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sick team! glad to see some more Gyarados on the ladder. have you tried intimidate at all? that's what I'm currently running and I do find it a lot easier to set up but I can see where Moxie would have made a big difference. Substitute is interesting, would you say it's worth over a 3rd coverage...

can comment on this specifically since I've used Gyarados quite a bit. it's got a decent defensive typing + bulk into the tier but it struggles with coverage. Water is a great STAB against the Grounds of the tier, but Waterfall is too weak to muscle past Corv, Zap, and Pech, much less Water...

Defensive Heatran isn't worse than offensive. It can get up Rocks, trap passive fat mons that don't threaten it, and threaten burns on physical attackers (admittedly it doesn't beat many of them except Gambit without Tera). Leftovers lets it wall guys like Ghold and Pech for longer, while Air...

there's no way Moltres is worse than Crown or Moth. it beats ID Zama, Valiant, Tusk (stone edge isn't real imo), Dragonite, Kingambit, Lando, HexPult, Kyurem, sometimes Ghold, etc.

Iron Crown or Iron Moth is probably the right answer, but it feels like Dondozo ngl. that guy's the weakest link in stall teams, it's even more passive than Blissey. it's a knock off magnet that loses immediately after getting knocked if you can keep hazards up. and Dondozo fits on no teams...

I'm back with more heat :sv/Samurott-Hisui: Samurott-Hisui @ Weakness Policy Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 48 HP / 152 Atk / 252 SpD / 56 Spe Adamant Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Razor Shell / Aqua Cutter - Sucker Punch / Knock Off / Aqua Jet - Hydro Pump / Surf / Taunt so I know...

I hear your Sunless Wake and I raise you, Ninetale-less Wake. Walking Wake @ Life Orb Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Poison EVs: 12 HP / 244 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Sunny Day - Hydro Steam - Draco Meteor - Tera Blast This is kind of a meme set but it's not all that...

there isn't really a "usual spread" for Fezandipiti because it isn't used very often in OU, but that means you can play around with the stats and come up with your own! I've run setup Fez before; mine was enough speed for Kyurem so about 320 speed, max HP, and dump into special attack. You could...

:sv/gyarados: Gyarados @ Leftovers Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Electric EVs: 252 Atk / 112 Def / 144 Spe Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Waterfall - Tera Blast - Earthquake been playing with :Gyarados: Gyarados, this mon ain't half bad tbh. it has a great defensive typing for...

let's revive the kitchen, I know y'all are cooking some weird shit and we gotta share with the class. :landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian @ Assault Vest Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Ice / Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Earthquake - Smack Down / Stone Edge - Tera...

while I do like the concept of Future Sight + Psynoise, I have to point out that Psynoise doesn't actually stop Regenerator from healing the target. iirc Regenerator heals its user when they switch in, not when they switch out. so Munkidori is really only doing 20-32%.

0- SpA Life Orb Solgaleo Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Alomomola: 309-367 (57.8 - 68.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 0- SpA Life Orb Solgaleo Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Corviknight: 190-226 (47.6 - 56.6%) -- 85.2% chance to 2HKO You actually don't need any special attack to 2HKO both Corv and Mola...

this is what I've been running Solgaleo @ Life Orb Ability: Full Metal Body Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Sunsteel Strike - Thunderbolt - Knock Off - Close Combat It's pretty solid but Solgaleo doesn't really have any free clicks. There's a...

it's C+, ranked next to shitters like Amoongus and Iron Boulder. Sure it's not unviable by definition but C Rank is literally "guys you can maybe use but they have a lot of issues". I don't think it ever gets used in tournament wanna touch on this, Poison Jab is awful coverage to lock into if...

Barraskewda lives and dies by Rain and currently, Rain just isn't viable. It has a lot of bad matchups in Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, Kyurem, Dragonite, and Kingambit. Skewda importantly tends to invite in all of these threats and Rain doesn't have the tools to defend them. Tier terror Ogerpon is...