Recent content by strengthofheart

What are the main set details for Lando-T bulky scarf? It's not in the Smogon dex.

The meta seems too stable to make a whole bunch of noms without several replays showing what that mon does in practice. The one I would agree with without hesitation is Zapdos rising, especially since Hawlucha rose last update (and Kartana's ever-increasing popularity).

I... wasn't trying to be snarky? Sorry you felt that way. I'll try harder next time? All I said was that it walls a lot of really good, threatening mons in this meta. I've seen Venu as the last mon standing so often because it's so hard to take down. Lots of pokes get borked by Lele, Volc...

It's funny you mention a Kartana rise right before questioning Venu's position when Venu hard walls non-Darkinium Kartana to hell and back. Look at all the mons in A+, only Banded Tyranitar and Offensive Steela can break through it really.

Is Floette-Eternal ever being released?

I probably shouldn't have highlighted calcs for Mega Latias in my argument, but the big ones are the addition of Diancie and the continued rise of Koko. Pinsir needs so much support already and these shifts are reason enough for a slight drop imo.

I never said anything about switching in on a +2 Pinsir, nor will I explain the definition of "check" to you. My reasoning was basic metagame shifts. The addition of Mega Latias (among other things) makes Pinsir a suboptimal choice compared to the mons in A right now, that's all.

Latias is at 110 speed (and typically run max speed or close to it), pmuch forcing Pinsir to use Quick Attack. Lati checks in a 1v1 scenario quite easily, and normally run BoltBeam with Calm Mind, not Psychic. +1 4 SpA Latias-Mega Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Pinsir-Mega: 282-334 (104 - 123.2%)...

A --> A- The last couple of months have been bad for Mega Pinsir. Webs is no longer a highly effective playstyle, decreasing its prevalence quite a bit. I haven't seen it on AV offense either (in my experience, I haven't faced much AV in general). Mainly, however, the new Megas, Ash-Greninja...

Mega-Altaria isn't a great set up sweeper, but it's typing is so useful in walling a good bunch of threats. My favorite set from ORAS is the bulky special attacker, and I used it a couple days ago to absolutely fry Skarmory/Ferrothorn with Fire Blast. SpDef Celesteela takes at least 40% from FB...

Given the rise of Fire-types, is there any place for Chandelure on the VR in the C/C- range? Scarf Chandy is a hard counter to non-Earthquake Zard-Y and Dugtrio can only check Chandy if it's Focus Sash is still intact. Chandelure isn't completely useless outside of this niche as the raw power...

I compare Mega-Medi and Mega-Hera as both are wallbreaking Megas with Fighting STAB. For me, Heracross has an easier time coming in and putting in work with less risk/support involved for it to perform effectively. Splitting hairs, but I prefer Heracross's reliability over Medicham's...

A- --> B+ I just don't think it's as scary as it used to be. Mew is a hard stop to it and it's everywhere. A bunch of other mons (Gearna, Fini, Lele, Chomp, Lando, etc) can eat a hit and squash it right back. Ferrothorn and Heatran, pokes it should handle easily, carry Protect which causes way...

Sir/Madam, Garchomp is also checked by the the number 1 most used mon in the meta, and checked much harder than Alowak as a matter of fact. You are spinning your arguments to look at all the negative qualities and situations that Alowak would not perform well in and judging its viability based...

Well said. One thing that you didn't mention, which happens to be my favorite thing about Sylveon, is its access to Baton Pass. My team loves safe switch-ins and Wish recovery and Sylveon pulls this off better than any other 'mon in the metagame. A set with BP, Calm Mind, Wish, and Hyper Voice...