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CB Swampert has a few things going for it;

- secondary stab that 2HKOes Amoonguss & Slowking / OHKOes (or comes close to it) some other Water resists (Keldeo, some Primarina, Tentacruel) which makes its switchin pool limited and kinda weird
- Ice Punch lets it nuke Salamence which is pretty notable among physical Water types
- Ground typing lets it block Volt Switch and means it's not scared out by some things other Water breakers would be forced to switch by (Raikou, Rotom-H for instance)
- flip turn hits pretty hard

the tier just doesn't have a whole lot of water types that can go physical so pert is unique in that sense, it's just generally very prediction heavy and the reward often isn't great if you run into something like a rotom or tangrowth. fun af to use if you really wanna try it though
 

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Why is Mienshao bammed from UU?
One of the reasons was that it was just amazing at making progress with U-turn + Knock Off and could stifle enemy attempts at making progress versus it via Regenerator. It also gained more consistent STAB with Close Combat this generation.

I wasn't here for the suspect but I imagine that's part of the reasoning.
 

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is viable a life orb set for :bw/hydreigon: or another set apart from the specs and scarf sets?
It's probably viable but there isn't much of a reason to use it over Choice Specs. Steel-types like Scizor and Cobalion are hit by any of Hydreigon's other moves neutrally/super effectively. In Cobalion's case, it's worn down incredibly fast by Draco Meteor and even Dark Pulse does a lot, and Scizor can't take Dark Pulse anyways. It's also not the type of Pokemon that wants to get worn down as fast as it does with how valuable its defensive utility is. The need for switching moves isn't as necessary, pretty much.
 
It's probably viable but there isn't much of a reason to use it over Choice Specs. Steel-types like Scizor and Cobalion are hit by any of Hydreigon's other moves neutrally/super effectively. In Cobalion's case, it's worn down incredibly fast by Draco Meteor and even Dark Pulse does a lot, and Scizor can't take Dark Pulse anyways. It's also not the type of Pokemon that wants to get worn down as fast as it does with how valuable its defensive utility is. The need for switching moves isn't as necessary, pretty much.
what held item does np set run???
 
Tornadus is the only viable prankster user in this format, right? Why is this? What small niche does it have, and what outclasses all the other ones, like Klefki?
 
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Are tournament battles strictly 1v1 or can players have someone playing with and coaching them?
Tournaments are always 1v1, doing this would classify as ghosting which is a punishable offense that will get you infracted and either tournament banned (if an official tour or part of a circuit tour) or at minimum team tour banned if in a subforum-pl style tour if lucky.

The only time it is allowed is in specific ghosting tours such as the Slips seance ghosting tour going on rn (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/slips-seance-uu-ghosting-tournament-100-prize-signups.3708765/) which are unofficial fun tours designed to allow a team to communicate during a match.

Ghosting: Ghosting is defined as giving any piece of advice to someone playing a game. Any form of direct advice is considered ghosting. A player should be able to make their own decisions based on what they observe by themselves. Asking for suggestions or affirmation adds an unfair dynamic and greatly reduces the chances of making mistakes. Our tournaments are designed to be tests of individual skill, not the skill of one player with the support of others providing suggestions or preventing bad plays. Playing a game while in a voice call with someone else will always be treated as ghosting of the highest severity.
 
Will the Viability Ranking Thread still be updated? Or is the gen8 UU ended? When are we going to have gen9 UU? Thank you.
 

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Will the Viability Ranking Thread still be updated? Or is the gen8 UU ended? When are we going to have gen9 UU? Thank you.
we have been discussing still having 1 more vr update soon(ish) now that SCL is over. This will be the last update for now in gen8uu if it happens, but gen8uu wont actually be "ended" or anything, it'll become one of our oldgens and will still be a format that sees tournament play in uu team tours and potentially classic as well as be featured as part of our tour nights system. When this happens a VR thread will end up being hosted under the RoA SS forum instead, and we will also host a version of it under our OldGenHub thread as we currently do, and changes will likely still happen after major team tours.

Gen9UU will be starting in December, we'll have the usage stats to generate what mons are in it on the 1st, although PS may not update immediately. In the mean time we will be hosting regular tours in the UU room to make sure people can play the format until it is functional on PS.
 

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