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Thursday, November 28, 2019
i wonder if this pokemon will become relevant
physical wall, no special defense
decent speed
Those g-max fire and ground moves don't actually trap like fire spin, so they're definitely not worth it
Friday, November 29, 2019
Can anyone just trade and trade back their Silvally
need its dex entry
just
beat the game
I hate that those aren't ears
Saturday, November 30, 2019
I love how Dracovish is probably going to be the most overused pokemon in competitive gen 8
Ugliness and power have a positive correlation this gen
dracovish is cute though Kappa
I keep getting disappointed with corviknight's performance
It's getting a ton of usage, and I don't see why. If feels as though the only reason it puts in work is because people keep making teams geared towards supporting it. Or because it usually eats up the dynamax
isn't its HA the only thing it has going for it?
People don't even use that in ou, pressure is better if you're in a scenario for pp stalling
Which can actually work, that's one niche it has for itself since it also gets taunt
people actually PP stall in singles NotLikeThis
Not normally, it's just generally more useful on the off chance
This really feels like the virgin corviknight vs the chad skarmory
Skarmory was almost never used as a setup attacker, but I feel like it could pull off the role much better than this thing
Wolfey is saying that whimsicott and steadfast lucario is broken
it does look better than my HA darmanitan idea
What does that do?
beat up gives +4 attack for almost no HP
then it sweeps
You mean justified
Yeah, that's a classic maneuver
But whimsicott also has tailwind support
lucario actually gets steadfast, so i wasn't completely off with the ability
seems useless in competitive though
I was trying to remember if whimsicott had a flinching move or something
beat up king's rock whimsicott
lets go
indeedee fem psychic surge follow me with zen darmanitan belly drum then switching in to stonjourner and dmaxing the darmanitan
How did no one use that in vgc?
Darmanitan in general
back in 2012 VGC?
this gen
VGC hasn't started yet
Well, that image you posted earlier, whatever that was related to
that was a local
oh i thought that was online ranked
I don't really understand all the layers to doubles
apparently the 2020 rules have finally been announced
Did you deoxys-attack is legal in smogon doubles ou?
there is no difference between gigantamax and dynamax?
gigantamax is worse but you aren't allowed to use it
It's generally worse
is this really just because of duraludon and butterfree?
Just because the only difference is the g-max move
Maybe gengar? Trapping is only kind of good when you're working with limited turns
G-Max Depletion doesnt seem that good
Not like the normal max ghost is useful
hazards are so infrequently used in vgc, and rapid spin is good now
Excadrill is basically S tier
until it gets tapped by dracovish
i didnt know we were back in gen 6 meta
I think dragapult will be up there with him
You mean gen 5
Gen 6 was lando and heatran as the s tiers
is excadril only popular because of the sand speed boost?
still he was pretty prevalent in gen 6
No, excadrill is just a good mon
He was, yeah
I liked using the spdef set with mold breaker
won't he die to dracovish in one shot if he loses the speed war?
The most common ones were sand rush sd and scarfed mold breaker
Due to sand rush?
i think excadrill will almost always win with speed against dracovish
Drill is much faster
what about with tailwind?
okay well duh