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252 Atk Iron Valiant Close Combat vs. +3 252 HP / 88 Def Tera Steel Zamazenta: 132-156 (34 - 40.2%) -- 25.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery You've got to be careful talking about weaknesses and resists when it comes to Zamazenta. Your physical attack can double it's damage and Zam...

Bans are always going to struggle going forward because nearly every ban candidate has to contend with the the fact that Kingambit is obviously more broken than this, so why ban this? I'm aware of Kingambits suspect. I don't think anyone has done anything wrong. It's just that his survival...

I'm really curious about this, I went looking and couldn't find it. Why is physical hoopa better? Disregarding the fact I'm a huge fan of mixed hoopa.

I know "outspeeds the entire unboosted metagame" is meant to say this pokemon is very fast. Honestly though, in gen 9 it barely puts you in top 50% speed. There are so many booster energies and insane priority moves.

The arguments seem to be that Roaring Moon forces a really tight momentum game, some players love this as its highly skill testing and some people hate it, that the game should never be that momentum focused. I personally enjoy the high importance momentum matches. They're way more interesting...

Banning pokemon for not bringing enough defensive utility to the tier sounds like a weird argument. Raging Bolt is a banworthy power level, but if it was even stronger with extra defences then it wouldn't be banworthy?

I think you're focusing way too much on the Espeon and not enough before that. You went: Turn 1 switch Turn 2 irrelevant move on a dragapult that wanted to die anyway Turn 3 switch Turn 4 switch. Your opponent got 4 free turns in a row of pressing progress moves while you didn't. I'd address...

Assault Vest doesn't automatically make up for bad SpD. It isn't common on Tusk after all. Assault Vest just breaks on Archaludon because it still gets to be a super setup monster despite the vest.

Iron Hands on Defence EVs + boost felt the best setter to me. He's a lot better at forcing switches than Treads, and he has a slower volt switch. I tried Pincurchin, Blissey, Treads and Moth and didn't like any of them much. Oddly, the problem felt like it was the payoff. Specs Valiant or...

I'd like to highlight one point I haven't seen raised yet. Rain Sweepers need to claim multiple kills to make up for the fact they have a timer and a Pelipper on their team. Trading 1 for 1 is really bad for weather. Therefore, chunking an Archaludon, losing your mon and then revenge killing...

I'm really curious what happens if you lead Walking Wake with sunny day in its moveset against rain teams. It isn't like Wake needs its 4th move much anyway. To be clear, I don't mean using Torkoal or anything. Just a low opportunity cost move on an already great mon.

I remember a game early in this meta where, between booster energy, weather and strong priority, Deoxys Speed was the 2nd slowest pokemon in the match. The only mon it outsped was Torkoal.

I think there's a non-zero chance Tyranitar rises. I've been playing Tyranitar/Excadrill cores and meeting a lot of mirrors.

I hit my peak in the 1700s with Hoopa Unbound. I still love the mon. I hate, hate, hate choice Hoopa though. Psychic is just not a move you can afford to lock into in gen 9 OU. Pair with Wish for best results. I used a u-turn punish in Zapdos as well. Zapdos also spreads para which Hoopa...

-Showdown wants to be a pokemon simulator. -Gamefreak doesn't balance their game very well, especially singles, so we have to ban some things to make it more fun. -Bans are preferable to patches, as they keep us closer to cart accurate and are easier to understand. -Sleep clause goes against...