ANNOUNCEMENT
So yeah after a lot of discussion the PU council has decided to suspect test Quagsire.
REASONING
Quagsire got to PU as a result of the latest tier shift and, thanks to its qualities, in a relatively short time span it has managed to establish itself as a top-tier defensive threat.
Its Unaware ability is one of the best in the game, since it allows it to act as a reliable answer to a number of threatening boosting sweepers such as Swords Dance Pawniard, Calm Mind Duosion, or Sub + SD Bouffalant. This makes Quagsire extremely effective on stall builds since they have otherwise annoying threats covered and can focus on dealing with other PU Pokemon more easily.
Quagsire is also a decent physical wall by itself, boasting a good defensive typing in Water + Ground, above average physical bulk when fully invested, and, most importantly, instant reliable recovery. Quagsire, for the most part, is able to handle non-Grass-type physical attackers such as Monferno, Floatzel, and Mawile, although it can struggle to deal with some more powerful Choice Band users such as Stoutland or Dodrio.
As far as its shortcomings are concerned, Quagsire's lackluster special bulk leaves it easily taken advantage of by almost any moderately strong special attackers, whilst its low attacking stats make it reliant on the likes of Scald or Toxic to pressure switchins. Quagsire's defensive typing, for the most part excellent, does leave it with a crippling 4x Grass weakness. This means that Quagsire is very susceptible to Grass-type moves that are often carried in form of Hidden Power on Electric-types and Energy Ball on Pokemon such as Ninetales, in addition to Grass Knot Monferno and Seed Bomb Ursaring/Arbok, whilst also being easily handled by the Grass types in the tier themselves, as they can come in consistently without worrying too much about anything Quagsire throws at them. Lastly, Quagsire is also quite susceptible to status such as Burn and Toxic, especially when running Curse, but teammate support can alleviate this heavily.
SOMETHING MORE IN DEPTH ON BOTH SIDES CAN BE FOUND
HERE, HERE, AND HERE
The suspect test will last for two weeks after the ladder is implemented. The deadline will be Friday 23rd midnight EST.
The requirements for this test will be the same as last time.The reqs will be 2800 coil with a B value of 9.0. Also you need at least 75 gxe. This might be adjusted depending on the ladder activity.
To find out how many matches it'll take for you specifically, take your GXE, and put it into this formula
N=9.0/log2(40*GXE/2800) In which you replace GXE with your current GXE
ALSO DO NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE SUSPECT TOURS MOST LIKELY ;) kill whiteys anty is a cuck
***PSA***: Put effort into your posts. Any posts lacking content will be deleted and possibly infracted.
tagging The Immortal to get this up
So yeah after a lot of discussion the PU council has decided to suspect test Quagsire.
REASONING
Quagsire got to PU as a result of the latest tier shift and, thanks to its qualities, in a relatively short time span it has managed to establish itself as a top-tier defensive threat.
Its Unaware ability is one of the best in the game, since it allows it to act as a reliable answer to a number of threatening boosting sweepers such as Swords Dance Pawniard, Calm Mind Duosion, or Sub + SD Bouffalant. This makes Quagsire extremely effective on stall builds since they have otherwise annoying threats covered and can focus on dealing with other PU Pokemon more easily.
Quagsire is also a decent physical wall by itself, boasting a good defensive typing in Water + Ground, above average physical bulk when fully invested, and, most importantly, instant reliable recovery. Quagsire, for the most part, is able to handle non-Grass-type physical attackers such as Monferno, Floatzel, and Mawile, although it can struggle to deal with some more powerful Choice Band users such as Stoutland or Dodrio.
As far as its shortcomings are concerned, Quagsire's lackluster special bulk leaves it easily taken advantage of by almost any moderately strong special attackers, whilst its low attacking stats make it reliant on the likes of Scald or Toxic to pressure switchins. Quagsire's defensive typing, for the most part excellent, does leave it with a crippling 4x Grass weakness. This means that Quagsire is very susceptible to Grass-type moves that are often carried in form of Hidden Power on Electric-types and Energy Ball on Pokemon such as Ninetales, in addition to Grass Knot Monferno and Seed Bomb Ursaring/Arbok, whilst also being easily handled by the Grass types in the tier themselves, as they can come in consistently without worrying too much about anything Quagsire throws at them. Lastly, Quagsire is also quite susceptible to status such as Burn and Toxic, especially when running Curse, but teammate support can alleviate this heavily.
SOMETHING MORE IN DEPTH ON BOTH SIDES CAN BE FOUND
HERE, HERE, AND HERE
Quagsire @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Curse / Toxic
- Scald
- Earthquake
- Recover
Ability: Unaware
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Curse / Toxic
- Scald
- Earthquake
- Recover
The suspect test will last for two weeks after the ladder is implemented. The deadline will be Friday 23rd midnight EST.
The requirements for this test will be the same as last time.The reqs will be 2800 coil with a B value of 9.0. Also you need at least 75 gxe. This might be adjusted depending on the ladder activity.
Code:
GXE N
100 18
90 25
85 32
80 46
78 58
75 91
72 222
N=9.0/log2(40*GXE/2800) In which you replace GXE with your current GXE
ALSO DO NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE SUSPECT TOURS MOST LIKELY ;) kill whiteys anty is a cuck
***PSA***: Put effort into your posts. Any posts lacking content will be deleted and possibly infracted.
tagging The Immortal to get this up
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