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You come in M-Swampert via a U-Turn or Teleport, trace its Swift Swim and start breaking with a 160BP move backed by Psychic Terrain. You don't need to always boost because Expanding Force is already really strong against offense. Pex can be taken advantage by other mons like Garchomp, the...
I mean, only one Knock Off lure on your team and any scarfer stops being an answer. If you read the thread you'll know how easy is to partner it with Tapu Lele that nullifies priority to revenge kill him and makes him nuclear with Expanding Force.
+2 252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Expanding Force vs...
I'm not entirely sure if you argument is that we should keep Arena Trap only to keep other broken stuff in check or else but that's probably the weakest argument possible. We can simply suspect test o quick ban the other broken shit. We are 4 months into the metagame for God's sake, don't treat...
First of all, Mega Absol is banned from RU so it won't be added until a retest happens. Even so the performance of a mon in an upper tier won't make them added again.
And for the Barbaracle thing:
+2 252 Atk Barbaracle Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Shaymin: 280-331 (82.1 - 97%) -- guaranteed 2HKO...
Having a niche in OU doesn't mean he needs to be in OU. Look at Reuniclus, Amoonguss or Slowbro.
Everytime i see a Keldeo team i end up thinking "man, if he had Greninja/Lele he would have destroyed me". It's so difficult to find a good matchup for him because a lot of meta mons just...
insert comment about Landorus ban because muh 40% usage
Jokes aside, i feel happy about people starting to use M-Diancie, the Stealth Rock set is amazing right now.
What happen to Mew to get more usage? Last month it was at 3.8% and now it's at 5%. Same with Keldeo. Let them drop for god's sake.