Recent content by Serrak

This is my first time getting reqs for a suspect test so I don't know if I've attached the screencap properly, but I'm voting to ban fluffy. It basically doubles defense in most relevant circumstances, and the best Fluffy users are those that either have good matchup against most methods of...

I think if I saw PuP Greninja, it would be worth putting up on this thread. Greninja is pretty frail, so it's going to have a terrible time trying to set up a boost except on a Donphan or something that's just lived a hit thanks to sturdy. Water Shuriken also isn't going to help in the least...

Lucario switches in on my Tyranitar. I know it's probably Mega and as such I shouldn't let it set up, but I need T-tar for later in the game, so I switch in MixMence. I'm aware Mence is like a C on the viability ranking, but it can lure and heavily damage the counters to my win condition and...

The contradiction I was talking about was that you say in this bulky metagame it's easy to pull a spin off, yet you also say that in this offensive metagame it's hard to get rocks up. Which is it, bulky, or offensive? Either rocks are easy, or spinning/defogging is hard since they literally take...

You may have responded to every sentence, but not the important parts of them, as I pointed out (which you failed to include in the quote). The point I was attempting to make that you don't seem to be getting is that if rocks are found on just 25% of teams (they're not) and mega-Luke goes well...

So you complain that people are ignoring your other "counters", then cherrypick sentences out of my response? Real mature. "metagame trends of how many teams carry rocks are irrelevent" wasn't my point, it was a clause setting up my point which explained why they're irrelevent. By removing the...

Metagame-wide trends of how many teams carry rocks are irrelevent; if rocks allow Mega Luke to beat things that could counter it, putting a good rocker on a team alongside Luke is a good idea. Spinning and defogging can be stopped either by spinblocking or taunt respectively, and both can be...

Having a counter does not mean undeserving of a ban. Kyogre is hard countered by Gastrodon. Zekrom has to run focus miss to have any chance of beating Ferrothorn. "is stone walled by Heatran day in and out" also isn't completely accurate; while scarf Genesect is countered by SpDef Tran, any...

Red Cat's points may also apply to Heatran and Rotom-W, but these two are clearly OU because they have common counters. Half of OU learned Earthquake last generation, and anything with as much attack as uninvested neutral natured Life Orb Latios has a chance to OHKO SpDef Tran from full health...

I only bring up expert belt because you said that from team preview you can tell if it's choice locked. It's a valid situation where that assumption can easily come back to bite you. By safe I did not mean it will always gain Genesect momentum, I meant there is no danger of losing Genesect, and...

I've admitted those numbers are a vast simplification, but the fact remains: one of it's options is always safe, while without a hard counter one of your options is always bad. If you have something that sponges U-Turn for physically frail teammates, It'll have to repeatedly come in to do this...

There isn't a 25% chance of the Ferrothorn dying unless the Genesect user is actually a banana, and U-Turning out of it if you don't have something else to handle Ferrothorn (like Celebi) is a terrible idea. Going for the kill when the opponent expects a momentum grab is an incredibly viable...

A counter is something that can switch in on any attack, either outspeed or take a second hit and phase out/KO. Chandelure is sort of an obvious switch-in, so it could likely be switching into a Crunch or Dark Pulse, which will KO. The only real means of guarenteeing Chandy can get in safely is...

It doesn't matter how you can interfere with Genesect, if you can't switch into it, you won't get the chance. Since Genesect is frequntly on VoltTurn teams who love hazards, you also can't assume you will have Hazards and Genesect won't. And VoltTurn loves hazards because it naturally forces...

Nowhere in stone does it say something must be broken in order to be banned. Deoxys-d wasn't anywhere near broken last generation, but it was too good at it's job. No one can argue that Genesect isn't awesome at multiple roles, but the big question stands "is it too good at what it does for OU?"...