Recent content by Vaporwavvve

Tbh the gen seems fucked to me. Darkrai appears to be the final ban if it’s even going to go. All the top players want to keep everything else. I understand patience between surveys and suspects, but this is extremely slow moving to the point that nothing is really getting better. Just one...

yeah this perfectly captures how I feel about the meta. I know Finch was posting about how much more balanced it is, but it feels like it will be 3 months until it’s enjoyable if bans occur. I think the issue was too many powerful mons (Darkrai, Moon, Kyurem) were allowed into the tier during DLC2.

Any tips for being stuck in 1300s for months after reaching 1800. This ladder feels equally difficult at all elos for some reason.

Asking once again if there is a real switch in to Tera ice Kyurem. It seems like every reasonable pokemon is 2hko’d. I see people say to use the following answers: Glowking: 252 SpA Choice Specs Tera Ice Kyurem Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 240+ SpD Slowking-Galar: 202-238 (51.2 - 60.4%) -- guaranteed...

I would like to be able to play and team build more consistently, which has become basically impossible isince DLC2. I have hit 1800 a few times with teams I built, but those teams pretty immediately become obsolete with how rapidly the meta adapt and my elo plummets. As I said before, I think...

This is all sort of depressing. I feel like there’s 0 chance to get better if you’re not already good.

I apologize that it came off as an attack on what you do, I think the effort/communication you put in is awesome. I just meant to comment on the cyclical nature of gen 9 discussion. I think reqs should stay how they are. I understand that not everyone should be able to have a say in tiering...

I took and long break and am now back but still feel like this is always the convo: threat saturation is an issue, but nothing is broken enough to ban, skill curb remains super high but mid ladder players don’t really matter to the council, no one is quiteeee happy with the meta but there’s not...

Typically I find with sun they Tera water wake on the switch, kill Glowking (even if I get back) or if I do Tera in time. CB Gouging fire tears through the rest of the team.

I think it may be time for a break As others have said, there’s a really high skill curve and I think tiering is so oriented towards players who are already good, newer players like myself have been left by the wayside. As long as Tera is around balance will never be as good as offense.

To be honest this entire gen has been “well there’s actually nothing you can do but a niche pokemon does work, so we don’t consider broken”

Does anyone have any tips for using balance against weather? It feels like just an overwhelming matchup. yes, Glowking can change the weather but it has to be able to safely switch in, which it often can’t do against most special attackers after Tera. Against Sun: If you Tera water Glowking...

Down to like 1350 from 1800 in February. This meta is throwing me for a loop. Ogerpon is seriously tough to build for while keeping other threats in mind.

I would request this. This gen has felt increasingly unwelcoming as a newer player. it feels like you need to be perfect every turn or you lose. I understand improvement is not linear and that there are more valuable turns than others but the meta doesn’t seem great for improving because...

What’s the Tera ice Kyurem answer on these teams? Everyone seems mum on this or just says “outplay”. I understand hazards help but typically Kyurem teams will run multiple forms of hazard control. Blizzard/freeze-dry specs Kyu absolute tears through every boots spam I try to build.