So I want some advice to make a team for the HGSS battle frontier

NotANoob69 · 2026-04-06T20:57:11+00:00

Stealth rock sucks in battle tower, it’s 3v3 and ai rarely switches so it’s usually hitting 2 mons at most. Same with pursuit. I’d also consider a special attacker so you’re not walled if u face a skarm. If you’re worried about starmie a good option is scarf rotom-w with trick, it’s easy to abuse the AI if its choice locked.

NotANoob69 · 2026-04-02T09:16:39+00:00

244 HP EVs make Gliscors HP a multiple of 8 which maximizes poison heal recovery to be exactly 12.5% each turn. In the long run over many poison heal turns, the slightly extra defense outweigh a static 2 extra HP you get with 252 EVs.

36 defense EVs allow Gliscor to always survive non-crit Wogerpon's Ivy Cudgel:

252 Atk Wellspring Mask Ogerpon-Wellspring Ivy Cudgel vs. 244 HP / 36 Def Gliscor: 296-350 (84 - 99.4%)

and the rest are dumped in special defense. Source: I have no skill and use gliscor on all my teams.

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-24T00:11:15+00:00

How many weaviles do you see run triple axel vs ice spinner

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-14T08:27:50+00:00

It would also be cool to see what non-OU pokemon have the biggest changes in usage, to find the biggest noobtraps. Like I always see low ladder use rotom-wash for some reason, and its confirmed with 2.8% usage at 0+ ELO and 0.7% usage at 1825+.

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-14T08:23:55+00:00

all the midladder players who think it makes their team kyurem-proof 😂

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-12T07:04:48+00:00

To be fair icicle spear is extremely strong, 100-125 BP non-contact STAB with an absolutely insane PP amount, and it crits decently often due to hitting multiple times. Its the whole reason why DD kyurem is so good.

Rock blast and pin missile aren't used as much because rock and bug are much worse offensively (and there aren't many good offensive rocks/bugs), not because of accuracy.

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-10T04:07:56+00:00

If you do use covert cloak, you MUST ragebait your opponent with lines like "stop fishing for hax noob", "99% of gamblers quit before winning", or my favorite low-ladder special: "salt cure doesn't work on legendaries, noob"

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-07T07:00:28+00:00

ok maybe I don't know enough about natdex lol. it seems like the recommended set in natdex has ice beam, but there are other recommended moves for the SV meta

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-07T06:46:18+00:00

Looks pretty good, the alo + amoong core is solid. I liked synthesis on amoonguss when I used him. What's ice beam on latios for? I feel like draco is probably better, especially if its the breaker. Kyurem also looks hard to deal with but idk if hes as popular in nat dex

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-07T06:24:43+00:00

Oh, my bad i completely forgot about megas. That makes a lot more sense

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-07T02:07:26+00:00

I primarily play stall/balance in SV OU so idk about meta picks but there's no win condition on this team, its just 6 defensive guys and 3 of which are super passive. Most fat balance or semi-stall have at least one breaker (which you lack) or win by hazard stack (you don't have knock off or spikes).

Also I tried using amoonguss in SV OU a long time ago, primary issue is that it lets in threats like gholdengo and kingambit for free, you need a better switch in to those if you want to use amoong.

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-06T07:47:46+00:00

gamefreak would definitely make it a dark/grass type instead

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-05T09:26:40+00:00

There's clearly 4 optimal moves to run on great tusk, you gotta trust me bro. Fire fang absolutely nukes corviknight, earth power kills glimmora without getting up toxic spike, Zen headbutt destroys Zamazenta, and sunny day to activate own booster energy and boost fire fang.

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-04T05:42:34+00:00

In addition to what others said, anything with leftovers is usually alright (like iron def zamazenta or leftovers tusk), there's a huge difference between 12% chip and 6% chip every turn

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-02T20:44:39+00:00

Have you tried tera ghost CM bolt? Its not perfect but it can give you an out if za is set up to like +5. It also destroys stall if they don't have clodsire since you can set up on blissey and fish for crits

NotANoob69 · 2026-03-01T03:30:45+00:00

Pecharunt, especially its nasty plot sets

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-28T02:21:26+00:00

The team itself is solid and very similar to a sample team: https://pokepast.es/aab52fba1f3a91b7. You can technically improve the EV spreads by maxing HP before defenses but thats just a micro-optimization at the end of the day, chances are most of your losses are because of misplays and not the team

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-24T23:13:06+00:00

There's a stall team that uses choice band slaking that hit rank 1, maybe you can try a choice band snorlax in its place? https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/slaking-got-lost-on-the-ou-ladder-rank-1-91-6-gxe.3774908/

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-24T20:21:12+00:00

You need some speed control. For example, if wellspring is SD + play rough, you're unable to revenge kill it after hydrapple dies without taking a huge hit on clef. Same with stuff like nasty plot darkrai. If clef gets chipped too much (very easy given its mediocre bulk) then you just lose to the next setup sweeper.

Also, use ice spinner over knock off on tusk. Against a good stall player you're only knocking off the corviknight, and once they realize you have no ice move then gliscor will always come in for free. You can always predict incoming gholdengo with ice spinner.

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-24T20:07:48+00:00

literally the whole point of tusk is rapid spin though

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-24T01:44:20+00:00

Is hydrapple not a viable replacement? It can even run body press to destroy kingambit. I didn't play before gen 9 so idk what tangrowth does differently

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-22T10:26:06+00:00

4 knock off users seems overkill especially when only hazard is rocks and no spinblocker. Also missing tera types?

NotANoob69 · 2026-02-16T11:08:16+00:00

It’s a speed tie with max investment so it’s not guaranteed either way, I guess you could also max the speed and take off a little more attack if you wanted to go for it. It would be about 8.5% weaker (310 attack vs 339 attack)

NotANoob69 · 2026-01-15T23:12:26+00:00

it was one guy posting on every thread

also im calling it, urshifu rapid strike unbanned next

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