How does each type deal with scarf Hydreigon? Many teams automatically lose to it, as I can personally vouch for.
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Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer: Monotype Edition
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Choice Scarf Hydreigon isn’t common but generally defensive Pokemon and revenge killers are good checks to it. It has a harder time beating down walls like Toxapex and Corviknight because of the power loss that can cripple it with status or set up respectively more easily as a result from not running Choice Specs or Nasty Plot. Faster Choice Scarf users and priority users like Gengar, Dragapult and Mamoswine respectively also beat it pretty well. Once you figure out good ways to deal with it, you’ll realize that the notion of it straight up beating a lot of types isn’t true.
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I was talking about it beating many teams, not many types.
But anyway, I assume Fighting is way better with the musketeer gang back, if not by very much. What sort of new stuff can they do with the boys here?
But anyway, I assume Fighting is way better with the musketeer gang back, if not by very much. What sort of new stuff can they do with the boys here?
So Cobalion is a good utility Pokemon, Terrakion is a good revenge killer, and Keldeo is a good special wallbreaker. What niche does Virizion have on Fighting then?
Virizion can use a Swords dance set with Leaf Blade , substitute or other coverage move. It can be used to ease the teams match up against water type teams since Breloom is not available to use which helped Fighting type teams against water teams. You could also try Scarf Virizon though its kinda weak but it allows you to use Double Dance set on Terrakion. Hope this helps you.
Hm... What about Calm Mind Virizion?
It really depends on the type and the type of team you're going for, for both of these questions. It's like what we discussed on Discord about hazard removal and how different types sometimes run different forms. PM me there and I can explain further.
I personally don't think there's a solid best type right now, but Steel, Dragon, Water, and Psychic are some really good ones that are all up there. I wouldn't say any type is unviable, Fighting was pretty bad before Pokemon Home dropped but now that the Swords of Justice are out it's alright. Although some types may be better than others, the good thing about this metagame is that every type has some sort of niche that makes it worth using in high levels of play.
What does Morpeko even do on Dark?
Aura Wheel + Seed Bomb is really great to fend off Water, Parting Shot to help pivot between itself and Mandibuzz, etc. It's main use is for fighting Water though.
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Don't know, probably because Melmetal is a new mon but Kyurem isn't. We are much more familiar on how Kyurem affects monotype from the past gens. Banded Melmetal was very hard to deal with under Trick Room, being able to 2KO most stuff + having that good chance of flinching. Most people complained about it too, ignoring how insanely broken Kyurem Black is right now in my opinion. But both are broken and have to go.
You can view the banlist here. Shadow Tag is banned, but Arena Trap is not.
https://discord.gg/Tz9Gdyx nat dex mono cord
Although there is not an official ladder, it is a monotype OM that we have tours for a few times a week. Here is a link to the discord: https://discord.gg/jMUZrC for further questions about the meta ask there
Thanks for the answer!
Considering that other Mono OMs don't have a ladder, it'll probably stay a once in a while tour thing. It might make an appearance in MWP though, which is the tour for Mono OMs.
