Recent content by pyuk

Was its ally a Florges? Sounds like it could have been because of Flower Veil.

Has sub seed Ogerpon Hearthflame been suggested? I know it’s pretty unorthodox, but it has many of the makings of a good subseeder. It’s fast (or, well, faster than Scovillain anyway), and it has a strong STAB that’s SE against grass types, access to Encore, and even one of the buffed Protect...

Ah, I see. That is Illusion Ogerpon. Naturally imposterproof, can hold the moderately viable mask items that give 1.2x BP to all moves, and thanks to Illusion specifically, it can Terastallize to any type instead of the four specific types it’s usually locked to. The first clue is that...

Those damage rolls don’t prove it was 160 BP. 216+ Atk Rillaboom Max Overgrowth (140 BP) vs. +1 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Dusclops in Grassy Terrain: 84-99 (29.5 - 34.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery -2 216+ Atk Rillaboom Max Overgrowth (140 BP) vs. +1 252 HP / 252+ Def...

I think the number one problem in the format is Pecharunt. Banning Tera Ghost only makes Pecharunt stronger, and banning Tera altogether probably still does that too. Banning the ghost type entirely is going way too far, though. Ghost types were fine until Pecharunt came along because they...

If an Electric/Flying type has Tera Shell while Delta Stream is active, which effect takes precedence if that Pokémon takes an Electric type attack?

It’s true that there’s no technical or even mathematical support for ranked FFA, but those are theoretically fixable problems. What really makes ranked FFA an impossibility is the moderation concerns. I have been told by an admin that “rated FFA would be hell on earth and we would never ever...

In gen 9, when multiple Dancers copy a move, they copy it in order from fastest to slowest, apparently including speed modifiers as normal. This may seem unsurprising, but in gen 7, multiple Dancer activations would resolve in order of slowest to fastest using the “raw” speed stat without any...

Correct, Mold Breaker bypasses Contrary. To be sure, there is a bug in this replay, but it’s that Mold Breaker didn’t announce itself when Palossand switched in. This bug is already fixed in the source code, but the server hasn’t been updated with that just yet.

Cloyster had its SpD lowered by Shadow Ball the first time.

The no-Tera type Mega Sableye is due to a change in how usage stats are tracked. Sableye-base holding Sablenite is unable to Terastallize, so the Tera type on its set is not counted. I didn’t expect that to mean it counts as an instance of “Nothing”, but this does let us see exactly how many...

I have run plenty of Weakness Policy and encountered plenty of Pickup Mirror Herb so I am well aware of this interaction. Here’s the thing: who cares if the chain dies? The Mirror Herb team has +2/+2 on both their mons, they still have one Mirror Herb as well as a Weakness Policy, and you just...

Weakness Policy is not a counter to Pickup Mirror Herb for obvious reasons. If you want a real counter, Unaware completely shuts down their whole gimmick leaving them effectively without an item or ability. If you want a gimmicky counter, slow Speed Boost will activate after Pickup which almost...

Related question: Do all of Terapagos’s formes get the special Tera Stellar behavior where they get the 1.2 boost to all types forever instead of just once per type?

Shields Down protects Minior from status as long as it is in its Meteor forme, regardless of its current HP.