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Kyurem @ Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Roost
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
Kyurem, while being an incredible wallbreaker, struggles with some steels, most notably mega scizor, but also corviknight and ferrothorn, all easily trapped by zone. Kyurem can also get free switchins from the grounds zone dislikes most, being gliscor and the water/grounds. In return, magnezone provides volt switches, as kyurem is somewhat hard to get in safely, with its rocks weakness and lack of resistances.
Voting time!
by Adib10
by Avaritia GC
by ChrisPBacon
by Adib10
Garchomp-Mega @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Scale Shot
- Stone Edge
Garchomp mega is menace to society, it can sweep unprepared team. Anyways, This mega garchomp set is walled by corviknight before sd and 2ohko after sd but required to using stone edge so not reliable as stone edge can miss. Pairing it with corvknight will make garchomp mega sweep easier.
by Avaritia GC
Serperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 56 HP / 200 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Substitute
- Glare
Pairing Zoner with Serp means that Serp doesn't really need to run HP Fire to hit its usual targets in Corv/Sciz/Ferro, and instead, it can put the hammer on its arch-nemesis lava toad, and otherwise spam Leaf Storm against pretty much everything else, notably pressuring the grounds like Garchomp that would otherwise decimate Zoner.
Finish core with something to beat the bulky grasses and dragons and there we go.
by ChrisPBacon Voting will end on 11/6 whenever adem desires
Kyurem @ Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Roost
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
Kyurem, while being an incredible wallbreaker, struggles with some steels, most notably mega scizor, but also corviknight and ferrothorn, all easily trapped by zone. Kyurem can also get free switchins from the grounds zone dislikes most, being gliscor and the water/grounds. In return, magnezone provides volt switches, as kyurem is somewhat hard to get in safely, with its rocks weakness and lack of resistances.
Serp
Congrats to Avaritia GC for winning this week! Your submission will be added to the leaderboards. This week we have a very up-and coming mon….
Victini has been rising lately in usage due to the increased use of Boots sets. What will you pair with it?
Victini has been rising lately in usage due to the increased use of Boots sets. What will you pair with it?
Tapu Lele @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
- Future sight/Hidden power fire/thunderbolt
Tapu lele provide psychic terrain which can abuse victini stab psychic move such as zenheadbutt, expanding force and stored power(from z celebrate).
Psychic terrain also avoid victini to get hit by priority move such as water shuriken and sucker punch.
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast
- Future sight/Hidden power fire/thunderbolt
Tapu lele provide psychic terrain which can abuse victini stab psychic move such as zenheadbutt, expanding force and stored power(from z celebrate).
Psychic terrain also avoid victini to get hit by priority move such as water shuriken and sucker punch.
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Ferrothorn is a great partner for Victini, as it can set up hazards which victini needs to be able to clean up and inflict as much damage as possible. I would go for a mixed set on ferro with impish nature but invest quite a few points into spD so it can eat more hits from special attackers such as Ash Gren which victini tends to struggle with.
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Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magnet Pull
Hidden Power: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
Mega Scizor, Corv, Skarmory and Slowbro deal with Melmetal if well played, and Magnezone easily kills the first three and threatens to do so with the latest, forcing a switch which can be used to switch in with Melmetal thanks to Volt Switch.
Latios-Mega (M) @ Latiosite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Aura Sphere
- Roost
mega latios offers an offensive check to pokemon which scare melmetal out, specifically fire types such as heatran and zardy along with grounds if played carefully. in return, melm acts as a pivot to the likes of lele and mega diancie. The two also form a great wallbreaking duo, as melmetal is capable of paralysing latios's steel-type answers in corviknight and mega scizor, allowing the two to wear them down much more easily.
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reserving medicham mega
Voting time!
by Dorron
by ChrisPBacon
by Dorron
Magnezone @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magnet Pull
Hidden Power: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
Mega Scizor, Corv, Skarmory and Slowbro deal with Melmetal if well played, and Magnezone easily kills the first three and threatens to do so with the latest, forcing a switch which can be used to switch in with Melmetal thanks to Volt Switch.
by ChrisPBaconVoting will end whenever adem desires.
Latios-Mega (M) @ Latiosite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Aura Sphere
- Roost
mega latios offers an offensive check to pokemon which scare melmetal out, specifically fire types such as heatran and zardy along with grounds if played carefully. in return, melm acts as a pivot to the likes of lele and mega diancie. The two also form a great wallbreaking duo, as melmetal is capable of paralysing latios's steel-type answers in corviknight and mega scizor, allowing the two to wear them down much more easily.
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latios
Apologies for taking so long with this, have been incredibly busy lately. Congrats to ChrisPBacon for winning last week, your post will be added to the leaderboards. This weeks Pokemon is Gastrodon !
What will you pair with this sea slug ?
What will you pair with this sea slug ?
Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Stealth Rock
- Soft-Boiled
- Calm Mind/ Knock Off/ Idk literally anything
Gastroclef form a solid defensive structure on bulkier teams, with clef appreciating gastrodons ability to answer most tran sets, a mon which it lets in easily while clef provides a dark resist so gastro is not forced to be the sole gren check. In return, clef works as a scout for most physical attackers gastrodon struggles with, such as the likes of mega lopunny, garchomp and landorus-therian.
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Avaritia
Sylvain stan
Corviknight @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SpD
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
- Defog
- Roost
Your typical Corviknight, but the type synergies between these two are pretty unparalleled. Gastrodon is a good check to a number of Fire-types (
, to a lesser extent 
) packing Clear Smog for the former should it try to Quiver Dance, as well as most Electric-types ( 
, to a lesser extent 
) that would otherwise shred our metal birb apart, and of course Corviknight is also a good answer to most of the Grass-types in the tier ( 
, to a lesser extent ), at worst 1-for-1ing them in exchange for their Z-move.
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Latias-Mega (F) @ Latiasite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Aura Sphere
- Roost
One thing that gastrodon appreciates is latias mega. Usually used on fat, gastrodon has trouble with certain mons such as every grass type in existence. Latias is a great mon to sweep people when you get a good opportunity and will sponge gastros weakness.
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