Recent content by ShanWow

Won v.s. gimmepie, had no answer for Raikou unfortunately https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pokecommunity-gen7ou-258358

Pokémon Showdown username(s): Shan of the Dead Clan member or substitute: Clan Member Time zone: GMT -6 Central Time Are you interested in being a clan head?: No

Blaziken due to unique placement.

252+ SpA Rotom-Wash Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Charizard-Mega-Y: 248-294 (83.5 - 98.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO It already lives a Thunderbolt from full without Special Defense investment. This calc was with a Modest nature Rotom-W too. The 12 Special Defense EVs do nothing unless you can think of...

Z-Splash boosts your Attack 3 stages though most people just run Swords Dance + Life Orb. Z-Parting Shot is pretty strong, it heals the Pokemon that switches in, in addition to lowering opponent attack stats. This allows you to heal up your sweepers and give them a weakened target to set up on...

You want Rest as Politoed has no other form of recovery and you don't want your only Rain Setter to die as a Swift Swim team lives and dies on the Rain setters' survival. No idea why you would run Eject Button over Damp Rock. U-Turn does the same thing as Eject Button except you deal damage...

Good for you? We're talking about viable use in OU, not Monotype. Pelipper gets U-Turn that allows it to act as a pivot, 100% accurate Hurricane, and Roost which is more reliable than Politoed's Rest. Better movepool, better abuser of Rain, I see 0 reason to choose Politoed over Pelipper.

Pelipper getting Drizzle gives Rain teams another lead, most people would say it's completely taken over Politoed's niche. Alolan Marowak is surprisingly strong with excellent bulk and decent damage, it's slow and gets rekt by Knock Off so probably UU though. Ash-Greninja is a fantastic late...

Psychic Terrain prevents any grounded Pokemon from being hit by priority moves. e.g. If Tapu Lele were to be running Air Balloon it would still be hit by Bullet Punch. This means Flying-types can still be hit by priority moves in Psychic Terrain. I've personally tested these situations. Light...

Not sure about their viability but Hail teams received significant buffs for Gen 7. The addition of Slush Rush and Aurora Veil make them far more threatening than they used to be. I'm sure you've heard but the Ultra Beasts are running rampant at the moment, mainly Pheromosa but I've seen...

I think Shiinotic looks to be pretty terrible. A very low BST of only 405 (Torracat has 420 for reference) makes it struggle to do anything particularly well. It has some great moves in Spore, Leech Seed, maybe Strength Sap but won't live long enough to use them. Maybe it can be run as some sort...

At no point did I give any advice. I was pointing out the flaws in TrendyHipsta's strategy. Could I have been less *patronizing? Sure, but it was done for emphasis. We're discussing the viability of Pokemon at a competitive level which means we assume our opponents have a decent understanding of...

Wut?! Why would anyone use Shadow Sneak while Psychic Terrain is up. Oricorio wouldn't even get a chance to Hurricane as it's slower than Mimikyu and easily OHKOed after a SD. Your Dugtrio would then come in, break the disguise then get OHKOed. Your "sweet victory" relies on your opponent...

Did you just assume their gender? Check your privilege. But seriously, they're not supposed to have genders. They have no reproductive organs to identify what they are. Legendaries don't breed at all so they have no use for Genders.

Tapu Koko ------> Tap Kok One Hit KO move against Male Pokemon. Will fail if used against Genderless or Female Pokemon.