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No, Heavy Slam's BP changes. I've tried to spot any actual meta relevant pokemon.
Hoopa-Unbound -> 60BP to 40BP (Earthquake actually does more anyway)
Zygarde -> 80BP to 60BP (This is potentially significant)
Hippowdown -> 80BP to 60BP (Not particularly common, but could have an impact)...
Yeah that's really fucking weird...
I get being hyped and everything cause our seasons have gone No European football -> Europa League Final -> Champions League qualification -> Champions League FInal. All within like 3 years. But pretty sure those people claiming they're crying are just...
I thought Nido was good back in early SM when defensive cores were just Fini/Thorn/Tran. It was a time when stall didn't really exist, webs were good so it could fit on there, and just had a much better time due to less solid teambuilding in general. I remember Sub 3 attacks being an absolute...
Since there's 0 discussion in here, I thought I'd do a bit of analysis. I'm gonna talk about megas in week 3. In general, megas are nowhere near as necessary this gen, and the selection of viable one are limited to a small pool now. But I'll go through order of appearance
the FV vs Gingy game...
Ampharos-Mega to C-
Before the most recent drops, this thing should not have been anywhere near the viability rankings. However, the rise of trick room has legitimately given this mon a defined niche. I essence, the standard OU TR team is so good that it really doesn't need many changes to work...
[Naganadel]
So here's a team I'm unbeaten with so far; I've never been a great builder but this one's pretty solid (thanks celepex). Basically I wanted to build around Naganadel and against it. I genuinely believe the only reliable (and good in the metagame) revenge killer for this mon is...