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As many have described, Tyranitar is losing popularity in ADV OU. Many top players rank Skarmory above it in their VRs, partly because of the absurdly effective stalls that have been terrorizing ladder and tours alike.
Accompanied by the surge of skarm teams is the decline of not only tar in...
To the people above dismissing this proposal as ridiculous, I ask that you engage with giraffe's (clearly well thought out) post in good faith. If you don't think sableye should be banned, at least explain why.
Since I'm not playing any tours right now and I don't envision playing too much in...
Claiming Platinum Guts. Over the past few months I made two or three serious runs at this challenge with different versions of this team. I’d gotten within 10-20 points each time, but I always fell short, so this felt good.
Here’s the team:
https://pokepast.es/2f394c1bca75fdb6
I know the team...
Claiming gold knowledge (almost platinum!) and the Taken By Storm LC on my Semi Literate account. For Taken By Storm, my opponent forfeited after turn 11, but presumably they were running Vapicuno’s physical offense team with ttar/magneton lasts. Accuracy providing, I would just send out...
My three favorite teams I've built:
https://pokepast.es/1720cc3b5c60a454
https://pokepast.es/c924c851af53018f
https://pokepast.es/93c25dce727b62f1
Three fun concepts:
https://pokepast.es/873d4762e62b8d16
https://pokepast.es/39493c70f6db64e5
https://pokepast.es/cf9e0cc2bfebcd00
Entire builder...