Recent content by NabboCheTesta

Things that make you feel powerful: money, social status and clicking a 120 BP, perfectly accurate Rock move backed by Grass STAB.

Time to pose as the tiering council! . When used properly :kingambit: invariably warps every game he's in into a painful endgame of 50/50s. Tera Dark is especially scary because -as the Valiant calc that was posted above shows- it can fold Dark resists with hazard chip and a single free turn...

It's certainly a simple interaction, but not a very obvious one! Still, it's good to know for playing vs webs, for instance it means that Encoring a setup move with your booster Val can still work depending on the circumstances.

What's weird is that (at least on PS!) booster activation and hazard interaction don't happen in a fixed order, so sometimes a paradox mon will hit the webs first and then get a dud boost, while at other times the booster will activate first, give a +spe boost to the user and *then* the webs...

I'm not a particularly good player, but after exploring some different styles of teams (I've tried and had similar and degrees of success with webs, stall, veil ho, balance...) I can relate to what you say in that there are no mons that can just steamroll everything unopposed unless some niche...

IDK how well you can break in trick room with 90 BP stabs, even off of 145 SpA the unboosted neutral hits don't look like they're going to blow stuff out of the water. To me it looks like it just makes no sense in the tier.

Is CB/some other offensive item Zamazenta a complete meme set? Looking at its movepool and stats it *feels* like something real could be kicked out of it, like: :zamazenta: @ Choice Band EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Nature: Jolly / Adamant Tera Type: Fairy / Steel / Poison / Fire Moves: -...

A similar dynamic to Bax itself dropping to UU due to Mega Weavile being in the tier, though I think the buffs are helping it a bit by adding some aspects to its game on top of its speed and power after setup (as mentioned elsewhere, Knock Off is huge early on into fatmons).

It Based on the sets on the analysis: The CM set is obviously not worth considering here because CM not being usable with BP just defeats the purpose anyway. I think the Mystical Fire slot on the pivot set could feasibly accomodate BP instead to get a good threat in safely rather than rely...

Agreed, for me the technical burden to ensuring BP stays healty is just too much to justify it in the meta. Some slow mons would appreciate the pivot move but I don't think that is what makes or breaks them in the first place. The core reason to use Hat in the first place is Magic Bounce, so I...

A lot of these calcs read "dead with a couple switches into rocks and a stiff breeze" to me, but the real issue is that the scenario you're painting is unrealistic. A competent Espathra team will have it behind screens/veil -where it can absolutely afford a second CM vs a neutral hit- and will...

You're not wrong, a team having 'mons whose intended role is to win the game is nothing new, but from my memory VSing and playing it (and Flittle in LC, which did the same thing before being booted off the tier) I think that Espathra simply pushes the issue to a seldom reached extreme where...

IMO Espathra has no place in a competitive meta and is best kept confined in whatever tier it's completely unviable in. It's the ultimate example of a mon that either does nothing at all or wins the game virtually by itself.

I probably won't be very original but: My two cents are that with time and the input of tournament-level players Tera will become more and more problematic as more sets emerge that can threaten to flip the table on the opponent even when their Tera type is telegraphed and most importantly...

WIP Originale: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/meloetta/monotype/