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Something in your party with Fake Out could help. I battled Giovanni Costa (The most recognized Evoboost player in VGC) and he used Whimsicott with Tailwind and a Psych Up user. (U74W-WWWW-WWW7-4ZP8 Replay for reference.) Togetic and the Rotoms stand out a bit for that. Excadrill to take...

Anyone look into Qwilfish at all? It's a intimidate user that can take a few hits from Thorn and Kartana, it has access to taunt, and it can run Haze to prevent Eevee setups. My big concern with it is that it's pretty passive.

Been using Butterfree as a silly gimmicky way to respond to a lot of dedicated hard trick room teams. Inner Focus/Mental Herb Oranguru gets shut down and Porygon2 doesn't run protect most of the time so it can't block it and either switches to death fodder or accepts fate. Oranguru is pretty...

Regigigas doesn't really work in OU. While Slow Start is active it becomes a glorified Dunsparce, and it has to survive the whole five active turns in a tier filled with things that prevent it from working. Keldeo, Garchomp, Landorus, Sableye, Rotom, Slowbro, Hippowdon, Skarmory, Thundurus, Sub...

Gonna bring up this guy as usual. Blastoise is a criminally underused threat in general. It has fantastic type coverage, power, and bulk, making it capable of checking common threats such as Talonflame, Aegislash, Ferrothorn, Loppuny, Gengar, Most Dragons, Slowbro, Metagross, Landorus...

Seconding that. People have tried this with every other Mega but historically it hasn't worked out. All the CHoice Specs Zards and Crit Absol come to mind. If it wasn't viable before, it won't change even as a set to fake people out.

This one was a bit of an oddball from one of the wifi battle competitions. Sudowoodo @ Weakness Policy Nature: Jolly Ability: Sturdy -Sucker Punch -Stone Edge -Earthquake -Rock Polish The Sudowoodo died instantly during the competition as expected, and his Weakness Policy never triggered the...

Since it's been a good while I'd like to come in here and bring up Mega Blastoise. Blastoise @ Blastoisite Ability: Rain Dish EVs:252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDef Modest/Calm Nature - Scald - Aura Sphere - Dark Pulse - Ice Beam There are very few things that can win 1v1 against this thing, and...

Honestly You'd be better off with a different clefable set altogether. Cosmic Power Clefable is more of a shenanigan than anything. It may sound good on paper but its prone to phazing, revenge killing, kinda slow, and Heatran loves to jump you. Also Life Orb is a must because with Magic Guard it...

It runs a nice Dragon Dancing set, and being able to go mixed helps it. It really is just a case of a good Pokemon dealing with too much competition at what it does. If anything though, it does help serve other Pokemon with similar roles do their job nicely. Kinda a wingman to stuff like Kyruem...

You could always look into Yawn or Roar. It has a nasty tendency to get set up on by the likes of Suicune, Azumarill, and Gyarados. Honestly I don't understand why Blastoise doesn't have a reliable recovery move. Between Charizard getting Roost, and Venasaur getting Synthesis/Leech Seed/Giga...

Is it honestly worth using Blastoise as a Rapid Spinner anymore? Threatening Aegislash straight out of the box was one of its main appeals, and ever since the ban its not only lost that, but Starmie has found itself making a comeback as arguably the best offensive Rapid Spinner. Seems like the...

Don't Use This: Greninja @ Life Orb Ability: Protean EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 Def Nature Timid - Hydro Pump - Extrasensory - Ice Beam - Dark Pulse Why It's Bad: Dark Pulse Greninja was relevant when Aegislash was dominating the meta, but with its recent banning Dark Pulse is redundant...

You'll get used to the legendary Pokemon, as common as they are they are and as much as you'll find yourself rolling your eyes at that flying tiger, you'll be screaming "WHY GARCHOMP WHY" at the top of your lungs just as much. Now on to your actual team Hawlucha @ Sitrus Berry Unburden 104 Hp...

Because it has too much trouble getting anything in general really done in a Metagame filled with Talonflames and Azumarills and getting smashed in by wallbreakers like Mawile, Gardevoir, Medicham, and Heracross. Not to mention it lacks the offensive presence or bulk to really do anything...

To answer as best as possible; Common scarfers murder it, Sharp Claws doesn't boost QuakeEdge coverage, many common threats give it trouble setting up, priority is everywhere.

I think you're confused as far as what can be considered supporting teammates. It can Pivot, Spinblock, force switches, pursuit trap, and even revenge kill with priority. Support doesn't mean slapping down some screens and passing healing, supporting means being a big asset to the rest of your...

Blastoise @ Blastoisite Ability: Rain Dish EVs: 232 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe Modest Nature - Scald/Water Pulse/Hydro Pump - Dark Pulse - Aura Sphere/Ice Beam - Rapid Spin Mega Blastoise is one of the best Rapid Spinners an offensive team could have. Having both Bulk and hitting incredibly hard...

Don't want to sound like a jerk, but this set doesn't work well at all. If you're playing doubles, Protect is needed for mind games, dealing with priority attacks, blocking status, and all sorts of similar things. On top of that, anything that requires set up in Doubles, especially VGC, needs to...

Mega Banette also has the pretty significant issue of requiring a turn before Prankster actually works due to Mega Evolution mechanics, meaning you would either have to come in and find a moment where Banette can threaten to KO the opponent with Knock Off/Shadow Sneak or use a slot on Protect. I...