as this is the rotational ladder this month, and there's a tour going on, i thought having a place for discussion for this would be nice.
first and foremost i'm pretty sure Transform is bugged as i've had some strange occurrences of it with my Chansey with it either not interacting properly or displaying properly (i took 40% as Chansey under Reflect from a +2 Lax Body Slam, Transformed, and took 60% from a +4 one even though Reflect supposedly carried which isn't right), and since Transform Chansey is such a potentially huge threat i think it's worth holding off on discussing her.
otherwise, normal types (as well as eeveelutions) get crazy stuff. SD and Growth for setting up, Wrap for sweeping, Explosion for exploding, Super Fang and Glare for support, Recover to make everything sturdy, and Lovely Kiss for sleeping. Jolteon becomes the fastest sleeper and can pretty much do any of these things as it has decent special bulk, can sweep lategame with +1 Tbolts or +2 Body Slams/Wraps if it's not paralyzed, can para other things reliably with Twave, annoy stuff with Wrap (although imo that's not as good on Jolt), Super Fang for chip, use it as a suicide lead, etc. similarly, Vaporeon can play a big supporting role with Recover, Lovely Kiss, Glare, and Super Fang chipping at everything. it also has two incredible water options: Clamp which can annoy and preserve momentum, and Crabhammer which almost always crits off of a high Special. you can also run Growth and try to sweep. finally ig you could use Flareon to do some of these things but slow frail mixed attackers ehhh
the other normals git good too. Lax and Tauros can both sweep with SD and Tauros can Wrap shit where Lax is good at Recovering stuff of. both of them can Explode, and ig Tauros can Slash shit and run its basic mixed attacking set without boosting. Persian is usable again since it's a fast Wrapper. you could run like 4 normals and Jolt and a filler and run a boom/wrap team if you wanted. Chansey also is good cuz you can do Chansey stuff but now it gets more PP on Recover and Super Fang etc and eventually a workable Transform.
psychics of course get access to Amnesia. Starmie gets a bunch of moves it can work with but they normally skip on ice coverage so Egg can still wall. but Mie can run lots of stuff. some combo of Amnesia/Clamp/Twave/Crabhammer/Surf/Pump/Blizz/Tbolt/Psychic/Recover leaves it with a lot of options. Egg meanwhile gets three moves it's dreamed of: Spore, Razor Leaf, and Amnesia. go wild. Zam gets Amnesia too but it sort of lacks the ability to distinguish itself from the other two. oh they also get Agility, which could be nice to beat para although this meta is generally slower paced and for something like Mie it cuts into its coverage options even deeper.
waters in general get access to Clamp/Crabhammer (Lapras, Vape, Mie, Omastar for the normal resist, Gyara since it gets Drill Peck too), ice types get access to Haze? ig? fliers get Drill Peck and i think Aero is actually pretty good in this mode since Fire Blast has 30% burn and it can threaten Tauros pretty well offensively, while occupying its niche as a late game sweeper and randomly burns shit along the way. gets Rock Slide too, as well as Agility for para. for the other fliers, Moltres and Articuno get DP but doesn't have much use for it and generally get pressured way too much as is while gaining few moves to really utilize otherwise.
for standard stuff that's still good, i think rocks are decent for normal resists (although now you have GolDon, Omastar, and Aero to choose from). Gengar has trouble keeping up with the meta's offensiveness and ability to shrug off its Tbolts but it's still insanely useful because it's immune to all the normal shit flying around. Tbolt/Hypnosis/CRay/Boom is the best set imo. Dnite is still good as an Agili-wrapper and could easily fit on a Wrap team. other mons like Jynx, (better faster sleepers, better Amnesia users) Cloyster (lots of stuff gets boom, lots of other stuff gets Clamp), and Slowbro (lots of other Amnesia users) lose their niches, while stuff like Zapdos just doesn't gain anything useful (Mirror Move lol) to keep up with the meta.
some other stuff that might be cool:
Scyther is still a meme but it gets Twineedle and Drill Peck now; at the least it's a physical mon capable of fucking up psychics pretty bad if it gets a boost and its stab Drill Pecks are sorta strong & it can fish for poison on wrappers as they switch in but on the whole it's probably not that good.
Pinsir is better for the above reason too
the aforementioned Omastar is a strong normal resist whose Crabhammers sting when they crit. can also Body Slam and spread para on stuff like Chansey or Vape or Eggs which are sometimes hard to para otherwise.
Gyarados looks like a usable mixed attacker with Drill Peck and Crabhammer, probably around as good as Zapdos in this meta.
Electrode is a meme mon that gains little but having something in a speed tier above Jolt/Aero that can also do some stuff (fire off decent Tbolts, para some stuff, mediocre boom, crit a lot) is maybe worth it.
Kangaskhan and Dodrio have use on normalspam teams as Wrappers, Boomers, and fast Sleepers. Dodrio's faster and hits harder while having Drill Peck to sting Eggs, while Kangaskhan can EQ Gengar on the switch or Counter something.
Leech Seed Exeggutor is something i've toyed with because it outspeeds Chansey and you can Seed it before it Transforms meaning that you win the stalemate, and you can seed other Amnesia/Growth sweepers too and Rest stall them.
Hypno can be decent if you don't want a flying weak sleeper who Amnesia sweeps (though Lax still probably outclasses it). small niche.
Arcanine, Starmie, Seadra, Seaking, Dodrio, Fearow, and Pidgeot can all do Agility + wrap variant to varying degrees of success.
first and foremost i'm pretty sure Transform is bugged as i've had some strange occurrences of it with my Chansey with it either not interacting properly or displaying properly (i took 40% as Chansey under Reflect from a +2 Lax Body Slam, Transformed, and took 60% from a +4 one even though Reflect supposedly carried which isn't right), and since Transform Chansey is such a potentially huge threat i think it's worth holding off on discussing her.
otherwise, normal types (as well as eeveelutions) get crazy stuff. SD and Growth for setting up, Wrap for sweeping, Explosion for exploding, Super Fang and Glare for support, Recover to make everything sturdy, and Lovely Kiss for sleeping. Jolteon becomes the fastest sleeper and can pretty much do any of these things as it has decent special bulk, can sweep lategame with +1 Tbolts or +2 Body Slams/Wraps if it's not paralyzed, can para other things reliably with Twave, annoy stuff with Wrap (although imo that's not as good on Jolt), Super Fang for chip, use it as a suicide lead, etc. similarly, Vaporeon can play a big supporting role with Recover, Lovely Kiss, Glare, and Super Fang chipping at everything. it also has two incredible water options: Clamp which can annoy and preserve momentum, and Crabhammer which almost always crits off of a high Special. you can also run Growth and try to sweep. finally ig you could use Flareon to do some of these things but slow frail mixed attackers ehhh
the other normals git good too. Lax and Tauros can both sweep with SD and Tauros can Wrap shit where Lax is good at Recovering stuff of. both of them can Explode, and ig Tauros can Slash shit and run its basic mixed attacking set without boosting. Persian is usable again since it's a fast Wrapper. you could run like 4 normals and Jolt and a filler and run a boom/wrap team if you wanted. Chansey also is good cuz you can do Chansey stuff but now it gets more PP on Recover and Super Fang etc and eventually a workable Transform.
psychics of course get access to Amnesia. Starmie gets a bunch of moves it can work with but they normally skip on ice coverage so Egg can still wall. but Mie can run lots of stuff. some combo of Amnesia/Clamp/Twave/Crabhammer/Surf/Pump/Blizz/Tbolt/Psychic/Recover leaves it with a lot of options. Egg meanwhile gets three moves it's dreamed of: Spore, Razor Leaf, and Amnesia. go wild. Zam gets Amnesia too but it sort of lacks the ability to distinguish itself from the other two. oh they also get Agility, which could be nice to beat para although this meta is generally slower paced and for something like Mie it cuts into its coverage options even deeper.
waters in general get access to Clamp/Crabhammer (Lapras, Vape, Mie, Omastar for the normal resist, Gyara since it gets Drill Peck too), ice types get access to Haze? ig? fliers get Drill Peck and i think Aero is actually pretty good in this mode since Fire Blast has 30% burn and it can threaten Tauros pretty well offensively, while occupying its niche as a late game sweeper and randomly burns shit along the way. gets Rock Slide too, as well as Agility for para. for the other fliers, Moltres and Articuno get DP but doesn't have much use for it and generally get pressured way too much as is while gaining few moves to really utilize otherwise.
for standard stuff that's still good, i think rocks are decent for normal resists (although now you have GolDon, Omastar, and Aero to choose from). Gengar has trouble keeping up with the meta's offensiveness and ability to shrug off its Tbolts but it's still insanely useful because it's immune to all the normal shit flying around. Tbolt/Hypnosis/CRay/Boom is the best set imo. Dnite is still good as an Agili-wrapper and could easily fit on a Wrap team. other mons like Jynx, (better faster sleepers, better Amnesia users) Cloyster (lots of stuff gets boom, lots of other stuff gets Clamp), and Slowbro (lots of other Amnesia users) lose their niches, while stuff like Zapdos just doesn't gain anything useful (Mirror Move lol) to keep up with the meta.
some other stuff that might be cool:
Scyther is still a meme but it gets Twineedle and Drill Peck now; at the least it's a physical mon capable of fucking up psychics pretty bad if it gets a boost and its stab Drill Pecks are sorta strong & it can fish for poison on wrappers as they switch in but on the whole it's probably not that good.
Pinsir is better for the above reason too
the aforementioned Omastar is a strong normal resist whose Crabhammers sting when they crit. can also Body Slam and spread para on stuff like Chansey or Vape or Eggs which are sometimes hard to para otherwise.
Gyarados looks like a usable mixed attacker with Drill Peck and Crabhammer, probably around as good as Zapdos in this meta.
Electrode is a meme mon that gains little but having something in a speed tier above Jolt/Aero that can also do some stuff (fire off decent Tbolts, para some stuff, mediocre boom, crit a lot) is maybe worth it.
Kangaskhan and Dodrio have use on normalspam teams as Wrappers, Boomers, and fast Sleepers. Dodrio's faster and hits harder while having Drill Peck to sting Eggs, while Kangaskhan can EQ Gengar on the switch or Counter something.
Leech Seed Exeggutor is something i've toyed with because it outspeeds Chansey and you can Seed it before it Transforms meaning that you win the stalemate, and you can seed other Amnesia/Growth sweepers too and Rest stall them.
Hypno can be decent if you don't want a flying weak sleeper who Amnesia sweeps (though Lax still probably outclasses it). small niche.
Arcanine, Starmie, Seadra, Seaking, Dodrio, Fearow, and Pidgeot can all do Agility + wrap variant to varying degrees of success.
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