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Hopefully. Gamefreak definitely seems to be on the "give underwhelming pokemon evos" train for quite a while now so lets its just a matter of time of when can it get it
I do expect it to find a niche in lower tiers though because tera + levitate can be a good wincon especially with the new...
A small correction though you wrote 248 HP EVs on the explosion set and said it can take advantage of its HP. Explosion doesnt scale with HP it scales with attack
Water fighting is such a crazy defensive typing right now. This thing definitely has potential to be anti-meta
Even offensive sets will have merit on rain due to being a solid kingambit check alone
I think infiltrator might be the way to go IF you choose to run it in this meta because it makes it deal full damage through aurora veil which is the new hot thing^TM right now
Also fighting tera is probably best option right now for being able to kill gambit, ttar (only other thing resisting...
:haxorus: :toxtricity: :lycanroc: are brainless top threats.
:flamigo: :gardevoir: are good splashable scarfers.
:Tauros-fire: is the ultimate bulky offense mon, seriously checks so much while being a threat.
:palossand: and :altaria: are legitimate defensive threats.
:arcanine: Banded...
I ran tera fire vaporeon with hdb just so i have a reliable switchin into funny basket ball penguin, im so glad its gone
Altho vaporeon is still not too bad of a choice for a wishpasser with tera but thats a whole other post for another time. For now though i think the only "viable" eevees for...
This is a little disingenuous. Upon team preview you can guess which pokemon will be relying on Tera depending on which one is best vs your current team and ballpark guess what type it can be based on its most viable teras
Just for examples sake lets assume a random bad offense team with...
Im not saying its on the radar i was just responding in general abt people complaining that gholdengos ability to block defog makes it suspect worthy.
Which is bizarre, the meta is more than well equipped to deal with hazards + gholdengo.
We have much better rapid spinners, heavy duty boots...
How come hazard stacking + spin blocker was fine back in gens 2-5 but one pokemon being able to block defog is enough to potentially get it on the radar?
Seriously, this is ONE pokemon blocking defog and it loses to the best 2 spinners we have (+ loses to post home removers like...