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Currently I'm still building and experimenting on the ladder, but here are a few of my observations about the state of the meta, if you want to call it that. Hippowdon sand is super viable, mostly because the hippo is already a great defensive Pokemon with access to some nice utility moves...

SSRW Drift Research: Galarian Slowbro AKA GlowBro Since I first started playing Showdown way back in Gen 5, I've always been fascinated by slow, bulky win condition Pokemon. RestTalk Suicune in BW, Reuniclus in XY, Curse Snorlax in SS... something about these fatmons has always enchanted me. So...

SSRW Drift, decided to Go with the Bro

spookmaen because I love golisopod

Kind of a wonky team. Like 467 above me, I wanted to make use of Hex Chandelure + Toxic Spikes, and in the process ended up going full-on spikestack. Tentacruel and Chandelure have been a nice tandem for generations, covering some of each others' weaknesses but more importantly helping set each...

notily

Here's a pretty obvious, but effective core that aims to take advantage of Choice Band Krookodile. The croc has been one of the most consistent Pokémon in UU this generation, but I generally feel that more focus is put on its support set than its offensive potential. CB maximizes Krookodile as...

4/4 galar-weezings we did it guys! voting for sickist

Pretty cool balance team with Scarf Zarude. Of course Zarude + Slowbro is a really nice core, since a lot of Zarude's best checks get smacked by Future Sight. Same thing goes for Cobalion, which provides rocks and benefits from the other two mons' ability to handle bulky Water-types. Weezing...

Thoughts from the trenches: With the removal of Darmanitan, Dragon-types are about to surge in popularity, which I like because I've been using Grimmsnarl a lot lately. It has quite a few nice sets; I'm sure a lot of you have seen the Dual Screens set getting some burn on more offensive...

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Abejas

Dhelmise: A > A+: Agree Not a lot of 'mons are more splashable than Dhelmise right now. I recently cleared out the teams I don't use on my builder, and I was left with 7 teams, 5 of which have Dhelmise on them. Truth is it just has so much utility to offer; between Rapid Spin, solid offensive...

Lot of stuff going on in the meta right now but my main focus is that Togedemaru is ranked pretty low at just B. Now, I get that it's pretty one-dimensional and a lot of the time ends up U-Turning out anyway, but I personally think it should go up to at least B+. Its typing is pretty unique in...

Pretty obvious concept at work here. The tier already lacked many solid Fighting switch-ins to begin with, and with the loss of Diancie and Slowbro, we were left with even less. Enter Fighting spam, a strategy that has gone from good to great in the new meta. Pangoro and Passimian are both very...

Some changes I've noticed so far: Golbat is way better without Diancie and Slowbro around, definitely a premier defogger with some great resistances. Checks Vileplume, checks Fighting-types (though Knock Off is scary), and is pretty fast too. Solid defensive 'mon that I've seen on a lot of...

Finchinator

Bumping this neglected thread because cores threads are often the first place I look when I'm trying to learn how to build in a tier. Here's a balance core that I personally have been using which involves Blastoise and Druddigon. The main thing about both of these Pokemon together is the...

Exeggutor-Alola to A- : Disagree Maybe it's just me but I don't think Egg has any more or less trouble doing its job now than it did before. Obviously there are a lot of good 'mons that resist its coverage that are getting more and more popular, but it's still one of my first choices when I'm...