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If that were to be true, my suspicion would be confirmed. I have no means of testing. Else, there's a different reasoning.

Bug: Greninja's Protean activates on Magic Bounce. According to an ingame sample, it should not. Proof of Protean activating on showdown: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-1850053622-zrxk14eoyirva7r4ps9pr5aj1h2st8vpw Proof of Protean not activating ingame: At 12:53, Greninja...

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I want to chime in on the Chien Pao discussion. There's no denying that Chien Pao is a metagame defining pokémon for Monotype (and OU) and one of the top reasons why dark is so prominent. I think Neko has given us plenty sightful information on ways to counter Chien Pao for each and every type -...

This is what Monotype is about though! And don't feel discouraged from using unranked Pokémons. Perhaps you might try Drapion on Dark. It's the only thing besides Gren that can drop Toxic Spikes and is ok in Fairy Matchup on offensive teams.

The problem with Drapion is literally just putting it on a Poison team. Using it as a Taunt user could firstly be redundant because the faster Crobat sometimes runs it and it has ground immunity. Running Taunt Drapion as a worse mean of stopping setup sweepers instead of Haze Pex is also rough...

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I'm just going to write down a couple of things on both your team and Decem's decision: How well or how bad your water team does against other water teams with Greninja and Toxapex is no justification for how good or how bad either is. Double rain setting isn't bad, but Politoed is a very...

Victini.

I've been told that Pokémon Virtual Console allows you to play older games on newer consoles. Somehow it allows you to get the older moves (counter) and still give them their Hidden Abilities when transfered over. You can be pretty sure Showdown has most of those things right. They, for...

https://pokepast.es/a898c58be8c073bc Its use is in how bulky it is but still has reliable speed. It can stack Spikes and Taunt most reliable defoggers on balance like Rotom-Wash, Mantine, Mandibuzz, Staraptor and just cripple balance mons with taunt and a filler psychic move all together (like...

I assume from the replays that we're talking about the same player so I'm gonna say I agree.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-901283510 - a replay probably does more than explaining it in words, but Nihilego with a balloon actually has a good use vs Sand Ground as it can lead against nearly everything if it has Grass Knot and HP Ice. It still needs aggressive play, but...

I find this one interesting as most people have been asking for it to be removed but you come up with a niche. In theory it feels somewhat odd to use compared to Suicune on water: What Raikou has over Suicune is that it has a lot more speed even being able to outspeed base 110's like Lati@s...

Banded Scizor does a lot for bug. It is probably the best way for bug to avoid banded Victini running 6-0 over your team, it really compliments the value of Volcarona in the Steel matchup and is usually able to shine where Volcarona doesn't do as much (Normal, Fairy, Psychic, Ice with Piloswine...

Suggestion for a changed spread for Hawlucha: Hawlucha @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Unburden EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature IVs: 30 HP - Swords Dance - Substitute - High Jump Kick - Acrobatics The idea is to have HP divisible by 4 for a Substitute as is rightfully stated. But...

When looking through the threads, I saw multiple people asking for a potential Darkrai unban to OU at the start of the generation due to the Dark Void nerf. I couldn't find a clear answer on if unbanning it was ever considered, and if it were, why it wasn't unbanned in the end. I'm not trying...

I think the biggest reason Heracross is rated over Buzzwole is because of Pursuit. Bug needs a Pursuit trapper for Victini in either Heracross or Scizor. Using Buzzwole forces u into using a normal Scizor with pursuit and Mega-Pinsir (rarely Mega-Heracross), while running Heracross allows you to...