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Resource National Dex UU Simple Questions, Simple Answers
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Is tornadus-T being looked into along with stuff like Zamazenta-H and literally every broken mega terrorizing natdex UU right now?
At the moment due to policies made for lower tiers, pmuch everything will go untouched this month.
That's not to say we aren't planning anything tho, once shifts roll around the bans are most likely gonna start taking in place as most of these pokemon could very well just move up to OU properly (or maybe OU bans them first
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What are the top 5 (top 10 if you can think of them) mons that should be banned. Im just into early viability rankings
UU started a few days ago but from my experience Rain, Volcarona, and both Charizards are clearly way to much for the tier.
We also have some previous UUBL Pokemon that will probably continue to be busted this gen e.g Mega Gyarados and Mega Sableye.
Kartana, Kyurem and Lele are also quite problematic imo but are off radar right now since Zamazenta, Rain and Chi-Yu are literally everywhere.
a quick list for me would be:
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Why Natdex UU ladder is so few player? top 500 is still at 1200s elo, I think this is very fun meta.
Im quite confused about this to, we have literally only like 20-25 less mons than OU.
Leading into another question, will there be an Ru, we have so many excellent moms rotting away in that tier :(
I might be a bit late, but RU is already a thing and has been a thing since Jan.
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ru-metagame-discussion-beta.3713801/
As of February, the tier saw huge rises and there are a few RUBL pokemon already.
Responding to both buayagator and bosscampers. Nat Dex UU ladder gets very few players period since not too many people pay attention to Nat Dex tiers in general, outside of the recently cancelled AG, OU and the recent Ubers. A lot of the players at the top use alts to test teams (including myself) and a large chunk of the playerbase struggles to get past the 1300s. Whatever perception National Dex has amongst players of other tiers as a "mickey mouse" tier is much worse for Nat Dex UU with all the stuff running around.
I think interest is definitely growing though since I know more casual players IRL who have started playing the tier. Something we definitely have to wait and see for the future.
Which is better for sash lead between mold breaker excadrill or iron threads?
It depends on what your team needs. Excadrill's Mold Breaker allows it to safely get hazards vs Stall (as they almost always carry M-Sableye) and higher Attack, Iron Treads on the other hand, has a Higher Speed which notably outruns Mew, allowing it to setup rocks and avoiding Taunt.
They both have slight differences and it's basically whether you wanna have a better Stall MU (Excadrill) or not (Iron Treads)
Thank you, I think I will choose excadrill since mold breaker is much more usable than quark drive, expecially is there are many stall running around getting reqs for Victiny suspect test
how good is the greatest mon ever
I don't think blacephalon is good in a metagame where Ttar have pursuit. It can become setup fodder against mega gyarados and mega ttar tbh.
how good is the greatest mon ever
there are no viability rankings yet, the metagame is still stabilizing so they won't release a VR until then. There's no set date really, just be on the lookout.
I still think we're at a point where we can do viability lists but whatever's cool with the community.
Noticed from two users that Greninja is legal on the ladder. I did a little sleuthing and found this:
I don't think I need replays of this in action since the evidence is incontrovertible but I have a replay of the following game:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldexuu-1836418955
(I also have a replay captured by an individual with the username Nothinggg. If anyone can contact them to let them know that I have post this and that I want their replay, I'd appreciate it).
Credit to Nothinggg and SomeoneNotReal for pointing this out
I don't think I need replays of this in action since the evidence is incontrovertible but I have a replay of the following game:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldexuu-1836418955
(I also have a replay captured by an individual with the username Nothinggg. If anyone can contact them to let them know that I have post this and that I want their replay, I'd appreciate it).
Credit to Nothinggg and SomeoneNotReal for pointing this out