Recent content by megacrazyhand

Alright so I spent the weekend laddering and hit top 50 a few times before crashing my rating/tilting and trying out new teams so I have some additional thoughts: -Yeah so hard no to mono claw. My attempt at it left my Ursaluna-Bloodmoon fully paralyzed by a Ribombee for a full seven turns in a...

I've had some success with Arceus-Poison. A set of Cosmic Power with Stored Power and Body Press can shut down Sneasler hard, can heavily punish Rillaboom if they let you setup on Sneasler, and can function as a good win condition that some teams just can't deal with

Is the Magearna shiny? I'm pretty sure shiny Magearna has never been released. Otherwise you should be able to just go to Magearna-Original in the team builder and be fine. It's the unlock award for finishing the dex through Sword/Shield in Pokemon Home (I think excluding Zarude which wasn't...

I got my first five games in and I do want to record my early meta thoughts, some of which I'm sure will age poorly: -First off the meta is fun. I wasn't sure if I would like it but kudos to the people who put it together. I'm definitely going to be back for more. -Magearna is absolutely nuts...

I haven't made any serious pushes yet but there's a few Mons that are standing out to me: -Flutter Mane I think is on everyone's minds. I just want to highlight that it gets Imprison and Trick Room which lets you shut down both Trick Room and opposing Flutter Mane. I think its something more to...

So for the first time in the generation, at its very end, have I bothered to create an alt for trying to get reqs for a Suspect Test. To record some initial thoughts: The way I understand the pro-ban camp is that Ally Switch creates unfair scenarios where your opponent can save a Pokemon from...

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I've been playing some DUU low ladder recently, and every generation I wait for the days when Hail will be viable and today with this DUU we're finally there. I may not be very high up on ladder, but Hail + Psychic Terrain lets you take on some top threats and coupled with Arctovish and...

Diancie --> T4/5 T 1/2 See edit. I'd like to nominate Diancie to be Tier 4 or 5. It is a useful Trick Room setter that lets you pack an amazing spread move, good bulk, decent typing, and decent power all into one slot. Currently, it faces competition from Pokemon like Hatterene and Porygon 2...

I want to share here this core I've been having fun with. It's a BD Azu core using Follow Me Wartortle and Shadow Tag Gothorita to set Azumarill. Once set up, Azumarill clicks Aqua Jet and destroys most threats in the tier. For the things you don't destroy, Wartortle clicks Follow Me and eats...

I think retesting Dynamax is a step in the right direction. I feel like it went under the microscope at the wrong time; when Gothitelle was a tier 1 mon and trapping exacerbated all of the issues with Dynamax and Melmetal was running around KOing things that didn't dynamax in front of it. Now...

Having played a bit in this newly forming meta (with a lot of thanks to Yoda2798) I can start forming some thoughts on the new additions. We have some fun, cool ones like Expanding Force making PsySpam usable again, Grassy Glide Rillaboom shutting down anyone's attempts to sweep with an Azu (and...

Not sure if I'll be laddering for reqs, but I do want to take a moment to say that if I do so and make reqs I would be voting for ban. The power level of Melmetal overall is just too strong for the tier. It is, bar none, the best steel type in DOU and mauls anything that doesn't resist it with...