Thanks to the PS Staff for implementing a BSS ladder for SV so quickly. It is much appreciated!
Anyway, here’s some observations I made over my first day of gen 9 BSS.
—NOTABLE THREATS—
- This was the Pokémon I had my eyes on the most coming into SV, and I have to say it did not disappoint. While I was a little sad to not see Swords Dance in its movepool, Choice Band and Sash are great variants, access to both Knock Off and Sucker Punch for Dark STAB allows it to be either a revenge killer or a wall breaker, depending on what your team needs, and of course Flower Trick has some ludicrous calcs.
- fastest mon in the metagame with regieleki gone for the time being. Great pivot and revenge killer, can run a variety of great sets. Terastalizing really helps it out by powering up a STAB or coverage of your choice, not like it needed much help in the power department.
- Insanely fast and powerful attacker, and photosynthesis allowing you to make it either faster or stronger can be game breaking without sufficient counterplay. Definitely a mon to look out for and keep in mind when teambuilding.
- I’ve wanted a Fairy/Fighting type for so long, and the first one we get is insanely good imo. The STABs just compliment each other so well, and you’ve no shortage of good coverage options to choose from, add swords dance on top of that, this thing is a cleaner extraordinaire.
- same as always, spore and then hit hard, this time we have Close Combat for fighting STAB, and terastalizing this thing allows for some funny stuff. I managed to beat an Amoonguss in a 1 on 1 by spamming tera close combat Lmfao.
- This is basically what you’d get if Weavile and Zacian had a disgusting love child. While it’s not quite Zacian levels of strong, it’s definitely nothing to write off, sword of ruin is a ridiculous ability and when combined with Chien Pao’s incredible STAB combo and high power, it can end games very quickly. Definitely a wise idea to keep a revenge killer around for it.
- Another Mon I had my eyes on when I saw it leaked, and while I don’t think this one is anything
too crazy, I still find it quite good and very fun to use. Loaded Dice Icicle Spear is probably one of the funniest moves I’ve seen in my time playing mons. If nothing else, Baxcalibur’s appearance on a team sheet will make opponents hesitant to click will o wisp, or really any fire move, so it’s nice to have around in that sense.
- same old Mimikyu, this time with some new moves because apparently it couldn’t do enough already. User friendly as always, though with multiple hit moves and loaded dice making them more consistent, it’s not quite as plug and play as prior gens.
—SOME MONS I LIKE—
- it’s Quag but more funne, and the typing is pretty cool.
- I’m putting this here instead of in the notable threats section because I’ve seen and have mixed opinions on it. It’s quite strong, but inconsistent from my experience. Still fun to mess around with.
Overall I’m having quite a lot of fun with SV BSS so far. Hopefully this helps people who might be struggling a little bit. Happy battles!