Approved by Kris and OM staff
Wow, a twofer! We've been looking at top threats in the Linked metagame and have dealt with quite a few via quickbans. Now, it's time for the community to chime in with some of the nuisances that remain.
Dragapult is a premier choice with nigh insurmountable Speed in a meta where offense is king. After a single Dragon Dance (which is almost always followed by free Dragon Darts), it can dismantle even any extremely rare Scarf user with ease. And, as is typical in Linked, it continues to snowball with additional dancing and darts. While this would quite obviously be checked by Clefable, it can run a lure of will-o-wisp and hex to obliterate this would-be counter while also crippling typical priority checks like Weavile. Additionally, as its powerful moves bring no drawbacks, it can be used even safer under Screens support to shrug off priority threats entirely. Indeed, Dragapult may seem unstoppable, but if its set is successfully discerned it can remain predictable and be played against.
Kartana is the obscene wallbreaking force it's renowned for in OU, now with the ability to set its own Tailwind while attacking or run the meme Timid set to similar effect. Once again, in a metagame with so little Choice Scarf presence, the setup for Tailwind is a negligible wait for a massive gain. Fighting-type priority is almost nonexistent, and Kartana's physical bulk lets it survive the others with ease. Both Unaware users perish to its STAB attacks. Once again, the most common answer to it is often simply to beat it in setting up, but Volcarona, its greatest offensive check, is gone with the latest quickban.
So, it's time to put these mons' fates into the hands of the players. Here's how:
Wow, a twofer! We've been looking at top threats in the Linked metagame and have dealt with quite a few via quickbans. Now, it's time for the community to chime in with some of the nuisances that remain.
Dragapult is a premier choice with nigh insurmountable Speed in a meta where offense is king. After a single Dragon Dance (which is almost always followed by free Dragon Darts), it can dismantle even any extremely rare Scarf user with ease. And, as is typical in Linked, it continues to snowball with additional dancing and darts. While this would quite obviously be checked by Clefable, it can run a lure of will-o-wisp and hex to obliterate this would-be counter while also crippling typical priority checks like Weavile. Additionally, as its powerful moves bring no drawbacks, it can be used even safer under Screens support to shrug off priority threats entirely. Indeed, Dragapult may seem unstoppable, but if its set is successfully discerned it can remain predictable and be played against.
Kartana is the obscene wallbreaking force it's renowned for in OU, now with the ability to set its own Tailwind while attacking or run the meme Timid set to similar effect. Once again, in a metagame with so little Choice Scarf presence, the setup for Tailwind is a negligible wait for a massive gain. Fighting-type priority is almost nonexistent, and Kartana's physical bulk lets it survive the others with ease. Both Unaware users perish to its STAB attacks. Once again, the most common answer to it is often simply to beat it in setting up, but Volcarona, its greatest offensive check, is gone with the latest quickban.
So, it's time to put these mons' fates into the hands of the players. Here's how:
- Dragapult and Kartana remain unbanned and the ladder will be unchanged for this test.
- You will need, as usual, 25 or more games played and 75% GXE to qualify.
- Prepend PULTAN on the username of your new alt account, like
PULTANIvy. - Post reqs in this thread with a screenshot of the /ladder command showing your stats and your Smogon username typed into chat.
- Deadline will be just before the month ends on the 26th.
