Merry Christman PolloAriosto!
you suggested that i build "status spam" with Hex Gimmighoul-Roaming! this pokemon saw use on ladder when it first came out, but was quickly abandoned for better pokemon (gas) and forgotten. gastly is no longer here so this is a cool idea thanks man.
i tried a few team comps before settling on the final. ill post them all bc nobody ever devs gimmi
this team was okay honestly, you could probably make a few refinements and have this be playable. i thought it was "too standard" and it didnt play as a status spam in practice so X
this one is almost the opposite, pretty awful on paper with way too much dedicated to the status spam gameplan. winning with this one feels almost impossible against a pilot that understands what the bottom half do and the team is therefore a pure gimmick. X
heres another overcorrection from previous. again this team is fine i guess and could be viable with edits but not where i would like it to be for the prompt. X
this is that sauce, that ish, that essential oil. once i played a few test games with this i knew that vull+shel+ches was the offensive core that best fits gimmi (imo). i almost submitted this one as the final, but i was not happy with glimmet for the purpose of spreading status. most players have a grounded poison to absorb spikes and glim is usually a high priority target. koffing was fine i guess. i knew that i could build something with less predetermined lines and a stronger profile as a Status Spam team. X
Status Spam Gimmi-R for PolloGameplan: Use vullaby and shellder (+gimmi in theory) in the early game to force your opp to spend tempo addressing the threat. with this tempo, double-switch in one of the bottom half to gain residual progress by spreading status or setting hazards. As you shuffle through mid-game, find ways to simplify ASAP. You will recover from the tempo deficit of simplifying early by using sub plot gimmi in late game to KO slow and chipped pokemon and to fish for full para turns on substitute. these are both forms of crucial turn denial and the outcome of the game will most likely depend on the last few turns, given that your gameplan is not disrupted.
I will give a more detailed analysis of the sets and the decisions behind them later today. my tummy rumbly so i take break thanks, have a jolly holiday
you suggested that i build "status spam" with Hex Gimmighoul-Roaming! this pokemon saw use on ladder when it first came out, but was quickly abandoned for better pokemon (gas) and forgotten. gastly is no longer here so this is a cool idea thanks man.
i tried a few team comps before settling on the final. ill post them all bc nobody ever devs gimmi
this team was okay honestly, you could probably make a few refinements and have this be playable. i thought it was "too standard" and it didnt play as a status spam in practice so X
this one is almost the opposite, pretty awful on paper with way too much dedicated to the status spam gameplan. winning with this one feels almost impossible against a pilot that understands what the bottom half do and the team is therefore a pure gimmick. X
heres another overcorrection from previous. again this team is fine i guess and could be viable with edits but not where i would like it to be for the prompt. X
this is that sauce, that ish, that essential oil. once i played a few test games with this i knew that vull+shel+ches was the offensive core that best fits gimmi (imo). i almost submitted this one as the final, but i was not happy with glimmet for the purpose of spreading status. most players have a grounded poison to absorb spikes and glim is usually a high priority target. koffing was fine i guess. i knew that i could build something with less predetermined lines and a stronger profile as a Status Spam team. X
Status Spam Gimmi-R for Pollo
I will give a more detailed analysis of the sets and the decisions behind them later today. my tummy rumbly so i take break thanks, have a jolly holiday
self-explanatory
- stunky provides knock support, with memento to give snowshrew and axew chances to set up. It also may force a mudbray switch, one of the only pokemon capable of taking a +1 tera dragon outrage.
- first impression allows axew to revenge kill fast threats like a speed boosted vullaby in the midgame. Dragon dance boosted outrage and stomping tantrum break through teams that generally pack steels as their only dragon resist, if any. With tera dragon, outrages can break nearly all of the metagame.
Foongus is more common now as the defensive Poison type on teams, so I went with max Special Attack + Ice Beam to hit Foongus. Tera Ghost is for Scarf Mienfoo, but it could be switched to something else.
typical screens setter, taunt is there for to counter ppl leading their hazard setters.
another cool mon on screens, ground+rock coverage threatens so much, and even more so after an SD boost. Tera ground +2 eq also secures some kills vs stuff like bulky mien and foongus from full if needed.
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With max attack, trailblaze, and three coverage moves, cranidos turns one good prediction into a late game sweep. While sheer force prevents it from getting some OHKOs, with chip and knock off support it becomes a menace. Throw in tera ghost to help vs scarf foo and priority and there you go!
The set I eventually settled on is a doozy, Air slash and grass knot are for our lure victims, but without tera-ing, pawniard falls short in terms of value more often than not. thunder wave means that even if something that pawniard can't really handle (which is a lot of mons) swithces in, he's still getting atleast a little value, not to mention it pairs nicely with air slash just in case you need to hax your way out of a bind. last but not least sucker punch is pretty standard, and let's pawniard pick up kos on low health pokemon that are chunked by the big offensive threats on the team.
I haven't been one to consider using tentacool very often, but it can soak special attacks quite well and also offers a lot of utility in rapid spin, knock off, and flip turn. because of how fast paced the team is I wasn't too worried about it's lack of recovery moves
- tera normal fake out + last resort was the example you used, acting as a revenge and late game threat.
- a potential lead, yungoos can click uturn for momentum then dish out adaptability boosted last resorts through the rest of the game.
- tidy up and substitute let mincinno set up on foongus or mienfoo with tera ghost while avoiding sucker punch.
- I took an extreme approach to fighting resists since snubbull learns last resort. Earthquake puts pressure on incoming steels and poisons, making progress for the normals.
- Trapinch clears steel/rock types and sets hazards if you need the damage bump.
- the team's lategame cleaner, doduo dishes out powerful stabs, teching quick attack to beat out priority moves like sucker punch and speed bosted pokemon like torchic in a pinch.
- provides volt absorb support for the other birds, with tera water to deal with opposing chinchou and fire types.