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Most Overused Pokemons in the Generation 7 Competitive.

The Evil Mewtwo

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    I noticed that there we're so many Garchomps, Mimikyus, Celesteelas, Tapu Leles, Greninjas and Tapu Kokos being used in the competitive scene.

    What other Pokemons we're being Overused in the competitive scene?
     

    Sirfetch’d

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    according to usage, it would be Landorus-T(in OU)
     
    Zeffy

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    no idea what's popular in cartridge play but definitely Landorus-T and like the Tapus are everywhere when I play in the OU ladder
     
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    There's also a fair bit of Pheromosa, Kartana, Magearna, and Alolan Marowak on the ladder too.

    Zeffy said:
    no idea what's popular in cartridge play but definitely Landorus-T and like the Tapus are everywhere when I play in the OU ladder
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    apparently they don't have usage statistics up for cartridge yet on the Global Link

    tho the Japanese are dominating the leaderboards lol
     
    Nah

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    Pepperton said:
    really, kartana? what set? i havent seen a single one lol
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    I suppose it's not as common as some of the other things, but I've seen it some.

    There were some scarfed ones but I don't really remember much else of what there was
     

    PlatinumDude

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    really, kartana? what set? i havent seen a single one lol

    scarf lele, mega metagross, lando-t, gren are all on pretty much every team
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    Kartana normally runs a Choice Scarf set or a Swords Dance set alongside a Z crystal in order to let it nab a Beast Boost more easily. The former is to let it clean up offensive teams, while the latter lets it break stall in half. I think it's not seen too often because of its pathetic special bulk:
    -Swords Dance
    -Leaf Blade
    -Smart Strike
    -Sacred Sword
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Steelium/Fightinium Z

    or
    -Leaf Blade
    -Smart Strike
    -Sacred Sword
    -Night Slash
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Choice Scarf
     
    Pepperton

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    • PlatinumDude said:
    Kartana normally runs a Choice Scarf set or a Swords Dance set alongside a Z crystal in order to let it nab a Beast Boost more easily. The former is to let it clean up offensive teams, while the latter lets it break stall in half. I think it's not seen too often because of its pathetic special bulk:
    -Swords Dance
    -Leaf Blade
    -Smart Strike
    -Sacred Sword
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Steelium/Fightinium Z

    or
    -Leaf Blade
    -Smart Strike
    -Sacred Sword
    -Night Slash
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Choice Scarf
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    i mean im perfectly aware of its viable sets i was just wondering if there was like some new set that was seeing a lot of usage bc i havent seen much of kartana on the ladder!
     
    gimmepie

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    • Pepperton said:
    i mean im perfectly aware of its viable sets i was just wondering if there was like some new set that was seeing a lot of usage bc i havent seen much of kartana on the ladder!
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    I haven't seen it to the same extent I've seen Lele, Celesteela or Pheremosa but I generally see it every few battles.
     

    ETL.it

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    • A lot of Greninjas and all of the Tapus.

    There were Mamoswines running around for a while, but I think that's died down a bit.

    As far as the UBs, I think I see Celesteela the most. There's also been a fair amount of Magearna.
     
    gimmepie

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    • ETL.it said:
    A lot of Greninjas and all of the Tapus.

    There were Mamoswines running around for a while, but I think that's died down a bit.

    As far as the UBs, I think I see Celesteela the most. There's also been a fair amount of Magearna.
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    I've only come across Magearna once so far. Curious.
    I wonder if the slight differences in what we're seeing has something to do with our ladder placements?
     
    Nah

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    gimmepie said:
    I've only come across Magearna once so far. Curious.
    I wonder if the slight differences in what we're seeing has something to do with our ladder placements?
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    Suppose that's a possibility. I see Magearna all the time though.
     
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    gimmepie said:
    I'm pretty low on the ladder, so if Magearna is more popular with the more skilled players it'd probably make sense for me not to see it much.
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    Eh I'm generally at the 1300s these days so maybe it's not really that then
     

    ETL.it

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    • gimmepie said:
    Yeaaahhh that's the same as me right now so I've got nothin'
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    I think I'm around 1500 on the ladder, but I haven't really been trying to ladder up at all. I've been playing around a lot with different sets and just using different pokes.

    Maybe I just think there's more of it because it can be kind of annoying. :p
     
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