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So I noticed regular Tornadus isn't ranked in OU. Although one might argue Tornadus-Therian outclasses it, it must be said that Tornadus has one large perk over it in Prankster Tailwind. This allows something like Mega Heracross or Mega Medicham to come in after it and clean up with ease. It's a...

Balanced Core: This core has multiple perks going for it; for one both are legendary pokémon so they have high all around stats. Two, they cover each others weaknesses very well with Celebi tanking Electric/Grass moves for Suicune while the latter eats up Ice/Fire moves. Lastly, with the right...

So here is my SpikeStack/Hyper Offense team. Lead Archeops and Ferroseed for hazards, Haunter and Kangaskhan as my wallbreaker core and two sweepers in Rain Dance Mantine and Rock Polish Steelix. The latter two work really well together both offensively and defensively and generally I think...

Liepard from B >>> B+: I think B is pretty low for a pokémon as good as Liepard. Dark is one of the best offensive types while Knock Off is probably in the top 5 of best moves in the game. That combined with Liepards solid 88/88/106 offensive stats make Liepard quite threatening. Also NU has...

Gastrodon doesn't check Mesprit, Rotom or Samurott well at all, because of Life Orb Psychic/Energy Ball/Trick, Trick/Will-o-Wisp and HP Grass (respectively). Even Lanturn will just cripple you with Toxic and Gastro has no way to alleviate that. And it is comparable to Quag in that they share the...

I disagree with ranking Gastrodon that high. When I suggested Quagsire to rise everyone disagreed, and Quagsire was considerably better than Gastrodon as in being able to wall more top tier threats such as Tauros and Kangaskhan. Also Unaware being a much more useful ability. If Quag was only...

I would agree with the Slowpoke nomination if this was 5th gen. I used it then and it was reasonably effective. However the Knock Off buff was really the nail in the coffin as it can no longer check Fighting-types (besides, Gurdurr left the tier which was one of the main things Slowpoke could...

Lanturn @ Life Orb Ability: Volt Absorb EVs: 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 240 Spe Modest Nature - Hydro Pump - Volt Switch - Ice Beam - Signal Beam Offensive Lanturn is designed to lure out Grass-type mons like and to do massive damage to them. However, it also does a good job at...

Hmmm yes maybe A+ is a little too much. That said I stil think C+ is far too low as well for a big threat such as Klinklang. You mentioned Steelix, but I'd argue that mon is ranked A+ for a reason, one of those being a cold stop to one of the biggest threats in the tier (Klinklang). I think in a...

CM Mega Audino is relatively easy to beat; I'll wear it down with Vileplume and on the turn it uses Rest I'll switch to Bouffalant, setup and 2HKO it. Malamar I don't think should be NU so I usually just forfeit if I fail to beat it, but I'll try Signal Beam on Musharna and see if it helps.

DOWN TO THE CORES (NU) Hitmonchan @ Life Orb Ability: Iron Fist EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Mach Punch - Ice Punch - Drain Punch Punching holes (literally) in teams is what Hitmonchan does. Fighting types are always strong, and Hitmonchan has...

Quagsire @ Leftovers Ability: Unaware EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature - Scald - Toxic - Recover - Protect Are you always afraid your opponent might be carrying HP Grass? Well fear no longer because now you can scout for it with Protect. Protect also has great synergy...

So I think a few things need to be updated. Archeops from A- > A: meta defining, one of the best leads in the tier, second fastest only to Swellow which is not remotely as good. Great offensive check to most offensive mons in the tier with STAB Acrobatics, really hard to switch into barring...