Nah, this is for OU and I don’t want to speak incorrectly on their behalf. Sorry for the confusion!
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Can I ask for balance/bulky offense team that have jolly offensive or impish defensive great tusk in the latest HOME meta?
Look at the sample team thread under this sun forum but this is one of the teams:
https://pokepast.es/862e7e0a5d0e1c73
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okay
sadly I forgot to copy that team,
that is the team I looking for : tusk, tinglu, amongus, volc, zapdos, enamorus
Choice Scarf Set:
- Dragon Energy
- Dragon Claw / Outrage
- Thunderbolt / Thunder / Flash Cannon
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
The venom rock with mortal spin.
offense or bulky offense
I'm dumb and forgot to ask while the vr council was answering in the thread, why is Azu +B in the post Home meta? Zapdos and Volcanion are two additions to the tier which annoys it a lot and can't think in much mons that are super weaknto it.
BD Azu is really good glue on offense as it’s one of the few Fairy alternatives to Enamorus or Valiant. Aqua Jet is also nice. Obviously it’s limited to a degree, so it’s not higher, but it can function
Should be able to check Ubers list on the PS teambuilder
This might be a silly question but is a complex ban on terastalization within the realm of possibility? It has definitely pushed a lot of pokemon over the edge for sure, however there are a lot of Pokemon who are perfectly healthy users of Tera like Dragonite, Roaring Moon, etc. Banning the main 2 offenders of the mechanic, Kingambit and Garganacl, could pave the way for some Pokemon like Dragapult and Baxcalibur to be unhealthy.
If Tera would be banned on some of the unhealthy abusers, it could make a healthier metagame and allow some pokemon originally banned on the merits of the mechanic to be legal in OU, creating a more interesting meta (not that it isn't interesting right now). I think it would also appeal to a lot of the player base, as from what I've seen they don't want Tera to be banned, but think the meta could be better with some sort of restriction.
I know smogon hates complex bans but maybe council can consider this option if they haven't already. Just wanted to know if the Tera complex ban is possible, thanks in advance and sorry if this isn't the right place to post this.
If Tera would be banned on some of the unhealthy abusers, it could make a healthier metagame and allow some pokemon originally banned on the merits of the mechanic to be legal in OU, creating a more interesting meta (not that it isn't interesting right now). I think it would also appeal to a lot of the player base, as from what I've seen they don't want Tera to be banned, but think the meta could be better with some sort of restriction.
I know smogon hates complex bans but maybe council can consider this option if they haven't already. Just wanted to know if the Tera complex ban is possible, thanks in advance and sorry if this isn't the right place to post this.
No, Ubers tried this last generation with Dynamax and it was all-time bad. Even if the council wanted to, which I highly doubt, then we would not receive approval from up-top either. It is off the table.
We will ban the Pokemon that are broken with the mechanic, restrict the mechanic, or ban the mechanic if any action is deemed necessary.
How effective is nasty plot landorus in the current meta? With or without a physical move to allow it to mix it up to counter special walls better?
I feel less scared of the council and wayyyy more scared of whoever the fuck is above UT
Why do a lot of pokemon now run tera dark?
It helps resist dark, which helps in end game scenarios against a sucker punch from supreme overlord boosted King Gambit (at least I think)
Any specific one you were thinking of?
Zamazenta uses it to power up Crunch and resist Shadow Ball, Iron Valiant to power up Knock Off, Sneasler to boost Night Slash, and Kingambit to power up Cleave and Sucker, with the former 3 also turning its Psychic weakness into an immunity which can be nice against Slowking-G for example.
If you see it defensively its most often than not to resist Shadow Ball / Hex / Cleave / a Psychic-type move. Blissey and Clodsire notably used it for a while to take on Gholdengo's Shadow Ball, and Stored Power / Psyshock from the likes of Hatterene, but they have since moved on to other Tera types. Nowadays I would say its mostly on Amoonguss, unless I am forgetting something else.
Overall its a fine Tera type cause those moves are everywhere, but not used to the same degree as Water or Fairy
Given that the bad politics of evasion clause is going into question in the main thread...
Unaware vs Sand Veil/Snow Cloak. Does it ignore it like Unaware vs Competitive? Or do Veil/Cloak bypass Unaware like Proto/Quark does?
Unaware vs Sand Veil/Snow Cloak. Does it ignore it like Unaware vs Competitive? Or do Veil/Cloak bypass Unaware like Proto/Quark does?
2 questions:
Is there a particular set that warrants Sneaslers ranking in the viability set right now or is it his general diversity?
What exactly is the AV Hoopa-U EV spread supposed to accomplish?
Is there a particular set that warrants Sneaslers ranking in the viability set right now or is it his general diversity?
What exactly is the AV Hoopa-U EV spread supposed to accomplish?
- 248 HP
- 96 Atk
- 72 Def
- 76 SpA
- 16 Spe
I've seen it used against me with success, this is a set I would play around with:
Abomasnow @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Low Kick
- Seed Bomb
- Ice Shard
I think it is important to utilize Aurora Veil, because without it I wouldn't use this mon personally. Low Kick has a chance to OHKO Kingambit, and the EVs are made to outspeed max speed adamant Gambit.