What about Yveltal? I keep seeing people say Yveltal is a legendary that's not as good as the others, but it's quite decent nonetheless. It has a 680BST that's higher than all the other pokemon allowed in Inverse, and it has a very nice 126hp, 131 attacking stats, and decent 99 speed. Yveltal also has a strong sucker punch priority boosted by STAB and dark aura resisted only by Ghost and Psychic. Furthermore, Dark+Flying gives it nearly perfect neutral coverage. Yveltal's really only big common weakness is a weakness to grass.After considering it for a while, watching battles, etc., I've added bans to Xerneas and Mewtwo. More bans might follow.
Arceus is unreleased, but it will remain banned in a month when we unban unreleased... It's redundant now, but will avoid possible mistakes when unbanning unreleased mons.
Yveltal is really good, sure, but honestly, I don't think it is one of the top Pokemon in the tier right now. Its significantly easier to play around than many of normal types out there. Weakness to ground hurts a lot, and frankly, its power is only "good" by the standards of this tier. With that said, Yveltal is a still very good Pokemon. I use it mixed offensively, and it can blast though a ton of stuff with special moves while having Sucker Punch to beat other prio users (who are everywhere). Not broken, imo, but definitely a top threat.What about Yveltal? I keep seeing people say Yveltal is a legendary that's not as good as the others, but it's quite decent nonetheless. It has a 680BST that's higher than all the other pokemon allowed in Inverse, and it has a very nice 126hp, 131 attacking stats, and decent 99 speed. Yveltal also has a strong sucker punch priority boosted by STAB and dark aura resisted only by Ghost and Psychic. Furthermore, Dark+Flying gives it nearly perfect neutral coverage. Yveltal's really only big common weakness is a weakness to grass.
I think I addressed that. Dark/Flying is decent defensively in inverse, really only fearing Ground and Grass. Offensively, Flying and Dark has really good coverage as well.It's not all about the stats, as we all know. Typing and abilities are very important in all metas. In an inverse metagame, most legendaries have a typing thought to be very good in the normal game which then becomes very bad in inverse.
Exploud dislike your sentence.pretty much every over hyped normal attacker is made moot by avalugg, for real, none of them have any chance of muscling past it.
Slugging the lugg is painful. I can speak from experience.pretty much every over hyped normal attacker is made moot by avalugg, for real, none of them have any chance of muscling past it.
Avalugg is good, but this is an overstatement. As I already said, BU Diggersby absolutely loves most Avalugg, as, baring roar, it can set up to +4,5 or 6 on it and proceed to do like 80% in one hit. Curse Snorlax is very similar in that regard. Not quite as strong, but can set up all over it. And, lets not forget anything with a special attack can break it pretty easily.pretty much every over hyped normal attacker is made moot by avalugg, for real, none of them have any chance of muscling past it.
Succesfully defeated Bulk Up Diggersby with Curse Gyro Ball Avalugg. Took 30% from diggersby's return; dealt over half with gyro ball.As I already said, BU Diggersby absolutely loves most Avalugg, as, baring roar, it can set up to +4,5 or 6 on it and proceed to do like 80% in one hit.
If anything Yveltal gets better in inverse. Dark/Flying gets very good coverage, while Dark Aura allows it to get ridiculous power for its dark-type moves on both offensive and defensive sets. Oblivion wing gives him ridiculous longetivity, and adding to that he no longer takes a nice 25% chunk when he switches in thanks to his resistance to SR and that he keeps his immunity to spikes (I don't think the flying-type spike/tspike/sticky web immunity is implemented in PS but from what I've heard flying types keep the spike immunity in-game.). Yveltal as it is only really has a grass weakness slightly holding him back, but even with that he's pretty much mandatory for any team to have since he can operate for both stall teams and offensive teams alike, the offensive version really only having 1 counter in Chansey.It's not all about the stats, as we all know. Typing and abilities are very important in all metas. In an inverse metagame, most legendaries have a typing thought to be very good in the normal game which then becomes very bad in inverse.
While Cradily has a niche, I think he's mostly outclassed as a mixed wall by Gogoat, who while being weak to water, boasts an immunity to grass thanks to sap sipper and a neutrality to normal. The lack of stealth rock isn't concerning seeing as you're really only hitting Diggersby for much damage and Gogoat gets access to leech seed which it can perfectly abuse seeing as Sap Sipper allows it to crush grass types. He also gets an instant recovery move like Cradily, meaning that the only sacrifice you really have to make is Stealth Rock.Cradily works surprisingly well in Inverse Battles, here's what I use:
Cradily @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 Def
Bold Nature
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
- Recover
- Energy Ball
Because of instant recovery, Stealth Rock, a great defensive typing, and a decent defensive ability in Storm Drain, Cradily works surprisingly well! With great mixed bulk, it can switch against threats such as Breloom and Greninja without fear! Some wall breakers such as Garchomp often find themselves being unable to do their job. Toxic is really important in this set, it's generally more reliable than Energy Ball against threats it's walling against, Stealth Rock allows it to support its team extremely reliably! It's worth noting that most Defog users and Rapid Spinners are weak to grass or fear Spa's *Cough* Avalugg, *Cough*, so Cradily has a really easy time throwing rocks and keeping it there. Recover allows Cradily to stay in the game for a long time provided you use the impenetrable plant wisely.
Milk Drink is equal to recoverAdditionally, Gogoat's form of recovery is not as reliable as Cradily's
That's not supposed to happen, probably a ban oversight.Mewtwo-X/Y are all of a sudden allowed in inverse battles!?