Recent content by Shonen Bat

Acupressure can no longer be used on any of the other Pokemon on the field (selecting your 'teammate' is considered an invalid move, and the other two players can't be chosen at all) so I'm not sure why it's being looked at for a ban? Without being usable as a support move it's just a gimmicky...

Trick can be prepared for, but it comes at the cost of having to run some niche combo like Protect+Fling that literally only exists to shut down that one strategy. Prankster Taunt is a generally better choice for stopping it cold... that becomes completely useless if their lead is a dark type...

I see that Trick/Encore are being watched and that's something I definitely agree with. They're very stifling for most strategies that aren't "nuke with V-Create/Water Spout/Whatever Beam" Those overwhelming power strategies, while obviously pretty threatening, aren't impossible to try...

Bulky water types are common partners to a Ferrothorn or Celesteela, and have little to fear from Heatran while giving their player a generally good position against the rest of the field. Tailoring mons to beat individual threats is less effective here than building them to have all-around...

Agree with most of Darvin's post there, but I think the threat of Ferrothorn and Celesteela (and their Leech Seeds) is being understated a lot. Most players will know better than to spam Leech Seed indiscriminately, and by using it wisely will be able to make it last for most if not all of the...

The biggest problem with stall is that a lot of its best answers are less effective against multiple pokemon at once. You can have your stallbreaker taunt a mon to stop it from using toxic on you, but if there's a second staller in the game that also decides to toxic you then your mon is in a...

Stall definitely feels like the big strategy so far, since everyone's picked up on how easy it survives in ffa it's not hard to find games with like 2-3 other people running stall teams. It's not that surprising but I was hoping to see the social game part be more important than mostly just...

1. Atha 2. LBDC 3. Thinkerino

I'll admit that A- was overselling it, but at the same time I think you're underselling it. The mons it checks all face 3hkos at best, usually 2hkos, with the exception of coil-pain split Zygarde which does beat Avalugg if it isn't running toxic or roar. But the threats checked by Avalugg have...

Thoughts on Avalugg -> B/A-? uh, not a good speaker but I'll do my best here. Blue Diamond (Avalugg) (F) @ Blue Orb Ability: Sturdy EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Avalanche - Earthquake - Rapid Spin - Recover Blue orb and huge base defense lets...

in for the round 1 loss against zygarde

Meloetta Pirouette can't gain mega stat boosts, it returns to normal form when it evolves. Having it transform again after evolving gives it pre-mega stats. I understand if this isn't super high priority lol, but thought I'd bring it up anyway. Edit: That's too bad, Lopunnite Meloetta-P looked...

I disagree heavily with not banning Chansey, but at this point I don't think it matters anyway. Stall (with blobs or not) is all that matters in bb now, barely anyone but the hardcore stall runners on top of the ladder even want to play it. That includes me now, so have a sample team...

while chansey may be exactly the same as in ou, bb is not ou, ou wallbreakers that beat chansey such as the ones you listed are not as viable here, and will get worn down or killed outright by pokemon that perform well in bb, either due to longevity (medicham gets laughed off the stage by...