Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4 [ survey results -- see post 21,221 ]

this SPL season probably had some of the worst teams I ever made TBH. however, it's very important to me personally to challenge the meta and see what I can get away with. probably my favorite part about building & pokemon! here are some mons that I really enjoyed bringing:

:zarude:
live so wise (Zarude-Dada) @ Leftovers
Ability: Leaf Guard
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Power Whip
- Jungle Healing
extreme sleeper pick, but it does require a lot of support around it. my team had a spinner, zapdos for static fishes on u turn, and other mons to surround Zarude and best assist it. I prefer this set >>> boots Synth bc it lets me aggressively Tera and trade into status mons such as the birds, dragapult, etc. offensive psychic types aren't too common and you play around em with the rest of your team or pre-tera Zarude. it has insane natural bulk and applies a ton of presh with two powerful stabs + great healing (status + recovery)

:scizor:
railed at me (Scizor) @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 104 HP / 252 Atk / 152 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Close Combat
- Quick Attack
I.. really wanted to make this work LOL. ever since I saw LpZ use it, I ran calcs and realized Tera Normal QA ohkos almost every offensive steel resist including Woger, Bulky Cinderace, Iron Moth, etc. my first game it unfortunately got tbolt full para'd after taking an LO psycho boost, and my second game I was extremely goobed by webs.
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Quick Attack vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Moth: 282-333 (93.6 - 110.6%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO this being a favorable roll is pretty insane. I'm a big fan of the scizor set but it probably needs to be on complete HO

:dragapult:
break contents (Dragapult) @ Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Darts
- U-turn
- Tera Blast
- Will-O-Wisp
I spammed the hell out of this pult set in SPL and it's definitely its best set to me. ridiculously powerful and if Tera Blast gets banned I'll be most sad to lose this. no tanky fairy type can switch into CB pult, so every time its in is either a free giga stab ghost attack or you scare them out and get free momentum. mono-dark type gambit on teams and ting lu is very easy to take advantage of with u turn and then you can clean the game up :fire: super oppressive set when played right. I'm sure people who've ran mono-steel scarf ghold have felt the absolute pain of switching into CB darts

and finally
:tyranitar:
climbing mountain (Tyranitar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Knock Off
- Ice Punch
- Low Kick
there were many times where I realized how weak my team was to special kyu or iron moth or something and I just decided.. fuckit. AV Ttar. before bpress was being spammed on my patented AV Kyurem, this was a really solid trade machine into Kyu teams. I think it still has a strong niche with hard knocks and constant sand chip, but you definitely have to be wary of random fighting coverage on stuff. this thing will destroy those iron moth offenses and make them play 5v6

overall, I'm of course disappointed in my 4-4 record. that's just how it goes, though. just gotta invest the effort and time I'm capable of and it's apparent that the time especially decreases with each tour .. regardless, I'm looking forward to how the test shapes out and Gen 9 OU will forever be my favorite no matter what. let's see what happens?
 
Does anyone have any good markers that you should be hitting in order to qualify for voting? What I mean by that is specific elo/gxe milestones that signify you're on track to qualify. For example I'm currently 1374, with a 70.9% GXE and an 18-4 W-L. I was 18-2 (only losses being throwing very winnable games) and then I got hard countered and tilted another poor matchup. Should I give up and start over or is it salvageable?
 
ov3rl0rd said:
Does anyone have any good markers that you should be hitting in order to qualify for voting? What I mean by that is specific elo/gxe milestones that signify you're on track to qualify. For example I'm currently 1374, with a 70.9% GXE and an 18-4 W-L. I was 18-2 (only losses being throwing very winnable games) and then I got hard countered and tilted another poor matchup. Should I give up and start over or is it salvageable?
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Start over. It's something like having to win your first 15 games with no losses and then you can maybe lose two by 25. Someone can correct me but that's about the guideline. It will be difficult to bring that GXE up you're better off starting over
 
Getting the required Elo is gonna take a lot of games anyways. If your main has 80+ GXE just continue using the account and play decently well and you'll eventually hit both requirements. Resetting hoping for a perfect early run is just gonna tilt you and doesn't really help as much as you might think given you gotta grind out at lest 325 elo, during which your GXE should be rising the entire time.
 
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