:ss/cinccino:
CINCCINO HAS BEEN BANNED
Cinccino is a menace. Skill Link + Technician is a fantastic combination of base abilities, granting Cinccino an absurdly strong Tail Slap, Bullet Seed, Rock Blast, and Triple Axel. With other options like Encore, Knock Off, and Tidy Up, Cinccino could be an unpredictable attacker, but these gimmicks are all surpassed by a terrifying Choice Band and Protean set. Cinccino's absurd damage output has earned it a slot on the banlist along with Cloyster, our other problematic Skill Link + Technician user.
:ss/zapdos-galar:
ZAPDOS-GALAR HAS BEEN BANNED ONCE MORE
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH
This post is mainly so that not all of my post in this thread isn't just me correcting/informing people (this place attracts a lot of questions and confusion that feels more like something the omm room would help answer but it is what it is).
:pmd/Medicham:
Medicham @ Choice Band
Ability: Sword of Ruin
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly/Adamant Nature
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Ice Punch / Poison Jab
- Bullet Punch / Trick / Recover
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt (eww)
Medicham hits like a [Insert thing that hits extremely hard]!
medicham stronk but what it do to differentiate itself from other stronk mons is a sad thing we have to think about. It is much stronk though much fun
I think the main competition would Gallade, as while it does have a 20% lower attack stat made up for due to the fact that Sharpness Sacred is 135 compared to the 120/130 of CC/HJK with none of the drawbacks, and psycho cut is much stronger than medichams. Additionally, it has access to Knock/Night slash for psychics and has SD,
Lucario also another SD bearing fighter that has inner focus and also extreme speed.
It's a shame Haxorus has Rivalry else
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragon's Maw Haxorus Outrage vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 185-218 (46.3 - 54.6%) -- 59.8% chance to 2HKO
The 50% type boosting abilities are just pretty ludicrous
Lycanroc dusk go brrr
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Rocky Payload Lycanroc-Dusk Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 411-485 (103 - 121.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Rocky Payload Lycanroc-Dusk Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 491-578 (91.9 - 108.2%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Rocky Payload Lycanroc-Dusk Accelerock vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Rillaboom: 335-395 (98.2 - 115.8%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO basically ogerpon-cornerstone but it has tough claws priority accelerock in exchange for 0 defensive utility and no grass stab and stone edge instead of cudgel, pretty dope
bulky set up mons are cool too
Hydrapple unfortunately has balls offensive typing but I like them as a fluffy wall since they absorb knock off
Beats wogerpon, hamurott, rilla and a lot of other mons
Kommoo is really funny if you go against a scream tail / reuniclus and them finding out that soundproof means you wall them if they aren't running psychic and instead psynoise
I think SD mix sets > SD > Clangorous soul
Deo-s is like potential mon to me, Psychic/Sball/Fblast + Last on base 180 speed is great but basically 0 defensive utility and isn't super strong, Lokix pisses me off I can't lie I hate that mon so much
Zamazenta could probably do some BS CC/Crunch/Rest/Howl set to cheese past checks, but classic IDBP is always great against anything except Pecharunt, which you should honestly just accept you'll never beat and run Hslam or stone edge alongside roar. You miss out on the mono-psychics but I think it's worth it for a better MU into hatt or the birds.
I like magic guard life orb to avoid rocky helmet chip, which is imo the biggest road block against fluffy corv is that you end up taking so much in rocky helmet chip since they can roost off a couple of your attacks, the power boost is also always nice.
Roar also helps you from being PP stalled by fluffy corv, since 8 roost = 8 Body presses after pressure, it forces them out and forces Corv to switch in on a boosted press which it can't take, also beats Idef corv generally
4 attacks is okay, but IDBP really terrorizes offense by being super hard to kill and still hitting hard.
Some BS like this
Zamazenta @ Clear Amulet
Ability: Early Bird
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 96 HP / 252 Atk / 160 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Crunch / Psychic Fangs
- Rest
- Howl
0 SpA Pecharunt Malignant Chain vs. 96 HP / 0 SpD Zamazenta: 85-102 (24.3 - 29.2%) -- 99.7% chance to 4HKO
Clear Amulet blocks parting shot + intimidate
EDIT 2: Team Dump -
https://pokepast.es/bb5ef58bc593aed4
good enough for the 1500s, fluffy scarf lando is good revenge killer while still maintaing great bulk due to Fluffy + Intimidate
Dragon's maw salamence is stupid strong and subroost lets you farm the passive walls for free boosts
Freeze dry on mamoswine cheeses the bulky waters
Sneasel is cool cause you can steal their item after you drop to sash, hits decently hard but isn't strong enough to OHKO Corv with +2 beatup but you really want sash, inner focus blocks intimidate which is super nice. Beat Up is 14, 19, 18, 19, 18, 18 base power + technician boost. Life orb probably works on Sneasel
. Corv x Hydrapple x Melo is a great defensive core and seems almost impossible to break w/o hazard, so if someone better than me would like to make a team with better hazard control feel free to steal from this. This isnt the right team for mabosstiff at all so cob ends up having to carry all of the offensive weight.
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