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Not to mention how common protect is to hedge against fast knock off users, so you're just hoping to hit gli on the switch in. And yeah, there are no prankster mons that learn stun spore or glare.

Adding on to what's already been said, there's only 4 rapid spinners in UU (not counting mons in RU or below), and Iron Treads and Donphan are a lot more bulky than the other two. So it's only competition is IT, and if that doesn't fit on your team Donphan is the natural next choice.

:okidogi::bellibolt::cresselia::mandibuzz::mamoswine::goodra-hisui: https://pokepast.es/75bbe2ca3e70c13c This team aims to get Okidogi or Cresselia, both amazing setup sweepers, into a position to do their job while wearing down the enemy team and tanking hits. Radical, I know, but I've been...

Baxcaliber is Ubers, so that's kind of a moot point. But to answer your question, the speed boost from scale shot makes a sweep difficult to stop without strong priority.

Stupid authoritarian OU council and their community survey on the health of the format and what might be the primary causes and potential fixes followed by a suspect test (which is open to anyone who meets an objective requirement) I have to wonder if tera would be as divisive if last gen's...

Remember what company we're talking about here. Knowing Game Freak I'm half expecting something like resist all types+ SE damage on tera'd pokemon.

I don't really thing there is a one-set-fits-all counter; Iron Hands has too many options. But I also don't think there's any set that can completely run away with the game, since each set has its own limitations, and its low speed makes them all vulnerable to revenge killing. It's never going...

Maybe I'm just not high enough on the ladder to see Iron Hands putting in real work, but it doesn't seem like a bannable threat. It's strong and versatile, but slow and vulnerable to 4MSS. Most teams will naturally have something that can deal with it, unlike Garganacl. Even if I'm wrong and IH...

OJ was innocent. His son committed the murder but OJ shifted the blame to himself. Also Elvis faked his death but died 3 months later in a skiing accident. I don't have any basis for this but I still believe it.

I can't really see any situation where you'd want to run weather ball over hidden power, which has 10 more BP and is consistent.

From my experience so far, bulky landorus-t is a great partner for this pokemon. It can switch in on earthquakes or thunderbolts that would threaten Toxapex, and Toxapex doesn't have any issues with ice or water moves that can ko landorus. I've been building Toxapex with more sp.d than def so...

Bulky fire-resistant pokes that can switch in such as heatran are a must, since with a scarf set you'll need to be switching more often.

If you do want to go with curse/baton pass (which seems questionable because of the speed reduction, but I imagine you could make it work somehow, maybe by passing to an aegislash or mimikyu), I would switch memento to substitute to cover whoever you pass to, or maybe toxic. You could switch to...

I've been running a physical set with Wild Charge/Brave Bird/U-Turn/Taunt. The taunt means he doesn't have as much coverage, but often catches people by surprise, and can buy a couple of turns. I've been running it with Landorus-T and Weavile to cover its weaknesses and I think they make a...