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Resource Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer: Monotype Edition
- Thread starter Elliot
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Easy question for you wizards I'm sure!
Im having trouble deciding if I want to run clod/quag on my ground team. I feel like Excadrill on my team is just such a valuable piece to ground and helps with picky matchups.
While quags unaware provides me solutions to a lot of the problems in this meta.
https://pokepast.es/32e463eb13689b40
That's the pokepaste to what I would be running with the addition of quag, and the removal of excadrill
What is best to run and why?
Im having trouble deciding if I want to run clod/quag on my ground team. I feel like Excadrill on my team is just such a valuable piece to ground and helps with picky matchups.
While quags unaware provides me solutions to a lot of the problems in this meta.
https://pokepast.es/32e463eb13689b40
That's the pokepaste to what I would be running with the addition of quag, and the removal of excadrill
What is best to run and why?
DaRotomMachine
I COULD BE BANNED!
Clod should be run over Quag in almost every situation. Quag is too much of a Momentum sink is is useless agianst Grass types that hit Ground super effectively. Also CLod should pretty much always be Water Absorb on Ground, but Unaware could work. It also provides Toxic Spikes for Ground.Easy question for you wizards I'm sure!
Im having trouble deciding if I want to run clod/quag on my ground team. I feel like Excadrill on my team is just such a valuable piece to ground and helps with picky matchups.
While quags unaware provides me solutions to a lot of the problems in this meta.
https://pokepast.es/32e463eb13689b40
That's the pokepaste to what I would be running with the addition of quag, and the removal of excadrill
What is best to run and why?
(Damn it its my 500th post I was planning for it to be something else)
Honestly since this team is going for Sandless the Clod/Quag core is extremely nice. Quag helps check gambit and Chien-Pao, I would also suggest running a spread of Max HP, 160def, 96 Spd, Careful on Clodsire. Allows for clod to avoid the 2hko for scarf gren ice beam and meow's flower trick.Easy question for you wizards I'm sure!
Im having trouble deciding if I want to run clod/quag on my ground team. I feel like Excadrill on my team is just such a valuable piece to ground and helps with picky matchups.
While quags unaware provides me solutions to a lot of the problems in this meta.
https://pokepast.es/32e463eb13689b40
That's the pokepaste to what I would be running with the addition of quag, and the removal of excadrill
What is best to run and why?
If you go for Excadrill then you would have to make a sand base team
DaRotomMachine
I COULD BE BANNED!
Is Cloyster going to be banned from BW Monotype now that its been banned from OU, as BW Mono follows the BW OU banlist?
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Monotype tiers in general aren't usage-based tiers so it will never be in alignment with what OU is doing (since BW Mono is an official tier). Usually more niche gens like 1-4 will just add the standard OU rulings + STC to start the metagame off but bans from OU itself aren't ever reflective in Monotype. Cloyster is an alarming issue in BW OU so if it was UU/RU by technicality it'd be banned in those respective usage-based tiers. For example, Gems are allowed in BW Monotype while not in BW OU. Past generation tiers don't follow usage-higher tier bans anyways due to the tier not being current gen - it's weird to ban Cloyster in such a tiny pool compared to a large BW OU player base.
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DaRotomMachine
I COULD BE BANNED!
Are there any other viable sets for Meowscarada besides Scarf?
Boots and Choice band exist.
Boots makes Meowscarada a good offensive pivot with utility in hazards to put on more pressure or Sucker punch if you feel like getting away with that.
Choice Band hits like a truck shocking no one.
Turns out boosted STAB everything hurts.