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[OVERVIEW] Ferrothorn is an incredibly effective defensive presence in the tier, thanks to its incredible dual typing, great bulk, and intensive arsenal of utility moves, including Stealth Rock, Leech Seed, and the rare Spikes. Finding easy setup opportunities against the many Pokemon it...

[OVERVIEW] Mega Lopunny is a fearsome physical threat in OU thanks to its high Speed and Attack stats, Scrappy ability, and access to a solid priority move in Fake Out, which lets it pick off faster targets like Mega Alakazam, Mega Swampert under the rain, and boosted sweepers like Mega...

I'm fine with this if it stays as extra credit at first. In fact, if after enough experimentation, we figure out that adding replays improves the relevance of the analysis (without adding too much extra work), I'm down to making it the new standard. I'm only talking from my personal experience...

If we only put a bunch of replays without any kind of explanations, I don't see the plus value of bothering finding qualitative replays. From my point of view, it's either we do it right and the workload is much higher than the current format, or we keep it minimal and that sounds kinda...

I'm a member of the QC team for SM OU and, while the idea sounds lovely in theory, I find it too unrealistic to be ever included in an analysis. Outside of the technical aspect of its implementation, it requires dedicating a lot of words to ensure that the reader will correctly understand the...

Support: Salamence @ Leftovers Ability: Intimidate Careful/Impish Nature - Flamethrower - Earthquake / Aqua Tail - Refresh - Roost This set allows Salamence to check many threats such as Serperior, Kartana and Heatran. Refresh is especially great to avoid any issue from Glare and Toxic. It is...

Clefable @ Leftovers Ability: Magic Guard - Seismic Toss - Cosmic Power - Encore - Soft-Boiled The real magic of this set comes from not Cosmic Power, but rather the unexpected combination of Seismic Toss and Encore. The first move allows Clefable to chip very easily his common counters such as...

[OVERVIEW] Mega Tyranitar is an incredibly potent and forcing threat that more than rounds itself out with its absurd bulk and support capabilities with Sand Stream and its access to Stealth Rock and the strongest unboosted Pursuit in the tier. With its already great bulk bolstered by sand's...

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No idea why we are even considering Darkrai in SM OU. NP Darkrai is basically SD Kartana but much faster and bulkier. Therefore, it would kill Balance playstyle as a whole and force the meta to be even more HO-centric. Moreover, Darkrai's movepool is ridiculous with the access to incredible...

[OVERVIEW] Volcarona scatters its embers across the battlefield as one of the scariest sweepers in the OU tier thanks to Quiver Dance, solid Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed, STAB combination, reliable recovery in Roost, and two amazing I prefer a more neutral term here since none of...

[OVERVIEW] On paper, Thundurus-T is one of the tier's apex predators, boasting an absurd Special Attack stat and the coveted Nasty Plot to soup up its STAB and coverage options to the next level. It doesn't have an overly difficult time finding that opportunity either, with its defensive typing...

[SET] name: Support move 1: Lunar Dance / Future Sight move 2: Thunder Wave / Toxic move 3: Ice Beam move 4: Moonlight You can mention more niche moves such as Psychic/Psyshock and Skill Swap, it's up to you. item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet / Eject Button (I'm putting Ebutton last since you only...

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My personal VR (with some explanations when I have something to say about a specific Pokemon). It's ordered moreover. Hope you will enjoy the read lol S RANK A RANK B RANK C RANK

[OVERVIEW] Mega Charizard X is one of the premier offensive threats in the metagame thanks to its access to two amazing boosting moves in Dragon Dance and Swords Dance, reliable recovery in Roost, solid Attack and Speed, Tough Claws ability, and an amazing STAB combination that enables it to...

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Short answer is that the Meta is dominated by HO (filled with Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X, Volcarona and Victini), Sand with Excadrill (to answer those HO) and other different playstyles (Rain Manaphy, Psy-Spam with Tapu Lele, Hazard Stacks Balance, ...). Moreover, Cresselia (popular in...

Yh, Doom Desire has the same logic. On boosting items, it's the same case as Choice Specs: Doom Desire is affected by them if only the User is on the field during the hit. Side Note: obviously, FS/Doom are only affected by the Pokemon clicking those moves. Let's say I click FS with Pokemon A...