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I think Volcarona would merit a resuspect if Tera Blast was banned, but it’s not a given that it would be balanced. Tera Blast was a key factor that pushed Volcarona over the edge. But with TB gone people will explore other sets, particularly bulky Volcarona. For example, bulky Tera Grass with...

Ting Lu is good. Rocks on one of the best Iron Moth and Bolt checks in the game. Taking 22% (after lefties) from SubTect Kyurem Freeze Dry and Whirlwinding it out is fun.

It’s like a cyclic infection. One person mentions it and 20 more come out of the woodworks to respond and go back and forth until the mods have to finally shut it down. Rinse and repeat.

No. We are NOT starting this again.

It would be cool if each OU council member who voted for the suspect made a brief post about their views on Gliscor, even it’s just a five minute blurb. I think it’s especially valuable for suspects like the present one where opinion is lukewarm and DNB takes are most prevalent. If there were...

This assumes you know something about the opponent. Such as a tournament scenario where you have seen the opponent play before, or encountering a second set of mindgames after learning from the first one in a single game. This doesn’t apply to the vast majority of ladder games where you haven’t...

Doesn’t answer the question… what techniques is someone who is “good” at sucker punch mind games using? If such a person actually exists? I’d recommend reading the linked post as it’s the gold standard for this topic. No problem, though the true thanks should go to u/bbg and those who coded...

I’m curious, what does “good at mind games” entail? Given that’s its been mathematically proven that there’s no way to outplay sucker punch. (assuming no sub or encore).

There are practically no mons that can check every Kyurem set, but if I had to pick one, it would be Tera Fairy ID Press or Curse Garganacl. Freeze immunity makes it a consistent answer to SubTect and provides a free setup opportunity. Vs Specs, you can recover off Freeze Drys. You can EV to...

Nah, I’d use Meowscarada. (This post was made by the Meow Gang)

Didn’t bother since it’s UU by usage.

Not counting Tera unless otherwise stated. If we bring Tera into the equation the list of checks changes greatly. I specifically mentioned it for Kyurem because that’s the most advantageous play for the SD Gliscor teams and will happen very frequently.

Defensive checks: :Corviknight: (Bulk Up + Brave Bird): ID Body Press gets PP stalled by Gliscor, particularly if paired with a Ghost type, so you need the Bulk Up Bird. But it’s worth noting that if Gliscor is paired with rocks and a good Corv counter like Ghold, it can simply knock Corv and...

Can we all agree that doomer comments like these are supremely unhelpful? “Gen 9 is looking like a lost cause” then why are you here dude? There are plenty of people enjoying Gen 9, no need to spread negativity for the sake of it.

I feel the bigger surprise about the voting fraud was not that it happened, but that it was almost entirely done by well known tourney players rather than randoms. These people could have gotten the reqs if they wanted to, but resorted to cheating because they evidently couldn’t bothered. I...