Sablenite: In the past me take was that sablenite does not deserve a ban whatsoever and it still is but i didnt really give proper reasons for my take so here goes: sablenite isnt oppresive for the meta. My proposal was shot down by the council, and I can't really give a better defense of this decision than fabwooloo did a while back: Sablenite: Personally, I want this stone banned. I would go as far as to say that a team without Entry Hazards is unviable in this format - they're very important, especially with the near-absence of Heavy-Duty Boots in the meta.ģ. The best way to counteract pivoting in this format is with Hazards. STABmons giving even more Pokemon pivot moves surely doesn't help. Pivots: I'll give you this one - pivoting is pretty annoying to play against and teams with multiple pivots are pretty common. This is a problem Tier Shift suffers from as well, and there's no real way to solve it due to the nature of each format.Ģ. Additionally, the stat boots from Mega Stones tend to favor Pokemon defensively more than offensively, making the format overall bulkier than other formats. As a result, the meta lacks powerful choiced wallbreakers that makes Bulk much more common and useful. While Choice Items generally offer a higher power boost than most Mega Stones, the lack of other benefits and the choice-locking drawback makes them usually not worth running on unrestricted Pokemon. The biggest victims of this phenomenon are Choice Items.
Bulk: This is actually an issue intrinsic to the format.The existence of Mega Stones as items incentivizes their use, and as a result pushes common items like lefties and boots out of the equation. Usually, other Special Waters will use Water Spout with something like Lucarionite or on a Pokemon like Palkia which has duel HP based power STAB moves.Ĭlick to expand.Mega Blastoise is pretty cool, but Cloyster with Blastoisinite or Rotom-Wash are better imo.Ĭlick to expand.hey lewi11, I'm the Supreme Leader of STABnMega a STABnMega council member and am pretty involved in the format, I'll give you my (and the council's) thoughts on the elements you brought upġ. Inteleon is also pretty good, lacking set up or bulk for just immediate and fast fire power. Also in this Meta, it is sometimes better to have Nasty Plot over Shell Smash thanks to Spectral Thief. Additionally, it has a higher SpA, Roost, and Freeze-Dry. So unless you’re facing a Ferrothorn, a Kingdra, or Alolan Sandslash, you are better off replacing Aura Sphere with Dragon Pulse.īut either way, you’re better off using Cloyster for it has the same Spe and SpA as Blastoise, but the bulk is loaded in the physical side in an Extreme Speed spam heavy meta and additionally gets Skill Link Water Shuriken and Freeze-Dry.Īnd Rotom-Wash is also a good option, as while it’s frailer, it has better defensive utility thanks to Levitate and being part electric. Aura Sphere/Dark Pulse are actually slightly weaker even against advantage effectiveness (that is Origin Pulse hits harder against a Pure Water and Pure Normal type than Aura Sphere). Mega Blastoise is pretty cool, but Cloyster with Blastoisinite or Rotom-Wash are better imo.īlastoise has access to more Pulse moves, but the only Pulse move you’ll ever need is Origin Pulse and maybe Dragon Pulse. Don't ever let they get worn down until Blastoise is gone.Įdit: As Cuddly said, Cloyster is better for this kind of set: If you see this thing, preserve your -ate espeed spammer/regieleki. +2 252+ SpA Mega Launcher Blastoise-Mega Origin Pulse vs.
If it's def, it's a 2hko: +2 252+ SpA Mega Launcher Blastoise-Mega Origin Pulse vs. +2 252+ SpA Mega Launcher Blastoise-Mega Dark Pulse vs. +2 252+ SpA Mega Launcher Blastoise-Mega Aura Sphere vs.
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