Recent content by pixelpenguin

right I acknowledged that its Tera is in fact good for it. if I tera my wallbreaker, it better be impossible to switch into, what are we even whining about. doesn't change the fact that you can "plan around" revenge killing it and preventing it from gaining entry points because it will always be...

Unnecessary snark aside, yes it does make it easier to plan around. DD Kyurem has different checks based on whether it's Tera Fire or Electric which determine whether it's getting past Alo or not. Ogerpon being Tera locked means it can't cheese its counterplay as easily. No matter how strong...

D Rank mons should actually be viable though. Pinchurchin represents Electric Terrain but that style is really not viable even setting aside Pinchurchin. I would rather use Azumarill than Electric Terrain.

it gets access to NP and its bulk lets it setup on physical attackers. A bit of an uncommon set but it exists so probably worth listing. Malignant Chain is supremely annoying for walls to deal with and it can hit Poison resists with Shadow Ball and/or Tera Blast Fighting.

For the Focus Sash Weak Armor set, it's really important to get hazards up against it so that it can't set up for free. Also, keep in mind that even if it takes damage, the Focus Sash is still there and it could potentially use it if Bitter Blade heals it back to full. Hazards + any healthy...

Iron Treads @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Ice EVs: 84 HP / 252 SpD / 172 Spe Jolly Nature - Earthquake - Ice Spinner - Stealth Rock - Rapid Spin Speed is for Adamant Ogerpon since it's 319 and Kyurem is 317 so might as well go 320. SpDef Treads has a great...

Okay but all these sets run Spikes (or Rocks), Ruination, EQ, and Whirlwind. I was mostly being hyperbolic but the difference between Red Card Dual Hazard Lead and Standard SpDef spiker isn't all that big. Only RestTalk Ting Lu really functions differently and that set is much less splashable...

Ting Lu really only has one set and it's nothing new at this point. It's very good at its job but it has very exploitable weaknesses. While it can be annoying in how much progress it forces, no good team will just let it set hazards and Ruination everything. Great mon but any complaints about it...

Love the sets on this team, shows that being creative in the builder can be a great advantage. My only issue with the team is Tusk's coverage. Giving up Knock rids it of an extremely safe click to make progress but the current coverage has no way of revenging +1 Dragonite. Seems like a waste to...

Don't really think Ttar's stats are to blame, they're still incredible. It's really just the shit typing that only gets worse. Old gens had powerful psychic types that Ttar could check but look at at the top tiers in gen9 OU. Tusk, Zama, Gambit, Wogerpon, Gliscor, Ghold, Ting Lu, Valiant, etc...

One of my favorite silly little cores is Rotom Wash and Banded Ceruledge. Either they have to play every turn right against Hydro Pump and Volt Switch or you get to bring in Banded Poltergeist into a special wall. Stealth Rock sucks but it's not unplayable if they don't have a good Fire resist...

I'm honestly looking at Solgaleo, it doesn't even seem that good. It's coverage is vast but also strangely lacking and it's STAB coverage is especially bad. Sunsteel strike bounces off the physical walls of the tier in Gliscor, Mola, Corv, Moltres, and Zapdos (though it actually does a fair bit...

been having tons of fun in this metagame! the creative expression is really cool, you can make almost anything work. wanna highlight some fellas I've been using: :Weavile: Weavile @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Hone Claws Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature -...

:Ceruledge: -> B- This mon should move up to join the rest of the niche really scary threats like Iron Hands and Galarian Moltres. Definitely deserves to be there more than Blaziken. It's seen increasing usage on Sun as a terrifying breaker, but it doesn't need Sun to be decent. It's a fine...

first ever recorded use of Tera Psychic, truly insane team. congrats on your peak!