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Volcarona isn't the only problematic Tera Blast abuser rn imo, I would argue CB Pult runs away with a ton of games due to surprise factor as well. Also, even if we take banning tera blast out of the list of options, I don't think we will arrive at a more balanced metagame for banning volc. Like...

I am pro-Volcarona. Before I address the main pro-ban arguments and provide counter-arguments, I would first like to start with the reasons why Volcarona´s presence is good for the tier. -Volcarona offers a unique form of Role Compression: Generally, there are 2 ways in which we cover for...

Volcarona is the only exception to the rule because we already banned Espathra and Regieleki, after we ban Volcarona people will claim Tera Blast Ground Iron Moth is the exception to the rule and not realize these pokemon would have been fine in the metagame in case Tera Blast was just banned...

I believe a Tera Blast ban is the best way forward for the metagame. While Tera Blast on it's own isn't broken in the sense that it can not be answered, it pushes the metagame towards a state of heavy counterteaming and reliance on surprise factor to win, which in my opinion is an uncompetitive...

A few reasons I voted B+ on Deo-S: -A lot of it´s impact comes from surprise factor regarding the set, but it can´t really fit all the moves it wants to hit it´s answers. If it lacks Shadow Ball, Hatterene will be a great answer. If it lacks Knock Off- Slowking-Galar is safe into it aside from...

Skarmory been real silent after this one.

Hi, I often find myself looking for the bulkiest mons possible both on the physical and special side when building my teams, but I generally have to search for HP, Defense or Special Defense to get decent results. Since a lot of the times people use a Physical or Special Wall they end up...

A Top RMT Stall whose counterplay to Virizion was forfeit? *Vietnam flashbacks

Expanding on my post from earlier, I believe I found a way to calculate the best probability distribution between 2 strategies for all conflicts with these 3 characteristics: -0 Sum Game ( Symmetrical Incentives, What one loses, the other gains) -2 Players -2 Choices for each Considering...

Hello everyone, this post is a little bit off-topic, but I would like to attempt to apply a bit of game theory to the current state of the metagame, particularly when it comes to match-ups in the tournament scene. For the sake of simplicity, and given that players generally have preferences...

Your point is fair, but I still think we both reach the conclusion that it needs to predict Excadrill, Gholdengo and Iron Treads to effectively win the 1v1. Add Heatran to that list, if you are running body press instead of earthquake. (Also, I´m not a big Gholdengo fan rn, but Im pretty sure...

Here´s a list of Pro-Ban and Anti-Ban arguments for those undecided like me: Pro-Ban: -Notable Lack of Hard Counters -Lack of Pokemon That can OHKO Archaludon and effectively force it out withouth a trade-off. -Combination of 600 BST with a very Strong typing. -Capacity to take advantage of 2...

Its not stall in particular thats good against it, its just Clodsire which is always on stall, so yeah.

I have two sides: 1-Why tf is this being suspect tested ?!? ( I use Clodsire in 90% of my games) 2- Imagine if Melmetal got an attack boost every time it used thunder pu.. oh wait... Honestly tho, I have no clue what to vote on this and will likely remain neutral.

Main reason is Zapdos completely falling out of the metagame, but I still believe B+ might be a little bit too high with Boulder, Weavile and Meow everywhere

It still has too many counters to be considered S-, any physical wall with access to toxic, such as Toxapex or Gliscor can generally shut it down, dondozo shuts it down and it notoriously struggles into rain as well. When we compare it to the Pokemon in S-, the only valid comparison is Kyurem...

Dragonite struggles into Kyurem, Gliscor and Skarmory which were not in OU before the DLC2 update. It also gets owned by Meowscarada, since it gained triple axel, and hated Weavile´s rise in popularity. Also Darkrai and Deo-S sometimes run Ice Beam. Walking Wake is good now because Sun became...

I thought I would never see the day Latias surpassed Latios, but it has finally happened, another banger from the SV OU Metagame

Tough and rare match-up, but still, you gotta keep hazard on the field to limit it, and revenge it with meow. It needs 2 trailblazes to outspeed meow.