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Pink Lawn Ornaments
:flamigo: :diancie: :scream-tail: :lurantis: :gligar: :mesprit:
I'm not taking this week too seriously, since I'm sure many strong NU teams already use Flamigo.
In the spirit of Chansey Offense, this week I built Mono-Pink, with offensive Flamigo and Diancie. The other 4...
Cosmic Crisp
:flapple: :indeedee: :tauros-paldea-aqua: :grafaiai: :overqwil: :cinccino:
You gotta run the Ripen guys if berries are involved. Flapple is one of my top Gen 8 mons design-wise but it's usually really hit-or-miss. That's where Ripen comes in. No more Hustle. Tera Steel to sub on...
Pawmot Wins The Spotlight!
:goodra: :pawmot: :swampert: :incineroar: :scyther: :cinccino:
1 pt -- 0 pt -- 2 pt -- 2 pt -- 2 pt -- 3 pt -- Total: 10 pts
I wanted Goodra to be the star (now that Registeel is gone I figure it does better) but Pawmot was actually decent. No need for...
Triple Dark + Amoonguss
:incineroar: :scrafty: :zoroark: :basculegion: :amoonguss: :altaria:
Triple Dark cores work in OU and UU, so why not here in NU? Pair that with a Ghost, a Poison, and a bird for your defensive backbone, and you're good to go.
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Return of the Rotom
:gastrodon: :sylveon: :flamigo: :flygon: :rotom-mow: :bronzong:
I'm surprised Rotom-M doesn't see more play in NU now that it has Pain Split back. Not to say that it would be dominant like previously, but I think it still has a niche, especially with the resurgence of...
I wasn't aware of this, but I tried removing Mimicry in Gen 8 and a similar thing happened. The info screen showed no ability for the opposing Stunfisk, but it stayed Electric type after Core Enforcer. After the terrain went away, I expected the Stunfisk to be stuck Electric, but it actually...
Things I thought of that probably aren't relevant; feel free to just skip answering if none are relevant - I'm having a hard time parsing out which things are relevant here:
Healing Wish / Lunar Dance - I assume they don't care about turn history. It looks like they stack FIFO? Would that change...
What type of bug are you reporting? Validator
What is the bug?
Tsareena should be able to learn Celebrate; it has been legal since Worlds (also Steenee, I guess).
Are you able to replicate it? If so, how?
Validation needs updating (if this is not the right place to report this, then...
I checked first-turn outrage into a Fairy switch-in, and the Outrage user was not confused afterwards. Not sure how OP was testing, but I wouldn't put too much stock into raid testing since the raid mon can use moves into allies, so things aren't as clear.
Neutralizing Gas vs Purifying Salt -...
:breloom: :feraligatr: :galvantula: :flygon: :klefki: :talonflame:
Jack of All Trades Breloom
Breloom loves having Technician to power up its moves, but hates being statused. Poison Heal mitigates that, but many sets with that ability tend to be more passive/stally. This team's Loom uses an...
Ye; Clodsire was the original goal. Part of the problem there is I feel like it's hard to build a team around a defensive mon like that unless you want stall. So then I went with Raikou second and tried to put Clod in as part of a defensive core, and went from there.
Like how come I feel like the team is so slow when I got a Raikou and Weavile (no scarfer + boosters everywhere - that makes sense tbh) But this feels like a serviceable bulky offense that could have been decent last gen but now it just feels like trash when playing.