Shoutout to my number one boy Slither wing, truly my MVP of this month.
The only crime that overshadows my beautiful boy being placed in B rank, is the warcrimes he commits on a daily basis on the ladder.
Slither Wing is imo the best wallbreaker in the tier and deserves a spot in high A, maybe even higher than that. If you haven't tried it yourself, then I'm sure you've been in the uncomfortable position of trying to switch into this thing. With Tough Clays from
or Tinted Lens from 
Slither Wing is great on both balance, offence and HO. It's also amazing versus offence and balance. It's never dead weight on your team. While it's not difficult to revenge kill, it can break through mosts defensive cores and revenge kill with First Impression.
Most of the time it just clicks Close Combat, U-turn or First Impression - these three are pretty much given. Bug + Fighting coverage is resist by ghost, fairy, poison and flying though. However, your last slot can use one of its coverage options to overcome this.
End the disrespect and put my boy in A rank, atleast.
(Slither Wing) @ Choice Band
Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- First Impression
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz/Earthquake/Wild Charge
The counters:
Pecharunt is probably the best answers out there, but it needs Tablets of Ruin to truly counter, which is a downgrade to Fluffy/Earth Eater imo
Fluffy: Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pecharunt: 196-232 (51.5 - 61%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Earth Eater: Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pecharunt: 146-172 (38.4 - 45.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Tablets of Ruin: Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tablets of Ruin Pecharunt: 148-176 (38.9 - 46.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Zapdos is another good option, but with rocks up it's vulnerable. Technically a counter
Fluffy: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Fluffy Zapdos: 226-266 (59 - 69.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
ToR: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Tablets of Ruin Zapdos: 170-200 (44.3 - 52.2%) -- 17.6% chance to 2HKO
Intimidate: -1 Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Zapdos: 147-174 (38.3 - 45.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Moltres is the best counter out there, though without HDBs you're in trouble.
Fluffy: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Fluffy Moltres: 109-128 (28.4 - 33.4%) -- 0.1% chance to 3HKO
Intimidate: -1 Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Moltres: 107-126 (27.9 - 32.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
Soft counters and checks depending on set(s):
Corviknight is a check at best, but it handles Tinted Lens better. Fluffy, ToR, Intimidate etc are all OHKOd or 2HKOd by Flare blitz
Well-Baked Body: Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 294-346 (73.5 - 86.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
is in the same situation as Corviknight
easily 2HKOd by either Earthquake or Flare Blitz
Archaludon Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Primarina: 172-203 (47.2 - 55.7%) -- 78.5% chance to 2HKO
Klawf Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Great Tusk: 258-304 (59.4 - 70%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Levitate is very niche, but: Wild Charge vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Skeledirge: 148-175 (36 - 42.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
ToR: Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tablets of Ruin Clodsire: 258-304 (55.7 - 65.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Replays:
1. Skip to turn 36 for the action
2. Once Iron Hands fell Slither Wing cleans
3. Turn 13 and 26 breakthroughs versus veil HO
The only crime that overshadows my beautiful boy being placed in B rank, is the warcrimes he commits on a daily basis on the ladder.
Slither Wing is imo the best wallbreaker in the tier and deserves a spot in high A, maybe even higher than that. If you haven't tried it yourself, then I'm sure you've been in the uncomfortable position of trying to switch into this thing. With Tough Clays from
or Tinted Lens from Slither Wing is great on both balance, offence and HO. It's also amazing versus offence and balance. It's never dead weight on your team. While it's not difficult to revenge kill, it can break through mosts defensive cores and revenge kill with First Impression. Most of the time it just clicks Close Combat, U-turn or First Impression - these three are pretty much given. Bug + Fighting coverage is resist by ghost, fairy, poison and flying though. However, your last slot can use one of its coverage options to overcome this.
End the disrespect and put my boy in A rank, atleast.
(Slither Wing) @ Choice Band Ability: Tough Claws
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- First Impression
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz/Earthquake/Wild Charge
The counters:
Pecharunt is probably the best answers out there, but it needs Tablets of Ruin to truly counter, which is a downgrade to Fluffy/Earth Eater imo
Fluffy: Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pecharunt: 196-232 (51.5 - 61%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Earth Eater: Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pecharunt: 146-172 (38.4 - 45.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO Tablets of Ruin: Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tablets of Ruin Pecharunt: 148-176 (38.9 - 46.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO Zapdos is another good option, but with rocks up it's vulnerable. Technically a counter
Fluffy: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Fluffy Zapdos: 226-266 (59 - 69.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO ToR: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Tablets of Ruin Zapdos: 170-200 (44.3 - 52.2%) -- 17.6% chance to 2HKO Intimidate: -1 Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 244+ Def Zapdos: 147-174 (38.3 - 45.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO Moltres is the best counter out there, though without HDBs you're in trouble.
Fluffy: Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Fluffy Moltres: 109-128 (28.4 - 33.4%) -- 0.1% chance to 3HKO Intimidate: -1 Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Moltres: 107-126 (27.9 - 32.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO Soft counters and checks depending on set(s):
Corviknight is a check at best, but it handles Tinted Lens better. Fluffy, ToR, Intimidate etc are all OHKOd or 2HKOd by Flare blitz
Well-Baked Body: Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 294-346 (73.5 - 86.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO is in the same situation as Corviknight easily 2HKOd by either Earthquake or Flare Blitz Archaludon Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Primarina: 172-203 (47.2 - 55.7%) -- 78.5% chance to 2HKO Klawf Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Great Tusk: 258-304 (59.4 - 70%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery Levitate is very niche, but: Wild Charge vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Skeledirge: 148-175 (36 - 42.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO ToR: Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tablets of Ruin Clodsire: 258-304 (55.7 - 65.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Replays:
1. Skip to turn 36 for the action
2. Once Iron Hands fell Slither Wing cleans
3. Turn 13 and 26 breakthroughs versus veil HO
Alomomola is physically the bulkiest Pokemon on my team with Fluffy. I chose this over a Regirock fusion mainly as a backup to Great Tusk and a counter to the numerous Choice Banded HO Pokemon I regularly face.
Goodra-Hisui and Meloetta are both the bulkiest special Pokemon with Slowking and Glowking fusions. They both serve the same function as RegenVesters with Knock Off, although Meloetta is a pivot and Goodra-Hisui is a phazer. Heavy Slam is for dealing with Fairies such as Clefable and Scream Tail, and Psyshock instead of Psychic on Meloetta to deal with Fairy Calm Mind sweepers that are neutral to Steel, such as Primarina.
Umbreon is arguably the best Hatterene fusion because of its mixed defenses and few weaknesses. The only Pokemon it really struggles with is Skarmory IronPress. Foul Play allows it to OHKO Pokemon that think they can set up on Umbreon. Corviknight takes massive damage from hazard setters using Volt Switch.
