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I agree that an offensive non-Choice set suits Dragapult well, especially when people are expecting Choice-lock when they see U-turn/Draco or expecting a passive set like subwisp when they see wisp. It puts its great speed to good use.

The Team This team uses some pretty common OU ‘mons which I later found out are all in the A+/A Viability Rank. A Balance team requires a playstyle that relies on prediction a lot, and standard teambuilding would automatically place you in a disadvantage in the prediction game because your...

Agree on maintaining Rotom-H for A+. - gaining Nasty Plot is arguably the most helpful to Heat Rotom than any other Rotom forms, and its ability to setup on Clefable is dangerous. Compared to other NP setup sweepers like Hydreigon/Togekiss/Gengar, being immune to paralysis is also a huge...

Has anyone tried out DD Mew yet? Mew itself is far underused right now but this DD set in particular is quite fearsome as it’s hard to wall with the right support, for people expecting it to be a SR setter they’re in for a nasty surprise. Mew @ Leftovers/Life Orb Ability: Synchronise EVs: 252...

Defensive Rotom-Wash and Jellicent should counter it if it’s Scarfed. Banded GDarm has no counters though. Like zero.

252+ Atk Life Orb Lucario Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Cobalion: 221-263 (68.4 - 81.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252+ Atk Life Orb Lucario Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Cobalion: 398-471 (123.2 - 145.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Aura Sphere vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Cobalion: 408-484 (126.3 -...

Isn't it before the ban there are many semi-stall teams with the format of 4-mon defensive core+Choiced Victini+Bulky setup sweeper? With Victini gone, these type of teams would disappear forever. No mon like Victini can fit into that slot. No more lazy teambuilding by smacking Victini into a...

Thank you for your help! I agree with you that my Lanturn spread is not so efficient, and I could run less HP EVs on it. But instead of investing into Defence, could I invest more EVs into SpA or Spd? I don't really feel like Lanturn is taking any physical hits so I believe I don't need to give...

At a Glance: Introduction: I was mainly playing OU/UU in Gen VI and I haven't cared much about other tiers, but after playing on UU with my new team for a while, I discovered that 4 of the mons on my UU team are actually RU/NU mons. Then, I decided to change my team a bit to try out the RU...

Can anyone please list another check/counter to the following Bliss + Water defensive cores? (except Toxicroak) Bliss+Alomomola: Bliss+Quagsire: Bliss+Swampert: Bliss+Vaporeon: Bliss+Suicune: Bliss+Phys Def Jellicent: The check/counter should not fear burns from Scald.

Porygon-Z makes Hyper Beam viable by OHKOing Florges, Umbreon, Suicune, M-Aggron and Metagross, and makes things much easier for other special sweepers to do their job. What to use: Porygon-Z @ Choice Specs Ability: Adaptability EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature - Hyper Beam - Dark...

After some testing with the changes that you've suggested, I found that my team copes with Fighting-type attacks much better than before! Swampert is great as a Fire-resist too. It is never a bad idea diversifying my switch-ins to those UU Fire-type mons. However, Crobat also gives me a decent...

Thank you very much for the help!! In fact I have previously considered Crobat but without Nidoqueen my special attacking side would be really weak, as Rotom-H would become my only special attacker. This produces problems when I face stall teams that feature physically defensive mons. Swampert...

I cannot believe Meowstic-M isn't on the OP! With Klefki gone, Meowstic-M is the only Prankster dual-screener left in the UU metagame. Apart from dual screens, Meowstic-M also got a few status-inducing moves (Thunder Wave and Toxic). On a side note, it has got Prankster Assist, which is a...

At a Glance: Introduction: The building of this team all starts with me wanting to use Mega-Absol which IMO is a very underused mon in XYUU, and other mons are recruited to best suit Mega-Absol's needs. However, in the process of team building I found that Mega-Absol's role has changed from my...