Review / Vetoes!
Vetoed. No if and buts about it. Inverse is not in the list of allowed metagames, so this Avalugg breaks the rules.
I don't think in the current metagame, LycanKleav is good. I think giving it a better inheritor in this metagame would serve you well. Most of the walls at this point can challemge it well, too well tbh. Something like Terrak or its paradox form imo is a better fit as a wallbreaker without feeling broken (Stone Axe isn't too crazy after all).
Honestly great job only having 1 veto, and off of a rules issue at that (as opposed to balance, my main concern). With that being said, I am giving you guys 36 hours to make any necessary changes. Ofc if you have any desires to add new subs you still have the option to do so, just know the grace period has passed.
Pokémon: Avalugg
OM of Origin: Inverse
Stats: 95 / 117 / 184 / 44 / 46 / 28 (514 BST)
Type:
Abilities: Own Tempo / Ice Body / Sturdy
Additional moves: None
Sample Set:
Avalugg @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sturdy
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Body Press
- Avalanche
I feel like this meta could use a couple of Ice types, and I know that Inverse isn't on the list of allowed metagames so I'm half-expecting this to get vetoed, but if not, here is the case for Inverse Avalugg being a fun and interesting addition to the meta. Avalugg is a 'Top' mon on the Inverse viability list since the four weaknesses and one resistance of its ice typing are flipped, so its only weakness is Ice. In this meta, it would notably serve as a check to Tauros-Paldea-Blaze by now resisting both of its STAB moves and having an inversely super-effective Avalanche. It also surprisingly keeps a couple of matchups that a non-inverse ice would win due to its access to body press, such as Hawlucha and Trev. It's another hazard removal mon, which (if you ignore how Clodsire, Numel, Azelf, and Donphan are like the only setters in the meta) is always nice to have available in the builder. Additionally, it's still an Avalugg, so you are stuck with a base 44 SpD stat and get blown over by a gust of wind.
Pokémon: Lycanroc-Dusk
OM of Origin: Inheritance (Kleavor)
Stats: 75 / 117 / 65 / 55 / 65 / 110 (487 BST)
Type:
Abilities: Swarm / Sheer Force / Sharpness
Movepool: Kleavor's Movepool
Sample Set:
Lycanroc-Dusk @ Choice Scarf / Band
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Axe
- U-turn
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge / Night Slash
For my last sub, I wanted to submit a rock-type that worked as a simple choice user since there weren't any obvious ones already, and after trying for way too long to make a fusion of Kleavor that didn't have 150+ sharpness-boosted attack, I ended up with this. Kleavor's Stone Axe + U-turn offers Lycan-dusk some good utility for a choiced mon. A speed of 110 outspeeds +2 Numel in this meta, but leaves it outsped by mons like Cramorant somehow, Redbull, Azelf, and Hawlucha. Night Slash allows a 2HKO on Cress w/ choice band.
Vetoed. No if and buts about it. Inverse is not in the list of allowed metagames, so this Avalugg breaks the rules. I don't think in the current metagame, LycanKleav is good. I think giving it a better inheritor in this metagame would serve you well. Most of the walls at this point can challemge it well, too well tbh. Something like Terrak or its paradox form imo is a better fit as a wallbreaker without feeling broken (Stone Axe isn't too crazy after all). Honestly, personal opinion ofc, but based on what we got I am not particularly sold on the viability of Rotom-Frost ngl. It seems just a slight bit underwhelming I don't know. Ofc nothing veto worthy though.
Pokémon: Rotom-Frost
OM of Origin: STABmons
Stats: 50/65/107/105/107/86
Type: Electric/Ice
Abilities: Levitate
Aditional moves: All Electric and Ice-type moves
Sample Set:
Rotom-Frost @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Freeze-Dry
- Parabolic Charge
- Volt Switch
This meta needs an Ice-type. When looking at Ice-types that have gotten the short end of the stick, none stick out more than Rotom-Frost. Only having access to Blizzard as an Ice STAB move resulted in it being at the bottom of the barrel. Now with access to Ice Beam, Freeze Dry, and Parabolic Charge, this strong STAB Bolt-Beamer should do solid things.
Honestly great job only having 1 veto, and off of a rules issue at that (as opposed to balance, my main concern). With that being said, I am giving you guys 36 hours to make any necessary changes. Ofc if you have any desires to add new subs you still have the option to do so, just know the grace period has passed.
[...] Unlike RMoon, I do think this Pokémon is easier to check in a vacuum, so I would like for you to wait like 2 more slates, than bring this back to see if it can fit in. And just to note (this technically goes for R-Moon too), this being subbed again wouldn't voint as a resub since it never went to vote in the first place.
