#competitive_discussion

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rustic mountain
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it has high stats

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w/ the right ability and partners it might b good, prolly a dual mega kinda thing tho

molten oasis
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Bax and, idk

cyan smelt
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Fake out + one dragon dance + mega

molten oasis
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Probably wants metagross honestly idk

rustic mountain
lavish frost
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Well it ohkos chomp with ice shard

molten oasis
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Also it surely takes a hit from zard and ohko’s it

rustic mountain
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love that gif

molten oasis
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It’s 175 attack

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And glaive rush fckn hurts

foggy lodge
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What did Thermal exchange do

molten oasis
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Or put it into range or ice shard

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molten oasis
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Wait no, it’s just immune to wisp

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Which is still big

foggy lodge
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Oh it cant get burned true

molten oasis
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So hitting it with a fire move sucks lol

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Especially if it’s bulkier now

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It’s probably gonna love coaching sneasler as a partner

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And aegislash maybe

rustic mountain
# molten oasis And glaive rush fckn hurts

ability: glaive shield
wen the pokemon uses a move that leaves it exposed it uses its back as a shield and neutralizes the boosted damage it otherwise wouldve taken while damaging the opponents hp 1/16th

molten oasis
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Giga impact bax

foggy lodge
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Run the invisible dice and run scale shot mega bax

molten oasis
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Skill link could be cool on bax

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But I think thermal exchange would be better

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I think megas getting shoved onto one role kinda sucks

rustic mountain
foggy lodge
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What other mega could be good

rustic mountain
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heatran

molten oasis
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Heatran for sure

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Golispod? Or Scrafty?

rustic mountain
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lol

foggy lodge
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Idk about Golisopod like maybe

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It has bullet punch no?

molten oasis
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Idt it does

rustic mountain
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dude how is scrafty gna exist in a meta even w/ floette and sylveon

molten oasis
rustic mountain
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i live dire claw, later

molten oasis
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Idk it’s probably gonna be ass

foggy lodge
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Acting as if your fighting type choice shouldn't be sneasler in the first place LOL

rustic mountain
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hahaha

molten oasis
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Fair fair my bad gang

rustic mountain
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how could u

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dude im running out of box space in champions fuck

molten oasis
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I offended sneasler’s everywhere

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Uhm, idt tatsu’s gonna do shit

rustic mountain
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doubt it

molten oasis
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Except the the mega after dozo

rustic mountain
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which is sus

molten oasis
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Even then I’d rather scarf or sash it

rustic mountain
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safety goggles

molten oasis
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That too

cyan smelt
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I do not miss dozo

rustic mountain
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drago does

molten oasis
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No I fucking don’t

rustic mountain
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lmfao

molten oasis
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Don’t go spreading around misinformation lmao

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Uhm, hm

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Mawile should be, fine, eh will it?

molten oasis
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Idk if Mawile is gonna go anything

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It beats floette that’s cool

rustic mountain
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it might b ok

molten oasis
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Probably enables tr teams, I guess

rustic mountain
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zard y is the main issue

molten oasis
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Rain mega maybe

rustic mountain
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tru

molten oasis
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Hm

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Staraptor has good stats

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But idk if it’ll be enough

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All the z megas are probably gonna suck

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rustic mountain
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they seem like single merchants at best

molten oasis
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Maaayyybeee?

rustic mountain
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eh

pallid hare
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Been thinking something given this discussion, but I wanted to ask first. How many megas were genuinely viable in VGC in the first place, back in the gen 6 and 7 days?

molten oasis
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Good typing and it’s bulky

rustic mountain
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not many megas were good back then

cyan smelt
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I can see mega dragalge sludge wave memes next to telepathy oranguru

molten oasis
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Oh the raichus

pallid hare
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so, this is basically a case of history repeating itself

molten oasis
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Maybe one of those end up being solid?

cyan smelt
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Is mega kang still viable

rustic mountain
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its solid

molten oasis
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Viable.

rustic mountain
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not even close to wat it was, but def still useable

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rustic mountain
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lol

molten oasis
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It’s so frail

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God forbid it sees a sucker punch from any good dark type

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molten oasis
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If that actually gets electric surge it might be solid

rustic mountain
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they needed to min max these guys more

molten oasis
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True

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They’re not bad they’re just not great

rustic mountain
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100 atk on the y form?

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atleast give it a little more bulk

molten oasis
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Malamar will get tr on switchin guys!

rustic mountain
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dude

molten oasis
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Istg if it does I’m gonna crash out that’s not a healthy ability

rustic mountain
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the abilities they were giving these megas on the beta server

cyan smelt
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Malamar is getting ended by one first impression

rustic mountain
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"drampa totally gets drizzle"

molten oasis
molten oasis
rustic mountain
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no lmao

molten oasis
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It does fit the design and we don’t have a rain mega

rustic mountain
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cloud nine into weather setting ability seems kinda broken

molten oasis
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It wouldn’t really do anything with the rain but I’d like a rain mega

molten oasis
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rustic mountain
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more wat itd enable

molten oasis
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Ig that’s true

rustic mountain
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arch, basc

molten oasis
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Uhhhh, I didn’t see a whole bunch of those abilities

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The meowstic one was odd

rustic mountain
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yea

sudden remnant
foggy lodge
foggy lodge
molten oasis
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Agati has a real drampa team?

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I’ve been baited

sudden remnant
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chat why my switch lying

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it says i only have 175 hours on Scarlet

molten oasis
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OH I FOUGHT THIS

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that was annoying asf lol

sudden remnant
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but i know for a fact i have way more than that

foggy lodge
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zoroark has been surprisingly less annoying in chamoions than it was in SV

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Probably because there's no tera so you dont have to cover for 4 fucking different options

molten oasis
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I still hate fighting it by yea

sudden remnant
foggy lodge
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Yeah i still dislike it but you can control it more

sudden remnant
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how come the new megas got sprites before the hisuian starters and ogerpon

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on pokepaste

foggy lodge
sudden remnant
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but the new megas got sprites

foggy lodge
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They do?

sudden remnant
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mega drampa had a sprite

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oh nvm

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it was just showing base drampa

cyan smelt
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When's the pokepaste alternative dropping

foggy lodge
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I have one for the SV dlc mons but not for megas

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Most sprites have the base form anyways so whatever

sudden remnant
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booo they should show the mega sprites

cyan smelt
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Why do all the projects i like get abandoned, that shinyhunt app got abandoned, this pokedex and teambuilder app i used got abandoned and pokepaste got abandoned

sudden remnant
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happens with small project stuff

cyan smelt
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Adrive has a lot of followers though

sudden remnant
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🤷‍♂️

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idk bro

cyan smelt
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Guess it's hard when you're an independent dev

sudden remnant
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sorry gang i got nothin

cyan smelt
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Fih

molten oasis
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FISH

sudden remnant
cyan smelt
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Omg i love smiling friends

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Michael cusack is so cool

sudden remnant
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i cant find any new romance animes to watch im cooked

split stone
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People can't be this dumb right.

Using a dragon type move on a fairy type. Can't they read when it says it has no effect on the fucking move but uses the move anyway

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And another person did it again

shadow wind
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Average Zoroark encounter

cyan smelt
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Bots?

sudden remnant
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we also gotta consider champions might be some peoples first pokemon games

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it is free after all

split stone
sudden remnant
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i mean if you’re new you tend to just click buttons

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we’ve all been there

split stone
cyan smelt
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This is why i'm glad i have kang to fake out those zoroarks

leaden fox
cerulean nacelle
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Christ 🤦

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Also mega camerupt mentioned by Aaron zheng arkeknine

I been talking about mega camerupt and its good to see him get his spotlight in multiple ways.

leaden fox
cyan smelt
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He kept trying to double edge the farig even when it was imprison protect

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0 iq

cerulean nacelle
cerulean nacelle
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I ain't the best doubles player by any means but christ that man was poor

cyan smelt
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I am actually embarrassed for him

leaden fox
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Considering they were at 1648 yeah

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I swear, if this team gets me to 1700 next 😅

cerulean nacelle
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As long as you're careful you can probably get to 1700

leaden fox
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So knowing most of that info, I judge not what can I bring to the match, but what they are likely to bring

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Yes I only have the one Mega on my team too; but it's not just the Mega that runs my whole team 😅

cerulean nacelle
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Lol I just lost because rock slide flinch. Gotta love RNG.

leaden fox
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Yeah, usually certain matches I lose are mainly due to RNG; so know the pain

cerulean nacelle
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Yeahhhh haha it's fun

leaden fox
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Outside of those RNG moments, I can run my team well

cerulean nacelle
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Dude crab is so bad

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I love the mon and I love its design. But God damn this crab sucks.

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A bit of careful incin pivoting and my camerupt was never in any real danger.

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I HAVE ALSO REACHED 100 BATTLES WITH MY GOAT SINISTCHA

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LETS GO

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Need to remake a mega froslass team im 13 games away from getting 100 battles with froslass.

cyan smelt
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If sneaslers are running throat chop i can't run skeledirge anymore or maybe it'll be fine in tr

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
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Good thing about Skeledirge, it's bulky and has Unaware; so that helps; however, Kingambit and Basculegion are rampant atm 😅

cerulean nacelle
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I've seen a lot more ttar drill atm.

leaden fox
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Skele may do better when we get Tera involved somewhat again

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Though could do well in Dynamax too

cerulean nacelle
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I used all sorts of bullshit when it was dynamax format but my favourite was gigalith

leaden fox
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I remember using Charizard alongside Ninetales xD

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
leaden fox
cerulean nacelle
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I do wanna try nasty plot froslass at some point...

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Can invest pretty much fully in speed and HP with enough defense to reach 100 so in snow it reaches 150 defense.

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Maybe pair with maushold redirecting to get a guaranteed set up.

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And friend guard giving even more defense.

next stump
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please lord let Aurelien finally win a tournament

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this dude is too good to keep getting 2nd

bold geode
solid frigate
bold geode
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IS THAT CHECKMATE

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Louis needs a miss

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NO

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YES

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IT'S OVER

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CHECKMATE

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Man that's a great end

foggy lodge
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Crit won Aurelien the game lol

next stump
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let’s gooooooo

foggy lodge
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And an arubega team won again LMAO

bold geode
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Ew French people

solid frigate
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Bro so Aurelien is French and immediately takes it back

bold geode
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@foggy lodge what is this top 8

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Dyl Kelsch Louis Marco and Aurelien
Shit looked stacked

solid frigate
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Wait it’s Miraidon Zama

Shit I have to rewatch the stream

wild knot
indigo coral
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Is that real? The font looks slightly off

cerulean nacelle
dense latch
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top 4 and 2nd in back to back weekends

nocturne holly
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Who’s good with mega feraligatr rn

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And mega delphox

molten oasis
molten oasis
leaden fox
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Just faced someone on Showdown; they were flinched by Rock Slide 4 times in a row 😅

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I was like "there is no way, right?"

foggy lodge
dense latch
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mixed dragonite is pretty cool

foggy lodge
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Wait its mixed what

dense latch
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yea the normal move is espeed

winter fox
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I'm glad we are back to bullying Whimsicott

mystic spade
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then mamoswine got oneshot by charizard Sadge

clever root
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oh he did indeed

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however! I had a mega glimmora chilling in the back ready to bash that fraud

cerulean nacelle
molten oasis
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Zard ain’t it for me

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Back to phox

cyan smelt
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I hope that's not ai

sudden remnant
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i genuinely dont know

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i hope for the squirrels sake that it is but for our sake that its not

cyan smelt
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Looks like ai

sudden remnant
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that skwovet got the thanos snap treatment

cyan smelt
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Horrifying gif actually

sudden remnant
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truly

cyan smelt
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That video proves how brainless zard y players are

indigo coral
cyan smelt
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Yeah but without knowing what's in the back

indigo coral
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You don't know what's guaranteed to be in the back, but you only have four options, they know what those options are, they probably understand basic team composition, and they determined either that they could win without it against what you probably had, or that Glimmora wasn't a winnable matchup either way so they had to bank on you making a misplay and not bringing it

cyan smelt
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Bringing garchomp against mamo is kinda dumb though

indigo coral
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If you don't then you autolose to Glimmora anyways

cyan smelt
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Yeah but leading it idk

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I personally would have protected chomp and gone with the heat wave

indigo coral
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They took the only winning line they could see, which was hope Mega Glimmora was in the lead and lead Scarf Chomp plus Charizard Y to pin it. The fact they didn't Protect means it was Scarf Chomp

cyan smelt
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I think i like dragon fang scale shot chomp more than scarf chomp

indigo coral
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This is ladder, Scarf chomp is one of the most common sets and Dfang Scale Shot is barely represented

rustic mountain
indigo coral
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It's also still early season, you're missing the Cybertron effect

molten oasis
cyan smelt
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I swear dragon fang scale shot chomp is all over showdown though

molten oasis
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It’s just not my thing, and it having this giant target on its back doesn’t help

rustic mountain
molten oasis
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I don’t like the Mon!

rustic mountain
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oh there was some mega manectric team w/ ceruledge posted

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on tangs channel

molten oasis
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But I believe in what I’m calling snowfox

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I’m doing good with it and it feels good so far

nocturne holly
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What’s the most fun mega you guys have used so far

rustic mountain
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zard y

molten oasis
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Phox

cyan smelt
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Mega kang, double ice punch is funny af

nocturne holly
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Is champions better than showdown

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Like it’s so much less work than doing a team in like sv

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I bet it’s mad easy now right?

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Other than everything needing vp

cyan smelt
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Vp is easy to get..for now

foggy lodge
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Got 1700 in bo1 sd with this team its cool

solid frigate
winter fox
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Do you guys think Urshifu will have any viability in Champions with its nerf to Unseen Fists?

chrome knot
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yes

solid frigate
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It’s Urshifu

If bro can survive a generation where Protect still works against him (Gen 8 Max Guard)

It can survive here

winter fox
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Champions can do something really funny by making it not learn Aqua Jet anymore

foggy lodge
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It can live without it

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They would have to nerf surging strikes/wicked blow to really make it lose viability and it would still be good

winter fox
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They would do that

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They would nerf Surging Strikes for no reason

chrome knot
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i don’t think it’ll change

winter fox
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Or they would make the paldea water starter learn it and then nerf it

chrome knot
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just typing shit

winter fox
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It's just a theory a game theory

chrome knot
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ok

winter fox
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Give Incineroar Wicked Blow idc

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It deserves it

indigo coral
dense latch
indigo coral
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Ah, functionally 10bp with guaranteed crit so not nothing

molten oasis
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Shifu will be good, it’s not going anywhere

cyan smelt
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Not even unseen fist can make mega golurk good

solid frigate
cyan smelt
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At least they gave golurk headlong rush

molten oasis
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This goes for excadrill too

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Unseen fist was kinda built for shifu and it’s clunky on others, half the time you have no ability

solid frigate
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Also whats the speed btw

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solid frigate
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Ok yeah it’s even more awkward to run

molten oasis
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It’ll be outclassed the instant Ursa comes back

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Yk, even more cus the tr mega is crab rn

solid frigate
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Also Gambit exists

cyan smelt
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Gambit is slower in tr

next dust
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I've ran m. Golurk tr and honestly it's just not it. Weak to WAY too much of the current meta.

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I ended up just not bringing him most matchups

cyan smelt
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I wish it was better but atp you're better off running base no guard because at least it can hit aero and zard with stone edge

timber falcon
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is showdown down?

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says i cant connect to server

supple latch
timber falcon
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Hopefully it’s fixed soon

supple latch
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Yeah

cyan smelt
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Showdown always be going offline

sudden remnant
supple latch
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Lucky for me, I think I’ve got enough practice for the upcoming tournament I’m participating in

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So I won’t need showdown anytime soon

cyan smelt
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I should hop back on showdown, lowkey thinking of replacing sneasler with something else but not sure what else works in tr and mega crab sucks

sudden remnant
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mega crab is great in certain mus

cyan smelt
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I'm not running snow so idk how good it is

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But the urge to hit close combats and ice hammers into things is intense

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Probably need something that can ignore mega scovillain

sudden remnant
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weak to flying rock poison

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what about glim

cyan smelt
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Idk if that thing works in tr

sudden remnant
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it doesnt its quite fast

cyan smelt
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Was thinking tailroom with mega aero

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sudden remnant
cyan smelt
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What if i just do milo like everyone else

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Milo works in tr right

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
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possibly

cyan smelt
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I'm gonna look at the dex again

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Machamp is a definite option

sudden remnant
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rate the team

cyan smelt
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I was considering maybe torterra but idk

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Smart zard players would know it has wide guard and would hit the weather ball

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Garg can't get burned

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And is incredible in tr

cyan smelt
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I mean there are no good electric or grass types so may as well salt cure water types right

sudden remnant
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my manectric is offended, and tsraeena and meow are both offended

cyan smelt
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Those are all anti meta picks

sudden remnant
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exactly

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😀

timber falcon
sudden remnant
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indeed

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im playing Y rn

timber falcon
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I remember starting a nuzlocke but never quite finishing it

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Will be sure to continue after exams

cyan smelt
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And obviously i wouldn't bring garg against tsareena or meowscarada

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It's for scovillain and water types

sudden remnant
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tsareena is so good rn

cyan smelt
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Anti prio is always good

sudden remnant
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its not even that

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theres a lot of power behind that ability

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that farig can not offer

cyan smelt
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Tsareena is more offensive

sudden remnant
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exactly

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which is much more my style

cyan smelt
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I think i would enjoy salt curing zard y

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And arch

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And gambit and incin

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Even with the nerf

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And honestly 4x effective on peli is tempting

sudden remnant
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chat my honedge is evolving

cyan smelt
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Peak

sudden remnant
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isnt doublade into aegislash a stone evo

cyan smelt
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No?

sudden remnant
cyan smelt
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What stone would it be

sudden remnant
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dusk

cyan smelt
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Oh yeah it might be

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sudden remnant
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yo thats a cool feature

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i was right its a dusk stone

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aight gtk

cyan smelt
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I wanna salt cure stuff

sudden remnant
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i want this goomy to get in the ball

cyan smelt
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Catch rate of 45 that might take a while

sudden remnant
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lemme check if i have false swipe

cyan smelt
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How do u think delphox would take a salt cure

sudden remnant
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ifs phys def is horrible so i imagine not well

cyan smelt
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Hooray i've found my fire and water and steel answer

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I think garg is really cool

sudden remnant
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rhymes with grug

cyan smelt
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Wats grug

sudden remnant
cyan smelt
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At least it's not the ai squirrel

cyan smelt
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So cursed

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
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DAMMIT DOUBLADE

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kalos im mad

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ive had quick balls this whole fucking time

cyan smelt
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Why

sudden remnant
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i was struggling to catch a goomy and had fucking quick balls the whole time

cyan smelt
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L

sudden remnant
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when did i get quick balls 😭

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would i be a bad person for boxing my delphox for a chandelure

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cyan smelt
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I just dunno what chandelure does better than phox

tiny karmaBOT
cyan smelt
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I mean walls zard ig?

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But horrible against aero and chomp

sudden remnant
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this is for my pokemon Y playthrough dawg

cyan smelt
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Oh

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
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but anyways im talking about my y play through

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
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ah thats why

shadow wind
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That was my goat in full potential

sudden remnant
shadow wind
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Yes

sudden remnant
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i was wondering why it made the stomping animation when it was thrown into battle

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its 200kg

cyan smelt
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How is mudsdale heavier than arch

sudden remnant
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how is mudsdale one of the heaviest pokemon period

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cyan smelt
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It's a horse or a donkey or something

sudden remnant
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horse

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honse

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uma

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@cyan smelt mudsdale is the 4th heaviest period

cyan smelt
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The heaviest pokemon is cosmoem right

sudden remnant
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6th

sudden remnant
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actually no

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the heaviest is celesteela

timber falcon
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Why is mudscale so damn dense

sudden remnant
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i mean it is compacted mud

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which is earth which is heavy

timber falcon
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Surely it gets to a point

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900kg with compacted mud alone?

sudden remnant
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900kg of compacted earth

tiny karmaBOT
timber falcon
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How tall is it

sudden remnant
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2.5 meters or about 8 feet

cyan smelt
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I miss celesteela

sudden remnant
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thank god for body press

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mudsdale just has fucking everything

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good stats good typing great movepool

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even has good abilities (plural)

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own tempo is meh but stamina and inner focus are both really good

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
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everything. i said what i said

cerulean nacelle
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Just because its been said doesn't mean its right

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Otherwise kanye West would've been much more of a problem lol

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The main thing a tanky mon like mudsdale is missing is probably reliable recovery ngl.

sudden remnant
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which we have items for

cerulean nacelle
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But items aren't always a long term solution

sudden remnant
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i mean you can’t account for everything on one mon thats why it has teammates

cerulean nacelle
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Yep. I'm just saying, the idea that it has everything would make it a meta staple. It isn't.

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Mudsdale can work. I ran into a trick room mudsdale team that was honestly quite cool.

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But it's not all that.

sudden remnant
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if you run into mine its gonna be after you mega lopunny mudsdale

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who needs trick room when i can just outspeed you

sudden remnant
# real prairie

the only things heavier than it though are space entities and the literal embodiment of the earth

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minor miscalculation on game freaks part perhaps?

real prairie
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The problem when they base some things on IRL weights and some on imaginary Pokémon weights

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The idea the maximum kg in Pokémon is 999 is stupid itself

sudden remnant
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celesteela is dexed at exactly 1k kgs

real prairie
#

It's a fucking rocket ship

sudden remnant
#

yes. a space ship from another place entirely btw

#

regardless mudsdale is fucking goated

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and also mudsdale is twice as heavy as registeel

real prairie
#

I can't get on with it, I expected +4 Def Body press to just flatten things

sudden remnant
#

the fucking titan of metal

sudden remnant
#

its attack is higher

real prairie
sudden remnant
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a tree

#

weighs more than the fucking titan of steel

#

what the fuck?

#

also why is the embodiment of light 500 kgs

real prairie
#

Exeggutor weighs more than Mega Aggron or Probopass

sudden remnant
#

230 kg

#

still doesnt sound right for the embodiment of fucking light

#

mudsdale is actually 5x the weight of the titan of steel

#

registeel is only 200kgs

#

WHY IS THE TITAN OF STEEL LIGHTER THAN THE EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT

#

GAME FREAK WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS

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and why does the Sun weigh the same as Light

#

just what

real prairie
#

Jellicent weighs more than rhydon

#

A jellyfish

sudden remnant
#

you mean to tell me the dead jellyfish is heavier than the rhino

#

why is iron treads lighter than just a fucking dude?

#

iron treads is lighter than hariyama

real prairie
#

Because apparently you can't be both fast and heavy according to Gamefreak

sudden remnant
#

miraidon is both

#

miraidon weighs the same as iron treads

#

which also doesnt make sense but im already losing it

#

woah woah woah wait a goddamn fucking second

#

why is a BEAR heavier than a fucking TREX???

#

and why does kyurem weigh the same in its base form as it does in its fused form?

#

but reshiram and zekrom both weigh more than kyurem?

#

and why is mudsdale heavier than glastrier

#

and why is CETITAN heavier than DIALGA?

timber falcon
chrome knot
#

mid

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
cerulean nacelle
#

We got a flipping 4th genie before that lol

leaden fox
#

Legends Arceus was the Past; Legends Z-A was the Future, so the past is next

#

And only three regions have a strong chance for a "Past-era" game: Johto, Unova and Galar

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
#

Though likely all Legends games after Z-A will be NS2 exclusive

cerulean nacelle
#

And I gotta say its so nice to be able to run through caseroya lag or lagtree thicket without going to 1FPS lol.

leaden fox
#

Yeah, ScarVio are amazing games, the NS1 just held it down a little

cerulean nacelle
#

Also hot damn, aurorus is based as hell. Tanking zard hits never felt so good.

leaden fox
#

tbf, Aurorus can take a lot of hits, until Fighting types

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
#

Yep, indeed

cerulean nacelle
#

But yeah I predicted that they'd just try and lead chomp + zard Y and it ended up giving me a really easy set up to just get trick room and light screen up on my farigiraf.

#

People ain't respecting incin

foggy lodge
#

@shadow wind gotchu

shadow wind
#

The decay has been astronomical

#

I’m honestly shocked I’m still top 500

#

I think I got to 1810 ish then stopped playing cause burn out

mighty stump
#

@foggy lodge i just did a galaxybrain play

spiral ridge
#

god damn nice

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
#

Though it was funny when their Mega Scov (at 7% hp) switched in while one layer of spikes was on the field due to Ceaseless Edge 😅

mighty stump
cerulean nacelle
timber falcon
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It’s definitely not for me is the conclusion I’m drawing

sudden remnant
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cuz fused kyruem is no longer hollow

sudden remnant
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season 1 was goated season 2 was aight

cerulean nacelle
#

Also it's pokemon, it's all purely theoretical, fuck if I know

timber falcon
sudden remnant
timber falcon
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oh i meant read as in ive read it

#

i honestly wouldnt reccomend doing so

sudden remnant
#

yeah if the plot gets wild i dont think i will

molten oasis
#

I think this meta is boring and I also just think phox is a fun Mon, even if my heat waves aren’t as powerful

cerulean nacelle
molten oasis
#

It’s not zard

cerulean nacelle
#

Well yeah but nothing really is lol

molten oasis
#

True zard’s just, stupid

#

Still a personal believe of snowfox even tho it’s definitely not on the power of zard or floette teams

cerulean nacelle
#

Zard is the most prepared for mon for a reason. Because its very strong even when you know it's coming.

molten oasis
#

Yep

cerulean nacelle
#

Literally it's existence made aerodactyl meta

#

Not just that but it was a big reason why lol

#

Like that's how meta warping zard Y in such a low power format is.

sudden remnant
#

it got me to master ball season 1

leaden fox
#

Just a little note if you have the Mega Stone already that is given out in the BP 🙂

next dust
# molten oasis It’s not zard

Might I suggest testing out trevenant next to it? I've been running Forest curse+ disable trev next to heat wave+encore phox and it's been so fun

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next dust
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Everyone always panics when they all of a sudden get grass typing haha

cerulean nacelle
#

That's neat.

cerulean nacelle
leaden fox
next dust
#

It's been a really fun team. Encore disable lock give em forest curse then heat wave em to death haha

clever root
#

Mamoswine's strongest soldier

sudden remnant
cerulean nacelle
clever root
#

I know he was mad as hell

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

gen 10 should introduce a priority fire move

left bobcat
#

MANNNNY

left bobcat
sudden remnant
#

can they be more creative with the name

left bobcat
#

#

Heat rush?

cerulean nacelle
cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
cerulean nacelle
#

Why

sudden remnant
#

cuz water has one and grass kind of has one

cerulean nacelle
#

That doesn't really mean fire needs one.

#

What fire needs, at least on the physical side is a safer better physical fire move.

If you don't wanna use flare blitz you either have to use fire punch or a gimmicky move.

sudden remnant
#

or have a signature one

cerulean nacelle
#

Same with electric. You either have other use supercell slam which is such high recoil that it's risky to use by itself, or volt tackle which is so piss poor.

sudden remnant
#

like cinderace and hooh

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

and pyro ball as a concept is so fucking cool too

#

like they cooked with cinderace

#

idk why it has 2 signature moves but whatever

cerulean nacelle
cerulean nacelle
#

So God damn bad.

sudden remnant
#

better than nothing

cerulean nacelle
#

It really isn't. At that point you aren't even consistent. You're better off just taking the recoil of flare blitz.

sudden remnant
#

unless you’re alolan marowak

cerulean nacelle
#

Or any rock head mon

#

Singles H-arcanine just loves being banded head smash or flare blitz lol

sudden remnant
#

isnt marowak the only fire type with that ability

#

no cuz of arcanine-h

molten oasis
#

We need real special water moves

#

Hydro pump sucks

sudden remnant
#

surf

#

scald

molten oasis
#

Scald is on like 5 mons and nobody is using surf

sudden remnant
#

muddy water

molten oasis
#

Is 85% accurate

sudden remnant
#

brine

molten oasis
#

Is not a good move

tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

you didn’t say it was bad. You just said it’s not good.

molten oasis
#

Having to be at half for a good special single target water move sucks

cerulean nacelle
#

Imo move hydro pump to 85% accuracy so it's on par with fire blast. That's literally it. No other changes.

#

I legit never got why fire blast was the same power as hydro pump but got to sometimes inflict burn and also be 5% more accurate.

sudden remnant
#

virizion got aura sphere in gen 9 😨

rustic mountain
molten oasis
#

That sucks

sudden remnant
#

or for some its water spout

rustic mountain
#

its certainly not a huge range, atleast prior to gen 9 scald was pretty common

cerulean nacelle
# molten oasis It’s still rough

There's still a lot worse things. Rock still doesn't have an actually reliable widely distributed physical or special move (power gem is pretty bad) and physical electric is atrocious.

bold geode
#

@next stump do you know if there is a like fraction like with Lefties recovery or whatever for how much you take from burn chip?

bold geode
#

I heard it was 6% of the health bar

sudden remnant
#

which is 6.25%

cerulean nacelle
bold geode
#

Oh so I still got fucking robbed KEKW

bold geode
#

I got a double protect to stall out a Mega Gengar with burn chip and lost cuz they only took 5% from burn chip

#

I tried to rob my opponent and the fucking cops got me

cerulean nacelle
#

Honestly bad luck has been plaguing me too.

Got confused on my farigiraf turn 1 which resulted in me hurting myself in my confusion and not setting up trick room. And another game I missed a fake out because of bright powder.

sudden remnant
#

i missed what would have been a game winning cc cuz of bright powder incin

cerulean nacelle
#

Bright powder being an actual option of an item due to how limited the pool is really does be tilting.

#

Like I'm running 3 berries on my team, pls give me more items.

#

Sitrus berry sinistcha, chople berry incin, colbur berry farigiraf the list goes on.

sudden remnant
#

why is psychic 65 bp in gen 6

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

i literally just saw it on my delphox

cerulean nacelle
#

I do not remember psychic being 65BP in xy

sudden remnant
#

maybe im just slow

next stump
#

super cool website for anyone who has played official tournaments

upper zealot
wet light
#

Give Mega Heatran Earth Eater

sudden remnant
#

wait no they made mega chomp z special

#

right?

#

give mega chomp z a ground version of rocky payload

#

and also make it keep its electric immunity

wet light
#

“It’s getting LEVITATE!”

sudden remnant
cerulean nacelle
winter fox
#

I'm using one of these teams in ranked. Idc anymore.

chrome knot
#

what was ever stopping you

winter fox
#

The green goblin mask

chrome knot
#

using good mons is literally fine

winter fox
#

I know lol

#

I didn't feel like using them at the time

cerulean nacelle
winter fox
#

And now it's a relic in time

#

Lost in time in OU

shadow wind
#

Bro just send me the virus link

cerulean nacelle
foggy lodge
sudden remnant
cyan smelt
#

It's all the fault of big groudon

sudden remnant
shadow wind
#

I push the agendas

sudden remnant
shadow wind
#

Can’t call it a relapse if I never left Groudon

sudden remnant
#

call the ward anyways

clever root
#

Sinistcha came to like 1 game, its purpose is to scare TR teams on preview

mighty stump
#

Draco Meteor is an interesting choice for IDBP Kommo

#

No Trick Rotom?

shadow wind
#

100 base spatk is calling and wants to request iron head be used

leaden fox
#

I know some people do run Trick Scarf Rotom, not many though

mighty stump
#

Trick Scarf is standard though

bold geode
strong anchor
#

But i think its quite valid.
It can criple some mons heavily or force a switch.
E.g. trick a tr setter.
They either reverse TR or swap.

Or fake out user

bold geode
#

Oh it's valid

#

I personally like Scarf EWeb rn

leaden fox
#

I remember once using Trick Scarf on a mon with Focus Sash, what a fun moment that was 🤣

cerulean nacelle
#

A TR deterrent I've seen more and more has been taunt incin or taunt maushold tbh

bold geode
sudden remnant
#

bro i just saw a reel eith a crazy point. we should fr have the swsh hym battle theme and the bw e4 theme

#

gang if i had bw e4 theme in the background id be so locked in ✌🏻

bold geode
sudden remnant
clever root
clever root
clever root
clever root
next stump
#

swap items

clever root
#

I misread sorry, but yeah never felt the need for it

spark siren
#

Should I replace Aegislash with Clefable (mega) or Sylveon?

#

I already have a counter to mega floette/sylveon (sneasler)

sudden remnant
#

mega clefable is certainly a choice of all time 😭

#

i cant talk much im using banette lmao

spark siren
#

Magic bounce seems like something not to pass up

sudden remnant
#

eh

#

its just togekiss from temu

polar canyon
#

Aurorus in the team builder is looking at me funny I wanna use it

polar canyon
#

Like it's not a bad pokemon in a vacuum but it's one of the worse choices when you look at other megas

atomic portal
#

mega absol the most underrated mega

sudden remnant
#

its such a shame, its design is so pretty

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cerulean nacelle
#

Although tbh a lot of the time my lead is just camerupt + farigiraf. So they do have to worry about getting exploded by a sheer force boosted earth power or heat wave

cerulean nacelle
#

Also on a side note I'm trying out nasty plot froslass with help from maushold and orthworm

#

And upper hand talonflame is the goat. Singlehandedly made sneasler + whimsicott lead a dud lead.

bold geode
sudden remnant
bold geode
#

Man I really like Mega Clef

#

You wanna know the worst part about Mega Clefable

#

So Fairy and Flying type right

#

With that typing
There is idk a certain Pokemon that shouldn't hit you right

#

You know
One that may or may not be shark shaped

sudden remnant
#

the chompy

bold geode
#

Except well

sudden remnant
sudden remnant
#

its not clefables fault most ground types learn rock moves

bold geode
#

The fact you fail to do the ONE THING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO

#

Also imma be real

#

I figured Floette and Zard were neck and neck for best mega

#

Nah KEKW

sudden remnant
#

it does basically the same thing without using your mega slot

cerulean nacelle
pallid hare
#

sylveon

clever root
#

sylveon is a cat?

cerulean nacelle
#

Sylveon isn't a cat

clever root
#

its more dog / fox like

cerulean nacelle
#

It's a weird pink ribbon dog fox thing yeah

sudden remnant
#

cat dog fox whatever

#

either way floette got mogged by it

cerulean nacelle
#

Either way... ESTROGEN

sudden remnant
clever root
cerulean nacelle
#

Damn 😭

#

My clef is called moonshine because I'm an alcoholic and I need help...

sudden remnant
#

lmao

#

i don’t have a clefable so mine doesn’t have a name

clever root
#

my nickname scheme is... terrible

cerulean nacelle
clever root
cerulean nacelle
clever root
#

it started with "GEM ALERT!!!" and my name scheme just lowkey copied that theme

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

mine is either a meme, a league character, or that pokemons literal job on the team

clever root
cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

i dont have a scovillain

cerulean nacelle
#

Just... just a joke man...

clever root
#

i named my rotom heat "DUTCH OVEN!!!"

cerulean nacelle
#

😭

sudden remnant
#

why not name it bread

cerulean nacelle
#

Better than some of the names I've seen on showdown

clever root
sudden remnant
#

i feel like i do

#

but for the plot im gonna say no

#

my umbreons name is ace cuz its the secret ace of my team

#

when i was running it

#

i miss it every damn game i play without it

foggy lodge
#

How should i name my scovillain

sudden remnant
#

thats the neat part: you dont

foggy lodge
bold geode
#

But it ain't the best KEKW

spiral ridge
# foggy lodge

Pelipper is coming to my town in two days for a week I’m so excited

sudden remnant
spiral ridge
#

No big bridges near me and any that are are made of rock so I’ll just punch it

cerulean nacelle
tiny karmaBOT
sudden remnant
#

172x1.5=258 172x2=344 172x2.5=430 172x3=516

cerulean nacelle
rustic mountain
#

🤨

clever root
solid frigate
cerulean nacelle
#

Honestly if it wasn't for how frustrating mega scovillain is, I would use him.

sudden remnant
sudden remnant
sudden remnant
#

and just started mathing from there

clever root
#

I still think the core of Glimm, Mamo and Talonflame is scary as hell

#

Water types are scary ye and its where mr washed comes in

rustic mountain
rustic mountain
#

not necessarily on those teams but in general

dense latch
#

i wouldn’t call sylveon a direct floette replacement at all like it’s just a different option

rustic mountain
#

exactly

dense latch
#

i think i’ve still seen zard floette teams do well

sudden remnant
#

the damage difference is very small

spiral ridge
dense latch
#

is it?

sudden remnant
#

its like 3 or 4%

rustic mountain
dense latch
#

higher special attack and fairy aura gives a higher boost than pixilate it’s def not 4% more

rustic mountain
#

idk where that # came from

dense latch
#

only 4 days left before im fully free to play champions again

sudden remnant
#

can they please add the bw e4 ost

rustic mountain
#

floette won this

dense latch
#

yea i think this was the one i remembered

rustic mountain
#

6/10 had floette in top 10

solid frigate
dense latch
solid frigate
#

Which is like pretty early shit

dense latch
#

thats a lot of glimm in phase 2

solid frigate
#

I mean anything against Zard Y I suppose

dense latch
#

rock poison ground hits like 80% of the meta for se damage it def makes sense

just made me realize how out of touch i’ve been with m-a lol

solid frigate
#

I kinda just did not play as much thanks to Irl stuff

rustic mountain
#

also toxic spikes nice to set to get chip in some mus

foggy lodge
#

The ladder is full of whimsicott glimmora

#

I genuinely fought 3 in a row yesterday

#

I beated all of them tho🦖

molten oasis
#

I have the power of Delphox and gambit Wolfe_Hello

spark siren
#

What is a good incineroar spread/build? I am using one on my mono fire team

timber falcon
#

any suggestions?

cyan smelt
#

Gambit

timber falcon
#

to fit what role tho

cyan smelt
#

Tr sweeper

#

Anti intim

timber falcon
#

hm

cyan smelt
#

But it might be bad because flare blitzes in the sun hurt

timber falcon
#

im not sure if i wanna commit to hard tr though, now im thinking maybe smth faster

#

i had dragonite in mind initially

cyan smelt
#

Aero?

timber falcon
#

good against kangs mortal enemy sneasler, but can be veyr lacking against steel types

#

this is what i briefly made

#

supposed to be dragon fang

cyan smelt
#

Dnite is not great against steel types

#

Another option is glimm

timber falcon
#

glim could be secondary mega

#

and ive been needing a spatacker

#

wanted a mon that doesnt rely on weather too...

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timber falcon
#

but it lacks the bulk i want

cyan smelt
#

Those earth powers will still hurt and you can delay mega for poison chip

cyan smelt
#

The base ability

timber falcon
#

ohh toxic debris

#

would i run a slow or fast one then?

#

ive got no tw

cerulean nacelle
#

What's the team thus far? Cba to read up.

timber falcon
#

sets still very flexible i just chose general moves and items

#

i especially dont know which basc i wanna run

cyan smelt
#

Do you like muddy water misses

timber falcon
#

who doesnt

#

female basc?

spark siren
#

Mega gengar needs its ability changed. I hate shadow tag and perish song

sudden remnant
sudden remnant
#

unless youre me who will literally run dragon pulse over draco meteor just to not miss

cerulean nacelle
sudden remnant
#

yeah its 101

cerulean nacelle
#

Literally what's funny is if you ran a -speed nature you'd still outspeed the slowest mega gardevoirs

sudden remnant
#

by 1 point

cerulean nacelle
#

Honestly mega glimm is so interestingly weird

#

Like... a very unique set of properties and good into zard Y.

But not particularly amazing into the 3 best mons of this current format (unless you run earth power for sneasler and even then, it's not amazing into it).

timber falcon
#

tho if i run modest im hitting 138 max, what is there to really outspeed?

#

peli?

clever root
#

maybe Hatterene

cerulean nacelle
#

You outspeed max speed peli but you shouldn't be bringing glimm to that match up anyway.

polar canyon
#

I lowkey think competitive pokemon would be a better game if they rounded up all moves 80 accuracy and above to 100 even if some had to be nerfed for balance

sudden remnant
#

i do not agree with this statement

clever root
#

I do not want gengar to have a fully accurate focus blast no thank you

timber falcon
spark siren
#

What is a good lead for my mono fire team? Right now, my mono fire team consists of:
Volcarona
Hisuian Arcanine
Talonflame
Incineroar
Heat Rotom
Charizard (Mega Y)

polar canyon
#

80 I said I mean

polar canyon
#

I should not start playing while pissed off

#

Getting shit like double heat wave misses and psychic crit spdef drop

clever root
sudden remnant
#

yeah but you want your opponent to miss and they want you to miss

#

it evens out fr

polar canyon
#

If their 100 accuracy wisps meant I had 100 accuracy rock slides I would not be upset at all

cerulean nacelle
#

Plus rotom wash would literally have 0 downsides.

#

Perfectly accurate hydro pumps, ewebs, will o wisps, t waves etc.

#

I hate missing crucial moves but rng will rng. It's important for the game.

polar canyon
#

I just think fundamentally having the best option in a competitive game have a small chance of just not working is pretty lame

#

While yes you can choose the weaker safer option you'll also be at a disadvantage when you use the safe one and the opponents have the strong one as long as they're luckier than you are

#

Strong moves with drawbacks are awesome but taking away player control isn't

#

Recoil moves are cool, weather moves are cool

graceful scaffold
#

im trying a mega blastoise team and i just suck at it lol

molten oasis
spiral ridge
#

Samu?

sudden remnant
#

dont hate on the goat

#

you hate it cuz you aint it

molten oasis
spiral ridge
#

Fair enough ig

molten oasis
#

And also water coverage is nice

#

Scared sword is also pretty lit

cyan smelt
#

Beats gambit too

sudden remnant
#

because SCOTTY DOESNT KNOW SO DONT TELL SCOTTY!

#

sorry i saw an opportunity and took it

spiral ridge
molten oasis
#

Ye

spiral ridge
#

Gambits good for basc too obviously you just fucking hate that fish huh
Fair for Delph team

#

Just wait
Raging bolt next reg trust me