Recent content by Lunatic Hai

Unfortunately, the reason mega launcher kinda sucks is because of how limited you are in moves. Relatively slow but incredibly strong breakers (G7 Pdon, Mray, Mchomp, and others come to mind alongside kyu-b) are a threat because of their immense, immediate power, with speed control being an...

The point's been made before, but bouncing off this, I dug up an old replay where a team I made by throwing literal dung at the wall managed to beat sevag just by catching him off guard with bellyburden. Granted, this was back when impform zacc, spore, and cram were running around, but they...

Haven't played BH in a minute since it's gotten stale for me, but like clockwork, we have the same stupid shit going around. Remove/limit drum, keep nuzzle. I'm not going over all the arguments, but it's pretty clear that the people who actually play this tier to a significant degree are by and...

A move change won't really help you salvage a corpse. You drop to priority (unlike other attackers that at least have the bulk or typing to not fold), and the novelty of what you're trying to pull off wears off very quickly. VC is a stupid move and does blast kids; unfortunately, the hellhole of...

Remember that dealing with setup isn't just relegated to "Oh God he clicked a boosting move we have to get rid of the funny numbers," but can also be done proactively. Keeping pressure up to discourage a boost is much better than just stopping the sweep. Even a mon without boost removal can...

Unfortunately, the issue wih Thundurus is one that other mons like NDW have; not only are they one dimensional, they're incredibly setup reliant. You really don't want to suffer from both; Regigigas and Xerneas, for example, by and large stick to a single set, but not only do they have...

Some stuff to note: Gigas is NOT a good lead vs Lunala, whose best set for the most part is the epic FC hex+para set. 252+ Atk Regigigas Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Fur Coat Lunala: 212-252 (44.3 - 52.7%) -- 19.1% chance to 2HKO You'll end up chunking it turn 1 and removing rocky...

It's been a hot minute since I actively played mons, but it seems pretty fun nowadays. I'm slapping together a bunch of teams to mess around with, and might start branching from my usual balance into other playstyles again. These are the ones I've liked the most so far. Some things I noticed...

Bolt beak with glance gone is something I've been advocating for for months, get em outta here. Free Zekrom, make him viable again. Free our boy my enemy when (Zygarde-Complete) @ Icicle Plate Ability: Speed Boost EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk...

In hindsight I rambled a lot here but did put some of my personal counterplay options for all these so I'm leaving it as is. Here you go. I wholeheartedly, unironically believe the BH metagame would be much more fun if we had a mon like Zygarde actually able to be used (tbf it's definitely...

BH low key feels fun again let's goooo :BW/PALKIA: Palkia @ Lustrous Orb Ability: Adaptability EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe Rash Nature - Dragon Energy - Fishious Rend - Strength Sap - Rapid Spin This is by no means an ideal set, but it's been able to do some...

Sleep Moves Clause: Implement

There isn't much use for sheer force on Palkia. Running an ability like adaptability, swift swim, tinted, etc is much more useful. Especially with adaptability; 2x STAB on dragon/water coverage that ALSO hits physical and special mons is already more than enough power for most cases. Tapu Fini...

Further adding to the posts above, keep in mind that this is regular Blaziken as opposed to Mega, thanks to gen 8. Band tinted chicken in gen 7 was a disgusting wallbreaker that was nearly unwallable, but not only did it have 40 attack over regular Blaziken, it had a base 100 speed stat as well...

Got reqs with a team I slapped together in 4 minutes just because I got tired of tcage + spore Why yes, Jonathan, I DO own an air fryer Time to retire from BH again until Smogon finally brings back N*tDex (or until next tour/suspect)