It works like unaware vs choice items so unaware mons can miss against those abilities and bright powder.
Ew. So Unaware isn't even a counter to Sand Veil or Snow Cloak. Yikes.
Admittedly dragon as a Tera typing for Great-Tusk is quite poor in comparison to its other common Tera's (Water/Steel most notably), so it's highly likely dragon on Great-Tusk was just an old set from earlier in the meta. It's purpose is to remove the water, and psychic weakness while still giving you some sort of answer to volt switch and thunderbolts but Water as a Tera type as well as the countless other Tera types Great Tusk runs atm clearly outclasses Tera Dragon as an option in the current meta.
hey, welcome to OU. theres a lot of mons to use but generally, especially for new players, i recommend using mons that you feel comfortable using that are still strong. i recommend using some of the sample teams here and see what you enjoy and get used to the metagame, and then you can start building your own teams, choose a team that looks fun to you and any of the teams here are solid and viable. theres also some more in the OU room if you do the command !rfaq in there. Here is the link to the samples currently on the forum though: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-ou-sample-teams.3712513/
I'll check those out! Kinda sad Volcarona was booted to Uber, but also excited to see it skyrocket to new heights. I'll try my hand at the sample teams, see what I like. I have some competitive knowledge due to Freezai, FSG, and whatnot.
For the Sun Walking Wake team, may I ask why
's there?Dedicated Sun teams have never liked dealing with hazards, even with the advent of HDB. Magic Bounce Hat is good at denying hazards in most cases. It has some other utility but that's the main thing afaikFor the Sun Walking Wake team, may I ask why
Cress in HO should be used as an end game sweeper, setup screens if possible and remove the strongest physical attacker on the opposing team before you start to setup up Calm Mind with Cresselia.
:ss/(pokemon):I'm trying to make Amarouge work in OU (also note how do I get the sprite?), any advice on how to do so, and what partners would fit well?
Trying what feels like a very high variance/matchup set, but I think it might be just trying to work something that frankly isn't very good in OU (or more likely, I'm not very good).
Armarouge @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Endure
- Armor Cannon
In this case, it's almost literally the dictionary definition - keeping the pressure on on turns where you're pivoting.
It's kinda hard to actually explain, but I guess one way to put it would be the pressure (typically offensive pressure) you are currently putting on your opponent. If you have a fast pokemon like say Crobat (dexited and never OU viable but the first example to come to mind) using U-turn you get to deal damage and switch to something that gives you a favorable matchup against the opponent's mon, forcing them to switch out. Conversely defensive mons like Blissey without Teleport, Dondozo, and Clod are usually considered momentum sinks because they are slow and can force you to either manually switch or sack that mon if faced with a bad matchup. Obviously if they have Regenerator or a pivoting move this doesn't apply as much as they can either heal or pivot out into something. Maybe I missed the mark so someone can feel free to correct me here if so.
Iron Hands can break all three, granted they don't tera. Substitute Walking Wake also does great here, if the pex isn't AV. That being said, usually you wouldn't rely on just one mon to crack a three mon defensive core like this, but on an offensive core of your own.
Hatterene's got a fairly good MU into bulky teams with Bold CM sets
