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Project Top 10 Titans of the Gen 8 AG Metagame
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The #3 titan of Gen 8 anything goes is Zacian-C!
Voting for the #4 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Necrozma-DM. Best Pokemon ever during dlc 1, top of the viability in nd and ss currently and pretty much 100% mandatory in ss.
Voting for the #4 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Necrozma-DM. Best Pokemon ever during dlc 1, top of the viability in nd and ss currently and pretty much 100% mandatory in ss.
ndm
let's continue the trend fr
I’ll vote ndm as well. Honestly I would’ve voted etern here if it weren’t for dragon dance. It’s pretty terrifying late game and you have to account for it if you don’t want to get swept.
The #4 titan of Gen 8 anything goes is Necrozma-DM!
Voting for the #5 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Xerneas, it just does Xerneas things
Voting for the #5 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Xerneas, it just does Xerneas things
xerneas makes zacians cry and ndms struggle, has to be xern
Ho-oh It's amazing vs fat especially with Twave 3 attacks but dual stab defog twave is still really good, it soft checks xern caly and can force fat ogre to rest and many stall mons lose to it with minimum chip and because of it's ability it doesn't really care about brave bird chip, Sfire brave bird is always annoying to switch in to and a lot of teams can lose to end game Dynamax Ho-oh. Beating etern annoying ndm with sfire chip/burn for zac or anything really and burning yvel can make games easier in general, with this mon you will usually have an amazing win con that can help most teammates with its offensive presence and ability to defog whirlwind and twave threats enabling offensive yvel as well as just being a consistent mon to slap on a team just feels really nice.
Voting eternatus. It’s role compression is insane and is extremely versatile, making it near mandatory on every team. It has an incredible stab combination paired with fire type coverage in flamethrower and mystical fire, it checks Kyogre, Marshadow, can solo entire teams with cosmic power+meteor beam sets, it’s arguably the best knock off absorber and is immune to toxic. It’s just an all around excellent Pokémon that for sure defined the galar scene.
hmm i still think ditto has become way more useful in gen 8 cos zacian-c really does not like it
Eternatus without a doubt imagine not including the big 3 in the top 10 Titans of the metagame.
The one and only buck
Banned deucer.
Ho-oh.
The #5 titan of Gen 8 anything goes is Eternatus!
Voting for the #6 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Xerneas again
Voting for the #6 titan will now begin
List of Remaining Nominated Pokemon:
The voting stage for each round will last ~3 days, and while posting a reasoning with your pick isn't necessary, discussion is encouraged. Remember, this is for the most influential Pokemon throughout the generation, not necessarily the strongest (ex. if you think Zacian-C is a stronger Pokemon than Calyrex-S but Calyrex-S is almost as strong and more impactful on building, you should probably vote Calyrex-S).
My vote goes to Xerneas again
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Pogerneas The sheer power of a +2 Stab fairy aura boosted blast is horrifying even to look at and with coverage moves like thunder it deals with ho oh and stuff meanwhile even using sub to stop status and puts hella pressure with zac c as an offensive core on teams which heavily rely on ndm to check zac c( backups like zyg are dealt with xern) Meanwhile xern is 'the sweeper' as well. Xerneas can go from geomancy to scarf aroma defog to defensive leftovers rest aroma or even the not much seen draining kiss xerneas in certain teams. With substitute it can sit on a leech Ferro and go for geo and deal massive damage with +2 m blast even it's spdf Ferro won't get enough longevity to survive and most spdf Ferros have to rely on p whip ( gyro ball has way too less pp to be used effectively and it's gonna run out of it hence not making it worth to use )to break sub which can be pp stalled by teammates like etern. Even stuff like focus blast xern which is rather uncommon can be used to lure and ko spdf Ferro after geomancy since most xerneas's don't run it. Overall, Xerneas deserves a spot on then top 10 Titans of the ag metagame thanks to its sheer power some versatility and decent coverage moves as well besides putting a lot of pressure on defensive cores with teammates
The sheer power of a +2 Stab fairy aura boosted blast is horrifying even to look at and with coverage moves like thunder it deals with ho oh and stuff meanwhile even using sub to stop status and puts hella pressure with zac c as an offensive core on teams which heavily rely on ndm to check zac c( backups like zyg are dealt with xern) Meanwhile xern is 'the sweeper' as well. Xerneas can go from geomancy to scarf aroma defog to defensive leftovers rest aroma or even the not much seen draining kiss xerneas in certain teams. With substitute it can sit on a leech Ferro and go for geo and deal massive damage with +2 m blast even it's spdf Ferro won't get enough longevity to survive and most spdf Ferros have to rely on p whip ( gyro ball has way too less pp to be used effectively and it's gonna run out of it hence not making it worth to use )to break sub which can be pp stalled by teammates like etern. Even stuff like focus blast xern which is rather uncommon can be used to lure and ko spdf Ferro after geomancy since most xerneas's don't run it. Overall, Xerneas deserves a spot on then top 10 Titans of the ag metagame thanks to its sheer power some versatility and decent coverage moves as well besides putting a lot of pressure on defensive cores with teammates
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still going for ditto. practically the best revenge sweeper
The one and only buck
Banned deucer.
Ho-oh