just as I was in the middle of downloading images smh
regardless big thanks!
regardless big thanks!
I think Hitmonlee might do better currently before Hoopa and Mamo are banned. With Terrain it outspeeds most of the metagame besides like Barraskewda and can OHKO so much between +2 CC, Knock Off, and Poison Jab. Very few Pokemon are 2HKO’d and only 1 is 3HKO’d from my findings (Gligar, a x4 weak to Ice Pokemon).wanna explore later but waiting for now
mostly mons which I think are interesting in a way or another and want to test once meta settles down a bit, since they have one or another neat trait that could be used on the "busted less" meta
Personal opinion:Council is voting on the following as the first slate of this metagame, feen and Master Chief are rotating for this vote!
Basculegion-F
Conkeldurr
Crawdaunt
Enamorus-Therian
Hoopa-Unbound
Mamoswine
Mew
Zarude
Results will be up sometime this weekend.
imo ban zarude hoopa enam crawdaunt and mewCouncil is voting on the following as the first slate of this metagame, feen and Master Chief are rotating for this vote!
Basculegion-F
Conkeldurr
Crawdaunt
Enamorus-Therian
Hoopa-Unbound
Mamoswine
Mew
Zarude
Results will be up sometime this weekend.
Well this team needs an update now. What's the best Pokemon to replace Hoopa with?
Wanted to share this HO team with Electric Terrain and some of the new busted Pokemon.
Highly underrated Pokemon. The damage this thing can deal is absolutely nuts. One Sword Dance and your opponent needs to start buying body bags. For perspective, I used Honkalculate feature on the calculator, pressed CTRL+F, and saw that there was 132 OHKOs out of 150 sets. Besides Gligar, the next best thing at tanking Hitmonlee at +2 is pivot Fezandipiti which takes 65 - 76.8% from Tera Poison Jab. You have more than 90% chance to OHKO defensive Milotic with Close Combat.
Shit is actually crazy and it's a pretty big shock this is under people's radars. Its deadly outspeeds almost everything, and with Terrain seeds is capable of surviving more than you'd expect despite only being slightly bulkier than Deoxys-N on the physical side.
Speed stat is at 266 so it can outspeed even fast scarfers. It can't outspeed uninvested Barraskweda under rain what so ever, so might as well be Adamant. Don't worry, I do have some answers to Rain.
Honestly, only useful for enabling Hitmonlee and also the cool tech for Iron Thorns. Iron Thorns is actually why I picked this over other Terrain setters because it's not AS MUCH dead weight in the lower tiers as it otherwise in UU and OU. Still basically canon fodder with some utility to pressure passive mons or faster Pokemon. It's also a decent Pokemon vs Rain as Discharge threatens the fast water types and Thunder Wave can cripple swift swimmers in a pinch.
Literally last year I theorycrafted set with Gouging Fire where you have enough Def naturally to get a Def boost under Sun, then when Sun fades, Booster Energy will give a boost to Atk with how Protosynthesis works with stat boosts. Same principle here. Iron Thorns has just a bit higher Def than Atk in order to get a Def Boost while Electric Terrain is up. While Terrain is up, you Dragon Dance with the extra bulk. Then when Terrain goes away, Iron Thorns will get an Atk boost from Booster Energy. Also pretty cool that Iron Thorns got better Electric STAB in the DLC.
Stupidly strong wallbreaker. With Hitmonlee and Iron Thorns being the star sweepers, Hoopa's job is to soften up walls that otherwise may impede their sweeps. Or it just flat out kills them. It's one of the hardest hitting Pokemon in RU and chunks so much. It's bad against more offensive teams, but not like that matters much when Hitmonlee and Barraskewda are so fast and clean up those teams.
Mamo is a mon I picked to fill in multiple roles. It's immune to Electric, it can wallbreak, it has priority, it's an Ice type so it can chunk Flying and Ground types easily, and with Tera Grass + Bulk it acts as a great check to Rain. I decided to use Load Dice since the team is a tad bit frail otherwise and I hate Icicle Crash's "misses when you need it the most" accuracy.
Another answer-ish Pokemon to rain, simply running Barraskewda yourself. You abuse Swift Swim so you're as fast as the opposing Barraskewda most likely, and can terrorize the rest of the team. Tera Ghost is there specifically for mirror matches when your opponent is first selecting a move to lock into. More than likely, they are gonna lock into Close Combat, almost certainly because your opponent sees the shiny Super Effective button (or in this case, neutrally effective) and because Liquidation in Rain isn't a guaranteed KO too if you don't Tera. If they get the predict right, you take 0 damage from Close Combat and can fire back yourself likely getting a KO. It also means you are immune to Extreme Speed and Mach Punch as well. Its super niche in that role, but it's also good as a general fast hard hitting Pokemon too.
something like Regidrago could work? Specs Enamorus and Noivern could fill in the Hoopa-U shaped role too (kinda?)Well this team needs an update now. What's the best Pokemon to replace Hoopa with?