there’s some interesting stuff this mon has. Drag z / fire z are nice z crystal options to hit certain threats like pex / molt for the former and gambit and Melm for the latter. Ghost z / even spell tag are nice options for stronger hits vs. steels and fairies like z ghold, tran, koko, and clef. I wonder if you could get greedy with specs hex lol… probably not good though.
I’ve ran sd ice fang on this just for sd Gliscor mirrors, but it’s also good for Lando.
synthesis is a neat way of using the mon as one of its biggest weaknesses is spikes, so synthesis helps it have more longevity in a game (and helps vs. gliscor and tusk long term). Taunt is also interesting in pex / Mola mus.
We’ve seen a decent amount of ghost z lele in ndbd at this point and I think I’ve come to accept it’s not that bad. I think we’ve also seen tapunium z lele used LOL which I thought was a funny tech. I’ve used boots on this thing as well and it helps lele overcome a big weakness in spikes / Tspikes from something like pex.
AV is cheesy but if you get the perfect mu to snipe something with mirror coat it’s pretty funny. Lagging tail is another interesting item that means Mola can slow pivot on melm, pex, and even ferro on occasion.
I hate Alomomola so substitute it is. Interesting tech used for not only exploiting Mola balance but also as a means to avoid toxic from Gliscor / molt and avoid rkilling attempts from pon or lop or whatever. Boomenheimer used fast utility chomp like some sm sets did in ndbd and it worked pretty well vs. offense.
I’ve seen some experimentation with stone edge tusk for the birds, and rock z can help secure ohkos on them (especially against tornt / Zapdos).
I think I used band val at the start of the meta but I never used it ever since. Still seems like an interesting lure against some threats though. Liquidation is something I tried on sd to be funny with and I’ve sniped some Volcaronas and Moltres with it. Boots also is interesting since spikes are so powerful in this meta and it eases prediction from specs sets.
Although it’s more standard, encore feels nice as a way to exploit fat stuff like pex and Sciz trying to recover and then gain a spike off of that. It also helps immensely vs. sd gambit.
fairy z nukes tusk, chomp, and bolt which in the case of tusk and bolt I think are annoying for Koko since gleam doesn’t ohko tusk and +1 bolt bounces off gleam. It also provides a cool nuke vs. weakened lando
there’s a lot of item experimentation you can do with this. On AOA sets (the best way to use zama rn) you can use zs like elec z and rock z along with stuff like lo and ebelt to give Zama an extra boost when it’s usually lacking in it with boots.
I’ve personally liked tect on heatran to scout z from Ghold while also making games vs. lele and specs ival easier. Also gives tran all the lefties recovery it can get which is great for it because its longevity isn’t that good nowadays.
After seeing mmx use it I tried fire + ice punch Mmedi with no prio and it’s worked pretty well, you just have to cope with the loss of prio which isn’t too bad in my opinion in exchange for wrecking every defensive core in the tier, especially since ho / offense are much less common.
Again, I hate Alomomola, so sub it is. Fly z is also nice in case you run into clef, zama or full physdef tusk. Bulky sets seem solid as well as a blanket check to most of the tier’s threatening wincons in general. The heal bell set LBN showed seemed really heat imo and is what I’m mainly referring to in terms of bulky sets, but bulky dd also seems solid.
Lameflame used this vs. me in seasonal but fire z np tornt (and even off of np) is really heat and destroys a ton of balance structures with taunt. Nuking basically all the steels besides the declining heatran is a good trait to have.
Is it weird to think that water z has potential? It makes sure Gliscor doesn’t win long term because of hydro misses / pp and it checks gambit pretty nicely. NP sets could also work well with sub to bully tf out of Gliscor pex cores as well.
Latios has a ton of interesting coverage but sub I think is cool to avoid sucker mindgames and avoid rkillers like ival and lop. It also exploits Tox Gliscor and pex / Mola balance greatly. The cm psynoise sets that latios uses in sv ou could also be interesting.
, so recommendations/insight on how I should be using it would be nice
