Yeah, this is pretty much the exact thing that made me quit trying for reqs. I get a good win streak going, drop a game because of RNG (and it’s always RNG at that point in the ladder, I swear they rig it to be biased against accounts starting with OUDJ), tilt, drop two more games because I’m tilted, realize my GXE is unsalvageable now, take a break, get gaslit into believing that 80% GXE is attainable for me, make a fresh account, rinse and repeat.
I mean yeah, much better poke overall. Only issue is there isn't a viable veil setter, one of snows biggest selling points.
holy fuck thats genious, if chu yu gets banned, then you can use chopple berry unnerve ttar with eq to just dance over pawmots corpse
Nah, the Sp. Def boost on TTar is still a big part of why it was the most used mon for three generations straight and has never closed out a gen below OU. Also, even with Chi-Yu banned, Sun is still a very solid playstyle because of all the Protosynthesis mons running around, so Tyranitar still needs to run Sand Stream to disrupt that. Just because sand teams aren’t good doesn’t mean Sand Stream Tyranitar isn’t.
okay but, what the actual hell is using a salac berry in this day in age, I genuenly cannot think of a single pokemon that runs salac berry, or any berry that isn't leppa, for that matter, sand stream is ttars niche, its what lets it be decent in this meta, and removing that for a niche affect that will rarely come into play is never worth it.
So quick bans can't happen during suspect testing, but meta changing Pokémon like Cinderance can be added during suspect testing?
Mix attacker is probably best so you can nuke that damn catfish out of existence. Personally, I prefer scarf Garchomp because I love outraging things to death. I made a post about it a couple pages back on what it needs and a few replays where it puts in work
Since you quoted me I'll answer that last question. They only added Zard and Ace (though Zard was before the suspect) to this meta cuz they were legally obtained via Tera Raid events in Scarlet/Violet. I'm pointing this out cuz this is a first in Smogon's history, we're getting transfer-only Pokémon early and tbh I really the fact GF is doing this, it keeps the meta fresh, (even though these types of events may not last long considering the HOME update may arrive anytime soon). For Cinderace's case, we just got a new way of hazard control and a good Gholdengo, Glimmora and Grimmsnarl check.
Because it doesn't. The only 'safe' switch in is Bambi and it still loses over half its hp from overheat
bambi? am I missing something? also ttar technically switches in but that requires using ttar
It's Ting Lu. I just like to call it Bambi because I was reminded of the deer from disney. True enough but Tyranitar really sucks rn with so many resists to both its stabs
I think they're referring to Ting-Lu
uhhh no.
I do like using niche items. I ran Covert Cloak Gholdengo while I was still laddering on the recommendation of njnp and it was pretty damn good (no Mystical Fire/Nuzzle shenanigans from Hatterene, no Spirit Breaks from Grimm, and—most importantly—prevents Salt Cure from taking effect). I also ran a silly Clear Amulet Infestation Pex set to trap and kill Grimmsnarl, but that’s significantly less good against anything besides Grimmsnarl (but it WORKS, dammit). So if anyone has any use for Blunder Policy, I’d like to know about it. Any mons that could use a Speed boost and run inaccurate moves? Something combined with Stomping Tantrum, maybe?
The limited knock off distribution isn't what made this item barely used. It's the fact that you'd rather not have your attacks miss and it can horribly backfire if your attack does hit
