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I figured I’d ask this, but does Tropius have any sort of merit in this tier? It has access to Dragon Dance and a pretty decent physical Movepool, so I think it has some sort of usage
The thing is, Xatu is much easier to pursuit trap than Espeon. My personal use for Baton Pass was so Espeon could switch without pursuit to worry about. Oh, Batonpassing Calm Mind is a good option too. Xatu and Espeon are both decent dual screeners as well.
Oh, so that's why skarmory's been a popular defoger as of late. Because defensive spinners suck. Also the reason I've seen the occasional Magic Bounce Xatu and Mega Absol.
Are you saying that the offensive spinners, like MBlastoise and Excadrill,are the only useful ones? I might be missing the point here.
EDIT: I'll agree that Gavantula should be booted down. Sticky web is not that useful, and Gavantula goes down too quickly for reapplication. It's got a unique...
I understand that, but a quad weakness to a common and powerful type just doesn't sit well with me. I cannot deny the awesome that is Magnazone, but maybe lack of levitate/ magnet rise being useless is just me being nitpicky.