Arceus-Dragon Suspect Hi everyone,
Dragonceus has been on the rise since early September where it was realised that it is an astounding Physical sweeper with Dragon Dance or Swords Dance, with one of its very few checks being Landorus-Therian, who could chip it with Rocky Helmet while Taunting it to stop recovery or boosting. Encore Magearna being more common held it back a little bit too, as outrage was punishable by a forced switchout. However, post-shifts, Landorus-Therian has left us and Thunder Wave Magearna is making a comeback, and as such, Dragonceus has been left with very unreliable counterplay, with even bulky 'mons like Toxapex and Bulky Arceus-formes just getting wiped out by the incredibly powerful Outrage it possesses. Revenge Killers like Zacian or Ice Beam Mewtwo are either outrun after a boost or wall victim to Tera Fire & Dragonceus' tremendous bulk, making it an offensive threat that toes the line on being unkillable.
However, some Counterplay still exists. Sets like Tickle Alomomola have seen a rise, along with an increase in paralysis spreaders, can prove obstacles; alongside niche picks like Curse Dondozo. Pokemon like Toxapex are running baneful bunker to counter the contact moves, and Rocky Helmet usage has gone up too, on Pokemon like Great Tusk to force more Recoil onto it, and more tera Fairy has poped up to take advantage of Outrage locking Dragonceus in for its duration. Some desperate people have even resorted to the use of Heatran/Diancie, just to stop it, which are dispatched by it running Earthquake. With it seeing 6.4 from the general playerbase, and 6.3 from the qualified playerbase, we felt like a quickban would not be appropriate, despite the ongoing UMPL.
Suspect information:
- All games must be played on the Pokémon Showdown! Ubers UU ladder on a new alt with the following format: "UUBAD”. For example, UUBAD Imperial or UUBADatthegame.
- You have to reach a COIL of 2770 in order to get reqs. For reference, the B-value for this suspect will be 3.
- Do NOT impersonate other people in your ladder alt, do NOT use any usernames which are offensive, flame-baiting, or targeting specific users, and do NOT use usernames which could be interpreted as breaking any of the username rules on Pokémon Showdown! Failure to abide to this will result in you being barred from voting in this suspect, and potential infractions.
- Any form of voting manipulation will result in swift and severe punishment. You are more than welcome to state your argument to as many people as you so please, but do not use any kind of underhanded tactics to get a result you desire. Bribery, blackmail, or any other type of tactic used to sway votes will be handled and sanctioned.
- Do not attempt to cheat the ladder. We will know if you did not actually achieve voting requisites, so don't do it. Harsh sanctions will be applied.
- The suspect test will last for 14 days, ending on Tuesday, October 29. 23:59 GMT -5
- There will be 2 suspect tours in the Unofficial Metagames room on Pokemon showdown! on the 19th and 20th of October at 8PM UTC+1 and 1AM UTC+1 respectively, and the winner & runner up will qualify for requirements.
Tagging dhelmise and Marty to implement on ladder please! thank you.
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