shiloh
Tiering Lead
hey i figured i would make my post now!
so first things first ive been a bit busy due to the release of beta lining up with my finals almost exactly which kind of stinks. from what i have played i really have liked this metagame so far and love all the variety you can have in a metagame like this. ive been messing around a lot with offense in the past few days especially focused around taking advantage of the offensive threats we have atm so ill just discuss the mon ive been using the most and one i think will remain to be good in the transition from oras -> sm.
Vivillon-Monsoon @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Compound Eyes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Sleep Powder
- Substitute
- Hurricane
viv is still one of my favorite mons in this metagame because sleep quiver mons remain good in this metagame. ive been using this set on a few different teams and it manages to put in work all the time. super sonic skystrike is able to put huge dents into common flying resists to the point where viv is impossible to takedown. at +2, which isnt hard to get to by using sleep + sub, SSSS is able to do 80-90 percent to common steelix sets meaning all you need is a little bit of chip from something like rocky helmet xatu / u-turn from cincinno or some hazards up and steelix then struggles to deal with a viv that hasnt yet used its z move.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7nubeta-588761288 - game i had against eternally that really shows off how potent viv can be against teams that really on lix as the flying check as its easy to take advantage of with sleep powder followed by subs in order to set up quivers safely.
with that being said lets talk about something more important, the first slate of council voting is now underway and these are the mons that have been nommed for the first round:
and Drought
Porygon2 / Noivern / Moltres / Tyrantrum / Meloetta / Virizion / Necrozma / Ribombee / Kingdra / Exploud / Drought
feel free to leave your thoughts on the current slate down below, and results from the suspect will be made public in the next 24 hours or so once all the votes have been submitted. expect results soon n_n
so first things first ive been a bit busy due to the release of beta lining up with my finals almost exactly which kind of stinks. from what i have played i really have liked this metagame so far and love all the variety you can have in a metagame like this. ive been messing around a lot with offense in the past few days especially focused around taking advantage of the offensive threats we have atm so ill just discuss the mon ive been using the most and one i think will remain to be good in the transition from oras -> sm.
Vivillon-Monsoon @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Compound Eyes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Sleep Powder
- Substitute
- Hurricane
viv is still one of my favorite mons in this metagame because sleep quiver mons remain good in this metagame. ive been using this set on a few different teams and it manages to put in work all the time. super sonic skystrike is able to put huge dents into common flying resists to the point where viv is impossible to takedown. at +2, which isnt hard to get to by using sleep + sub, SSSS is able to do 80-90 percent to common steelix sets meaning all you need is a little bit of chip from something like rocky helmet xatu / u-turn from cincinno or some hazards up and steelix then struggles to deal with a viv that hasnt yet used its z move.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7nubeta-588761288 - game i had against eternally that really shows off how potent viv can be against teams that really on lix as the flying check as its easy to take advantage of with sleep powder followed by subs in order to set up quivers safely.
Porygon2 / Noivern / Moltres / Tyrantrum / Meloetta / Virizion / Necrozma / Ribombee / Kingdra / Exploud / Drought