Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules.
These tier shifts are way better than last time and I’m hyped as hell to start experimenting with all the drops. We didn’t even lose a mon this time which is even better. As for individual drops:
:ss/calyrex:
Calyrex is a bit weird. It’s another Psychic type in a tier with big Psychic...
I am so hyped for the tier shifts this month. I do wish we got more drops but maybe next month we'll get the trickle down from the HOME mon drops (Calyrex will be here guaranteed)
:sm/dunsparce:
Dunsparce was the most annoying mon to face in my opinion and it dragged out so many games on its...
I'm so glad Grumpig is gone, but now I'm gonna have to find a new cheesy win condition other than Leafeon :changry: (It definitely needed the ban tho lol, I kept using it for a reason after all). And with the undisputed best psychic back out of the tier, I can use Hypno without seeming like I'm...
So I know everyone's hyped about the recent additions to the tier but I wanna take some time to talk about some goofy sets I've had fun with on ladder. The first is definitely my favorite in Life Orb Glalie.
:sv/glalie:
Glalie @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk...
Seeing Vigoroth leave the tier is amazing (and also hilarious that Vigoroth is banned while Slaking is a super niche choice band user) and Beartic being banned is great too. Bulk-up Vigoroth was something I thought was too bad in NFE when I still played that tier earlier in the generation, and...
Why not just play it in Ubers where it'll still be cracked? It'd require a single neuron firing to time the pelliper properly to make sure drizzle wasn't cancelled by koraidon's sun, but as long as you don't play awfully it'd be a genuine threat even up there. OU just got playable please don't...