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I'm not seeing how anything has improved for mega altaria since the last push it had for S rank. I'd say it's in a more disadvantaged situation due to the decline of mega sableye and the rise of mega scizor. The lati twins decline means less easy targets to set up on. I'd say keep in A+.. Not...

Please don't be fooled into thinking Magnezone is actually a good partner. Overlapping weakness to ground and a lot of scizor carry superpower just to kill mag on the switch. Think of a better teammate like Volcarona, who likes a clear field, and can set up a quiver dance if they swap into...

I personally use Celebi on my favorite team. As a lure with EP and Dual STABs, Celebi brings in stuff like Heatran and Bisharp, only to crush them with a surprise super effective move. NastyPass to something like scarf Keldeo is terrifying, and so is SD Pass to stuff like Lando-T and Talonflame...

No. A thousand times a thousand no. 1. This is not the place to talk about reintroducing mon's that have been banned or theorizing about what a new gen of Pokemon might bring us. 2. Both of those mon's are only "lower level", due to Primal Don and the like monopolizing Ubers. They have...

So what you are saying is megaman can come in on any common move mega-scizor would carry, live the bullet punch, and then kill with overheat. So megaman forces mega-scizor to dry switch or try to predict and u-turn on the switch. Sounds a tad more reliable than potential getting wrecked with...

I'm on mobile right now, but I question some of the mons you listed to set up on. Other than that, while both nasty plot and sword dance are viable, swords dance is more threatening to very dangerous mons like M-Diancie or T-flame depending on your priority of choice. (I know Diancie dies to...

So why does it seem that everyone petitions for Sylveon, sitting in B-, to jump 2-3 ranks due to a set that become a lot less threatening with a Knock Off? Yes, Choice specs and it's special bulk make it very nice on paper, but when you start playing and you realize it can only come in on a...

While that list is fine, Zard Y has to get a safe switch in on some of those. Even then, 1v1, he loses. Jolly Mega-Pinsir, Mega-Diancie, Megaman, Mega-Aero, Banded-Talonflame, Lati@s, Scarfed Lando-T, Thundurus, Sash Garchomp all can watch him come in, then kill him before he can attack. Manaphy...

I think everyone can agree Mega-chomp should stay in the B's. - or neutral is fine, but i've used for fun and it worked better than I expected due to the fact bolt beam is kinda rare to see nowadays and HP ice is kinda obvious when you see the mon's come in that have no business being in.

Just to add to the Celebi discussion, LO can be swapped with expert belt if you really want to lure Heatran and Bisharp. More importantly is how beneficial Natural Cure is to a defensive pokemon. Neing able to scout for T-wave from Clefable or bait a will-o from Rotom-W and know that on the...

Lando-I has the virtue of being able to break stall with gems like knock off for the eviolite mons who think they can take him, Calm Mind for an added boost to damage, and Sheer Force to make his damage insane. Most of his moves are on the higher end of the damage spectrum, and have effects that...

Not really. Both Zards were S-rank when X and Y first started, but then the meta calmed down and Zard-Y was found to have one set, with a small variation in it's 4th move. Zard-X stayed S-rank until the beginning of ORAS, when M-sableye took over as the number one bulky burn spreader. Gaining...

Diancie can't switch into M-Lop, and Latios is one of those mons who can pack coverage to ohko. Roost/Defog twin STAB may be the most common, but 4 attacks is also a very viable set that can lure things just like Diancie. Plus he is almost exclusively timid, so unless you are going mixed with a...

I am neither for or against this move, but I don't see Mega-Diancie in the same rank as things such as Keldeo and Char-X. It's a bit more prediction based than some of the mon's in A+, with deceptive bulk that can mislead a player to overestimate the hits they can take. The 160 base offense...

Honestly, if you're planning to set up a rock polish without killing the obvious OHKO priority, you deserve to have it forced out or killed. You don't sent out Char-X in the sand when they have Excadrill and/or Hippo alive, do you? Protect is pretty sub-optimal after the first turn. It's much...

I've found it's better to leave Diancie's attack un-invested. It's still coming off a neutral 160 base stat. If something was going to die from it before, it's probably going to die from it now. It's better to go *HP/252+ Sp.A/*Spd, with * representing how much you want to invest. -S.Def is...

Hey, just putting my two cents in on M-Lopunny. It's a solid A rank. Probably even A+ rank. It's fast, it has that vaunted "perfect coverage", and it has two free move slots. You're pretty much assured to get two hits on any switch in not scarfed or one of the few Mega's that out speed. It...

As much as I love Mega-Diancie, A rank is where it should stay. Base 50 HP and Speed in it's base form mean that it's getting hit without being a predicting god, and those 150 defenses don't take away enough damage. Priority wrecks it, especially with bullet punch being popular on two very good...

Ugh, Ladder reset hurts. But that aside, I've been testing the new team, and Cancer Lando-T does help in alot of situations. Heatran is also doing well, but before I lock those two in I want to get up to where I was before the reset. Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

True enough for Vaporeon. I can sack the ice coverage for phasing. Garchomp becomes a bit more of a problem, but only in the fact I can't just deal with it with Vapordoge by itself. While on the topic of Vaporeon, It actually works as a decent switch to eat a draco from the lati's. T-bolt is...