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Monotype PU Psychic Team (The Set Up)
Description: This team (like it the name) relies on set up as bulky offense. Note that this isn't exactly a slow team either as certain things are speed creeped while still being able to take hits, have priority, not get OKHO'd or 2KHO'd by non-STAB Signal...
Ash Greninja is scary. Water Shuriken becomes special (although we don't know how much stronger it gets after Battle Bond), those stats are reaching Hoopa-U territory (if not scarier since it can still hold an item), and ... that speed. On the bright side, it won't be a thing in regular monotype...
Thank god the Jangmo-o evolution line is going to end up as Dragon/Fighting or else rip Ice forever. Still, it does help Dragon against Steel significantly (although I'm not sure how Dragon struggles against Steel in general). However, Type:Null getting an evolution is ... pretty interesting...
Thank god those Z moves can be only used once per battle cause those things hit like a nuke. Even though we don't know its exact base power, we definitely know it's up there in the conversation with Self Destruct/Explosion if a Snorlax OKHO'd a Dragonite with its Z move. I seriously doubt that...
Jangmo-o is looking like the potential pseudo-legend in this Gen. Based on its design, it looks like one of those Ankylosaurus dinosaurs with the spiky shell and tail (kind of like Torterra). The description suggests that this mon might be something like Garchomp with great offense and defense...
Dropping in one of my suggestions for one of the best "gimmick" users in PU: Lopunny.
Lopunny from C- to C+.
If there's one niche that is valuable no matter what tier it is, it's the immunity to the negative (and positive) effects of items with the ability: Klutz. Although Lopunny can do those...