The Avalanches
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OP adapted from boltsandbombers
Art by Mambo
Good Cores – ORAS Edition
A strong core is one of the single most valuable things to form when creating a new team. Cores are typically made up of a group of Pokémon that, when used together, work excellently toward accomplishing a specific goal, and any good player uses them, intentionally or not. The majority of cores have varying characteristics that allow them to triumph in different areas, and depending on your team, cores can be built to succeed offensively or defensively. An offensive core is a group of Pokémon that are both focused towards and designed to enable the team to break through most other team styles while being balanced for general play, while a defensive core is a group of Pokémon chosen to give a team a solid set of resistances and the ability to switch into many of the common and threatening attacks in the metagame, allowing it to stick around long enough to win the match.
The ORAS metagame brought with it many viable threats and as a result, even more cores than before are now viable. Post your own cores and why they work, and if good enough reasoning is provided, they will be added to the OP. Please follow this format, with both the description and the usual sets in hide tags:
Post anything from tried and true cores from XY to new cores gaining popularity in ORAS!
Example:
OP adapted from boltsandbombers
Art by Mambo
Good Cores – ORAS Edition
A strong core is one of the single most valuable things to form when creating a new team. Cores are typically made up of a group of Pokémon that, when used together, work excellently toward accomplishing a specific goal, and any good player uses them, intentionally or not. The majority of cores have varying characteristics that allow them to triumph in different areas, and depending on your team, cores can be built to succeed offensively or defensively. An offensive core is a group of Pokémon that are both focused towards and designed to enable the team to break through most other team styles while being balanced for general play, while a defensive core is a group of Pokémon chosen to give a team a solid set of resistances and the ability to switch into many of the common and threatening attacks in the metagame, allowing it to stick around long enough to win the match.
The ORAS metagame brought with it many viable threats and as a result, even more cores than before are now viable. Post your own cores and why they work, and if good enough reasoning is provided, they will be added to the OP. Please follow this format, with both the description and the usual sets in hide tags:
Post anything from tried and true cores from XY to new cores gaining popularity in ORAS!
Example:
Diglett @ Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
Level: 5
EVs: 36 HP / 236 Atk / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Sucker Punch
- Memento / Stealth Rock
Fletchling
Ability: Gale Wings
Level: 5
EVs: 76 HP / 196 Atk / 92 Def / 100 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Acrobatics
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- U-turn
A classic offensive core, but is still great imo. U-turn allows Fletchling to switch out into Diglett when predicting a switch into a Fletch counter, trap it and take it down. I understand that there are exceptions such as priority attacks, or that the Pokemon you are trapping is scarfed (Chinchou) Although with proper hazard support Digletts sash should keep you safe and let you perform his job. This comes into play, because you can use your Fletchling to lure im opposing counters for it, and take them out with Diglett which gives Fletchling much more space to set up and sweep, or just cause general havoc to the other team without their proper counter.
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