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Won in 3, ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9ou-912115
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9ou-912116
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9ou-912117
Won ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2537508663
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2537503549
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2537512515
What is the bug?
Not sure if this belongs here but when a leech seeded Cyclizar shed tails, the leech side sprite remains on the subsequent pokemons until Cyclizar switches back in. I only noticed this in Random battle blitz, so not sure if it can be replicated in other formats. It's a hard to...
Won in 3, ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2531348204-twndrc5xrmsipdgl2h853ulh51de4t0pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2531361615-hp6eo65ueqkp9aml5g3c4jopq2b1y4qpw
Didn't save the 2nd game but these are the wins
I think Gambit is the best mon in the tier and there's zero competition for it's role tbh. Yeah there other dark types but they form a good dark spam core with Gambit instead of competing with it. As for Gliscor and Tusk they kinda compete with each other (and also Ting Lu) cuz they're both...
Bax - 4, This is probably broken but I want to see how it fares without Alolan ninetales
Manaphy - 2, I don't find it too overbearing probably due to the extremely offensive nature of the meta thanks to the next mon completely destroying any kind of defensive play styles
Ogrepon Hearthflame - 5...
The best last move for Hearthflame is definitely play rough which smashes dragonite etc thanks to mold breaker bypassing multiscale. Moltres and other bulky fires just lose if it teras as they can't really damage it and get 2hkoed after setup. The only answers so far to me seem like revenge...
Veil isn't broken by itself but Alolan Ninetales using it is too broken. That mon is bulky and fast and can get off a veil twice easily in most games and isn't a complete sitting duck with encore and hypnosis. Bax + A-tales is definitely broken but I think A-tales should be banned first because...
Volc - 4, it's not unbeatable just annoying.
Zama C - 1, too broken with tera and much better than the hero form due to extra bulk + steel type
Urshifu RS - 2, SD set too broken and tera water banded is disgusting as well
Palafin - 1, Why's this even on the survey? It was one of the earliest...
I agree that Moltres should rise but it actually doesn't get defog this gen so that's not a point in it's favour. It'd be used a lot more if it did since it reliably beats Ghold