G-Luke
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Well, now folks, its time for T h O u G h T s.
Magmacroak is a pretty cool mon. Its a solid Nasty Plot breaker, and Fire / Fighting / Poison isn't resisted by anything in the tier so far. As more and more submissions get in, 94 base Speed slowly is gonna get less spectacular, but I still think its access to NP will keep it relevant. Its bulk is solid too. Mixed sets seem very poor, and SD is definitely outclassed, thanks to its best STAB being Drain Punch. Idk, maybe Lefties SubSD will be a bit nutty against fat balance with its funny ability, but at thst point I'd rather go NP.
A great Pokémon for sun teams, as its a pretty nutty breaker thanks to 135 Attack. Growth + 3As will most likely the bread and butter set, and is held in check by its defense being low enough to be able to hit with priority. It should also be noted that even with a positive speed nature, its outpaced by Choice Scarfers with 97 base speed or more. Really though, Floraflare hits VERY hard like holy shit.
Torgeist is weird. Its deceptively frail, but a +2 Merciless boosted Hex sounds hard as hell to come in on. On the flipside, it currently lacks much in the way of screwing over mons that do not care about its Hex, and it relies on the gimmicky Toxic Thread to spread its own status (does this get Wisp?). It not being as fat as id like to face certain mons kinda suck too, but that's ok. I think its viability definitely relies on what happens. It unfortunately despises the GOAT we covering next.
My goat. Lycanroc-Dusk has a very real chance of being a top tier mn in the metagame, thanks to a) little competition, b) one of the fastest unboosted mons in the game, c) thanks to Stormshard Slash, this dude is knda hard to switch into, with only resists being able to come in comfortablely, and only Miltank not being weak to particular coverage it may carry. What I like is Accelrock the most, as with our fast paced meta having strong priority will be essential. Its still has paper thin bulk though, so be prepped for that.
Yaay Fairies! Roserade brings quite alot to the tier, as an offensive Fairy type, a set up sweeper, and most interestingly a Sticky Web user. It has no actual means to touch Steel types outside of Weather Ball in Sun, and with 3 of them in the tier, its definitely requires support. Choice Specs and Scarf can work too thanks to its solid speed tier and access to U-Turn to pivot. As I said earlier, its solid webs setter, but quite a few counter measures to this already exists to handle it.
I have no idea what Gladiaster does. I guess CB is an interesting breaker, and adds additional priority in Bullet Punch, which is always nice. Special sets seem wholy outclassed by Mega Vanilluxe. Sun teams sem finally solidified, so its a net positive addition to the meta.
Hypnihil puts Veil on the map, with it having that super neat Nasty Plot + Its sig ability that helps it snowball quickly. Another Beheeyem check is great for teams, and Meteor Beam is one of its strongest tools itcsn oull out. 101/127 bulk is pretty great as well, so it may be able to pull off a bulky set. But just run a NP Sweeper (use 236 SpA to trigger the ability to boost Speed) and wreck shit.
Well, now folks, its time for T h O u G h T s.
Magmacroak is a pretty cool mon. Its a solid Nasty Plot breaker, and Fire / Fighting / Poison isn't resisted by anything in the tier so far. As more and more submissions get in, 94 base Speed slowly is gonna get less spectacular, but I still think its access to NP will keep it relevant. Its bulk is solid too. Mixed sets seem very poor, and SD is definitely outclassed, thanks to its best STAB being Drain Punch. Idk, maybe Lefties SubSD will be a bit nutty against fat balance with its funny ability, but at thst point I'd rather go NP.
A great Pokémon for sun teams, as its a pretty nutty breaker thanks to 135 Attack. Growth + 3As will most likely the bread and butter set, and is held in check by its defense being low enough to be able to hit with priority. It should also be noted that even with a positive speed nature, its outpaced by Choice Scarfers with 97 base speed or more. Really though, Floraflare hits VERY hard like holy shit.
My goat. Lycanroc-Dusk has a very real chance of being a top tier mn in the metagame, thanks to a) little competition, b) one of the fastest unboosted mons in the game, c) thanks to Stormshard Slash, this dude is knda hard to switch into, with only resists being able to come in comfortablely, and only Miltank not being weak to particular coverage it may carry. What I like is Accelrock the most, as with our fast paced meta having strong priority will be essential. Its still has paper thin bulk though, so be prepped for that.
Yaay Fairies! Roserade brings quite alot to the tier, as an offensive Fairy type, a set up sweeper, and most interestingly a Sticky Web user. It has no actual means to touch Steel types outside of Weather Ball in Sun, and with 3 of them in the tier, its definitely requires support. Choice Specs and Scarf can work too thanks to its solid speed tier and access to U-Turn to pivot. As I said earlier, its solid webs setter, but quite a few counter measures to this already exists to handle it.
Hypnihil puts Veil on the map, with it having that super neat Nasty Plot + Its sig ability that helps it snowball quickly. Another Beheeyem check is great for teams, and Meteor Beam is one of its strongest tools itcsn oull out. 101/127 bulk is pretty great as well, so it may be able to pull off a bulky set. But just run a NP Sweeper (use 236 SpA to trigger the ability to boost Speed) and wreck shit.
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