Recent content by Zennistrad

Finally managed to find a mon that works very well against Hisiuan Samurott, and it's... ...Hisiuan Decidueye. In hindsight, maybe that should have been a bit more obvious lol. Here's the build I used: Use Feather Dance on T1 to negate Samurott's Swords Dance boost, then on turn 2...

Taunt Miraidon doesn't work because it immediately starts out with Swords Dance. I have genuinely no idea how you're even supposed to beat this. I was considering Clear Smog Brute Bonnet but that also doesn't work because it has X-Scissor.

Anything can work, but I'm currently running Specs Iron Bundle and Banded Scizor as the main late-game cleaners, and bulky Farigiraf to punish Glimmora leads and Annihilape

Here's another bulky offense core that I've had some success with in BSS: Gliscor / Tera Water Item: Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Atk Impish Nature Earthquake Dual Wingbeat Crabhammer Swords Dance Trading the usual utility-focused moveset for a more well-rounded...

I just realized that Intimidate doesn't actually lower the power of Wicked Blow or Surging Strikes, whoops :psytear:

What would be a good way to try to use Gliscor in BSS? In Smogon singles it has a lot of obvious utility but I feel that's lessened somewhat by it being a 3v3 format where hazards aren't nearly as useful or universal.

In advance of Regulation E, I've managed to put together an core that I think should work well against what I anticipate to be the new meta. Not sure if it'd be considered offensive or balanced, but here's what I have: Ninetales-Alolan / Tera Ice Item: Light Clay / Focus Sash Ability: Snow...

The Firagiraf set that I posted earlier in this thread is the most consistent check to Annihilape I've found. A physically bulky normal type that's neutral to Drain Punch is probably as good as you're going to get until Hisuian Zoroark is available.

I'm testing out Expert Belt Goodra as a specially defensive 'mon and it seems to be able to pretty reliably 2HKO Skeledirge with Surf. Farigiraf works really well as a lead, I've found. Farigiraf @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Cud Chew Tera Type: Fairy Bold Nature Evs: 252 HP / 60 SpA / 196 Def -...

What's the most reliable way to beat Unaware Skeledirge with Yawn? This thing is impossible to OHKO, impossible to switch into, and almost impossible to out-wall. I'm at a loss for ideas here.

I've been experimenting with this Dragapult moveset for a bit and it's worked out surprisingly well: Dragapult @ Focus Sash Ability: Infiltrator Level: 50 Tera Type: Steel EVs: 116 Atk / 140 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Dragon Dance - Dragon Darts - Phantom Force - Fire Blast Normally...

How good would Outrage be on a Curse Dondozo set? Fissure is unreliable so I'd prefer a good secondary attack, and Water/Dragon seems like it would provide some very powerful neutral coverage — as far as I can tell Azumarill is the only Pokemon in the metagame that can really switch into both...

With new generations, Game Freak has increasingly taken to giving old Pokemon a few new tricks to keep them up to date with the metagame. That said, there are still a few old favorites which have yet to truly shine, and I think there are a couple of ways that they could be improved a bit to keep...

I've been running this build as an offensive support mon for 6-star raids and it's been extremely successful so far: Slowking @ Light Clay Oblivious Relaxed Nature 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA -Reflect/Light Screen (swap out via Move Reminder as needed) -Nasty Plot -Heal Pulse -Future Sight Main...

Had to make a few tweaks to it here and there, but here's my team, which I recently reached Master Ball Rank with: Team ID: 6M8X87 Orthworm @ Leftovers Ability: Earth Eater Level: 50 Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD IVs: 0 Spe Impish Nature - Coil - Body Press - Iron Tail - Metal...