350 cup

Spritzee Ban

     So, in my metagame 350 Cup, I decided to end the previous suspect by banning Spritzee. I chose to do this for several reasons. The main one was due to the level of bulk the Pokemon offered, being able to take minimal damage from most attacks, and heal it off quickly. The other reason was the Pokemon's ability to support. With aroma veil as an ability, it's unaffected by taunt and therefore able to run full support moves to help it's team. As a combination of these things, it was centralizing the metagame around itself and had to go. Have fun in the new version of 350 Cup!

Wonkymons

Wonkymons XY

     Some of you guys may remember Wonkymons from last generation. It was a metagame that takes place in Ubers, and every Pokemon got a random ability. It was quite the fun metagame, and it's back in XY with a vengeance. With everything getting a different ability than last time, it's a new metagame that doesn't resemble it's BW counterpart. It has a load of new threats and interesting Pokemon, and is overall a great metagame. I had the privilege to play against it's creator today, and observed a couple of things.

Charizard and Tyranitar

     The first thing I noticed when I was making my team was that two new mons got huge/pure power. They were Charizard and Tyranitar. These Pokemon are now extremely powerful, capable of OHKO/2HKOing most walls with a band, or offensive Pokemon with a scarf. Although in my battle, neither accomplished much (Tyranitar going down turn one, and Eevee's Zard almost dying to priority, and then being brought down by a scarcer), it was easy to see how powerful they are, with a scarf stone edge from TTar nearly OHKOing a Xerneas. Because of this, it is easy to see why TEG plans on banning these Pokemon.

Dialga

     The other Pokemon I wanted to talk about is Dialga. Dialga was the star of our match, being able to abuse it's great new ability shed skin in order to easily set up with bulk up and sweep his team. I will say it's pure luck that I used that set, as my team was made by randomly spamming Pokemon I thought might be good. The set I used basically abused bulk up + rest (forgoing sleep talk due to shed skin) in order to avoid status and eventually sweep. In the end, this set caused him to forfeit due to the amount of stalling it would require for me to eventually win (he had no way of breaking it), and that is how the battle ended.

Wonkymons is a great tier, and should definitely be checked out by any readers here.

Smogon Thread

Our Battle

350 Cup

350 Cup

     350 Cup is a metagame that I randomly thought of one day. The basic concept of it is that Pokemon with a base stat total equal to or less than 350 points, gets their base stats doubled. This means that the stats of a Pokemon such as Oddish's go from the mediocre 45 / 50 / 55 / 75 /  65 / 30 to the excellent 90 / 100 / 110 / 150 / 130 / 60. Due to how large everything's stats become after the change, the tier takes place in the Ubers metagame, where formerly LC pokemon now compete with the other edge of competitive battling.

Darumaka and Pawniard

     Although 350 Cup takes place in the Ubers tier, it has one major difference - 350 cup is willing to ban things that prove themselves to be broken. The first mons that this happened to were Darumaka and Pawniard. Darumaka was an insane threat in the tier, boasting an amazing ability in hustle, a huge base 180 attack stat, and a great STAB move in flare blitz. It's power was so great that with sun out and a choice band, it was able to 2HKO Giratina! 

252+ Atk Choice Band Hustle Darumaka Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Giratina in Sun: 294-347 (58.4 - 68.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

     With a move as powerful as that, it did not take very long for the Pokemon to get locked out of the tier. The other ban, Pawniard, was for a bit of a different reason. Boasting insane stats, and a great ability in defiant, it was capable of breaking through most of the walls of the tier, and preventing use of the move defog. The offensive pressure of it, and the huge level of bulk it brought (with 90 / 140 / 80 defenses), allowed it to completely dismantle teams.


Overall, I am proud of how the tier 350 cup is, and I hope you'll try it.

Diggersby

STABmons Suspect

     Recently, TheEeveeGeneral told us that the Pokemon Diggersby is being suspected in STABmons. The reason it is being suspected is that it has great offensive stats, and the ability to use the extremely strong combo of fake out + extreme speed to break down opposing sweepers. It also has the ability to sweep itself, with access to incredible set-up moves such as belly drum and shell smash. If these weren't enough, it also has a secondary ground typing, so it is able to plow through the steels that would normally wall it.

Pro-Ban Reasoning

     It is a Pokemon that is supremely difficult to wall, able to destroy almost any would be counter after setting up, or just through it's power and coverage. A Pokemon that would otherwise wall it, Skarmory, is severely damaged due to it's access to the move wild charge. There is only one real counter to Diggersby, Gourgeist, but this Pokemon is excessively mediocre otherwise, and generally not worth running. Diggersby is not just a wall breaker, but an efficient Pokemon against offensive teams as well. It is capable of KOing many sweepers with the combination of fake out + extreme speed, which is enough to kill the momentum of many teams. Overall, I believe that Diggersby is a supremely powerful Pokemon, and should be highly considered for a ban.

Blog Intro

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Hello, this is TheBurgerKing99, and this is the intro to my blog. The basic goal of this blog is to cover the other metagames community on smogon, and to help it gain exposure and popularity. I will be doing things such as reviewing metagames, providing coverage on tournaments and other events, and just doing basic posts. I will also allow other prominent members of the OM community to guest posts.