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[Fireburn]

As it says in the title, please make sure to read this before posting a thread in the subforum. If you have a question that can be answered in one post, please ask it here. Threads are intended for discussion and those kinds of questions rarely lead to meaningful conversation.

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1. Make sure that your post is relevant to Gen 7 Ubers.
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3. When answering questions, please quote the question you're referring to. It gets confusing otherwise.
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Questions about "when will [insert Pokemon here] / [insert Move here] / [insert Item here] be banned" are prohibited.

 

[Aberforth]

Dead mentorship forum link is dead.

Does OU's unbanning of the move swagger effect us in any way, given it will no longer be a Smogon-Wide Clause? If so, can we please opt out of that one and keep the Swag Clause?

 

[Hack]

Dead mentorship forum link is dead.

Does OU's unbanning of the move swagger effect us in any way, given it will no longer be a Smogon-Wide Clause? If so, can we please opt out of that one and keep the Swag Clause?

Removed the link.

Good question, personally I'm a bit behind in the events. We will naturally proceed to have an internal discussion about this.

 

[Talpr0ne]

Can the Red and Blue Orb, as well as other Mega Stones for Pokémon non in Alola's Regional Pokédex, be found in the game?

 

[Aberforth]

Yes to the Red and Blue Orb, there are a bunch of Mega Stones currently missing from the game. I dont have the full list on hand, but at the bare minimum there's Diancie, Lopunny and Medicham that are currently missing. I believe the Hoenn starters are currently missing too, but I'm not sure on that one.

 

[Rarycaris]

What about Mewtwo? It's not in the dex so it seems like a likely candidate for missing.

 

[Zukrad]

Not sure if this is the exact place to question this, but

Why is Ash-Greninja not avaliable in showdown yet? I guess programming his ability may be a bit problematic

 

[12-XVI]

Why is the Ubers tier not usage based? Would gen7 not be a good chance to start make the Uber tier usage based and then build OU and lower from that? I am asking because it seems weird that we now have a banlist for a banlist.

 

[Duck Chris]

Why is the Ubers tier not usage based? Would gen7 not be a good chance to start make the Uber tier usage based and then build OU and lower from that? I am asking because it seems weird that we now have a banlist for a banlist.

It's based on a difference in philosophy. Basically OU is supposed to be the "main metagame" and as such strives to be balanced, competitive and non-centralized. Ubers seeks more to be competitive, but not necessarily balanced or uncentralized. Primal groudon getting 90% usage, for example, is something that's ok in ubers but not in ou

A clearer description can be found in the policy review subforum I think

 

[DaKakz]

What reason is there to use Solgaleo instead of M-Metagross ? Metagross is faster, stronger and has a better movepool

 

[GG Unit]

Solgaleo has better defenses, recovery, and you keep your Mega slot. 100% accuracy on the Steel STAB is pretty nice for something that's supposed to check Xerneas as well.

+2 252+ SpA Xerneas Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Metagross: 266-314 (88.3 - 104.3%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
+2 252+ SpA Xerneas Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Solgaleo 318-375 (76.6 - 90.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

 

[Edgar]

Is Ray with Dragon Ascent supposed not to be able to use a Z move? Because I tried to use one but it would only allow me to mega evolve first and then use the Z move

 

[Funbot28]

Is Ray with Dragon Ascent supposed not to be able to use a Z move? Because I tried to use one but it would only allow me to mega evolve first and then use the Z move

Yes it's been confirmed that Rayquaza can't use a Z-move and mega evolve, it's either one option or the other.

 

[Rarycaris]

Yes it's been confirmed that Rayquaza can't use a Z-move and mega evolve, it's either one option or the other.

True, but doesn't the Z-move take priority? By which I mean that having a Z-Crystal disables the Mega Evolution button, rather than Dragon Ascent disabling the Z-move button. Even if you've used your Z-move.

 

[xCaptainHero]

Will it be long before viability ranking for SM is up?

 

[Haruno]

Will it be long before viability ranking for SM is up?

It takes months for any meta to stablize so er it'll take a while

 

[StormRyder]

Will there be a thread for sample teams coming soon? I would like to see what people have come up with aside from Lele spam.

 

[Rarycaris]

How useful is Solgaleo looking as an answer to Xerneas?

Also, has anyone had much luck using Zygarde?

 

[mtr]

How useful is Solgaleo looking as an answer to Xerneas?

Also, has anyone had much luck using Zygarde?

It's a good Xern check, but it's weak to P-Don in a game when P-Don is on 90+% of teams.

I guess it could work on a hyperoffense team that wants to overload P-Don and then sweep.

Or you could use it as a P-Don lure.

 

[Ropalme1914]

Is the meta looking like it will be again with Pdon in almost every team? Like, is there any new answer to him in S/M in comparison to ORAS?

 

[Khaytra]

How relevant is it to run Sleep Talk on Choiced Ho-Oh and Xern now? With Darkrai's demise in the generation change, is it as necessary to have sleep fodder on every team? I know that Hypnosis Gengar is a Thing, but would Gengar realistically be going for Hypnosis on a Scarf/Specs Xern? Ho-Oh, maybe, but there's still a large chance to miss and then get blown back by CB BB/SF/EQ.

 

[2NOus Prime]

Primal Groudon still checks/counter many pokemon in the metagame. One among them being Xerneas which is greater than it was ever before with the Z-Geomancy-Geomancy Combo. Primal Kyogre might also have more usage which in turn, makes having Primal Groudon seem more crucial. For the above reasons, i still believe Primal Groudon will be almost a staple in every SM Ubers team.

Is there any new gen 7 monso that look like they can give Primal Groudon a hard time? From what I've been seeing it mainly looks like Solgaleo out of all mons and maybe Zygarde 100%.

 

[Vengeance417]

What's everyone's opinion on Jolly vs Adamant on Solgaleo? I know the speed tier of the meta is generally slow and Adamant gives it a pretty sizable power boost, but I still like the idea of Jolly outpacing any form of the Primals as well as max speed Rayquaza before it can V-Create you.

 

[Ropalme1914]

Ok, another thing: I've saw some talking about Sunsteel Strike and Moongeist Beam not being able to break Shadow Shield, and Full Metal Body not being affected by Mold Breaker. Is that true? I still do not have the games, so I can't test myself. I know that this is not true on Showdown.

 

[Jibaku]

Shadow shield reduces moongeist beam /sunsteel strike dmg. My findings are in the battle mechanics thread

http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/pokemon-sun-moon-battle-mechanics-research.3586701/page-41