Not likely. As Aquarius Ghost already said, Togekiss might at least have a couple of people who want it to be suspected, but I doubt it will actually be tested given that we have lots of solid checks to it and it's overall healthy for the meta. My best guess is that we won't have any suspect tests for a while unless RU council decides to retest some stuff in RUBL. Next tier shifts might have some things being suspected, but it all depends on what drops to RU and what rises out of RU, as this tends to shake up metagames a decent amount.
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Resource SWSH RU Short Questions and Short Answers
- Thread starter EviGaro
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Is Dynamax still unbanned?
The dynamax ladder was just an April Fools Day thing, it is no longer there.
TailGlowVM
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What has made Slurpuff suddenly B-rank after being considered unviable for months?
Slowbro-G made it hard to justify over other sweepers and after the quick ban most didn't experiment with it until recently with the surge of screens HO teams.
Pretty solid screens sweaper now that Glowbro is gone, Belly Drum Sitrus is evil for late games and its a dual threat with the Webs-Endeavor set almost always getting webs set up thanks to Sash.
How good is rain with Barraskewda+Politoed, possibly a swift swim Seismitoad (and are there any good example teams)?
It's pretty good. I don't have too much on hand experience with rain but threw this team together: https://pokepast.es/630248cf759e890b
I think the recent rise of Slurpuff and the overall lack of mons that can beat both that and Cloyster in a single game behind screens has shown how powerful Screens are. Theres also a lot of creative options (i personally like WP Metagross and Flame Charge WP Incineroar) that just makes the playstyle fun to bring.
adding onto what xoPure said, the most common style of teams being heavily volturn focused and just keeping momentum while chipping away at the opponents team means that screens with sweepers is extremely potent as the volturn teams often don't have enough breaking power to be able to deal with the multitude of sweepers we have access to. increase of misty terrain weezing-g is also a leading reason.
Do you happen to have an example of a Slurpuff+Cloyster HO?
sure, heres two Screens teams ive been using when i wanna load some HO, as well as this fun ass Webs + 4 Choice Bands team i built and had some high ladder wins with while grinding.
https://pokepast.es/524a0547fa52ab9b
https://pokepast.es/02e7e59211573f75
https://pokepast.es/dc60d04b714c4543
Hello there
I have 2 questions so as to have a a better understanding in RU :
How can the tier be understood by someone new to Pokémon strategy and what is the most interesting play style outside of hyper offence?
wunder
I have 2 questions so as to have a a better understanding in RU :
How can the tier be understood by someone new to Pokémon strategy and what is the most interesting play style outside of hyper offence?
wunder
Hey there! Welcome to RU and I have the answers to your questions (hopefully lol):
The best place to start for any tier is the Viability Rankings right here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ss-ru-viability-rankings-crown-tundra.3676023/
They tell you what's good and what isn't based on their ranking.
Another thing to check out that goes hand-in-hand with the VR is their SmogDex entries which lists sets favored by each mon and what they do, what teammates work best with the mon, etc. That's here:
https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/
As far as the most interesting play style, in my personal opinion, I'd go with either bulky offense or balance. They both seem to be the best ones right now since Light Clay got banned in UU and hyper offense with screens lost some credibility.
Hope this helps!
thanks a lot for this informationHey there! Welcome to RU and I have the answers to your questions (hopefully lol):
The best place to start for any tier is the Viability Rankings right here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ss-ru-viability-rankings-crown-tundra.3676023/
They tell you what's good and what isn't based on their ranking.
Another thing to check out that goes hand-in-hand with the VR is their SmogDex entries which lists sets favored by each mon and what they do, what teammates work best with the mon, etc. That's here:
https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/
As far as the most interesting play style, in my personal opinion, I'd go with either bulky offense or balance. They both seem to be the best ones right now since Light Clay got banned in UU and hyper offense with screens lost some credibility.
Hope this helps!
It's not part of the circuit this time around, but it could end up being a tour that's uncircuited and just for fun. I would ask one of the tier leaders (EviGaro, phantom) though.
I just want to find the moveset usage stats thats all i am so lost the sub forums are a dark scary place
https://www.smogon.com/stats/2021-06/moveset/gen8ru-1630.txt
Hello, these are the RU moveset stats at 1630 ladder (glicko, i believe?) for the month of June
TailGlowVM
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Is it intentional that Mienshao is still listed as RU in the teambuilder on Showdown?
The team builder typically takes longer to update than the ladder, so the answer is no, but it should be rectified soonish.
What niche does Entei hold over Darmanitan? Because not long ago it was pretty outclassed by the latter, but I was reading that it has it uses.
Entei is way better on sun teams, as E-Speed and outspeeding Mimikyu are huge. Even on non-sun teams, Entei has gotten better with hazard removal being easier than ever with Crobat's and Flygon's viability soaring.
I agree with Entei's viability, but you're underselling Darmanitan by only focusing on its HDB set.
What makes Entei a way better choice on sun teams than Scarf Darmanitan outside of being able to break Incineroar? Their Flare Blitzes have almost the same exact amount of power, but Darmanitan can also scout for a teammate and is harder to revenge.