It's impossible to disable your opponent bringing a Zacian as well, or a Pokemon with Evasion moves, etc. All cart battles done with Smogon tiers are based on gentleman's agreements, and yes, if any of the applicable clauses or bans are violated that usually counts as a forfeit/disqualification for the purposes of tournaments and the like.
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Resource Simple Questions, Simple Answers Thread
- Thread starter Jordy
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Now that Dynamax was banned from SS OU, will the suspect test also be carried out in National Dex?
That's how it would work with Sleep Clause and Evasion Clause too.
That is not up to us. If they wish to, they can. But it will have no relation to our test whatsoever. It is best to ask questions like this in the National Dex subforum probably.
Sleep Clause is actually a unique case. Showdown nullifies the effect of sleep moves if they break Sleep Clause but this can't be replicated on cart.
Just bumping this, mainly to know how much I should invest on speed. Would be glad if anyone can help with that.
Galarian Darmanitan is the next big thing the council is focused on, but we need a little time to see the metagame develop first.
Is Reuniclus a solid pick in OU this Gen?
What are the last two moves being run on Scarf Flygon atm (assuming U-turn and EQ are the first two)? Are they Fire Punch and Outrage? Are options like Stone Edge or First Impression viable?
I'd assume fire punch and Outrage. I'm not a fan of First impression on a scarfer, especially as now you don't have to worry about max Airstream speed boosts and most scarfers are revenge killers (unless you wanna use a hit and run approach or potentially snipe faster scarfers with the priority).
With dynamax out the window will this help Goodra be more viable in OU? Yeah I know the metagame has just shifted so everything is new but I'm interested if anyone has takes on what they would think maybe a good set to run now that it doesn't have to face so much hyper offense from dynamax.
It certainly has merit as a defensive win condition, but it is not the most consistent pick.
Maybe, seeing as it can check Rotom forms, which are particularly troublesome with Nasty Plot atm, but it will not be a common pick regardless. Fringe viable at best.
Can someone please tell me why the Tyranitar in the team in post one of this thread has 27 speed IVs (NOT EVs)? It's been killing me for WEEKS now. What on earth does it want to outslow?
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/swsh-ou-bazaar.3656490/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/swsh-ou-bazaar.3656490/
is PSD down for others as well?
Flareon gets Wish which gives it a slight edge in utility over Arcanine. Morning Sun is also reliant on better weather circumstances, which during Dynamax era was a bit rougher.
Dynamax disappearing might make it more viable. Only time will tell.
It has had issues the last day and they are hard at work trying to fix it, but sometimes it takes time. Best to ask these issues in the PS subforum moving forward fwiw
It’s to underspeed -Speed nature Aegislash to lure it into using CC and ohko it after it changes to Blade form. Not sure why it’s 27 instead of 28 speed IVs but probably doesn’t matter, maybe it’s to also catch 30 iv aegis that try to underspeed other aegis while still being faster than random stuff 0 iv couldn’t hit
Should teams usually have a good g-darm switch-in?
Not that such a thing reliably exists, but yes, unfortunately.
As someone that prefers cart over Showdown, has there been attempts to "reserve" a specific Link Code where ideally users do follow the "Gentleman's Agreement" for OU without Max (or one for UU, one for LC, etc etc). Obviously it won't be perfect but it would be nice where there would be a specific Link Code where your chances of playing this way with a random trainer following the same rules are much higher.
ThirdStrongestMole
Banned deucer.
Is there such thing as a mon, no matter how niche, that fully counters the standard icicle crash/flare blitz/EQ/u-turn banded darm?
Alstone
Banned deucer.
Since I just recently learned that Dynamax is gone, you COULD use something like a pokemon with the item Eject Button that doesn't mind taking a hit from Darmanitan and switch into your item Choice Scarf Dugtrio. I don't have any good examples, but when I play in the Ubers tier, my Pokemon team is not great for lead choices when I see a Darmanitan at Team Preview. So I added Choice Scarf (Scarf for short) Dugtrio on my team with Stone Edge and run Adamant Nature, so I can hopefully hit my attack move and faint the Darmanitan turn 1.
I guess good pokemon with Eject Button could be feasiable Water types like Toxapex or Rotom-Wash, or Fire Types like Rotom-Heat, since they are great for it's usual movepool choices Icicle Crash/Flare Blitz/Earthquake/U-Turn. I am open to more ideas for that subject, I just believe Darmanitan (Especially Choice Band ones) are a bit out of reach in terms of reliable "switch-ins" because of it's mobility and attack moves hitting harder than a truck.