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:Gouging Fire: UR -> D Gouging Fire is Ubers as of yesterday, and unfortunately Ubers is filled to the brim with great Dragon Types. Obviously Koraidon is far better than it, but if you want a boosting Dragon type, Rayquaza and Black Kyurem are right there. Even as a Protosynthesis sun abuser...

If Terapagos-Stellar is found to be broken and is banned, what happens to regular Terapagos? Would it get banned too, or would there be a clause saying it can't Terastalize, which was the way Mega Evolutions were handled?

It probably wouldn't be Ubers, but a spiker that can beat Great Tusk would have a solid niche, and Deo-D can do just that with Psycho Boost. Also, the fact that hazards are everywhere is a point against dropping Ape, as having a bulky spin blocker that also effectively nullifies defog via...

I'm not saying Darkrai is absolutely Flutter Mane levels of ridiculous, but first Zamazenta is still a great Pokemon that whomps offense, and Darkrai would have some niches over it. It's still plenty fast, still bulky enough to not instantly get flattened, and Kingambit's sucker punch. Zama also...

Alright, here are my unban opinions: :annihilape: - 1. A bit of a hot take, but this would still be OU even without Rage Fist due to being a near-perfect hazard blocker. It blocks rapid spin and Defiant means nothing wants to defog in its face. The fact it also gets a 350 power nuke on top of...

Think about it this way- regular Zacian sees practically 0 use in ubers because it's completely outclassed by Zacian-Crowned, but there isn't a universe where it would be okay in OU; its amazing attack, speed, typing, and movepool would ensure it would blast OU to smithereens if it were ever...

Obviously with what happened with Volcarona a Kingambit QB won't happen, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad as Volc. Volc had a significant number of people thinking it was fine, and it wasn't seen as the most obviously banworthy thing in the huge number of problematic HOME drops. I have not seen...

Looks like a certain special attacker with 135 Special Attack is finally getting this suspect test it deserves. Although Ting Lu beats it, it'd be very capable if it was allowed into the tier, what with its wide variety of moves and sets. Can't wait to see if OU can handle Miraidon!

There's also arguing about whether Darkrai should be allowed into OU (absolutely not, imo, but smart people have argued otherwise). To iterate, I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but Darkrai gets Trick, which is something that allows Choice sets to ruin many of Darkrai's best answers...

I understand that Darkrai isn't the most broken thing around, but calling its stats merely good instead of overwhelming doesn't convince me. This is the same Special Attack as Flutter Mane, which got banned near instantly and is a Pokemon no one wants back, and it has only 10 less speed, which...

If I ever get onto the OU council I'm forcing a tiering survey to ask if Furret is too good for OU. It needs a win dagnabbit. In all seriousness it could be helpful to include a placebo option on surveys; the record for most demanded ban has been broken several times this generation, so it...

If nothing else, getting actually good spinners is going to make PU a lot more fun, because now you don't have to run boots on everything. Zangoose should make good use of it, since it wants to run toxic orb for the 50% boost. Having hazard removal means it won't be worn down by hazards and...

Well, Komala and Hisuian Avallugg dropped to PU. Not 100% where they'll place right now, but I do have one mom to make: :quaxwell: to D/Blacklist Quaxwell already struggled to find use given its low damage and lack of recovery but now it's entirely outclassed by Komala. Komala has great damage...

I've signed up for my first tournament! I don't think I'll get picked up because there are so many better players than me, but just putting your mind to it is still a needed step.

User name: pokeclysm Tiers NOT Played (binding) SV DOU, SV RU, SV NU, SV LC Tiers Preferred (not binding) SV PU Time Zone GMT-4

Hey, we have a use for Gigaton Hammer now! :necrozma-dusk mane: Necrozma-Dusk-Mane @ Leftovers Ability: Steelworker Tera Type: Psychic EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe Impish Nature - Gigaton Hammer - Collision Course - Victory Dance - Strength Sap The...

The sheer number of drops RU got is ridiculous. We could easily see half a dozen or so bans in very fast succession. Stuff like Iron Leaves and Thund-I probably have no place in this tier, and TTar looks sus as well, especially with Lycanroc around to abuse its sand.

As of a few days ago, Linoone has been banned from ADV UU, while Jumpluff has been unbanned from the tier. (Arena Trap also remains banned.) https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/adv-uu-slate-3-voting.3724696/page-2 we dont post past gen lower tier news, sorry

Well, Lilligant got banned, so... :calyrex: to B or B+ Without Lilligant around as a reliably splashable alternative, Calyrex is much more usable option as a setup sweeping wincon. Having to burn 2 slots on setup moves is a problem, but STAB Stored Power is definitely no joke if it's left...

Good riddance, Lilligant was silly especially with the other drops. Tauros did only get banned by 1 vote, but it probably would have risen to NU if it survived anyway. I didn't feel like Carbink was that banworthy before, but losing one of its best answers and main competitors in Lilligant...