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It is interesting that Koraidon has taken the #1 spot in usage now, outpacing calyrex and dislodging ting-lu.

A bulky EV spread for Chien-pao has really popped off. It entails forgoing speed and pumping a lot of investment in defense, generally with Tera fire and some sort of damage-boosting item. I gather this is to take advantage of ho-oh's ubiquity.

I don't think it should even have been ranked for G. I can count on one hand the number of times I encountered it on (during G). I started in G so you can imagine how novel it was when H hit. Additions are more striking than removals so shout-out to Tyranitar.

Sorry for the very late response. But I do appreciate your thorough feedback. It's interesting that you have experimented with Zamazenta as well. It's a shame I can't test out changes now that reg G is over. Tera Normal would definitely have been worth trying on Zamazenta. With that change I...

In this post I am going to talk about a Zamazenta team I built. Zamazenta found new life in VGC in gen 9 but in Singles it remained a lower-tier restricted, not without reason. Still I set out to build a viable team with Zamazenta as the basis. I was ultimately satisfied with this team's...

https://pokepast.es/e5409dd9f35a7d6a Homemade Zamazenta team I used to decent success in reg G especially considering the niche restricted it was based on. If there is interest I can do a write-up about it.

Ting-Lu is the gold standard for sure but having used this Arboliva it isn't actually that bad even if it is not an optimal fit on this team. I used it on a Zamazenta team. Unlike Ting-Lu it can beat Dondozo and I have found there are certain Calyrex sets it is better at dealing with than AV...

I feel like Koraidon is deserving of S tier status again. It's way more threatening than Eternatus and as threatening and potent as Miraidon and Calyrex (the latter of which I am finding to be very hard to use in fact). Not having to deal with immunities to its most powerful attacks (the rare...

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I made all the changes in the latest edit. I wasn't sure how to describe it but yes I did mean max/max Timid Calyrex-S, or more specifically 217 SAtk. In some Japanese reports they'll say something like (using letters to represent stats as they do) C217 Astral Barrage or A200 Surging Strikes.

I've seen this a few times but for Ting-Lu (and I guess Hippowdon) being set to underspeed Alomomola could be given as an option so it can't come in and Flip Turn for free (which it is going to do). The downside in the case of Ting-Lu is that it could lose the mirror match up (and get...

(I hope it's okay to add this bit to the thread after QC was given). 20 speed EVs ensures Calyrex outspeeds max speed unburden Adamant Sneasler after an Agility (344 Sneasler vs 346 Calyrex). That would be the main reason to run that little bit of investment. However, I don't think people...

Nominating Meowscarada to be placed back on the list. It's been climbing in usage compared to the previous seasons. Ogerpon demonstrates the merits of an offensive grass type in this meta provided you have other coverage. Dark is a great second STAB for it to have and it still has the threat...

It is nice to see you happy with your performance. The popularity of that Alomomola set is definitely one of the more frustrating aspects of this iteration of G!

Okay. Though to be honest I don't see how they would be trickier to write necessarily, or at least in the case of Zamazenta-C, as there is very minimal variation in how the highest-achieving teams used it, and very minimal variation in how it could be used successfully in general.