random meta post
- Toxic Debris+Good as Gold
gag / debris arent rly broken imo cuz 1. youre forced to run like 3 mons for it to work effectively 2. these mons would love using some other ability, like regen for tusk 3. all game youre realistically going 4v6. great tusk is imo the best debris mon cuz it can spin and take physical hits well. zapdos is the go-to gag mon cuz of its ability to pressure corviknight. pdef ghold@latios owns tusk / treads and is near mandatory.
debris is a nice way to punish common full-regen cores and even common offense structures reliant on tusk. it kinda struggles vs boots / semi-regen spam tho so there's that. theres also the occasional poison-types clod / pecha / fezan. and vs those, well, good luck. GaGbris offense likes strong knockers like roaring moon / trick mons like azelf.
overall, it's a good playstyle that is good at punishing common structures but at times feels really underwhelming. not really worth taking action rn imo.
- Raging Bolt ETerrain Spam
raging bolt lowkey feels broken. if it didnt have that horrible speed tier it would be on the BL rn probably. eterrain voltage is amazing and its dragon stab is good vs most grounds (except treads). but its not just that, bolt also enables other (otherwise low speed) surge surfer attackers such as ursaluna / iron hands etc. overall a v nice strategy.
- SkarmLu
a v nice defensive core, skarm deals w physical mons like ogerpon / rmoon / sneasler etc. tinglu handles special ones, most notably the monster named latios. both are good at stacking up hazards.
- Other terrains
Ogerpon-W / C@Rillaboom and Azelf@Indeedee are also commonly seen and very good options in the current metagame. Ogerpon especially can just SD and heal itself with Horn Leech like fuck LOL. azelf can eforce past everything and a good trick / gleam into the dark and youre finished.
Ice Spinner stuff like Great Tusk and Treads and maybe Dragonite...? seem like great options in the current metagame.
- Archaludon
eshot idef bp is a nightmare to deal with at times.
this is a set ive been enjoying a lot. u dont see a lot of bu tusks and idef bp just rolls grounds like treads / tinglu / even pert. rest ensures u stay healthy, but sub can be run for garg salt cure-->6-0 stall. eshot is enough to deal w stuff like ghold. has issues with like latios but what fucking doesnt lol.
- Gouging Fire
mad bulky and can set up to outright crush teams like buzz off lol. run gfire@clef w dd / msun / blitz / filler (usually eq / stedge / dclaw) and ure done. gg. not even alomomola wins. max pdef tusk checks if no balloon at least, i suppose.
On Regenerator / Stall:
the meta is not friendly to big stall with trick spam / rbolt / gagbris / archaludon / physical setup.... and so on heavily pressuring regen-heavy cores. def viable still but don't expect any action soon.
overall, i think the meta is in a decent spot rn with a LOT of viable playstyles. im interested to know what the community thinks about the current brokens (if you think there are any). personally i think the meta doesnt need any immediate bans but i will decide after playing some more games.
- Toxic Debris+Good as Gold
gag / debris arent rly broken imo cuz 1. youre forced to run like 3 mons for it to work effectively 2. these mons would love using some other ability, like regen for tusk 3. all game youre realistically going 4v6. great tusk is imo the best debris mon cuz it can spin and take physical hits well. zapdos is the go-to gag mon cuz of its ability to pressure corviknight. pdef ghold@latios owns tusk / treads and is near mandatory.
debris is a nice way to punish common full-regen cores and even common offense structures reliant on tusk. it kinda struggles vs boots / semi-regen spam tho so there's that. theres also the occasional poison-types clod / pecha / fezan. and vs those, well, good luck. GaGbris offense likes strong knockers like roaring moon / trick mons like azelf.
overall, it's a good playstyle that is good at punishing common structures but at times feels really underwhelming. not really worth taking action rn imo.
- Raging Bolt ETerrain Spam
raging bolt lowkey feels broken. if it didnt have that horrible speed tier it would be on the BL rn probably. eterrain voltage is amazing and its dragon stab is good vs most grounds (except treads). but its not just that, bolt also enables other (otherwise low speed) surge surfer attackers such as ursaluna / iron hands etc. overall a v nice strategy.
- SkarmLu
a v nice defensive core, skarm deals w physical mons like ogerpon / rmoon / sneasler etc. tinglu handles special ones, most notably the monster named latios. both are good at stacking up hazards.
- Other terrains
Ogerpon-W / C@Rillaboom and Azelf@Indeedee are also commonly seen and very good options in the current metagame. Ogerpon especially can just SD and heal itself with Horn Leech like fuck LOL. azelf can eforce past everything and a good trick / gleam into the dark and youre finished.
Ice Spinner stuff like Great Tusk and Treads and maybe Dragonite...? seem like great options in the current metagame.
- Archaludon
eshot idef bp is a nightmare to deal with at times.
pelipper (Archaludon) @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Electro Shot
- Body Press
- Rest / Substitute
this is a set ive been enjoying a lot. u dont see a lot of bu tusks and idef bp just rolls grounds like treads / tinglu / even pert. rest ensures u stay healthy, but sub can be run for garg salt cure-->6-0 stall. eshot is enough to deal w stuff like ghold. has issues with like latios but what fucking doesnt lol.
- Gouging Fire
mad bulky and can set up to outright crush teams like buzz off lol. run gfire@clef w dd / msun / blitz / filler (usually eq / stedge / dclaw) and ure done. gg. not even alomomola wins. max pdef tusk checks if no balloon at least, i suppose.
On Regenerator / Stall:
the meta is not friendly to big stall with trick spam / rbolt / gagbris / archaludon / physical setup.... and so on heavily pressuring regen-heavy cores. def viable still but don't expect any action soon.
overall, i think the meta is in a decent spot rn with a LOT of viable playstyles. im interested to know what the community thinks about the current brokens (if you think there are any). personally i think the meta doesnt need any immediate bans but i will decide after playing some more games.