alephgalactus
Banned deucer.
I’ve been trying out Bulk Up/Darkest Lariat/Play Rough/Taunt Grimmsnarl holding Protective Pads in conjunction with Queenly Majesty and Wish support and it absolutely tears through stall. Prankster Haze isn’t a problem with Queenly Majesty, and Grimmsnarl is immune to Dragon Tail and Prankster Roar so phazing doesn’t work well against it, so it’s very difficult to stop it from setting up, especially for stall teams. Taunt stops most stallmons in their tracks, and a lot of stall carries mostly physical attackers (such as Bewear and Mudsdale) so a Bulk Up or two will make it very hard for them to deal any sort of damage to you. Protective Pads makes it ignore Fluffy, and Darkest Lariat invalidates Stamina, so two of stall’s biggest buffs are completely gone against this thing. Play Rough even makes Grimmsnarl pretty decent against offense, since it catches Pokémon like Crawdaunt, Conkeldurr and Dracozolt. I wish I could find a way to fit Rest on it, since the lack of healing can hinder it a lot, but with Wish and Regenerator support it’s a force to be reckoned with.I was looking for Battle Armor in the team, but completely forgot that Type: Null gets it! fml
You make some good points though, thanks!
The problems I have though are:
Unnerve isn't a great ability and to sacrifice a slot on a team only to counter one specific stall mon seems ridiculous to me.
Long Reach is good, but is solely allowed on one mon, Decidueye, which lets be honest is a meh kind of mon competitively, especially in a meta like this.
Moves like Darkest Lariat and Sacred Sword are a good shout tbh, I may utilise that! (some great mons learn them, but it's a shame there aren't more that can).
I need to play a few more matches first now to see if stall is as potent as I thought it was and then I'll review it again, see if the meta has become more playable for me.
:)
Plus, it straight-up destroys that Mew.