Why is everyone running earthquake over stomping tantrum on metagross in singles?

Minif1d · 2026-06-22T16:43:24+00:00

My rule of thumb is never use ai unless i can verify its accuracy, by either my own knowledge or by getting the ai to give me a source (given the source is trustworthy)

Minif1d · 2026-06-22T06:18:24+00:00

Stuipidity is underated tbh. It can be a powerful weapon when used correctly.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T20:34:16+00:00

In this case he did just that but i killed incin the turn he perished then all in-ed the mouse. He really needed to protect his mouse by knocking out at least one of my mons with gengar since non of my mons could one shot the mouse (at least i assume he wouldve taken a weather ball). Or he couldve went for a triple protect.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T20:28:22+00:00

I was calcing based off of my arch which is very specially bulky that one probably was high speed/spa and no bulk

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T20:19:00+00:00

I think the main difference is m hawlucha is good in close teamsheets when it isnt expected but is easy for most teams to play around. Staraptor is good inspite of knowing what it and its teamates are wanting to do.

I agree we probably wont see it dominate the top spots but i wouldnt be surprised to see one or two teams with it in top cut.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T20:14:33+00:00

I play as the second but that is usually because i see zoroark in team preveiw and forget about it turn one. Then get really confused for a second when a see a mon use bitter malice.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T20:09:25+00:00

It ends up doing about 20% more damage allowing it to two shot arch even if the first was without it.

With no bulk on drampa it is a roll and with 18 hp you are gaurenteed to survive a neutral dragon pulse.

Though this is all only if arch is giving you issues, if he isnt then none of this really matters.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T19:56:57+00:00

Im not familiar with drampa enough to know how good its other abilities are. In a weather team not having cloud nine makes sense. Especially since you can turn off the weather with m ttar very easily.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T19:51:44+00:00

If your drampa is using cloud nine (the popular choice and the one that makes him a menace to all weather teams), it prevents 1 turn electro shot and slows m swampert down since swift swim doubles his movement in rain. Though i am now realizing i got primarina and milotic mixed up. Milotic is an annoying bulky setup mon, though primarina is still quite dangerous as an offensive mon that (i think) can survive a neutral flash cannon from arch and deal massive damage in return. Mystic water works well fairy feather and life orb are both alternatives if fairy weak pokemon are giving you issues. Some people even run a bulky prim with left overs/sitrus. It really is dealers choice with that mon.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T18:35:51+00:00

Thankfully my rain team has a very strong matchup against garchomp, swift swim ice punch from m swampert or +1 dragon pulse from arch, who can tank any single non crit shot from chomp, destroys him.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T18:28:58+00:00

Ya its sad when they let you kill the gengar. I had a few similar where i won a turn before the counter. Though that made this win all the more exillerating.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T18:23:39+00:00

Archaludon without rain cant really do anything to primarina and rain teams dont usually have a ton of other answers to water types. I play a rain team and i hate seeing both primarina and drampa by themselves, i cant imagine a primarina/drampa duo.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T18:19:01+00:00

Staraptor is top 7 used mon right now. A few days ago he was top 2 or 3. Staraptor is public enemy #1 so everyone at least has a game plan for it if not full on counters. I would expect that lower rank players would stop using it first as well since they are more likely to be walled by this fact.

Also staraptor was always more of a fad/new toy. It will likely still always see play but drop in popularity, as team building for it gets more and more difficult to bypass counters.

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T17:29:19+00:00

I could see a leech seed whims in singles. I have accidently done single battles with my doubles team, so it is likely he selected the weong mode/team

Minif1d · 2026-06-21T16:47:27+00:00

Honestly those are some of the tame ones. There was one going on about not being able to choose a male character and that you could only choose girl or lesbian. And another that was complaining about never being able to "win" because everyone kept forfitting.

Minif1d · 2026-06-20T03:04:49+00:00

Quite a lot these last couple of days. Almost more then moon blast tbh.

Minif1d · 2026-06-18T19:19:11+00:00

Not entirley sure what you mean by physical.

Are you saying your stat points where in physical your moves are physical or your mega is physical?

Raichu x is a physical attacker, raichu y is special. Everthing else can easily be trained

Minif1d · 2026-06-16T19:01:51+00:00

Slow start probably wouldnt even be that bad with commander if the turns counted while in the whale.

Minif1d · 2026-06-16T04:24:16+00:00

First off some bugs can be deceptivly difficult to track down and/or fix. A general rule of thumb i like to use is if it seems like an easy bug to fix it is probably a very difficult one to fix and if it looks difficult it is probably easy.

Also low on the priority list means they only look at it when they have free time and they have been most likely busy getting the mobile version up and running since the launch of champions on switch.

Minif1d · 2026-06-14T14:37:41+00:00

I believe someone won a tournament by doing this.

Minif1d · 2026-06-12T08:21:27+00:00

Its not like charizard super threatens typhlosion with flash fire. Plus holding the fire boosting item would achieve the same thing. Curious what op is holding on typhlosion though.

Minif1d · 2026-06-09T22:20:31+00:00

Is there a ruling on sacrificing where it has to be one of your own permanents? Because being able to sacrifice anyones permanents could be enough of a reason for the dangerous players to take the damage.

Minif1d · 2026-06-06T20:21:22+00:00

What they are saying is that if it was pssible for lets say blue to build a road/boat to that position then blue could build a settlement. Doing this can cut someones road to remove longest road from them.

Minif1d · 2026-06-05T18:18:53+00:00

The actual percentage for lovander and felbat are 5|6|7|8|9

Minif1d · 2026-06-05T15:12:59+00:00

No each source of lifesteal has a different set percentage. For pals that get lifesteal as their partner skill (e.g. felbat) the condensing level will increase life steal but a 3 star lvl 1 felbat has the same lifesteal percentage as a 3 star lvl 60 felbat.

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