i wasi n the middle of writing this when the update happened
scales set being first listed is super weird to me, i dont know what special attackers you're even beating. at best you can land knock on th arcs and then go to imposter, but often th arc will have a secondary imposter-proofer like bounce etern or imposter so this isn't reliable counterplay. every other special attacker just spikes, pivots, or encores on you, you can't remove hazards, you're bad into regenvest. bounce is a better set, fc is a better set
fine mon still but there are a few problems with it. all its sets are super predictable, it does no damage into every regenvest except ting, it loses to eleceus, it gets owned by poisons, its not great into chicken. scales and pixilate feel super inconsistent. just dont like it
first of all fc mirai feels a lot worse than both fc korai and fc etern cause youre scared of mortal and you cant actually do much besides click some shitty special attacks that do 20% to every regenvest. the mg sets have this stupid ass idea where you need a ton of support to use them in the first place, so you have to hold on for 100 turns to get real pressure on their regenvests, then after that you STILL have to win speed ties vs the imposter in order to win the endgame. dumbest most convoluted shit of all time if you know someone using this mon make sure to give them a mental health checkup
has enough set diversity that you can expect to meaningfully make progress into the counters, also a good para spreader / setup sweeper on offense
(all above noms actually went through, i just wanted to talk about the mons anyway)
why the fuck did this guy not rise. put him in like a- or some shit. icebeam and secret sword are both really good sets that have non-overlapping counterplay, you always beat every other th arc except for groundceus and diabolical cage mg guy, you dont have to worry about fake pokemon like etern and garde, and typically can pull off some bullshit against imposter even if you get knocked. lots to appreciate here.
i was gonna recommend dropping this to like c or d because it has all the same problems as mirai and on top of all that has no defensive utility, but at least it actually won a couple ompl games. whatever. keep it where it is i guess
put this guy in like b-. i used two sets during ompl (prank webs, fc), both were excellent at their jobs. i think palk is the single best fc water in the game short of waterceus; fc bro is so fucking passive and you need to click recover every other turn or he gets in range of everything. only big annoyance is chomp whos never that hard to cover especially given the setup chomps havent seen as much use as of late
the one time i used this piece of shit i ran into grass knot sg chicken and autolost. fuck dondozo.
move this guy up. fc is a pretty basic zama alternative for people who want to consistently beat sg chicken. mg and regen are surprisingly robust sets that can offer a lot of utility.
john pork. zama alternative that spinblocks. ive used this guy quite a bit including once in ompl, very consistent mon, lives a lot of stuff you wouldnt expect. put him in d
rank this guy. you run adamant jaw lock/sap/dd/gigaton with the crystal and hit some truly unholy rolls like 75% to ohko ting from full at +1. potent cheeser, pair it with guys that exploit fc waters and get free wins
| 28 | Kyurem-White | 6 | 5.56% | 16.67% |
ive used mg brave bird jaw lock sets and the syringe np mg, both are terrible into eleceus but work pretty consistently otherwise. since flying is such an irrelevant offensive type right now, you can get away with some stuff. maybe even ray could be considered down the line.
regenvest ogre has felt like it's drastically fallen off and is now only used by people who don't mind losing to imposter such as sevag. this is great news for a certain pokemon known as primal kyogre, which really appreciates the drop in usage of the only water resist in the metagame (besides waterceus i guess). put this mon in b, it can do anything it wants, sky's the limit
add scrappy and put it above mg. scrappy is the only bunny i trust rn
drop this to d, you cant beat ting registeel and fighting types while remaining imposter-proof, hurts to say cause i like it a lot but things arent going well for rockceus
free darkceus the encore set is legitimately uncompetitive and evil you use this mon once and instantly become an incorrigible offense main
put this in c, fits right in with fireceus and zacc, disgusting mon that you hate thinking about but does admittedly perform reasonably well in its use cases
if you guys are wondering i actually restrained myself here, had i been allowed to continue i wouldve started nomming shit like tentacruel shocks entei scizor and scream tail to d
council denies the existence of offense pass it on
B+ -> A
B+ -> A
B+ -> A
B+ -> A-
B -> B+
B- -> B+
B- -> B
B- -> B
B- -> B
C+ -> B-
D -> B-
D -> C
C- -> C
D -> C-
UR -> C-
A- -> B+
A- -> B+
A- -> B+
B+ -> B
B -> B-
B -> B-
B- -> C+
B- -> C+
B- -> C
C+ -> C
C -> C-
C -> C-
C -> C-
C -> C-
C -> D
D -> UR
D -> UR
D -> UR
D -> UR
D -> UR
C+ -> B+
B- -> B+
D/UR -> C+
UR -> C-
D -> C-
UR -> D
A+ -> A
B+ -> C+
C- -> C-
C+ -> C-
C -> D
C -> D
C -> D
C- -> UR
