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don't be sorry about spending mother's day with your mother.

anyways, i won't be available at all until thursday 1:00 p.m. pst because of college stuff.

Ok :3 That's ok with me.

I just have a question. Could you tell me what other roles need to be filled for our balanced team? That way I could work on it and show it to you Thursday. We have Late game sweeper Tflame, Pivot and support Ferrothorn, and wall breaker Keldeo.

my old framework for balance in 5th gen. ou was sweeper | speed | weather | breaker | utility | pivot. of course, the meta has changed, so some of these roles are outmoded (for lack of a better term). if i was to update it to match the current meta, i'd remove the weather role and make it either another utility or another breaker, based on the offensive / defensive bias of your team.

just don't forget to keep the most pertinent threats in mind. by covering them (tip: the victory road ou viability ranking thread helps), you can cover other threats that have similar capabilities that are ranked lower in the thread.

if you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me :]

Thanks :)

Oh I do have one. Would ferro be considered utility or pivot?

i'd consider it to be both, personally.

Ok, so I think I picked all 6 of my pokemon:
SD-Talonflame - Sweeper
Ferrothorn - Utility and Pivot
Specs-Keldeo - Wall Breaker
Scarf-Chomp - Speed and Revenger
Mandibuzz - Utility and Pivot
Mega-Mawile - Right now it's a Wall Breaker --> could be a sweeper if I gave it SD