Pokémon Tentacruel

[MAMP]

Now that Greninja is banned, there is very little reason to run Tentacruel. I foresee it dropping to UU in the next tier change.

 

[Jeronado]

Now that Greninja is banned, there is very little reason to run Tentacruel. I foresee it dropping to UU in the next tier change.

I think it still has a niche. It can get past Mega Sableye thanks to Acid Spray and it checks Keldeo and Clefable in one slot.

 

[boltsandbombers]

Now that Greninja is banned, there is very little reason to run Tentacruel. I foresee it dropping to UU in the next tier change.

Tentacruel is already UU by usage, and yes it checks stuff like clef and keldeo, which is pretty useful. Also its a hard counter to LO Gengar which runs through most balance teams.

 

[Jukain]

To be honest, I think Tentacruel still has a perfectly valid niche. TSpikes are really effective in the current metagame and Acid Spray + Scald lets it set up the hazard on CM versions of Mega Sableye (not the Knock Off utility ones though), which is pretty impressive for a hazard setter. Tentacruel is also a great answer to threats like Gengar, non-SubCM Keldeo, Clefable, and Heatran while providing invaluable anti-hazard support. The moveset Hydro Pump / HP Fire / Acid Spray / Rapid Spin, which Inflikted used in SPL, is probably the best overall hazard remover in the tier in terms of matchups against SR users and relative difficulty in being exploited, though I think it's typically inferior to a more passive TSpikes + Scald set simply because TSpikes are so useful. That all depends on the team, but Tentacruel can prove itself an asset to balanced and stall teams in the metagame, even with Greninja banned.

 

[Derek Rebernik]

It's cool, but 90% of good opponents would switch at -2 S.Deef and it's a steel heavy meta. It'd like to have a partial trapping move if going for acid spray gimmicks.

Could swap RS for Infestation, i've played around with it and its alot of fun