Friday 9th October Seminar
hosted with faded love
How's klefki in the current meta game?
It was decided Klefki is still stuck as only setting up spikes, and just is outclassed by Grimmsnarl for screens support. Cheesy Calm Mind Iron Defense sets are overpowered too easily too. Not to mention Klefki competes with Froslass and other spikes setters like Roserade. However, Klefki's typing heavily bolsters its viability being able to provide some role compression. Klefki can also use more exploration. Flash Cannon, Switcheroo, and Magnet Rise were all mentioned. Flash Cannon has decent damage and nails Galarian Weezing. Switcheroo has a few options with Flame Orb, Toxic Orb, and Sticky Barb. Though, like Mygrein mentioned it can't touch the Dark-types that can annoy keys like Incineroar. Magnet Rise is not new, and is solid against Mamoswine like last generation. Overall, Klefki appreciates the lack of Rhyperior but still faces issue.
Some partners that were mentioned by faded love for Klefki were Mimikyu, Golurk, and Mienshao. More examples were Obstagoon, Sharpedo, Bisharp, Necrozma and Virizion who all can take advantage of spikes.
How's Slowbro currently?
Nobody disagreed that Slowbro was the best pokemon in UU. It was highlighted how consistent Teleport especially with Boots to evade hazards. It is often in the Slowbro user's favor to make risky plays. Even with Knock Off, the hazards can not make too much progress against Slowbro-- bar Toxic Spikes. Zarude and Obstagoon were the first answers mentioned. In general, voltturn mons like Rotom-C were praised for keeping up pressure against Slowbro balance. Strong ghost-types such as Golurk, Marowak, and Chandelure were nice options as well.
Slowbro certainly could use more exploration. Cheese like weather setter and Trick Room work with Teleport nicely and have seen a good amount of usage (mostly Trick Room). Some others moves that have potential are Thunder Wave, Ice Beam, Calm Mind, Yawn and Trick. Nasty Plot is just done better by Galarian Bro. Thunder Wave is nice for crippling offensive checks. Ice Beam is a reliable coverage move that can OHKO Noivern and chunk Zarude. Calm Mind can be a surprising win con. Yawn can be neat with Teleport as it forces switches or gets a sleep for easy set-up. Trick can randomly cripple things but means not running broken Heavy Duty Boots-- basically between Specs or Scarf. In conclusion, Slowbro is a reliable top tier mon with more room to be explored.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the seminar :)
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