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Biggest 'new' threats in this meta and how to deal with them:
Basculegion - Clodsire (don't get knocked)
Set up Clef - Poison it + either Wheezing (remove Magic Guard + Haze) or Pex (watch out for Stored Power)
Braviary-H - Tera Steel Wheezing; also try to knock it
Magearna - Glimmora Toxic...
https://pokepast.es/c0485d8592993d16 - Made top 100 with this Pokébilities meme team featuring 4 poison types including Choice Band Merciless Pex for the thumbnail. The team has a strong defensive backbone, but future sight Reuniclus + CB Pex both hit surprisingly hard and always force progress...
Some more teams that function in the top 200:
https://pokepast.es/b0aa67761b57df2d (Rain)
https://pokepast.es/245ab3a4bf550809 (Electric Terrain)
https://pokepast.es/992bc742b50d6acc (Pure Stall; stolen from AB The Goat - was #1 on the ladder)
https://pokepast.es/d26d2f872a08d1e9 (Regen Balance...
Hey Blunder, here are two teams for Frantic Fusions, one of the new OM of the month - Great thumbnail potential. Got me to top 500 for now (still climbing)
https://pokepast.es/4644f233913a9034 - Toxic Debris Deoxis Defense
https://pokepast.es/78b177d5340d9e80 - Scarf Tinted Lens Iron Moth
Have fun!
Sun and Rain Walking Wake
Is this the best team ever? Probably not! Is it viable? I came back to competitive Mons after two months and made it work in mid 1500s immediately (+ I'm bad). Is this a great team for content? I bet it is!
https://pokepast.es/d4ce7c8d0f6bb891
Why use Scarf Gardevoir
Content
Steal Beads of Ruin / Swift Swim / ...
Heal Ting Lu or Great Tusk back to full health
Meta Game is well suited for offensive fairies
Psyshock Clod and Amoongus
https://pokepast.es/1e8ba1ae90738b31
Made it to mid 1600's (as an under average player)
Cyclizar is missing 1 Speed EV so that its Shed Tail always goes second if both players led Cyclizar. Gholdengo is Shuca to bait and punish ground attacks.
Team isn't top-notch ofc, but Gallade will sweep every other game, which is great for content, I guess. It needs the sub support to set up...
Agility 3 attacks LO Gallade 6-0's almost any team (at least on paper). Even gets a clean 2HKO on Dondozo and almost an OHKO on most Corvs. Pro Tipp: If you pass a sub to Gallade in front of Rotom-W, the volt switch will not break the sub. Reached almost 1600 elo.
YT-Title: *Every team gets...
Yo Blunder my bro I build one of the few functioning sun teams, which got me at least to the mid 1400s for now. The key component on this team is Fairy Tera Aboliva, which can lure fighting type attacks from e.g. Palafin or Annihilate and kill them in return.
YT title could be something like...
https://pokepast.es/21b625b94d8a8625 - 'Sticky Breakers' (currently #68 on the ladder with the acc hazebusters420 only using this team)
https://pokepast.es/8394442eca065170 - 'PPP - Patient Psychic Pult' (currently #82 on the ladder with the acc Umbaa mainly using this team)
Some unholy clickbait creations like 'No switch-ins Adaptability Kyurem', 'Stall devourer Tinted Lens Lele' and the most sacrilegious monster I've ever created: 'You won't expect Flamebody Slowbro!' That's right, I got two Multibility Teams for you. Each of them made me reach top 100 on the...
Salac Berry Gapdos for the Thumbnail + Sticky Webs
https://pokepast.es/4b9fe2c38b71e2ac
Haven't played early Gen 7, so I'm lost in this OUber meta, but this team easily carries me!
Currently at lower 1600 elo, while still climbing
Like I said before, I don't have the game. Obviously Smogon doesn't decide on these type of rules. Since Ring Target is a kind of obscure item, I was just curious if there might be small unknown interactions (Like there was with Metronome and Protect). When I asked for a source, I was curious if...
I mean fire types + Will-O, electric types + Twave and poison types + Toxic all make sense. They aren't immune to the respective type of moves, but the status condition instead.
Ground types on the other hand are immune to all the moves of said typing, but not to the status condition. They can...
Ring Target-Toxic-Steel Type Interaction
You know how Trick Clefable is the newest toy on the ladder? I was experimenting around with other items than Scarf or Sticky Barb and I found the Ring Target.
Tricking this will often time be appreciated by other members of your squad. But I wanted to...