Recent content by FootHead58

One thing I don’t think people are quite mentioning enough in conversation of tiering policy is how uniquely difficult this generation is to tier well. Would I have banned volc myself? Eh, probably not. Was this some hugely unprecedented crazy surprising move? Absolutely not. People have been...

I do feel like Ape is the least broken of it, Lando-I, and Mag, but it does have that whole “completely invalidates an entire play style” thing going for it that might make it more banworthy. Hope it can find a way to stay OU, I think rage fist is a cool mechanic and incentivized unique styles...

Tera does kinda let Tran just trap and kill any would-be counters huh Also not that this will change anyone’s mind on the matter but the Annihilape discussion hasn’t really talked about the way that it does so well into offense. Like, yes, it single-handedly beats essentially all stall and...

Not a member of the council, but I understand it to be like this: 99% of the time, adhering to banning principles keeps us from getting really stupid with certain things. You can potentially complex ban ANY Pokémon down if you feel you can identify what makes it broken, and that could lead to a...

I do think that in a vacuum, Arcanine-H looks GREAT. However, I get a bit nervous about how it matches into Great Tusk. I wonder if this could be sidestepped with some clever terra play?

Both of those mons only learn it via move tutor from a previous game. If you transfer over your defog Lando-T, Pokemon HOME might not allow you to keep old moves (“transfer moves”) as you bring them to gen 9. This would mean there would be no way to get a Lando-T with defog on your gen 9...

Surprising bulk under hail, decent offenses, and a surprisingly useful offensive movepool all help it out, but the best thing about it by far is Snow Warning + Aurora Veil, which is a combination that’s pretty hard to be bad with!

Many people’s problems with Covert Cloak is that they don’t notice all the times Covert Cloak comes in clutch. If item activated like psychic terrain (bringing up a message “Covert Cloak protected Gholdengo from being frozen!”) or something, it would be infinitely more appreciated. The lessened...

Like a mini Mega Heracross lol Just so this isn’t a one liner I will say loaded dice Baxcalibur does feel strong to me, but I do often wish I had leftovers/ HDB/ some other item. Lots of utility in being able to hit past a substitute or through focus sash that people often forget about!

A lot of sun teams also run Great Tusk, a much more reliable spinner. Rapid Spin or Torkoal is good as a nice back up, but you definitely do want heat rock to maximize turns of sun. Any additional mileage you get out of it (removing hazards, yawning something, spreading burns) is just a nice plus!

Pex can toxic and set up t spikes Clod can set up all hazards and toxic Corv can defog, u turn for momentum, and can make effective use of body press Scream tail def has a niche, but it’s a total disruptor, with basically 0 offensive capability.

No Action Reveal Tera type at team preview 1 Tera user per team (first team slot) Only STAB Tera types allowed Outright ban

META HOT TAKES: I feel like the Smogon equivalent of “go touch grass” to people that are chronically online is like “Go play high ladder” to people who only lurk on the forums. To all you forum lurkers, I see you, I feel you, and I got you. That was me a few years ago. So here’s my list of...

To answer the question: it’s tradition that as soon as a mon becomes available in game, it’s added to showdown. In this case, it was during a suspect test. If you were truly going to get recs in the last 48 hours, then perhaps you can exploit this rapidly changing meta to seize a GXE above 80%...

Confirming as OUDJFootHead7 :jirachi: edit: confirmed!