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Isn't it pretty likely that both Slowbro and Slowking get Side Arm Smash, like Photon Geyser on Necro DM/DW?

On Meteor Beam: I have my reservations about it being a likely Rock type, at least judging by the English name (haven't seen others) since it is specifically a Meteor Beam, with the emphasis on beam, rather than meteor, which takes away from the notion of being a Rock type move. Historically...

If you (or anyone else perusing this wall) decide to do Flipped again, here's a super degenerate team feat. Solosis: https://pokepast.es/9f04c4512a90eced Idea is simple: set up TR, sacrifice mon, bring in a broken sweeper and try to trade up, which is exceptionally easy with huge Shuckle/Lix...

Another hilarious skeleton: Pixilate + Misty Surge + Mimicry This core makes all of your pokemon and normal type moves fairy type. Run it with Punk Rocker, run it with Espeed, run it with Tinted Lens, run it with Adaptability, run it with Scarf Noivern, whatever floats your boat. Punk Rocker...

+ 2nd Gravity setter What's more fun than Hustle + No Guard? Hustle + Gravity What's more fun than Hustle + Gravity? Hustle + Gravity + Sand Triforce Top it off with a bit of Gravity-boosted Grav Apple (120 BP) and you're all set! This team (skeleton) just wants to click Earthquake and more...

Isn't it a bit early to talk about potential bans at this time, given that we were somewhat succesfully dealing with stuff like Skill Swap + Normalize/Truant (either fast or bulky) in gen 7? While that set was fairly common, the nature of the OM also meant that it was quite possible to tech...

Yess, my favorite metagame rehashed for gen 8! While I'm a bit sad about the loss of 'ultimate chimera' potential with the introduction of Ubers clause I can understand the logic. Looking forward to rebuilding fun with prisms in the new gen!

Just wanna contribute some thoughts as someone who enjoys thinking about tiering and design philosophy, despite not actively playing Ubers or generally participating in these discussions, because this issue really intrigues me. I'll just lay out some (intentionally ordered) thoughts on the...

So Dynamax Seismitoad is unexpectedly hilarious due to its ability to set up rain for Swift Swim along with its newfound physical STAB and coverage in Liquidation and Power Whip. It can run a set with Liquidation/EQ/Power Whip/Fighting coverage to deal with its most common answers in Pex, Ferro...

Pretty fun meta, figured I'd post my team after getting t5. Kinda basic, ScarfOgre + Pelipper crevo + Accelgor (Frillish) + Araquanid crevo build, taking advantage of the fact that few commonly used mons resist water (with Gligar in particular being weak to it), as well as P-Don being...

Here's some fun tech to play around with for the TR users out there: Trevenant, by virtue of getting tm Trick Room and being able to hit itself super effectively with Phantom Force is a decent bait for opposing Mew on offense. Mew, upon switching in will reverse TR, giving itself a bad matchup...

Wish when switching in at battle start or coming in after a faint behaves differently from Wish when switching in normally (i.e. be delayed by a turn). The most intuitive explanation I can offer is that the switch in and move activation happens at the start of the next turn, rather than as part...

Is it me or does Quash not work as it should? What am I missing here? E: Does Quash fail in singles by default?

After reading multiple posts about stat-changing transformations and letting some ideas marinate a bit, I've come up with a triple Aegislash based team to try and 'abuse' it a bit. deoxyslash/blisseyslash Essentially there are two stats that can be used to abuse base stat resetting from...

Wanted to post my team which has climbed relatively smoothly for me, as well as mention a move that I'd love to see used more often: fun with prisms Includes a fair amount of different strategies, some gimmickier than others, though they're all offensive. At its core lies Specs/Scarf...

Shell Smash works pretty much only in conjunction with Sturdy. I originally based mine on Elo's mixed Z-move Carracosta with both phys/spec STABs, but realized later that you usually don't need both in one set as you can guess which one to take in preview (and Z-Screens are never used). It's...

Aw, so my broken Psychic Surge + Sturdy Lele is gonna get fixed? haha On a realer note, I'm having a lot of fun mixing various Sturdy / Shell Smash / Psychic Surge / Terrain / Custap / (Z-)Prismatic Laser / Photon Geyser / Z-Screens strategies together. Psychic Terrain and Photon...

https://pokepast.es/5473d91c9d26095a Here's some random bs to celebrate Custap being back - it's AeroForry but in OU. Auto-loses to Unaware Clef and needs to be careful with Aero against some mons but good for clicking around on the ladder for a good while when ur bored and really don't want to...

http://pastebin.com/2UbnC1mi some trash ass aeroforry copy that i just had to make cuz sylvally lmao. boom on them fini fools, slash twave with heal bell for obvious reasons. hell you could sub skarm with another lead and lando with something else and head to lower tiers :]

On the topic of TR and mixed sets (as well as Gyro Ball), and I know this sounds crazy, but has anyone done the calcs on a potential power item/trick room/gyro ball set similar to that old Bronzong set? I imagine the speed is too high but I just couldn't help thinking about it.