May 4, 2016, 06:32 PM
Rain Rain go away and come again another day... or get banned with all the other weather abilities.
Yeah I have to agree with Marc on this one that most of the initial teams will have some variations of Rain with Drizzle Politoed being extremely influential. Kingdra is an absolute monster in rain teams so be prepared to deal with these things with special walls like Snorlax, Clefable, Chansey/Blissey, Azumarill, or heck Ninetails to reset the weather to Sun. Honestly, there Johto Pokemon are either extremely good or mediocre in this format since we have things like Scizor, Heracross, Suicune, Tyranitar, Politoed, Feraligatr, Raikou, Entei, Azumarill, etc. Then you have... the lackluster ones like Meganium, Yanma, Unown, Sudowoodo, etc which I like... there's no way I'm not using these when the others are far better for a reason. One example is Azumarill as this thing can take on all three weather Pokemon: Ninetails, Tyranitar, and Politoed with hard damage from either Play Rough or Waterfall and its the only strong Fairy-type Pokemon not named Clefable that's really good. Porygon2 is going to be really annoying to kill if players don't have some responses for it like Toxic, Knock Off, or a Fighting-type. Despite all the weaknesses it has, Tyranitar is just as versatile and strong in this format as in almost any kind with its wide movepool, Dark/Rock STAB to hit everything neutrally, Sand Stream and unpredictable sets. Probably the biggest threat is Suicune as the Crocune set alone can beat most things in a 3v3 sitiuation unless the Pokemon has Water Absorb or is an Electric-type (why I think Lanturn might be good this time). The Kanto Pokemon are just as potent given we have things like Clefable, Drought Ninetails, Venusaur, Dragonite, Zapdos, Gyarados, Snorlax, Starmie, etc that are just going be as good as the Johto starters. Heck we might even see Rain v Sun weather wars.
I'm going to list all the "viable" Johto Pokemon that will be in the competition so here they are.
Yeah I have to agree with Marc on this one that most of the initial teams will have some variations of Rain with Drizzle Politoed being extremely influential. Kingdra is an absolute monster in rain teams so be prepared to deal with these things with special walls like Snorlax, Clefable, Chansey/Blissey, Azumarill, or heck Ninetails to reset the weather to Sun. Honestly, there Johto Pokemon are either extremely good or mediocre in this format since we have things like Scizor, Heracross, Suicune, Tyranitar, Politoed, Feraligatr, Raikou, Entei, Azumarill, etc. Then you have... the lackluster ones like Meganium, Yanma, Unown, Sudowoodo, etc which I like... there's no way I'm not using these when the others are far better for a reason. One example is Azumarill as this thing can take on all three weather Pokemon: Ninetails, Tyranitar, and Politoed with hard damage from either Play Rough or Waterfall and its the only strong Fairy-type Pokemon not named Clefable that's really good. Porygon2 is going to be really annoying to kill if players don't have some responses for it like Toxic, Knock Off, or a Fighting-type. Despite all the weaknesses it has, Tyranitar is just as versatile and strong in this format as in almost any kind with its wide movepool, Dark/Rock STAB to hit everything neutrally, Sand Stream and unpredictable sets. Probably the biggest threat is Suicune as the Crocune set alone can beat most things in a 3v3 sitiuation unless the Pokemon has Water Absorb or is an Electric-type (why I think Lanturn might be good this time). The Kanto Pokemon are just as potent given we have things like Clefable, Drought Ninetails, Venusaur, Dragonite, Zapdos, Gyarados, Snorlax, Starmie, etc that are just going be as good as the Johto starters. Heck we might even see Rain v Sun weather wars.
I'm going to list all the "viable" Johto Pokemon that will be in the competition so here they are.
