Recent content by Acetraineraegis

Hey, haven’t been back here in a while, how’s the metagame?

Yeah, probably should have, I need to stay up to date on this type of thing

Has anyone been seeing a rise in skill swap/normalize gengar? It feels heavily unfair because with mean look, it completely shuts down everything that doesn’t one-shot or outspeed and two-shot gengar.

Has anyone given thought to Fluffy Manaphy? Seems like a meme set, but fire resistance nulls the weakness given by Fluffy and the extra physical bulk can let it live long enough to set up a tail glow and do some devastation if it has Leftovers.

Definitely a lot of fair points, though I will stay adamant in at least waiting for the post-home meta to balance out before we consider retesting 2AC, it seems like there could be some things that could be a bit broken with 2 mons being able to use the same ability with completely different...

Zapdos-Galar @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sword of Ruin Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Thunderous Kick - U-turn - Drill Peck - Facade 2HKOs max hp, sp def corviknight while also living a supereffective Brave Bird from it. I’ve used it to sweep a good amount of...

An argument against 2AC Double regenerator Seriously though, I think that 2AC would completely break Regenerator, as it enables endless switching if you don’t get two-shot This could be used to argue against Regen itself, and, while I do agree that it might be a bit too strong, 2AC could...

With the ban of Noivern and Gholdengo being suspected, I feel like we have to get rid of Garganacl. Garganacl’s SpD is the lower of its defenses, and these special threats were some of the best in this OM, leaving Garganacl an even harder threat to counter. OPulse is banned as well, leaving...

I doubt it, there has been much less usage so far. Electric terrain isn’t great, its secondary effect is unusable in this OM, and electric types are not great overall, with the exception of Sandy Shocks, which has low general usage.

Barraskewda @ Choice Band Ability: Primordial Sea Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant or Jolly Nature IVs: 0 SpA - Aqua Jet - Liquidation - Psychic Fangs / Crunch - Close Combat With Orichalcum Pulse use higher than ever, now is PrimoSea Barraskewda’s chance to shine. With...

Fair point there, I have some experience using Bug Buzz Volcarona, chose solar beam for the extra kill power, as Giga Drain can struggle a bit with it. Bug Buzz is definitely the better overall option, allowing supereffective STAB hits against popular psychic and dark pokemon. I'll edit to...

AAA DesoLand Volcarona Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Desolate Land Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe IVs: 0 Atk - Fiery Dance - Giga Drain - Quiver Dance - Solar Beam/ Bug Buzz Desoland volcarona could be viable, as it removes its second largest counter, water, while also...

* DRAGAPULT IS NOW BANNED* Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Prankster EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 SpD or invert Def and SpD Nature: Impish / Careful - Toxic - Baneful Bunker - Liquidation / Toxic Spikes / Stockpile - Recover / Swallow This mon is designed to stall as much as possible, and to...

Ting-Lu @ Leftovers Ability: Toxic Debris EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd / 4 Def Careful Nature - Stealth Rock - Spikes - Earthquake - Whirlwind Ting-Lu with Toxic Debris is possibly the ultimate setup mon. Its high natural Spd and max EVs encourage physical attacks, lest you complete your full...