Dec 10, 2016, 12:50 AM
Even though terrains were introduced back in Gen 6, the introduction of the Tapus as "setters" has lead to various team compositions really on them. Though I'm only speaking about VGC, there's the potential to combine both terrain and weather together to formulate some unexplored strategies, cores, and teams which have yet to be explored. One example is Alolan Muk and Tapu Bulu since Grassy Terrain cuts the damage of Earthquake by half as A-Muk gets progressive recovery. Psychic Terrain has fairly been useful to block out priority for both Hyper Offense and Trick Room which have to contend with them.
Thing is for VGC, I can see all Tapus being viable in some fashion. Even Tapu Fini who has been slightly shafted could get usage to block out Status Conditions, which we've seen Toxic / Wisp run strong. Almost every team now has a Tapu to at least counter balance each other especially Koko, Lele, and Bulu who do receive damage increases. Definitely consider having respective counters for these Tapus since they are the among the strongest mons introduced this gen.
Thing is for VGC, I can see all Tapus being viable in some fashion. Even Tapu Fini who has been slightly shafted could get usage to block out Status Conditions, which we've seen Toxic / Wisp run strong. Almost every team now has a Tapu to at least counter balance each other especially Koko, Lele, and Bulu who do receive damage increases. Definitely consider having respective counters for these Tapus since they are the among the strongest mons introduced this gen.
