bludz
a waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap
Jellicent is receiving a lot of hype in this thread but its bulk is pretty meh and it really can't handle a lot of common wallbreakers honestly, Keldeo notwithstanding. It shines most in matchups against passive-ish balance teams that rely on defensive Starmie for hazard removal, but as you can tell these teams are pretty ass now. Water Absorb to block Volcanion is sorta neat but I mean yeah this thing is just so passive with very little offensive presence, spinblocking isn't always relevant etc. I feel like it's just getting too much love here idk. It could go to C but C+ is definitely pushing it.
Mega Gardevoir A -> A-
Not totally sure about this but man this mon has a lot of trouble these days I think. Stall teams have basically adapted to it for the most part and that was known as its best matchup. While it may have a solid matchup against bulky offense on paper, the checks to it are extremely common these days. Mega Scizor and Jirachi particularly. While it does lack a lot of good switch-ins, it's soft checked by a fair number of mons and doesn't OHKO some of the things its supposed to threaten like Landorus-T which can U-turn out and put it into range for something else. Personally just feel that reasons to use this over Diancie are kinda slim where Diancie has a little more defensive utility in checking Torn and Talon better, the additional speed tier and mixed attacking makes it more of a threat in general since it has stronger neutral coverage off the bat and provides more utility for the team.
Gengar A -> A-
Also once reknowned for its ability to beat stall, it's gotten to the point where it struggles to do that as well. Okay well Mega Sableye has been around for a bit but now we are seeing more Pursuit trapping on stall and just in general really which makes Gengar's life way harder. Honestly still annoying as hell to switch into for a ton of teams but AV Torn is still popular and the Pursuit bait thing is just too real at the moment. It definitely has some advantages over other common wallbreakers but I feel like other ways to deal with Clefable have arisen over time anyway and that was one of its other main selling points.
Mega Gardevoir A -> A-
Not totally sure about this but man this mon has a lot of trouble these days I think. Stall teams have basically adapted to it for the most part and that was known as its best matchup. While it may have a solid matchup against bulky offense on paper, the checks to it are extremely common these days. Mega Scizor and Jirachi particularly. While it does lack a lot of good switch-ins, it's soft checked by a fair number of mons and doesn't OHKO some of the things its supposed to threaten like Landorus-T which can U-turn out and put it into range for something else. Personally just feel that reasons to use this over Diancie are kinda slim where Diancie has a little more defensive utility in checking Torn and Talon better, the additional speed tier and mixed attacking makes it more of a threat in general since it has stronger neutral coverage off the bat and provides more utility for the team.
Gengar A -> A-
Also once reknowned for its ability to beat stall, it's gotten to the point where it struggles to do that as well. Okay well Mega Sableye has been around for a bit but now we are seeing more Pursuit trapping on stall and just in general really which makes Gengar's life way harder. Honestly still annoying as hell to switch into for a ton of teams but AV Torn is still popular and the Pursuit bait thing is just too real at the moment. It definitely has some advantages over other common wallbreakers but I feel like other ways to deal with Clefable have arisen over time anyway and that was one of its other main selling points.
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