Recent content by Birdbrain103

With all due respect I think Bramble is fine where it is. Resistances to common priority/moves is good, and rapid spin is nice but it doesn't really handle the Pokemon you're talking about as well as you'd think. Almost every game it's one good prediction from the opponent away from dying and it...

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Nominating the bird :Staraptor: UR > B/B+ The effects of the tier shift was the best gift this mon could ever ask for. 4 mons which presented huge issues to Staraptor's usability are now gone. :Magnezone:moved from NU to RU Fat, splashable 4x Flying resist that poses a massive offensive threat...

Something I'd like to nominate is :Hariyama: from UR to C This mon is still insane. Just one belly drum gives it enough power to one shot almost anything in the tier slower than it barring a potential tera'ed slowbro/avalugg, and Bullet Punch has several good targets in the tier who don't...

I'm not sure if people are exploring this but unlike last gen Zapdos and Volcarona aren't exactly 100% reliable counters because 252 Atk Zamazenta-Crowned Stone Edge vs. 248 HP / 220 Def Zapdos: 188-222 (49 - 57.9%) -- 96.1% chance to 2HKO 252 Atk Zamazenta-Crowned Stone...

I've theory crafted running Stored Power on the Fillet Away set to obliterate Dondozo. What's Night Slash for anyway? I'd try running this mon but it's just so slow and frail, doubly so after it fillets away and becomes vulnerable to priority. Unfort Edit: Just realized that Night Slash is to...

Man :DP/Gyarados: had such a fall from grace. Went from DPP OU threat to bottom tier UU mon to being dropped all the way down in BDSP RU

On the top of good cores I'd like to suggest :XY/Ninjask: + :XY/Charizard: A simple offensive core. Ninjask U-Turns around and forces physically bulky responses, and Charizard can come in and nuke them with it's powerful special coverage. Among U-Turn resists there are very few who can tank...

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I would like to nominate Charizard to an A Tier Threat :DP/Charizard: Despite a crippling stealth rocks weakness this mon functionally has no counters that can switch into it's sheer firepower. The more popular water types of this tier just can't switch into Charizard's Life Orb boosted air...

How did :XY/Omastar: rise? I'm confused as to how it rose from the depths of UR

:XY/Gligar: Double Dance Gligar :XY/Gligar: With Aerodactyl banned from the tier, this set lost one of it's biggest counters that could wear it down. Gligar Ability: Immunity EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Acrobatics - Earthquake - Rock Polish - Swords Dance This set relies on...

I would like to talk about a pretty underrated option in the metagame that I haven't seen very often. In fact I haven't seen Qwilfish a lot outside of defensive fast taunt sets with spikes and all that good stuff :XY/Qwilfish: Qwilfish @ Life Orb Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252...

I wouldn't reccomend using Golbat defensively. Even max speed variants are slower than all variants of offensive leafeon which is a concerning threat given its bulk and typing, and it is never forcing out rockers like Golem unless you somehow fit Giga Drain on top of roost defog brave bird

Gotta say I've been having a lot of success with the Gallade recently :BW/Gallade: Gallade (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Justified EVs: 236 HP / 252 Atk / 20 SpD Adamant Nature - Bulk Up - Drain Punch - Knock Off - Shadow Sneak / Psycho Cut / Subsitute I've managed to get Top 50 on the ladder...