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Just wanted to point out another Pokemon that is standout with the banning of Yanmega:
Gurdurr @ Eviolite
Ability: Guts
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off
- Mach Punch
- Bulk Up
This thing can run through teams. At +1 and Burn'd it OHKO's Cofag always, or...
Ya you make some good points. Shuckle has definitely fallen dead weight in a bunch of battles. But I've also found it convenient having a total Knock Off sponge. Also sorry, I didn't mean to imply braviary is always easy to bring in on a defog, but it's sorta the same game as being afraid to...
I think it's just easier to bring shuckle back in to the battle. It's incredidum defenses means you pretty much need a Spec/LO water type to KO it handily. In my experience, Defoggers usually activate Defiant on Braviary which becomes an automatic nuke. It's nice to know you can find an...
atomicllamas; On that OTR Reuniclus set maybe TR+Sub+2 attacks? that way it can ignore shuckle Knock Off and be ready for the next threat. You'll be at threat from Encore, but honestly I doubt anyone would expect Sub there.
Analytic
Bulletproof
Contrary
Can I just say that Contrary will 100% negate the pink blobs as a viable counter to CAP. Either (a) we give CAP Overheat and it is able to spam that on pink blobs to +6 (also how does that at all allow it to beat Aegislash...) (b) we make CAP a physical sweeper so...
I'm hoping to bring Prankster back up because I think it's a really viable ability. People are really excited about the chance to spread burn with Serene Grace Lava Plume, but I think Prankster is the better way of accomplishing that goal. For starters, one cool effect is that (assuming we...
How significant should prediction be when using this core? If CAP 18 and Latias/Lucario cover a large portion of the meta, how important should predicting a switch be when using this core?
This is actually a huge issue with this CAP. Unfortunately, unless we give CAP Special bulk better than...
I have a point about this concept that I don't think has been brought up much, and it's something I wanted to bring up with the discussion of choosing for the Major Third, but never got the chance to. Is there any Pokemon out there that already does fill the role of a third for these two (but...