Pokeslice
Thanks for the Dance
I feel like it has got to the point where I would love to see a Council Vote on both Stoise and Sirfetch'd
For a more in depth analysis, look over at Roxiee's post earlier about Stoise, and I heartily agree with everything said. Stoise is the most unhealthy presence in the meta atm, a big part of the Vap centralization we have right now and able to clear out teams with ease after a round of Stealth Rock or two. On top of that, it's solid bulk gives it ample opportunity to set up, and as someone who spammed it behind screens, when you add that extra cushion, it can straight up 6-0 more offensive builds. There's also a ton of opportunity for hax with all of us losing our AV Copper to an Ice Beam freeze or our Vaporeons to two flinches back to back. Substitute sets are also potent for avoiding Toxics and T Waves that historically have threatened sweepers like this and often you don't know if they are running Substitute until it's too late. Overall, it seems like the majority of the meta wants this demon banished to NUBL and our meta will be SO much better with this gone so I support a quick ban of Stoise if the council goes that route.
God I hate this mon. A super high attack stat, great coverage, a goated ability in Scrappy, STAB CC's, and FI for offense have made this mon a killer. It's kinda funny thinking that in Research Week months ago we thought it was trash, and yet now it's the premier breaker. The main problem is that traditional Fighting answers don't really work on Sirfetch'd. Our only Fairy is Sylveon, who can be 2HKOed after a small amount of chip, and Talon seriously hates switching into a Knock, and banking on a 30% burn chance isn't the most reliable. On top of that, Ghost-types can't take advantage of a CC locked Fetch'd because of Scrappy, severely limited our options for switch ins, and offensively, teams can't reliably pick it off because of First Impression killing weakened threatens like Mowtom or Stoise. Oh, and Leek sets exist, too, really mixing up the options teams will have to revenge kill it. All in all, Fetch'd is just extremely unhealthy and impossible to switch, warping teams to run the same one or two checks that aren't even consistent. I would love a qb or suspect on this guy, too, especially because I believe this is most restricting force on the metagame after Stoise. Being able to run more traditional Physical Fight resists ie Ghost-types or Intimidate mons opens up teambuilding in a HUGE way, and at the same time, we wouldn't lose out on a powerful Fighting breaker, with Machamp next up in line to fill that slot, but in a way more healthy way (LET ME RUN RUNERIGUS THANK YOU)
I called this months ago, but it's almost time for Lazzle's reckoning. This mon has no place in NU, able to reliably break down defensive and offensive teams alike with its blazing speed, solid SpA, great typing, and awesome ability, punishing main switch in Dragalge and putting it on a timer. All of that only accounts for NP sets though, with SubTox Lazzle absolutely teams that aren't prepped for it, and the thing is, not much can beat it. Your best bets are Heal Bell+Flip Turn/Pivoting or a random Rock Blast Gigalith, but without that, good luck! I think this one is slightly more controversial and not as streamlined so I would want a suspect test where I will be voting ban. Stop sleeping on Salazzle everyone it still owns like nothing else.
Imo, the best bet currently is to qb Stoise and Fetch'd since they have the meta in a chokehold and go straight into a lazzle suspect. For the sake of letting the meta finally develop healthily all three will have to go, but it's really hard to find any potential Salazzle answers when the other two broken mons stop most creativity and keep it locked to just Talon+Vap cores.
For a more in depth analysis, look over at Roxiee's post earlier about Stoise, and I heartily agree with everything said. Stoise is the most unhealthy presence in the meta atm, a big part of the Vap centralization we have right now and able to clear out teams with ease after a round of Stealth Rock or two. On top of that, it's solid bulk gives it ample opportunity to set up, and as someone who spammed it behind screens, when you add that extra cushion, it can straight up 6-0 more offensive builds. There's also a ton of opportunity for hax with all of us losing our AV Copper to an Ice Beam freeze or our Vaporeons to two flinches back to back. Substitute sets are also potent for avoiding Toxics and T Waves that historically have threatened sweepers like this and often you don't know if they are running Substitute until it's too late. Overall, it seems like the majority of the meta wants this demon banished to NUBL and our meta will be SO much better with this gone so I support a quick ban of Stoise if the council goes that route.
God I hate this mon. A super high attack stat, great coverage, a goated ability in Scrappy, STAB CC's, and FI for offense have made this mon a killer. It's kinda funny thinking that in Research Week months ago we thought it was trash, and yet now it's the premier breaker. The main problem is that traditional Fighting answers don't really work on Sirfetch'd. Our only Fairy is Sylveon, who can be 2HKOed after a small amount of chip, and Talon seriously hates switching into a Knock, and banking on a 30% burn chance isn't the most reliable. On top of that, Ghost-types can't take advantage of a CC locked Fetch'd because of Scrappy, severely limited our options for switch ins, and offensively, teams can't reliably pick it off because of First Impression killing weakened threatens like Mowtom or Stoise. Oh, and Leek sets exist, too, really mixing up the options teams will have to revenge kill it. All in all, Fetch'd is just extremely unhealthy and impossible to switch, warping teams to run the same one or two checks that aren't even consistent. I would love a qb or suspect on this guy, too, especially because I believe this is most restricting force on the metagame after Stoise. Being able to run more traditional Physical Fight resists ie Ghost-types or Intimidate mons opens up teambuilding in a HUGE way, and at the same time, we wouldn't lose out on a powerful Fighting breaker, with Machamp next up in line to fill that slot, but in a way more healthy way (LET ME RUN RUNERIGUS THANK YOU)
I called this months ago, but it's almost time for Lazzle's reckoning. This mon has no place in NU, able to reliably break down defensive and offensive teams alike with its blazing speed, solid SpA, great typing, and awesome ability, punishing main switch in Dragalge and putting it on a timer. All of that only accounts for NP sets though, with SubTox Lazzle absolutely teams that aren't prepped for it, and the thing is, not much can beat it. Your best bets are Heal Bell+Flip Turn/Pivoting or a random Rock Blast Gigalith, but without that, good luck! I think this one is slightly more controversial and not as streamlined so I would want a suspect test where I will be voting ban. Stop sleeping on Salazzle everyone it still owns like nothing else.
Imo, the best bet currently is to qb Stoise and Fetch'd since they have the meta in a chokehold and go straight into a lazzle suspect. For the sake of letting the meta finally develop healthily all three will have to go, but it's really hard to find any potential Salazzle answers when the other two broken mons stop most creativity and keep it locked to just Talon+Vap cores.