spoo
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might as well too
A -> A+
easily up there with heatran for best two bulky steels atm - ferro bulky offense builds have made their mark in playtest/CL, and it's clear how damn good this mon is as stopgap to a lot of insane offensive powerhouses and at providing utility you can't get anywhere else between knock/leech/spikes/SR, its defensive resists, and barbs chip
A -> A-
i agree with dex that this should drop, but B+ is a little drastic imo; i quite like psychic variants of this mon as an okay check to base venomicon, and nothing has changed for it as a way to take advantage of a lot of the tier's best special attackers and pivots. it's weirder to slot on builds nowadays ime with changing competition / team structures, but it's still largely effective in what it does
-> A
big agree with dex. i don't think this should be ranked any lower than the other two electrics in zap / zera. however, i do just want to comment on something that dex mentioned, being the claim that zap can switch into venomicon-e. while zap's a great check to base book, it really can't switch into venom-e at all bc even with max defense - and no zapdos should be running 252+ def right now - there's a non-negligible roll for you to be OHKO'd by +2 BB
-> A+
astro's straight ridiculous right now, does the same shit it's always done but even better somehow. impossible to punish and always makes progress. checks base venomicon somehow with encore. effective at both setting and removing hazards, with scarf sets still doing fine as well. balloon tran's uptick hurts but other than that... hard to go wrong with this pick
venomicon-e -> A+
im not explaining this one lol
-> B+
i think this mon's success in playtest really shows how much of a value pick it can be. despite forcing some awkward (or at least repetitive) structures at times and suffering kinda badly from 4mss, libra is a hugely versatile mon with a very high ceiling on how much it can accomplish in-game and B doesn't reflect that atm
-> A
-> A-
outlined these in my last post but i still stand by em
e: just realized this is my 500th post. raise slowbro
A -> A+
easily up there with heatran for best two bulky steels atm - ferro bulky offense builds have made their mark in playtest/CL, and it's clear how damn good this mon is as stopgap to a lot of insane offensive powerhouses and at providing utility you can't get anywhere else between knock/leech/spikes/SR, its defensive resists, and barbs chip
A -> A-
i agree with dex that this should drop, but B+ is a little drastic imo; i quite like psychic variants of this mon as an okay check to base venomicon, and nothing has changed for it as a way to take advantage of a lot of the tier's best special attackers and pivots. it's weirder to slot on builds nowadays ime with changing competition / team structures, but it's still largely effective in what it does
-> A
big agree with dex. i don't think this should be ranked any lower than the other two electrics in zap / zera. however, i do just want to comment on something that dex mentioned, being the claim that zap can switch into venomicon-e. while zap's a great check to base book, it really can't switch into venom-e at all bc even with max defense - and no zapdos should be running 252+ def right now - there's a non-negligible roll for you to be OHKO'd by +2 BB
-> A+
astro's straight ridiculous right now, does the same shit it's always done but even better somehow. impossible to punish and always makes progress. checks base venomicon somehow with encore. effective at both setting and removing hazards, with scarf sets still doing fine as well. balloon tran's uptick hurts but other than that... hard to go wrong with this pick
venomicon-e -> A+
im not explaining this one lol
-> B+
i think this mon's success in playtest really shows how much of a value pick it can be. despite forcing some awkward (or at least repetitive) structures at times and suffering kinda badly from 4mss, libra is a hugely versatile mon with a very high ceiling on how much it can accomplish in-game and B doesn't reflect that atm
-> A
-> A-
outlined these in my last post but i still stand by em
e: just realized this is my 500th post. raise slowbro
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