Future Sight removes all type-based immunities, so Iron Valiant with Future Sight in the item slot for example can hit ghosts with Close CombatI did some pointless testing, and apparently future sight doesn't do anything as an item, and neither does false swipe :L
edit: why would anyone want false swipe as an item to begin with?
Tbh fell stinger and moxie teammatesedit: why would anyone want false swipe as an item to begin with?
Might as well use thunder instead of discharge if rain.I’ve been playing with weather a little, and this set is kind of cracked, you could run t-bolt for a little more damage but grabbing paras on the switch is nice. Also, competitive is super good in this meta with all of these stat drops secondary effects going around.
Kilowattrel @ weatherball
Ability: Competitive
Tera Type: Fire/Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Discharge
- Volt Switch
- Roost
- Air Slash/Hurricane
I use the same set but with Focus Blast instead of Psyshock. Best scarfer in the format, probably. Or, at least, best scarfer of all the ones I tried.Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Good as Gold
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Psyshock
Been tweaking my rain team a bit, and it's gotten to the point where it's a force to be reckoned with. Instead of Drednaw, you can use this fun little set that is for some reason absurdly strong in rain:So I really wanted to make both a rain and snow team but neither of them are good in any capacity. If you like either, use it, but be warned it's garbage lol.
Really? Is Skeledirge that good? It feels like so much more of a difficult sweeper to set up, although strong. Doesn't like any Pult set just absolutely shred it?S
Skeledirge (Flame Charge, Heavy Duty Boots, Torch Song)
I don't think Skele has that many problems setting up, finding a chance isn't that hard with stuff like corv, iron moth and hatt being somewhat common; is also tricky to revenge kill, it can utilize Will-o-Wisp/Slack Off to mess with Sucker Punches, and a well-timed tera can let it run over its checks like Pult, failing to kill Skele means it can gain another +1SpA/Spe, potentially ko your check and spiral out of control. And that's without taking into account stuff like screens and Shed Tail.Really? Is Skeledirge that good? It feels like so much more of a difficult sweeper to set up, although strong. Doesn't like any Pult set just absolutely shred it?
Some critiques for the team: You could make Tyranitar Brave nature to lower your speed further for Payback. A combination of EQ + Rock Blast and then two filler moves (I like Stealth Rock + Crunch) is good. I think Lycanroc can run Swords Dance > Drill Run since Close Combat is good enough coverage. Stealth Rock is freed up on Hippo If you have it on T-tar, so you can run Iron Defense or Curse there instead. I think you could do Surf > Chilling Water with Chilling Water item even, but Clear Smog is also good. I think there are better items for Amoongus though. You could do Mega Drain in the item slot + Giga Drain > Energy Ball. Hex feels out of place here, so you can substitute it for Foul Play, Clear Smog, Stomping Tantrum, or Tera Blast.Following the theme of making terrible weather teams, feat. the most irrelevant weather now that snow is better: sand.
https://pokepast.es/747c607b17d7b4a6
There is like three mons that benefit from sand that are actually going to do something, and they're all either rock type (which in case you haven't realized yet is ass), outclassed by other mons, or just don't benefit enough at all. Garg! Yes, great! One eensie weensie problem, it barely benefits at all. So essentially this team turns into a regular ass team but with two sand streamers. The TTar set is fun though.
This has also been in the FAQ since the first week Fortemons became challengable in January.So when combining sheer force's 30% damage increase with a 150 base power move, braviary can become very threatening
I was not the one who found this, I saw it under a comment in a video on someone playing fortemons and tested it out myself
Only attacking moves can be used as a forte, Metronome is status so is not compatible.Hey! How do I use the move Metronome as an item? It just auto-corrects to Metronome the item
Meow doesnt actually learn any moves that forces the target to switch, so it can't use the combo at all.Why is Copycat in move slot or moves that force switches in item slot not banned still? Riolu is banned, but some Pokemon like Lucario and Meow can boost their Speed and without Priority I don't think you can do anything
Whoops about Meow, but I still think Lucario is kinda brokenMeow doesnt actually learn any moves that forces the target to switch, so it can't use the combo at all.
The only legal Pokémon that can do the combo is Lucario, if it becomes a problem it may get banned, but so far it has been quite ineffective compared to Riolu.
Here's my own set:Something made for hazard lovers
Just joking this works best at hazard teams but if you have stealth rock it should also work fine
Just use a speed boosting nature so its speed is 282 or above.Riolu 2.0 (Lucario) @ Circle Throw
Ability: Inner Focus
Tera Type: Flying / Ghost / Something that prevents it from dying before using trailblaze
EVs: 248 HP / 48 Def / 48 SpD / 164 Spe
Jolly / Timid Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Trailblaze
- Copycat
- Drain Punch
Inner Focus to stop Intimidate.
Once it gets a trailblaze speed boost (+1 > 423) it outspeeds pult (421) and hence effectively everything in the meta.
(I wonder how is an Electrode going to kill a Lucario and Regieleki isn't out)
Hazard (rock / spikes) to kill the pokemon that switches in.
Only thing to worry is priority moves (and perhaps some scarf users?) (they change what you copycat)