With the new gen., some of the sandstorm pokemon have dropped down into UU and might stay for a while. A few examples:
Hippowdon: Sand Stream is a big part of any sand team. By entering the next few turns will cause damage to anyone not rock/ground/steel or have the right abilities. While Tyranitar is still in OU, Hippowdon has fallen and is now usable for the backbone of any sand team.
Reuniclus: With Magic Guard, Reuniclus takes no damage from burns, poison, entry hazards and yes sand (and hail). With massive hp and spAtt, Reuniclus is hard to take down especially with calm mind, recover, and to make things more complicated, trick room and 30 base speed. With usual psychic coverage (psyshock, shadow ball, focus blast) and sand negating any leftover regeneration, Reuniclus can even be tough to survive w/o the right special defense.
Gastrodon: What's worse than Swampert tank? A Swampert who could come in on any water attack and gain power. If that's not your thing, it also gets sand force increasing all rock/ground/steel attacks it may have (note Gastrodon does not get steel attacks). To make things worse, it gets scald and recover.
Jirachi: Remember how Togekiss got Serene Grace? Jirachi got it first. The justification for her decent? Dark attacks like Pursuit aren't resisted by steel anymore. In any case, steel wont take extra damage from the storm.
Stoutland: While he didn't fall from OU, the possibility of on going sand storms could cause pokemon from RU or with abilities like Sand Rush will get to move further w/o the restrictions on weather. Stoutland gets various biting attacks, Return super stab, iron head if that's your thing and some fairly well built stats if you factor in x2 speed in sandstorms.
Metagross: While he's slow and has special stats around 90, Metagross hits HARD with 130 physical stats. The abilities aren't that special, Clear Body is ok if you're afraid of Intimidate or Crunch lowering your defense but that's the least of your worries if you're being crunched.
While Sand Stream was nerfed, is it a good idea to allow weather teams in uu? If Sandstorm themed teams are allowed to thrive, should any of these pokemon be banned back over the BL wall? Any others sand storm team members that could be added?
Hippowdon: Sand Stream is a big part of any sand team. By entering the next few turns will cause damage to anyone not rock/ground/steel or have the right abilities. While Tyranitar is still in OU, Hippowdon has fallen and is now usable for the backbone of any sand team.
Reuniclus: With Magic Guard, Reuniclus takes no damage from burns, poison, entry hazards and yes sand (and hail). With massive hp and spAtt, Reuniclus is hard to take down especially with calm mind, recover, and to make things more complicated, trick room and 30 base speed. With usual psychic coverage (psyshock, shadow ball, focus blast) and sand negating any leftover regeneration, Reuniclus can even be tough to survive w/o the right special defense.
Gastrodon: What's worse than Swampert tank? A Swampert who could come in on any water attack and gain power. If that's not your thing, it also gets sand force increasing all rock/ground/steel attacks it may have (note Gastrodon does not get steel attacks). To make things worse, it gets scald and recover.
Jirachi: Remember how Togekiss got Serene Grace? Jirachi got it first. The justification for her decent? Dark attacks like Pursuit aren't resisted by steel anymore. In any case, steel wont take extra damage from the storm.
Stoutland: While he didn't fall from OU, the possibility of on going sand storms could cause pokemon from RU or with abilities like Sand Rush will get to move further w/o the restrictions on weather. Stoutland gets various biting attacks, Return super stab, iron head if that's your thing and some fairly well built stats if you factor in x2 speed in sandstorms.
Metagross: While he's slow and has special stats around 90, Metagross hits HARD with 130 physical stats. The abilities aren't that special, Clear Body is ok if you're afraid of Intimidate or Crunch lowering your defense but that's the least of your worries if you're being crunched.
While Sand Stream was nerfed, is it a good idea to allow weather teams in uu? If Sandstorm themed teams are allowed to thrive, should any of these pokemon be banned back over the BL wall? Any others sand storm team members that could be added?
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