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Username: mangoose49
Tiers Preferred (not binding) 35Poke October 2025
Tiers NOT Played (binding) (DID NOT ANSWER QUESTION)
Time Zone GMT+11
Additional Notes
won vs zetious, not the cleanest games (or very well played by me)
https://replay.generationssd.co.uk/gen9nd35pokesoct2025-2549
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If I could pick:
July 23 - Probably my favourite meta to build in. A ton of pokes have niches and the set diversity of many top mons is amazing. At the same time the diversity of sets isn’t simply a bunch of set up options, so the meta doesn’t devolve into a guessing game.
Oct-B - Found the...
OU's and really every official tier get played way more than 35 pokes, especially metagames from over a year ago. 2-3 tours (on the high end) and a livetour or two is less than what a lot of old gen low tiers get played. Not sure how you can say any of these officals aren't "overplayed" but 35...
I think the point TTK raised about everyone just talking about the meta's they like rather than what should actually be included is very true. There is something to be said for including meta's on the basis of them being liked but I think that an individual's preferences (especially w/out...
This team is very fighter weak and was originally made (I think) before fighters not named Heracross were popular. With Medicham specifically I don’t think you really have a good answer. Staying and hoping the opponent doesn’t click brick break isn’t great, but plausible, switching to Skarm...
On this team Blissey is one of your best options, the Salamence matchup is one of the main reasons why Blissey runs Ice Beam to begin with. DD Salamence will sometimes run bulk and/or brick break to break through Blissey and CB hits too hard, but most Salmence can be checked by Blissey...