#competitive_discussion

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wild knot
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I feel really bad after losing 2 matches in a row only to be set by a bot

shadow wind
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Showdown, champs doesn't show ranks

wild knot
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Still need an answer for trick room my team is too quick

cyan smelt
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just add one slow mon

wild knot
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Idk who to replace

molten oasis
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Yea nah back to phox lmfao

cyan smelt
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send your team

molten oasis
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Drampa isn’t very good

rustic mountain
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couldve saved u some time

cyan smelt
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i think i like coaching gambit

rustic mountain
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wolfey also swapped off drampa p quickly lol

wild knot
cyan smelt
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add crab, that should deter tr

molten oasis
wild knot
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But who to replace

shadow wind
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3 ice types 😭

lost sun
cyan smelt
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froslass or a9

molten oasis
molten oasis
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Don’t run both snow setters, one or the other

cyan smelt
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and you don't need 3 ice types

rustic mountain
rustic mountain
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idk how i feel bout delphox mega tho

molten oasis
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Core kicks ass, sneaslers been great

molten oasis
shadow wind
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That guy does damage

molten oasis
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Sleeps annoying as shit but you can play around it

cyan smelt
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i'm greedy, i'm on the sd coaching gambit ride

wild knot
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Sure ill test it out

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But 3 megas…

lost sun
molten oasis
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He’s just kinda goated

rustic mountain
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dnite megas has been ight, some mus its genuinely unbringable which doesnt feel great

cyan smelt
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chomp as well

rustic mountain
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but its better then i originally thought

shadow wind
cyan smelt
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chomp is ridiculous with scarf

shadow wind
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This what I've been rocking

molten oasis
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Chomp Gambit Sneasler

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Eh it might be sneasler actually

cyan smelt
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aerodactyl is top 3 megas easily

lost sun
molten oasis
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I’ve legit seen more sash dactyl than mega

rustic mountain
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seein the new ev spreads on mons is so weird

shadow wind
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Pushes it to 85 which makes it outspeed Zard Y in tw

molten oasis
rustic mountain
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wdym 2 hp

cyan smelt
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4 move kang, what are you cooking conner, should i change to that

spiral zealot
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im not gonna lie it is pretty funny to me to see people who are locked tf in, max rank in the game in under a week, and have not customized their characters whatsoever past the default

molten oasis
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I look and I’m like “I’m wasting evs fuck”

cyan smelt
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i should prolly switch to 4 move kang since i'm rocking coaching

wild knot
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Hmm do i replace ? If i do replace a9, 3 megas, if i replace fross i cant to blizzard spam except a9

molten oasis
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3 megas is too many

rustic mountain
cyan smelt
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replace froslass

shadow wind
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Drago how has soft sand chomp been

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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I was between soft sand and white herb

wild knot
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okay ill give it a shot

molten oasis
shadow wind
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And it's good for when there isn't an incin

molten oasis
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Scarf feels wrong man

wild knot
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Evs?

cyan smelt
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is it just me or is mega aggron ridiculous

shadow wind
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Although I kinda like the 1 free speed drop where I don't need to care

molten oasis
spiral zealot
molten oasis
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I treat it like lorb chomp

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Which is what I had on that core in pre champs

shadow wind
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Makes sense

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Soft sand double tantrum seems absurd

molten oasis
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Infact that core is what I was using in pre champs

shadow wind
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Nice little 180 bp move

cyan smelt
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i need to go through the shop and buy everything, i have like 66k vp

molten oasis
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I’ve tried other things but that hasn’t hit as hard

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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Delphox puts up work, gambit and Garchomp are goated, and a9’s been solid too. Sneasler goes to a lot of games tho

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Lots of incin

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Which means free unburden

shadow wind
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I think Aerodactyl is my new goat

rustic mountain
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i didnt know wat it did, realized it became solid steel type and really high defense, proceeded to stall out tr then ko'd it w/ weather ball

spiral zealot
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@rustic mountain can i see your drip

molten oasis
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Sneasler doesn’t feel nearly as bad to play with or into imo

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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Dire claw nerf was pretty nice

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Just like, solid fast Mon

shadow wind
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Which is why I like aero

rustic mountain
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the nerf was nice tho

shadow wind
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130 speed tailwind setter? Sign me up

molten oasis
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I think that move needed a nerf

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But it wasn’t going anywhere since we don’t have shifu

dull ibex
rustic mountain
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im just glad this meta has felt different

dull ibex
molten oasis
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Arch found dead in a ditch bro

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I haven’t seen any Archaludon

rustic mountain
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arch is fine, its just the broken guy it once was.

dull ibex
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I was suggested going sturdy

lost sun
rustic mountain
molten oasis
shadow wind
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Real

rustic mountain
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on champions?

shadow wind
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I mean every other game is rain so like

rustic mountain
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or u talkin sd

molten oasis
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Well no on showdown

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I need to go play champions just haven’t solidified the 6th yet

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Maus feels meh

rustic mountain
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oh well yea go play champions and tell me then how many arch u run into lmao

lost sun
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y not just play champs

molten oasis
wild knot
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Evs in mega crab? Is it bulky enough so i can just max attack and hp?

shadow wind
rustic mountain
shadow wind
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And easier to teambuild in because you have the entire mon list right infront of you

molten oasis
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Gotcha

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I’m ngl, the less items is sort of a nice change of pace

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Tho I think taking out av and goggles was fucking rough

dull ibex
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So we got sun zard sun, and Peli rain for aggressive cores

rustic mountain
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i mean i just jumped into champs, it was day 1 u didnt need to teambuild and practice on sd, just go out and ball and see if u needa change anything as u go

dull ibex
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Any other cores

shadow wind
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I just wish we got like a couple more

cyan smelt
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guys the new team changes i've made are working out great! i've won two in a row

shadow wind
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Expert belt would've been my goat

molten oasis
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No av or goggles makes zard venu so oppressive

shadow wind
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Yeah

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No av is so cooked

rustic mountain
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zard kinda mid

molten oasis
shadow wind
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Real

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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Bro gets packed up by a dead bird

rustic mountain
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not impressed by it

molten oasis
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Zards like top 3 megas to

wild knot
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Yeah i crit ko a arch with like 70-80% health with blizzard mega fross

rustic mountain
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i wanna use it myself but idk maybe its cuz my rain team is really good vs it

shadow wind
cyan smelt
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yawn skeledirge is so goated

molten oasis
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Overheat and be shit for the rest of the game cool

shadow wind
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All these dumbos clicking heat wave and dealing 88% to both mons then dying

rustic mountain
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maybe

shadow wind
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God forbid they click the nuke

molten oasis
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I still think it’s oppressive

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My mu’s good into it I’d argue

rustic mountain
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thats just my initial impression onnit, i get its supposed to be a top mega, and u def gta respect it but w/ rain and the options i have, its not scary

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ive yet to lose to sun

molten oasis
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Ik what is scary

shadow wind
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The existence of rock slide keeps it in check

rustic mountain
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yes

shadow wind
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Yeah that guy is terrifying

molten oasis
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This thing is a fucking monster dude

rustic mountain
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mega floette is scary haha i wanna use it next

molten oasis
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155 with fairy aura is not okay game freak

dull ibex
shadow wind
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I'm still using Mega Garde cause I don't have lza 😭

molten oasis
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“Can kill the man but not the idea”

rustic mountain
dull ibex
rustic mountain
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rip

molten oasis
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Our flutter before flutter returns

dull ibex
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I have 3 flutters 🙂

molten oasis
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And they took out metagross as they introduced floette which I think is wild

rustic mountain
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i think +1 fairy aura moonblast is not far off xerneas +2 its just not as bulky

molten oasis
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It’s physical bulk is pretty bad

rustic mountain
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thats my gameplan

molten oasis
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79/78 or smth

rustic mountain
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hit it hard w/ wave crash

molten oasis
spiral zealot
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adamant adaptability basculegion ohkos Zard Y in sun with wave crash

molten oasis
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Yuh

cyan smelt
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busted mon

molten oasis
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Basc is crazy good rn

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It’s better than starmie lmao

wild knot
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do i make Crab max hp and max attack or do i just bulk it up a little more cause attack stat already nuts

shadow wind
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My game plan is to click cm with my Garde and then hopefully kill it in 2 turns

rustic mountain
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i have yet to face a palafin

molten oasis
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Palamid once again

rustic mountain
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opportunity cost is tough

cyan smelt
molten oasis
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Palafin or basc, even starmie

rustic mountain
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?

cyan smelt
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basc hits harder and provides better pivoting options

molten oasis
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Uhhh, you can use Palafin or you can use Basc or Starmie, I feel each would be more cost effective than Palafin

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I’m getting off work, exhausted

rustic mountain
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i do wanna try palafin out

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theres gta b a team comp its atleast serviceable on

cyan smelt
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i wanna try crab out

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crab on tr

molten oasis
rustic mountain
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palafin/incin/sini/kang as a rough draft idea to start

molten oasis
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I forgot kang existed

rustic mountain
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worth considering tho

molten oasis
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Into what tho, there’s like, sini venu and rotom the grass and electric types aren’t super common

cyan smelt
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mega gard seems good too, esp against mega floette

molten oasis
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No rilla is great for it

molten oasis
shadow wind
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He's the goat 🐐

molten oasis
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Delphox has good special bulk and I watched it take like 60% from light of ruin

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Floette is disgusting

molten oasis
cyan smelt
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you know what my fav thing to do is, encore mons into protect, or force em to switch with yawn

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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Sorry that ":goa" goes to goal instead of goat

rustic mountain
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id prefer to opt for 1

molten oasis
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But if that’s true

molten oasis
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Showdown has new toy syndrome

rustic mountain
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and again, maybe rain palafin is the way, i could also see a perish mode w/ gengar palafin

molten oasis
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That could be cool

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Haven’t seen many Gengar either but he’s definitely a top 3

shadow wind
cyan smelt
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gengar is a menace

shadow wind
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But Mega Kang is so fire

rustic mountain
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u flex if u want it and having extra pressure w/ essentially a 2nd mega slot in palafin hero

shadow wind
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Sometimes I don't even mega bro

molten oasis
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Idt it’s a top tier mega tho

cyan smelt
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i also am a mega kang truther

rustic mountain
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gengar is top 3

molten oasis
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It’s solid and I respect it when it’s there but idt it’s really up there

molten oasis
shadow wind
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Kang like top 10

molten oasis
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Top 10 for sure

rustic mountain
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kang top 10ish yea, its not its former self

molten oasis
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But idk about top 5

cyan smelt
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where would u rank mega chandelure

rustic mountain
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top 30

molten oasis
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Yuh

rustic mountain
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its not good

molten oasis
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Right at uh, 29 next to his friend chimecho

rustic mountain
cyan smelt
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what do you think of mega delphox tree, bait or good

molten oasis
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They shafted all of the new megas except like a couple

lost sun
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why do people wait down the timer so often in sd

molten oasis
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Fckn lame as hell

shadow wind
molten oasis
shadow wind
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W

lost sun
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the guy literally waited too long and lost due to inactivity

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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Great minds thing alike eh Drago

rustic mountain
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unfortunately most megas arent good yet again

molten oasis
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I think it’s good

cyan smelt
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mega ttar has gotta be top 3

molten oasis
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(It’s better than a lot of the new megas)

rustic mountain
lost sun
# molten oasis Thinking

thinking so hard they parting shot my Incin instead of the mega floette that protected the previous turn

molten oasis
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I also like having a fire mega that doesn’t force you on sun

rustic mountain
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it also doesnt give u a sun boost

molten oasis
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Doesn’t need it

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159 special attack is still really high and it outspeeds almost everything

cyan smelt
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i wonder if someone will find a way to make mega meganium good

molten oasis
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Probably but Meganium is mid

rustic mountain
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ive seen ppl run it to some success

cyan smelt
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150 bp fire weather ball in rain is no joke

rustic mountain
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i think its 1 of those that prolly wont b good but may surprise ppl early

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once the other good megas come in tho, i think its very cooked

cyan smelt
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it's cooked by mega metagross

molten oasis
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Imo the top 5 is like, Floette, Zard, Gengar, Ttar, and probably Dactyl rn

cyan smelt
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i'm keen to see if mega dragalge is good

rustic mountain
molten oasis
rustic mountain
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scarf adaptability basc maybe haha but not every water move in sun

molten oasis
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Ik tho, im not saying its better I just think phox has different applications

rustic mountain
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i gotchu, i havent used it i just dont see the appeal necessarily

molten oasis
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Zard’s a great Mon, but you don’t run Zard on snow or sand

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Also don’t really think a9 snow has great options beyond, maaaybe Gengar and Delphox

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Sand gets Ttar so, sand button

rustic mountain
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double weather zard but its sand instead as the secondary ASbigBrain

shadow wind
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🥶

molten oasis
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Kinda surprised about lass being kinda just okay rn

rustic mountain
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yea i get the flexibility option, its just is delphox worth that. even dnite as good as its been im like is this really mega worthy? haha

molten oasis
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I think so personally

cyan smelt
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i gotta credit them, i like the changes champions made with move tutoring, no more egg moves or tms

molten oasis
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No other mega has landed for me yet either

cyan smelt
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so many QoL changes

molten oasis
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Glimm felt only okay and im not touching floette, maybe ill try zard but sun isnt my thing

rustic mountain
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y not floette

cyan smelt
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why not ttar

molten oasis
rustic mountain
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yea i guess

molten oasis
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That sounds miserable.

rustic mountain
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u jus need something that breaks the mirror

molten oasis
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Even then I’m still playing a mirror yk?

cyan smelt
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why not play mega gengar perish trap lol

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shadow wind
molten oasis
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Paper

cyan smelt
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that's why you fake out and protect lots

molten oasis
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It’s so frail I like having some bulk on my main mons

rustic mountain
wild knot
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Hmm i faced mega steelix its slower the mega crab..

shadow wind
molten oasis
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Delphox can be built to have bulk, which I’ve done

rustic mountain
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its not like every other game is a mirror

wild knot
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Ugh

rustic mountain
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tho i just hit mball last night so maybe it will b

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ive been playin rain mirrors all the way ranking up so w/e lol

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rotom mow the goat

molten oasis
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I fight floette every other game on showdown

cyan smelt
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drago how about mega crab on tr

molten oasis
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It’s annoying

molten oasis
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And that’s a mega I would be trying to use

rustic mountain
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the tr megas suck rn

molten oasis
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Drampa, camerupt, crab, just use Torkoal

cyan smelt
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can we all agree mega audino is the worst mega

rustic mountain
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its bottom 3 for sure

bronze quarry
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Nice design tho

molten oasis
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Malamar might be the worst

cyan smelt
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currently available

molten oasis
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Currently? Yeah probably

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All of them? I dunno

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The best tr mega rn is probably golurk and even then, idk

wild knot
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Im beating my self up cause i lost 2 matches in a row

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cyan smelt
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mega golurk is food for gambit

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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Yeah just use gambit and Torkoal that’s your mons for tr

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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I’d rather run Primarina over those megas as tr sweeper

wild knot
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I still want to bring dedenne for singles as a joke

rustic mountain
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wats the joke

dull ibex
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Haha mon bad

wild knot
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Well not really but it would be funny

molten oasis
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0-5

wild knot
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Still no air balloon

molten oasis
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They took out so many items

wild knot
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Pachi isn’t in the game

cyan smelt
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is yawn + encore anti-synergy guys

molten oasis
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What on earth even has that

cyan smelt
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a9 has encore and skeledirge has yawn

molten oasis
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You’re gonna encore and then they’re gonna switch, so probably yes

sinful solstice
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Decent Prim set?

cyan smelt
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ok so don't use encore and yawn at the same time

molten oasis
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No not really

rustic mountain
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if ur using them in conjunction, bad. if ur using them separate from one another, depending on the board state, probably good

cyan smelt
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i'm using them to waste tw and tr turns etc

molten oasis
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Then it’s fine just not on the same Mon

rustic mountain
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just dont yawn and encore the same slot, would b a bit weird imo

cyan smelt
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yeah i won't

molten oasis
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Uhhh, man what other megas even are there

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The ones I was looking at ARENT IN THE GAME

rustic mountain
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lol

torn parrot
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I’m so strsssed I laddered too much I think iv had enough beedrill

rustic mountain
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ur using beedrill?

molten oasis
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Makes sense it’s Maya

torn parrot
rustic mountain
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no wonder ur stressed

torn parrot
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Hella stressed lol

rustic mountain
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ur using a bottom 10 mega

molten oasis
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Bottom 5 imo

rustic mountain
dense latch
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potential mon is honestly a compliment for beedrill

molten oasis
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Potential Mon is fucking golurk bro

dense latch
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like what potential gang

molten oasis
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Unseen fist! Oh it’s, slow and isn’t all that bulky ok

rustic mountain
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man i respect the attempt but the meta seems so hostile to beedrill

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like wat does it even do

molten oasis
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Beedril when Zard:

dense latch
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beedrill when anything really

cyan smelt
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beedrill when a gentle breeze

dense latch
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im so impressed that you even got that high up with it wow

molten oasis
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Beedrill when adapt or rain basc wave crash

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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Hmm

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Time to look at that tier list again

cyan smelt
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mega garde is decent tho

dense latch
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i remember seeing maya near the top of the private server but im not sure how far up she got in real sd

rustic mountain
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ahh ok, was that all beedrill tho

molten oasis
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Shit Lopunny exists

dense latch
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molten oasis
cyan smelt
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i'm expecting gambit to get wisped a lot

molten oasis
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Kinda doesn’t do anything rn tho

dense latch
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135 speed :0 neuron activation

molten oasis
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Except die

rustic mountain
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its bulk is so bad

cyan smelt
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sucks that scrappy is only after you mega so you can get intimidated first and then you're cooked

molten oasis
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Probably explode Gengar just to die later

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Ig I can try lass? A lot of the other megas fucking suck

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And Glimm just doesn’t feel that good

rustic mountain
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y

cyan smelt
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mega froslass hits like a freight train

rustic mountain
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glimm seems solid

molten oasis
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Is so annoying

rustic mountain
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just run mamo

dense latch
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i think i need to get off zard weather wars are kind of annoying

molten oasis
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Is mamo actually real?

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I’ve seen a few now

cyan smelt
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run altaria mega gengar perish trap lmao

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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Hm

rustic mountain
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u need sash tho

molten oasis
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Maybe I’ll try Glimm again

dense latch
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im gonna take advantage of the 60 bucks i spent and cm moonblast my way to master ball or whatever

rustic mountain
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enjoy

cyan smelt
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i need to finish PLZA

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cyan smelt
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is it hard to finish?

dense latch
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i just need to figure out what i want

molten oasis
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I feel like that guy should be really solid and up my alley

dense latch
shadow wind
molten oasis
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Good speed tier and solid bulk, and hits hard

dense latch
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i was thinking aero chomp floette and like incin bc it's incin

cyan smelt
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add sneasler for maximum lols

dense latch
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my first priority is to punish sneasler

shadow wind
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I have aero chomp garde

dense latch
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then like maushold?

rustic mountain
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damn i dont have aerodactyl shiny, do i have to really go back to za to grind for it HDyepge

dense latch
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i've seen that with floette

molten oasis
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I’ll try it again just need to find what to use it with

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dense latch
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i still dont have the shiny charm bc no one wanted to link trade with me 😭

rustic mountain
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wdym

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like evo stuff?

dense latch
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there's a mable's research thing for trade evos

molten oasis
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Uhhhhh

dense latch
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that gives like 2k

rustic mountain
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do u not hav dlc?

molten oasis
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Why does meow lowkey cover 3 of those lmao

cyan smelt
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does dlc make it easier to get the charm?

dense latch
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yea but i dont wanna grind that much in za bc i've had like no free time as of late

molten oasis
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Glimm by itself takes out zard whimsi stuff which is great

rustic mountain
dense latch
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i never did the 1k battles

rustic mountain
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i did the 1k battles it sucked

cyan smelt
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pokemon is slowly becoming p2w

dense latch
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i needed like 2 left but my nso expired

rustic mountain
cyan smelt
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rapidly

rustic mountain
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welcome aboard the train has left the station awhile ago

dense latch
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at least in champs its just floette

molten oasis
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Does anything beat Garchomp and kingambit?

dense latch
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and champions monetization isnt that aggresive lowkey

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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And Ttar

dense latch
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just two or three i think

rustic mountain
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thats all thats standing b/w u and the charm?

cyan smelt
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i should really finish plza

dense latch
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and like an extra 500 pts

rustic mountain
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so like idk

dense latch
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spending is capped at like 67 bucks

rustic mountain
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wdym

dense latch
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membership + pass + starter pack

rustic mountain
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the member fee is monthly tho

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if im not mistaken

cyan smelt
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are some of the megas gonna get sprites on showdown soon, it's disconcerting seeing an empty box for them

dense latch
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rn at least

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like at launch i guess

dense latch
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u can get the year for 40 i think

rustic mountain
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they usually take a bit w/ that stuff

cyan smelt
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oh well they had the format up really quickly

dense latch
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that's easier to do tho

cyan smelt
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i see they already have a sprite for chimeco so hopefully it doesn't take too long for floette

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rustic mountain
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they r all volunteers essentially, sd isnt their job

dense latch
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yea

rustic mountain
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so it varies wen things get handled/ addressed that may not b the main thing they r concerned over

cyan smelt
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true i'll just be patient

dull ibex
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Thoughts on this

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Oh I forwarded the message before

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My bad I forgot for a second

cyan smelt
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if i switch sneasler to sash what item should a9 hold

lost sun
molten oasis
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Hear me out

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32+ Atk Sharp Beak Talonflame Dual Wingbeat (2 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Venusaur: 156-184 (100.6 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

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No sash is gonna save you now

cyan smelt
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same thing with sash sneasler lol

molten oasis
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And whimsi

next dust
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Can you use perish song on pokemon and then spirit shackle them in place?

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Do they work at the same time?

dense latch
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yes

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same principle as perish + shadow tag

next dust
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That's the only way to make full perish work in champions then hell yeah thank you

dense latch
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you have mega gengar

next dust
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And how do you deny them swapping after you swap mega Gengar out so he doesn't die

dense latch
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protect, fake out etc it's a hard strategy to pull off for that

molten oasis
next dust
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Those don't stop the other trainer from changing out their mons before Gengar returns to the field

dense latch
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but it helps gengar stay on the field

next dust
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He has to be swapped or he dies too

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And then I lose my only shadow tag user

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And when he is swapped. I lose shadow tag making my opponents free to swap too

molten oasis
#

Thoughts on guys to round this out?

next dust
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That's the whole reason I needed to know if spirit shackle denies swap out. There is zero other shadow tag users. There is zero arena trap users. It's just spirit shackle to keep them locked in place while I swap Gengar out preventing his death from perish song

lost sun
shadow wind
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W top 20

next dust
lost sun
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don't think the game lets u

next dust
#

Wait. Can they? Do I not understand this right.

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I didn't think about that

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I haven't tried that

shadow wind
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The game doesn't even let you select the switch button when shadow tag is on the field

lost sun
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ye only ghost types and Pokémon with moves that let them swap out like u turn can escape shadow tag

next dust
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I've just been killing two mons and sacrificing sinistcha and mega Gengar keeping one Mon in the back to win 😂 holy hell I'm a dumbass

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Thanks for the help guys

shadow wind
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If you guys are looking for a W leaderboard spot I'd say right now is the best time on showdown

torn parrot
shadow wind
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Says you

torn parrot
#

Nice climb Conner!

cyan smelt
#

guys i think the changes i made to my team are working, i've won 3 in a row

shadow wind
#

Thanks goat

cyan smelt
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oh grats conner

foggy cloak
#

Finally played Champions and if there's one thing I learned, it's that Memento is actually a pretty good move 💯

cyan smelt
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how is rotom mow btw?

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also encore is so fun

shadow wind
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Rotom is strong

south pumice
#

How fast is incineroar usually?

cyan smelt
#

bruh i just played someone who just kept setting up spikes and toxic spikes, this isn't singles

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ok i think this new team is cooking, i've won 4 in a row

rustic mountain
#

as promised

cyan smelt
#

i think i need to buy up everything in the store

rustic mountain
#

my intro to mball in champions was brutal lol, threw my first game and proceeded to get cooked the next 2 games

cyan smelt
#

what sort of teams are in mball

rustic mountain
#

atleast got the next 2 but man, this team might not b built for it

rustic mountain
chrome knot
cyan smelt
rustic mountain
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it def cooked me lol

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im havin fun atleast, gna prolly try and train my floette transfer it in and some other mons then crash

lost sun
dense latch
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i like the jackets with the details and shit but there's too many to choose from

rustic mountain
#

limited options but im not mad at it

dense latch
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5 colors is too many for me

spiral zealot
rustic mountain
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nice

molten oasis
rustic mountain
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lmao ik

molten oasis
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He hates scarf chomp ig

rustic mountain
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my basc outspeeds regular pult, scarf pult? not so much

molten oasis
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And basc

rustic mountain
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not that my gameplan necessarily hinged on that but it sucked lol

molten oasis
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Unfortunate

rustic mountain
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also sinischa floette cooks me if i get the calls wrong

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which i did

foggy lodge
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I've had so much people delay mega for absolutely no reason I had someone not mega their Gardevoir and hyper voice infront on my Sinistcha LOL master ball is weird

rustic mountain
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i had a guy mega his ttar at 36%

foggy lodge
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Its so weird

lost sun
foggy lodge
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Someone mega evolved at literal 1 hp in front of me i don't remember what their mon was

dense latch
foggy lodge
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I think it was a dnite LMAO

spiral zealot
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yall just dont understand cuz ur not pros
its called mind games

rustic mountain
rustic mountain
foggy lodge
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I actually been delaying mega floette infront of other fairies #genius

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To not give them the fairy aura boost

rustic mountain
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yes we know

dense latch
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maxi what are u using alongside floette

foggy lodge
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But it happens 1 time out of 30 battles

chrome knot
dense latch
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is it the team from the group?

rustic mountain
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tera? PB_shock

foggy lodge
dense latch
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mega tera tomato tomato

chrome knot
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its 3aaammmmm

rustic mountain
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dont scare me like that, tera was cool but it being gone now? pepogld

foggy lodge
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Im enjoying this format but im scared this is just the mega honeymoon please tell me megas are as cool as they are for most of the time

rustic mountain
#

on a serious note im still workin out of my head sometimes like oh no dont be concerned bout if it changed to xyz type its gna stay that type haha

foggy lodge
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It feels weird hitting tyranitar without it becoming a ghost or a flying type

rustic mountain
#

right lol

cyan smelt
#

emma tysm for recommending encore ninetales, it's saved me sm

foggy lodge
#

Sometimes im like "okay you are switching or protecting right" and they just let it die

rustic mountain
foggy lodge
cyan smelt
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i love that

shadow wind
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Goodness gracious

cyan smelt
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go for no 1 atp

shadow wind
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Man I get so shaky when I do

chrome knot
shadow wind
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Maya already pushed me to go past settling for 20th

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But like 7s a pretty awesome number

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And it's the last "small" elo gap

cyan smelt
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i'm just watching a game with phillybeatzu

shadow wind
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Nah I'm making the executive decision to stop

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I always do this

cyan smelt
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he's trying mega alakazam with psychic terrain meowstic

shadow wind
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I go on a streak and then take even a 3 minute break and just lose all the mojo I had

foggy lodge
shadow wind
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I think I'm chill here

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I got so lucky in my last game

cyan smelt
#

i'm feeling more confident in my team now which is great

shadow wind
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Not so much in the game but in the match making

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I was 14th and matched into the guy in 15th 💀

foggy lodge
#

Conner how likely is it to get top 1 on the reg I bo1 ladder🤠

cyan smelt
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is this bo3 ladder btw

shadow wind
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Nah bo1

cyan smelt
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killin it

shadow wind
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I figure I should just do what's going to be on champs

shadow wind
#

Seeing more than 5 items would give me a heart attack right now

foggy lodge
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Seeing a single tera

cyan smelt
#

i unfortunately can't attend the next aussie regional but maybe i try and attend some locals

shadow wind
#

Can't even think about Reg I

red willow
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Lol that play kinda decimates rain thats funny

cyan smelt
#

i keep wondering where the tera button is lol

foggy lodge
#

You are eating a tera flying or tera ground bullshit and inmediatly going back to reg M-A LMAO

shadow wind
red willow
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Oppo volt switched off rotom proccin sash and switched in ttar setting sand and killing my weather setter lol

cyan smelt
#

i hope they wait a while before introducing tera

shadow wind
#

Probably one of the worst games I've ever played lowkey

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It looks like I'm trying to lose

cyan smelt
#

you should have seen some of the games before i fixed my team

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i was raging hard

shadow wind
#

But yeah a +20 to get to top 10 I think I need to just thank the lucky stars and move on with my day

cyan smelt
#

then i took a break and looked at my team so i'm gonna do that when i get tilted because it works

shadow wind
#

I went through a couple teams before settling on this

cyan smelt
#

i'm glad my goat gambit is good again

shadow wind
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And I only did this team because the showdown building has Aerodactyl front and center

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It's funny this team is somewhat similar to my first team I made for champs

cyan smelt
#

i feel like i can never get the sucker punch calls right

red willow
#

Wait that water spider thing is legal

cyan smelt
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good thing ur not a mega zard bot conner

red willow
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doesnt it hit kinda hard

shadow wind
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Even though I have childhood attachment to Zard Y

red willow
#

Aquarachnid?

shadow wind
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Thank you Zard Y for landing your fire blast to kill Dianthas Mega Gardevoir in the XY pokemon league 🫡

shadow wind
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It's so awesome

foggy lodge
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"im running zard y and venusaur combo alongside garchomp and sneasler to help with the mirror and incineroar for support"

shadow wind
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Oh yeah I was going to find my teams and compare

cyan smelt
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i have a childhood attachment to gliscor because i thought gligar had a cool design in gsc and i liked its cry

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i also have a childhood attachment to dunsparce because of that 1% encounter rate in the dark cave

shadow wind
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First team was the first team I made and the second one is the team I'm currently using

mighty stump
#

I should run Rock Slide randomly on Snorlax bro

shadow wind
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I really like the mega combo of Gard and Kang

cyan smelt
#

skill swap huge power self destruct tofu

shadow wind
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Still not 100% on the items cause this team is pretty new

cyan smelt
#

it would work 1% of the time but it would be hilarious

shadow wind
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Made this team 8 hours ago

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Also I finished 35-13

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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Not my proudest work but it's chill

red willow
#

Also since abilities are back

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has anyone tried sharpness gallade?

shadow wind
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TR right now is really mid

foggy lodge
rustic mountain
foggy lodge
#

What does TR even do now

shadow wind
lost sun
foggy lodge
#

Cool fake out tr incin walls your whole team cool

shadow wind
rustic mountain
shadow wind
#

Honestly the crab is pretty scary

rustic mountain
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they also had gambit which for some reason they didnt bring

lost sun
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ye crab can 1 shot a lot of Pokémon

rustic mountain
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they over predicted me switching dnite into incin and cc'd and i mega'd and draco ko'd them

lost sun
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or be close so farig can clean with hyper voice

rustic mountain
#

its ok i think, but not great

cyan smelt
#

which mon has surprised you the most so far

strange fjord
#

Oh, that I recognize that name @shadow wind

shadow wind
shadow wind
rustic mountain
shadow wind
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What does the mower do?

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Also is Kang really not being used that much?

rustic mountain
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ive seen it a few times

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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Running trick or nah?

rustic mountain
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nope

cyan smelt
#

and resists sand well too right

rustic mountain
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its ok i guess

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i usually am not bringing it vs sand

shadow wind
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Ttar knock off probably does like 70

rustic mountain
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lol

shadow wind
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Jeez I'm already 9th on the ladder?

rustic mountain
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mamos good for sand actually

shadow wind
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It's been like 10 minutes

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Ladder is movin fast

shadow wind
cyan smelt
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i should play some more

shadow wind
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Mamo seems pretty good right now

cyan smelt
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mamo is great just don't use it for meme no guard fissure spam

shadow wind
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Oblivious and then hits just so many mons

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He's just terrible into Sneasler

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Which I guess a lot of mons are

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Sneasler fries my team if played right

cyan smelt
#

sneasler fries a lot of teams tbh

rustic mountain
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its been good and i built the team to hav 3/5 partners b able to stay next to eq

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wasnt built around mamo really but worked out

shadow wind
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Nice

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Mamo seems like a decent Garchomp sub if the team can afford it

rustic mountain
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u just need sash

shadow wind
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Yeah

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What are the moves?

rustic mountain
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protect/eq/ice shard/ice crash

shadow wind
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Ok yeah that's what I would run

cyan smelt
#

that seems great against chomp

rustic mountain
#

it is

shadow wind
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Ice shard probably doesn't kill?

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Depends on the set maybe

rustic mountain
#

yea if no bulk prolly otherwise nah

shadow wind
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Adamant probably yeah?

rustic mountain
#

shard is usually to pick off things

shadow wind
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Like the mamo

rustic mountain
shadow wind
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I was like literally theorycrafting Mamo yesterday so it's pretty fresh in my mind

rustic mountain
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its good wen its good nd its bad wen its bad

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its def mu heavy

cyan smelt
#

i've literally won 5 in a row, i am cooking

torn parrot
#

@shadow wind YOU GOT THIS CONNER

cyan smelt
#

should have brought gambit i think

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this team is feeling good though

knotty mirage
#

Question can mega charizard y survive wave crash from adaptability bascu under the sun ?

cyan smelt
#

doubtful

pearl wind
#

not looking good
32 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Wave Crash vs. 2 HP / 0 Def Mega Charizard Y in Sun: 152-180 (98 - 116.1%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO

knotty mirage
#

Uh this sucks i lost my win streak because i'm confident my zard can live wave crash under sun

shadow wind
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Alright well

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Didn't hit #1

cyan smelt
#

lost my 6th game but that's ok! i need to review it

shadow wind
#

Peaked second

atomic portal
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congrats big man

shadow wind
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Wish I got #1 but it's whatever

atomic portal
torn parrot
spiral zealot
cyan smelt
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ok i lost to ancient power torkaol

south pumice
#

Someone rate my team. I’ve won 6 games in a row now in masters

cyan smelt
#

lost two in a row, maybe i'm leading wrong

south pumice
spiral zealot
mighty stump
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Why you White Herb Poison Touch

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and no Dire Claw???

south pumice
#

Somehow…

mighty stump
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“Somehow” working doesn’t exactly strike confidence

shadow wind
#

How does EQ work with stomping tantrum?

south pumice
#

Oh crap I gotta drop the white herb lol

shadow wind
#

I'm assuming EQ will never trigger stomping?

spiral zealot
torn parrot
shadow wind
#

But failing means what in this instance

spiral zealot
#

getting blocked by protect doesn't count as failing but getting flinched, missing, hitting into immunity, full paralysis, sleep turn all count

shadow wind
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Cause I know stomping gets finnicky with spread moves

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Do you know about an immunity?

cyan smelt
#

ok just lost to crunch mega kang

shadow wind
#

Happens

spiral zealot
shadow wind
#

Holy I can't read

#

You said if it hits into an immunity it counts

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But it only counts in the slot that it failed into right?

spiral zealot
#

Stomping Tantrum doesn't have to target into the slot that the previous move failed into for the double power

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im watching a video right now where the guy used Zen Headbutt into Tyranitar (which fails) and then used a Double Power Stomping Tantrum into a different Pokemon

shadow wind
#

Interesting

#

But does that mean stomping tantrum gets doubled if you eq beside a levitate mon?

cyan smelt
#

i think this team is still good

spiral zealot
#

i think if you're going EQ -> ST, then EQ has to fail on every possible target if you want ST doubled

shadow wind
#

Hmm

spiral zealot
#

in the same video he tested Rock Slide into ST and ST does not double when Rock Slide only missed 1 opponent

south pumice
#

And I would run life orb but no life orb…

shadow wind
#

Understanding

foggy lodge
#

Conner can you share your team

shadow wind
#

It had a couple changes mid ladder sesh and I don't know what's best

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Like kowtow over iron head on gambit

cyan smelt
#

now i lost to what i assume is scarf armarouge?

shadow wind
#

I also kept losing to a mega aggron so watch out for those I guess?

foggy lodge
shadow wind
#

Yeah

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On one hand kowtow will nuke always

#

But iron head is insane for when the dark is resisted

foggy lodge
#

Cuz like kowtow kind of just gets the most benefit out of the glasses and being able to hit with dark a lot of stuff but iron head is a steel move in a floette format

shadow wind
#

Exactly

mighty stump
#

after on SD your Kowtow is neutral pog

#

I don’t remember if Fairy Aura still reduces Dark move power or sth

shadow wind
#

Nah

foggy lodge
#

I like shadow ball sinistcha too i think that move will pick up in usage as the format goes on

mighty stump
#

My gut tells me Crabominable should have been good but TR blows rn LOL

#

even on bulky offense

south pumice
#

Might not be the right meta rn

#

…stupid zard teams

shadow wind
#

Lowkey might speed creep with sinistcha to 95

#

Outspeeding Froslass and Sneasler might be huge for this team

tiny karmaBOT
cyan smelt
#

dire claw + sucker punch into zard is deadly

foggy lodge
#

It's not too much investment tbh

shadow wind
#

I like it

foggy lodge
#

Just 5 points

shadow wind
#

Changing the team right now

#

This is just the Chomp Talonflame of this format

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Except my chomp is adamant

foggy lodge
#

Chomp and her weird looking bird

shadow wind
#

252 Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Garchomp: 144-170 (78.2 - 92.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

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Cause I HATE this calc

foggy lodge
#

How much does it improve with adamant

shadow wind
#

252+ Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Garchomp: 158-188 (85.8 - 102.1%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO

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Always kills after rough skin

cyan smelt
#

poison berry is clutch for a9 also wdym torch song doesn't melt freeze

shadow wind
cyan smelt
#

wholesome vgc moments

#

i feel like my predictions are getting better from playing randbats

shadow wind
#

I actually get a decent amount of people asking for my teams

#

But I think it's just because I play with spectators on

cyan smelt
#

maybe i should do that

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also i've won more games with this new team than lost them so that's good

#

10-4

#

gotta review my losses

shadow wind
#

Legendary triple unnerve 🔥

#

Alright

#

Back up to 12th

#

And there's a 14 elo gap to 11th so I think I'm good for now

#

Happy I hit second but this team needs some serious work done

cyan smelt
#

maybe i should review my losses now

#

or wait don't they say to review it after 50 games or so

shadow wind
#

Not a clue

#

I raw dog team building

#

Throw the mons in the builder

#

Not working? Different mons in the builder

cyan smelt
#

ok i'm seeing how i misplayed in my losses now, that's good

#

i haven't brought gliscor much yet but he's clutch against sand

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and sneasler

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and incin too

#

aerodactyl gets so much tech, wide guard, taunt, tw

shadow wind
#

That’s why he’s awesome

#

Also unnerve

#

Unnerve in a format with 8 items is very good

cyan smelt
#

and common teammates are sneasler so my poison resist and fighting resist berry won't work

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and incin usually rocks sitrus

#

lowk might replace gliscor for aerodactyl

shadow wind
#

Aerodactyl the goat

mighty stump
#

Especially if lets say for 10 matches you just play into scrubs and get free wins

#

That doesn’t really count

shadow wind
#

My pokeball games are definitely a good indicator of how this team will function

cyan smelt
#

i'm not tilting when i lose, i'm trying to approach vgc with a more positive mindset

shadow wind
#

W mental

mighty stump
#

Frustration is normal

cyan smelt
#

at least i was proactive and changed some things

wild knot
#

ive gotten 2 freezes using blizzard but the oppents always seem to thaw out instantly :(

cyan smelt
#

have they nerfed freeze?

wild knot
#

the odds of thawing out have been nerfed

#

or buffed depending on which side you are in

cyan smelt
#

oh they automatically thaw on the 3rd turn

#

that's good i think but silly that torch song doesn't thaw

wild knot
#

it has a 25% of thawing out so

#

idk if its the same lol

minor geyser
#

I am starting to not like ranked in champions anymore. Some people really think you can wait the clock out. Good thing my attention span isn't broken.

cyan smelt
#

i think they're just deciding what to do

minor geyser
#

And it's right after their matchup suddenly isn't favorable

cyan smelt
#

that's why there's a timer

#

ok i've lost two in a row maybe the team's not good

chrome knot
leaden fox
#

I still believe instead of Freeze; we should've gotten "Frostbite" from PLA 😅

cyan smelt
#

ok i lost 3 in a row maybe the team is ass, i lost to drampa

leaden fox
#

Some yes, not a crazy amount of good ones though

cyan smelt
#

i should have dealt with the drampa, underestimated it

leaden fox
cyan smelt
#

i'm learning a lot about this meta

leaden fox
#

The meta will likely shift dependent on what mons + held items they plan to add in due time

#

Whether that'll be next season or season after that, we don't know

cyan smelt
#

just got outplayed by a hoodra time to call it quits lmao

#

now i lost to weavile

cyan smelt
#

argfh lost to rain

oak geode
#

Hey, is this a chat to discuss Champions or just Competitive in general?

cyan smelt
#

both

oak geode
#

I wanted to ask that if I have Mega Froslass and opponent has Mega Charizard Y, my Mega will Winout due to being slower, right? Or is Mega Froslass outspeeding it?

#

I'm on Max Speed Froslass. Don't know if Charizard is standardly on max speed

mighty stump
#

Zard Y is base 100 while Frosslass is base 120

#

Zard should be max speed cause of all the mirrors and crowded speed tiers

oak geode
#

You are right! Did the calcs wrong (calcs is short for calculator)

I checked if 0 EV Froslass is outsped by 252 Charizard 🥀

#

Guess if I face it, I should be aware of that!

supple latch
oak geode
#

Just started the game, using Froslass, what are the most represented Megas, or Megas i should make sure to build around?

mighty stump
#

Zard Y, Ttar, Floette are probably the megas to look at

#

You get the occasional Mega Gengar

oak geode
#

I assume Ttar is Sandstorm,

I saw Floette is essentially Xerneas without Geomancy, is Mega Gengar just a hard matchup for Froslass?

cyan smelt
#

team is no good

oak geode
cyan smelt
#

my team

oak geode
cyan smelt
#

yeah

knotty mirage
#

I have question if i use greninja and activate protean and then mega evolve will protean activate for the second time or no ?

cyan smelt
#

mega alakazam and meowstic is so corny

#

i think my team is trash

oak geode
#

I wish my mega was in the game 🥀

cyan smelt
#

i'm not doing too flash hot with this team

#

i hate scarf ttar bro

#

just lost to curse gyro ball mega steelix

knotty geyser
cyan smelt
#

scarf rotom, scarf chomp, scarf ttar, what isn't scarf

#

i need to be prepared for scarf ttar

#

you know what i'm going to try, substitute skeledirge

#

oh and scarf basc

knotty geyser
#

OHHHHHHH WERE MASTER BALL BABY

cyan smelt
#

hype

knotty geyser
#

I dont think I'll reach master ball in singles

#

And I dont like singles as long as it stays in 3v3 format

cyan smelt
#

god i hate sand

waxen dock
cyan smelt
#

that won't help me improve

chrome knot
#

living comparatively makes me hate vgc and this format so much its just an incoherent mess

cyan smelt
#

i thought you'd be doing well and making sense of the madness emma

chrome knot
cyan smelt
#

orthworm next to garchomp is very annoying

#

and scarf basculegion is annoying too

wintry scarab
#

Im trying to build a Trick Room team with Tyranitar as the Base

Should I still use Archanine as my Intimidate Mon?

cyan smelt
#

incin is slower

#

what does everyone think about cofagrigus

supple kestrel
knotty mirage
#

Prolly as good as mega scovillain good ability but doesn't have the bulk too get anything done

knotty geyser
#

It just gimps phyical attackers

knotty mirage
#

That's why i said the ability is good but it ussualy just burn one of your pokemon and then drop ded

cyan smelt
#

cofagrigus can wisp and tr, and take away basc's ability

wintry scarab
#

This is what I'm rocking with atm, idk what to change

knotty mirage
cyan smelt
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intim helps it

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it's also good against sneasler

knotty mirage
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Yeah intim only work agains't physical attack but if the mofo get hit by shadow ball i don't think it will survive unless sash

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But eh you do you if you want too try using cofa go ahead

cyan smelt
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i was just watching a game and saw it and thought it was interesting

knotty mirage
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It just gimmicky if it's really that great it should have more usage

wintry scarab
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I should get a Fake out user

cyan smelt
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it forces a lot of switching

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i'm thinking i go back to rock slide on gliscor for the aerodactyl mu

cyan smelt
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but then dual wingbeat is good against sinistcha and sneasler, idk

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rotom is annoying

red willow
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Man I wish Tinkatons offensive stats werent so

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offensive

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Thing has a funky movepool

noble hatch
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any ghosts types other than gengar and dragapult seeing use rn?

red willow
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sinisthca

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bascu

noble hatch
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oh yeah those 2

red willow
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Skeledirge/chandelure are sometimes a thing too

noble hatch
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i havent seen a single dirge yet

red willow
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At least Ive bumped into em a couple times

noble hatch
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or chandelure actually

cyan smelt
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don't forget mega golurk (lol)

wintry scarab
cyan smelt
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trash

red willow
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Am I crazy for wanting to try out sharpness gallade

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Does it hit hard?

cyan smelt
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yeah it does but just be aware that you lose sharpness when you mega

noble hatch
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it feels like alot of the megas we have rn have worse abilities when they do mega

cyan smelt
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the best ones are the ones that keep their ability

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that's why ttar is so good

noble hatch
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TTar being able to reset sand to win weather fights is so good