Speed Treads and I find it to be a really reliable spinner and the +1 speed tier is really nice in many situations! Thoughts on very low...

Zamazenta-Hero: Do Not Ban

I think the reason Tusk is high usage is bc it has an intrinsic 4x resistance to rocks, can set up rocks and spin them (role compression), checks Gambit, and has strong ground typing I dont really understand how Ghold makes tusk go up in usage when Tusk cant remove agianst gold ?

"Gholdengo is the reason Great Tusk is at 50% usage on ladder and over 80% in tournaments" Did you misspell King Gambit?

I kinda found this hard to follow, but I think you are focusing too much on what unique pokemon are being played rather than how it feels to play with them?