Recent content by ShadowMarioGalaxy64

The OU council absolutely made the wrong choice in outright quickbanning Sleep due to two little Pokemon and HYPNOSIS rather than Suspect Testing the Pokemon. I'd argue more about Tera still being an overcentralizing mechanic, and should've been banned long before any status, but this isn't the...

And here I was having fun without Tera for once... Well, this was the vote. Can't say I'm impressed nor surprised, though.

In all fairness, this is Omari P we’re talking about, each post stunning and brave despite the harsh opinions. He’s never agreed with the Viability Rankings, but he’s damn good at using lower Pokémon effectively. To prevent this from being a one-liner, I actually want to echo Nightmare King...

Funny that this Suspect Test starts about the same day I start fucking around on Showdown with a Breloom+Spectrier for shits and giggles. I’ll be playing more and more with Spec and its common partners, as well as the sets. Just from Ghostium Z+Nasty Plot, this tears through so many teams that...

I’ll bite. Wait, what? No coverage at all? None whatsoever, right? Oh wait, Iron Head. Wait, there’s another, too. Poison Jab. They’re not the best coverage, but it mostly patches up that one weakness and makes Clefable and Tapu Lele a non-issue. Sure there’s Magearna, but a +1 Close...

+1 252 SpA Volcarona Bug Buzz vs. 244 HP / 188 SpD Rhyperior: 277-327 (64.1 - 75.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery Sorry fam. If that Rhyperior is at 70.3% or lower (accounting for Stealth Rock and minimum damage), even that’s guaranteed to crumble—anything between that and 81.8%...

In due time, ol’ boy. In due time. Chansey will return with a vengeance. Anyways, I’m surprised to see Snorlax being passed around like it’s a Gen 5 niche again (though then, it was Choice Band that rose to prominence), but I find it welcoming. It’s a shame that there exists a number of pretty...

Hippowdon can act as an emergency check to Melmetal if other options in your team have fainted; keep in mind that Hippowdon has to be at Full Health in order to act as such and will be crippled for the remainder of the match. I hope that’s as accurate as it gets. A side note, though, that this...

I’m not a fan of the choices here, admittedly, really going down to Fire Punch and Drain Punch; while I understand why, being a bulkier Dragon Dance user not wanting to go all out with attacks that compromise the bulk, the power level is significantly lower. The following examples are assuming...

JTD783 if you wanna dunk Melmetal, I’ve found that just altering EVs to knock Earth Power weak Steels helps some, though not with extreme defensive sets. Choice Band Melmetal with minimal bulk investment can be smacked pretty nicely, but extremely defensive sets (252/252+ is hella much for...

Also gonna note here and now that Kyurem-B may not have Earthquake, but this is what might make mixed sets fucking scarier since it can afford to run Earth Power alongside the other best moves, giving Kyurem-B a surprising amount of versatility, capable of smacking would be counters out if the...

So my boy Terrakion’s looking damn nice right now thanks to the Speed Decreep. I most certainly see him doing well against much of the meta since it can certainly run multiple sets again; Choice Band and Choice Scarf are fantastic sets, especially since 108 is actually pretty good for them (and...

Is this just a bad rerun of Groundhog Day? I feel like we’re running laps around the same exact points now. Didn’t the last time we banned Arena Trap (targeting Dugtrio, instead), Diglett and Trapinch rose from the ashes and proved that the ability was the problem? Sure it was a previous...

Thank Christ, Arena Trap has once again received the ban hammer. Now we can more readily see if Genesect is still as problematic without Dugtrio helping it (I think it’s somewhat questionable in theory, but I’m gonna eventually see the full effects at some point after work).