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Beside the fact that boots are far from some slapped-on-every-pokemon item like you for some reason believe, they’re also nowhere near problematic or any kind of issue. Nore are they some get out of jail card with no drawback. They provide a relief from hazard pressure at the cost of another...

Gliscor, especially since protect is fairly common, doesn’t really like switching into Heatran Magma Storm since it can’t roost off the damage and takes a lot, especially if backed also by rocks. It doesn’t really have a hard time making progress and enabling its own teammates either...

It’s hardly sad when it was very viable earlier this gen in this very tier, and has had good success wherever it’s ended up overall.

Not only does Ghold need to hit two FBs for Lu (lol), the Z Fight is often predictable and it's fairly easy to draw the use of it and force them to waste the move on something resisted if not immune (like a partner ghost). As for most of the rest, Ghold trades with these at best but like I said...

Gholdengo can NP and take a Mon, but it usually also gets like one and a half kills on average and for a game between two players of similar skill, that’s usually the limit unless it’s an especially bad match up. It doesn’t really force any kind of especially harsh team building limitations and...

Gonna hop in and add on, that Hatterene by itself denies a pretty large amount of Stealth Rock setters from risklessly getting them up which is great assistance for Ceruledge in preserving its health to ease set up. This ability to deny hazards is assisted by Hatterene's deceptive staying power...

Given Ace rising in viability lately this really was overdue. Nice to see it happen finally Also lmao get bent Fini. Fraudmon.

As was said in the thread, you’re the one at the mercy of what 4th slot it’s running and unless you run two soft checks you’re playing roulette with what set it is. It’s an unpleasant dynamic. Corv is the only bulky steel that could not auto die to +2 but it’s also mid so i wouldn’t use it as an...

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Wellspring dodged the ban again so I’m throwing preemptive noms out to deal with the salt ;-; :Tyranitar-Mega: B+ -> B Some people like this but I just can’t think of enough reasons to use it these days when it’s so clunky to use at times, and it doesn’t have a ton of defensive utility right...

You’re not really listening it feels like. The meta would not suddenly devolve into fatspam without TB around. It’s nowhere near the only thing available that’s good info fat teams. And as pointed out, ZapKingLu was from an entirely different older metagame. I don’t know how this keeps getting...

Many bits of this comment are laced with a somewhat patronizing and rude tone that isn’t helping the rest of your argument especially when you’re outright refusing to honestly engage in certain parts of their comment, or certain arguments in general. Maybe don’t make comments like “to stop...

Thank you for all your hard work Runo! And congrats to bumbo!!

Win rate is not a be all end all statistic of anything, as there is a ton more depth and nuance to what goes into win rates for pokemon. win rates are capable of being skewed by circumstances such as being over prepared for. Look how much it’s better to load up offense right now which naturally...

These two are centralizing because they're extremely splashable and reliable and offer stability for the many structures they fit on. Unless you want to argue they're at all problematic and we somehow need TB to handle them which I'd find ridiculous, no offense. Mcribs didn't call differening...

Now that I'm done laddering (and had some time to relax, since it's been so bloody hot lately), I wanted to sit down and put out more organized thoughts on why I'm voting BAN on Ogerpon-Wellspring and why I think its removal will greatly benefit the tier going forwards. But before that, I'd like...

A Zapdos clicking Volt Switcy is forced to eat a boosted Cudgel and even if it isn’t crit, it’s functionally dead because it will be too weak to switch into anything later without extremely precise double switches to position it favorably and roost. This is especially bad because Zapdos is used...

You’ve got no basis for this, especially right now. It seems to happen no matter the tier no matter the gen, that some players will fear monger that a potential ban will make balance or far too powerful or common (the latter isn’t even an issue). Beyond that, no one is talking about suspecting...

Ting-Lu is already a top 2 Pokemon in the tier. Wellspring leaving wouldn’t suddenly make it #1. Garg is great regardless of Wellspring, and in fact their dynamic is pretty balanced. Wellspring can threaten out Garg but Garg can also pressure Wellspring and keep it from switching in freely...

Lokix is hard to fit while Dragonite and Kyurem are vulnerable to Play Rough variants (with Kyurem also losing to fighting coverage and Dragonite needing to maintain Multiscale). Pecha is a check but it struggles to handle SD Knock Off variants if not at full health, and how in any universe it...