- Team used
Wanted to try challenging myself to build something wack. Web is about as inconsistent as you can get, between great removal option (mostly Great Tusk) and Masquerain's poor bulk making it not a safe lead every game. Ice Beam does a decent job getting a surprise kill on Pinsirite Tusk however, and Stun Spore can also put in work (it misses pretty often though). Gyaradosite Great Tusk is another underrated choice imo, only really stopped by Corviknight, but it can destroy Latiasite/Aggronite mons (Especially Gholdengo who often tries to spinblock). Magnezone obviously traps Corvi, initially Pidgeotite but changed to Latiasite for more outs vs Dragonite. IronPress takes care of Blissey well enough so only really stopped by Red Orb Hippo. Gyarados is a pretty underrated mon as well imo, as what separates it from Quaquaval is its useful Intimidate pre-Mega and Earthquake to hit Hippo, both Blue Orb and Salamencite/Pinsirite are pretty ok in theory, I'd like to nom it to probably B- (still less utility than Quaq without Spin and Roost). Manectite is a pretty viable stone on Zoroark-H imo, as it can save the Mega to make Salt Cure from Garganacl never break Sub, as well as live an Espeed from Dragonite and Arcanine trying to revenge kill, so I propose to add it to the VR. Indeedee did what it did in early gen 8 decently enough, I think it fits right into C rank alongside other mons there. This team does seem to try too hard packing all the ideas into one team though, but Gyaradosite Tusk + Magnezone is a sleeper combo imo.
Onto Gholdengo, I think Latiasite is fine, but Diancite can be really frustrating to deal with. It's weirdly fast and still bulky enough with good typing to tank Espeed. My team basically has to keep Web to beat it since it outspeeds even Zoroark-H (It can also randomly run coverage to target specific threats which adds to its power). Blissey needs CM to reliably beat it and other Diancite users can't reliably switch in. Considering it can restrict both offense and walls with its power and speed, I'm inclined to vote
BAN.
