:sm/gastly: :sm/mienfoo: :sm/vullaby: :sm/foongus: :sm/onix:
Why play SM LC?
- It's balanced and diverse: The meta has a wide range of viable threats and team archetypes, and each individual Pokemon tends to have many viable sets to choose from. It is also the only generation with Z moves, which open many additional possibilities on many Pokemon.
- It's accessible: The mechanics of the game and some main elements of the meta have stayed relatively similar since Generation 6. Hence SM LC is relatively easy to pick up for a player with current generation experience, once he or she gets used to the presence of Z-moves and Hidden Power.
- It's relatively stable: Despite Sticky Web and Vulpix-Alola being banned after it became an oldgen, the meta has been very stable since the end of Gen 7. A diverse set of builds have consistently been viable over the years, giving players a lot of solid options to choose from.
Banlist
Pokemon: :scyther: :sneasel: :tangela: :yanma: :swirlix: :gligar: :murkrow: :meditite: :misdreavus: :drifloon: :porygon: :cutiefly: :vulpix: :aipom: :gothita: :wingull: :trapinch: :vulpix-alola:
Moves: Dragon Rage, Sonic Boom, Swagger, Baton Pass, Sticky Web
Abilities: Moody
Items: Eevium-Z
Clauses: Species, Sleep, OHKO, Evasion
Sample Teams
:staryu: :timburr: :vullaby: :diglett: :pawniard: :foongus:
Standard Bulky Offense - by Ninjadog
:mudbray: :foongus: :staryu: :pawniard: :vullaby: :ponyta:
Scarf Pawniard + NP Vull - by Starmaster
:diglett: :abra: :gastly: :onix: :mienfoo: :vullaby:
GastBra Hyper-Offense - by Acehunter1
:mienfoo: :diglett: :onix: :foongus: :vullaby: :timburr:
Screech Diglett Fightspam - by Luthier
:gastly: :diglett: :mareanie: :mienfoo: :vullaby: :ferroseed:
Scarf Mienfoo Offense - by Toadow
:diglett: :staryu: :mienfoo: :pawniard: :vullaby: :mareanie:
Icium-Z Staryu - by Unknown
:staryu: :mienfoo: :vullaby: :mudbray: :spritzee: :ferroseed:
FerroSpritz + Scarf Mudbray - by Unknown
:timburr: :ponyta: :spritzee: :ferroseed: :pawniard: :vullaby:
Z-Fire Ponyta - by Voltix (winner of SM LC Cup II)
Big thanks to Corporal Levi, Coconut, LilyAC, ninjadog, and Star for making this thread possible!
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