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Oh, Tyranitar dropped? Chandelure has died. Send the chandelier to RU next month please don’t force Chandy to stay in a tier where it has become effectively useless. Skarmory drop is interesting given we now have one of the best defensive types in the game at our disposal.

So my favorite pokemon Chandelure doesn't seem to have received any new beneficial moves from the update. However, Chandelure already has benefited from this gen by eliminating two of its weaknesses which previously made Chandelure painful to use: entry hazards and pursuit. Chandelure being...

Pokeseba, the best Sylveon counter in UU is probably Arcanine, it has psuedo-reliable recovery and outspeeds Sylveon. If you'res speaking of Sylveon being difficult to counter why haven't you mentioned Gardevoir, I don't see Sylveon as a problem and I don't think Gardevoir will be one once...

" Gardevoir should drop. Gardevoir being A ranked seems like a relic from when Venusaur was terrorizing the tier, and it was one of the few methods of revenge killing the tier had. I had some hopes it would climb back to prominence when Pelipper dropped down, but Drizzle was quickly banned and...

Jellicent B -> B+ Jellicent hard counters Keldeo, while it's water/ghost typing means it can act as a spinblocker while making it a consistent counter to Cobalion's who run Stone Edge. Unlike Mantine Jellicent does not need heavy duty boots to avoid significant damage from rocks, and can...

SS UU Balanced Offense Machamp @ Flame Orb Ability: Guts EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Close Combat - Knock Off - Facade - Bullet Punch Noivern @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Draco Meteor - Flamethrower - Defog...

RestTalk Sliggoo is all I'm going to say, that thing is a beast when it comes to walling special attackers. Was absolutely amazing in the previous gens, but we don't have as many potent special attackers down here so it probably will be less effective than it used to be.

On April 1st I made a post discussing every single possible way to counter the most powerful wallbreakers in the tier, there were quite a few for Toxtricitee, Gardevoir was extremely shaky with what could possibly counter it, and when I came to Haxorus, my response was as follows: " Haxorus lol...

The council made their decision but personally I believe Darmanitan>Venusaur under sun. Darmanitan hits much harder without needing any boosts, and the band has 0 counters whereas the scarf outspeed everything and hits very hard. Venusaur has checks and counters even at +2, I've already listed...

I'm now leaning towards a Darmanitan ban. Unless we ban drought and sunny day these shenanigans will continue. Prankster users such as Sableye and Whimsiscott, and you can even use Meowstic if you want Sun+Screens. Darmanitan is what truly makes sun broken as band Darmanitan which has few...

Sun+Darm is silly broken. Sun+Venu is also really strong, I'd argue unhealthy and overcentralizing given that you gotta run Goodra if you want to have a chance. 252 Atk Choice Band Sheer Force Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 240 HP / 0 Def Rhyperior in Sun: 241-284 (55.9 - 65.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO...

I was wrong, after trying to build defensively. Defensive teams are terrible and nearly impossible to build, the best archetype is by far hyper offense. It is simply too hard to counter Nasty Plot Toxicroak, there are only two or perhaps three pokemon in this tier capable of doing so. Specially...

Finally, the tier is defensively playable now. There are still plenty of offensive threats but they feel actually diverse meaning you can actually build teams around them. Rather than seeing Haunter and thinking, gotta have a specially defensive poison. Then Toxicroak and well, gotta have a...

That may hold true with certain types but it’s not the case with water types when one has the water ground typing since that eliminates electric types as a threat to your team. This has been a staple of balance teams for a long time in UU, Empoleon+Swampert for example, as swampert can deal with...

If by checking you mean stopping a Haxorus from sweeping, Flygon and other 100+ speed scarf pokemon can revenge kill it and stop haxorus. Or priority from Golisopod. If you're not going to switch into Sylveon, who will you switch into? Perhaps it is to deter Haxorus from clicking outrage...

I've been doing research into countering some of the harder to counter pokemon in this tier. Toxtricitee is the easiest among those, Steel/Ground, Steel/Electric, Ground/Ghost, Steel/Dragon, Rock/Ground, Rock/Dragon, Rock/Ghost Rock/Electric, Ghost/Electric and Ghost/Dragon all counter this...

We have entered what shall be known as the Wash-Era. Regardless of what the future holds, I'm putting Rotom-Wash and Gastrodon on every team possible. The removal of hidden powers, the defog being given to Rotoms, watch as Gastrodon rises from RU (hopefully not, it's a great Pokemon to use in...

Sliggoo is good. Very much so, sap sipper allows it to check certain grass types, although bellosom wins most of the time without chip. It's specially bulky and decently fast. Here's the set I use, probably could be improved upon. Sliggoo @ Eviolite Ability: Sap Sipper EVs: 16 HP / 252 SpA /...

Sneasel is really strong. It’s main problem is switching in, but with parting-shot(Silvally), or the rare volt turn user you can get Sneasel in. Once Sneasel is in, it hits like a truck and has very few counters. There is not a single offensive check to Sneasel. The ones which people recommend...

Haunter also has a 1/4 bug resistance. It’s frail, but it hits really hard and has very few counters. Haunter in the previous gen was pursuit bait and spent its move set trying to avoid that, but now it doesn’t have to have niche moves like hp ground (doesn’t exist either), substitute or will o...