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I know I'm a "git gud" player but its criminal that sandshrew-a is not on this list for some reason. Granted Snover is not a fantastic mon right now, but sandshrew-a loves the trend of people using mienfoo over timburr. I also haven't seen a single gunk in this meta either with no shell smashers...

Fiend I think there just a difference in the way we view pokemon competition, which is entirely subjective. I will say, however, that there are basically two golden rules that we try to teach people when coming from casual cart play to competitive and those are: 1) If you want to use your...

Correct me if I am wrong, but air balloon diglett is certainly seen in high ladder matches and tournaments, and there is direct discussion about it on the fourms and in the viability rankings. Memento Sunny Day diglett was one of the best sun setters in the tier as far as I know, so saying...

I've been someone who has lurked this forums for a decent amount of time, time and time again the community here never ceases to disappoint me. Trapping needs to be suspected in some way shape or form. I have seen a tendency of players to look the other way when it comes to diglett and it really...

fwiw, fletch did get dual wingbeat so if you slap hdb on it, you can pretty much guarantee Gale Wings Prio, giving it a small niche of revenge killing abra pretty safely since it goes through counter and sash ( you gotta be +ATK nature, which kinda blows tho) . It also picks off mienfoo who can...

I have very rarely seen Chinchou on teams, and even if there are, it's low on the viabilty rankings to begin with because of Diglett and Ferroseed being everywhere. Helio was only used when floon was around and since then I haven't seen one since. Yapmer is actually the bulkiest Electric type we...

I personally disagree with Cutie being too much. Maybe I'm just bad but QD Cutie just seems...lackluster? I mean it can't really set up on much in my experience. A quick look through the viability rankings S-A and Cutie can really only set up on Frillish, Trapinch, Diglett, and perhaps Spritzee...

More heat to share - Stunky @ Eviolite Ability: Aftermath Level: 5 Shiny: Yes EVs: 12 HP / 188 SpA / 28 SpD / 244 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Nasty Plot - Dark Pulse - Fire Blast - Sludge Bomb I thought this would be a meme, and it somewhat is, but hear me out. Stunky was always on the...

Gonna post some heat real quick: Hatenna @ Eviolite Ability: Magic Bounce Level: 5 Shiny: Yes EVs: 20 HP / 156 Def / 148 SpA / 12 Spd / 124 Spe Bold Nature - Psychic - Nuzzle - Mystical Fire - Giga Drain / Dazzling Gleam This thing is surprisingly not that bad. You might wonder why you would...

I really don't think Psybeam is worth it at all on Koffing since it hits...literally only Croagunk and maybe the odd water / poison type. It leaves it open for a lot of other threats, including some decent damage on Foongus, Ferroseed, and Magnemite. Also I think you are forgetting that many of...

Yeahhh Koffing really shouldn't move up in my opinion. I've used it a bunch of times with both BJ Theif and evio pain split and it suffers from similar problems that Trubbish has: yes it may resist fighting but it doesn't have the attack stats or movepool to really do anything against the...

On Dewpider: I think it should move probably to B+, but not to A rank. To get into A rank I feel Dewpider needs to be used not just for sticky web but as a pokemon itself, and while it may be more useable on its own than Surskit and Spinarak, Dewpider was still chilling in C- at the end of SM...

Having used Trubbish a lot in my teams, I don't think it should rise. It is frequently mentioned as a fighting type check as a rise for viability but Trubbish really only checks Mienfoo. The standard 17 spd trubbish flat out loses to Bulk Up Timburr, and any sort of NP Croagunk wins as well...

Spritzee @ Life Orb Ability: Armoa Veil 212 Hp / 36 Def / 252 Spa OR 212 HP / 252 SPA / 12 Spe Quiet Nature OR Modest Nature -Trick Room -Moonblast -Psychic -Filler (Thunderbolt, Flash Cannon, Draining Kiss, Hidden Power, Calm Mind...) OTR Spritzee is pretty awesome now because it capitalizes...

Any idea why Wimpod was unranked? I don't see any justification for it, and honestly Wimpod is definitely more consistent and useful than some of the C ranked mons (What the heck does Nosepass do again? Is Inkay really in C for being a mediocre Choice Scarf cleaner or a Trick Room cleaner that...

The team that I am using the set on is fairly weak to Zig, which is why beating 1v1 is important. Adamant Zig even without set up can pressure and KO some weakened physically frail pokemon such as Magby, Elekd, Doduo, etc. Again, if you have no problems with Zig you can use eviolite. Berry...

Yes and no. Yes having evio does the same dmg as no item but there are two reasons why not running an item would be benefical. 1. You don't give away a beneficial item if someone uses trick 2. Thief exists. Trick isn't really a huge deal but number 2 is, especially when Gastly checks Zig and...

Gastly @ Normalium Z / Poisonium Z Levitate 36 HP / 36 Def / 196 SpA / 196 Spe Timid - Sludge Bomb - Shadow Ball - Hidden Power Ground / Will-o-Wisp - Reflect Type Gastly gets reflect type, which means you can beat many of the pursuit / common checks to Gastly in the tier. Sandile, Stunky...

What you are describing and what Cloud9 said are very different things. The words "switch in" did not appear at all in the statement so I don't think this is what they meant. What you are describing applies to any Lopunny with Encore, so it is not specific to ones with Focus Punch. You also...

Do you understand that Lopunny has 135 Speed? Do you understand how encore works????? Based on this bold comment I don't think you do. If you encore a RECOVERY MOVE, there IS NO WAY they can pick an attack (even if they pick one) because encore locks them in. What you are describing will happen...