I meant the then following string of posts (maybe like in the following page or two and not directly following).
I think I recall what you're thinking of - someone posted a GPT-ass paragraph, we called the dude on it, everyone fucked around posting AI-generated stuff for a couple pages and then it died down. I don't think anyone other than the first dude posted AI-generated text unironically
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2163566524-t76rujjqo9zbm889vlz0rrd6pw0nfsvpw
To reply wholeheartedly, with how decently fast it is combined with its sheer powerlevel it'd only have to invest in bulk to do exactly what it wants to do. With Tera, it'd be an absolute nightmare to contend with and it'd have many opportunities to set up with it. Darkrai's 90/90 bulk can already feel very hard to contend with, Lando's superior HP stat and typing would give it more than enough room to come in and threaten a lot of our tier in one go.
None of these are even checks. They all lose 1v1 to NP variants and take >40% from the right attack. Psychic does plenty to Gliscor, especially with NP, and Focus clocks Corv, Lu, Skarm, and Bliss, etc
This might be a hot take but i think that Landorus Incarnate should be tested in OU.
The thing with lando is that is stupidly strong with the life orb sheer force set. It destroys balance and has all the coverage it wants, not to mention it can tera now.
However i think that its fearly easy to check lando in many ways.
First: its not fast at all. 101 base speed is simply mid in gen 9. Sure you outspeed common mons like kyurem, tusk and gholdengo, but you are not doing anything in a more offensive enviroment. It has lost rock polish this gen so sweeping with it its not an option and there is a plethora of pokemon that easily outspeed lando and force it to switch or tera at the risk or getting koed: enamorus, wogerpon, moth, valiant, serperior, cinderace, meow, darkrai, weavile, zama and pult; all of them can outspeed lando easily and threaten it with a ko or big damage. So yeah, offensively lando is very easily checked and honestly it can fell like death weight against many HO playstyles.
Its also very difficult to get any defensive utility out lando. It can take a neutral hit but this thing is not healing and with rocks its put in range really quickly. Even against defensive teams it cant switch into anything since mons like garg or gliscor which seem like same safe points of entry can cripple lando really hard with salt cure and knock or toxic.
On the deffensive side is a bit more complicated since this thing gets nasty plot now and it can be completily nuclear, however there are many mons that can switch into lando. Gliscor is the main one since now lando cant hp ice it, but there is also corv, moltres, lando-t, blissey, ting-lu and skarmory. None of them are truly counters but they can cripple lando with status or pivot to another faster mon that threaten lando. There is also no knock off for landorus this gen so progress is not guaranted when facing some of the mons above, lando has to have the right coverage to deal with its check or its simply walled.
Many can argue that lando would put too much preassure when facing balance, but there is already mons that do that like darkrai and wogerpon wich are already controversial and thats because they are too strong and versatile for how fast they are and almost nothing can switch into them safely. Lando doesnt have this, its speed isnt good enough if it wants to be a consistent threat and its coverage is good, but not perfect.
I think there is enought arguments for a lando test in OU, and i think it would help against certain mons that are quite difficult to deal with like garga, gking or raging bolt.
So yeah, LETS TEST LANDORUS INCARNATE.
could have as a Rapid Spin user. Its base 97 Speed Tier is is just enough to get the jump on Pokemon such as 
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. Speaking of, its Electric / Dark Type combo gives it a resistance to both of 's STABs, only being weak to variants that carry either Dazzling Gleam or Focus Blast. Aura Wheel combined with its Hunger Switch Ability can allow it to smack with super effective STAB and even if you are put into the Electric Type from it, you can slot in Protect to scout whatever moves, any sudden Teras or anything. Aura Wheel's secondary effect of a Speed buff is incredibly nice too. Parting Shot is the cherry on top, weakening bulky Ground Type switch ins while pivoting out to another teammate. You're still working with 58/58/58 bulk meaning you take hefty amounts of damage from Specs boosted Shadow Balls and you're downright OHKOed by +2 Make It Rain, but I think that the little rodent's Typing and utility grants it a small, but very real niche.
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-ou-metagame-discussion-v4-olt-hype.3732644/post-9899535Got out of a Rand Bat and it made me think about the extremely niche, yet cool as Hell potential
Lando ain't even closely comparable to Hoopa, seriously. Lando's speed is alright, let's get it out of the way. Not amazing, but not bad. Base 101 speed gets the jump on quite a few good mons in the tier like kyurem, tusk and ghold (which are important benchmarks) but doesn't outspeed stuff like waterpon, moon and enam. Also, compared to hoopa, landorus has tons of defensive utility. Ground/flying is a pretty amazing defensive typing, being immune to two typings and only having two weaknesses, those being a 4x weakness to ice and 2x weakness to water. And 89/90/80 defenses isn't half bad, they aren't spectacular but with a typing that has two immunities and 3 resistances, it will get the job done. Compared to hoopa's psychic/dark typing and 60 defense stat, yeah, lando-i is going to be doing fine on the defensive front.
AV Mirror Coat Mola. Fulfils the Glowking role on offense, you trade Chilly Reception and checking Zama for (a) being less weak to SBall/DPulse/Ice Beams, and (b) immense Mirror Coat snipes. It's easily scouted, to be fair, but even if you don't trip the Mirror Coat, the positioning vs. Gholdengo, Darkrai, Kyurem, etc. makes it worth a try in the builder. Against Raging Bolt, you can easily Tera Fairy and trade for a kill.
CB Pult. Band Sucker wins the Pult mirror, which on BO is usually the only speed control and opens the way for a Zama sweep. Adamant Darts also has a ~70% chance to take out lead Hamurott from full, which is a nice way to open against HO.
AV Slither Wing on Sun. IMO, Sun doesn't have a lot of pivots / ablative HP that can still keep up momentum. With just max HP, AV Slither checks Darkrai and doesn't instantly fold to Kyurem, and heavily pressures Glowking with EQ/boosted Uturn to deter the Chilly pivot. First Impression also forces opposing Roaring Moon to switch or Tera, which is nice as Sun usually has trouble outspeeding or walling. (ed: didn't realise Srn posted abt this in late May: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...-ranking-thread.3734134/page-18#post-10132908 - it still holds true IMO and the rise in the VR supports this.)If I may ask, what is your ELO? Looking at these sets, they seem to require top tier play to get the most out of. Hard to use, great rewards. I say this because I've used Alo (max Sp.Def, no AV) way back when, and it scored some.very saucy kills when Rotom was a thing (murders Gholdengo on the switch) but found the playstyle too demanding for my level of skill at the time.On a current meta note, here's some fun stuff I've been trying:
This might be a hot take but i think that Landorus Incarnate should be tested in OU.
The thing with lando is that is stupidly strong with the life orb sheer force set. It destroys balance and has all the coverage it wants, not to mention it can tera now.
However i think that its fearly easy to check lando in many ways.
First: its not fast at all. 101 base speed is simply mid in gen 9. Sure you outspeed common mons like kyurem, tusk and gholdengo, but you are not doing anything in a more offensive enviroment. It has lost rock polish this gen so sweeping with it its not an option and there is a plethora of pokemon that easily outspeed lando and force it to switch or tera at the risk or getting koed: enamorus, wogerpon, moth, valiant, serperior, cinderace, meow, darkrai, weavile, zama and pult; all of them can outspeed lando easily and threaten it with a ko or big damage. So yeah, offensively lando is very easily checked and honestly it can fell like death weight against many HO playstyles.
Its also very difficult to get any defensive utility out lando. It can take a neutral hit but this thing is not healing and with rocks its put in range really quickly. Even against defensive teams it cant switch into anything since mons like garg or gliscor which seem like same safe points of entry can cripple lando really hard with salt cure and knock or toxic.
On the deffensive side is a bit more complicated since this thing gets nasty plot now and it can be completily nuclear, however there are many mons that can switch into lando. Gliscor is the main one since now lando cant hp ice it, but there is also corv, moltres, lando-t, blissey, ting-lu and skarmory. None of them are truly counters but they can cripple lando with status or pivot to another faster mon that threaten lando. There is also no knock off for landorus this gen so progress is not guaranted when facing some of the mons above, lando has to have the right coverage to deal with its check or its simply walled.
Many can argue that lando would put too much preassure when facing balance, but there is already mons that do that like darkrai and wogerpon wich are already controversial and thats because they are too strong and versatile for how fast they are and almost nothing can switch into them safely. Lando doesnt have this, its speed isnt good enough if it wants to be a consistent threat and its coverage is good, but not perfect.
I think there is enought arguments for a lando test in OU, and i think it would help against certain mons that are quite difficult to deal with like garga, gking or raging bolt.
So yeah, LETS TEST LANDORUS INCARNATE.
Please no more offense, like, why? That's the name of this gen, and honestly other playstyles are barely hanging on my comparison. I know you can get to 1900 or whatever with stall, but you need to dig through a mountain of offense first.
