Hey, you have no objection from me. I find the root problem of Gen 9's issues to be Tera. If Tera wasn't legal, Gholdengo would have less of an impact on building and play patterns since it can't just cheese past Cinderace, Great Tusk, and Meowscarada by clicking the funny button. Without Tera, you can smite Kingambit with a Fighting- type move pretty much every time. Without Tera, Stored Power cheese would also be easier to deal with due to the fewer turns of set-up.
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blastoise has access to rapid spin but has never really used it much. blastoise overall isn't really that good, and ever since it got access to shell smash it just runs that instead of faffing about with rapid spin and utility stuff. it's got solid bulk and dark pulse so it has an ok matchup into ghold if you were to run it, but it's completely outclassed as a spinner by…
tentacruel would match up nicely into ghold defensively because of its great special bulk, a speed stat allowing it to always outspeed non-scarf ghold with 232 evs and a neutral nature, and access to haze, which can prevent nasty plot sets from doing their thing. however, it can't really deal any meaningful damage to ghold and it has no reliable recovery, so it can't force ghold out to use rapid spin
hitmontop isn't that great of a mon—his defense stats are good but his hp is just tragic and he doesn't have the power or speed to back it up. even with intimidate and av giving him an effective +1 to each defensive stat, he's not great. he also doesn't have any ways to hit ghold outside of sucker punch, which requires mindgames, and technician brutal swing, which is strong but seems like an unreasonable amount of commitment. overall, hitmontop doesn't have much use in ou beyond hyper-niche morkalpilled sets, and it definitely isn't threatening ghold. at least not in its current form—game freak has proven themselves willing to replace lame abilities with cool ones (shiftry being an example), so if they replace steadfast with scrappy, hitmontop will be able to both spin through blockers and threaten ghold with fighting stab, which would make it an ou staple. probably not happening, but a man can dream
excadrill is the big one. the possible game-changer. the mon iron treads cries itself asleep at night wishing it was. it might have trouble switching into ghold repeatedly because its defensive bulk isn't great, but once it's in, it outspeeds ghold and threatens it with a very strong earthquake; additionally, it's likely to bring sand setters and abusers with it, many of which match up well against ghold themselves. there's also whispers of it possibly getting ice spinner and/or spikes, both of which would massively increase its already-good viability
skarmory is just corviknight with spikes and will probably match up into ghold the same way corv does: not at all. however, we can't discount the possibility that skarmory might lose roost, which would make it even worse than c- overrated outlaw mud show bullshit goofy ass unusable garbage electivire in dpp ou levels of noob bait
blaziken beats ghold hard offensively and seems like it'll be really good with tera, but it can't afford a free moveslot for defog even if it does come back. it might see use as a niche option or meme set but blaziken is not the defogger we've been looking for
flygon isn't really ou-viable, but a ground-type with defog would have a kinda nice offensive matchup against ghold. i doubt it'll make any waves, though
contrary serperior is going to be a fucking beast with tera—fire tera blast kicks the crap out of ghold, especially after a leaf storm boost or two. the main problem here, like with blaziken, is that it has no room for defog in its moveset
whimsicott is a fun mon to use, but it has just an awful matchup against ghold, so the chances of it making waves as a defogger are slim to none
having a ghost immunity lets toucannon come in on ghold a decent amount of the time, but whether it can actually threaten ghold out depends on whether it keeps knock off. either way, toucannon's stats are garbage outside of attack so i don't think it'll find itself viable in ou no matter what its matchup against ghold ends up being
comfey has the same problem as hitmontop where it has good defensive stats but too low of an hp stat to be bulky, plus not enough power or speed to accomplish much with. besides that, it can barely even touch gholdengo outside of tera blast and can't switch in because of make it rain
with access to tidy up and court change, smeargle gains the ability to remove hazards while ghold is on the field, but smeargle's main use is for sporing things and taking advantage of the free turns that generates because its stats are abysmal so it matches up poorly into virtually everything
there is a non-zero possibility that cinccino will get tidy up, in which case it will serve as a slightly faster, slightly stronger version of maushold
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