I'm no expert on the meta quite yet but being someone who is of the top 50 ( i peaked at 57) ( p sure im barley top 200 rn ) on ladder i think im mediocrely qualified to comment on meta game picks i might come back with a short analysis of the main team i spam on ladder but for now id like to bring note to some REALLY good pokemon to use some i think are a bit broken and other i generally think are overrated and other i think work p good but not at a broken level
105/160/150/75/75/70 is a DISGUSTING stat line For starters an Attack stat 10 points larger then groudon and a defense stat shaming even deoxys defense rhydon Works amazingly in almost all archetypes his item varity isnt even locked in to eviolite he makes great use of leftovers cb lorb or a resist berry one top of item variety he also has a very good movepool eq and stone edge are nice stabs and the elemental punches (mega horn is also funny) and supercell slam makes most common "checks" very shaking especially after a sd
+2 252 Atk Rhydon Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 195-229 (52.1 - 61.2%) -- 96.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Rhydon Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Eviolite Gligar: 159-187 (47.6 - 55.9%) -- 82.4% chance to 2HKO
+2 252 Atk Rhydon Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 345-406 (49 - 57.6%) -- 96.1% chance to 2HKO
Getting up a Swords dance isnt a hard task by any measn you will get several opperunitys a game simply due to rhydons defenses(Reminder eviolite is still here) and insane field pressure
252+ Atk Groudon Precipice Blades vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Rhydon: 224-266 (63.8 - 75.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO ( how it feels to be washed up)
252+ Atk Choice Band Mold Breaker Haxorus Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Rhydon: 238-282 (67.8 - 80.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Crabominable Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Rhydon: 240-284 (68.3 - 80.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
in short ( this was quite long dw theyll all be alot shorter) ) rhydon is STUPID good now to move on to his step cousin Tyranitar
100/154/130/115/120/81 God if only dpp tyraniar was real... Well now it IS ! Powercreep isnt real and dd mixed cb and even defensive sets are REAL . Tyranitar has been(nasty) Plotting (he doesnt get that) quietly planning in the past years for a come back since it gave up on being even top 10 way back in gen 7 Knock off, heavy slam stone edge and either eq or brick break provide amazing coverage for a cb set hitting several meta relevant threats hard
252+ Atk Choice Band Tyranitar Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 276-325 (42.8 - 50.4%) -- 44.1% chance to 2HKO after sandstorm damage
Dont sleep on his defensive side either av coming off of 100/120 special bulk is a hit demolisher this makes gim amazing on sand archetypes or just as a stand alone defensive offensive pivot
252 SpA Lustrous Globe Palkia-Origin Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tyranitar in Sand: 134-162 (33.1 - 40%) -- 100% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Life Orb Lucario Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Tyranitar in Sand: 302-359 (74.7 - 88.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Dont sleep on dd either 81 might not seem liek much esp in tier shift but TRUST dd Can and will catch a team by surprise and easily overpower what you might've thought was a check just after 1 you can achieve some p crazy feats
(adamant -1 from the crunch defense drop calc) 252+ Atk Tyranitar Crunch vs. -1 252 HP / 252+ Def Quagsire: 183-216 (46.4 - 54.8%) -- 9.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252+ Atk Tyranitar Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 356-420 (90.3 - 106.5%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Tyranitar Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Fezandipiti: 400-472 (105.2 - 124.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Tyranitar Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 169-199 (50.5 - 59.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0- SpA Tyranitar Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Skarmory: 214-252 (64 - 75.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
in short The tar is back . speaking of sdef stats Yall wanna see something disgust something grotesque something that feels nasty to even use
250/30/30/60/130/75 what even is there to say this thing along with ddon and rhydon make me ask why was eviolite allowed to stay i could just show you some crazy focus blast calc but its not like you need convincing this thing deserves the worst tbh id say ban it but then all the ubers would become an issue this is like pretty Privilege but for Pokémon
252 Atk Life Orb Orichalcum Pulse Koraidon Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 634-749 (90 - 106.3%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO id vomit but id assume chansey gains joy from that
to speed run some good picks
90/100/100/150/120/120
uber stats amazing on Hyper offense is dcently fast even for ts standards and breaks throguth most teams even without a Tier boost stab hydro go BRRRR
70/110/90/150/90/145
if palkia called intellion twin on twitter intealon would take that as an insult and block them in short faster frailer palkia o whio can run specs and has u turn
55/120/80/145/80/130 new Form who dis ?Ark h things but with better stats has u turn and in a tier in which you can type close combat into the team builder sort by pu and probably find deos atk level attack stats he works quite well. just dont get hit with like any move ever :3
55/125/85/65/105/145 ink called them both trash earlier im defiantly gonna come back with a full in depth post on Sneasl h (my fav in this tier) but in short sneasel h is Quite good as a fast offensive late game cleaner 125 may not seem like much but after a sd things begin to drop and wit h eviolite you are geruenteed a sd . plus this thing is extremly scary if your check for it goes down since it almost always gets 2 hit on most switch ins 1on the switch and the next sincefew mon are faster in short experiment is p good if you know how to use it
walking defense stat :3
252+ Atk Life Orb Sharpness Gallade Sacred Sword vs. 0 HP / 252+ Def Fur Coat Persian-Alola: 244-291 (90 - 107.3%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
speaking of
68/150/90/90/140/105
ngl this mon struggles on the surface it seems extremely good but it struggles to get in is slow and cant usally sweep fully without a boost 9 times outta ten your gonna wanna run adamant lorb agility
85/155/99/105/125/101 so amazing just the uturn all rounder of the meta has priority status good support move pool can run cb lorb boots leftovers works on offense defense bug fighting is also p good a fighting AND a ground resist is also nice (see the joke i made in Ark H's description) this thing really does it all
85/105/140/130/105/65 (insert joke i made in the Z ark H's description god i peaked with that joke ) this is like a real defensive ghost type like with recovery and everything its stats are finally good enough to make middling use of water compact! but for the most part just a good mon with amazing defenses
115/90/124/90/140/136 sr mon good amazing defenses SUPER fast and runs a nasty cm set
95/105/105/85/85/65 unaware toxic,protect,Eq,protect,switch,Come in,Toxic,protect,RECOVER,Toxic,protect,Eq,Switch, God forbid you give it spikes over water stab
This has been it for me tdy (im tired i assume this post will go relatively unnoticed) i might be back or maybe not :3 ^-^ till then if you use any of these mon you’re breaching my copyright and my lawyers WILL be in touch
70/120/140/145/75/110 ink has sent a carrier pidgeon to my home and forced me to add him P good satker ABUSES eviolite with amazing typing sadly a move pool of stab moves draco meteror and flash cannon and then like dark pulse
InkyDarkBird: sychillz im confused what pokemon replace duraludon as a bulky defensive special attacker
sychillz: no one