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Was just about to post some big long rambly thing about how many Ground-type 'mons with EdgeQuake + Boost + Utility exist in the history of Pokemon, but Wulf's post kinda supercedes that now. Probably for the best, but it's a lot actually - this is well-worn territory, with some very viable...

What pressures us if it's able to get in? First let's look at offense: In terms of Physical Attackers, we can fish for +2s with Diamond Storm that will make it hard for all but the hardest-hitting, fastest, and most SE of physical attackers to brawl past us. With a single +2 and 'just okay'...

As a head's up - I agree with spoo that we don't actually know anything about CAP31's match-ups yet. While it seems obvious on its face with our ability + typing, the meta and movepools are diverse enough and well-documented enough this late in the SS era that we actually have a lot to decide on...

Mirror Armor is 99.9% for Landorus, but does have some other upshot. While it's unlikely we'll be able to find a way to do it, it gives us the option to build this 'mon to switch in to Shadowball spam. The two Shadow-spammers in the meta (Dragapult and Blacephelon) don't care about having...

I've come around on Neutralizing Gas after initially dismissing it as a bit of a meme. Astrolotl and Tornadus-T are two pokemon whose playstyles are largely dependent on Regenerator. Should we be concerned CAP31’s ability to switch into these two and deny Regenerator? Is being able to hard...

As one of the few Analytic stans, I spent a bit of time crunching some numbers and...it's tough. Overall, I don't think its the play. I hope this isn't too poll-jumpy; I'll fix it if it is! The theory on Analytic is that EdgeQuake is a pretty threatening attacking combination, so we expect to...

Fair shot. Unaware is clearly a strong ability; Clef still uses it sometimes over Magic Guard, it helped Quagsire stay relevant even in OU/CAP metas in past generations despite its objectively terrible BST, and has kept Arghonaut at least somewhat relevant for 4 gens running. I worry that it...

I want to start by explaining something I’ve tried to capture in prior posts and in Discord, since the question is here now: How much power budget are we willing to invest into our ability? Should we be worried about limiting ourselves for future stages or not being able to create a strong...

I have a few abilities I want to suggest that haven't gotten a ton of press so far. First, some broad thoughts on our abilities. We need our ability to be powerful. I am not remotely concerned about "too strong" here (especially with PBond banned). We are a most likely physical ground type in...

Does a Ground type CAP 31 have any roles or niches that are obvious? Electric immunity, natch. More notably, CAP31 will not have a hideous 4x Ice weakness like Lando and Garchomp, meaning it can potentially stay in on Weavile with a defense boost from DStorm and could feel okay switching into...

Rock / Flying Ground Rock / Electric Seems like the will of the people is to make the books and Torn very very dead with Rock/Electric. I am really worried about that typing in a world of Lando, Ferro, and Equilibra but we can't go wrong with any of these typings.

Rock / Grass Rock / Flying Rock / Water Grass/ Ground Ground Rock / Fire Rock / Electric Grass / Fighting A great slate and tough calls - I think we're going to bend up wit ha very workable 'mon no matter what. In particular I was surprised to see how compelling the non-STAB options ended up...

Some Roles certainly appreciate STAB more than others, but the roles we were most looking forward to from concept assessment were Tank, Wallbreaker, Bulky Offense, and the like - less so a dedicated Wall, Utility 'mon, or Pivot. The primary roles (and Physical Sweeper too, which is a natural...

Sticking Q1 and Q2 together, since my answer to them ties together. As I looked upon the metagame rankings, I was struck that Rock type should be amazing right now. With Tornadus-T, Weavile, Astrolotl, and the Books everywhere there's plenty of targets for meaty rock attacks. In addition to...