Recent content by Narwhal_Narcotics

I’ve been playing a lot of Gen 1 recently. So much, in fact, that when I finally came back to do a few Gen 7 battles, I was genuinely surprised to see mega-gardevoir. It had certainly been a while. But we’re not here to talk about gen 7! No, today the question I bring you is a short one, but...

My apologies, first of all. Your grammar seemed a little off to me, I assumed you were just being careless. Sorry about that. Tangrowth does do well against swampert, but swampert has ice punch. I haven't done the calculations yet, but I assume it's a decent hit. If not, Swampert can switch out...

I definitely agree that we can't wait very long. But swampert is likely to be available in the next month, and that isn't that long to wait. What I meant by "scaring it out of the top spot" was not that metagross would fall out of popularity, but that the presence of some of these mons would...

Grass knot is a strange choice. I realize many people are using HP fire to get through scizor, but this at least gives them some other uses such as ferrothorn and kartana. Grass knot, on the other hand, is useless against almost everything except for swampert, which means you effectively only...

My apologies. Let me explain a little bit of my thought process. Of the four mega Pokémon I listed, swampert was in my mind the most likely candidate to dethrone metagross. Keep in mind that the hoenn starters mega stones are coming soon, probably the next to be released. Now, back to...

I think we need to wait awhile before making a decision like this. Yes, metagross is a huge threat, but we still have a number of mega Pokémon that have yet to be released. It will take time before we have access to all of them, but until then I think we need to suck it up and deal with having a...

First, I do want to apologize for a bit of the confusion. On my metagross I have meteor mash, zen headbutt, earthquake, and bullet punch. I personally prefer bullet punch instead of another coverage move to pick off things that can outspeed him. I guess I just assumed that most people do this...

There are plenty of viable counters in OU. If it has thunder punch, he is easily checked by ferrothorn, which also makes him easier to kill later with iron barbs. If he has earthquake, Celesteela or skarmory can easily shut him down. Hammer arm is harder to check, but after one or two speed...

Appreciate the help. Working on a chansey now. Anything to say about the double 4X ice weakness?

Introduction I'm relatively new to competitive play, and my first dive into it was a disaster. Looking for a fresh start, I actually did my research for my second team and ended up with the unholy disgrace that you see below. I think the biggest problem on this team is that I have two pokemon...