Recent content by mtr

Yeah that makes sense. On stall I’m always scared of last-Pokemon bulky sweepers w/ Rest after losing a tournament game to a Cursepert back in college haha. I don’t like going as far as a Haze, Perish Song, or Psych Up user (or Spiritomb w/ Curse like one guy used to do), that would be...

Used to play DPP ages ago, was going thru these teams…good stuff overall. Quick question on the Hippowdon/Clefable stall team… 1) Why do 2 Pokémon have Stealth Rock? 2) What is the team’s strategy to deal with last-Pokémon bulky CM/Curse sweepers? - Maybe Encore over Stealth Rock on Clefable...

[Rate My Team] Random Psyspam teams I was experimenting with. --- Tapu Lele / Deoxys-A / Yveltal / P-Groudon / M-Salamence / Excadrill Pretty textbook Deo-Lele. Excadrill sets hazards and spins. Salamence ensures I'm not slaughtered by RPDon. I prefer offensive Groudon sets (I hate having...

Aberforth

Why was Giratina moved up? I would assume that it would be weaker this gen, because Zygarde-C means that it loses part of its niche as a physical wall. Though it still has Defog, which is nice.

I think CM Steelceus, as an anti-stall win condition, is stronger than Darkceus and/or Xerneas, mostly because Magearna exists in this gen, and Steelceus can wear it down with little threat to itself.

Solgaleo Balance Solgaleo / Buzzwole / Waterceus / Ho-oh / P-Groudon / Xerneas I reasoned that Solgaleo's niche is that he's a good check on Xern and Psyspam, so I used him alongside a core that has trouble with those things: Buzzwole + Waterceus. In turn, the core checks virtually...

Fireburn

The stall team I came up with (with the help of the Showdown Lobby) used Darkceus and Skarmory over Groundceus and Magearna. The other 4 pokemon (and sets) were the exact same. In retrospect, I could also use Klefki over Skarm. I don't like to play it though, because stall vs stall, or even...

I don't think I've seen any defensive teams recently, mostly just standard heavy offense (Deo-S / Normceus / M-Mence / RP Don / Xern / Filler) and Psychic-Spam Offense (Lele / Deo-A / P-Don / Fillers). I get that the metagame is still early, and it will take time for balanced or even stall...

If Xern uses Thunder on the first turn, it has an 89% chance to 2HKO the Pyukumuku. Of course, this doesn't account for accuracy, so the number is actually about half that (.89 * .7 * .7). Still, I don't know if Pyukumuku can be called a GeoXern check if it loses almost half the time to a...

Pyukumuku @ Leftovers Ability: Unaware EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Recover - Toxic / Curse - Light Screen - Baton Pass Could be useful in place of Clefable, because it can survive Gengar (without Taunt) by Baton-Passing away from it, and doesn't need Shed Shell to do...

Nitpick, but in Pokemon Showdown, Roar is illegal on Zygarde, so you couldn't use it anyways.

Zygarde should be 252 HP / 252 Def / Impish, because teams will be using it to check physical threats. I think the two best Zygarde sets are Coil mono-attacker and Phazer, both with Rest and Sleep Talk. Obviously the Phazer will want hazard support, and the Coil will want some people to deal...