Recently i’ve been enjoying the tier a lot more, I’m confident that most of this is due to me forging a healthier relationship with the game but a part of the reason is definitely me going back to test out shitmons- trust me, it’s fun :)
One of the core reasons I fell in love with the tier was cuz of the shitmon experimentation variety actually.
I’ve built around like 5 atm as of recently: Mega Heracross, Dragalgea, Zeraora, Regieleki and Hydreigon
And have used the tho not really a shitmon but still unpopular Ursaluna and am PLANNING to use sd tinka and MPinsir.
So how are they?
Shit, that’s what they are (I mean, it’s in the name: shitmon). I’m being honest to god when I’m saying this, my MHera team is probably the best team I’ve built with a shitmon but it felt like I was fighting a 5v6 like 90% of the time.
Lemme list out some of strengths i’ve noticed so far of each mon
The Shitmon shit show:
Kinda bulky, packs a serious punch and has pretty damn strong knock offs. I didn’t use SD, that’s lame, instead I used 4a with rock blast, pin missile, knock and cc while running max investment in hp and attack. Wanted this to be an “unignorable bulky wallbreaker”, guess what? It was ignorable :)
Albeit I’m over exaggerating it, most battles felt more of a 5.5v6 tbh.
Here’s the team if any of y’all want it (warning, it’s kinda bad but also definitely usable):
https://pokepast.es/9f1e26137dbdd647
(on paper) walls wellspring, can pivot, has strong draco’s and sludge waves, has hazards (in t spikes) and is a good toxic spreader. I used adaptability with sludge wave, Draco, flip turn and t spikes. How was it? Bad.. really bad. The rest of the team doesn’t *properly* support it ig but i’ve basically given up on testing it, it’s like a cardboard cutout of a restaurant which you fell for and thought was real and actually tried to go inside of it to sum it up. Way worse in practice. Now my complaints for wellspring can also be blamed on my overall incompetency as a player but it being able to 2 shot dragalgea with +2 cudgel is just… why.
Here’s the paste if you want it for some reason:
https://pokepast.es/1f6441a4ca2bbf24
Grouping these 2 together since they have a pretty similar role.
Fast volt pivot… that’s it.
I’ve given up on eleki tho am still willing to expirament with Zeraora cuz eleki is the definition of “come here and hit me!” Whenever there’s a ground type, which surprise! Almost every team has one.
Zeraora can’t threaten grounds (with the set I’m running: volt, plasma fists, knock, cc) but can at least do something when facing one.
I’ll still be testing zera so note the paste would be “incomplete”.
One strength of eleki is that if the opponent’s ground goes down, it’s capable of 6-0’ing (or 5-0’ing ig). I’m not exaggerating, I’ve done it before.
Anyways here are the pastes:
https://pokepast.es/4bbf3339e2a31ab7 (Gets destroyed by scarf shifu btw)
https://pokepast.es/2acba9d4927dafca (This team is shit, got way too many reverse synergies. Still not rebuilding eleki anytime soon tho)
I’ve temporarily given up but will (probably) pick it back up later. I’ve been using scarf and my days it’s ass. It does like 38% to Zard y btw (with dark pulse), I was expecting like 42-45% bare minimum. I wanna try AV and nasty plot tho, as nasty plot overall has seen greater success in gen 9 overall with hydra. There was a sv ou sample with it even, I remember vividly.
It requires a ton of support still. Overall still bad, performed way worse than I expected, once again similarly to zera the team is “incomplete” but that doesn’t change the fact it can barely output damage (damn power creep’s a bitch, this is 125 sp.atk we’re talking about).
Paste:
https://pokepast.es/3ad67f6c0af644bb
HOW TO USE SHITMONS GUIDE:
Step 1: Pick a shitmon which has “potential”.
Basically, pick a shitmon which can actually do smth, you’re not getting anything done with a tatsugiri but *can* get smth done with a hydreigon (keyword: can).
Step 2: spam
Spam this thing, on every team. The only teams I didn’t use it in was zera and eleki cuz they’re way too frail, if they take damage they’re realistically already dead. I somehow didn’t use it hydra tho so fuck :)
Step 3: Get partners which patch up the shitmon’s weaknesses.
For example, Mola is usually an excellent partner as it patches up a ton of weaknesses usually, and saves the difficulty of recovery and pivoting.
Another example, I picked dnite as a partner for MHera since it handles wellspring well. (Unboosted cudgel does like 42-ish% iirc, so it was important if you ask me)
Step 4: Test and patch the team
Just like normal teambuilding, test it out on ladder and patch up obvious weaknesses! I’ll advise that you don’t need to patch up a weakness against an uncommon mon like MMawhile for example.
I’m really fucking tired and am too lazy to write a proper conclusion So Thank you for reading, sorry if it felt like I wasted your time, have a great day moving forward!
One of the core reasons I fell in love with the tier was cuz of the shitmon experimentation variety actually.
I’ve built around like 5 atm as of recently: Mega Heracross, Dragalgea, Zeraora, Regieleki and Hydreigon
And have used the tho not really a shitmon but still unpopular Ursaluna and am PLANNING to use sd tinka and MPinsir.
So how are they?
Shit, that’s what they are (I mean, it’s in the name: shitmon). I’m being honest to god when I’m saying this, my MHera team is probably the best team I’ve built with a shitmon but it felt like I was fighting a 5v6 like 90% of the time.
Lemme list out some of strengths i’ve noticed so far of each mon
The Shitmon shit show:
Kinda bulky, packs a serious punch and has pretty damn strong knock offs. I didn’t use SD, that’s lame, instead I used 4a with rock blast, pin missile, knock and cc while running max investment in hp and attack. Wanted this to be an “unignorable bulky wallbreaker”, guess what? It was ignorable :)
Albeit I’m over exaggerating it, most battles felt more of a 5.5v6 tbh.
Here’s the team if any of y’all want it (warning, it’s kinda bad but also definitely usable):
https://pokepast.es/9f1e26137dbdd647
(on paper) walls wellspring, can pivot, has strong draco’s and sludge waves, has hazards (in t spikes) and is a good toxic spreader. I used adaptability with sludge wave, Draco, flip turn and t spikes. How was it? Bad.. really bad. The rest of the team doesn’t *properly* support it ig but i’ve basically given up on testing it, it’s like a cardboard cutout of a restaurant which you fell for and thought was real and actually tried to go inside of it to sum it up. Way worse in practice. Now my complaints for wellspring can also be blamed on my overall incompetency as a player but it being able to 2 shot dragalgea with +2 cudgel is just… why.
Here’s the paste if you want it for some reason:
https://pokepast.es/1f6441a4ca2bbf24
Grouping these 2 together since they have a pretty similar role.
Fast volt pivot… that’s it.
I’ve given up on eleki tho am still willing to expirament with Zeraora cuz eleki is the definition of “come here and hit me!” Whenever there’s a ground type, which surprise! Almost every team has one.
Zeraora can’t threaten grounds (with the set I’m running: volt, plasma fists, knock, cc) but can at least do something when facing one.
I’ll still be testing zera so note the paste would be “incomplete”.
One strength of eleki is that if the opponent’s ground goes down, it’s capable of 6-0’ing (or 5-0’ing ig). I’m not exaggerating, I’ve done it before.
Anyways here are the pastes:
https://pokepast.es/4bbf3339e2a31ab7 (Gets destroyed by scarf shifu btw)
https://pokepast.es/2acba9d4927dafca (This team is shit, got way too many reverse synergies. Still not rebuilding eleki anytime soon tho)
I’ve temporarily given up but will (probably) pick it back up later. I’ve been using scarf and my days it’s ass. It does like 38% to Zard y btw (with dark pulse), I was expecting like 42-45% bare minimum. I wanna try AV and nasty plot tho, as nasty plot overall has seen greater success in gen 9 overall with hydra. There was a sv ou sample with it even, I remember vividly.
It requires a ton of support still. Overall still bad, performed way worse than I expected, once again similarly to zera the team is “incomplete” but that doesn’t change the fact it can barely output damage (damn power creep’s a bitch, this is 125 sp.atk we’re talking about).
Paste:
https://pokepast.es/3ad67f6c0af644bb
HOW TO USE SHITMONS GUIDE:
Step 1: Pick a shitmon which has “potential”.
Basically, pick a shitmon which can actually do smth, you’re not getting anything done with a tatsugiri but *can* get smth done with a hydreigon (keyword: can).
Step 2:
spamSpam this thing, on every team. The only teams I didn’t use it in was zera and eleki cuz they’re way too frail, if they take damage they’re realistically already dead. I somehow didn’t use it hydra tho so fuck :)
Step 3: Get partners which patch up the shitmon’s weaknesses.
For example, Mola is usually an excellent partner as it patches up a ton of weaknesses usually, and saves the difficulty of recovery and pivoting.
Another example, I picked dnite as a partner for MHera since it handles wellspring well. (Unboosted cudgel does like 42-ish% iirc, so it was important if you ask me)
Step 4: Test and patch the team
Just like normal teambuilding, test it out on ladder and patch up obvious weaknesses! I’ll advise that you don’t need to patch up a weakness against an uncommon mon like MMawhile for example.
I’m really fucking tired and am too lazy to write a proper conclusion So Thank you for reading, sorry if it felt like I wasted your time, have a great day moving forward!
Ting-Lu
4.5/5 
252 Atk Kartana Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 192-226 (60.9 - 71.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Kingambit Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 252-296 (80 - 93.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (it can sucker to avoid focus miss, basically it’s forcing a 50/50 if it’s focus miss, and wins outright if it isn’t)
0 Atk Scizor-Mega Knock Off vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 140-166 (44.4 - 52.6%) -- 20.7% chance to 2HKO (I chose the bulky set on purpose)
