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Topped the ladder in large part due to my teams being able to deal with one VERY prevalent core. If you're building a team that's remotely balance or offensive in the current meta, you need to have two important things: An anti-HO measure and more importantly a pokemon that beats Clod+Alo cores...

jrdn

Figured I'd drop my favourite team of the last little bit. Got me to #2 and I think I could get #1 with it, but I change teams too much :Hydreigon::Cinderace::Manaphy::Great-Tusk::Gholdengo::Dragonite:

Ngas in a meta that's entirely about the dispersal of abilities to non-native pokemon is inherently anti-meta (in the worst sense) and unfun. It's also broken so that's three reasons it should go

forced? Idts, there's AV regen and no damp rock does way more against Wake than anything it gets from the DLC. Also it's just me, but I'm willing to bet Empoleon is a top tier mon anyway. Roost Water/Steel type is incredible

Clefairy could probably run water absorb and be a usable Walking Wake switch in...also more importantly, Empoleon is back, so Wake just found its answer

Rain is the other one that needs a hard look at

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Also Ngas on set up sweepers was utterly insane. Sturdy, Dazzling, Unaware all irrelevent. Sounds like Mold Breaker sure, but what about prank-haze? Suddenly that's unviable. Intimidates, Dauntless Shield, the Ruin abilities, all not proccing. Hell I know ditto aint allowed, but if it was, too...

Ban Magearna

My guess: Since it got banned 19 different Arceus' with Wisp, 2 Fairy/Flying legendaries, Chesnaught, Moltres, and Intim Lando all were introduced. Godly Gift as a meta has shifted far more than any other OM with home (don't quote me). It seems to me that there are plenty of reasons for many...