sorry for double post but i have to do this: nomming Golisopod for C ish
but before that:
Mega Swampert for at least B to B+. Slightly motivated because KGOAT spams this mon lol.
you've all seen it before. y'all know what it does.
Basically. This mon lets u 50/50 the entire meta, bar like grass and stall mons (perfect partner to serperior amirite)
reasons why its better than its B- companions.
VR matchups i gues....:
tears through B rank mons.
deals with half of B+ reliably. other half, either straight loss or semi-reliably through sleep rolls and whatnot.
togekiss is in A- and Swampert isnt. say what. (Although yeah Swampert struggles with most of these guys, except like aegis and maybe landot.)
A rank is pretty aptly dealt with, except for kew and bromega, and ofc greninjas that only run grass knot to cteam you.
A+ rank is outplay rank, you can't 'reliably' deal with these, but with the right plays it can easy fall into swamperts favour.
S rank. has a decent chance to beat all of these.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-891218804
ok Taunt gyara and chary should technically win but swamp has the upper hand vs the others.
compared to something else in B-, like idk manaphy, it seems like Swampert is just a heck of a lot better.
basically you have 2 options: rank swamp higher or san bleep?
now that you're looking for a solid swampert check....say hello to:
IITSSSSYABOIIIIIII @ Choice Band
Ability: Emergency Exit
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- First Impression
- Poison Jab / Pin Missile for FEAR lol
that's the main set i use, which is pretty awful, doesn't really even kill necrozma reliably with first impression.
anyway some big names that it beats: Meloetta, Mew, Deoxys, Metagross (rolls), Greninja, Slowbro, uhhhh thats about it i guess. basically theres a lot of psychic mons running around so just smack them with that first impression before they can bend their spoons.
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/1v1-creative-underrated-sets.3649588/post-8120452this inspired me to make this post, although ive never used that set before.
however i have seen another set running around, which is Charti Berry Golisopod. I think xsc used to try it out back in the day as a golphan check.
now each of these sets may seem subpar. but with their collective power, these 3 sets perfectly cover the meta and thus should be considered for at least C.