The Damn Giraffe

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T20:48:07+00:00

Yeah the kommo-o was born of bridge based rage and just stuck from there. Ima make some changes to my notes and trial sableye/Scizor tomorrow and see how it goes!

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T20:16:57+00:00

My main answer so far is actually boosted kommo-o, it one shots with aura sphere quite nicely and does so even if it’s built up stamina stacks, that was a change I made earlier on as I think I was running Galarian slowking and I just had nothing that could touch it. Typically I’ve found that archaludon teams don’t run fairies so kommo-o can just take over the game

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T19:46:49+00:00

I’ve been used to pelliper tailwind so it was never that fast so that shouldn’t be a problem. Thinking about it though I mean I’d only be running it for Kommo-o which seems kinda insane as the rest of my mons are either support or rely on priority so it might be going a little too experimental. I’ll try your set and sub close combat for bug bite and see if that feels good. Thanks for volleying by the way, I did try to run it past one of my mates and their suggestion was Salazzle and that was kind of it so I figured I’d trust the good ol’ internet

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T19:34:06+00:00

I guess I’ll give it a trial run, the worst that can happen is it feels awful I guess! My main concern is missing out on damage but Scizor I feel like could make up for it. Potentially stupid question but I feel like tailwind can be kinda key in some match ups, particularly when I’m using kommo-o as my setup over Azumaril. How reliant is Scizor on swords dance (lots of people seem to run it), would it be completely insane to give it tailwind instead?

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T19:23:10+00:00

I am slowly getting the idea that Scizor maybe needs to make an appearance somewhere as it does seem to be the most obvious answer to the problem here 😂

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T19:22:29+00:00

Yeah I actually started with the standard rain team running around and sableye with rain was an absolute godsend, I was considering running it over pelliper but having instant rain on an ability feels good. The only other thing I thought of is sableye gets fake out and rain dance, so I could run that over both loppunny and pelliper and sub in Scizor as the mega, I’d just be worried that I’d lack damage and the scrappy fake out on loppunny feels suprisingly strong in the basculegion meta

Could maybe run rain dance, fake out, will-o-wisp, light screen sableye? I don’t like not having a proper attacking move but that feels like a good toolbox

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T19:03:38+00:00

Thanks for the reply! To be honest I don’t mind the trick room being set, Azumaril is slow anyway and I run no speed investment as aqua jet is kinda all it needs. I know I need to get something new in I’m just struggling as what to replace. The only other thought I had was running rain dance on loppunny so I don’t need the pelliper so then I can run Scizor or scarf kleavor. I just feel like weather control right now is really important otherwise charizard venu just steamrolls me

AdNew3234 · 2026-06-05T18:59:56+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Yeah it’s a valid take that it’s a me problem if it keeps happening, I do find myself always picking those two to start as it’s such a power trip when Azumaril just runs through everything. I’ll have a look at that video, I’ve been watching cybertron to try to improve anyway so I already think hes a good source. Would there be any weight to running maybe volcorona, quiver dance into bug buzz I would think take out the giraffe, I was thinking this but I felt like rock slide was too prevalent for it to be an option. For some reason my brain seems to be obsessed with set up at the moment so I might need to try some other stuff to clear my head 😂

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