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I dig it but does Pory need to turn into an ice type. Like sure stab, but that's where the pros end whereas ghost gives you a desperately needed fighting immunity. I mean sure you have Dusclops but that's not enough when most fighting mons carry dark stab. Also I think your team needs to decide...

With the viability ranks being a heavily republic-centric nomination system I feel it only fuels the (imo disagreeable) Verlisify argument of an over-centralized tiering council which in term I feel thrusts forward the issue of democratic deficiency, which could be alleviated with explanations...

I agree with the sentiment that a full an in depth post from each member of the council is somewhat necessary. Dugtrio genuinely is a fair debate in my opinion and I'd be more than happy to drop it so long as we got a full list of reasoning from the council. Nothing to long, just a quick...

The issue with the whole concept of rating the two Grens separately is it neglects part of the reason they're so strong in the first place, a lot of times at team preview you have no idea what mons on your team are threatened by it because of it's ability to systematically choose it's checks...

Homeboy you're missing it, Omastar isn't a Mega. Mega Pert takes a Mega slot and while I'm not denying it's a good use of a mega slot, rain has an opening for more than MegaPert. Bulkier rain can run Mega Sciz especially if pelipper is specs bc no reliable defog, while if you have no answers to...

Ah yay, I almost have reqs. After playing the ladder now vs. before, it does seem much healthier. That being said, the only thing I don't miss is goth. (Secretly I wish Wobb could stay) Goth definitely deserves a ban. As for Mega Sableye, I don't think it itself is truly broken. I personally...

Skarmory is a fucking issue to this team. 5 physical attackers and flare blitz is your best option besides t-wave luck with clef hoping it doesn't pack iron head (althought in truth it isn't seen much) I agree with t-flame to torn-t but that's it. Drill to Klef changes the dynamic of the team...

Imo after playing with the team there are no necessary changes in my eyes. SD Cross would make the team much more offensive (which if that suits you then albeit) but I absolutely have loved this team low ladder to comfortably climb me back to near 1400. Between two band users and an incredibly...

I'd like to address not the nomination of Garchomp -> S but the ability to discuss it. I feel like this is genuinely a good topic because while it isn't the end all be all master of one set, it is without a doubt one of the most viable amd centralizing mons in the tier. In an offensive meta...

I've always agreed on Manaphy to S especially now. Manaphy has the opportunity to 6-0 a team from turn 1. Sure it's rather rare, but it practically makes stall and bulky o unplayable atm, at the very least needing an absolutely mandatory answer to Manaphy. Unaware Clefable is an answer but...

Fair point, I see what you're saying. I never thought about it also being a Talonflame check. I guess I still have quite a bit to learn about rain teams. I've only used it one once wit M-Swamp when ORAS first came out.

Let's also remember that the calcs are with specs Omastar in the rain. Now let's factor in the prevelance of knock off. Well with no specs omastar isn't realistically going to be breaking any of those mons. Now let's also factor in that sand offense and Char Y are incredibly relevant to the meta...

Aha thank you, although this is just a new account since I didn't like many of the silly posts I made on my old one when I first started here on Smogon. I've been here for quite a while :) Yes, sadly fast electric types like raikou and megaman do very much so hurt it. I'm not looking more on...

I'd like to make a nomination that while I think may be a stretch is worth the discussion alone Manaphy -> S Reasoning: The definition of an S rank mon is, "These Pokemon are able to perform a variety of roles very effectively, or can just do one extremely well" and so I believe is the case...

Yo, I thought a cool idea for a team would be based around sticky web and sand. Shuckle lead with Hippo and Megachomp. Could you give me your opinion on how that sounds and possibly even team members that would pair well? As much help as you can/want to offer would be appreciated. I love your...