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Something I've been considering as an option is Heavy Slam. You lose coverage vs Water-types if you drop Thunder Punch, for example, but Heavy Slam gives Melmetal not only a dodging move, but a way to close the distance to its targets. This is beneficial due to its slow movespeed. Melmetal is...
My end-of-2025 rankings for Season 4. This is somewhat ordered until B2, until I just said f it. There's way too many mons on this list, I'm not gonna list and order them all + there's some I either haven't seen or used.
I'll just talk about some of my highlights / notable mons:
The Monarchs...
Like what Blazing said, it’s within the context of the Legends ZA PvP format. Ice Beam is considerably more consistent than Moonblast, with the latter having poor tracking, resulting in a lot of misses. Hitting Garchomp, one of the monarchs of the meta, for much more damage than Moonblast would...
Salutations, I have revealed my double life situation lmfao. Using Aggron has kinda been like using the Scarab Gun from Halo 2 so the comparison is there :p
I want to discuss Meteor Beam.
This is genuinely the most broken move in the game and it's not even close. The fact your SpA is boosted before your attack goes off is ludicrous. It was balanced in standard Pokemon by being a two-turn move that required Power Herb to use effectively. However...
Tried out two other new Pokemon last night.
Lucario @ Lucarionite Z
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Aura Sphere
- Steel Beam
- Shadow Ball
I snagged an XS Shiny Riolu last night, and wanted to give Mega Lucario Z a shot. This thing is nuts...
Golisopod @ Golisopite
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leech Life
- Waterfall
- Drill Run / Close Combat
Mega Golisopod is really cool. It's a lot like Gyarados where both forms have use-cases in a match, but Golisopod actually gets much more done...
I haven't had a lot of time to play S3 "DLC-edition", but I have tried Drain Punch Mega Mewtwo X for a couple of games and it's just phenomenal.
Mewtwo @ Mewtwonite X
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Poison Jab
- Stone Edge
The newly-added...