Recent content by typhlosion787

Recently, I've been going through some mons that I may have initially been too harsh on, and I decided to build a team with one of them. I still call Cinccino noob bait, even though it is good, because it does get very overrated by most new players in the sense of how good it truly is in...

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So, with other weathers being taken behind the barn and put down, I thought I'd make a sun team that can actually abuse Heat Rock. https://pokepast.es/713850daf4dcd617 The first decision was immediately one with weight, choosing between Torkoal and Ninetales. Torkoal has Rapid Spin, Stealth...

So, been a while and I found out something I didn't know before. Thought I'd make a team around the idea. Clodsire has been done time and again, but I recently was informed that the Heal Block effect from P Noise is considered a secondary effect and is not an exception to Covert Cloak. Well...

Pokebilities

Been a while, everyone. I've done some occasional playtesting in between closing shifts, and there's one big thing I want to talk about. Today we gather in remembrance and celebrate the life of rain teams. In all seriousness, though, rain can be debated to be even worse than in base SV OU...

Wow, been a while. Didn't even get the noti of the suspect results until a few days ago. So, let's talk about it. Gambit's ban and what may change from it. I also haven't talked much about the weather rocks (aside from heat) being banned. First, these two decisions make the meta so much less...

On the topic of NGas, I wanted to test whether it still works properly in gen 8 pokebilities as well. https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/rom-gen8pokebilities-2607767 The result was an overwhelming yes. I don't know if it's something to do with tera or working out Ability Shield interactions...

I completely disagree personally. Neutralizing Gas, despite shutting down the main point of the meta, has proven to be incredibly meta beneficial if anything. Yes, it turns off abilities, but that allows more varied and balanced play in many situations. Even with the Ursaring example you gave...

So, I didn't realize this until just now because none of the Kommo-o's I've ran into have tried this (for good reason), but they wall the LO 3 attacks set if you change out Psychic for P Noise. May be something to keep in mind with Kommo-o seeing more usage than it did last time that...

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9pokebilities-2456888483 Clod just fills so many holes in this meta. Helps against rain, can Toxic a non Sub Yanmega (even if it only survives one hit), one of the few checks to Cosmic Clef (whether through tera dark or Haze), does good damage to untera'd...

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9pokebilities-2456886407 During all the discourse surrounding Yanmega, Kingambit, Clefable, etc, never forget that while not as strong as it was in the last two gens, Reuniclus is still incredible. Whether it be utility with Knock, T Wave, and P Noise, late...

When it comes to the choice between Kingdra and Gambit, I think Gambit would likely be the better decision since its existence and power in the tier has been discussed longer than Kingdra, and, in my opinion, it is far more overcentralizing due to not being playstyle specific

Not only is Adamant Gambit incredibly relevant, but max speed Adamant Azumarill is the same exact speed tier as Gambit, so getting the jump on that speed tier is huge

The issue is that, according to what Ivy said earlier, there is no way to restrict the evasion abilities while keeping the other abilities in tact, which makes it to where you have to either let the umcompetitive abilities stay with meager pokemon or ban the pokemon that wouldn't even be in the...