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Welcome to Good NU Cores.
The idea of this thread is simple: The community submits cores of pokemon that work well in the current metagame. These cores serve the purpose of helping new players to understand the tier better and giving ideas for the teambuilding for everyone.
But what is a "core"?
A core usually contains two or three pokemon that work on a specific goal together. This goal can be breaking through whole opposing teams or similar checks/counters, or covering each other's weaknesses while providing the team with a solid back bone of resistances for common threats of the metagame.
Happy submitting and keep in mind that this lives from the cores you guys submit! But when submitting a core please make sure you follow the rules below:
1. The core has to contain at least two pokemon and a maximum of three pokemon.
2. Include a short description of the core to make it easier to understand for someone who doesn't know how your core functions.
3. The submitted core must be tested to ensure that it performs well in the current meta. Therefore, including replays is recommended to further support the validity of your core!
4. Creativity is allowed but make sure your not using pokemon that have very small/situational niches.
here is an example of an outdated but good core post:
Welcome to Good NU Cores.
The idea of this thread is simple: The community submits cores of pokemon that work well in the current metagame. These cores serve the purpose of helping new players to understand the tier better and giving ideas for the teambuilding for everyone.
But what is a "core"?
A core usually contains two or three pokemon that work on a specific goal together. This goal can be breaking through whole opposing teams or similar checks/counters, or covering each other's weaknesses while providing the team with a solid back bone of resistances for common threats of the metagame.
Happy submitting and keep in mind that this lives from the cores you guys submit! But when submitting a core please make sure you follow the rules below:
1. The core has to contain at least two pokemon and a maximum of three pokemon.
2. Include a short description of the core to make it easier to understand for someone who doesn't know how your core functions.
3. The submitted core must be tested to ensure that it performs well in the current meta. Therefore, including replays is recommended to further support the validity of your core!
4. Creativity is allowed but make sure your not using pokemon that have very small/situational niches.
here is an example of an outdated but good core post:
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Vanilluxe @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Serious Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
Comfey @ Life Orb
Ability: Triage
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Draining Kiss
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Taunt / Giga Drain
Never actually used this core, but I've played against it one too many times and its so annoying to deal with. Basically, Vanilluxe takes care of most of the things that walls Comfey while Comfey sets up on most of the things that come in to revenge kill Vanilluxe.
Triage is such a disgusting ability, as the things that would normally revenge kill you don't due to +3 priority Draining Kiss or Giga Drain. Fairy + Ground coverage pretty much hits most of the meta for neutral, leaving only Golbat, Zard and Weezing as decent switch ins. None of them appreciates taking a Blizzard and the first and last of the three are pretty easily worn down due to the amount of stuff they have to check.
With good hazard control (Xatu etc.), this core can easily ravage offensive teams and while bulkier teams scrambling for Vanilluxe switch ins will eventually get swept by Comfey. Try the core, I promise it's stupid good.
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