Yes you can run for Latias Defog with Z move ^^Is Defog Mega Latias Viable? I needed a defogger but it seems like the Calm Mind + Stored Power set is all the hype right now
Yes you can run for Latias Defog with Z move ^^
Is Defog Mega Latias Viable? I needed a defogger but it seems like the Calm Mind + Stored Power set is all the hype right now
My bad I didn't read the full sentence ...You can't run a Z move with Mega Latias because both require an item.
Defog Mega Latias is viable but not as threatening as other CM Stored Power sets, can still work and be optimal for you depending on your team but overall not optimal for the metagame
ADV had 50 Pokémon in BL with less than half of the total Pokémon.Probably getting far too ahead of myself but at what point does BL become populated enough to be its own tier? Or even more unlikely, have a mass unban since many of those Pokemon have not existed in UU together and could potentially be balanced with new Pokemon to check or counter them?
So if the tier settles, could regular re-suspects be a thing while SM is the current gen?There's a lot of pushback to doing any tiering for past gen tiers for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is: at what point do you stop? Do you re-tier things based on usage from official tours? Do you let those effects trickle down to other tiers below that? As a general practice, tiers are "frozen" once the new gen version of the tier comes out of beta. Especially when you take into account that there's no official tour presence for those tours, the incentive to re-tier them diminishes. The reason some tiers like ADV NU/PU are an exception to this rule is because largely these are tiers that were created after the fact; they didn't exist at the time when ADV was the active gen, and so they're "created" tiers with no real legacy to speak of. Since they came into existence mostly for fun and while another gen was the active gen anyhow, there's no real reason to not make tiering decisions.
But you can work on it and summit on the forumWhere is the SM UU checks and counters list?
typically you'd want both T-bolt and Volt Switch on Mega Manectric since Volt Switch is a reason why Mega Manectric is favorable (Volt Switch + Intimidate is pretty great). You'd pretty much want to decide between Flamethrower or Overheat depending on what you prefer (perfect accuracy + sustained damage over lower accuracy + lower SpA + burst damage)Is it better to run Flamethrower or Overheat on Volt Switch Manectric-Mega?
It depends. Starmie is incredibly fast and has great coverage, in addition to either being able to play a bulky role or an offensive one. If you're using offensive Scizor, you're likely using VoltTurn so Starmie is best there. If you're not, Blastoise-Mega is an alternative as it's more powerful and bulkier with a different typing, tho no recovery really sucks. Tentacruel is for balance, decent typing and lots of utility but kind of passive.Starmie, Tentacruel, or Blastoise as a rapid spinner? I'm starting with support so I don't have anything else on the team except I know I'm using Scizor
Why is tentacruel ranked lower in the viability rankings?It depends. Starmie is incredibly fast and has great coverage, in addition to either being able to play a bulky role or an offensive one. If you're using offensive Scizor, you're likely using VoltTurn so Starmie is best there. If you're not, Blastoise-Mega is an alternative as it's more powerful and bulkier with a different typing, tho no recovery really sucks. Tentacruel is for balance, decent typing and lots of utility but kind of passive.
It lacks reliable recovery outside of Icium Z Haze, it's rather passive, it's physically frail and its typing isn't really that great in the current meta, especially relative to Starmie and Blastoise. That being said, the typing is helpful for it in many ways and it often finds itself on stall teams. Pokeisfun made a pretty good stall team with icium z haze. It also has toxic spikes and knock off for utility. That being said, stall isn't as good as offense so the other 2 spinners are naturally better.Why is tentacruel ranked lower in the viability rankings?