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Kingambit's speed is a major detriment. It is just slow enough that defensive Heatran, Gholdengo and Rotom can be EV'd to always outspeed 252+. Rotom will usually burn it, Heatran taunts it, and Gholdengo gets a Trick or Focus Blast in. A specs Pursuit-locked Kingambit can only guarantee the...

The only unbalanced part of the mechanic imo is that Pokemon retain their original STABs after using it. That makes 'defensive' tera strictly better than switching or U-Turn because it gets all the benefit of a switch (attacking into a resist) while getting a full STAB damage of a normal attack...

The original complaint was that Dragapult is too powerful and/or unpredictable. It's actually not, when looking at the usage stats. Physical Dragapult is the unique niche and the most popular set, but Z-Phantom Force is exploitable in a way Z-Fly is not. Cyclizar existing also means Dragapult...

Neither does Dragapult? Even a burned Kingambit with zero fainted allies still 2HKO's U-Turning Dragapult. Yes, it is. Skeledirge has a higher SpA than Dragapult and it doesn't need to waste a turn to get a +1. The Torch Song/WoW combo is scary to switch in to without a Fire-type. I don't...

All Dragapult sets are easily stopped by Kingambit or the Heatran + Mega Lopunny core. These Pokemon enjoy high usage across every elo bracket. Even Gholdengo/Mega Lopunny with good prediction can win out. Specs is the worst set with the lowest ceiling. Hex/WoW is better done by Skeledirge...

Wake is Uber. Crazy GF gave Wake a stat spread that, when EV'd to 252/4/252, puts it at 349 SpA and 348 Spe. This means with max speed and power it will still get an SpA Protosynthesis boost. With that boost Hydro Steam 3HKO's Tapu Fini, and Fini is the only not-completely-passive defensive...

We've had hours to test it already.

Iron Leaves' movepool and typing speak for themselves. Both STABs are resisted by Steel and it can't run enough coverage for all of Heatran, Gholdengo, Corviknight. The STABS are also weak wthout a item, SD or Quark Drive boost. Disastrous x4 weakness to U-Turn, KO weak, Ghost weak. No status...

Were the base swords also released with updated movepools? Tera Blast Terrakion will be interesting to test. My first impression is that Iron Leaves sucks, while Walking Wake is a more balanced version of Iron Bundle.

I have used a defensive Kartana set on sand before. Kartana @ Leftovers Ability: Beast Boost Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 Spe Jolly Nature - Leaf Blade - Sacred Sword - Knock Off / Smart Strike - Toxic Water/Grass resists on sand tend to be slow and/or passive...

Balance Core: Mega Lopunny and Gholdengo Gholdengo covers all of Mega Lopunny's weaknesses and Mega Lopunny covers two of Gholdengo's weaknesses. Gholdengo pressures defensive Pokemon while Mega Lopunny is strong against offensive ones. Both Pokemon resist Stealth Rock while Gholdengo is...

Hippowdon can only safely check Zard-Y if it's already Mega Evolved. If base Charizard comes in on something it checks or on Hippowdon itself, it will get at least one strong hit in under sun. Neutral Weather Ball under sun does slightly less damage than a super effective Solar Beam, so the...

If Zard-Y gets a viability boost, I want to nominate Zard-X for getting one as well. Lately, I have been seeing team structures bluffing Zard-Y with Zard-X, taking advantage of overprep for Zard-Y to muscle through balance cores or just outright sweep. Zard-Y is commonly paired with Great Tusk...

Ferrothorn isn't a check and isn't intended to be one. It can, however, annoy Rest Annihilape variants due to Leech Seed + KO removing the Chesto Berry. Ferrothorn being Fighting-weak, having Iron Barbs and Annihilape being seeded means the opponent is never going to click Rage Fist, so there's...

The meta has better ways of punishing U-Turn: hazards, contact-damage abilities and Rocky Helmet. Yes, ape x4 resists U-Turn, but U-Turn is going to bring in something that threatens ape out. When instead one could have inflicted 16% damage with Rocky Helmet. With rocks up, that's 25% damage for...

I found the reason. Steel is the best tera that allows Hippo to not take passive chip from sandstorm and gives resistances to Ice/Grass, which Ground is weak to. But I'm not convinced it's really worth it. Steel tera needs a defensive ability (Bulletproof, Levitate, Flash Fire) to compensate...

Why the Steel tera?

Hydreigon can't switch in to Focus Blast or Air Slash, and it's slower than Zard-Y once it does switch in. Latias has enough special bulk to handle Air Slash, and she outspeeds Zard-Y, but she has far less utility than Hydreigon or Flygon.

It's overrated. 110/80/90 looks like decent bulk in a vaccuum, but it doesn't play up due to a defensive typing that lacks useful resists. The immunities are actually bad for ape because it wants to take damage. Offensive Pokemon don't have problems 2HKOing it with neutral STAB moves, and it...

There are zero switch-ins, except Zard-Y itself. 252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Air Slash vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Charizard-Mega-Y: 127-150 (42.7 - 50.5%) -- 2% chance to 2HKO 252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Air Slash vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Moltres: 163-193 (50.7 - 60.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y...