Recent content by Firebird101

It's been fun to go through this thread after having not touched pokemon for so long. That said, going through SPL usage stats I'm wondering. Are Lapras, Vic and Slowbro OU material? Vic is bit of a newcomer since it gobbled up previous standard teams but since players adapted opinions of Vic...

Please. This thread is worse than the OU suspect threads.

Weavile would be broken since there would be no drawbacks at all to spam Knock Off at all early-and mid-game. Most pokemon who like to spam Knock Off would get significantly more difficult to deal with such as Bisharp and Mew and Knock Off would probably be a stable on more mons such as Chansey...

Personally I don't really care about Beedrill's placement, especially at this stage because quite frankly; the entire viablity rankings A- and below probably need to be taken a second look (not sure if Amoonguss and Mega Alakazam should still be in A- personally) but I think the lower rankings...

Sucker Punch should be mandatory on every set. Even if Mawile invests in speed there are buttload of things that outspeed it. It is especially good on Substitute sets as it can let you preserve the sub if the opponent tries to break the sub with a faster threat and it lets Mawile to pull a sweep...

Not sure what Gliscor can do to Mega Sableye stall, that goblin hard stops stallbreakers like Gliscor unless maybe if it fits Swords Dance in their moveset.

Mawile is one of those pokemon who can choose it's checks and as far as I know there are no counters to it (beside Arcanine), at least in theory. Also, the only moves that are mandatory on it are Play Rough and Sucker Punch. I remember those moves were on every Mawile in XY and it's all it needs...

The power-creep caught up to it but the weather nerf also made Manaphy less borked since it often enjoyed itself in permanent rain.

Mega Beedrill looks fun but shouldn't be all that much different from last gen although it definitely appreciates having room for 4 attacks. Mega Mawile should shake things quite a bit. It has monstrously high attack, strong priority in sucker punch and excellent typing both defensively and...

Besides Smeargle there aren't many mons with better sleep moves than Hypnosis running around in Ubers that I can think of. I have though seen Z-trick room Hypnosis Bronzong. Z-trick room raises accuracy by one stage, making Hypnosis decently reliant, even if it is gimmicky strategy outside VGC...

Seems like the OU council wants to take their time with the new problem children (Phero, Lele) which is understandable since the other problem children who people want to get out of the tier had their suspect tests as well in the previous generations. Really, considering how restrictive and...

Doubt they'll ever allow event legendaries, plus I think Jirachi learns follow me in gen 5 through an event so it is not likely to be the potent monster it is in smogon doubles.

Cuz stall has to adapt to stay relevant :/

And Dugtrio manages to sneak into OU just as the gen ends xD

Flygon should be a cool option in UU at the very least. Although it could have been beast if it had got DD this gen or gen 5.