Recent content by Halcy0n

Is anyone else stuck around 1600? This meta, and really the generation in general feels like it hasn’t been conducive to improvement. I’ve tried a variety of teams and I just stall out around 1700 before dropping back down. There’s so much variance/offensive fire power it’s hard for me to stay...

Appreciate the response. I’ll try to make sure to have something, but def have been building to over compensate and struggling.

Yeah the main thing I’ve found here is saving scarf Ghold or the encore Mon. I’ve actually had it power through my heatran (without taunt) if it’s the last Mon, especially if hazards are up. Was hoping to not have to run scarf Ghold on every team though.

I was using the ABR balance sample team with Heatran. Putting taunt over wisp helped a little bit. But Heatran can still get chipped down fairly easily. The two main versions I struggle with are the defensive set or the Lunar blessing max HP/Max SpA set since that can chunk ting Lu pretty...

What are good ways to deal with Cress? The teams seem be design to build around trick and encore users. Bummer that the meta this gen always seems to go towards the lowest skilled strategies

Do you think flash fire Heatran stocks are going to go up now? Obviously a great Volc check, handles Clefable very well, and can switch into Kyu if you avoid EP.

Now that the meta has been stable for quite a while, are there any pokemon or sets that people here think have been under-explored/have potential in niche roles? I think Vaporeon and Jirachi could have a decent niche as wish-turn passers. Vaporeon having water absorb and scald could have some...