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To be fair, that sounds like it needs a lot of support to do its job well, which would be a big argument for it dropping.

I don’t think they’re broken either, but they are absolutely powerful. I’d say the defining trait is the power boost, which makes all of them deadly breakers/sweepers before items are taken into account. I’d like to see more widespread terrain abilities in future gens, since terrains are...

I think it comes down more to there being more dual-type Pokémon than monotype. Having good stats and a large movepool are both qualities that tend to matter more than typing in most cases. But you’re correct that unviable doesn’t mean worthless. There are plenty of RU mons that could put in...

My favourite was how Sylveon wasn’t a check because it could CM, eat the hit, and proceed to boost up vs it. I don’t see how much has changed.

To add on, there’s also a sample teams thread, but maybe it’s just not visible enough for some people- I know that they aren’t as active as this thread is, for example.

Could be that they just need more examples of teams in the current meta maybe? Not everyone is a good team builder. I know I make a good one every now and then but I usually just work off what others have made.

If anything, it shows that Bee can eat a hit reasonably well with its resistance to KO a threat if needed. For a glass cannon, those calcs are pretty decent.

There’s already been discussion on this mon and it was agreed that there are plenty of things that outspeed it at +1, including the most common scarfers in Krook, Hydreigon, and latias. It’s both frail and weak to rocks, which makes it hard to set up more than one boost. It can still rip stuff...

Just worth mentioning - thunderpunch doesn’t hit any waters (besides Mantine) harder than D-punch. 75x2= 150 100x1.5= 150 But it does hit Mantine harder without risking Edge, so there is still that.

I think it’s worth pointing out that just because Heliolisk can be good, and be used to success, doesn’t mean that something isn’t better in every way. And that’s what Zeraora is - it’s better in every way. Zera hits all the same things with more flexibility to hit more things from both sides...

I mean, the fact that Palossand is even used right now is a testament to its power. That said, I’m not totally convinced that it’s overpowered right now. We just got a meta change, so I’d like to see some tournament usage and stats.

Klefki can’t t-wave dark types. I like Lepus but I’ll go with Darksafadao because I love a good offensive core

Well, I’m glad I played with him a bit first. It’s too bad though, I found in my limited experience around 1500-1600 on the ladder that venu didn’t do as much as people claimed.

Not going to get reqs, but I’m unconvinced that venu should be banned. It’s going to reshape the meta, yes, but I’m not sure it’s worse than say, scizor. The one argument is how much it strains teambuilding, yet experienced players keep talking about how they used varied teams- maybe the...

I’ve got a question about the BL list- is there a point where we could say ‘hey, there’s a ton of stuff in BL that could balance each other out’ and try tests introducing multiple mobs back into the tier? I’m not sure we’re there right now, but the thought occurred to me while reading about...

I cheesed SilvioGuacamole yesterday with Breloom, forgot to save the replay, but high points were ohkoing lati with 5 hit band bullet seed, and superpower ohkoing a +1 lax that otherwise wrecked my team. Would have won with Mach punch too, but didn’t need to as I got some other lucky rolls...

If you’re running two offensive pokes, what’s wrong with running a scarf mon? You said earlier you shouldn’t have to slap an offensive mon on a team besides stuff like Mola, but then said you’re not talking about pure stall. I mean, if you really need a dedicated Serp answer on a defensive...

Sc Scizor definitely defines the tier, there’s no question about that. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s broken though. It definitely keeps a lot of things in check, but I have to say the biggest counter to latias definitely isn’t M Alt, it’s A-Muk. And M-mane is dropping off in usage and...