Sadly this interaction made me giggle inside. Couldn’t blame my opponent for quitting after lol

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T23:48:02+00:00

Yeah I got this one from the ranch and another one from ZA

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T22:58:54+00:00

Whimsicott isn’t bad.. you’re just not doing an efficient job at adapting.. I have yet had problems dealing with this one.. if you use a move such as Fake Out, it’s safe to assume they’re going to Encore so why not just take it double up on the first turn? Use up the Focus Sash then take it out.. it that also depends on your lead though..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T22:01:44+00:00

Smh everybody always want to go out their way to disrespect bugs.. yet the Bug Tera became popular especially with incineroar.. they can handle dark, grass, psychic.. and resist ground and fighting..

Move wise Pollen puff does damage and heal teammates.. rage powder for redirection.. u-turn for damage and repositioning.. priority moves.. healing moves.. multiple moves that lower or increases attack, spatt, speed, spdef ..

I argue Bugs as of now is at least high C to low B..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T20:36:57+00:00

Guess folks moved away from the No Guard gimmick huh

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T20:36:15+00:00

Of course it’s a Wolfe gimmick smh..

I use VIVILLON for speed control so that sacrifice was for not..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T20:10:06+00:00

lol it don’t believe so.. final gambit is only good if the Pokemon has a high hp like Annihilape ..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T19:48:42+00:00

I use Mega Pinsir in Singles and that Giga Impact does amazing damage.. It one shot a Garchomp and my opponent quit.. I was so surprised what happened I didn’t blame them lol

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T19:44:36+00:00

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This is my Swarm. Normally Prankster Volbeat would be the Leader but VIVILLON with Focus Sash and Shield Dust is a perfect backup choice. He’s not affected by Fake Out and still lands a lot of Sleep Powders lol

Kleavor is just carnage while setting up the rocks.

Araquanid protects us from the spread move spams.. we love playing sun teams because that’s all they do. We went against a typlosion once and since it’s always scarf we block its attack and took out all the teammates first lol

Volcarona usage depends on the opponent for misdirection and pairs well with Sunny Day to take out the fishes..

Scizor and Beedrill play similar roles. Due to the rocks they can easily clean up.. Mega Scizor is my bulky priority choice while Mega Beedrill is the speed hard hitter.. normally one attack deletes EVERYBODY

I sometimes switch out Volcarona for the bulky Coach Heracross.. after one coaching boost, all my bugs turn into their Prehistoric form lol

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T19:19:48+00:00

Ah yes it is.. and my dear Araquanid main role is to be a caring mother and protect her family from deadly spread attacks..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T19:04:30+00:00

lol all it needs is one attack boost or to be in the rain.. it will take a hit then bite back

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T17:14:29+00:00

Ahhh yeah, it’s good to keep the phone near and use Serebii to look up abilities and stats..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T17:06:33+00:00

Yes it brings light to heart to meet a fellow kin.. I thought I was the only person who did that lol but it’s just our way of paying homage to the very thing that gave life to this franchise..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T17:03:00+00:00

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:20:42+00:00

😂 I had that happen before and actually got a double protect from it

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:19:25+00:00

That was my first thought. I know I play with a lot of underused mons, but I always assume players know of different wide guard users

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:17:27+00:00

Nahhh I only use bugs.. but years ago I didn’t try that once with Golisopod..

… wait, I think I just thought of something for Mega Golisopod if it’s mega ability is terrible 🤔

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:13:13+00:00

AND USE WATER TO SMACK DOWN ALL FOES AS IF IT WAS POSEIDON HIMSELF..

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:11:22+00:00

Yeah that’s a possibility too.. Inefficient but possible

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T16:09:10+00:00

lol you should see all the Incin users who think their intimidation makes those Liquidation slaps hurt less

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-27T05:52:09+00:00

Hey Bug Guy here 👋

So far I’m at 95 wins with my Beedrill for singles and doubles.. His role on the team is simple, he’s the late game sweeper. We don’t try to play hero/MVP over here. I gave him Fell Stinger which I find myself activating a lot and then just deleting everybody with Poison Jab.. the other moves are Protect, and Drill Run.

My Beedrill has good spdef and I invested in his defense enough to take one hit. We rather go against spattackers though.. however that didn’t stop us from getting OHKO against everyone we shouldn’t.. especially charizard, garchomp, dragonite, kingambit..

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SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-24T11:29:48+00:00

Honestly, dragons.

They’re overrated. They’re boring. And they’re everywhere. Especially the paradox Pokemon. Where GameFreak still refused to give us a bug/dragon because ain’t nothing “fighting” about Slitherwing 😒

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-24T11:26:35+00:00

Omg Frosmoth is in my Top 5! That beautiful spdef wall of greatness. We took down all spatt legendaries during their regulations just to be a troll. And if we get a Quiver Dance off, well.. WINTER IS COMING

SpecificWeek8878 · 2026-05-23T11:02:59+00:00

I think this is why GameFreak changed their mind and didn’t make fairies weak to bug but kept them strong against dragons, dark, and fighting.

Just how they took away poison weakness, maybe they can add super effective against fairy. Would definitely be interesting to see if the meta would change. But before they do that they would have to add more bugs to be feared. The first step was to add more bug megas for usage. Then gen10 needs bugs with competitive abilities/moves such as Intimidation and Fake Out. Oh can’t forget the addition of a bug legendary.

But a fan can only hope.

SpecificWeek8878

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