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Baton Pass chains allow for stat boosting combinations that would otherwise be impossible, or would require so many moveslots as to be impossible. For instance, if you want to boost Defense, Special Defense, and Special Attack on Clefable you will need to run both Charge Beam and Cosmic Power...

Yeah, screens and terrains have never been particularly good in Free-For-All. While they can be helpful in some situations, losing a whole team slot for good setters just hurts too much. Because setup sweepers are so strong, and offensive momentum so unreliable, any team worth its salt has...

The Free-For-All Council has completed its fourth voting slate, and these are the results: * :Chien-Pao: Chien-Pao is banned * :Dondozo: Dondozo is banned * :Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: Urshifu-Rapid Strike is banned * :Ogerpon-Hearthflame: Ogerpon-Hearthflame is banned Tagging Kris and Marty to...

It is on the viability ranking, it's in B. If I recall correctly, it was pretty close to A- but ultimately B prevailed

It has a lot of great moves. Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, Hex, Nasty Plot, Parting Shot, Recover, and Poison Gas all look very good. For more niche options there's Venoshock, Spite, Mean Look, Imprison, Acid Spray and Curse. I'm sure you could create lots of interesting sets with this thing.

As you may be aware, the OU format has recently eliminated Sleep Clause Mod and banned Sleep inducing moves (see their announcement here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sleep-moves-are-now-banned-from-sv-ou-sleep-clause-is-now-lifted-from-sv-ou.3734948/) The Free-For-All council has...

I'd drop U-Turn for Knock Off so you're not completely walled by Ghost-types. The momentum of U-Turn is not as valuable in FFA as it is in other formats, and you'd much prefer the coverage. I would consider using a manual setter instead. Scream Tail is very reliable at setting, and having to...

I know a lot of people are going to be upset by this, but it needs to be done Pecharunt is banned in Generation 9 Free-For-All Tagging Kris and Marty to implement, thank you in advance Pecharunt's signature move Malignant Chain inflicts the badly poisoned condition which would be far too...

So I do see a number of problems with your team. First and foremost, and probably the single biggest mistake I see on just about every FFA team, is that you really don't have much longevity. A lot of your team is on the frail side, and almost nothing here can recover lost hit points. This means...

A quick addendum on the DLC bans for Free-For-All :Terapagos-Stellar: Terapagos is banned Coaching is banned Decorate is banned Dragon Cheer is banned Floral Healing is banned Tagging Marty and Kris to implement, thank you in advance Terapagos-Stellar is clearly an uber level threat. While...

The Free-For-All council has voted on our banlist changes going into Indigo Disk, and these are the unanimous results: Bans :Lugia: Lugia :Ho-oh: Ho-oh :Darkrai: Darkrai :Reshiram: Reshiram :Zekrom: Zekrom :Kyurem-White: Kyurem-White :Solgaleo: Solgaleo :Lunala: Lunala :Necrozma-Dawn Wings...

We have updated the Viability Rankings for the DLC release. Check it out here! In addition, we have four new sample teams to choose from. The old ones were seriously outdated, so I'm very happy to get some good ones out there. :Dondozo::Blissey::Corviknight::Clefable::Clodsire::Skeledirge...

Blissey is a great addition to any FFA team, and if you're having trouble with Ghosts then Shadow Ball is a very natural move choice for it. I actually have run that Gholdengo set with Shadow Ball Blissey on the same team. Mandibuzz would also be a good choice here, as it has better type synergy...

I really like the Nasty Plot/Recover/Flash Cannon/Shadow Ball set for Gholdengo. It's got the typing and reliable recovery to stay on the field throughout the game, a great STAB combo that's hard to answer, and is really hard to answer. It's one of the big threats I always consider in...

The Free-For-All Council has gone over everything from the new DLC drop, and concluded its necessary votes for our banlist: Toxic Chain ability is banned Darkrai is banned Shaymin-Sky is banned Blood Moon Ursaluna is banned Tagging Marty and Kris to implement Darkrai and Shaymin are obvious...

This post has been a long time coming, and it's time to just say it out loud: the Generation 9 Free-For-All metagame is not in a good place. While the council disagrees on the degree of the problem there is consensus that the team-building constraints are so severe that if you want to be...

The Free-For-All Council has held its first Post-Home vote, and we have a few bans to hand down. Ursaluna Free-For-All is a format that favors bulk over speed, where the chaos of 4 players gives offensive powerhouses ample opportunities to come in for free. In other words, our metagame was...

Amoonguss kinda needs max SpA to do its job consistently: 252+ SpA Amoonguss Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garganacl: 156-186 (38.6 - 46%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery 252+ SpA Amoonguss Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Dondozo: 192-228 (38 - 45.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after...

It has come to our attention that Eternatus was missed in our banlist. This is on me, I missed it when compiling the list of box cover legendaries coming with Pokemon Home, and at each step I might have noticed that it wasn't there I just didn't. I apologize for that. Eternatus is banned in FFA...

Pokemon Home is upon us! The FFA council held a last-minute vote, and agreed to also unban Zamazenta's base form so we'll be in sync with OU on this issue. Tagging Kris to implement Free-For-All's bans and unbans with Pokemon home: New Pokemon Bans :Arceus: Arceus (all formes) :Calyrex-Ice...