Crawsaunt is just so dumb for fat teams to deal with. A LO 4 attacks set with ice beam as a coverage move snipes stall's only real answer (chestnaught). While without SD it cannot break Alomomola and Suicune, it still does like 40-50 to both of those Pokemon, forcing them to recover and essentially giving you free switches. This thing needs to go ASAP.After playing this meta a lot I just want to talk about a couple of mons that have stood out to me as excessively powerful and probably broken. There are certainly many others that are probably too much for this tier and as the tier is still in the alpha stage this makes sense.
I know that I'm stating the obvious here but Crawdaunt is completely silly. We all know from last gen that its damage output is crazy, its STAB combo is excellent and its access to aqua jet allows it to take on offensive mons without needing a high speed stat. With swords dance as well, it has the ability to break through almost every wall in the tier easily.
Currently, there are only three mons in the tier that are seen regularly that resist crawdaunt's STABs. These are Toxicroak, Kommo-o and Chesnaught. Out of those 3, only kommo-o and chesnaught can switch in somewhat consistently but I wouldn't even call these mons counters. By virtue of knock off being one of its stabs, Chesnaught's recovery is cut in by half once it comes in and loses its leftovers, thereby making it easier to wear down. After this, all Crawdaunt needs is Chesnaught to be left at half hp for it to break through with a +2 crabhammer.
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Adaptability Crawdaunt Crabhammer vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Chesnaught: 183-217 (48.1 - 57.1%) -- 42.6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Adaptability Crawdaunt Crabhammer vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Chesnaught: 169-199 (44.4 - 52.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
This means that any stall team is really going to struggle to take crawdaunt on if it fails to get a burn or toxic early on in a match.
As already mentioned though, Crawdaunt can very easily put pressure on offensive and balanced teams with its massive aqua jet. Crawdaunt forces so many switches that a bold player may be able to get swords dances off in many situations. If a player does manage to do this then the only offensive mons that can take priority hit well seem to be kyurem, celebi, toxicroak, kommo-o and a couple of others.
Finally, as Trick room seems to be fairly popular at the moment, crawdaunt definitely seems to be the most threatening mon on those kinds of teams. Its huge power, ability to run adamant and its access to aqua jet make it unbelievably useful to a trick room player and can often sweep through teams easily.
This mon is completely fucked and needs to go as soon as possible in my opinion.
The other mon that I find broken in this meta is slightly unexpected but still crazy is kyurem.
Kyurem @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power / Hidden Power Fire / Toxic
- Roost
I've used this set extensively and all I can say is that it's easily one of the most useful mons on any team. The first thing you notice when you look at Kyurem's base stats is its 130/130/95 offensive stats which are obviously excellent. When you consider the fact that it has access to high powered STABs such as ice beam and draco its damage output is clearly amazing. But to me, what makes this mon too good for the tier is its 125/90/90 defensive stats and reliable recovery. Despite being rocks weak, this mon is consistently able to come in, take a hit, deal a lot of damage and recover up. As an offensive mon with this much power, it shouldn't be allowed to tank many of the best offensive mons in the tier.
The other thing which makes kyurem so threatening is its versatility. Sub Toxic, Sub 2 attacks, Choice Scarf and Choice Specs all have their own niche and each can take on the checks to a different set.
As I said, obviously this tier is still in its alpha stages and it's probably too early to be really thinking about what should be banned, especially as there are so many to consider at this stage. These two mons have just really stuck out to me as silly for the tier, the next big one being politoad.
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