Florges comes to mind since it now has sometime to differentiate itself from Sylveon through Defog (though it's 4MSS is more apparent with the addition of Defog). Other than that, maybe Necrozma could be looked into (got a lot of new moves such as Earth Power, Heat Wave, Photo Gyser, etc.) since I haven't seen it at all, Rotom-C also got Defog but it is overshadowed by Washtom for the most part.Any word on the lower ranked mons? I don't see much said about them, and I'm not able to play myself for a while. Did USUM bring anything significant to them, or are they not worth discussing? Figured everyone was still playing with their shiny new snakes and banning dragons to pay much attention.
And while I'm at it, any word on lower tier mon being more relevant?
A-Sandslash is typically used as a fast Aurora Veil setter in conjunction with Aurorus (Aurorus over Aboma/Vanilla because it can set rocks up in addition with Hail). Cynde's A-Veil team is pretty solid (though you could probably replace Kommo-o with something else since Kommoium Z is banned) and it is located in the sample teams thread.Hi, I haven’t been here in quite a while. Just wanted to ask, is there a way I could build a team around A-Sandslash? I do love the Pokémon and I think I could build a team around it that uses hail, but I’m not too familiar with the metagame at the moment.
Also how does Golisopod and Decidueye fair?
Defog: Aerodactyl, Aerodactyl1, Altaria, Altaria1, Arceus, Archen, Archeops, Articuno, Beautifly, Beedrill, Beedrill1, Blaziken, Blaziken1, Braviary, Butterfree, Carnivine, Castform, Castform1, Castform2, Castform3, Charizard, Charizard1, Charizard2, Chatot, Chimecho, Combusken, Comfey, Cottonee, Crobat, Cryogonal, Cutiefly, Dartrix, Decidueye, Delibird, Dragonite, Drampa, Drifblim, Drifloon, Ducklett, Dustox, Emolga, Empoleon, Farfetch’d, Fearow, Finneon, Fletchinder, Fletchling, Florges, Flygon, Fomantis, Giratina, Giratina1, Gligar, Gliscor, Golbat, Hawlucha, Ho, Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Hydreigon, Illumise, Kartana, Klefki, Landorus, Landorus1, Latias, Latias1, Latios, Latios1, Ledian, Lugia, Lumineon, Lunala, Lurantis, Lurantis1, Mandibuzz, Mantine, Masquerain, Mew, Moltres, Mothim, Murkrow, Ninjask, Noctowl, Noibat, Noivern, Nuzleaf, Oricorio, Oricorio1, Oricorio2, Oricorio3, Pelipper, Pidgeot, Pidgeot1, Pidgeotto, Pidgey, Pidove, Pikipek, Piplup, Prinplup, Rayquaza, Rayquaza1, Reshiram, Ribombee, Ribombee1, Rotom, Rotom1, Rotom2, Rotom3, Rotom4, Rotom5, Rowlet, Rufflet, Salamence, Salamence1, Scizor, Scizor1, Scyther, Seedot, Serperior, Servine, Shiftry, Sigilyph, Silvally, Skarmory, Skuntank, Snivy, Spearow, Staraptor, Staravia, Starly, Stunky, Swablu, Swanna, Swellow, Swoobat, Taillow, Talonflame, TapuFini, TapuKoko, Thundurus, Thundurus1, Togekiss, Togetic, Torchic, Tornadus, Tornadus1, Toucannon, Tranquill, Tropius, Trumbeak, Unfezant, Venomoth, Vespiquen, Vibrava, Vivillon, Volbeat, Volcanion, Volcarona, Vullaby, Whimsicott, Wingull, Woobat, Xatu, Xerneas, Yanma, Yanmega, Yveltal, Zapdos, Zekrom, ZubatWhy has Stall become such a dominant force in this meta?
Mega Latias is banned.Is Defog Mega Latias Viable? I needed a defogger but it seems like the Calm Mind + Stored Power set is all the hype right now
Primarina's dropped off a bit mostly due to New Toy Syndrome with the recent addition of Azumarill, though its viability hasn't really changed that much. Swampert's dropped off because it faces competition from Seismitoad, which, while far less bulkier, has a better matchup versus Rotom-Wash thanks to Water Absorb, and different options for support moves. Toxicroak is irrelevant to both of these shifts.I noticed that Swampert usage and especially Primarina usage dropped significantly. I know that Toxicroak kinda outclasses Swampert but why Primarina?
The presence of other offensive Psychic-types—namely Latias, who is stronger, faster, bulkier, and has similar coverage—make Sigilyph pretty much irrelevant.Why isn't Sigilyph on the Viability Rankings?
As Highways said, Mega-Latias is illegal in this tier at the moment. Besides Highways' recommendation of meta Defoggers, regular Latias is quite versatile to the point where you can more or less squeeze Defog onto most sets. Scarf and LO sets all have the potential to run Defog on it for role compression.Is Defog Mega Latias Viable? I needed a defogger but it seems like the Calm Mind + Stored Power set is all the hype right now
Oh I'm sorry LOL I accidentally typed in Toxicroak when it should've been Seismitoad. I fixed it nowPrimarina's dropped off a bit mostly due to New Toy Syndrome with the recent addition of Azumarill, though its viability hasn't really changed that much. Swampert's dropped off because it faces competition from Seismitoad, which, while far less bulkier, has a better matchup versus Rotom-Wash thanks to Water Absorb, and different options for support moves. Toxicroak is irrelevant to both of these shifts.
The presence of other offensive Psychic-types—namely Latias, who is stronger, faster, bulkier, and has similar coverage—make Sigilyph pretty much irrelevant.
I believe the people who manage the project are waiting for the upcoming tier shift, which would allow for them to knock out as many relevant edits as possible instead of having to resort to continuous minor updates. Killintime sums this thought up pretty nicely in this post here, so you can check that out for further clarity. Expect some major updates to the thread following the next tier shifts.Can someone do something about the checks and role compendium? It's extremely outdated unless I'm mistaken.
http://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/formats/uu/Hey everyone, I wanted to know if Sharperdo-mega can be play in the current metagame? (I know there's Manectric)
Both of these abilities don't help Raikou too much, but I believe Inner Focus would be the less valuable of the two. Raikou has a really good speed tier, and therefore cannot gain much benefit from Inner Focus since mons like Togekiss and Cobalion are obviously slower and can't flinch Raikou down anyways. The only positives Raikou gains from using Inner Focus (if I haven't overseen anything obvious) would be a random Fake Out or avoiding a Dark Pulse flinch from Scarf Hydreigon. Pressure, on the other hand, offers more usability in that you can sap away at the PP of moves such as Serperior's Leaf Storm when Raikou is running the SubCM set. It doesn't have any other notable uses besides this, but I think that the pros to running Pressure on Raikou slightly outweigh the benefit Inner Focus provides.Is Inner Focus better on Raikou than Pressure?