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INTRODUCTION So Indeedee-F got banned a while ago to the surprise of absolutely no one, so I had to retire my old Psychic-Spam team. Honestly, I thought I'd never get the chance to use it ever again, but then a flood of new Pokemon entered the tier. Indeedee-F got some new checks and counters...

Man, I can't wait to completely relearn the tier. In all seriousness, I'm pretty excited and terrified for these tier shifts. I guess I'll give my thoughts on some of the recent drops. Snorlax is back. Yay. Steelix is also here again. Can't wait to get blindsided by Iron Defense + Body Press...

Personally, I'm quite excited at the idea of Exploud dropping into the tier. It's always been a personal favorite of mine, even if last gen it was explicitly outclassed by Swellow. A Scrappy Boomburst hit a bunch of the tier for big damage, and it has the coverage to hit its resists for big...

I think another contributing factor to this is the fact that many of our defensive answers lack reliable recovery. Claydol, Mudsdale, Rhydon, Coalossal, and more all rely on Leftovers for recovery (or in the case of Coalossal, lack recovery all together). This leaves them very prone to being...

INTRODUCTION So those tier shifts, huh? This one brought a bunch of powerful, threatening Pokemon in the tier, not the least of which is Espeon. As soon as I saw that it learned Expanding Force, I knew I had to pair it with Indeedee-F. After several iterations of a Psychic-Spam balance team, I...

I don't think Pincurchin deserves a ban in the slightest. Alolan Raichu is the only Pokemon abusing Electric Terrain. In fact, the only reason Pincurchin is RU to begin with is because of Alolan Raichu. There's a reason why they're on every team. Personally, I'd hold off on outright banning...

. . INTODUCTION Been a while since I last made a RMT, but I felt like this team was worth sharing. Since the generation started, I've kinda struggled with making good teams, as they were either straight up not good, or used some Pokemon that ended up getting banned. but this go-around, I think...

I've been messing around with Rillaboom quite a bit since it got Grassy Surge, and I just wanted to give my two-cents on the Pokemon and the impact of Grassy Terrain. I can't speak too much on the viability of sets like SubSeed or bulkier variants, as I've only ever used Band or Scarf thus far...

How does Future Sight work with Analytic? Does it take into account the time it was used? Or is it always boosted by Analytic since it's launched at the end of the turn? Or is it just flat out not affected by Analytic?

I'm going to miss tearing Sun teams apart for free, but such is life. And just so this isn't a one-liner, I've been messing around with Coalossal and it's ... okay. It's not Gigalith, that's for sure. Coalossal @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD Careful...

Just wanted to piggy-back off of this. So this is the set I've been running Pawniard @ Eviolite Ability: Defiant EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Sucker Punch - Knock Off - Iron Head - Swords Dance This thing basically does the exact opposite of what I initially expected...

I wanna contribute something to this discussion, so Imma share the Webs user I've been loving the most so far. DURACELL Charjabug @ Eviolite Ability: Battery EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature - Sticky Web - Volt Switch - Toxic - Filler Okay first off, this thing gets a...

PSA Adamant Barraskewda outspeeds the entire unboosted tier barring Boltund. (It hits 371 Speed) Jolly can also outspeed a +1 Jolly Flapple (408 Speed) So for general purposes, Adamant seems to be the way to go, with Jolly being used if Boltund or +1 Base 70s gives your team trouble. I imagine...

I usually hate anything defensive, but I've actually been enjoying this set. THE SARCOPHAGUS Cofagrigus @ Leftovers Ability: Mummy EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Will-O-Wisp - Hex - Protect - Body Press This sent is meant to take a more bulk offense...

Oh we sharing teams? Bet. (ghost)* Got Hazards? A hyper-offense team I've been having some good success with. It's gone through several revisions, but this is probably the best version of it so far A standard suicide lead set. I chose to use Crustle or some other option since it also gets...

So Sillvally is really good this gen. No one can deny that The Multi-Attack buff and Dexit cuts were really kind to it, and this thing definitely has a place in the tier. Allow me to gush about the two forms I've been having most fun/success with. Silvally-Ghost @ Ghost Memory Ability: RKS...

Just wanted to echo this. This thing can hit like a truck with Specs, basically trading kills vs. sun teams and heavily denting anything that isn't heavily specially defensive. You'd really wish Thunderbolt did more to Vaporeon and Jellicent, but you can't win them all. Definitely give this a...

I feel like Toxic Spikes/Body Press might be the better option instead of Trick Room for that set (outside of a Trick Room team, of course). Since you're investing only in its defenses, I can't imagine you're trying to sweep with this set. Toxic Spikes would make for better team support, though...

Technitop Returns Hitmontop (M) @ Assault Vest Ability: Technician EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spe Adamant Nature - Brutal Swing - Rapid Spin - Mach Punch - Fake Out I know this seems like a meme set, but here me out. This has actually been putting in a good amount of work on my...

I haven't really seen anyone talk about this Pokemon recently, and I feel like I should bring it too attention Appletun @ Leftovers Ability: Thick Fat EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpDef Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Apple Acid - Leech Seed - Recover -Dragon Pulse / Draco Meteor / Earthquake / Body...