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I also support looking at Armarouge next over anything else. Our defensive checks are like Umbreon, Muk-A, Empoleon, Diancie, and Tera Dark Blissey. And the aforementioned aren't counters asides Blissey which must use its Tera. Tera means that Armarouge can resist just about any move, or...
Mean Look Perish Song Gengar
Gengar @ Leftovers
Ability: Cursed Body
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Mean Look
- Perish Song
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
You trap the opponent, perish song, then stall with substitute and win.
Also, Houndstone is low key extremely good on stall teams right now. It is so incredibly fat and bulky that it can take hits from even like Crawdaunt, Bisharp, and Mimikyu and cripple them with Will-O-Wisp. It counters Mienshao, it spinblocks, and with tera it's even a check to Crawdaunt. It...
I would have personally preferred that something else was looked at first or that we suspected multiple Pokemon at once. The main threats in the tier in my personal view right now are Bisharp, Mienshao, Armarouge, and Porygon-Z and I would favor banning all of them except maybe Bisharp. Mienshao...
Indeedee and Vikavolt should be ranked.
:Terrakion: :Toxtricity: :Vikavolt: :Regidrago: :Bisharp: :Indeedee: (Note: I only use this version in one replay)
Indeedee's main attractions are a powerful Expanding Force and Psychic Terrain, and its higher speed tier than Krookodile is also critical...
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-2059827017?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-2059831105?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-2059835843
Won in 3, ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-2056242230-tsjwio9pbfdtb3ggsh42ckxkl9mgi4ppw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ru-2056248547-85nm013umaxid85zatu0nygu2srfma5pw
won in 2, ggs
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