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the fact that if you send out bannette against something that can certainly OHKO it your opponent will ASSUME you are about to mega and use destiny bond can work to your advantage immensely. it can force a switch, or if you know they have a boosting move, can force a boost- just in time for...

its a shame aegislash doesnt have any real support options other than toxic and reflect. bulk like that on a pokemon people expect to swords dance/king/s sheld then spam shadow sneak with would be pretty good. a relaxed one with flash cannon and shadow bball can be good for surprise factor but...

too adorable for tough guys to use? i dunno. cotton guard is an amazing move buy the guy would need better recovery than rest to use it properly. shame both of its stabs have an immunity so you cant do a monoattacking set. the one i had ingame had hidden power water which i found worked...

encore on whimsicott single-handedly makes a savvy opponent afraid to use outrage. depending on the circumstances of which it comes in, whimsicott can get up to 3 free turns to do whatever it wants. would you ever give a whimsicott 3 free turns to do whatever it wants? RIP anyone who relies...

its a tempting set. i generally prefer to have Fakeout, HJK, drain punch, and u-turn, since it gives it WAY more lastability- plus, if your opponent sends out HJK bait, you can just drain punch without having to worry about protect or a ghost type switch.

That works well against Ingame AI and nothing else. Sap sipper makes it pair decently with something like gastrodon or swampert that is just begging for a grass type attack. Walls ferrothorn to no end if you use A brave nature, but I don't see much use to that particular niche unless you have...

Choice item switcheroo? I dunno. I'm not saying it would be common, only that it would be JUST viable enough to have analysis on it. Quagsire has an OU strategy page, for example.

Masquerain may not actually end up IN the UU tier but i expect to see it used there a lot. Even if galvantula isn't OU, it would do better than it in some situations. Certain Pokemon, notably porygon-z, seem almost DESIGNED for sticky web support (more on that below) and masquerain has the...

On the general subject of noivern; having access to switcheroo and being, (i think?) The fastest user of it or trick has to count for something. It works extremely well in certain niches. Just seeing it on your team means your opponent will hesitate to use substitute, which means you can...

I can see politoed dropping like a brick, maybe even past UU. Five turns of weather just isn't that much, and unlike ninetales, politoed doesn't really have any big ways to take advantage of the weather it brings. Though ninetales might drop to UU as well. Masquerain might be UU if galvantula...

Masquerain is one of the more fun (not the best, that would obviously be galvantula or smeargle) users of the move. Its really a 2-Pokemon chain- Whimsicott with eject button- Light screen, taunt, memento, stun spore Masquerain with leftovers- Sticky web, quiver dance, baton pass, hydro...

an ampharos with good bulk can make use of the mega stone very well to take an extra hit, simply by not activating it the first turn and tanking a hit that would down it if it was dragon, then switching and tanking a hit that would down it if it wasnt.

they never really did, considering that like, 20 or so wish chanceys ever even existed legitimately. i seriously doubt wish blisseys will be transferable considering the rather small chance that any legitimate users of the move still actually are around.