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Wolfey my guy do you mean to display how much you earn per month on your patreon? It shows number of members, posts, and $$$.

Do note that torterra has also gained access to the powerful ground type attack, headlong rush

Yeah and rock blast

He already got this move in Legends Arceus, but now it's an opportunity to use it on the main competitive game

​@@mmmrFelipe888it wasn't nearly as good in PLA though

It was actually made for torterra, probably. In PLA, they added three moves that were only learnable by the starters and three new Paldean Pokémon/forms: Headlong Rush by Torterra and Ursaluna, Raging Fury by Infernape and Hisuian Arcanine, and Wave Crash for Empoleon and Basculegion. The only one that didn't get distributed to other Pokémon in SV is Raging Fury which is still only learnable by Infernape and H-Arcanine. I suspect that they made these new moves specifically for the starters.

For Kleavor, you made a mistake: X-Scissor *is* boosted by sharpness, though the speed control aspect of pounce might play, I think the raw power might make the sharp move more attractive, because Kleavor offers little outside of stealth rocks and damage

I was gonna say the same thing

I use mine as a rapid urshifu counter. water tera and rocky helm, he'll kill himself on you.

@@MrShockzineto be fair, almost anything with decent defense and tera water rocky helmet is gonna be an urshifu counter lol

What Kleavor really needs is a priority move...namely the one that they gave to lycanrock nearly a decade ago and still refuse to distribute to anyone else for some reason.

@@notafan5573 Technically it does get Quick Attack... lol

Hopefully Pokémon starts doing things like this going forward

Yeah. This is definitely something that makes Pokémon that people didn't use or maybe you like it and want to use it more viable.

They already did for the last few gens lol

Moveset alterations have been a thing since Yellow lol

The number of Pokemon who got sick new tools to make them viable was massive in this DLC, I hope they keep that rythm in the futur.

I’m scared to see what they do for emboar

Empoleon finally getting the love it deserves

Yes ❤

That could mean the other starters who are returning in the indigo disk are potentially getting a buff as well

@@crazygalemt I like the way you think

Emp? I’d say Torterra needed it more

@@togekill8686 Tera is Torterra's buff, tbh

You forgot to mention that Empoleon not only got an usable ability, but he also got knock off and flip turn.

and Roost

And Vacuum Wave

It also gets Steel Beam AND Brine, which is just so perfect for Empoleon.

Bruh he got flip turn?

Empoleon being potentially viable is incredible! Excited that the Sinnoh starters are getting some love!

Infernape has been good

​@@PT5-Shortsbut it's..... Infernape 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

yeah it's about time!

Quick misconception: X-Scissor is boosted by sharpness and it does do a ton of damage when on Kleavor. Other than that great vid! Looking forward to finally seeing my bois Shiftry and Kommo-O getting more usage!

Kilowatterel and Roaring Moon also always had Weather Ball and Scale Shot respectively

Roaring Moon always had access to Scale Shot, it was the only mon with access to it by level up

I’ve also been running Weather Ball Kilowattrell since 2022 lol

Banded outrage or scale shot with loaded dice can 1 shot many mons but it’s super fragile afterwards

​@@spacemoose200you can't use two item bro

@@spacemoose200choice band AND loaded dice?

@@spacemoose200 bro was so strong he hacked in two items

Not only did Empoleon get a better ability, it now has access to Air Slash, which might make it a powerhouse.

It still won’t be meta tbh

What does air slash contribute to empoleon? We don't have max airstream anymore

@@Veinelso It's decent coverage and can proc flinches against slower teams. Not exactly a powerhouse move, but it has some merit. Helps it deal with fighting and grass types if it's locked in against those.

When the heck did gaining Air Slash make ANY Pokemon relevant except Togekizz? I swear do these people even play the game?

Air slash sucks. It’s speed is too low to really use its flinching effect and it’s just a weak move without stab

Kilowattrel and Roaring Moon already had access to Weather Ball and Scale Shot respectively. Fun fact, it was Roaring Moon's signature move in Gen 9 prior to the Teal Mask since it was the only mon to learn it.

Roaring Moon didn’t get a signature move, Scale shot was available in gen 8, and I’m pretty sure that Inteleon was able to learn it via TM/TR, along with Sandaconda

@@noahsmith5304 I know, but it was it's signature move in the same way that Water Shuriken was Accelgor signature move in Gen 8 and Expanding Force is Armarouges signature move in Gen 9

@@Hnui03 I see what point you are trying to make, but I always thought that signature moves were only moves that were ever learned by a single pokemon ever. My mistake

No worries. Your definition of it is correct, it's just funny how a normal move CAN BECOME a signature if no other Pokemon learns it. Now this isn't a perfect example, but think of it like Pin Missile in Gen 1 where Jolteon was the only Pokemon to naturally learn Pin Missile. Beedrill gets it but this is beside the point.

Scizor with something like tera dragon is very interesting in my opinion. The only natural threats to scizor are fire types. Dragon resists it. It also resists water and grass. The fact that Ogerpon , rillaboom and urshifu are everywhere, means this will be a very hard counter to them. After it Teras into dragon, it does become weak to Chien-pao and flutter mane, but technician bullet punch essentially ohkos both of them without sash. This on top of the fact that people won't want to bring flutter or Chien pao into a matchup with scizor because it resists ice and fairy naturally. With dual wing beat, it can get rid of the troublesome grass and fighting types everywhere. I'm glad you mentioned this and I plan on trying it out starting today!

Let us know your findings and how effective it is

@@wjt764 for sure man

This is pretty intriguing because I’ve thought about potential tera dragons on certain Pokémon since fire/water/grass cores have been so popular but then I take two seconds and remember, “oh yeah flutter mane exists”

@@mecha5893 exactly but I think scizor specifically checks flutter and at the very least forces a defensive Tera from it! About to start testing right now

@@wjt764 so this is what I ended up figuring out. I must preface this by saying I am in the top 1000 on the scarlet violet online ladder so I am usually playing against standard strong meta teams. Firstly, I had a very hard time bringing scizor into matchups . For some reason, as soon as I started using scizor, I ran into either a farigiraf or indeedee f EVERY GAME. This is troublesome enough as it is but there are more problems with scizor. Scizor is quite slow which means even if it Tera’s into dragon, it can be doubled up onto with neutral moves. Urshifu close combat is a big issue. Chien pao is not actually walled by scizor either. This is because of sucker punch. Since Chien pao is faster, sucker punch will go before bullet punch and it will do 40-50% damage to you. This essentially forces you to deal with Chien-pao quickly which is very hard to do when almost every Chien-pao is running focus sash and protect. Since almost everything outspends scizor, you have to rely heavily on bullet punch and if you cant use it, scizor’s viability decreases substantially. Lastly, bug is not a good stab typing . It is resisted by fire, bug, steel, fighting and poison. I may be forgetting a few as well. This means that even if scizor can get off an attack, with how slow it is, it usually cant do enough damage to pressure opponents into even taking it seriously . Long story short, scizor is bad. What I did learn however, is that ceruledge is VERY GOOD right now. Tera grass ceruledge in particular. It completely walls all of Ogerpons form, it walls heatran , and with a single Bulk up , it walls iron hands , rillaboom, dragonite and many more. The toughest thing about this strategy is ….you guessed it……Chien-pao once again . If you don’t Tera grass, then sucker punch ohkos unless you have a lot of bulk and/or have used bulk up at least once . If you do Tera grass, then it outspeeds you and can ohko with icicle crash or ice spinner. I would recommend running protect on your ceruledge to bait out protect on their end and to properly time your uses of bitter blade. The recovery from bitter blade is absolutely ridiculous. It seems to recover like 75% of damage dealt. Leftovers, combined with protect and bitter blade makes this thing a nightmare to remove . I have won many matches in 1 v 2s and 3s with this thing but it is not easily to pull off. Both of these picks are very niche however and I don’t think they are good enough to consider bringing to a tournament or anything . So this is about all I’ve got . Let me know if you guys have any questions.

I think Gliscor at least warranted a mention, seeing as he got, High Horsepower, Tailwind, Dual Wingbeat, Crabhammer, and Scale Shot. Also Gliscor still has Knock Off. While this isn't going make Gliscor dethrone Lando-T because he's still Lando-T, they are still notable positives Gliscor has over Lando-T. So it might get a decent niche as Lando-T, but you also want it to have Tailwind.

2 months later: Gliscor got banned on Smogon OU

Shiftry itself also has tailwind. So it using the attack basically gives itself a shift gear while also increasing the speed for its whole team

I don't think it'll be gamebreaking, but Infernape having access to Aura Sphere makes special sets actually viable. Weavile getting Knock Off back also gives it *one* thing that sets it apart from Chien-Pao, so maybe it can find teams that prefer it. Also, I wonder how Vacuum Wave being a TM will effect both of them.

I dont think anyone is going to use shiftry but we are going to see some niche fun teams

I don't play competitive but cannot WAIT to beg my friends to battle me just so I can use him one time haha, always been one of my favourite mons

It's also very much fitting... Making you wonder why the Hoppip line didn't get it also, as they're THE wind-riding Pokémon.

@@ewormXD Jumpluff with wind rider actually soyns busted

@@iancastro1327 Hardly busted. With base Atk of 55, it's basically just the immunities that really benefit it, allowing it to disrupt with Sleep Powders and Encores and Strength Saps a bit easier. I don't think it would've been anything close to "too much" of a buff.

Thats what they said about brambleghast too

Fun fact, Kommo-o’s Clangorus Soul works with Throat Spray. Meaning you can get +1 in attack, defence, special defence and speed, then +2 in special attack too :) I’ve been using Clangorus Soul, Drain Punch, Draco Meteor and Ghost Tera Blast

Just so you know, Roaring Moon always had Scale Shot in its movepool. In fact, it was a level up move! The only Pokémon with that distinction.

Shiftry getting Wind Rider makes a lot of sense thematically and is also just really damn good overall. I love it.

I think, Iron Valiant getting Vaccum Wave is at least a honorable mention, having a stab SpecAtk priority move makes its Special atk set bit more interesting.

I love empoleon, i always wished he was a physical attacker, especially with his pokedex detailing how empoleon would cleave through icebergs with its steel wings.

I love him too and yeah that makes more sense!

It wouldn't change anything, but it still doesn't even learn the move Steel Wing naturally

​@@anmspafan7855 kyurem black without ice punch moment

I'm really curious as to how Ogrepon with the Water Mask + Follow me would do as it has Water Absorb and would counter Rapid Urshifu's signature move, and would definitely be my go to idea if I was playing comp or even wanted to play the DLC, but it looks like it'd physically hurt me to play with that level of awful frame rate

Now imagine if Torterra got Unburden as its hidden ability. Never gonna happen, but I find it kinda funny to think about

could you even imagine an unburden shell smash pokémon? With white herb that's like 4 times speed with one move and double attack, crazy

I can see why they didn’t give Torterra Unburden considering they already gave it to Sceptile.

​@railfaneric7107 You say that as if they didn't give Protean to THREE starters. (Technically Cinderace's is called Libero, but it does the same thing)

torterra + loaded dice + rock blast + bullet seed + headlong rush + shell smash = epic build

What tera did you make it I made mine rock to resist fire but i thinking water because not everyone runs freeze dry and it naturally scares electric Pokémon

Rock, its really good for counter weaknesses, and boosts rock blast water is not a bad choice defensively but you miss the attack boost from tera type (maybe you need to use tera blast)

@quercusroburx  you ain't wrong I went with rock to boost the rock blast since you keep your previous stab right

Haven’t had a chance to play recently but will definitely have to try this out! Torterra is my favourite ‘mon, so I’m super glad it got a buff. Thanks for the tip!

@Edrysian  pair it up with Indeedee(Female) Psychic Surge with a light clay Light Screen Reflect Follow Me the 4th move can be whatever you want and since Psychic terrain is on field you get protection from priority moves

Zapdos getting weather ball is nice to buff its coverage on a weather team. On a rain team it can run Hurricane/Thunder/Weather Ball and potentially tailwind if paired with Politoed instead of Pelliper. Also kinda neat on hail teams for an ice move to smack Landorus/Ursaluna.

Tyranitar with knock off with the rock Ogerpon seems really fun. Being able to boost both ogerpon their defense and special defender and being able to follow me grass attacks or spores can be pretty decent

I am so happy for Shiftry getting a new ability. I loved using it on Sun Teams in Gen 3, and getting some sort of new use in Gen 9 is very exciting for me.

Wolfey I don't play Pokémon, but I still watch every one of your videos. Idk how you do it. Every video is entertaining thank you so much.

I really hope they buff more Pokémon in the next DLC. One that stands out is Flygon - who has no hidden ability, despite Trapinch having one. Maybe Tough Claws, or Sand Force?

I don't know why they're allergic to giving Levitate pokemon a second abillity

@@joshuab3918Weezing also only has Levitate for the longest time until Gen 8, even if it was partially cause of it’s Galatians form

Roaring Moon actually had Scale Shot before the DLC and was the only Pokemon to learn it by level up

This is a good step in the right direction, weaker pokemon getting buffed is something we need more of. Really happy to see this done. Also I've used Bonnet to very good success, but thats most likely just me here, hehe

The idea of tera normal Kommo-o using Boomburst also intrigues me, especially if it manages to set up with throat spray first.

I think GF should give stat buffs to older pokemon again in addition to new abilities and moves, like for example Ledian. Give it 20-30 more in Physical atk and give it Huge Power as an ability

I wish they'd give buffs to Pokémon that are truly unusable like Illumise and Volbeat.

simple, Reg E remove Tornadus, Talonflame, Murcrow etc so that those two are the only ones with Prio Tailwind you're welcome 😂

I tried using Volbeat with tail glow and max sp atk investment during the story, then I failed to KO an NPC trainer’s pokémon even after the boost and a level advantage, so I boxed it again. 😐

@@chillcloak Try using Illumise instead it's special attack is higher with 73, still not high but better than Volbeat's special attack of 47. Volbeat is more of a physical attacker with 73 attack.

Volbeat has some niche play that if set up correctly can be dangerous, usuallly sash, then prankster tail glow turn 1 and baton pass into chi Ty/ flutter mane turn 2 for an insane spatk boost, otherwise they’re useless

@@PeterGriffin11does Illumise get Tail Glow? I remember in older gens it didn’t when Volbeat did

Can't wait for more starters to get interesting changes

Id love to hear about Grotle’s usage in 2015. I know clefairy and dusclops are good preevolutions but I would like to hear about any others.

Switcheroo Infernape is interesting, it can get decent usage out of choice band, specs, and scarf or if it has a bad matchup, it can swap items to mess up opponent sets. Def situational and infernape still isn’t amazing, but I still think it’s worth a mention

Wolf, you missed a big one. Torterra gets Headlong Rush now; that's a massive buff. Its higher base power than Earthquake, is single target, and isn't affected by Grassy Terrian (that last one being especially major since it gets Grassy Glide now too). Its a much bigger deal than Shell Smash, imo.

I wish we had more time to really explore this new meta more. October is gonna be a wild month!

I'm surprised you didnt mention the rock blast and bullet seed combination with shell smash, loaded dice on torterra thats now possible. keep up your content, always sorted and informative!

Honestly I really like the buffs and new mons added to this dlc that could be interesting in competitive. I think it'll be interesting to watch how things play out in the near future.

Shiftry and empoleon just absolutely punishing the two big speed control play styles is sick

I'm really liking the Scyther buff, a 180 power Double Wing Beat with 70/120/120 (HP/Def/SpDef) resistances atacker, faster than urshifu and hits for super effective? This seems quite nice

Finally, shiftry is immune to Silver Wind :)

Literally why did they get rid of silver wind?? I'm STILL trying to figure out why they made the weird choice to get rid of silver wind because now special bug types in game use struggle bug until like 25 levels later and get bug buzz. Streamlining the move pools was a weird move for competitive gameplay (no pursuit or hidden power) but it's also odd for playthroughs where moves like Mirror Shot or Ominous Wind were meant to be small improvements to your moves as you go through, and it felt good to learn new small improvements that felt like your mons leveling up were actually getting stronger other than raw stats. Now it can feel like you jump from moves that are basically the 'tackle' of a specific type, to moves like Wood Hammer or Psychic in terms of BP with little change in between. Sorry for the rant, your comment just reminded me of that.

Also Signal Beam. Why on earth did they get rid of signal beam. Especially with the loss of hidden power psychic types got hella boned in coverage

I’m so happy that Empoleon got competitive. It makes him such a better vcg pokemon, and even a good check to intimidate in single battles

Great video as always. I. Love when you do these; they’re super helpful for the entire community. That said, Kilowattrel already had access to weather ball before. That was the first team my buddy and I ran in SV. tera water volt absorb Kilowattrel in the rain. Fun stuff!

Hope Magmortar and Electivire gets something nice when they return. Hopefully in the indigo disk dlc

Iron Fist and Mega Launcher for each of them or Sheer Force for both would be so nice (even if Sheer Force kinda overlaps with Iron Fist in it’s current underpowered state) And beyond that, give Electivire Bulk Up, Drain Punch, Close Combat and Knock Off, whiling give Magmortar Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse, and Earth Power, maybe Vacuum Wave too

Every new video from this man is always exciting and makes me want to play Pokemon even more

Hey wolfe, X-Scissor is in fact, boosted by sharpness so Lunge is only run for the drop.

If I remember correctly Kommo-o has access to all the elemental punch moves so you could change it's Tera type accordingly and get rid of the Flying/Ice/Fairy weakness that's so common in competitive and get off a Dragon Dance and wreck shop, Life Orb or even Muscle Band would be awesome for more offensive pressure too

Oh yeah plus Clangorous Soup and and there was another dragon type move but I don't remember what one it is off the top of my head are both boosted by throat spray too so you could have other one of those with your elemental punch, bullet punch for coverage and dragon dance then I don't know go electric Tera and be set

Surprised you didn't mention Alolan Ninetales with the new Snow weather instead of Hail. Supremely bulky mon now and can almost always get Aurora Veil up to make your team even bulkier.

Respect to Wolfey for actually putting out a video with useful info and analysis instead of just rushing a vid put with facts we can all read on Bulbapedia. This us why you deserve a million more subs.

So excited for the possible buffs to Meganium ❤ I hope it gets a new HA, grassy surge, perhaps?

Flower Veil and Triage could also work

Incineroar+rilaboom+empolion seems like it would be a fun fire water grass core with pledges

Empoleon also got great moves access to Roost Haze and got Knock Off back

I’ve been trying to make an ogerpon team and I’m getting confused on what to do. This video is kinda helpful for building a doubles team. Thanks!

I just really hope the other starters get some love as well. Something like Decidueye has been doomed to NU for an eternity

Here's a much needed addition for gen 9: They need to make it where you can see which move wll be super effective before you use it. That way I don't have to deal with either finding the type chart or guessing.

They also gave Luvdisc access to Scale Shot. So, if you run it with a Choice Band and Tera Dragon, Luvdisc could be the next underdog.

Seeing as Milotic was somewhat popular in 2015, Incin18 and was seen a handful of times in Non-Restricted Formats in Gen 8. Empoleon's relatively better typing and higher offense makes it a solid alternative to the former.

They are both new but bloodmoon and sinescha are going to be banned rather quickly, macha gattcha with big root is too good *edit* also scald and tera water

vgc has no bans

The other useful thing, I believe, with Baxcalibur and Scale Shot is that the Dice means you only do a single Accuracy check.

14:40 Kilowattrel already had access to Weather Ball I’m pretty sure, via egg moves

Hey, Shiftry I think got the best buffs, but not in scarlet/violet, but in National Dex format in Showdown. There Shiftry has acces to Flyingium Z, which in combination with Tailwind can in 1 turn raises its attack by 1,5x, doubles its speed and its increased crit rate.

My boy Torterra! I love him so much. Best Pokémon of all Time!!!

Just one small thing. At 9:23, scizors base defense is ten points too high.

I think Infernape had some notable buffs as well. Not as strong as the the other two starters, but it gets access to Drain Punch and Aura Sphere now as well as Knock off. As well as Raging Fury which is fire type outrage, but it doesn’t make contact.

I'm interested to see if infernape is gonna be any good in the scarlet violet dlc or fall further from power creep. Idk if it is going to function as a offensive utility lead or be running similar to gen 4 mix sets or choice sets

12:44 On the topic of Scald, one Pokémon that did get Scald back is Pincurchin. I know it isn’t exactly the most useful Pokémon around, but I’ve enjoyed using it back in Reg A to screw up the, at the time, common Indeedee-F and Armarouge lead with Electric Surge while also messing with Torkoal via Rain Dance and shutting down Amoongus’s Spore with the Electric Terrain. Having Scald back gives it the chance to effectively increase its physical bulk by burning the opponent, which can buy it more time alive and able to switch in and set Electric Terrain. Blocking Sleep tends to be a big deal, whether it’s Spore, Rest, or the Hail Mary Hypnosis plays, and some Pokémon (particularly the future Paradox Pokémon) benefit a ton from the presence of Electric Terrain. Given that Miraidon currently isn’t legal yet and Tapu Koko isn’t available yet, Pincurchin is the only reliable Electric Terrain setter, and having Scald back, at least if you ask me, definitely increases its viability.

never thought they would completely change ability's for Pokémon hope they continue to do this

Now just waiting for the “Why Torterra is a menace in competitive” video back from his starter tier list 😂

With these constant barrage of buffs occurring slowly over time, stuff like Dragon Dance Garchomp that seemed crazy in the past wouldn't be too much of an eye-opener now if it happens, especially when it has scale shot too.

Should point out Empoleon does also get roost which, paired with it's numerous resistances, could give it a lot more staying power

I completely missed that Gallade gets Solar Blade after this dlc. Now I really want to make a Torkoal team with him

I'm not big into competitive but it seems to me like spicy extract into a physical lash out partner would be really strong

One new user of lash out I think is interesting albeit probably won't see much play is meowscarada. Meowscarada's main grass move, flower trick already ignores intimidate due to always landing in a critical hit, but it's main dark moves (knock off and sucker punch) are susceptible to intimidate. While Meow hasn't seen much usage since reg a and I do think knock off and sucker punch are typically better options if you do want to use it, it could be a useful tech on certain teams.

Been waiting YEARS ON YEARS for Empoleon to go from Defiant to Competitive. Never thought i'd see the day!

I think Empoleon can be VERY scary on a trickroom team with Dipplin and its signature move. But it’s one of those things where it’s probably only gonna work once on somebody, so you’d have to have another 1-2 win condition combinations on your team to justify Empoleon’s slot.

Throat chop is pretty good control against kommo-o, especially with boomburst

Wolfe just so you know X-Scissor is powered up by sharpness, at least from what Bulbapedia and Serebii state

A pokemon that I choose to think is sorta better now is Toedscruel. Now that it can be paired with Weezing, it's the fastest pokemon with spore

Gtassy glide with the grassy terrain boost gets becomes 71 base power aprox, so it still deals good damage

Nothing wrong with occasional buffs to spice things up.

I like using skill swap to swap intimidate onto my enemies to proc competitive alongside agility and weakness policy giving massive boosts making surf incredibly powerful with the addition of rain.

I love that they gave Scizor Knock Off back, now all it needs is Roost again :( And it's really nice that they buffed the Sinnoh Starters considerably, specially since it means that maybe...juuuust maybe, they can buff Meganium when they add the rest of the starters in the second DLC, imagine if it got Thick Fat and maybe 100HP instead of 80...or a Fairy-Typing.

I pray that they redistribute Blaziken's base stats to make his Sp.atk and speed 95. That would be so perfect

Maybe the biggest buff is the friends we meet along the way

*insert Patrick Star boo gif here*

Cringe....I hate this word....

Mild correction: Kilowattrel actually could get Weather Ball before, it was just an Egg Move instead of a TM. I used one and it was such a blast, not relevant in this format but cool nonetheless!

Wolfey, you didnt mention that the nerf on Grassy Glide is because now Rillaboom can terastalyze to grass than the stab goes to 100% instead of 50%. They needed to nerf that move. Better teratalyze Rilla to grass now with priority. Stronger than Jet Punch because of the terrain boost.

Empoleon was solid in gen IV singles tbh, nice to see it get a buff

Make ice Pokémon and shuckle viable! And bug too, let’s make them less of a joke Edit: I should clarify I mean make the ice type better, not just making them completely dependent on weather

How could you forget Weavile got Knock Off back? Now it only has to fight with one arm tied instead of both!

What usage percentage of Rillaboom do you need in an event before it starts making sense to take Grassy Glide without a Rillaboom on your team specifically?

Video idea: maybe make an updated type tier list, as ice type for example is much stronger now due to new mons and snow changes

The Patreon is seriously so worth it, amazing content!!

Empoleon and feraligatr are my two favorite starters, glad to see empoleon getting a buff

I was really hoping Empoleon would finally get Iron Head so I can use a physical Defiant set on it. Competitive is nice but I thinks it's weird that Empoleon still lacks Iron Head (I mean, it literally has a trident on its head).

Why use iron head instead of flash cannon.

@@Tom-dn6zy for physical Empoleon. I'm aware special is better, I just want it to have a strong physical steel move. It's only physical steel move is metal claw, that's just criminal.

I've had scale shot on Roaring Moon since release, it's a move reminder move. I'd love to see it used somehow

It’s the one and only mon to get it via level up which is newt

I'm using a loaded dice Baxcalibur in Monotype (ice) and I'm loving it. Idk if its VGC good, but its felt really, really strong

Don’t forget with Tera, moves under 60 BP go up to 60 AND THEN get the technician and Tera boosts