Wow this meta is back. Nice. This meta is a very fun Some things I need to address based
1. Kyurem-Black is the one we should look at first. This mon is the definition of a "Pdon" syndrome. It benefits ALL playstyles, from Stall, offense and balance and it's VERY splashable in every team. The Steel/Flying variant walls a LOT of things in the meta while hitting back hard, while the Dragon/Electric or Ice/Electric (underrated imo) variant destroys nearly everything. When ppl say "this mon is a Zekrom 2.0" they're not joking. I believe this mon should be looked at first.
2. Cresselia. This cancer. This thing walls WAY too much. Poison/Fairy or Elec/Fairy, combined with Levitate, makes this mon basically REALLY REALLY HARD to break. Poison/Fairy in this case also immune to Poison and the Elec/Fairy variant wins 1v1 vs ALL kinds of Mega Mawile, which is supposed to be the wallbreaker. It also wins 1v1 vs most Kartana variants, some Kyurem-Black variant and basically nearly everything without DD/SD + Moldy Earthquake, which makes me resort to crap like LO Haxorus who got 2HKO'd by STAB Moonblast. It's ridiculous. Not to mention it also have Calm Mind. Please, PLEASE, look at this cancer.
3. Idk tbh. Those two are the only mons who stand out over the rest. Yes, Kartana is threatening but it's frail, very killable, and is walled by Poison/Ground Avalugg (which I think the best Avalugg typing Defensively). Avalugg itself is also good at walling, but not threatening enough to be banworthy imo. Then there's STAB Boltbeam Porygon-Z which can be walled by Unawaremons and Mega Mawile which breaks nearly everything except Cresselia and have a very strong Sucker Punch.
Tldr, please look at Kyub and Cress.
Agreed entirely. Kyurem-Black is comparable to Zekrom in far too many ways, in fact, I'd argue for a good case of Zekrom being
inferior, including...
- Lack of Ice Beam, one of the best coverage moves for all of the Flying and Ground-types flowing around,
- Lack of the useful Iron Head for Iron Head/Roost (with Zekrom having to use Flash Cannon. Yeah.)
- Lower speed (Kyurem's tying with a major threat in Tapu Lele, while Zekrom's lags behind by 5 points)
- And arguably better stats past Speed, with 125 HP making it take special hits better but being a bit weaker on the physical side, and an even higher base Attack.
Zekrom's main thing that makes him nicer is Bolt Strike over Fusion Bolt, and even then, it's a slight base power increase at the cost of several downsides. Ridiculous lmao
And for Cress, I hate it, and I'd be happy to see it gone. I've just relied on Dnite to break through it with DD + Roosting enough to be able to 2hko it, which comes past +4 which is incredibly tedious.
But here's a nicer thing to speak of.
Golem-Alola @ Choice Band
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Wild Charge
- Explosion
Don't expect to win with Golem-Alola, but he's pretty stupid fun. Earthquake and Gyro Ball lets him check a few Pokemon, like non-Magma Storm or Lava Plume variants of Heatran, Kyurem-Black lacking Earth Power, Dark/Poison Pokemon like Tangrowth and Necrozma, and in general manhandling any Steel types that don't carry damage that can nuke Golem off the face of the earth. Magnet Pull can meme on threats like Kyurem-Black, Tyranitar not running Earthquake on a Steel-type set, Heatran, other Golem (lol), Celesteela, and nearly any other Steel-typed Camomon. Wild Charge allows it to hit Kyurem-Black, which runs Roost and Iron Head most frequently, while Earthquake can deal with basically every other Steel-type. Kyurem-Black variants that are STAB on Ice Beam are annoyed at the lack of Ice weakness, did not appreciate Gyro Balls to the face. Basically a full-on meme and I'm proud of using it.
252 SpA Life Orb Teravolt Kyurem-Black Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Golem-Alola: 257-304 (70.6 - 83.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (STAB Ice Beam off max SPA LO)
4 SpA Teravolt Kyurem-Black Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Golem-Alola: 108-128 (29.6 - 35.1%) -- 18.2% chance to 3HKO (Steel/Flying variant with Leftovers.)