I've been experimenting with this mon in other formats and (unsurprisingly) nobody else uses it, so it will likely be dropped down to like PU/NU once tier shifts happen. However, once that happens I think it could be a strong suicide lead/revenge killer (maybe idk).
Golem-Alola @ Custap Berry
Ability: Sturdy / Galvanize
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD (idk how to ev i just click auto ev lmao)
Brave/Impish Nature
- Flail / Explosion / Body Slam
- Stealth Rock / Rest
- Endure / Protect / Curse
- Earthquake / Gyro Ball
Haven't calc'd anything yet but it's got pretty good physical bulk, as well as Sturdy and/or Endure + custap. Both Sturdy and Galvanize work, although you'd have to waste a move slot on Endure with Galvanize for it to be most effective, which is risky as it is since obviously your opponent can predict and waste your custap. Also, 1 hp Galvanize+Flail is effectively a 360 bp stab move that usually goes first with custap. Super customizable and has a decent movepool so there's plenty of ways to make it at least slightly less predictable.
I've been having a ton of fun with this on rain teams in OU and in 1v1, but I think it will definitely shine the most here (if at all -,w-).
edit: am stupid, probably could use its bulk much more effectively since I forgor how this format works lmfao. still though, custap could be an option since it has literally no recovery options other than like rest. Curse sets perhaps? >->
Golem-Alola @ Custap Berry
Ability: Sturdy / Galvanize
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD (idk how to ev i just click auto ev lmao)
Brave/Impish Nature
- Flail / Explosion / Body Slam
- Stealth Rock / Rest
- Endure / Protect / Curse
- Earthquake / Gyro Ball
Haven't calc'd anything yet but it's got pretty good physical bulk, as well as Sturdy and/or Endure + custap. Both Sturdy and Galvanize work, although you'd have to waste a move slot on Endure with Galvanize for it to be most effective, which is risky as it is since obviously your opponent can predict and waste your custap. Also, 1 hp Galvanize+Flail is effectively a 360 bp stab move that usually goes first with custap. Super customizable and has a decent movepool so there's plenty of ways to make it at least slightly less predictable.
I've been having a ton of fun with this on rain teams in OU and in 1v1, but I think it will definitely shine the most here (if at all -,w-).
edit: am stupid, probably could use its bulk much more effectively since I forgor how this format works lmfao. still though, custap could be an option since it has literally no recovery options other than like rest. Curse sets perhaps? >->
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Hoopa-U is too strong on the mixed spectrum, and is decently fast enough to bully the slower defensive cast forever.
Base 90 attack Huge Power roughly rounds to a base 230 attack stat with full invest and a Jolly Nature. On top of this its still decently fast, clocking in at base 110 speed. It would do everything it did before it was banned but better so it stays banned here.
Weathers would be too strong with these free; there are too many good weather abusers like Scovillain, Barraskewda, Golduck, Floatzel and so forth that would be broken should the rocks be free.
Light Clay broke Screens Hyper Offense last time it was free, and freeing Light Clay would likely break screens again, what with with the volume and diversity of setup sweepers in the tier.
Tera is proportionally more broken in a massively power-crept meta like this.
@ Sitrus Berry
100/97/97/148/148/110 
100/148/110/97/97/148
- insane bulk, decent utility with rocks, twave or can go cm to reduce its passiveness and not be fodder for ghost types.
- terrifying wallbreaker and pivot and revenge killer all in one slot, can even go setup with booster + bu maybe?
- fast spinner with utility like knock and uturn. uninvested meteors doesnt do a lot but can pick off slower threats that are weakened
- one of the sturdier checks to heracross and ursaluna while eating physicals hits after a +1 
- fast, relatively strong and theoretically beats chansey 1 on 1 while being a relatively scary threat in its own right with choiced sets
- he somehow found his way here huh. probably the best spiker rn while still packing a ton of utility, might be underwhelming at times however
- strong wallbreaker that can tear through defensive teams if given a chance to click SD
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- evio chansey greatly annoys them. sensu beats non-cm blissey 1v1 while pompom boasts an incredible typing
it might feel underwhelming, but it still hits pretty damn hard with strong stabs. you could go specs > orb for better breaking potential
the bee. activates many threats like thundy-t, mamoswine and heracross
- needs to SD before really doing damage, but does well lategame as a strong cleaner.
- another strong breaker similar to heracross, but with greater stallbreaking capacities with its raw power and is a pain to try to switch into
- while not packing dozo's sheer bulk, it has a better movepool with toxic, rocks, spikes and reliable recovery in recover
- its sheer power grants it a niche as a terrifying breaker but needs strong support to do well
- give it one turn to snatch a victory, and it will. no tera, average bulk and a poor typing means that its incredibly fishy and might not even be worth the teamslot. 
- fast, strong, but its power might feel lacking.
- the sheer bulk of the hippo is amazing, but can feel rather passive at times.
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- incredible wallbreakers with a strong focus blast to smack chansey, but -t's lack of speed and -i's special attack, while very high, may feel lacking at times.
- strong knocks, crazy bulk and the passive damage of sand grants it a niche as a breaker that slowly breaks the opponent's team with hazard support.
- with a statspread minmaxxed in its favour, it can do incredibly well if you play wrongly against it pretending to be a chansey as an example
I've been running a bit of rain; it's incredibly strong and versatile in the breakers you can choose. Pelipper is the primary choice for setter, although Politoed has seen some use and can be good as a backup setter. Rain requires Floatzel, which finds itself in PU: rain-boosted Flip Turns and Wave Crashes are not fun to come up against, with Jet for priority and Ice Spinner for coverage. Barraskewda is another good choice: importantly, Close Combat and Psychic Fangs gives it far better coverage, notably being able to smack Chansey MUCH harder. The special breakers feel a little underwhelming compared to Barra and Floatzel, but by no means something you shouldn't respect. Golduck, Ludicolo, and Kilowattrel are all strong in their own right, as are the Thundurus formes, which sometimes see use on rain teams, and would probably be busted were it not for the presence of Chansey. There are probably a multitude of other rain-breakers that you could abuse here. Landorus Incarnate, Basculegion, Drednaw, Poliwrath, and Manaphy are all good theorymons, and there are probably others that can work anyway, for example, Flutter Mane (or any Ghost to beat Chansey) and Palkia-Origin. It's too early to say whether Rain as a playstyle is overpowering, but I'm happy to watch it.
I haven't seen much sun, and this is probably because I've seen a lot of rain, but when I have seen sun, it has been destructive. Ninetales in NU gives it the ability to be a powerful self-sufficient Specs breaker in its own right, and Torkoal has good all-round utility (though I think not being able to run Yawn here is a bit of a sadness). The main breaker for sun is Scovillain, who has been ubiquitous with the playstyle since the induction of Tier Shift this generation. However, unlike in May when we first banned sun, there is a bit more diversity in breakers you can choose. The aforementioned Ninetales is scary, and we now also have the presence of the Eruption-spamming Typhlosion formes. Lilligant-Hisui is also terrifying to come up against, especially as it has a limited number of checks once it gets a Victory Dance up. Ordinary Lilligant can also be a menace, although outside of sun, it suffers from a lack of coverage. Charizard gets a worthy mention here as well. I don't yet think sun is at the level of overwhelmingness as rain is. However it is undoubtedly not a playstyle to underestimate. I think Scovillain is particularly strong.
Webs HO is extremely scary to come up against due to the tier's nature and the many viable setup sweepers. It does not help that we lost our best unaware (Skeledirge) to an OU rise. Webs, in general have been strong across all tiers this generation due to the lack of good removal, and it is no different here. I think it's certainly something to keep an eye on, but even if it did become broken (which I don't foresee happening yet), I'd have no clue how to tier it. It would probably be saner to ban the more ridiculous sweepers, ie 
where are all the balance teams LMAO
the bulk is pretty good. Anyways I will probably just be trying different mons who seem fun for the rest of the month. 
