r/stunfisk • • 12d ago

Mod Post (SQSA) Simple Questions and Simple Answers, or FAQ: Getting Started? Breeding, EV, and Nature Questions? Looking For A Moveset? Ask here!

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Welcome to the SQSA thread! Beginners are always encouraged to ask questions here to start off their journey—but remember, if you want help with your questions, you need to give thorough information to the Stunfiskers that are willing to help you!

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r/stunfisk • • 1d ago

Mod Post Team Bazaar Tuesday - Post the teams you've had recent success with here!

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Welcome to Team Bazaar Tuesday! This is a platform for you to post the teams you have built in a more casual setting than RMT posts, similar to the Smogon Bazaar Threads.

#Rules:

  1. Your team must be posted in either pokepast.es or pastebin.com
  2. Your team must be posted as a comment reply to the corresponding metagame comment (OU, VGC, Other)
  3. Please add a short description about your team/teambuilding process.
  4. Don't hesitate to respond to other people's teams to ask questions or share your experiences with the team!

r/stunfisk • • 9h ago

Discussion Who is the most broken “regular” Pokémon in Smogon Singles?

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Currently, there are a total of 12 “regular” (no Legendaries, Pseudo-Legendaries, Starters, Paradoxes, or Ultra Beasts) that are currently banned to Ubers in their respective generations. They are the following:

Wobbuffet (RSE & DPP)
Wynaut (RSE & DPP)
Machamp (DPP)
Cloyster (BW)
Aegislash (XY & SM)
Dracovish (SS)
Galarian Darmanitan (SS)
Annihilape (SV)
Espathra (SV)
Palafin (SV & Champions)
Volcarona (SV)
Gholdengo (Champions)

Which of them do you think is the most broken in their respective generations?

EDIT: Mega Evolutions are not included in this list. I don’t think it would be fair to count them as “regular” Pokémon.

EDIT 2: I forgot to include SV Archaludon, Sneasler, and Ursaluna-Bloodmoon lmao. Not that it matters since I don’t think they are anywhere near the most broken of the bunch.


r/stunfisk • • 17h ago

Smogon News Shedinja has been restricted in National Dex Mix And Mega! (it could equip cornerstone mask to get Sturdy and become effectively immune to all direct damage)

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r/stunfisk • • 18h ago

Discussion Why is weather ball not showing up as water? It’s in the rain

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r/stunfisk • • 15h ago

Team Report 10 y/o me would be so disappointed to learn that Emboar, in fact, doesn't learn V-Create.

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Yes, this is serious teambuilding.


r/stunfisk • • 16h ago

Discussion Top 500 players in randbats: what percent of your games are unwinnable from the start due to bad matchups/leads? 0%? 1%?

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Pretty much the title, I'm honestly just interested to know thanks


r/stunfisk • • 5m ago

Discussion remember when we got scared of eviolite bisharp?

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body text(i aint an analysist so i cant do much instead of asking the question)

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r/stunfisk • • 14h ago

Smogon News Champions OU (6v6 singles) Viability Rankings update 10/13

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r/stunfisk • • 1d ago

Discussion What is the worst weakness a Pokémon can have? Not counting 4x weaknesses.

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For me, it's being weak to Fighting. No matter how bulky a Pokémon is, if it's weak to Fighting, it's going to get destroyed by a STAB Close Combat from most Fighting-type Pokémon.


r/stunfisk • • 14h ago

Team Building - Other Metagames Somewhat bizarre Maggron AVtar terrain team. Please share your dubious wisdom so these derelict chudmons can reach mid ladder. [National Dex]

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Schizo team breakdown:

Rillaboom - The monkey summons his beautiful lawn (grassy terrain) to provide sustenance to his friendarinos (teammates), and hamper dastardly earthquakes from making me very sad. He uses his Walgreens pesticide (terrain extender) to get more grass per grass. His large wooden hammer bludgeons foes for good damage even against resists. He has also learned the secret techniques (grassy glide) from the Tibetan monks, allowing him help stop threats like SDSS Garchomp, Barraskewda and Swampert in rain, Hammurott, and Wokerpon. With knock off he can remove the enemy’s tricky tools, and he can u-turn to wear down foes. The entire team is mostly bulk so I have invested in his hp helping get more terrain per game.

Volcarona - Grassy seed physdef Volc is a set I am very fond of, allowing this obese arthropod to even survive stab physica rock moves sometimes. Flame body can make opposing phys attackers very sad but it’s mostly just a bonus. Quiver dance is self explanatory I hope. Giga drain allows him to recover large amounts of flesh, and is strengthened by the grassy terrain. Bug buzz is secondary stab. Fiery dance is the main attack/rng button. It also beats the steel types that resist like everything except Tusk.

Aggron - The wall etc etc. Aggron is a massive matchup fish. It walls some troublesome pokemon. It can pretty consistently wall Kingambit, Tyranitar, Dragonite, Scizor, Mawile, Rillaboom, Rockypon, Meowsc, etc. With terrain you can add Exca, Chomp, Lando, and so on to that list, and even without terrain it still can with good positioning. Waterpon is also walled unless it decides to get lucky with its casino stick. Also a very good knock off absorber. Can set rocks pretty consistently. But he also has some very bad matchups, namely Yzard, Heatran, Volc, Moltres, Ceruledge, and also Gholdengo. Luckily AV Ttar beats most of those. SD drain punch Iron Hands is also a problem matchup. You also want to mega as soon as possible, as switching in base Aggron is hard. Rocks are rocks. Curse over ID lets him also use heavy slam more effectively and kinda fucks trick room. Body press is the important move, and heavy slam is stab. Ive also experimented with dragon tail over rocks. Maggron is a gimmicky chud but he’s MY gimmicky chud.

Tyranitar - With the help of his fashionable vest, big man can tank the special hits Aggron can’t. Destroying Charizard, pursuit trapping Ghold, you know the drill. And physical mons who would beat him are usually beaten by Aggron, unless they are an especially high power fighting type, in which case Mola and Volc can help. He very much appreciates the grassy terrain. Ttar knock off is extremely spammable, and ston edge can do huge damage. Fire punch is specifically slotted in to catch Ferrothorn off guard, who is otherwise problematic. Standard bulky attack evs.

Alomomola - The keystone here. Mola’s wishpass is the only reason this AggTar wall core works. It wears a funny hat, and can burn with scald. Mola can help wall a few physical attackers that can beat Aggron, and can punish pivoting. Toxic can combine with the rocks, helmet, and sand to rack up passive damage. He can flip his turn and make a wish upon a star.

Great Tusk - you will NEVER guess what Great Tusk does. He sets the sneaky pebbles and spins rapidly. Ice spinner does have some antisynergy but it’s important for Lando and Gliscor and Garchomp. Headlong rush gets around the EQ nerf for high ground damage. Lefties are kinda a filler item.

This team definitely has some good matchups, but there are some very bad ones. Waterpon is extremely annoying if it sets up. Zapdos and Moltres can cause problems if Tyranitar is incapacitated. It gets absolutely fucked by burn. It’s just barely viable I think but there a big holes.

Mandatory replays.
Decent Aggron endgame

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2697900556

Aggron doesn’t do much in this game, but Tyranitar puts in the fucking WORK

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2697580250-jtsn7jwdpcnqfqywle1ya07w2gs9m84p


r/stunfisk • • 4h ago

Discussion I Hate Archaludon

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In general, I don't like pokemon that are clearly made for competitive play but usually I get it and it doesn't get in the way of me enjoying vgc or playthroughs. Archaludon is different.

If it didn't have the stamina ability or its own signature move that is OP with any rain setter, then I wouldn't be making this post but that is not the case. This mf is so tanky and hits for so much damage that I truly cannot stand it. I'm playing pokemon champions on my phone and, if you don't know, you're basically at the whims of the pokemon the app gives you so I don't have any ground types and Archaludon keeps running through my entire team and ruining any win streak I have. Fuck this ugly ass pokemon and please for the love of God game freak stop making these OP, clearly made for vgc pokemon

In conclusion, fuck Archaludon.


r/stunfisk • • 1d ago

Discussion After almost 4 years of playing randbats, I've finally made it to the top 500. This is the greatest achievement of my Pokemon "career"

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I consider myself an OK player, usually hover around 1900 in randbats and 1400-1500 in OU formats. Had a great run in the past few days and finally hit a target that I've always thought was out of reach. 3 of my last few games were won by SP kingambit


r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday I lost count of how many Scarf Garchomp I saw at the last regional

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r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday Chad

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r/stunfisk • • 1d ago

Smogon News Natdex Almost Any Ability has a new Viability Rankings update!

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Big shoutouts to chien-pao for viably running its regular ass ability


r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday Thanks, Gen 1 Movesets!

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r/stunfisk • • 23h ago

Discussion How am I supposed to know how many of the very bottom pink currency I’m supposed to have???

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r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday knowledge was meant to be shared

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r/stunfisk • • 11h ago

Spoiler Estoy creando un juego para eventos Amistosos de Pokemon,(algo como pokemon showdown)solo para eventos principales,con sistemas de torneo progamados,etc,etc,estoy creando el sprite de mega garchomp z:a si me quedo¿les gusta?

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r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday Salamence is no longer in top 3 now

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r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday I love the fat plant

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r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday Tread Carelessly

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r/stunfisk • • 1d ago

Discussion (Thought Experiment/Discussion) 35 Pokes: Champions VGC Edition - What would a meta look like if teams could only use this randomly generated pool of 35 Pokémon?

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(Inspired by the 35 Pokes OM)

Title says it all. I made a randomized list of 35 Pokémon (taking from every single Pokémon in Champions, excluding some of the strongest megas.)

In a much smaller pool of Pokémon, what do you think will be the best Mega? What would team strategies look like? What unexpected Pokémon would rise to the top? What would the viability rankings look like?

What kind of team would you build?

I'll be happy to see what you all think.

(Clarification: You can only use the exact form as shown. No Rotom-Wash. No Lycanroc Midnight. Megas can of course be used without the stone)


r/stunfisk • • 2d ago

Stinkpost Stunday Indeedih being a counter to M-Golisopod is funny

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