Thank you Crown Tundra for bringing back my favorite Ground type, Nidoking(and Nidoqueen but King is best boi!) When the world needs an Stealth Rocker, a dude who can take on Pex and Celesteela, and have massive coverage we look towards...
...Lando-T, Garchomp, and Zygarde lol.
But if you don’t like the majority of those mons you can rely on Nidoking tho.
You’ll never be safe around me!
Nidoking @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs : 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
-Earth Power
-Sludge Wave
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast
-Ice Beam
This set covers every defensive mon in OU. Earth Power shuts down Zeraora, Regieleki, Tran, and Pex with moderate resistance. Sludge wave claps Clef and in return can do nothing in return. Flamethrower threatens Steel and Bug Types barring Heatran, and Ice Beam lets you hit your Ground type counters such as Hippo, Lando-T, Zygarde, and Chomps for reasonable to one shot damage. He may not be good as of now, but once the meta settles down, I can see him becoming a very good pick.
Anyways, my new opinions of the current meta.
Pheromosa: Not as busted as I thought, but still a high threat. It lost access to the nuking potential of Z moves, but with the newly buffed Rapid Spin, physical Ice type move in Triple Axel, and the STAB and super spammable CC, it doesn’t need Z moves that much. It is still the fastest U turn user and severely cripples check and counters with it. Definitely needs a suspect test.
Naganadel: It was also nerfed do to lack of Z moves, but it’s still stinkin’ scary! Nasty Plot raises its stellar SpA and boosts it. Beast Boost can allow it to snowball out of control if Magearna or Heatran are out of the way and Poison/Dragon is a great Defensive/Offensive type to have. I can see it being quickbanned.
Landorus-I: Lando-T is annoying due to sheer versatility, but its Incarnate form is a whole new level of UGHH! Life Orb Sheer Force Earth Power is hard to switch into and its amazing speed and Special Attack makes it scary to deal with. Frustrating af and can’t wait to see it go. >:(
...Lando-T, Garchomp, and Zygarde lol.
But if you don’t like the majority of those mons you can rely on Nidoking tho.
You’ll never be safe around me!
Nidoking @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs : 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
-Earth Power
-Sludge Wave
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast
-Ice Beam
This set covers every defensive mon in OU. Earth Power shuts down Zeraora, Regieleki, Tran, and Pex with moderate resistance. Sludge wave claps Clef and in return can do nothing in return. Flamethrower threatens Steel and Bug Types barring Heatran, and Ice Beam lets you hit your Ground type counters such as Hippo, Lando-T, Zygarde, and Chomps for reasonable to one shot damage. He may not be good as of now, but once the meta settles down, I can see him becoming a very good pick.
Anyways, my new opinions of the current meta.
Pheromosa: Not as busted as I thought, but still a high threat. It lost access to the nuking potential of Z moves, but with the newly buffed Rapid Spin, physical Ice type move in Triple Axel, and the STAB and super spammable CC, it doesn’t need Z moves that much. It is still the fastest U turn user and severely cripples check and counters with it. Definitely needs a suspect test.
Naganadel: It was also nerfed do to lack of Z moves, but it’s still stinkin’ scary! Nasty Plot raises its stellar SpA and boosts it. Beast Boost can allow it to snowball out of control if Magearna or Heatran are out of the way and Poison/Dragon is a great Defensive/Offensive type to have. I can see it being quickbanned.
Landorus-I: Lando-T is annoying due to sheer versatility, but its Incarnate form is a whole new level of UGHH! Life Orb Sheer Force Earth Power is hard to switch into and its amazing speed and Special Attack makes it scary to deal with. Frustrating af and can’t wait to see it go. >:(
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