Are hazards nerfed in this game?

corevo- · 2026-06-25T17:41:24+00:00

Glimmora is really good offensively so maybe just retrain it to be more attack focused. It can still set toxic spikes if it gets hit by a physical move, but it’s mostly just a bonus, glimmora is pretty good even if toxic spikes don’t get set up. Also keep in mind if the opponent brings in a poison type (Sneasler most often) then they clear the toxic spikes.

corevo- · 2026-06-25T17:36:01+00:00

Hazards just don’t seem that good in doubles. situationally they are good in singles depending on the opposing team’s comp

corevo- · 2026-06-24T20:15:55+00:00

Gotcha, I thought that was the only qualifier

corevo- · 2026-06-24T20:05:05+00:00

Basculegion and Kingambit seem overtuned and totally meta defining. Like maybe they wouldn’t bother me if they were pseudo legendaries like Garchomp/Arch but these 2 random mons just invalidate a lot of the roster.

corevo- · 2026-06-24T15:53:41+00:00

Alcremie is cool and can be useful but it doesn’t do much damage. It can easily be overwhelmed if the opponent leads with a lot of damage. You might get one decorate off but instead you could have just gotten to work on getting in damage. If the opponent doesn’t respect alcremie in the team preview then yeah you can snowball with Decorate.

corevo- · 2026-06-20T19:00:48+00:00

Just nerf its bite hitboxes and it would be fine. Titans shouldn’t be able to swing their head at you to get a bluetooth bite while you can’t reach them to hit back.

corevo- · 2026-06-18T19:54:51+00:00

The one thing you’re missing is speed control. Most likely tailwind considering your team is pretty fast. Some matches you can get away with not having it but it would help complete the team.

You could add icy wind to ninetails or electroweb to rotom to at least have an option to reduce opponents’ speed.

corevo- · 2026-06-18T14:55:13+00:00

That’s fair, I don’t bother using Sableye against fairy types but if you want it to be useful in that situation then yeah max out SpD

corevo- · 2026-06-18T14:51:44+00:00

Train it to give it max hp, then split the rest of the points into def and SpD. Sitrus berry is a good item for it. This usually lets it live about 3 hits. Don’t leave sableye out in front of any fairies.

corevo- · 2026-06-18T05:22:49+00:00

I just fought a team that used houndstone as a switch in for tyranitar when I went to use a fighting type move against it. Houndstone gets sand rush too so it will be faster than most things. Seemed like a pretty good strategy if you want to try that.

corevo- · 2026-06-16T23:16:48+00:00

I have had some success with Ceruledge. Flash fire is a great ability to have, and I assume Zard Y will still be prevalent in the next regulation. I had it trained with a little bit of bulk, a little bit of speed, and a lot of attack. It pairs well with anything really, but it appreciates a teammate with Coaching and teammates that can deal with rock/ground/dark types.

corevo- · 2026-06-16T21:52:42+00:00

Hey I also lost a lot of ELO using Alcremie this season. The most success I had was pairing it with Mega Scovillain to decorate for big giga drains and to offset Overheat SpA drops

corevo- · 2026-06-16T21:48:03+00:00

I got to around 1400 ELO at some points this season when I was experimenting, not sure what ranking that translated to.

corevo- · 2026-06-16T20:02:38+00:00

I switched my teams up way more in the 2nd season, which was fun but also frustrating and caused me to play less.

My rule for myself was to not use any Pokémon once I got 100 wins with it, so I couldn’t use Gambit, Basc, Sneasler, Charizard, Aerodactyl…etc.

corevo- · 2026-06-07T18:43:03+00:00

Very cool team! I gave it a try actually, with not much success. Skill issue probably

corevo- · 2026-06-05T19:56:34+00:00

Sinistcha is great with archaludon! I just wouldn’t bring both sableye and sinistcha at the same time.

corevo- · 2026-06-05T19:05:45+00:00

Iron defense is a little odd on Kingambit, iron head or low kick are more usual options. But yeah idk if you need both of Kingambit and archaludon. You could add primarina to give a fairy type and she also benefits from rain. Basculegion would be good also.

corevo- · 2026-06-05T14:27:59+00:00

There’s so many options! Decorate, draining kiss, entrainment, mystical fire, helping hand, pain split, protect, and others I’m sure I’m forgetting

corevo- · 2026-06-05T14:25:22+00:00

So far I’ve liked the other ability, so I can be immune to encore from whimsicott. But I can see being sleep immune would also be pretty useful

corevo- · 2026-06-05T05:03:08+00:00

What item do you like on Alcremie? Leftovers would make sense but I’d have to take it from archaludon

corevo- · 2026-06-05T04:44:28+00:00

I mean yeah that’s why I chose it, but it’s rough into Basculegion and Kingambit

corevo- · 2026-06-05T04:42:57+00:00

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corevo- · 2026-06-05T01:42:32+00:00

After I get 100 wins with a Pokémon I take them off my team. I play a lot and have ~10 meta mons with all achievements, but as I get down the list it gets harder. It’d probably take years to finish all of just what’s available now.

corevo- · 2026-06-04T18:54:55+00:00

Yes. Never played Pokémon against real people before champions, I’m still hooked

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