the only other legal steel type is Silvally, so it's really slim pickings. Klinklang is quite viable since Gear Grind is useful against the plethora of sub-protect moody Glalie you'll see, and Steelium Z sets destroy Clefable.
Yes, you can use Pokémon imported from previous games.
"Pokémon brought in via Poké Transporter will be permitted in battle."
I’ve tested dual screens support with a couple of different sweepers. It’s definitely really good.
it's a tried and tested strategy in BSS so I'm very sure it will be good here. I've actually been considering a dual screens + rocks + memento Uxie lead paired with Linoone lol. the cool thing about Uxie is that it has a lot of moves for this role, Yawn, T-wave, U-turn, Knock Off, Foul Play. A lot of sets actually forgo screens altogether and just use Memento for the stat drop with rocks + status move + attack (but if you're trying to use Linoon it's gonna need screens and memento...). This sort of lead is really good with Eevee, Glalie, Smeargle, or Octillery too, or just a regular sweeper like Haxorus, Porygon-Z or Serperior. Like Gallazard said you definitely want something to beat Taunt Tornadus (Regice, Registeel, Regirock, Gigalith, Eelektross etc.), opposing Ditto counter-sweeps (depends on what sweeper you're using), Assist Liepard / Meowstic cheese (Grass type, Sap Sipper Goodra, Overcoat Shelgon if Spore [most common], or Vital Spirit Primeape / Vigaroth if worried about Lovely Kiss versions), and random Focus Sash users (stealth rock from Uxie handles that).
Yes I was also thinking Uxie. I know it’s not as bulky as Cresselia but it just seems more useful and versatile than Cresselia...
The thing about these 3v3 formats where you bring 6 pokemon is that you don't need to build a rain "team," you really just want a rain "core" and then just fill out the rest of the team as you see fit. Sure you can go full rain mode if you really wanted but the advantage of not doing that is you can just bring an entirely different gameplan if rain is a bad matchup.
I had actually had a super scheme for Zoroark… Throat Punch and Sludge Bomb for the Sylveons that were running around. I used it a bit on ShowDown and it went very well but I realized Sludge Bomb is an obscure event move from years back that I cant get in-game! I'd have Zoroark come in as Haxorus vs Sylveons, hit them with a Throat Chop to either force them out (because theyre all Choiced) or if its their last Mon they eat a Sludge Bomb and Struggle away. I've been running Scarf Exploud too that has been doing VERY well and I haven't seen anyone else using it.
I used scarf Exploud too but haven't much success because some pokemon just calm mind
And now that we're so close to the competition I thought I'd reveil the 3rd member of this trio:
I've been running Dual Screens Uxie and it a real cool set. with Magic Coat and Psychic (for some, tho not much, offense). its almost ALWAYS Taunted Turn 1 so the Magic Coat is good. Been seeing a lot of Clefables too. I feel like what we see during the actual Cartidge Tournament will be different than the PS stuff tho.
Different in what way? Do you think there will be more offensive teams or on the contrary a majority of stall or semi-stall teams?
How often did you have to use recovery moves? Like Recover on Porygon Z?
