Partly because UU's decision would influence RU, which doesn't want to ban drought, while NU's decision did not influence PU as PU had already banned drought itself.Why couldn't UU ban drought/drizzle when nu just banned drought?
It very much is, try this set.Is Offensive Espeon Specs viable ?
It is because sludge bomb has a 30% poison chance as compared to a 10%. 5 base power doesnt make that much of a difference when it comes to damage output since its so small. The poison chance on walls that you otherwise may not beat alone is super valuable.Why is Sludge Bomb preferred over Sludge Wave on Toxtricity? I'd have assumed that the greater power was more important than the poison chance on an offensively oriented mon.
On Shift Gear Sludge Wave is definitively better since you want to have as much power as possible once you're setted up. But on Choice Specs, the 30% of poison is definitively interesting in order to cripple things like Rhyperior or Umbreon.Why is Sludge Bomb preferred over Sludge Wave on Toxtricity? I'd have assumed that the greater power was more important than the poison chance on an offensively oriented mon.
I feel like that’d be a question more suited for the UU SQSA thread but since you’re asking it here I figured I could answer it.What makes Alolan Ninetales too good for UU and not other Pokemons with Snow Warning and Aurora Veil?
It's mostly its speed tier; it outspeeds the vast majority of the metagame, meaning it can set up aurora veil much more reliably than something like Abomasnow or Vanilluxe which can be easily anti-led by something like, say, Cobalion. It's also got a lot more utility than those pokemon by virtue of its Fairy typing, access to stuff like Hypnosis and Encore, but most of it is just down to its speed tier making it super easy to set up veil twice or more in a gameWhat makes Alolan Ninetales too good for UU and not other Pokemons with Snow Warning and Aurora Veil?
Edit: Didnt noticed that Lilburr already answeredWhat makes Alolan Ninetales too good for UU and not other Pokemons with Snow Warning and Aurora Veil?
We don't have many spinners in UU, but this one is pretty decent:I'm sorry, i had no idea, but...rapid Spin increases Speed as well! Are there sets that take advantage of this? Now I really wanna try a bulky Starmie...
UU council is voting on Chansey. Results should be available in less than 24h. For Blissey, we'll see.opinion on chansey RN and maybe and blissey later on because they define stall pretty much
Yes, it can!Because I've seen posts about it but never an actual set, what's a good set for Assault Vest Reuniclus? And can it finally make use of regenerator?
Two things;The SmogDex UU analysis for Escavalier uses 4 attacks with Leftovers. Since Esca usually relies on Wish support for it's longevity anyway, wouldn't running AV be a better option?
To be short, Gyarados was a massive threat thanks to Z-Move which allow it to get a great nuke (mostly on its Flying-type STAB with Z-Bounce). After a DD, Gyarados was able to outspeed the vast majority of the tier and threaten most Pokémon with Waterfall + Earthquake + Z-Bounce. The tier didn't have a lot of great Flying-type resists and that's why some Pokemon like Salamence or Dragonite were also banned. Gyarados was also able to run Taunt or Substitute to shut down / bother defensive threats such as Alomomola or Quagsire. Last but not least, the Bulk and typing of Gyarados were not awful and give it a resistance to the most common priority in the tier aka Scizor's Bullet Punch which means it was hard to Revenge Kill it once it was set up. It was also quite hard to prevent it to snowball thanks to DD + Z-Move + Moxie which allow it in most cases to be at +2 attack and +1 speed in only 2 turns if it managed to get a kill with its Z-Move after a DD.Why was Base Form Gyarados banned from Gen 7 UU
What? thats ridiculous tho if they thought its Z-move was that big of a deal imo like its sorta in a obsolete position after Gyarados uses it but I can understand to Sub DD leftovers becoming an issue but man.. UU would've enjoyable with Gyarados...To be short, Gyarados was a massive threat thanks to Z-Move which allow it to get a great nuke (mostly on its Flying-type STAB with Z-Bounce). After a DD, Gyarados was able to outspeed the vast majority of the tier and threaten most Pokémon with Waterfall + Earthquake + Z-Bounce. The tier didn't have a lot of great Flying-type resists and that's why some Pokemon like Salamence or Dragonite were also banned. Gyarados was also able to run Taunt or Substitute to shut down / bother defensive threats such as Alomomola or Quagsire. Last but not least, the Bulk and typing of Gyarados were not awful and give it a resistance to the most common priority in the tier aka Scizor's Bullet Punch which means it was hard to Revenge Kill it once it was set up. It was also quite hard to prevent it to snowball thanks to DD + Z-Move + Moxie which allow it in most cases to be at +2 attack and +1 speed in only 2 turns if it managed to get a kill with its Z-Move after a DD.