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Terapagos Tera ban may avoid the downside of a usual complex ban. This is because we can argue that Terapagos is special as it is Tera-locked and has a broken form-change gimmick tied to it, meaning it’s different from say banning Tera normal on Dragonite, some random gen 1 mon. However...

In case I want to run AoA Zamazenta but already have hazard removal on my team, can I opt for Assault Vest Zamazenta?

Lunala is not legal in OU lol She’s in Ubers

How practical is it to fit Ting-Lu and Great Tusk on the same team? Stacking weaknesses to Grass, Ice, Water, Fairy hurts on paper.

I feel like the main strength of wogerpon that makes it much more debatably banworthy than the other breakers in the tier is not its power, but the rest of her kit giving more weight to her power. Let’s compare Woger to Flame Orb Ursaluna An (effective) 120 BP STAB from a 120 base attack mon...

:sv/ting-lu: :sv/pecharunt: Ting-Lu @ Leftovers/Rocky Helmet Ability: Vessel of Ruin EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Tera Type: Water/Poison/Ghost Careful Nature - Stealth Rock/Spikes - Earthquake/Spikes - Ruination - Whirlwind/Spikes Pecharunt @ Heavy-Duty Boots/Air Balloon Ability: Poison...

Is Dragonite too much for the tier? Its dragon dance set is basically a Pandora’s box that can very easily choose its counters but it is also our best wellspring answer and multiscale is nice for emergencies

What do you feel about weakness policy Ting-Lu? With attack investment it can surprise many that think it can beat it, and it helps with trading against certain threats.

As for low-tiers, I think Volcanion can annoy mola and break down many fat structures well. It is also nice at trading if boots or if you can get rocks off. I think Garganacl is not good. Well, he is good but how to justify him over Ting-Lu? Sure, reliable recovery is great, but I’d rather have...

Do Nasty Plot Tornadus-Therian and Hydrapple have a similar game plan to SD Gliscor? In that they compensate for the lack of raw power by outlasting their checks.

What are your thoughts on AV Kyurem? It sounds like, and might be a meme set but I’ve seen some use of it.

I also feel it would be nice to split the Iron Tread utility set into Offensive Utility and Specially Defensive, since specially defensive is an option on some balance and stall structures. Offensive Utility Iron Treads @ Leftovers/Air Balloon/Clear Amulet Ability: Quark Drive EVs: 252 Atk / 4...

Boots Attacker Tyranitar :sv/tyranitar: Tyranitar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Sand Stream EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Tera Type: Fighting Adamant Nature - Knock Off - Stone Edge - Low Kick - Ice Punch Some players have been running a boots attacker set for tyranitar, basically running boots...

Do people know still think gliscor is unhealthy for the tier, or has that died down completely?

I’ve seen Greninja being used with Choice Specs Tera Water Battle Bond on rain teams to attempt to run over offense teams after getting a KO and a Battle Bond boost. Though it’s not like rain is lacking in speed control tools with Barraskewda, Raging Bolt, Overqwil etc