TCG IS LIVE!
TCG is currently playable on the main Pokemon Showdown server with full teambuilder support! As I type this, a few things need to be tested, but we are officially live and prepared to start ironing out the kinks in the tier!
(also Psychics should be immune to Dragon and Normal thanks to inheriting Fairy and Ghost properties or am I tripping? If Normals are immune to Fighting because Ground vs Flying, this should also be the case)
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Noivern | BAN | BAN | BAN | ABS | BANNED |
Dragonite | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Cyclizar | BAN | BAN | ABSTAIN | BAN | BANNED |
Garchomp | ABSTAIN | DNB | DNB | BAN | NO ACTION |
Dragapult | DNB | BAN | DNB | DNB | NO ACTION |
Hydreigon | ABSTAIN | DNB | DNB | BAN | NO ACTION |
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Baxcalibur | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Dragapult | DNB | DNB | ABSTAIN | DNB | NO ACTION |
Walking Wake | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Hydreigon | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Chi-Yu | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Salamence | ABSTAIN | BAN | DNB | ABSTAIN | NO ACTION |
New Hydreigon
Roaring Moon @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 36 HP / 220 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brick Break
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
but physical
Wouldn't you prefer an attack boost instead of a Speed one for DDance? Especially since you are relying on 80 BP STABs for breaking. Speaking of that, why Brick Break over Earthquake?
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Dragapult | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Roaring Moon | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Salamence | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
Terastalization | BAN | BAN | BAN | DNB | BANNED |
Booster Energy | ABS | DNB | ABS | DNB | NO ACTION |
NOOO TERA NORMAL ROARING MOON COME BACK.!!
Dragapult, Roaring Moon, Salamence and Terastalization have been BANNED!
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Firstly, thank you for making us your Leader's Choice of the month! We hope everyone's been enjoying the tier so far, and we're excited to see what the month brings! We've got our day one bans rolled out!
have all proven to be problems in the tier. Forcing a Steel type, usually Kingambit or Corviknight, that you wouldn't otherwise want to include on a team, all three are powerful, dangerous threats that have proven too much for TCG.
benefits from a very strong Dragon/Psychic type combination, a spectacular speed stat, great mixed offenses and a great movepool to boot. It outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, and with it's versatile combination of offensive and support moves, Dragapult proved to be too much for the TCG metagame and has been banned.
initially flew under the radar, but has come with a vengeance to terrorize the tier. Sporting a versatile stat distribution and a movepool with everything it needs to answer the majority of the checks in the tier, Roaring Moon has incredibly versatility. In between it's powerful Dragon Dance sweeper set, Choice Item cleaners, and a scary Tera Normal Acrobatics set with the aid of Booster Energy, Roaring Moon has proved too much for the tier and has been banned.
embodies everything that made Dragons broken at the start of the tier: High BP moves, a great type combination, phenomenal coverage and powerful set versatility with few reliable answers. For many of the same reasons as threats like Noivern and Hydreigon, Salamence has been BANNED from the tier.
We have also implemented Terastal Clause. Terastalization is a powerful tool in TCG, with the limited type chart. It is much easier for you to Terastalize into a type that completely demolishes your checks-- the Dragons were a perfect example of this, but not the only one. The rich get richer, with threats like Volcarona being prime examples. Alternatively, Terastal can turn a losing situation into a winning one with a defensive Tera. Tera, in this case, rewards improper and poor play. Terastalization made it too hard to reliably answer some offensive threats while also making it impossible for others to progress, and the council has moved to BAN it.
tagging Kris to implement
Even though the tera, dragapult, salamence and Roaring ban hurts me a bit if they deserve it, the truth is that the 3 of them abused the tera dragon or another type too much to be a real destruction to the rival team (apart from being a dragon type in this OM It already gives you a lot of offensive viability) along with the few ways to stop them that are the steel types, they eat a quarter of the damage by the Stealth rock, so if they could become somewhat annoying to deal with.
Dragapult, Roaring Moon, Salamence and Terastalization have been BANNED!
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Firstly, thank you for making us your Leader's Choice of the month! We hope everyone's been enjoying the tier so far, and we're excited to see what the month brings! We've got our day one bans rolled out!
have all proven to be problems in the tier. Forcing a Steel type, usually Kingambit or Corviknight, that you wouldn't otherwise want to include on a team, all three are powerful, dangerous threats that have proven too much for TCG.
benefits from a very strong Dragon/Psychic type combination, a spectacular speed stat, great mixed offenses and a great movepool to boot. It outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame, and with it's versatile combination of offensive and support moves, Dragapult proved to be too much for the TCG metagame and has been banned.
initially flew under the radar, but has come with a vengeance to terrorize the tier. Sporting a versatile stat distribution and a movepool with everything it needs to answer the majority of the checks in the tier, Roaring Moon has incredibly versatility. In between it's powerful Dragon Dance sweeper set, Choice Item cleaners, and a scary Tera Normal Acrobatics set with the aid of Booster Energy, Roaring Moon has proved too much for the tier and has been banned.
embodies everything that made Dragons broken at the start of the tier: High BP moves, a great type combination, phenomenal coverage and powerful set versatility with few reliable answers. For many of the same reasons as threats like Noivern and Hydreigon, Salamence has been BANNED from the tier.
We have also implemented Terastal Clause. Terastalization is a powerful tool in TCG, with the limited type chart. It is much easier for you to Terastalize into a type that completely demolishes your checks-- the Dragons were a perfect example of this, but not the only one. The rich get richer, with threats like Volcarona being prime examples. Alternatively, Terastal can turn a losing situation into a winning one with a defensive Tera. Tera, in this case, rewards improper and poor play. Terastalization made it too hard to reliably answer some offensive threats while also making it impossible for others to progress, and the council has moved to BAN it.
tagging Kris to implement
my influence :)I played some more DragMag earlier today before the ban, and I gotta say, the ban was absolutely deserved. I was gonna keep working on the team for a bit longer, but given the bans, I'll just post the final version now:
Big Bird (Bombirdier) @ Leftovers
Ability: Big Pecks
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 6 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Parting Shot
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
Bigger Bird (Corviknight) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Mirror Armor
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Roost
- Defog
- U-turn
- Body Press
Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Rough Skin
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Facade
Dragapult @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Darts
- Outrage
- Psychic Fangs
- U-turn
Roaring Moon @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance
Haxorus @ Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Claw
- Close Combat
- First Impression
Corv worked beautifully on the team by providing a defog in case my opponent spammed hazards, and just being an overall good defensive pivot that I could switch in to eat a hit, then immediately U-turn out with to keep momentum. ScarfChomp was also the perfect adjustment for Chomp, and it didn't feel anywhere near as awkward as I expected to have two scarfers. A common play pattern was to take a surprise KO early on with Chomp, then put a major hole in their defensive core as they take out Chomp. Haxorus is then free to come in and threaten a KO on both their defensive mon that took 50% answering Chomp and all of their switch-ins. I also found that Roaring Moon was pulling more and more weight as I got more comfortable with the team, and Dragapult was always there to clean up with Tera Dragon.
The team's largest issue was Unaware PhysDef Skeledirge. Skeledirge tanked hits with ease, and Will-o-Wisp ruined the offensive potential of any mon it landed on. I think if I keep trying to build DragMag, I may try to get a Trick Scarfed/Banded mon or something else along those lines to deal with Dirge. If the Tera ban hadn't gone through, I also would've considered running Tera Fire on Haxorus to become immune to Willo, but that's no longer an option. All in all though, I'm pretty happy with where I got with the team! I ended up as Number 3 on the ladder (NoHaxJustCanFly), and although it's a very early ladder, I'm nevertheless quite proud of it.
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