What is the best team for Wo-Chien to be on? I'm not that great at knowing what pokemon go good together.....
Wrong thread, this is the UU simple questions simple answers thread.I'm REALLY struggling with Tera Bug, Flash Fire, Bulk Up Ceruledges right now. It's super frustrating and I have no idea how in the hell I can beat it with my squad.
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The major problems is that assuming it's using the normal spread of Careful, 252 HP / 200 SpDef / 56 Speed, these things happen:
-Skeledirge can't do much to it. Torch Song is nullified by Flash Fire, and Shadow Ball doesn't do enough damage. If I commit to my Fairy Tera on it, then it just clicks Bitter Blade and outregens my damage output.
-Gren does nothing to it, just because of all of the special bulk and Tera-ing out of its Fire and Ghost typing.
-Tusk does literally nothing to it outside of smacking it ONCE with a Knock Off, then all the damage being negated by Bitter Blade. Rock Slide/Stone Miss on Tusk is too unreliable either due to not enough damage vs +1/+1 Bug Ceru, or lack of accuracy.
-Scizor dies. When Scizor comes in on the +1 Bug Ceruledge, Technician boosted Aerial Ace (which used to be Thief for the Dengo matchup) doesn't OHKO it. (67.2 - 79% vs +1/+1 Ceru)
-Corvi can't wall it because of Bitter Blade.
-Gastro can't touch it because of its bulk, and it just sets up on Gastro.
I'm seriously at a loss here. This is one of the few only sets that my team can't handle at all.
You are correct, and I am a complete moron.
Tier Leaders usually have the final say. The current UnderUsed tier leaders are Lily and Indigo Plateau.
apparently built by Mimilucha and had a v tough time if they didn’t try to set up on King
You could opt for a more defensive spread on Tinkaton which would allow you to handle any +2 moves coming for Polteageist (except the rare Tera Fire Tera Blast). Something like this should work :Hmm how do you guys beat Polteageist?
Been using
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I would not recommend it. Armarouge is mainly used as an offensive threat whi can threaten a lot of things thanks to its great special attack and massive coverage (Fire + Psychic + Grass/Fighting). While you can find some variants with bulk alongside CM + Weak Armor + defensive Tera (like Water), Armarouge's weakness to Stealth Rock and overall meh defensive typing doesn't allow it to be a good user of the Assault Vest.
You mentionned one of the reason, the other is the ability to bypass Quagsire with a Grass-type Tera Blast. Quagsire is a great check to Gyarados which can't be beaten if you're not using this set or a Taunt / Substitute variant. Overall Tera Grass + Tera Blast allows Gyarados to mess around the opponent by switching Gyarados typing while also allowing it to hit for a lot of damages Water-types which can be annoying sometimes. However, since this set rely a lot on Tera, it's not the most common one since Taunt and Substitutes variants (alongside Leftovers) are also great to pressure Water-types / Quagsire.
We have a few options like Pelipper, gyarados, slobro, iron leaves (kind of) and quagsire, so it might not be too much to handle. Quaq's set diversity will definitely be an issue though. You can prepare for SD or bulk up and then it just choice band u-turns on you.
It's a best of 3 tournament similar to Open or Masters, but instead of being all SV, you'll choose the UU generation you like best in your signup. When you play your opponent, you'll play SV as the first game, and then in the next game you play the loser's chosen tier, and if g3 is applicable you play the winner's chosen tier. Not sure which gens will be available yet; will keep y'all posted on that. Lemme know if there are any other questions!
Sorry I missed this!
This is what helpful people do on Smogon as opposed to Sulo who laugh reacts your genuine questions - thanks!
There isn't a dedicated thread for teambuilding advice since it'd go pretty slowly. I'd recommend joining the discord server (click for link) as I think it's the best place to receive feedback for your teams. The UU room on PS also has people willing to help.
Thank you! I'll be sure to do that! I really appreciate the help, UU has been fun to play and I feel like starting on this tier was a good idea as an introduction to competitive pokemon.
