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Yeah you're right MoP, generally that is the case. All the people talking about the huge threat of Dragonite dont really impress me because I know Dragonite isnt as broken as Garchomp. Dragonite will take super effective Stealth Rock damage as it switches in, so once it is in it probably will have to sweep then and there, rather than trying a hit and run move. I know its secondary stab is nigh on useless, so it wont generally threaten the pokemon it switches in on with a ohko. And I know that it isnt that fast so it probably needs to dd twice to sweep. All of this makes it easy to deal with even if I didnt have a counter. Also the fact that Dragonite isnt the single most commonly used pokemon, means that if I have a slight Dragonite weakness, I will probably be fine.
Garchomp is a pokemon that requires a counter. It is fast, it is sturdy, and it does ridiculous amounts of damage. The only reason to not use Garchomp, is because Garchomp is so everpresent people will go to extremes to counter it, and tbh, you probably should still use it anyway.. I mean there are other good sweepers, but Garchomp is simply better than all of them.
Also the difference between Heracross and Garchomp is that Gliscor counters any Heracross. You can pack Gliscor and you know you will be able to switch it in time and time again against Hera. There is no pokemon that can say that about Garchomp.
[edit] - What I think my point is here is that we all seem to agree that Garchomp is the single most broken ou pokemon, but nobody seems to agree on what is the second most. So if we were to remove Chomp and find we have the exact same problem with a different poke, wouldnt we have some idea what that poke would be? I mean the names being thrown about are Dragonite and Lucario but I would not rate them as anywhere near as dangerous as Heatran, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Machamp, Salamence or Metagross..
I mean if you were to look at advance, could you really pick one pokemon that stood out from the rest as the best sweeper the way Garchomp does in DP?
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Garchomp is a pokemon that requires a counter. It is fast, it is sturdy, and it does ridiculous amounts of damage. The only reason to not use Garchomp, is because Garchomp is so everpresent people will go to extremes to counter it, and tbh, you probably should still use it anyway.. I mean there are other good sweepers, but Garchomp is simply better than all of them.
Also the difference between Heracross and Garchomp is that Gliscor counters any Heracross. You can pack Gliscor and you know you will be able to switch it in time and time again against Hera. There is no pokemon that can say that about Garchomp.
[edit] - What I think my point is here is that we all seem to agree that Garchomp is the single most broken ou pokemon, but nobody seems to agree on what is the second most. So if we were to remove Chomp and find we have the exact same problem with a different poke, wouldnt we have some idea what that poke would be? I mean the names being thrown about are Dragonite and Lucario but I would not rate them as anywhere near as dangerous as Heatran, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Machamp, Salamence or Metagross..
I mean if you were to look at advance, could you really pick one pokemon that stood out from the rest as the best sweeper the way Garchomp does in DP?
Have a nice day.