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since i’m absolute garbo at pokémon, i’ll probably not meet the reqs. however, i just want to share my thoughts:
i think zama-c provides lots of value to the tier, while not being completely broken. it helps teams check some of the most annoying aspects of ou right now (in my opinion) ~ defensive walls spamming knock off, rillaboom revenge killing everything with one button, etc. zama-c sorta plays the role as a tank: best case scenario, it can keep chipping away at the opponent with big hits until it faints knowing that it wore down the opponent’s team quite a bit. this enables sweepers to then take care of business, or defensive pokémon to have a much easier time walling the opponent’s team to death.
i feel like this type of role isn’t really found often at all in ou, besides maybe defensive garchomp and maybe melmetal. i believe that it adds a new dimension to both offensive and defensive teams, as you now have a pokémon that can dish out some damage, but also have the longevity to absorb many hits.
with that being said though, the checks and counters to zama-c aren’t difficult to come by. yes, zama-c can overcome these checks, but unlike a pokémon like spectrier, the sets required to overcome these checks just lead to exploitable weaknesses. sure, you can use ice fang against lando and garchomp. will you still be able to fit the coverage against defensive pokémon like pex and buzzwole, and against offensive threats like volcarona and victini? probably not.
sure, it can’t really be ohko’d. however, it’s incredibly easy to wear this pokémon down. people keep mentioning that a bunch of pokémon need to run rocky helmet, but that’s not always the case. pretty much any form of chip damage will get on its nerves. this can come in the form of hazards, regular stray hits, or something else. plus, this thing absolutely hates getting burned or paralyzed.
zama-c would definitely become a very good pokémon in the meta. however, it’s not overpowered. it just takes advantage of an archetype that isn’t often seen in ou.
edit: i feel like some of the strong comments towards this pokémon are mainly due to the very nature of a suspect test. in this environment, we’re all hyperfixated on this one pokémon. the meta doesn’t revolve around zama-c, it’s just the pokémon on everyone’s minds becuase...y’know...it’s a suspect test. imagine if we had a dragapult suspect test, and all our attention is on dragapult. we would certainly see some similarly strong scrutiny for that pokémon.
i think zama-c provides lots of value to the tier, while not being completely broken. it helps teams check some of the most annoying aspects of ou right now (in my opinion) ~ defensive walls spamming knock off, rillaboom revenge killing everything with one button, etc. zama-c sorta plays the role as a tank: best case scenario, it can keep chipping away at the opponent with big hits until it faints knowing that it wore down the opponent’s team quite a bit. this enables sweepers to then take care of business, or defensive pokémon to have a much easier time walling the opponent’s team to death.
i feel like this type of role isn’t really found often at all in ou, besides maybe defensive garchomp and maybe melmetal. i believe that it adds a new dimension to both offensive and defensive teams, as you now have a pokémon that can dish out some damage, but also have the longevity to absorb many hits.
with that being said though, the checks and counters to zama-c aren’t difficult to come by. yes, zama-c can overcome these checks, but unlike a pokémon like spectrier, the sets required to overcome these checks just lead to exploitable weaknesses. sure, you can use ice fang against lando and garchomp. will you still be able to fit the coverage against defensive pokémon like pex and buzzwole, and against offensive threats like volcarona and victini? probably not.
sure, it can’t really be ohko’d. however, it’s incredibly easy to wear this pokémon down. people keep mentioning that a bunch of pokémon need to run rocky helmet, but that’s not always the case. pretty much any form of chip damage will get on its nerves. this can come in the form of hazards, regular stray hits, or something else. plus, this thing absolutely hates getting burned or paralyzed.
zama-c would definitely become a very good pokémon in the meta. however, it’s not overpowered. it just takes advantage of an archetype that isn’t often seen in ou.
edit: i feel like some of the strong comments towards this pokémon are mainly due to the very nature of a suspect test. in this environment, we’re all hyperfixated on this one pokémon. the meta doesn’t revolve around zama-c, it’s just the pokémon on everyone’s minds becuase...y’know...it’s a suspect test. imagine if we had a dragapult suspect test, and all our attention is on dragapult. we would certainly see some similarly strong scrutiny for that pokémon.
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