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Are they going to consider a Pokemon and its mega the same thing or split them up with something like Soul Dew Clause for mega stones?

I'm interested to see what happens to Staraptor. Would it be BL'd again? Perhaps it will finally have an actual tier to play in rather than being banned to BL and terrible in OU. It would have very good synergy with UU Rapid Spinners (Blastoise, Hitmontop and probably Donphan) and provide...

A few possibilities: Metagross: Still not that great given the presence of Suicune, Slowbro, Swampert, Bronzong, bulky Zapdos and many other bulky switch-ins. It can run a good Agility late game sweeper set if its switch-ins are KO'd or sufficiently weakened, and set up Stealth Rock. Jolteon...

I think a balanced/semi-stall approach will become more common in the lower tiers. The more offensive Mega Evolutions will mostly wind up in Ubers and OU. As much as the power creep turned BW2 UU into a haven for incredibly powerful Fighting, Fire and Electric types, a balanced approach remained...

In terms of team synergy I think it's a good idea to run Klefki. It's immune to Dragon, resists Ice and can set up Spikes. Dragon/Fairy generally seems like a good core idea. Forretress, Skarmory or Ferrothorn might be better at this, but someone needs to use Klefki.

Maybe include Sludge Bomb for coverage against Fairy types. Although it generally has bad coverage, it also hits Celebi, which is good if you're running it with Focus Blast, since you'd otherwise be walled by Fairies. The 30% poison chance is also nice for Hydration + Rest stall.

There's no Vileplume NU analysis posted yet, but I'd like to recommend a physically defensive set that uses Effect Spore to nab status from contact moves and walls many NU threats. Here's the gist of it: Vileplume @ Black Sludge Effect Spore 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold (+Def, -Atk)...

I'm itchin' for Smogon BW UU. If 3.49% is the cutoff, the start of UU will be pretty insane. Zapdos, Azelf, Mew, Empoleon, Celebi, Mamoswine... UU stall is also insane (as it's played out on Beta Server, anyhow) with things like Chansey, Dusclops and maybe Porygon2 (with +50% defenses)...

I think apart from Drizzle and Shadow Tag, the ability banning thing should go to rest. Those two of course are debatable, but I think the Sand Veil and Snow Cloak thing is bordering on ridiculous. How much of a whiner do you have to be, really, to think a slight evasion increase in weather is...

The Sazandora set I've had the most luck with is Substitute+3 Attacks. @Life Orb / Leftovers Levitate 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) ~Substitute ~Dark Pulse / Dragon Pulse ~Fire Blast ~Focus Blast / Surf Dark Pulse is particularly good for hitting both Burungeru and...

A Trick Room set with Desukan isn't a bad idea. It can run Trick Room, Nasty Plot, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power Fighting. It's bulky enough that it can take hits while setting up, and base 95 special attack isn't bad.

The Steel Killer set can definitely make good use of Balloon, especially both Magnet Rise and Balloon (allowing you to still be levitating as you 2HKO Doryuzu with Hidden Power Fire, for instance). Another interesting set I saw involved Substitute and Recycle with Balloon, allowing him to...

I didn't notice that, but I think my analysis is considerably better. For instance, "Nattorei can also stop Hitmontop cold." Doesn't mention Hi Jump Kick at all.

[Overview] <p> Hitmontop's main role in the previous generation was as a bulky UU Rapid Spinner, but his proficiency as a revenge killer with Technician and access to multiple priority moves gives him the unique ability to wipe out many threats currently running rampant in the B/W standard...