Been living under a rock about, but what exactly makes Baxcalibur so good at the moment, especially in comparison to other Dragon-type sweepers like Roaring Moon or Dragonite?
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Given the fact it has very limited "reliable" switch-ins and it isn't over-reliant on Tera as well whereas in a lot of our games, you want Dragonite and Roaring Moon to Tera to otherwise improve their capability in sweeping effectively. Some other nice traits include being fairly bulky, great offensive typing with very limited switch-ins (even more so you realize glaive rush is a strong nuke that can muscle through would-be checks especially as most of the fairies we have right now wouldn't want to come in), both abilities are solid and makes it a threat on the corresponding teams. But yeah biggest thing about Baxcalibur is there's not a lot that can "safely" come in to take it on and even then when a Dragonite and Roaring Moon go to +1 the match isn't yet in their favor compared to Baxcalibur that can easily make progress a lot effectively compared to the other two, they still solid picks but Baxcalibur has a much more impactful presence in a lot of games.
Baxcalibur reminds me of when Rock Head Tyrantrum first dropped in Gen 6: it's hard to position and lacks much defensive utility, but if it hits you, something will be O/2HKO'd
Bax's bulk, ability (Immunity to Burns affords a lot of switch-ins to WoW opponents or freedom to attack things like Flame Body Moltres), better speed tier, and greater all around power either eliminates or compensates those shortcomings of Tyrantrum.
Given how short the Meta is on Fairies, it's hard to undervalue a Dragon STAB of that power with virtually no downsides since the doubled damage can be circumvented by Ice Shard, being faster, or switching out (as would probably happen if they have a Revenge Killer anyway). The power to 2HKO something like Ting-Lu neutrally (nevermind coverage) is incredibly demanding to stomach defensively, such that where Dragonite or Roaring Moon are tough if you aren't ready for them to hit the field, Baxcalibur is poised to make Progress as long as he gets there, which is becoming all the easier with OU gaining some big new pivots like Lando-T, Glowking (whose Snow benefits that bulk), Zapdos, Moltres, and some variants of Sneasler (who also partners well to deal with Fairies and clean up after something like Bax rampages on the opponent's defensive backbone).
Bax's bulk, ability (Immunity to Burns affords a lot of switch-ins to WoW opponents or freedom to attack things like Flame Body Moltres), better speed tier, and greater all around power either eliminates or compensates those shortcomings of Tyrantrum.
Given how short the Meta is on Fairies, it's hard to undervalue a Dragon STAB of that power with virtually no downsides since the doubled damage can be circumvented by Ice Shard, being faster, or switching out (as would probably happen if they have a Revenge Killer anyway). The power to 2HKO something like Ting-Lu neutrally (nevermind coverage) is incredibly demanding to stomach defensively, such that where Dragonite or Roaring Moon are tough if you aren't ready for them to hit the field, Baxcalibur is poised to make Progress as long as he gets there, which is becoming all the easier with OU gaining some big new pivots like Lando-T, Glowking (whose Snow benefits that bulk), Zapdos, Moltres, and some variants of Sneasler (who also partners well to deal with Fairies and clean up after something like Bax rampages on the opponent's defensive backbone).
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Dondozo can beat every Baxcalibur variant except Choice Band + Tera Dragon, Booster Energy/Scarf Iron Valiant and Enamorus (for variants without Ice Shard) can revenge kill, Azumarill can take anything except Tera Electric Tera Blast and revenge kill it, Iron Defense Corviknight can soft-check it, Air Balloon Gholdengo and Heatran can take anything and kill it back.
For Choice Band you can stack checks but usually you have to predict what it would do to not lose mons to it. If you want 100% counterplay, I would suggest Dondozo + Fairy type since the only move that breaks Dondozo that Bax uses is CB Tera Dragon Glaive Tush and fairies are immune to that.
Been trying to get reqs for the Gambit suspect, but I just can’t play consistently enough to vote. Regardless of what team I run I just always get outplayed or I choke. I reseted multiple times cause I simply have a skill issue. So my question is,
If you are unable to get reqs for a suspect test, does that make you garbage or mediocre and your opinion holds no weight?
I can make all the observations of the metagame in the world. I’ve talked about how mons like Rilla or Thundy-T are underrated, but I can’t play at a high level.
The whole purpose of a suspect test is to allow only the most skilled possible players to get reqs cause they are the most educated and experienced players. If I can’t do that, what am I? Just some mid ladder player making posts in the OU forums that don’t hold anywhere near the same weight as top players like McMegan, Star, ABR, or Soulwind.
If you are unable to get reqs for a suspect test, does that make you garbage or mediocre and your opinion holds no weight?
I can make all the observations of the metagame in the world. I’ve talked about how mons like Rilla or Thundy-T are underrated, but I can’t play at a high level.
The whole purpose of a suspect test is to allow only the most skilled possible players to get reqs cause they are the most educated and experienced players. If I can’t do that, what am I? Just some mid ladder player making posts in the OU forums that don’t hold anywhere near the same weight as top players like McMegan, Star, ABR, or Soulwind.
No, it doesn't. Moreover, if you want to know which moves get boosted by Sheer Force, you can Chat Self and tap the following command /nms secondary, all: so you can know all the moves affected by Sheer Force.
As someone who has tried to ger reqs before, it's difficult. Especially if your teambuilding fundamentals aren't all there. I'd be grinding for reqs myself right now, but I got sick. = n=
Just keep trying. If it gets too tilting, stop and move on. That's what I had to do during the first cheem poo suspect and one other one (I think it was Espathra)
Would probably be long-winded to go in-depth on what the meta looks like but I would say looking at the viability ranking is a good start, essentially more threats compared to Pre-HOME
Thank you!
Does anyone know if Mimikyu is a good replacement in place of Flutter Mane since it’s been moved to Uber? (As, you can see it’s been awhile since I’ve been on lol).
I would think so since they share the same typing and there are OU strategies involving it
ur comparing apples and oranges here, although they share the same typing they do two completely different things! flutter mane just wants to come in, click buttons, and kill things, while mimikyu is more of a setup sweeper :) hope this helps!
pros: bigger damage
cons: less bulk
…I jest, but in all seriousness they are playing different roles. Offensive Cinderace is a decent physically offensive fast pivot, though defensive cinderace fills a bit more of a unique niche in this meta.
The defensive set is better if your team needs help switching into fairy types and is a better counter to non tera fire king gambit
Well firstly usually teams, even BO teams, don't need defensive and offensive pivots, and Glowking is the premier pivot in the tier with corv and Lando also doing well. But aside from that, you have Specs Pult, Zapdos, Sandy Shocks, and Washtom as the main offensively oriented pivots in the tier. I sometimes also see banded roaring moon, though it has fallen out of favor as of late.
Air Balloon is not banned, I’m not sure where you would see this?
Hmm, it looked to be an error when I was validating my team on Showdown. But I just reimported my team and it seems to be fixed
