The Effect of BW2 on Neverused

[erisia]

I've seen quite a few Swanna's on the ladder and I'm positive that AlexArthur and Tribute are using it. From my experiences I can say that it works very well as a standalone sweeper and doesn't usually require rain support. It can demolish common cores such as Amoonguss + Alomomola and is extremely hard to switch into. Hurricane misses weren't as common as you might think.

I can verify that Articuno with Hurricane can also deal single handedly with this core, so long as it doesn't come in on a status attack. Of course, you'll obviously have a better time if Alomomola gets hit by Toxic and if Stealth Rock isn't up, but Articuno isn't threatened by either of them even at 50%.

 

[Axa]

One overlooked addition that Floatzel got to its movepool was Hydro Pump. While he's not nearly as strong or sturdy as Samurott, his incredibly high speed tends to him being a very fast and fairly effective cleanup:

Floatzel@Life Orb
Naive (+Spd, -Def)
Water Veil
252Spd, 200Sp.Atk, 58Atk
~Hydro Pump
~Ice Beam
~Low Kick/Crunch
~Baton Pass/Taunt

Tying with Cincinno in terms of speed, Floatzel can deal large chunks of damage to many Pokemon with Hydro Pump or Ice Beam. The given EVs also guarantee the OHKO on Altaria after SR. Your third move is dependant on what holes you need to punch through- Low Kick demolishes Regice and Lapras, while Crunch hits Pokemon like Frillish harder. Baton Pass gives Floatzel an escape route and scouting pivot, while Taunt shuts down Pokemon seeking to paralyze it with Thunder Wave, although it can be given up for Low Kick/Crunch if desired. While Floatzel can run a Sp. Atk boosting nature to make its Hydro Pumps stronger (and getting the 2HKO on things like Quagsire), it will then lose the speed tie to Cinccino.

 

[TLCJR4LIFE]

^ I can justify this. This guy's rain stall team is quite effective, and if it wasnt for some timely hax, he would have completely dismantled my hyperoffensive team. Manual weather albeit uncommon, isn't completely dead in NU. However, iim not convinced that manual hail is the way to go, as there are few decent ice types in the tier, imo. Sand Im not sure about. I may try to test it, or maybe not. I dont think it would be "good" per say, but i think it may be alright, although difficult to use and probably not worth the effort.

Has Sun gotten any noticeable buffs with the metagame changes? I'm struggling to think.



As far as the game goes and rain stall in general, the hax sucked yeah, but I made mistakes and the biggest thing even beyond that was that Amoonguss didn't have Regenerator yet.

I'm loving the team at full strength.

Also IMO Cincinno really isn't that hard to wall...and it's frail.