Hi there, I'm new to Roulettemons, but discovered it a few days ago and I am loving the concept, so might as well drop my thoughts on the latest slate....
Bily is a special setup sweeper and Spikes setter which is cool, but it's also Ice type. There's already an overabundance of Ice types in the meta, don't think we need any more. As a special attacker it would compete with Chillvark and Voltarak who have more immediate power and coverage but lack boosting moves on the same level. It's definitely unique and a little strong, but redundant given the amount of Ice-types already. I probably won't vote this due to its redundance with Chillvark.
Alligarak is literally Dracovish. Alligarak's Fishious Rend is a hair stronger than Dracovish's Strong Jaw boosted Fishious Rend, and while it is slower, it is also more physically bulky thanks to Fluffy. This meta has no Water Absorb or Storm Drain mons in it (EDIT: I forgot about Hyperoach which is immune to Water due to Desolate Land. Still has poor physical bulk and is not a very splashable mon) and Alligarak has the tools to really hurt the few switch-ins to Fishious Rend; namely, it has Leaf Storm to bop Aquatopus and Gunk Shot to really hurt Herbigator. Brawnkey can switch into it once but can't really check it throughout the game due to its lack of recovery. HDB Barracoth is the only mon that can really be considered a counter to it until it gets Toxic'd and can't maintain its Shadow Shield. Alligarak also has a few other tricks that make it a bit more versatile like reliable recovery, Rapid Spin, Bulk Up. While the meta is hurting for Dragon-types we have plenty of Water-types and I don't think we need Alligarak. It just seems too strong and a real headache to play against.
Stareon has a lot of good qualities for an offensive support mon, being Magic Bounce, Defog and Court Change. Coupled with its decent coverage it would be a very solid, perhaps even meta-defining mon, but that isn't all it can do. As a Nasty Plot user it's pretty solid and covers pretty much everything it would want to hit between Moonblast, Eruption, and Steam Eruption. SpDef Giranium is perhaps the best check to it since it can take a hit and KO back, but it takes a lot from +2 Steam Eruption (+2 Life Orb Stareon Steam Eruption does 77% minimum to max SpDef Giranium) so it's a little bit of a shaky check. Crazefly and Mosqung don't take Eruption well at all, Pidgeotine can check it but is easily worn down, Barracoth struggles against it since it can't use Toxic against it, Ostria is a decent offensive check but struggles to switch in on Eruption... overall defensive counterplay to this seems a little grim. It also has the Z-Forest's Curse meme which lets it clean against offensive teams. Overall I think Stareon can do a little too much.... and we also have plenty of normal types already. Probably won't vote this but it does seem like a better fit than the first two at least.
Goldium is a very strong Nasty Plot sweeper. Again, Giranium is basically the only defensive check to it, since Gorilax struggles to do too much back and Komodith doesn't take +2 Fire Blast very well. Although there's lots of offensive mons who can revenge it, the pressure it puts on slower things seems like a bit too much. Compoundeyes Fire Blast is cool, Sand Rush seems useless without sand setters, but it begs the question: is Dynamax legal in the Roulettemons metagame? If so Sand Rush Goldium would be a very broken Dynamax sweeper, capable of Nasty Plotting on a switch, then using Max Rockfall to activate its Sand Rush and Max Mindstorm to protect itself from priority while powering it up even more. So yeah, absolutely ridiculous with Dynamax, and arguably too strong without it too, probably not gonna vote this one. I think having a good Nasty Plot user in the meta would be nice but this aint it chief.
EDIT: Dynamax is not allowed
Chimish kinda just sits there and tries to burn the foe. Its a good mon to handle physical setup sweepers with Spectral Thief, but we already have a host of other things that can do that like Brawnkey, Baloon, Aquatopus. Dragon/Bug is a cool typing, but it's not exceptional defensively, and its abilities are either pretty useless or are a terrible meme (Wimp Out). Overall Chimish faces unfavourable competition from Komodith, Bellena, Brawnkey, etc. and even if it was good, its role in the meta is not something we need more of. Not gonna vote it tbh.
Overall the options aren't super great this time, will maybe just vote None this week, but I might change my mind about Stareon or Goldium.
I've also made a lot of sample sets for Pokemon in the Roulettemons metagame exploring the roles each one can fill.... if there's any interest I could post those.
Bily is a special setup sweeper and Spikes setter which is cool, but it's also Ice type. There's already an overabundance of Ice types in the meta, don't think we need any more. As a special attacker it would compete with Chillvark and Voltarak who have more immediate power and coverage but lack boosting moves on the same level. It's definitely unique and a little strong, but redundant given the amount of Ice-types already. I probably won't vote this due to its redundance with Chillvark.
Alligarak is literally Dracovish. Alligarak's Fishious Rend is a hair stronger than Dracovish's Strong Jaw boosted Fishious Rend, and while it is slower, it is also more physically bulky thanks to Fluffy. This meta has no Water Absorb or Storm Drain mons in it (EDIT: I forgot about Hyperoach which is immune to Water due to Desolate Land. Still has poor physical bulk and is not a very splashable mon) and Alligarak has the tools to really hurt the few switch-ins to Fishious Rend; namely, it has Leaf Storm to bop Aquatopus and Gunk Shot to really hurt Herbigator. Brawnkey can switch into it once but can't really check it throughout the game due to its lack of recovery. HDB Barracoth is the only mon that can really be considered a counter to it until it gets Toxic'd and can't maintain its Shadow Shield. Alligarak also has a few other tricks that make it a bit more versatile like reliable recovery, Rapid Spin, Bulk Up. While the meta is hurting for Dragon-types we have plenty of Water-types and I don't think we need Alligarak. It just seems too strong and a real headache to play against.
Stareon has a lot of good qualities for an offensive support mon, being Magic Bounce, Defog and Court Change. Coupled with its decent coverage it would be a very solid, perhaps even meta-defining mon, but that isn't all it can do. As a Nasty Plot user it's pretty solid and covers pretty much everything it would want to hit between Moonblast, Eruption, and Steam Eruption. SpDef Giranium is perhaps the best check to it since it can take a hit and KO back, but it takes a lot from +2 Steam Eruption (+2 Life Orb Stareon Steam Eruption does 77% minimum to max SpDef Giranium) so it's a little bit of a shaky check. Crazefly and Mosqung don't take Eruption well at all, Pidgeotine can check it but is easily worn down, Barracoth struggles against it since it can't use Toxic against it, Ostria is a decent offensive check but struggles to switch in on Eruption... overall defensive counterplay to this seems a little grim. It also has the Z-Forest's Curse meme which lets it clean against offensive teams. Overall I think Stareon can do a little too much.... and we also have plenty of normal types already. Probably won't vote this but it does seem like a better fit than the first two at least.
Goldium is a very strong Nasty Plot sweeper. Again, Giranium is basically the only defensive check to it, since Gorilax struggles to do too much back and Komodith doesn't take +2 Fire Blast very well. Although there's lots of offensive mons who can revenge it, the pressure it puts on slower things seems like a bit too much. Compoundeyes Fire Blast is cool, Sand Rush seems useless without sand setters, but it begs the question: is Dynamax legal in the Roulettemons metagame? If so Sand Rush Goldium would be a very broken Dynamax sweeper, capable of Nasty Plotting on a switch, then using Max Rockfall to activate its Sand Rush and Max Mindstorm to protect itself from priority while powering it up even more. So yeah, absolutely ridiculous with Dynamax, and arguably too strong without it too, probably not gonna vote this one. I think having a good Nasty Plot user in the meta would be nice but this aint it chief.
EDIT: Dynamax is not allowed
Chimish kinda just sits there and tries to burn the foe. Its a good mon to handle physical setup sweepers with Spectral Thief, but we already have a host of other things that can do that like Brawnkey, Baloon, Aquatopus. Dragon/Bug is a cool typing, but it's not exceptional defensively, and its abilities are either pretty useless or are a terrible meme (Wimp Out). Overall Chimish faces unfavourable competition from Komodith, Bellena, Brawnkey, etc. and even if it was good, its role in the meta is not something we need more of. Not gonna vote it tbh.
Overall the options aren't super great this time, will maybe just vote None this week, but I might change my mind about Stareon or Goldium.
I've also made a lot of sample sets for Pokemon in the Roulettemons metagame exploring the roles each one can fill.... if there's any interest I could post those.
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