The inherent haxy nature of Sleep makes this strat somewhat degenerate, so I might also consider quickbanning this.ģ) Triage and Zeraora - The reason i list these two together is while Triage is a potent offensive ability, fat Triage grasses are also one of the few things keeping Zeraora in check (due to priority Strength Sap) without resorting to Volt Absorb. The only real counters to this strategy are Magic Bounce mons that resist the Stab move of choice while not being hit SE by any of it's coverage moves and immensely fat mons that can afford to burn some sleep turns and survive the +4 attack once they wake up. It's not the only possible abuser though, as the Rotoms can run similar sets as can Raichu-Alola. With Chandelure pretty much forcing us to slap regenvest on our ghost switchins, HypnoGar can abuse 100% accuracy hypnosis to get enough boosts to break through mons that would usually check it. While Nailah used No Guard HypnoGar in the beginning of gen 8 (I was using Bounce Mandibuzz so it never felt like a big issue to me back then), it's been relatively absent since then so we didn't get to see it in action. Despite wanting to hold off on any bannings until the forum tour concludes, this is the one thing I'm considering quickbanning.Ģ) No Guard + Sleep inducing moves - This is a relatively new addition to the posthome meta.

Even then, the fact that the second category of sets is being considered is an indication that this is most likely too powerful. The good news is it does actually have switchins such as AV TTar, Goodra and to a lesser extent Hydreigon and Incineroar as well as Normal types with Flash Fire or Primordial Sea. With that being said, here are the specific mons and strats that I'm keeping an eye on:ġ) Chandelure - Pretty much everyone who has played STAAAB knows what this does - it's basically Keldeo but more powerful, slower and weak to rocks. At the same time, I feel like a part of the 'mashup experience' (for me at least) is finding fun and powerful sets that often border on broken, so I don't want to dilute the offensive threats too much. My impression so far is that the meta is a bit too saturated with extremely powerful offensive threats which makes it hard to reliably check everything - leading to a metagame that skews offensively (not necessarily a bad thing) and making some games a bit too matchup based (a bad thing). The forum tour has lead to new players regularly joining roomtours which let us see some previously underexplored sets in action. Third - My thoughts on the current metagame and considerations for future bans: The reason for that is I don't want to interfere with the metagame too much as this tournament has already lead to deeper exploration which put some more things on my radar and I fear that quickbanning too much stuff is actively detrimental to the goal of ultimately arriving at a balanced metagame. However, I'm very likely going to hold off on forming it until the currently running forum tour ( ) concludes, as that's ideally when most of the decisions regarding suspects, bans and potential unbans are going to happen.

Second - there will absolutely be a council, as long as there are people willing to join it. Hopefully I can make the right decisions and keep the metagame as fun and as balanced as possible. First I'd like to officially thank Drampa for letting me lead STAAABmons. Spheal Rank (stuff that only spheal has been able to use)Ĭlick to expand. Zekrom (Choice Band, Choice Scarf, Leftovers) Kyurem-White (Choice Scarf, Choice Specs, Leftovers) Reshiram (Choice Scarf, Choice Specs, Leftovers, Life Orb) Jolteon (Charizardite Y, Lucarionite, Pinsirite) Hydreigon (Absolite, Blastoisinite, Cameruptite, Diancite) Shedinja (Focus Sash, Heavy-Duty Boots, Safety Goggles)ĭarmanitan-Galar (Choice Band, Choice Scarf, Mewtwonite X)

Mew (Absolite, Diancite, Lopunnite, Manectite, Sablenite) Gyarados (Audinite, Lucarionite, Salamencite) Rotom-Wash (Absolite, Banettite, Diancite, Latiasite) Lucario (Altarianite, Lopunnite, Pinsirite) Snorlax (Aggronite, Banettite, Sablenite)Ĭhandelure (Charizardite Y, Houndoominite, Lucarionite) Terrakion (Aerodactylite, Diancite, Lucarionite, Metagrossite)ĭragapult (Absolite, Diancite, Pinsirite) Silvally (Absolite, Ampharosite, Gyaradosite) Rotom-Heat (Banettite, Charizardite Y, Latiasite) Lunala (Choice Scarf, Choice Specs, Leftovers)

Okay, it took way too long, but we finally have a viability ranking for STAB 'n' Mega for the Post-Home meta!

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