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Nidoqueen @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Stealth Rock - Dragon Tail / Roar - Ice Beam - Earth Power This is as close as Nidoqueen can get to a defensive set without being outclassed by Dragalge, seperating itself through speed and rocks. It can...

Gastrodon is the Ryan Fitzpatrick of Pokemon. They're even at the same point in their respective cycles.

Something I've noticed with new players in the lower tiers is that they gravitate towards the bulky, passive Rapid Spin users, like Claydol, Blastoise, Hitmontop, and Donphan. whereas more skilled players like offensive spinners: Cryogonal, Mega Blastoise, Starmie and Tsareena. These are...

The problem I see with physical Z-Celebrate Meloetta is that either A: You need two turns and two moveslots, one for Relic Song and one for Celebrate, or B: You're using up your Z move to give a +1 boost to a mon with base 77 Attack. Mixed sets seem questionable, too, as there's very few mons...

People were really upset about that Youtuber who got Ambipom into UU, so the "no quickrises" rule was made to limit similar rises in the future. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/quickrises.3627841/

If you want it to be ranked, you need to give a good reason to use Klinklang over OU's existing Steel types. Every calc you posted can also be accomplished by Magearna running Fairium Z. It doesn't need Electric Terrain's help to KO Zapdos, and it still outspeeds and KOs Adamant Mega Swampert in...

I don't think Rocky Helmet is neccessary, as the only common spinner in OU (Excadrill) beats Klefki 1 on 1 anyways,

I think there is merit to this strategy (after all, Aurora Veil teams in lower tiers dedicate 2 mons to setting it up), but I don't think Mimiyku specifically is a good user of it. It already has two options for boosting moves (Swords Dance and Z-Splash), and the low Base Power of its moves...

Even if they were equally bulky, it's more efficient to invest EVs when your Pokemon has HP and high defenses. The higher a base stat is, the less of an effect EVs have, and vice-versa.. Look up the sets for high-HP Pokemon like Snorlax, Guzzlord and Alomomola and you'll notice that almost none...

Kartana @ Leftovers Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 240 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Air Slash - Synthesis - Giga Drain / Hidden Power Ground With good STABs, a Toxic immunity and reliable recovery, Kartana has all it needs to become a fearsome Calm Mind sweeper. Air...

Feel like Heatran is already a very well-explored mon, so here's a shit set Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire EVs: 224 HP / 32 Atk / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Magma Storm - Stomping Tantrum - Taunt - Toxic While usually outclassed by Earth Power, Stomping Tantrum lets you punish opposing...

In UU and below the upper and lower ladders can be so different that it affects the viability of Pokemon. Seismitoad does better than Swampert against Arcanine, a Pokemon that's 5x more common on the 1000 ladder than the 1760 ladder.

Kingdra @ Scope Lens Ability: Sniper EVs: 64 HP / 192 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Substitute - Disable - Draco Meteor - Focus Energy Disable Milotic's Haze or any other troublesome attack and attack away. HP EVs ensure that after you disable Mega Steelix's...

I thought we went through all of this during the Greninja suspect in ORAS. The consensus was that it couldn't sweep literally the entire metagame with just four moves, but it could plug any holes in an offensive team while still being incredibly effective.

If nothing else, it's as indispensable on TR as Xurkitree is on ScoliPass. Flare Blitz even 2HKOs Keldeo and 3HKOs Zygarde.