Recent content by Darkortex

:ss/vanilluxe: :ss/arctovish: :ss/excadrill: :ss/amoonguss: :ss/rotom-wash: :ss/hydreigon: Taking this team from last week's cold storage, I have struck another demonstration of the power of "ice cream go BRRRRR." Vanilluxe + Fishious rend (the other one) is a criminally underrexplored yet...

Agreed, also the core is basically mandatory on stall and super fat balance teams

Kyurem

Toxapex

Lando-t

:ss/cinderace: Cinderace What effect did this pokemon have on the metagame? Cinderace was one of the best offensive hazard removal options in the pre-DLC metagame, as its signature move Court Change allowed it to entirely reverse the momentum of hazards / screen setting set up by the opponent...

Since Pronoob didn't actually make the post in time I'd just like to put zeraora up because it would be a crime not to. :ss/zeraora: Zeraora @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Volt Absorb EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Plasma Fists - Close Combat - Knock Off - Bulk Up /...

:ss/garchomp: :ss/magnezone: :ss/tapu lele: :ss/volcarona: :ss/skarmory: :ss/toxapex: The team is built around AV magnezone + Volcarona and hazard stacking. AV magnezone is normally difficult to fit due to the contradictory nature of its main beneficiary, volcarona, obliterating virtually all...

:ss/Excadrill: to B- | Mfer is borderline useless in this metagame. It loses to basically every hazard setter and gets permawalled by every physical wall in the tier such as corviknight, slowbro, zapdos, buzzwole and even stuff like lando-t and physically defensive ferrothorn without an...

Nat dex UU logic. Talonflame rises to a tier where it's unviable while Bisharp drops to the tier down below

:ss/torkoal: + :ss/Blaziken: Importable A large part of why blaziken isn't considered broken is not just its frailty, but that it isn't always able to accomplish much due to the pick your poison nature of choosing z move coverage, which necessitates prior setup to not get cleaved open by a...

Now that the community has come to a consensus that mega blaziken is worthy of a suspect test (if you disagree no you don't), the likely order for suspect tests should be torn-t, m-blaziken, and dragapult. Why dragapult last? What metagame changes have suddenly made it more healthy for the...

:ss/garchomp: Garchomp @ rocky helmet / leftovers Ability: Rough Skin EVs: 252 HP / 136 Def / 120 Spe Jolly Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Toxic - dragon tail Tankchomp can switch into and threaten out both members of this core. Zeraora's close combat doesn't even 3hko without a bulk up...

Idk when we're getting viability rankings, but when we do it I have a nomination :ss/articuno: > D The worst uber in the game, banned solely as a technicality of its sole ability, snow cloak, being uncompetitive. At least it's finally tiered above zapdos, even with a major asterisk.

Slowbro + Lando