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Love bulky offense builds like this!
At one point I was considering building around Abomasnow and Heatran core because they cover each others checks so well
I’ll keep this in mind next time I ladder. Oh and is there a poke paste link?
Niceee I’ll have to try this out
I thought I was going to become the next BKC for coming up with the first ever agility porygon-z team before you posted this
Any reason you chose Magnezone over Magneton? Since it’s already scarfed I figure Magneton would give you the added bonus of being able to check Dd dragonite and Gyarados.
Dd lead Kingdra is such a cool idea, I see it a lot now and it’s always stressful to deal with
Ground Spam
https://pokepast.es/3c011784ff2eb5a9
Didn't have as much time these past couple of weeks and wasted a lot of it exploring some truly awful double trick iron ball builds
I think this final iteration has landed somewhere between a genuinely good team and serviceable but gimmicky...
https://pokepast.es/407e7babd322e1ab
A balanced offensive team designed to sweep late game with Empoleon by weakening the opponents team and removing Agility Empoleon checks using Heatran and Tyranitar.
The team is weak to Infernape, especially if it's backed by a TTar to trap Latias but...
Seems reasonable enough to me
You probably want an attack on Blissey I’d get rid of Aromatherapy since you already have refresh on Claydol and Lum berry on Ttar
It seems a bit weak to Infernape and Jirachi as well as Taunt users like Gliscor and Gengar since your defensive teammates can’t...
What are the common tools for dealing with stall in DPP OU?
...asking for a friend..
I know about trick rotom and latias and taunt Gliscor.
Realized last night having reliable rapid spin helps a lot
Magnezone for skarm and Forretress
Any other common mons or approaches for dealing with it?
While we’re on Vaporeon I also messed around with it some and think it has some cool utility
It can be hard to justify over Empoleon but Water Absorb and no ground or fighting weaknesses make a difference
This is a bulky pivot Vaporeon I used on a bulky offensive team based around pivoting in...