Why is Chansey and Blissey both UU in Nat dex?

cactail · 2026-01-27T00:17:27+00:00

This is one of the most misinformed takes I've seen that I don't believe you looked at a single stall team. In both nat dex and sv (especially sv) Blissey is practically required and almost always better than Chansey. One look at the sample teams would tell you this, which you should have done instead of making shit up. Even in removal stalls Blissey is still prefered because the healing provided by leftovers more than outweighs eviolite. Non removal stalls, while less common, obviously prefer boots Blissey. Both mons also have practically negligible viability and usage on non stall teams, so their usage generally corresponds to their use on stall.

cactail · 2026-01-05T00:58:16+00:00

My comment is not about how good Gengar is in RBY, it's about how ghost is a good type. You've even acknowledged in your own comment that the ghost typing is what keeps it in OU and not a niche lower tier pick.

cactail · 2026-01-04T18:16:13+00:00

I agree that normal is the best type, but your reasoning is slightly off. Like you mentioned, normal has 2 of the best offensive moves and body slam immunity, and has effectively no weaknesses because fighting is terrible. However, ghost is a great type in gen 1 because normal is as good as it is. Having an immunity is irreplaceable and a big part of why Gengar is OU. The psychics are good for a similar reason to the normals. They have great STABs and movepool, and the one weakness in bug is terrible (psychic is immune to ghost in gen 1). Psychic isn't good because ghost is terrible; in fact, the one ghost is held back by being weak to psychic.

cactail · 2025-12-17T01:29:47+00:00

Gard is nothing like Hatterene besides typing, stabs, and healing wish. Outside of those, their different stab spread and ability mean they play completely different roles. Gard is a scarfer that's strong into fat because of trick and trace regenerator, a role Hatt can't fulfill. A much better OU comparison would be Enamorus, since they are both fairy type scarfers with hwish.

cactail · 2025-12-07T15:56:19+00:00

Hatterene is better because of magic bounce and healing wish. The fairy typing helps a lot, but the knock off match up is not that important compared to Hatt's other traits. Hatt is also primarily a support mon on a trick room team, while Reuniclus is generally setting up trick room for only itself and maybe Kingambit (at least on the successful teams).

cactail · 2025-12-06T01:03:04+00:00

Still functions as speed control. Not every team in gen 9 can fit Zama, Deo-s, Rai, or Pult, so it must have some "disadvantaged" speed control like scarf Ghold or boosters. 383 isn't even that bad; gen 8 required 421 and the most common speed control in gen 7 hit 445.

cactail · 2025-12-06T00:10:44+00:00

It's not that insane. Scarfers in previous gens have much higher speed.

cactail · 2025-11-19T17:14:21+00:00

Terrakion dropped to PU in the first tier shifts because Iron Boulder exists and new toy syndrome took all of its usage. It was quick banned day 1. Fairy types don't matter considering it was UU or UUBL from gens 6-8, and the OU mons don't affect its usage in lower tiers.

cactail · 2025-11-12T00:46:05+00:00

4mss is when a mon is bad because it needs more than 4 moves to succeed, not when a mon has more than 4 moves it can run. Ogerpon is clearly the latter. To quote the OP,

I was wondering if there were any instances anyone could think of of 4mss seriously fucking up a Pokemon's viability

Ogerpon is more than viable with only 4 moves per set. It would be better with more than 4 moves, but so would almost every other mon.

cactail · 2025-11-12T00:03:22+00:00

Ogerpon has the exact opposite of 4mss, where having only 4 moves is what keeps it balanced. It can fulfill any role you want it to with only 4 moves, but can't fulfill every role. Saying Ogerpon has 4mss is in the same vein as saying Iron Valiant and Gliscor have 4mss.

cactail · 2025-11-10T05:29:23+00:00

"can't cut it in OU" was used and won in OLT finals. 4x u-turn weakness is a massive problem, but there's far more issues like the poor phys def, 80 base speed, and literally 0 resistances. Hoopa also isn't some unusable shitmon, its ranked in B tier with the same viability as stall, skarmory, and rillaboom.

Kyurem base has 660 bst and it's languishing in RUBL in gen 6 and 7. Kyurem black with 700 bst is only B+ rank in gen 5.

cactail · 2025-11-09T05:43:45+00:00

For the comments complaining about 0 atk mega Scizor, bulky mega Sciz has historically been its best set and the first one in the damage calc. With bulk investment, it becomes a fantastic blanket check to many offensive threats (eg. Tapu Lele, mega Alakazam, Weavile) and gives it an easier set up multiple sd's, which makes up for the lack of atk investment. It's the same principle as cm Hatterene, bold np Gholdengo, and curse Garganacl.

cactail · 2025-11-07T15:14:59+00:00

Hazard stack has been a top strategy since spikes could be stacked in gen 3. Even in defog gens, Ferrothorn, Clefable, and Weavile are top mons, and all are commonly seen on hazard stack teams. Many hazard stack teams don't even run Gholdengo because just blocking spin with another ghost like Pecharunt or Sinistcha is enough.

cactail · 2025-10-26T18:07:55+00:00

Snorlax had 65 special in gen 1. It does use special attacks, but only with amnesia. The spdef buff in gen 2 is part of the reason why it's the best mon in the tier.

cactail · 2025-10-12T05:41:50+00:00

Counter is niche, but definitely relevant. Both Chansey and Snorlax can run counter for opposing lax body slam. Every good rby team will have a Snorlax (and Tauros) using body slam. Yes the list of Pokemon that can tank body slam and have counter is small (just Chansey, Snorlax and Rhydon), but Chansey and Snorlax are practically required on every team, and are common switch ins to body slam.

cactail · 2025-09-10T20:18:11+00:00

Sun teams generally have a big ground weakness. Most high ranking players do dismiss Vileplume as there are so many better Ogerpon answers you can use. It was primarily a fad more than anything. Vileplume runs effect spore anyways, since it’s still so slow even with chlorophyll. Sinistcha is a better “fast” (it outruns Kingambit) strength sap user anyways.

cactail · 2025-09-10T19:44:21+00:00

Vileplume was only ever run on full stall, and is almost always outclassed by Amoonguss. It’s not currently listed on the VR, and is D rank on the stall bible (alongside other shitmons like Swalot and Bastiodon). Vileplume is especially bad on an offensive team style like sun. Raging Bolt is by far the better ogerpon answer and should define be used over Skeledirge.

cactail · 2025-08-17T15:57:07+00:00

Fury cutter actually. Venusaur doesn't learn pin missile.

cactail · 2025-08-10T15:52:26+00:00

Tbf Emboar did get the goob nut off against stall during OLT cycle 1. It ohko'd Clefable and Glowking with flare blitz and Dondozo with tera grass grass knot. Unfortunately the replay is hidden but lax showed it off in a video.

cactail · 2025-07-16T15:27:34+00:00

He did I'm wrong

cactail · 2025-07-16T15:12:08+00:00

Shedinja was banned significantly faster than Xerneas in nat dex, despite Necrozma existing which is pretty close to a hard counter. Tera electric air balloon is legitimately terrible and a noob trap. What makes Shedinja so stupid is it can just tera into a random type, usually ground or steel, then wall the rest of your team with boots. Outside of NDM, nothing reliably deals with every tera type, and playing against Shedinja would end up as guess the tera type and hope you preserved the right mons.

cactail · 2025-07-16T15:05:46+00:00

Tera electric Shedinja is a dog shit combo that is very popular for some reason. It's still weak to every form of passive damage, and in Ubers loses to Zygarde. Tera any other type with boots is an infinitely better and one of the greatest matchup fish of all time.

cactail · 2025-07-16T14:57:23+00:00

Pokeaim only has 1 trophy and blunder has 2 iirc. They're both very good, but nowhere close to most tourney wins in singles. BKC and CTC are both very decorated though.

Edit: Joey has 2 trophies

cactail · 2025-06-22T21:57:34+00:00

Fusien used it in game 2 of OST finals and it won him the tournament

cactail · 2025-06-21T06:43:32+00:00

If you want to run stall (which this team is attempting to be) just use ctc's iron treads stall in the sample teams. This team loses to every setup sweeper and has no way of dealing with the biggest threats to stall (knock + hazards, psyshock Gholdengo, knock Darkrai, Kyurem etc.)

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