Recent content by guardian of sand

This is a mon I'm pretty on the fence with. On one hand, this thing has the potential to nuke most HO/BO teams with pretty little set up. On the other hand, losing a dark type makes ghold stronger. I'm going to say ban because I don't think RM is healthy in the current meta and I don't think...

I like the Rotom-Fan love, but in all seriousness if you want to counter Rillaboom, use Mandibuzz. Foul Play will 2HKO after a Swords Dance from Rillaboom along with +1 Defense from Grassy Terrain Seed. Mandibuzz can eat every attack from Rillaboom. Rillaboom's Grassy Glide will do (17.7 -...

I will agree Mandibuzz is definitely better; however, I wanted to use something much farther down in the tier list and try to make it viable. Rotom-Fan was actually able to fulfill the role I needed it to. Yes it has no ability which I think is hilarious, but Air Slash + Volt Switch are both...

Glad I was able to help! Hopefully the new team works well for you, and good luck on the ladder!

"Preface" Back on here for round 2 of a RMT thread, and wanted to see what people thought of this Zarude team. I heard discussions that Zarude will most likely be left behind for UU, and I don't agree. Since I don't agree, might as well try to make it work in OU. It genuinely has a solid niche...

"If I were to go the purely bulky offense route and take out the sand, do you have any suggestions for what two mons could potentially go well?" I'll do my best! I'm writing this at the end, so everything below is already typed, but below I say something close to "Pokemon is very match up...

With this team, the goal is to set up sand and use Excadrill as a win condition. Excadrill is your only win condition as Hydreigon cannot sweep on its' own (not fast cause you don't have Scarf and not strong enough cause of no Nasty Plot). Your team is far too passive, and really, really, really...

Interesting team using dual weather Charizard, but here is a modification I might try. I'm not sure if it is necessarily better, but it may help. Major Changes > This one is debatable, but I see Noivern as solid option. It only takes 25% from SR, is resistant to Aqua Jet, and is...

Hey just wanted to say I actually used this team and everything works well for rain. The differences in my version of your team are down below. Here are some changes I would recommend/experiment with: Major Changes > Immediately when looking at this team, it was easy to see the lack of...

If you plan on using screens Grimmsnarl, you'll want to run Hyper Offense for the best results. If you plan on using Hyper Offense, Ferrothorn needs to be removed, and many things will need to be changed on this team. Troll sets work okay on the lower ladder where pretty much anything goes, but...

"Prelude" Here are some not so great explanations I wanted to correct: "This is a PIMPNITE troll set, but I really liked it so, Priority healing and Priority attacks. Part of my core, along with Dracovish and Ferrothorn." - Troll sets don't really work on the ladder, at least not past the...

I think the team is overall pretty solid as far as HO goes. Here are a couple changes I would suggest: > This decision isn't clear cut, and not the absolute truth. DD Dragapult does have a place on this HO team; however, this team doesn't have a perfect ground immunity as Rotom-Heat is...

It's pretty interesting you are running solar beam on 2 different mons, ontop of Venusaur having Giga Drain. Having the same move between 2 different mons is generally not a good idea as you're limiting your team's flexibility. Here are some changes I would make: Torkoal Your current...

I ended up using Accelgor over excadrill as my suicide lead. I thought excadrill was a good suicide lead, but accelgor works better. Being able to final gambit on turn 1 to ohko zera is very beneficial. The toxic spikes are the star of the show. Being able to poison mons really does help shift...

I ended up going with Air Balloon SD Aegislash. I wanted another mon to setup with, have priority, as well as have a spinblocker. I think the ghost type is a necessity for this team to spin block due to how common excadrill is in the meta right now. Necrozma was good, but the spikes staying on...