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Thanks to Z-Crystals nullifying the Knock Off damage boost, Rockium Z Terrakion is, bar none, the best Knock Off switch-in in the entire game. Resisting Knock Off, getting a Justified Boost, and taking little damage allows Terrakion to come in on any passive Pokemon that relies on Knock Off to...

I would add Tapu Fini as a good partner for Whimsicott, as its auto-laying of Misty Terrain allows Whimsicott to use Nature Power, and with it, +1 priority Moonblasts. As even a 0 SpA neutral nature Whimsicott can cleanly OHKO Pheromosa regardless of how many Speed Boosts Pheromosa has, the...

For the record, here's how priority stacks on in this game: 252+ Atk Choice Band Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Manaphy: 235-277 (68.9 - 81.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252 Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Manaphy: 171-202 (50.1 - 59.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (for sets that...

Doublade 3 & 4 allowing itself to get Encored into Toxic and having Metagross come in for free, not knowing Duoblade can switch out of Wobbufett. Doublade 5 & 6 getting past Rocky Helmet Garchomp with Life Orb Hidden Power Ice. Wailord using Ice Beam against an all-Doublade team. Wailord using...

Some things I wanted to further clarify: 1) To say that Shadow Tag was fine and peachy until Mega Sableye came along ignores the fact that there were many other more immediate threats that had to be handled first (Landorus-I, Aegislash, Greninja) When you have immediately threatening Pokemon...

Mega Sableye provides a lot of functions to stall at once: it is a bulky Magic Bouncer that discourages hazards use (and even lays them on the opposing side if it switches on a hazard move), it can handle repeated hits and Recover the damage away, and is general an amazing pivot. I think...

I tried using the Conversation function to submit a Theorymon proposal, but I'm guessing it's more effective if I PM the proposal to someone. I am not familiar with the submission process, and the OP didn't provide much help in this regard. Gourgeist with Flash Flire + Mystical Fire Honorable...

I really like the Gourgeist with Flash Fire submission as well, it's just that since those benefits are more obvious, there isn't much I feel I need to say about it. Quoting GnralLao above: Compare it to: 252 Atk Life Orb Bisharp Knock Off vs. 40 HP / 8 Def Houndoom: 116-136 (38.5 - 45.1%)...

To say that Houndoom will only be switching on SR + Spikes and thus dies before it accomplishes anything is doing a disservice. The premier Spikes users in OU are Skarmory, Ferrothorn, and Klefki, the first two Houndoom would love to switch into before they start setting up hazards, and even...

Flash Fire Gourgeist: Mystical Fire gives Gourgeist leeway in determining its stat spread, as it can put the majority of its EVs in HP and DEF to stop Excadrill, while also scouting special switch-ins with Mystical Fire to debuff them. Sadly it won't help very much against Starmie, since...

Sceptile + Seed Flare Honorable Mention: Thick Fat Gogoat

For the sake of argument, I will only address the points that I specifically brought up (I know nobody's going anywhere with suggesting Insomnia/Vital Spirit Pokemon). Nobody runs Magic Coat in OU because status is not nearly as much of a factor as it is in this metagame. In the OU...

Except Talonflame outspeeds Whimsicott and has priority Brave Bird. There is also the issue that Whimsicott can't have 252 EVs in every stat. There isn't an EV spread that allows Whimsicott to outspeed everything it needs to (Thundurus can Thunder Wave it, Mega Pinsir has Aerialiate Quick...

After just getting past N + Geechisu, here's my take on the team that I used: Daikkeki: I had a Quiet starter, so he had problems with being outsped by a bunch of stuff. Being a water type, he was sturdy and powerful enough to get through the monsters that he needed to get through and not much...

The fact that they designed this meerkat to be a Mean Look Baton Passer and then make it so that you can't Baton Pass Mean Look in the same game is trollish beyond comparison. GG, any chance of this being used anywhere.

^^ Magic Coat is a priority move that sends back any sort of status/hazard affliction back at them- Taunt, Encore, Leech Seed, Spikes, SR, Status moves, etc. It will basically stop anything that a MH user tries to mess Deozy-S with. Of course, if the MH user sees the Magic Coat coming, he can...

It's not like Chansey/Blissey stick around anyway, as any special attacker that wants to actually stay and fight Blissey is an attacker that Blissey wants nothing to do with (like CM Jirachi, Subsplit Gengar, etc). More often than not, Chansey is going to send a Wish/ status move and then switch...

It depends on how you want Chansey to support your team. If you want a defensive pivot that can Wishpass to your own teammates while statusing the opposition, Chansey would be a great pokemon to have. It's not like Blissey's beating Subsplit Gengar/ Calm Mind Mismagius/ Calm Mind Shanandera...

I think we're missing a pretty pivotal pokemon here: Mixed Salamence's Outrage against standard Wobbuffett (Calm- 28 HP/228 DEF/ 252 SDEF): 46.8% - 55.3% Mixed Salamence's Outrage against +1/+1 Wynaut (Impish- 4 HP/ 252 DEF/ 252 SDEF): 48.2%- 57.2% It doesn't do nearly as well on the...

Status moves also have priority with this ability. Priority status is awesome.