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Anything without resistance or water absorb is not a really viable counterplay. It requires zero (minimal) setup. It is just too powerful to play outside of Anything Goes.
I think this comes down to the numbers. I focus on rain teams. I did some of the breakdowns below Didn't want to spam with...
I say Dracovish should not be banned.
I am gonna start with the idea that wall breakers/sweepers are by definition, supposed to break wall pokemon/clean up the game, once their counters/checks are removed. Likewise, revenge killers are supposed to get a KO after switching in from losing a...
Thats an interesting idea, but I agree Dr. Pumpkinz, since most games are done in ~20 plays, it might take too much time/give the opponent a chance to set up.
I use hydration with Manaphy. Sometimes people forget and that gives me a free set up turn with Tail Glow.
Taunt on Trick room teams makes a lot of sense, never thought about it that way.
I like how Tornadus-T can utilize the rain as well and giving Magerna and Tornadus-T U-Turn/Volt Switch helps keep the tempo going. I'll give it a try. Thanks!
That's a good point, I guess I haven't seen too many scarf superiors but now that you mentioned it, it definitely looks like it can be a huge problem. I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks!
Hi, I have been playing for a while and tweaking my team and reading about other rain teams, but thought I'd finally try and see how I could improve mine. I get that at a certain point it is about reading the other team and no one is invincible. This is my first post, please excuse me if...