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Definitely agree here.hydra has an absolute field day against stall and bulky offense. It struggles a bit against offense due to its speed but, there's always the Scarf sets and a lot of things in offense are going to be chocie locked, eg Keldeo locked into Scald or Scarf Chomp or Lando locked...

Yeah I was thinking it would be sashed. I also thought U-Turn would be a good option to keep momentum instead of Return. It would pair well with Starmie with Rapid Spin support. As for Will-O-Wisp Mega Gallade, I had low hopes for it. I tried using it back when Mega Salamence was still around...

Is there any feasible way to run Will-O-Wisp on Mega Gallade? Or Spikes on Diggersby? I really want to run these sets but they don't work all that well in practice

Hey man, can I do Scizor?

But Bug and Ice are also weak to Rock and they got nothing. A weakness to Stealth Rocks doesnt always justify having 6 resistances and only 3 weaknesses. Ice deserved that resistance so much more than fire did. For that matter, so did Grass. Bug has U-Turn going for it which gives it the edge...

Yeah. They introduced a new type to 'balance' the game and of all things, they buffed STEEL and FIRE!!?? I cannot physically comprehend that. Steel getting an offensive buff is fine, but defensively? I mean, it only had 9 resists and an immunity. And fire is amazing as well both offensively and...

Ok thanks, thought so but I didn't want to spend heaps of time doing something I wasnt meant to :D

So would I do a full coverage of all Scizor sets or just one in particular?

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Hey, I am new to this part of Smogon. Im still an experienced OU player, and I was hoping to reserve Scizor for an analysis, but I may be doing something wrong. If not, I do have a question: is there a particular set I would have to analyze or can I do anything (provided it hasn't already been...

Hmm... I don't have much to say in the topic of Metagross that hasn't already been said, but you raised a very interesting point. Steel is the second strongest defensive typing in the game? I was under the impression that it is far and away the best defensive type due to GameFreak showering it...

Can someone please explain a few rankings I don't understand? Not that I disagree, I just thought these were much more useful than made out to be. Conkeldurr, Sylveon, Hydreigon Zapdos and Thundurus-T all work really well for me, and definitely outclassed other similar things ranked above them...

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mega Metagross: 230-272 (76.4 - 90.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252 Atk Landorus-T Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mega Metagross: 252-296 (83.7 - 98.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO These scarfers which can easily outspeed cannot actually KO Metagross even with...

True, but not every team runs that. When ORAS OU first started, I didn't realise its unbelievable power and was up 6-1 and switched into my Rotom W thinking I could live any hit, and the opposing Metagross 2HKOed me with Zen Headbutt. It proceeded to sweep my entire team without any boosts...

Yeah but each of those checks is in constant fear of one of its coverage moves, and that speed tier is insane considering its bulk. Mega Sableye is a potential stop but people are talking about that being banned as well.

Ok, after playing a fair bit of ORAS OU, I have found the insane power, speed and bulk of mega Gross is too much for OU. The most reliable stop I know is Greninja, and with its ban being very likely (which is fine, we don't keep toxic elements to prevent toxic elements) I feel like MegaGross is...

The fact is, Empoleon and Tentacruel just aren't that good. Yes, they can both remove hazards which is a relatively rare trait, but at the moment they have very little standing in the OU meta other than specifically countering checking Smogon Frog. Clefable, on the other hand, is very viable...

I think it's been pretty clearly established that having things that can revenge kill doesn't really effect Greninja's viability. Most things that outspeed it are scarfed and can't get a safe switch. Nothing forces Greninja to stay in and whenever it does switch in either by slow volt turn or...

These are all stopped by certain Pokemon though. Greninja's checks are all shaky at best. It isn't being banned just because it's fast-Electrode is fast-but because it's got massive power and very few checks and no true counters, and STAB EVERYTHING

Yes but you use these at the cost of your Mega slot. Their speed is not as high as Greninja's before mega evolving (maybe with the exception of Aero, I can't remember its base speed for the life of me). You can't put these into any team and have no drawbacks, as some teams already have Megas and...